Download or read book The Oxford Guide to Family History written by David Hey and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers practical guidance to the basics of researching a family tree, advice on how to go beyond this and discover more details of the lives of one's ancestors, and a general history of the development and distribution of surnames. Hey highlights those aspects of social history that are most relevant to family history research, and looks at wider avenues of possible research, such as the past and present distribution of surnames, the stability of certain families, the mobility of others, and the use of painting and photographs.