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Effective family history research requires an understanding of the historical events that affected your ancestors and record keeping. Learning about wars, local events, laws, migrations, settlement patterns, and economic or religious trends may help you understand family movements. These events may have led to the creation of records, such as settlement certificates or military records that mention your ancestors. Your family history research will be more interesting if you learn about the events that shaped your ancestors' lives. | Effective family history research requires an understanding of the historical events that affected your ancestors and record keeping. Learning about wars, local events, laws, migrations, settlement patterns, and economic or religious trends may help you understand family movements. These events may have led to the creation of records, such as settlement certificates or military records that mention your ancestors. Your family history research will be more interesting if you learn about the events that shaped your ancestors' lives. | ||
=== Historical | === Historical Timeline === | ||
Here is a list of some key dates and events in English history. | Here is a list of some key dates and events in English history. For more detail, see [[England_Historical_Overview|England Historical Overview]]. | ||
*'''c. 480''' Angles, Saxons, and Jutes arrived in England. | *'''c. 480''' Angles, Saxons, and Jutes arrived in England. | ||