BURKES PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE GOES ONLINE

The current edition (106th) of this world famous reference work is now available on the world wide web. Burkes Peerage and Baronetage contains over 108,000 living persons and histories of 2,400 families -- some stretching back as much as a thousand years. This makes it an essential reference tool for anyone engaged in family history research. The searchable records are available at www.burkes-peerage.net

BURKES PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE GOES ONLINE

By: Charles Mosley - Editor in Chief, Burkes Peerage and Baronetage

The current edition (106th) of this world famous reference work is now available on the world wide web.

www.burkes-peerage.net

No longer need you trek down to the public library. Drenched by rain. Whipped by sleet. Buffeted by gales. In opening hours only. Only to be told that due to 'budget cuts they havent got an up to date copy.

Burkes Peerage and Baronetage contains over 108,000 living persons and histories of 2,400 families -- some stretching back as much as a thousand years. This makes it an essential reference tool for anyone engaged in family history research.

Not so much a 'snobs bible. More a family one. A roots-diggers dictionary. A pedigree tracers primer.

After all, a huge and prominent medieval dynasty like the Nevills, who included Warwick the King maker, numbers tens if not hundreds of thousands of living descendants today. You may be one of them.

Whats more, Burkes Peerage and Baronetage online will be updated on a regular basis, at least several times a year. An annual subscription lets you profit from the latest research findings.

Plus, there are interviews with selected families, colour, illustrations, a readers forum and articles on topical Burkes related subjects by authoritative writers.

Online means we at Burkes Peerage and Baronetage can respond to the publics concerns, queries and comments. In a faster, more user friendly way.

Family history is the third most popular subject of internet searches. The top two are pornography and stock market trades. Burkes Peerage and Baronetage will not settle for being number three. It is not a top-shelf publication. But it does feature juicy anecdotes about past scandals in high life.

It is no Financial Times. But some of its book versio9n pages are coloured pink for easy reference. And it does discuss the financial circumstances of past grandees. With inflation adjusted figures to give an idea of the real sums involved.

So when you access Burkes Peerage and Baronetage online, youre not just exploring family history. Youre getting a nibble of the other two hot Internet topics.

Log on; scroll down; click on a subject; browse through; then email us your comments. Wed love to hear from you. Your roots are the reason we exist.

www.burkes-peerage.net

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