The Oxford Dictionary of Local & Family History

by David Hey

With the increasing interest in family history, this portable and authoritative dictionary provides both amateur and professional local history and family historians with quick answers to questions of terminology that may arise in the course of research. For instance: * what does boon work mean? * what is pontage? * who were the Promonstratensians? * what is outfangtheof, escheat, and berewick? * who were the Inghamites? * what are Quo Warranto enquiries?...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198600801
• ISBN13: 9780198600800
• Release Date: May 1997
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.