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Starting Family History

Starting Family History. Terrington History Group May 14 th 2013. The basics. Gathering together what you know. Organising information Research including civil registration, census and parish records. What you know already. Relationships Dates of birth, marriages, death. Places

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Starting Family History

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  1. Starting Family History Terrington History Group May 14th 2013

  2. The basics • Gathering together what you know. • Organising information • Research including civil registration, census and parish records.

  3. What you know already • Relationships • Dates of birth, marriages, death. • Places • Talk to older relatives • Look at photos and documents.

  4. Organising Information • Keep a notebook • Keep a “shoebox” • Record sources • “To do” list • Use a database for your family tree http://legacyfamilytree.com/

  5. Research • Check information in primary sources • Keep an open mind • Use the internet • Subscription sites • Use libraries, Ryedale Family History Group and NYCC Records Office. National Archive at Kew

  6. Births Deaths and Marriages • Civil Registration started in 1837. • Index by name year and quarter and registration district • Cross reference with census • http://www.freebmd.org.uk/ • Birth.\..\Family History\Vincent\Eugenie Stella birth.jpg • Death ..\..\Family History\Wilkinson\Elisha Wilkinson death 1840 (1).jpg • Marriage ..\..\Family History\Smallwood\Marriage Cert Pip and Ron.jpg

  7. Census • From 1841 to 1911 • Information varies • Can be misleading…. • ..\..\Family History\Wilkinson Photos\1871EnglandCensus_300026430.jpg • Check against other sources.

  8. Parish Registers • Not many are digitalised…yet • International Genealogical Index and the Mormons.https://familysearch.org/ • Search by placehttp://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountyYorkshire_%28T-Z%29.htm#T • Terrington Registers http://www.archive.org/stream/registersofterri29terr#page/n7/mode/2up

  9. And lots, lots more! • Trade directories • Wills • Newspapers • War records • Apprentices • Hearth Tax

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