Tracing your Shipbuilding Ancestors- a guide for family historians

This concise, informative guide to British shipbuilding by Anthony Burton describes its development from the medieval period to its heyday in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries and looks on to the present day.

Owing to its importance and the prevelance of shibuilding centres around Britain's coast, this industry employed tens of thousands of workers- so a large proportion of the population today has some connection with it. 

The author introduces the variety of national and local records that are available for genealogical research, as well as other resources that can shed light on this industry and those employed by it.

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Published: 2nd March 2010
Last Released: 9th June 2021