Family Tree Frog

We all have our favourite handbooks I am sure when it comes to genealogy and family history.  Whilst some of the information may be out of date (organisations change their names, physical street addresses and URL addresses) I still refer to Nick Vine-Hall's Tracing Your Family History in Australia because it is set out so logically: state by state, then subjects e.g. immigration, religion and then location of records and record types and then territories.  What a godsend that book has been. On a different topic, to be sure, but similar in its lovely logical layout is Tracing Your Irish Ancestors by John Grenham. Have you got a favourite handbook?   Handwriting - when I first started out in this hobby I quickly became aware that I would need to learn a thing or two about Reading old handwriting .  Eve McLaughlin's little guide is full of great information and tips and images to set you on the right path. Eve is the Secretary and Editor of the Buckingha...