What’s new? Here is the rundown of Pen & Sword’s 2025 publications, including new releases and updated editions for family historians. If you’d like to know more, check out the listing at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Family-History/c/58/order/release_date/desc
Regional Research Guides
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Tracing Your Welsh Ancestors by Beryl Evans
Release: 11th December 2025
Price: £13.59 (Save 20%)
Focus: Navigating Welsh language, patronymics, and local archives.Tracing your Surrey Ancestors by Sarah Pettyfer
Release: 14th July 2025
Price: £12.79 (Save 20%)
Focus: Archival resources for Surrey families. -
Tracing your Staffordshire Ancestors by Chloe O’Shea
Release: 16th May 2025
Price: £15.99
Focus: Researching the Potteries, Black Country, and surrounding areas. -
Researching Ancestral Crisis in Ireland by Chris Paton
Release: 28th March 2025
Price: £15.99
Focus: Tracing ancestors during famines and historical unrest.Methodology & Records
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DNA: A Guide for Family Historians by Graham S Holton
Release: 6th November 2025
Price: £13.59 (Save 20%)
Focus: Understanding DNA testing and results for genealogy. -
Tracing Your Ancestors’ Parish Records by Stuart A. Raymond
Release: 10th October 2025
Price: £16.99
Focus: Updated guide to baptisms, marriages, and burials. -
Using Gravestones to Trace Your Ancestors by Amanda Leedham
Release: 28th March 2025
Price: £14.99
Focus: Interpreting inscriptions, symbols, and burial locations. -
Tracing your Ancestors using the UK Historical Timeline by Neil Bertram & Angela Smith
Release: 2nd April 2025
Price: £12.99
Focus: Contextualizing family history within major UK events.
Specialist History
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Tracing Your Secret Service Ancestors by Phil Tomaselli
Release: 9th September 2025
Price: £14.99
Focus: Locating intelligence and secret service records. -
The Children of Charles the Second (Fonthill Imprint)
Release: 30th April 2025
Price: £22.00 (Hardback)
Focus: A history of the monarch’s fourteen illegitimate children.