Granny was a brothel keeper
Subtitle: fifty family history traps
Contributors: Neobard, Toni
Publisher: The Family History Partnership
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Lancashire
Language: eng
Number of pages: 133
ISBN-13: 9781906280383
Subjects: Genealogy
Description: "So you thought your grandmother was an upright lady of strict Victorian morals? Would you be surprised to find out that she had been five months pregnant when she married your grandfather? Or that she earned her living pimping out young servant girls to drunken sailors? 'Granny was a Brothel Keeper' is an entertaining collection of true stories which illustrate the fascinating and sometimes bizarre world of family history research. A fun read in its own right, this book also outlines many of the traps which lie in wait for the family historian. It will help both newbies and old hands become more effective in their research. Who knows, you too may discover lying brides, exploding sheds and bath chairs, shipwreck survivors, serial bigamists and more ..."--Back cover.
Table of contents: title: Lies, damn lies and family recollections; title: Chaos is not just a theory; title: What's in a name?; title: The man who never was; title: Census of humour.