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.  Likely sources for such documents are also listed with details – the Record Office; British Museum Reading Room; the Probate Registry, the Lambeth Library; and the Bodleian Library.  A useful series of Appendices include a List of London Cemeteries; a List of the Master of the Rolls Series; the Historical MSS Commission list of repositories by location; and a long list of Antiquarian Societies active at the time of publication.  Hardback.  204 pages.  Slight foxing to end papers, otherwise good condition.  Cat No A268ea