ANCESTRAL TRAILS, 2nd edn. Mark D Herbert, Sutton, 2004  (Top work - excellent background on historical sources)

ARMY RECORDS FOR FAMILY HISTORIANS, Simon Fowler, PRO Readers` Guide, No 2, 1992.

ARMY SERVICE RECORDS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR, Simon Fowler, William Spencer, Stuart Tamblin, PRO, 1996.

ARMY RECORDS FOR FAMILY HISTORIANS (PRO) Simon Fowler and William Spencer, 1998.

BATSFORD COMPANION TO LOCAL HISTORY, Stephen Friar, Batsford, 1998.

BIBLIOGRAPHY OF BRITISH PROBATE INVENTORIES, M. Overton, 1985.

BURKE'S FAMILY INDEX#, Burke's Peerage, 1976.

CENSUS RETURNS 1841-1891 IN MICROFORM, Jeremy Gibson & Elizabeth Hampson, FFHS, 1994. (Where Census can be found in Libraries)

CLEARER SENSE OF THE CENSUS, Edward Higgs, PRO, 1996.

COLLINS TRACING YOUR FAMILY HISTORY, Anthony Adolph, Collins, 2004.

COMPANION TO LOCAL HISTORY RESEARCH, John Campbell-Kease, Alphabooks, 1989.

COMPUTERS FOR FAMILY HISTORY, An Introduction, David Hawgood, 1994.

CORONERS` RECORDS IN ENGLAND AND WALES, Jeremy Gibson & Colin Rogers. FFHS, 1988.

CRIMINAL ANCESTORS, A Guide to Historical Criminal Records in England and Wales, David T. Hawkings, Sutton, 1996

DATING OLD PHOTOGRAPHS, by Robert Pols, FFHS.

DICTIONARY OF GENEALOGY*, Terrick V. H. Fitzhugh, A & C Black. 1994.

DISCOVERING OLD HANDWRITING, John Barrett and David Iredale, Shire 1995.

DISCOVERING YOUR FAMILY HISTORY*, Don Steele, BBC, 1980.

DISCOVERING YOUR FAMILY TREE*, [best of the cheapest] David Iredale and John Barrett, Shire, 1991.

DISTRICT REGISTER OFFICES IN ENGLAND AND WALES, EYFHS, 1995 (If unavailable use telephone books or the annual Genealogical Services Directory)

DNA AND FAMILY HISTORY: How Genetic Testing can advance your Genealogical Research, Chris Pomery (Foreword by Steve Jones), The National Archives, 2004

DOMESDAY OF ENGLISH ENCLOSURE ACTS, W. E. Tate.

EARLY MODERN ENGLAND, A Social History 1550-1760, J. A. Sharpe, Arnold, 1996.

ENGLISH GENEALOGY*, Anthony Wagner, Phillimore, 1983.

FAMILY AND LOCAL HISTORY HANDBOOK, GENEALOGICAL SERVICES DIRECTORY, Robert Blatchford, GR Specialist Information Services. 2006. For more information try their Internet Page

FAMILY HISTORIANS ENQUIRE WITHIN*, P. Saul and F.C. Markwell, FFHS.

FAMILY HISTORY BOOK*, A guide to tracing your ancestors, Stella Colwell, Phaidon, 1984.

FAMILY HISTORY IN FOCUS, [Photographs] edited by Don Steel and Lawrence Taylor, Lutterworth Press, 1984.

FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH IN YORKSHIRE, Pauline M. Litton, FFHS, 1996

FAMILY NAMES AND FAMILY HISTORY, David Hey, Hambledon and London Ltd, 2001

FAMILY ROOTS*, Discovering the past in the Public Record Office, Stella Colwell, Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1991.

FAMILY, SEX AND MARRIAGE IN ENGLAND 1500-1800, Lawrence Stone, Penguin, 1990.

FAMILY TREE DETECTIVE, Colin D. Rogers, Manchester University Press, 1989

FIRST STEPS IN FAMILY HISTORY*, Anthony J. Camp, Society of Genealogists, 1996

FIRST STEPS IN FAMILY HISTORY*, Guided by Eve McLaughlin, Countryside Books, 1990 (?)

FURTHER STEPS IN FAMILY HISTORY* Guided by Eve McLaughlin, Countryside Books, 1990.

GENEALOGICAL GUIDE#, an index to British Pedigrees, J.B. Whitmore, 1953.

GENEALOGIST'S GUIDE#, Geoffrey B. Barrow, Research Publishing Co. 1977.

GENEALOGIST'S GUIDE#, by George W. Marshall, Billing and sons, 1893.

GENEALOGIST'S INTERNET, Peter Christian, The National Archives, 2001

GLOSSARY OF HOUSEHOLD, FARMING AND TRADE TERMS FROM PROBATE INVENTORIES, R. Milward, 1982.

HERALDRY FOR THE LOCAL HISTORIAN AND GENEALOGIST, Stephen Friar, Allan Sutton, 1992.

HISTORY TODAY COMPANION TO BRITISH HISTORY, Ed. by Juliet Gardiner and Neil Wenborn, Collins and Brown, 1995.

INDEX TO PRINTED PEDIGREES# contained in County and Local Histories, the Heralds Visitations, ... Charles Bridger, 1969 (1867).

IN SEARCH OF ARMY ANCESTRY, Gerald Hamilton-Edwards, Phillimore, 1977.

IN SEARCH OF WELSH ANCESTRY, Gerald Hamilton-Edwards, Phillimore, 1986.

INTERNET FOR GENEALOGY, David Hawgood, Author published, 1996.

IN THE BLOOD*, God, Genes and Destiny, Steve Jones, Harper Collins, 1996.

IRISH FAMILY HISTORY RESEARCH - SEE BELOW

LATIN FOR LOCAL HISTORY, an introduction, Eileen A. Gooder, Longman, 1986.

LOCAL FAMILY HISTORY IN ENGLAND* Colin D. Rogers & John Smith, Manchester University Press, 1991.

LONGMAN HANDBOOK OF MODERN BRITISH HISTORY 1714-1987, Chris Cook and John Stevenson, Longman, 1988.

THE MAKING OF THE ENGLISH WORKING CLASS, E.P. Thompson. Penguin. 1991

MANORIAL RECORDS, P.D.A Harvey, British Records Association, 1984.

MARRIAGE LAWS, RITES, RECORDS AND CUSTOMS, Colin Chapman, with Pauline M. Litton, Lochin, 1996

MILITIA LISTS AND MUSTERS, 1757-1876 - A directory of holdings in the British Isles, Local defence forces or militia. Jeremy Gibson and Mervyn Medlycot. 2000

MODERN BRITAIN, A Social History 1750-1997, Edward Royle, 1997.

MORE SOURCES OF WORLD WAR I ARMY ANCESTRY, Norman Holding, FFHS, 1991.

MY ANCESTORS WERE CONGREGATIONALISTS in England and Wales, with a list of Registers, compiled by D. J. H. Clifford, 1992.

NATIONAL ARCHIVES (THE) Any guides that they publish are worth checking out.

THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES, An introduction for Family Historians, Stella Colwell, The National Archives, 2004

NATIONAL INDEX OF PARISH REGISTERS, VOL 2. Sources for Nonconformist Genealogy & Family History by D. J. Steel.

NEW TO KEW, The Public Record Office Readers' Guide No 16, Jane Cox, PRO, 1997.

NINETEENTH CENTURY BRITAIN 1815-1914, Anthony Wood, Longman, 1972.

OXFORD COMPANION TO LOCAL AND FAMILY HISTORY, David Hey, Oxford 2002.

OXFORD DICTIONARY OF LOCAL & FAMILY HISTORY*, David Hey, OUP, 2000.

OXFORD GUIDE TO FAMILY HISTORY*, David Hey, OUP, 2002.

OXFORD GUIDE TO HERALDRY, Thomas Woodcock and John Martin Robinson, OUP, 2001.

OXFORD ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF IRELAND, R. F. Foster, OUP, 1994.

PARISH CHEST*, W.E. Tate, (Various publishers)

PARTICULAR PLACES, An introduction to English local history, Christopher Lewis, British Library, 1989.

PHILLIMORE ATLAS AND INDEX OF PARISH REGISTERS, ed. by C. R. Humphery-Smith, Phillimore.

PLANNING RESEARCH: short cuts in family history*, by Michael Gandy, FFHS. 1993.

PHOTOGRAPHS AND LOCAL HISTORY, George Oliver, Batsford, 1989

POOR LAW UNION RECORDS, 4 volumes. Jeremy Gibson and Frederic A. Youngs jr, FFHS, abt 1993.

PROBATE JURISDICTIONS: WHERE TO LOOK FOR WILLS, J. Gibson, 1997.

PREROGATIVE COURT OF CANTERBURY WILLS AND OTHER PROBATE RECORDS, M. Scott, 1997.

PROTESTANT NONCONFORMITY AND ROMAN CATHOLICISM, David Shorney, PRO Guide 13, 1996

QUARTER SESSIONS RECORDS for Family Historians, Jeremy Gibson, FFHS,1995.

RAILWAY ANCESTORS, A GUIDE TO THE STAFF RECORDS OF THE RAILWAY COMPANIES OF ENGLAND & WALES 1822-1947. David T. Hawkings, Alan Sutton/PRO, 1995.

RECORDS OF THE MILITIA FROM 1757, Garth Thomas, PRO, 1993.

RECORDS OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, Eunice Wilson, FFHS, 1991.

SCOTTISH FAMILY HISTORY, David Moody, Batsford Local History Series, 1988.

SHIRE ALBUMS* - Various introductions to trades and occupations. Details from Shire Publications Ltd., Cromwell House, Church Street, Princes Risborough, Bucks. HP27 9AA. 01844 344301

SOMERSET HOUSE WILLS FROM 1858, Eve McLaughlin, 1994.

TRACING YOUR ANCESTORS THE A-Z GUIDE, Pauline Saul, FFHS, 1995.

TRACING YOUR FAMILY HISTORY, Stella Colwell, (Teach Yourself) Hodder and Stoughton, 1997

TRACING YOUR FAMILY TREE*, Jean A. Cole and John Titford, Countryside Books, 1997.  (Highly recomended)

TRACING YOUR FAMILY TREE, Brockhampton Library, [Cheapest ], 1996.

TRACING YOUR SCOTTISH ANCESTORS: A GUIDE TO ANCESTRY RESEARCH IN THE SCOTTISH RECORD OFFICE. C. Sinclair, 1990.

TRACING YOUR WEST INDIAN ANCESTORS, SOURCES IN THE PRO. Guy Grannum, PRO Guide 11, 1995.

USING MANORIAL RECORDS, Mary Ellis, PRO 6, 1995.

VILLAGE LABOURER 1760-1832, A study of the Government of England before the Reform Bill, J. L. Hammond and Barbara Hammond, Alan Sutton, 1911/1987.

VICTORIAN PEOPLE*, Gillian Avery, Collins, 1971, (in Libraries only)

WEB PUBLISHING FOR GENEALOGY, Peter Christian, David Hawgood, 1997.

WILLS AND THEIR WHEREABOUTS, Anthony J. Camp.1974.

WILLS AND WHERE TO FIND THEM, J. S. W. Gibson.

WILLS, INVENTORIES AND DEATH DUTIES, a provisional guide, 1988.

WORLD WAR I ARMY ANCESTRY, Norman Holding, FFHS, 1991. (see also 'More...']

WORLD WE HAVE LOST - FURTHER EXPLORED*, Peter Laslett, Routledge, 1992.

IRISH GENEALOGY AND FAMILY HISTORY

IRISH FAMILY HISTORY, Marilyn Yurdan, Batsford Local History Series, 1990.

IRISH GENEALOGY: a record finder. David Begley, 1987.

TRACING YOUR IRISH ANCESTORS: THE COMPLETE GUIDE, John Grenham, Gill & Macmillan Ltd., 1992.