Before 1700
History 412
Fall 2006
Instructor
Alan E. Mann, AG®
Table of Contents
COURSE INTRODUCTION............................................................................................
1
Course
Outline:.......................................................................................................
1
Grading:..................................................................................................................
3
Exams.....................................................................................................................
4
BYU Policies..........................................................................................................
5
FINDING
RECORDS......................................................................................................
7
Introduction and Finding Records
Assignment..................................................... 10
LOCAL AND
SOCIAL HISTORY.................................................................................
13
Local and Social History
Assignment...................................................................
15
OCCUPATIONAL
RECORDS AND PROTESTATION AND OATH ROLLS............. 16
Occupational Records and
Protestation and Oath Rolls Assignment .................. 18
SCHOOL
RECORDS.....................................................................................................
20
School Records Assignment.................................................................................
22
HERALDRY
AND HERALDIC VISITATIONS...........................................................
47
Heraldry and Heraldic
Visitations Assignment.....................................................
54
OTHER
NOBILITY RECORDS....................................................................................
30
Other Nobility Records Assignment.....................................................................
33
TAX RECORDS............................................................................................................
24
Tax Records Assignment......................................................................................
27
CRIMINAL
COURT RECORDS: Quarter Sessions, Assize & Star Chamber...............
35
Criminal Court Records
Assignment....................................................................
44
LAND &
PROPERTY RECORDS: Inquisitions Post Mortem, Feet of Fines, Domesday…56
Land and Property Records
Assignment.............................................................. 59
LAND AND PROPERTY COURT RECORDS:
Chancery, Exchequer & Court of Wards and
Liveries.......................................... 62
Land & Property Court
Records Assignment. . . . ...............................................
67
MANORIAL
COURT RECORDS.................................................................................
69
Manorial Court Records
Assignment....................................................................
72
RECORDS
PAPER INFORMATION SHEET...............................................................
73
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:
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 05 Sep Course Introduction
Finding records (begin)
Week 2 12
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 19
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 26
Sept School Records
Herber pgs 372-383
Week 5 03
Oct Heraldry and Heraldic
Visitations
Herber pgs 203, 615-630
Week 6 10
Oct Other Nobility
Records
Review for Midterm
Week 7 17
Oct Midterm Exam
Week 8 24
Oct Tax Records
Herber pgs 530-541 & 2 NA Research Guides
“Hearth Tax...” & “Taxation Records...”
Week 9 31
Oct Criminal Court
Records
Quarter Session Records
Herber 595-603
Assize Court Records
Herber pgs 584-595 & 3 NA Research Guides
“Assizes...”
Herber pgs 563-564 & NA Research Guide
“Court of Star Chamber”
Week 10 7 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 14 Nov Land and
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 21 Nov Land
and Property Court Records (continued)
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 28 Nov
NO CLASS-THANKSGIVING week
Week 14 05 Dec Manorial Court Records
Herber pgs 631-645
NA Research Guides “Manor and Other Local....” & “Manorial
Records....”
Week
15 12 Dec Review for Final---All assignments must
be turned in.
Week 16 19
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.
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,
Fitzhugh, Terrick
V.H. The Dictionary of Genealogy. 3rd ed.
Dorset,
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,
Richardson, John. The
Local Historian’s Encyclopedia. 2nd ed. New Barnet,
Hertford,
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.
Academic Honesty
The first injunction of the BYU Honor Code is the call to “be honest”. Students come to the university not only to improve their minds, gain knowledge, and develop skills that will assist them in their life’s work, but also to build character. President David O. McKay taught that “character is the highest aim of education” (The Aims of a BYU Education, p. 6).
It is the purpose of the BYU Academic Honesty Policy to assist in fulfilling that aim. BYU students should seek to be totally honest in their dealings with others. They should complete their own work and be evaluated based upon that work. They should avoid academic dishonesty and misconduct in all its forms, including plagiarism, fabrication or falsification, cheating, and other academic misconduct. Incidents of academic misconduct are to be reported to the administration of the center, which will deal with the matter according to the statement on “Procedures for Handling Incidents of Academic Dishonesty or Other Academic Misconduct” as written in the current undergraduate catalog.
Dress and Grooming
Standards
The dress and grooming of both men and women should always be modest, neat, and clean, consistent with the dignity adherent to representing The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and any of its institutions of higher learning.
Modesty and cleanliness are important values that reflect personal dignity and integrity, through which students, staff, and faculty of BYU represent the principles and standards of the Church. Members of the BYU community commit themselves to observe the following standards, which reflect the direction of the BYU Board of Trustees and the Church publication For the Strength of Youth. The BYU Dress and Grooming Standards are as follows:
Men
A clean and well-cared-for appearance should be maintained. Clothing is inappropriate when it is sleeveless, revealing, or form fitting. Shorts must be knee-length or longer. Hairstyles should be clean and neat, avoiding extreme styles or colors, and trimmed above the collar, leaving the ear uncovered. Sideburns should not extend below the earlobe or onto the cheek. If worn, mustaches should be neatly trimmed and may not extend beyond or below the corners of the mouth. Men are expected to be clean-shaven; beards are not acceptable. Earrings and other body piercing are not acceptable. Shoes should be worn in all public campus areas.
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While attending the BYU Salt Lake Center, you are expected to adhere to the university Dress and Grooming Standards.
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Harassment
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Classroom Disruption
Disruptive behavior including repeated tardiness, cell phone
interruption or use, and/or other disruptions (students who dominate class discussion
or lecture with excessive comments/questions, talking during class discussion
and lectures, reading newspapers, eating in class, etc.) will lower your grade.
HISTORY 412–FALL SEMESTER 2006
There are two skills that are required for an effective researcher. First, because it is impossible to know about every record and remember how to use it, it is important to be able to research information about records and how to effectively use, understand and analyze them. Next, a researcher must know how to locate the records and gain access to them.
The most effective family historians are those who dig into the sources that others are not aware of or ignore, because it is often in these more obscure sources that you may find the vital piece of information needed to solve a complex problem or add meat to the bare bones of dates and places. There are hundreds of libraries and archives and thousands of websites which are potential sources of information for the family historian. There are many tools to utilize in the search for information and records. During this lesson we will learn about a few of the major tools for the family historians.
FINDING AIDS
Family History Library Catalog (FHLC)
Country, County and Parish are the locations used in the catalog.
The Imperial Gazetteer by John Marius Wilson (Gazetteers Section: REF 942 E5i) is the standard for the catalog.
The catalog uses standard subject headings. We will discuss which subject headings to use when discussing each source.
When in doubt use “Keyword Search”.
Smith’s Inventory of Genealogical Sources:
Includes items at the Family History Libray, but many are not listed in the catalog.
Arranged by subject and time period.
Gives the call number for the Family History Library or tells you what archive or library has the record.
GENUKI
One of the largest portals to British information on the Internet is the web site called Genealogy of the United Kingdom and Ireland (GenUKI). The URL is www.genuki.org.uk . It is described as a virtual reference library of genealogical information. GenUKI has several features, some of which are:
Instruction
For first time users.
Getting started in genealogy.
Researching
Frequently asked questions.
General and county information
Listed first by subjects.
Brief history.
Maps.
Links to record offices, libraries, society sites.
Links to appropriate catalogs.
Surname lists.
Look-up services.
Books to purchase
Society of Genealogists.
Federations of Family History Societies.
County societies.
Cyndi’s List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
The URL is http://www.cyndislist.com/ It is a list of categorized and cross-referenced links to genealogy sites. For British links, look under England, Ireland & Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and United Kingdom & Ireland Index.
If you want to be updated concerning the new items being added to Cyndi’s List, go to
http://www.cyndislist.com/whatsnew.htm .
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk The National Archives Website is an excellent resource to begin your research. There are many resources available on this website including:
Research Guides–Found in the “Getting Started” section. Very useful to learn about the records we will discuss this semester. Many are required reading.
Catalogue (formerly PROCAT)–Found in the “Search our collections” section. This is the online catalogue to the National Archives. You can search by keyword which can be a name, place, subject, record type, etc. You will learn to use this catalogue to find the records we discuss during the course.
“Search our collections” section contains many other helpful databases, such as: Equity Pleadings database, E179 database, PCC wills database, etc.
“Search Other Archives” section contains several links of importance: National Register of Archives, ARCHON, Manorial Documents Register and Access to Archives (A2A).
National Library of
This repository contains many records involving
Their website www.llgc.org.uk has access to catalogs and many other databases.
County Record Office and Other Library Catalogues online
The links for these catalogues can be found in many of the above mentioned websites such as ARCHON and GENUKI.
National Inventory of Documentary Sources (NIDS)
“It is an extraordinary research
aid that will make the researcher's task immeasurably more effective. The cost
of travel and per diem maintenance is such that the opportunity to locate with
great precision the contents of priceless archives will repay the investment
many times over.” Dr Lamar M. Hill, History Department,
University of California, Irvine
Although the Internet has
increased access to record office and library collection holdings, NIDS is
still a very valuable source for the genealogist. It indexes and
reproduces the various aids found in over 120 different repositories in the
Periodical Source Index
(PERSI)
PERSI is an index to articles appearing in periodicals. It includes several periodicals that deal with English and Welsh research. PERSI is available on www.ancestry.com
Gibson guides, Inventories,
Indexes and Finding Aids for CROs in FHLC
The Family History Library has many inventories of archives, indexes to holdings of archives and bibliographies. Search the FHLC on the country or county level and look for the topics beginning with “Archives and Libraries–.....”
Jeremy Gibson is the author of many bibliographies of various types of sources which we will learn about during this course. You will find his guides by doing an author search in the FHLC
Search Engines
Search Engines on the Internet are very helpful. They can help you find websites with information you are in need of. Read about how to use them and what they contain when available. There are some key things to know about searching, for example the use of “ ” to designate an exact phrase to search for. Most search engines have a tips section to explain some to the tricks you can use to get better search results.
Learnings about search engines