Genealogy Chat

Can someone please give me some advice on how to go about finding the siblings of ancestors for example. My grandmother was one of about 8 and she was born in Islington but one of her older brothers was born in Norfolk. I can search 1837 for her younger ones by using mothers name but there are still at least 3 between 1901 and 1912. Sue G

Hi Sue, The first thing you could do is post the names you're looking for on this board. You never know someone else may already have information they can share with you. I spend an awful lot of time trawling through 1837online! I know it can seem expensive, but ultimately it is cheaper than many other options! All the births you are looking for will be on 1837 and if the surname is not too common it shouldn't be too bad! The only tip I would give re 1837 is whenever you find a birth with the surname you are researching, either save the page to your computer, or make a list of all those you find (including the 1/4 and year). I didn't use to do this, and I've lost count of the number of times I have then later found out that I've had to return to the same page again when a new family connection has come to light! I now have a list of any possible "suspects" which I can refer back to when the need arises! Good luck with you search. Eleanorx

Thanks Eleanor, I soon learnt to print out every page that I visit on 1837 all I have to remember to do now is write when and what the page is on the older ones as it is not printed on there. Unfortunatly some of the names are common, so look out 1837 and birth certs (and probably bank manager!) Here I come!! Sue G

Hi Sue, Are you familiar with the family search site? If you are, put in the parents names and and country and you should have a page of all the children of that couple. Good luck Jan from Gravesend, Kent.

Sue, If you have addresses finding the family in a series of census records is a good way of finding out who you are looking for, eg first find the Family in either 1881 or 1901 which are accessable online, then is you have addresses (or if there is an index for the area you are interested in) you can find them on 1891 or 1871, then you have some names and rough dates to look for the registrations, and you may find other relatives living or visiting the household, and details of occupations and other usueful stuff. You will need to go to a local or national record office to get access to the microfilm, but will be able to get copies for a few pence per go. Local directories can help with addresses if the certificates you have are not near enough the census dates to be useful. Pam