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right thanks alot all of you am going to go through bmd and see what i can find. i think i am tracing the wrong line from william h french and above...will kepp you posted

Good luck!

Do let us know how you get on Ronald and we'll be happy to help further.

If you go to the FreeBMD homepage there are links to charts showing how far they are with transcribing each year (currently up to about the mid 1950s with some gaps and some later ones).

Start by finding your father's birth and then note his mother's maiden name. Then look for a marriage that fits (if any doubt buy certificates!). Keep working back that way then start checking with census.

nope got it william h french is the right line yahooo lol....so how do go beyond his father william born in 1832?

does the free bmd only go back to 1837??? hmmm where do find out pre that?

That's when it starts to get difficult, you have to start looking in Parish records and other resources (some are on-line depending on location). FamilySearch can be very useful https://familysearch.org

1837 was when civil registration was introduced.

Have a look at this thread http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/boards/board/ancestors/absolute%20basics%20for%20beginners%20-%20please%20read/thread/1191812

oh ok headache time lol

This looks to be William H's father in 1841:

1841 England Census
about William French
Name: William French
Age: 10
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1831
Gender: Male
Where born: Oxfordshire, England

Civil parish: Upper Heyford
Hundred: Ploughley
County/Island: Oxfordshire
Country: England

Street Address:

Occupation: View image

Registration district: Bicester
Sub-registration district: Bletchingdon
Neighbors: View others on page
Piece: 886
Book: 6
Folio: 9
Page Number: 12
Household Members: Name Age
Henry French 30
Francis French 30
William French 10
Elizabeth French 6
Emma French 4
Anne French 2
Jane French 6 Mo

There do not appear to be any Oxfordshire parish records online (except for a few on Ancestry). Oxford Family History Society have some for sale:

http://www.ofhs.org.uk/CDsales.html#prs

Oxford Records Office:

http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/cms/content/oxfordshire-history-centre-collections

They are digitising the parish records to make them available on line

If you can't wait 8 months, perhaps you could visit the Records Office.

yes i came to that too ....now need to find henry's father etc etc lol