Genealogy Chat

Hi All, I was wondering if anybody could give me a few tips on starting out with a family tree. I have found out about quite a few relations by word of mouth but it is all quite vague ie dont know where people came from or what they did as an occupation etc... Dont really know whare to start so any tips would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Mand

Hi, If you go to your home page and scroll down there is a section 'Getting Started' which will tell you all you need to know. Gwynne

Hi Mandy If you've enough names to get back to 1901 then you can search through census details which will give other family members and occupation of working people. If you can't get that far back, then you may need to order birth/marriage certs to confirm parentage etc. There are several free sites familysearch(.)org freebmd(.)org(.)uk and others you need to subscribe to to get details but are free to search ancestry(.)com or co(.)uk have a look Elly

Morning Mand, You need to start with yourself ie, your date of birth and where born etc. Then your parents marriage and their dates of birth. You may need certificates to prove your way back to the first available census in 1901 so you know who you are looking for. On the census when you find your relatives it will give you their rough age ,their occupation, place of birth and address. what have you got so far? Cathy

PS. Be warned! It is highly addictive and very expensive. Gwynne

Hi, Up to now i have gone back to my gg grandparents in 1869.But i cant really find out any more. And i am addicted already and i have only been doing it for a short time!!!!!

Mand Do you want to give names and places? See if anyone can help? Elly

there are two more census that can be back0traced then 1851 and 1841, what info (specific ) do you have back as far as 1869?

My gg grandfather was William Taylor born 1870 and died in 1941, i think he was born in liverpool and later moved to st.helens. He married Catherine Woods who was born in 1869 and died in 1944 who i think was also born in liverpool. Thanks

OK, we'd be better starting with 1901 and following back, so, did they have children, if so, who and born when (something positive to look for in 1901)

As far as i know they definately had 2 children Ellen taylor born in 1895 and died in 1963, and Frances Taylor born in 1916 and died in 2004.Although there could have been more children im not too sure. Thanks

Hi, LancashireBMd shows the marriage in 1893 Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1893 Surname Forename(s) Surname Forename(s) Church / Register Office Registers At Reference TAYLOR William WOODS Catharine. Woolton, St. Peter's Liverpool 2077WD/1/312 Hopefully we'll find it in the GRO index too Yes, here's the GRO info. Marriages Sep 1893 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Taylor William Prescot 8b 1107 Woods Catharine Prescot 8b 1107 Pete

With the Pete-in-Glos info, you should be able to get a copy of the Parish Register page instead of buying a cert. It's usually cheaper (although the Record Offices have sussed out that it does take up their professional and admin time, so they do usually make a charge); but best of all, the Register page is the one with the original handwriting - and original signatures: much more interesting than a transcription - even a contemporary one. And more reliable... I was able, with my pre-existing knowledge to identify that a groom's father's occupation wasn't ''cashier'' (which it did look like) but ''carrier'', but I couldn't have been certain he hadn't changed jobs without being able to see an image of the original. Christine

Thanks for that info i cant believe you found that within an hour it would have taken me weeks. All this help is really appreciated. THANKS.

You ask the records office to send a photocopy!

Can you get the parish records page online?

The Medway CityArk site is the only place where I've been aware of Parish Register page-images being online. Otherwise you contact the relevant County Records Office (as Nell has said) -or whatever they call themselves (Genuki has lists of useful things like that). Or you could see if there's anyone who's going there anyway and has time to look out for your record and get the copy for you. (Try the Records Board). Providing you have the date & place, it shouldn't be too horrendous a burden - but it is a matter for the individual, who may have masses to do on their own account (as I shall do when I eventually get to the Hampshire Records Office in Winchester). Christine

Thanks

If you really intend to do a lot of serious study, you should take out a sub with ancestry then you can spend hours and hours checking things out - it has all the census info from 1901-1851 and 1841 due shortly plus lots of other goodies that you will get to use, such as the births, deaths and marriages index. If you go and register free on the Lost Cousins website, you will see an ancestry logo there which will give you 20% off the yearly sub - so works out about £55 for the whole year 24/7 with no more to pay. By the code, do you mean the reference? Its the GRO reference you need to identify the certificate if you buy it online or by post from the General Records Office. Online it is £7.