Tracing Your Roman Catholic Ancestors is the ideal handbook for readers and researchers who are keen to find out about their Roman Catholic ancestors and for anyone who wants an introduction to Roman Catholic history in general Stuart Raymond provides a brief historical account covering the Roman Catholics from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries then goes on to identify the available sources explaining their strengths and weaknesses His accessible and authoritative book will be an essential source of insight and reference for anyone who is starting to explore this fascinating subject The Catholic church s structure is described as are the various repositories where relevant archives and books can be found Chapters are devoted to specific sources and what they can reveal about the church and those who were members of it Much information concerning Catholicism is to be found in the records of repression The records of Quarter Sessions and the Anglican ecclesiastical courts together with central government sources tell us much about our Roman Catholic ancestors and are fully described So are the records of Roman Catholic baptisms marriages and burials Other Roman Catholic records such as confirmation lists are also covered as are records relating to Roman Catholic clergy and religious orders Stuart Raymond s handbook opens up the history of the Roman Catholic Church for researchers who want to gain an understanding of the religious lives of their ancestors and for those who have a wider interest in the history of religion Tracing Your Roman Catholic Ancestors A Guide for Family and Local Historians Tracing Your Ancestors This is a guide to sources of Roman Catholic related records in England Ireland Scotland and Wales Some sources of civil records are discussed as well The work also mentions a little bit about the history of Roman Catholics in the British Isles Tracing Your Roman Catholic Ancestors A Guide for Family and Local Historians Tracing Your Ancestors

Tracing Your Roman Catholic Ancestors: A Guide for Family and Local Historians (Tracing Your Ancestors) By Stuart A Raymond

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