Description: Everyone has a mother and a line of female ancestors and often their paths through life are hard to trace. That is why this detailed, accessible handbook is of such value, for it explores the lives of female ancestors from the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815 to the beginning of the First World War.
Brief description: Adèle Emm worked for many years in television and is the author of Researching for the Media, Television, Radio and Journalism and Tracing Your Trade and Craftsman Ancestors, My Ancestors Worked in Textile Mills and numerous family history magazine articles. She has been tracing her family tree since she was 17-years-old and has been a member of the Society of Genealogists and Guild of One Name Studies for many years. Her website is at www.adeleemm.com
Review Quotes: A unique and information packed instructional reference and guide, "Tracing Your Female Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians" is an extraordinary and thoroughly 'user friendly manual that is unreservedly recommended for both community and academic library Genealogy collections and supplemental studies lists.-- "Midwest Book Review"