England
Research
Before
1700
History
412
Fall
2010
Instructor
Alan E. Mann, AG®
Course
Outline
Objective:
To
gain a working knowledge of several genealogical sources that begin before 1700
by working with the records, learning new terms, compiling a useful records
paper, using the records to research a family of interest and writing a summary
of that research.
Texts:
Class
Syllabus. The syllabus material will be available on the internet at www.alanmann.com/class.
You will be responsible to make sure you have access to the information for
each class period by either printing out the appropriate file before class or
having access to the file on a laptop computer or PDA. Assignments will
need to be printed and turned in or emailed to the teacher by the beginning of
the next class period.
Ancestral Trails by Mark Herber 2nd
Edition. Recommended but not required to purchase. You need access to the text
to complete the reading assignments.
Research
Outline: England.
NA
Research Guides. See National Archives website at www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
in the “Getting Started” section.
Other
texts as recommended throughout the course.
Course
Outline:
Each
class period will begin with a lecture and discussion on the topic assigned for
that class. Source assignments and study time will follow. The last
part of the time is reserved for class discussion and questions. The
reading assignments below should be completed before class so that you will be
prepared for the discussion and the assignments.
Week 1
31 Aug
Course Introduction
Finding records (begin)
Week
2 07 Sep Finding Records (continued)
Herber
pgs 180-208 & NA Research Guide “Medieval and Early Modern
Sources...”
Local and Social History
Herber
308-316 & NA Research Guide “English Local
History...”
Week
3 14 Sep Occupational records &
Protestation and Oath Rolls
Herber
pgs 528-530 & 2 NA Research Guides “Catholic Recusants” & “Oath Rolls
and....”
Herber
pgs 489-513; 518-527 & NA Research Guide “Apprenticeship
Records...”
Week
4 21
Sept School Records
Herber
pgs 372-383
Week
5 28 Sep
Heraldry and Heraldic Visitations
Herber
pgs 203, 615-630
Week
6 05
Oct Other Nobility Records
Review for Midterm
Week
7 12
Oct Midterm Exam
Week
8 19
Oct Tax Records
Herber
pgs 530-541 & 2 NA Research Guides “Hearth Tax...” & “Taxation
Records...”
Week
9 26
Oct Criminal Court
Records
Quarter Session Records
Herber
595-603
Assize Court Records
Herber
pgs 584-595 & 3 NA Research Guides “Assizes...”
Star Chamber Court Records
Herber
pgs 563-564 & NA Research Guide “Court of Star Chamber”
Week
10 2 Nov Land and Property
Inquisitions Post Mortem
Herber
pgs 645-647 & NA Research Guide “Inquisitions Post Mortem...”
Feet of Fines
Herber pgs 657-658
Domesday
Herber
pg 672-673 & NA Research Guide “Domesday Book”
Week
11 09 Nov Land and Property Court
Records
Chancery Court Records
Herber
pgs 545-557, 795-798 & 4 NA Research Guides “Chancery...” & “Early
Chan...”
Court of Requests
Herber
pg 560-563 & NA Research Guide “Court of Requests...”
Week 12
16 Nov Land and Property Court Records (continued)
Exchequer Court Records
Herber
pgs 557-560 & NA Research Guide “Equity Proceedings...”
Court of Wards and Liveries
Herber
pg 565 & NA Research Guide “Court of Wards and Liveries...”
Week 13
23 Nov NO CLASS-THANKSGIVING week
Week
14 30 Nov Manorial Court Records
Herber
pgs 631-645
NA Research Guides “Manor and Other Local....” & “Manorial
Records....”
Week
15 07 Dec Review for Final---All assignments must
be turned in.
Week
16 14
Dec Final
Grading:
Grading
is based on your performance in the following areas:
5%
Class attendance and participation in discussion (150 points)
5%
3 Weekly reading summary presentation (3 @ 50 points)
5%
Glossary (150 points)
18% 11 Weekly
source assignments (11 @ 50 points each)
22% Records
papers (11 @ 60 points)
15% Research
logs and Research report (450 points)
15% Midterm
test (450 points)
15% Final
exam (450 points)
Class attendance and
participation.
It is expected that you will attend class every week. You should come to
class having already read the weekly reading assignment and be prepared to
participate in class discussion about the reading assignment. Also, you
should come with the appropriate syllabus material either printed out or
available on your laptop or PDA. If you need to be absent from class,
please inform the teacher ahead of time so that arrangements can be made for
you to make up the required assignments.
Weekly reading
summary presentation.
You will be required three times to give a 20 minute presentation summarizing
one of the weekly reading assignments to begin our class discussion.
Everyone will be required to read the assignment, but you will highlight the
important points for discussion.
Glossary. Keep a
glossary of terms that are unfamiliar to you or that you think might be used
unconventionally in the pre-1700 context. This would include both terms and
definitions. The glossary should contain at least 1 term from each class
period, and ideally more. At least 40 terms should be defined during the
semester. Please arrange the glossary alphabetically and turn in electronically
or on paper.
Weekly source
assignments.
Each week you will complete an assignment during class time to help you learn
about the source we will be studying. There will also be required
readings in additional texts with each assignment, which must be
completed. This assignment should be completed and either emailed to the
instructor or turned in at the beginning of the next class period.
Records paper. For every
record that we discuss during the semester you will include a description of
the record, the time period it covers, what it contains, what indexes are
available for it, where and how to find the record, how to use the record, and
why the source is important for family history research. The last page of
the syllabus contains a template which you can use to compile this information
for each record type. It is best to compile this information each week.
Research logs and
research report. Please choose a family or a surname that you will use
throughout the semester. You will look for this family or surname in all
the records we discuss this semester. Keep a research log of the records
you search and the results, whether positive or negative. Then write a
well documented research report as if you were reporting what you had done to a
client. The report should include an annotated bibliography of the
records you used in your research. For research log forms and an example
research log, see http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Research_Logs
and http://wiki.familysearch.org/en/images/4/4a/Research_Log_Example.pdf.
Exams
A
midterm exam and a final exam will be given during class time. Before each test,
there will be a review. Tests are based on the lecture information,
reading assignments, information found in instructor-recommended
books/articles, and items found in the source assignments. Tests are
given in the same structure as an Accreditation Exam including: document
recognition, document, fill in the blank, essay and research problems.
The final exam will be given the last class period; no exceptions.
Additional
Texts to be Familiar With
Bevan, Amanda,
ed. Tracing Your Ancestors in the Public Record Office. 5th
rev. ed. Kew, Richmond, Surrey: Public Record Office, 1999. (FHL British
Ref 942 A5p no. 19)
Fitzhugh, Terrick V.H. The
Dictionary of Genealogy. 3rd ed. Dorset, England: Alphabooks, 1991. (FHL
British Ref 942 D26f 1991)
McLaughlin,
Eve. Simple Latin for Family Historians. 3rd
ed. Birmingham: The Federation of Family History Societies, 1988.
(FHL British book 471.1 M273)
Raymond, Stuart A.,
comp. The Family Historian’s Pocket Dictionary. Bury,
Lancashire: The Federation of Family History Societies Publications Ltd.,
2003. (FHL British Ref 942 D26r)
Richardson,
John. The Local Historian’s Encyclopedia. 2nd
ed. New Barnet, Hertford, England: Historical Publications, Ltd.,
1986. (FHL British Ref 942 H2rjo)
Note:
Each week we will discuss other texts to become familiar with. Many of
these texts are included in the document recognition portion of the
Accreditation test. It is helpful to copy at least one page and the title
page from these texts for the purpose of study and taking the Accreditation
test. Our Midterm and Final will include a Document Recognition section
as well.
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