INTRODUCING NONCONFORMIST RECORDS EXPLAINING NONCONFORMIST RECORDS FOR FAMILY HISTORIANS
Ian H Waller
Family History Books, 291 pages, £14.95
The results of the 1851 census of attendance at churches horrified the Church of England. Not only had almost 40 per cent of the population failed to attend church altogether, but nearly 42 per cent of attendees had attended nonconformist services. For us, this highlights the importance of checking whether our ancestors had nonconformist roots. The probability is that many of them can be traced in
