A Manual For The Genealogist Topographer Antiquary And Legal Professor Consising Of Descriptions Of Public Records Parochial And Other Registers Wills County And Family Histories Heraldic Collections In Public Libraries Etc Etc PDF Download

Excerpt from A Manual for the Genealogist, Topographer, Antiquary, and Legal Professor: Consisting of Descriptions of Public Records; Parochial Other Registers; Wills; County Family Histories; Heraldic Collections in Public Libraries, Etc;, Etc The Study of Heraldry and Genealogy, like that of many other sciences, is approached by no "royal road," but is beset with difficulties sufficiently great to deter all but the most enthusiastic, from the pursuit of an employment to all appearances so dry and unprofitable. Nevertheless, the number of students in this useful department of history is daily on the increase; hundreds of persons derive pleasure from this mode of passing their leisure hours, whilst there are very many, who - labouring under some real or fancied wrong - toil incessantly for the discovery of facts wherewith to connect the broken chain of a descent, and establish a claim to wealth or title, long since apparently within their grasp. The materials existing for the successful prosecution of such pursuits are numerous and scattered: some jealously guarded and rendered nearly unapproachable by the heavy fees demanded for their production, whilst others, and - we rejoice to say - by far the greater portion, are readily accessible to every inquirer, who knows where and how to seek for them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.