NAME
Genealogy::Wills - Lookup in a database of wills
VERSION
Version 0.06
SYNOPSIS
# See https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/genealogy/wills.html
use Genealogy::Wills;
my $wills = Genealogy::Wills->new();
# ...
SUBROUTINES/METHODS
new
Creates a Genealogy::Wills object.
Takes two optional arguments which can be hash, hash-ref or key-value pairs.
directory
-
That is the directory containing obituaries.sql. If not given, the use the module's data directory.
logger
-
An object to send log messages to
search
Last (last name) is a mandatory parameter.
Return a list of hash references in list context, or a hash reference in scalar context.
Each record includes a formatted url
field.
my $wills = Genealogy::Wills->new();
# Returns an array of hashrefs
my @smiths = $wills->search(last => 'Smith'); # You must at least define the last name to search for
print $smiths[0]->{'first'}, "\n";
AUTHOR
Nigel Horne, <njh at bandsman.co.uk>
BUGS
SEE ALSO
The Kent Wills Transcript, https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~mrawson/genealogy/wills.html
SUPPORT
You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.
perldoc Genealogy::Wills
You can also look for information at:
MetaCPAN
RT: CPAN's request tracker
CPAN Testers' Matrix
CPAN Testers Dependencies
LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2023-2025 Nigel Horne.
This program is released under the following licence: GPL2