Genealogy Chat

I agree with you there Jeannie, when i get a lot of names and i cant be sure i just leave it and hopefully come back to it when i have more information from somewhere else. Otherwise i suppose it might be cheapre to order a cert. Haven't had to order one yet though and have just spent a very successful couple of hours on there. You've got to agree its a lot better than 1837 which is just rubbish as far as giving you information goes. Pam

It fine if you only have one or two names come up but I had 10 names in the same year, that would be 10 pounds if the name was the last one you looked at. The other frustation is that many have no image and its 10 pounds to order cert.

You can get quite a lot of "free" information on Scots Origins before you have to start shelling out. I find scotlands people a much better site that the english ones as you can view pages from registers thereby avoiding ordering certificates whereas you can't on 1837 unless i'm missing something. In fact i'm about to post a message about it. Pam

For Scotland try scotlandspeople.gov.uk I do find it very expensive compaired to the English sites. 5 credits to view transcripts which is a £1. Does anyone know of cheaper Scottish sites??

Christopher Why don't you post the information you already know. Perhaps someone may be able to help you, or make some suggestions?

Irish Registrations did not start until 1864, although non-catholic marriages were recorded from 1845. The LDS hold films of these indexes, but you would need to be sure of dates and places. The earliest complete census for Ireland is 1901, although small portions of earlier ones still survive in one form or another. But they are only small, and possibly only cover one County area. There are numerous Irish Genealogy sites, take alook at Therea's thread, and the threads about good websites. The "cmcrp" site is free to register and has County Forums and a search facility. It is primarily Irish in nature, or you could try "ukbdm" (note the order of letters, not "ukbmd") and its broken twigs forum. Paul

Just a suggestion...have you tried a variation on the spelling? I found about 12 variations on my family's name going back to 1600's. It may be worth looking into. Sheila

I have trawled and searched the great "1837 online .com"site to try and establish a marriage and find birthdates without any success. So I must now take to thinking that my mother and father were not English or Welsh. Are there any sites like 1837 .com, that cover Scotland/Northern Ireland & Eire. I would greatly appreciate some help and advice. All the info I have is on the searching notice board, but if i cant find a marriage or birth certificate on the 1837 site where can I go next.