Genealogy Chat

Thanks for that info.Judy. Looks really good

Tetley

Thanks referencing for later
Jenny

actually...dont worry - I hsve found it.

Thanks

Hi Judy

Ive just been looking at this and it looks fantastic.

I just wanted to check that I was using the site in the correct way (as passenger lists would be very useful to me) so I did a search for your Cosky mentioned above- but I cant see any passenger lists.

Sorry to trouble you but can you guide me through how you got to that once you got the results from the surname search.

Thanks so much

Megan

A little nudge.... : )

I hope the site proves as useful to some of you at it has for me. New things are posted all the time as volunteers transcribe so make sure you check back at the site once in a while. You might not find something the first time around but might the next. I have found something new just about everytime I visited! And no, Julia, I don't mind helping out if you should need further guidence....just drop me a note.

A useful tip: Sometimes too much information hinders your search. I have found by searching by surname only, leaving out dates and areas, I have been able to find ancestors in unexpected areas as well as unexpected connections. For instance, looking for Leopold Ferdinand Cosky, my great grandfather, by entering just Cosky, with no other information entered, I came up with his name on a passenger's list (when he abandoned his family in the early 1900's) on his way to Australia....his name on the records was L. F. Cosky. That never came up with a full name search...so at least we know when and where he went when he left his pregnant wife with 7 kids! A nice unexpected find for me!

Judy

Thanks for that Judy, Will give it a go.

Thank you so much! Have tried it and found 3 for my tree already.
It's like an early Christmas pressie!

Judy - thanks for this. Just had a quick look, and at present it's abit double dutch. So, I'm going to have a go tomorrow when I have more time. It may prove to be the answer to all my prayers when I have finally understood it. I may need to come back to you for further guidence, if you don't mind please.
Again, many thanks.
Julia in Derbyshire

great Judy, my hubby will be pleased I've got another site to 'dig up bones' on, not, lol
thanks hun
Sue

Oh dear, Judy what HAVE you done to me, I'm in enough trouble already for spending too much time on my rellies, lol.

Thanks so much I wouldn't have spotted that, I was just looking on familysearch too.

Better set an alarm for me to go to school, make the tea, go to bed etc etc ... ...

Maria x

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thanks for that info Judy - great stuff

I posted this info a while back and recently made mention of it on Vicky's thread "Freereg and Freecen" but thought it worth mentioning again for those who might have missed it......it's the LDS site at www.familysearch.com.

I've used this site for years and got a lot of great info from it but only recently realized, through a friend, there is a whole new section to the site. If the new area of the site is not pointed out to you, you miss it completely!

On the home page (website address above) under WHAT'S NEW, those wishing to help transcribe can click on HELP CREATE FREE PUBLIC ACCESS TO US CENSUS INDEXES AND MORE. It is not all US based. A lot of it has to do with the UK. I was able to choose what area I wanted to transcribe...of course I chose areas my kin were from in hopes of finding more twigs for my tree.

The best find in the new section of this site, also under WHAT'S NEW...if you click on SEE NEW PROTYPE FOR SEARCHING MILLIONS OF RECORDS there are millions of new FREE copies of documents that can be obtained here. I have not only obtained free copies of death, birth and marriages certificates here, but I have found information I was unable to find on relatives I have been searching for, for over 20 years! I also, literally, was able to add over two dozen ancestors I didn't know existed because they were born and died between census years. (Seach by surname only....I found this an invaluable tip in finding those lost relatives.)

All of the US documents, in my personal research, I have been able to recieve free of charge. I have come across, though, a fee charged for some of the UK documents I wanted - but not all of them. I believe that is because certain sites have some kind of "rights" to certain documents and the LDS site can only referance those documents sending you to the "pay for' site. Documents transcribed by volunteers, though, through the LDS site, will remain free of charge for all.

At any rate, whether looking to volunteer, or looking for ancestors, the new section of this site is worth taking a look at.

Judy