Tracing Blacksmiths and Wheelwrights: Exploring the lives of our ancestral craftsmen by Ian H Waller FSG FGRA

But what did these craftsmen actually do?  Why are they frequently linked together? This book explains the connection and reveals how their work has changed over the centuries.

The author explores both crafts in great detail and explains what they each did. Blacksmiths and wheelwrights can be found in many different records, all listed together with other suggestions for further research.

This book is a must for all family and local history researchers with a rural interest.  It gives a fascinating glimpse of changing times and should be read by every researcher. This is a really useful guide in every sense because, not so long ago, almost all researchers will have rural ancestors.