This book traces the history of the Fitzhugh Family of Bedfordshire, England from the first Hugh and his wife Joyce, who were living in 1223 and from whom the family name derives, down to William Fitzhugh the Immigrant (1651-1701) who founded the Fitzhugh Family of Virginia. For the first four centuries it draws upon the work of the late Terrick V. H. FitzHugh, a noted genealogist. The latter ...
A book on family history research, this explains how ancestral contexts and backgrounds can be discovered. Using textual examples the author advises on the weaving of contemporary national events and local lifestyles into a narrative which is of more than family interest. Terrick FitzHugh is also the author of "Dictionary of Genealogy" and was one of the founders of the Association of ...