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[[England]] | [[England]] | ||
Searching for ancestors in medieval England can be fascinating. Extensive collections survive in English archives dating back to the Domesday Book ( | Searching for ancestors in medieval England can be fascinating. Extensive collections survive in English archives dating back to the Domesday Book (1086 A.D.). Medieval records most often apply to nobility and the landed class. Records are typically written in Latin or Old French, but published English translations are available for many record groups. | ||
The following graphic will help you identify types of medieval records and the years they exist. Click on the text to learn more. | The following graphic will help you identify types of medieval records and the years they exist. Click on the text to learn more. | ||
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[[Image:Medievalrecords.jpg|705px|Medievalrecords.jpg]] | [[Image:Medievalrecords.jpg|705px|Medievalrecords.jpg]] | ||
''With special thanks to Paul C. Reed, FASG for compiling this chart.'' | ''With special thanks to Paul C. Reed, FASG for compiling this chart.'' | ||
== Prosopography == | == Prosopography == | ||
*'''597-1042''' - ''Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England.'' [http://www.pase.ac.uk/index.html Online]. | *'''597-1042''' - ''Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England.'' [http://www.pase.ac.uk/index.html Online]. | ||
*'''1066-1166''' - Keats-Rohan. ''Domesday People: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents, 1066-1166, Volume I: Domesday Book.'' 1999. | *'''1066-1166''' - Keats-Rohan. ''Domesday People: A Prosopography of Persons Occurring in English Documents, 1066-1166, Volume I: Domesday Book.'' 1999. | ||
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*'''1400s''' - Rogers. ''Fifteenth-Century Biographical Index.'' [http://www.girders.net/ Online.] | *'''1400s''' - Rogers. ''Fifteenth-Century Biographical Index.'' [http://www.girders.net/ Online.] | ||
*''The Complete Peerage'' | *''The Complete Peerage'' | ||
*Alumni Oxonienses | *Alumni Oxonienses | ||
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*[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ British History Online]. Victoria County Histories and many published medieval record groups. | *[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ British History Online]. Victoria County Histories and many published medieval record groups. | ||
*[http://aalt.law.uh.edu/ Anglo-American Legal Tradition]. Digitised original records from The National Archives. | *[http://aalt.law.uh.edu/ Anglo-American Legal Tradition]. Digitised original records from The National Archives. | ||
*[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~medieval/arch.htm GEN-MEDIEVAL] mailing list. | *[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~medieval/arch.htm GEN-MEDIEVAL] mailing list. | ||
*[http://fmg.ac/ Foundation for Medieval Genealogy]. | *[http://fmg.ac/ Foundation for Medieval Genealogy]. | ||
[[Category:England]] | [[Category:England]] | ||