BOOK - My Ancestors were Gypsies, A guide to sources for family historians

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BOOK - My Ancestors were Gypsies, A guide to sources for family historians - 3rd Edition [UK]
By Sharon Sillers Floate
Published by Society of Genealogists, London UK, 2010

Softcover... 22.95 (C$)

A fully revised new edition of the definitive guide to tracing Gypsy ancestors.

Contents include:

Foreword to 3rd Edition
Foreword to 1st Edition
Historical introduction
Gypsy or non-Gypsy? The clues to identity
The social organization and culture of the gypsies and their impact on family history research
Finding your Gypsy ancestors: convential family history resoucres
Finding your Gypsy ancestors: specialfor the Gypsy family history resources
Appendix 1: Select calendar of legislation affecting gypsies in England and Wales 1530-1910
Appendix 2: Gypsy surnames and their distribution
Bibliography
Background reading
Useful addresses
Glossary
Index

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