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''[[England]]'' | ''[[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[England Biography|Biography]]'' | ||
=== Introduction === | === Introduction === | ||
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You can locate individual or family biographies in the Surname Search of the [https://familysearch.org/#form=catalog&catSearchType=surname Family History Library Catalog]. For biographies of royalty, nobility, and those with coats of arms, see [[England Nobility]]. | You can locate individual or family biographies in the Surname Search of the [https://familysearch.org/#form=catalog&catSearchType=surname Family History Library Catalog]. For biographies of royalty, nobility, and those with coats of arms, see [[England Nobility]]. | ||
Thousands of biographies have been gathered and published in collections of biographies, sometimes called biographical encyclopedias or dictionaries. Usually these include only biographies of prominent or well-known British subjects. However, some collections of biographies are of specific groups such as painters, ministers, radicals, or architects. | Thousands of biographies have been gathered and published in collections of biographies, sometimes called biographical encyclopedias or dictionaries. Usually these include only biographies of prominent or well-known British subjects. However, some collections of biographies are of specific groups such as painters, ministers, radicals, or architects. | ||
=== Sources === | === Sources === | ||
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ENGLAND, [COUNTY], [PARISH or CITY] - BIOGRAPHY | ENGLAND, [COUNTY], [PARISH or CITY] - BIOGRAPHY | ||
You may find some collections under the localities listed above and then the subject "GENEALOGY." | You may find some collections under the localities listed above and then the subject "GENEALOGY." | ||
=== Websites === | === Websites === | ||
*[http://www.britannia.com/bios/index.html http://www.britannia.com/bios/index.html] | *[http://www.britannia.com/bios/index.html http://www.britannia.com/bios/index.html] | ||
*[http://www.oxforddnb.com/ http://www.oxforddnb.com/] | *[http://www.oxforddnb.com/ http://www.oxforddnb.com/] | ||