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Starting Family History. Terrington History Group May 14 th 2013. The basics. Gathering together what you know. Organising information Research including civil registration, census and parish records. What you know already. Relationships Dates of birth, marriages, death. Places - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Starting Family History
Terrington History GroupMay 14th 2013
The basics
• Gathering together what you know.
• Organising information• Research including civil
registration, census and parish records.
What you know already
• Relationships• Dates of birth,
marriages, death.• Places• Talk to older relatives• Look at photos and
documents.
Organising Information
• Keep a notebook• Keep a “shoebox”• Record sources• “To do” list• Use a database for your
family treehttp://legacyfamilytree.com/
Research
• Check information in primary sources
• Keep an open mind• Use the internet • Subscription sites • Use libraries, Ryedale
Family History Group and NYCC Records Office.
National Archive at Kew
Births Deaths and Marriages
• Civil Registration started in 1837.
• Index by name year and quarter and registration district
• Cross reference with census
• http://www.freebmd.org.uk/
• Birth.\..\Family History\Vincent\Eugenie Stella birth.jpg
• Death ..\..\Family History\Wilkinson\Elisha Wilkinson death 1840 (1).jpg
• Marriage ..\..\Family History\Smallwood\Marriage Cert Pip and Ron.jpg
Census
• From 1841 to 1911• Information varies• Can be misleading….• ..\..\Family History\Wilk
inson Photos\1871EnglandCensus_300026430.jpg
• Check against other sources.
Parish Registers• Not many are digitalised…
yet• International Genealogical
Index and the Mormons.https://familysearch.org/
• Search by placehttp://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyYorkshire_%28T-Z%29.htm#T
• Terrington Registers http://www.archive.org/stream/registersofterri29terr#page/n7/mode/2up
And lots, lots more!
• Trade directories• Wills• Newspapers• War records• Apprentices• Hearth Tax