A review of the landmark excavations and discoveries made during the latter half of the C19th in the Middle East and Mesopotamia and an attempt to link them to accounts found in the Old Testament.

An early and comprehensive manual for those hoping to draw-up a family tree or compile a parish history by using – pipe rolls; land sales; legal proceedings; state papers; ecclesiastical records; parish registers; wills; manorial records; grants of privileges and tithes.