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Duration 47:19

The annual Ancestors lecture: Our 17th century ancestors

Once we go back beyond the period of civil registration, census returns and uniform parish registers, it becomes more difficult to trace a family tree. David Hey‘s talk examines early parish registers, wills, apprenticeship records, hearth tax returns and other records to see how progress might be made when the going gets tough.