Copies of the 2000 Edition (not the very latest update) available from AbeBooks for £0.61 plus postage On your advice I've just ordered one. Best regards John On 20/01/2014 20:50, Jean Harris wrote: > Hi all > > Brian is so right as after 40 years of researching my own family history I have never seen or read a better book than this one by Mark Herber. It was published 1997 with the association of the Society of Genealogists, London. > > AND the joy of it is that he gives examples from his own Devonian families!! Hence he quotes many Devon documents and sources. > > I am sure that a copy can be found in any major City Library (Dewey decimal 929 for genealogy) and University Library. Find this book and enjoy!! > > Jean Harris in Toronto, Ontario > > (a former Devonian) > On Jan 20, 2014, at 6:13 AM, Brian Randell wrote: > >> Hi Bev: >> >> Yes - I'd heard of this, I think from reading the splendid book: >> >> M.D. Herber. Ancestral Trails: The Complete Guide to British Genealogy and Family History. >> >> which I regard as *the* best single book on UH genealogy. >> >> Cheers >> >> Brian >> >>