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tracing pre census records

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Eric

Eric Report 3 Feb 2018 20:20

where is best source of information for records pre census years please.

Rambling

Rambling Report 3 Feb 2018 21:11

Depends on location I would say, both FMP and Ancestry have Parish records for different areas. Most of us use many sites not just one, and make as much use of free sites as the subscription ones.

Just two

https://www.familysearch.org/search
http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/

Google what's available for the counties you're interested in. There are lots of individual pages for towns and villages online.

KathleenBell

KathleenBell Report 4 Feb 2018 00:13

You can find some information in Newspapers (Findmypast has some and I imagine Ancestry have too).

Trade directories can sometimes help.

Kath. x