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Information sources please for 1700's - stuck!

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Carolyn

Carolyn Report 17 Sep 2004 12:15

Thank you everyone for the tips - will give them a go. Hopefully save me a journey!

An Olde Crone

An Olde Crone Report 17 Sep 2004 01:06

Before you go anywhere else, try a2a, brilliant site, no bmds but a good browse should turn up something about your family. Its a pain to search, but really really worth the effort - Ive got back to 1210 with my family name. Good luck!

Carolyn

Carolyn Report 16 Sep 2004 13:16

Many thanks - I thought that would be the case! Typical ... I live on the South coast and the relatives are in Lancashire!! I know where my next holiday is going to be!

Anne

Anne Report 16 Sep 2004 13:01

Apart from www.familysearch.org which has the IGI (very good, although not complete) there are some local sites with local details. You could also try the Family History Society for the area you are searching. Try Googling the name of the place/county you are searching for. After that is a journey to the local archives to look at the parish registers and other documents. Very time consuming but extremely interesting. Anne

Guinevere

Guinevere Report 16 Sep 2004 13:01

Hi, You may have to look at parish records. Not many are on line. Gwynne

Researching:
Lowestoft and North Suffolk, Monmouthshire, Breconshire, Somerset

Carolyn

Carolyn Report 16 Sep 2004 12:57

Can anyone advise on web sites where I can browse and search for relatives born in mid to late 1700's. All the ones I have used thus far have been brilliant but no site goes back that far - or am I losing the plot??