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How do you track your relatives back in times befo
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Katherine | Report | 24 Nov 2004 17:16 |
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I have been going great guns with my family tree - shooting off in all directions mapping them through all the census since 1841 using birth, marriage and death cert to put meat on the bones and using all the sites available. I have now come to a standstill. I have gone back 5 generations and am hunting around Randwick in Glos for the Barnes family- but without a census or concrete birth or death certificates anything I do find is a bit sketchy and I am not comfortable that I am finding true relatives. Does anyone have any tips on where to go from here - I am fumbling around the late 1700's a bit lost and disapointed that I have come to the end of the line. Please help. |
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Heather | Report | 24 Nov 2004 18:08 |
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At that point, you need to look at parish records. If you have the date of birth of one ancestor and the place, you can look at the parish records and see their father's and possibly mothers name. From there you can track the parents marriage and their fathers' names and so on backwards. If its any comfort, I am back to 1550. |
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Phoenix | Report | 24 Nov 2004 18:26 |
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There is life before 1837, lots of it, but you really need to get your hands dirty as very little of it is on the web. If you can, get to the record office or archives centre for the area. There are so many different sorts of record that you are spoilt for choice. There may be information online, and family history societies may offer look ups or indexes to purchase, but nothing beats looking at the original records. Brenda |
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Ann L from Darlo | Report | 24 Nov 2004 18:33 |
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Katherine It's not easy when you get that far back and has been said the only wasy is to see the real thing--Parish Records --even then the writing is difficult to read. Family Search is good but remember it is transcribed and if you want to be sure--as I do on mine--then you must see the real thing! Also people do make mistakes transcribing records--I have found this out at my peril. Ann |
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Irene | Report | 24 Nov 2004 18:55 |
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Looking on line there is the IGI or Family search. The Mormons are putting on the Church records for marriages and deaths. These do need to be checked with the original records to make sure there are no mistakes. You can also try Hugh Wallis Batch numbers, this is the parish records again same as the IGI but you can search by parish by the surname, you may find a few more here than on the IGI. Good Luck Irene |
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