General References Useful for a New Genealogist

"Family Roots. Discovering the Past the the Public Record Office"
by Stella Colwell. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1991.

"Tracing your Ancestors in the Public Record Office" by Cox, Padfield, 
Bevan, Duncan. HMSO, 1990 (4th Ed).

"The Family Tree Detective. A Manual for analysing and solving Genealogical
problems in England and Wales, 1538 to the Present Day" by Colin Rogers.
Manchester University Press, 1983.