Bibliograph

Tracing your docker ancestors, a guide for family historians, Alex Ombler

Type

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Tracing your docker ancestors, a guide for family historians, Alex Ombler

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes biographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Tracing your docker ancestors

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1104000258

Responsibility statement

Alex Ombler

Series statement

Family history from Pen & Sword

Sub title

a guide for family historians

Summary

"Alex Ombler's handbook is the first practical guide for family historians who wish to find out about family members who worked in British docks. In a series of concise, informative chapters he takes readers through the history of British ports and identifies research methods and materials -- both local and national -- through which they can discover the lives and experiences of the people who worked in them." -- Back cover

Table Of Contents

Introduction -- 1. Getting started: basic family history documents -- 2. The origins of the dock labour force -- 3. Daily life on the docks -- 4. Tools and equipment -- 5. Trade unions -- 6. Beyond the dock wall: dockside communities -- 7. Docks and dockers during the World Wars -- 8. The National Dock Labour Scheme -- Dock strikes and the decline of the dockers, 1967-1989 -- Glossary: Types of dock labourer

Target audience

adult

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