Searching English Records .....

trish1 · Post by **trish1** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 4:12 am

Because of the lack of information on England/Wales indexes and certificates, I have found their Census to provide the best source for initial research on English family. After many moons of thinking about it I eventually decided to subscribe to ancestry.co.uk (because they have indexed census data for 1851 to 1901) and my reseach went ahead at a very fast rate thereafter. I have also found many resources and assistance on the RootsChat forum site. There are a number of individuals and groups now transcribing parish records. Although not a substitute for seeing the real record, when you live in Australia and the LDS do not have a film for your parish, they are the best alternative.

Some LDS centres and local libraries provide free access to ancestry, so it is not always necessary to be a subscriber.

Sites I use alot for English research include google (amazing what it will find)
FreeBDM http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/
FreeCen http://freecen.rootsweb.com/
Genuki http://www.genuki.org.uk/
IGI Batch numbers http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com ... umbers.htm
http://www.familyhistoryonline.net/ (pay site)
UK BDM http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/
Historical directories http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd ... cation.asp
Online parish clerks (this is Kent - there are others) http://www.kent-opc.org.uk/index.htm - I have found Dorset extremely good for my research
RootsChat http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php
ancestry www.ancestry.co.uk - mainly a pay site but has a free copy of FreeBDM and at the moment free access to the England/Wales Indexes - only the 1st and last entries of each page are indexed - as per 1837online - and there are many errors in the indexes.

Trish

DavidWW · Post by **DavidWW** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 9:31 am

Hi All

Thanks for all those links, - they've been copied to a post in the FAQ section.

David

Mez · Post by **Mez** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 12:15 pm

Trish - Thanks for taking the time to list those links. Am sure they will be very handy when the time comes to use them. And David, thanks for putting them all in a safe spot.

Mez

Post by **Jean Jeanie** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 1:00 pm

Thank you all for your help.

Chris will have plenty to work on now.

Jean

Post by **Tracey** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 1:27 pm

A few more to add

Fee based
www.thegenealogist.co.uk
www.nationalarchivist.com
www.britishorigins.com

Free
www.a2a.org.uk

DavidWW · Post by **DavidWW** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 2:10 pm

Tracey wrote:A few more to add

Fee based
www.thegenealogist.co.uk
www.nationalarchivist.com
www.britishorigins.com

Free
www.a2a.org.uk

These also added to the FAQ post.

Thanks.

Any more

$\:D/$

David

trish1 · Post by **trish1** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 2:50 pm

I guess we shouldn't omit the national archives!
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
and you can search the 1901 census for free - but pay to see the image
http://www.1901censusonline.com/
To order the certificates that cost 7 pounds and contain very little
http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certi ... efault.asp
The Family Records Centre has details of what is on those certificates
http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk/topics/bmd.htm

(Apologies if I have repeated any)

Trish

mean_genie · Post by **mean_genie** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 2:48 am

Another useful website for information on English research is the Family Records Centre site. No searchable data, but reliable and up to date information on the main record sources, including some not held at the FRC

www.familyrecords.gov.uk/frc

DavidWW · Post by **DavidWW** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 10:07 am

Mean Genie

Thanks for that.

The background info has been addded to the FAQ.

David
TSAG

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