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This is the point where your research can become a little more difficult. Before 1837 records of births deaths and marriages were kept by the local parish and each event would be entered (hopefully) in the Parish record book. But unless you know where your ancestor was born , which parish record do you look in. If you have searched through the census records you may well have a good Idea of where to start looking as the place of birth was usually recorded by the census enumerator. But one of the best sources to look into first is the I.G.I the international genealogical index. This is an index compiled by The Church of Jesus Christ of the latter day Saints (Mormons) of millions of names extracted from many sources including Parish Records and indexed in Alphabetical order in each County. They will give you Name , date of birth or marriage, Parents Names including the mothers maiden name and parish. Copies of the I.G.I are viewable in most large Libraries or County Record offices or can be viewed at one of the Family History centers set up by the Church. But don't take these entries as fact, many mistakes were made in the transcription of these records. So having found an entry relevant to you , check the original documents to make sure. Parish records are available to view at your local County Record office also at the Public record office. Many are also available to view along with masses of other genealogical information at the Society of Genealogists who's offices are quite near the Family Record Office. You will see the location on the map on the previous page. and can click on the site to go to their web page or Click on the Society Logo below
The L.D.S ( Church of the latter day Saints) operate a surname search facility online as well as many other useful genealogical aids visit their site by clicking on the following Logo
Once you start searching you will be amazed at the amount of information there is to be had. The problem is finding it. If your family came from a particular area you may find extra information at the local record office. Such as Parish relief books, Tythe maps, wills, Old Photographs of the area Etc. Or you may find that your ancestors were mentioned in a newspaper of the time, These can be viewed at the Collingdale Newspaper liabrary. Court Records and criminal records can be searched at the P.R.O at Kew or sometimes at the local record office. There are School records, Military muster lists,Passenger lists, Poll books. Local Directories. Indexes of all kinds built by people interested in Genealogy. Trade union lists, Railway workers , workhouse records ,Bastardy papers and so on and so on the list is endless. You just have to find the time to go and look. You will also find it helpful to join a Family History Society, These can be particulary helpful as they usualy operate a members interest list where other members can see if you are researching the same family. They also usually have for sale indexes of various kinds relating to their own area as well as books and pamphlets on all aspects of Family history research. There is a list of Family History Societies on this site.Family History Societies You will be able to select the best one for you and if you want, Join online. You can also search online and there are thousands of Genealogy sites out there. As yet there is not a lot of easily found data but this is improving day by day as more people index lists of names and make them available on the internet. As we come across them we will add links to them on this site. If you have your own web pages with your Family Names on them you can also have them linked to this site on the Surnames page. email your details and your web address and as soon as time permits we will add them, so as other searchers can have a look to see if you are researching the same family, Once you have built up your family history to your satisfaction take copies of it and lodge a copy with, either your Family History Society or the Society of Genealogists, or both. That way your research will always be available to future generations.
Good Hunting Come back again soon, as we are adding to this site all the time.
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