'Using Gravestones to trace your Ancestors - A guide for Family Historians' by Amanda Leedham Bwyd a Diod|Food & Drink Henry VIII

Henry VIII

and researching local history records is one of the most rewarding ways to gather this information

Rising from obscurity

and of Catherine of Aragon

discovered in a late-sixteenth century manuscript bequeathed to the National Library of Wales

'Using Gravestones to trace your Ancestors - A guide for Family Historians' by Amanda Leedham Bwyd a Diod|Food & Drink Henry VIIIThis book explores how important gravestones are and how they can give the researcher a sense of a deceased person's identity and about the society they lived in. The book looks at all types of gravestones and monuments from the 17th century through to the 20th century, with details on techniques for recording the findings.