My Ancestor Was a Lawyer

Details:

Author(s) Brooks, Brian, & Mark Herber
Publication type Monograph
Year published 2006
Pages 215pp; illus
Publisher Society of Genealogists
Place Published London

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Library:

Name British Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode NW1 2DB
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Groups:

Source guides - businesses & industries
Source guides - types

Notes:

Guide for genealogists and family historians but much of use for business history especially because of descriptions of different classes of legal records. Has sections: 'The legal profession in England and Wales - a general history'; 'Lawyers - their societies, institutions and records'; 'Some other published records of lawyers'; 'Records of the courts'; 'Miscellaneous sources'; 'Lawyers in Wales, Ireland and Scotland'; 'English lawyers overseas'