Genealogy Chat

kath
thank you for that added info will attempt it later today thank you
& thank you both for your time

Hi David,

I find it easier to use Ancestry's "old search" instead of their "new search". You can switch from one to the other (there is a button in the top right hand corner of the search page). I also click on "exact search" which gives fewer results but I find it easier to work through.

Kath. x

jan
thanks for that
im not new to fh {i know it may seem that i am} been member of gr 4 years now just joined ancestry but find some of it hard to follow but will give it another go
thanks again

David, one more thing. I would advise starting to build your family tree as far as you know it first of all. This is because when you find records you are able to attach them to members of that tree.
I would start with one you know to start with.
Jan

brummiejan & kathleen
thank you for the info & your time

Put in as little information as necessary. Sometimes if you put in too much information you don't get the right results. If you are looking for a birth just put in the name and the year you think the birth occurred +/- a couple of years and see what comes up.

If you want to give a name on here (one that isn't too recent as you shouldn't put details of people who may still be living on an open thread) someone will try to help you.

Kath. x

If you run your cursor over "search" you will see a drop-down menu, in which there is a "births, marriages and deaths" option.
Don't forget Freebmd which is sometimes easier to search 1837-1940-ish:
www.freebmd.org.uk
Jan

hi ive recently joined ancestry website
i would like to know how & what i do to trace unknown details of births marriages & deaths please
i know i need to be on the search pages thats all
what do i need to do then
info appreciated