For many years, genealogy instructors taught genealogists the importance of doing a survey–what is currently known about the ancestor you chose to research?\u00a0 And this is still the best approach.\u00a0 You gain\u00a0key results with a survey:<\/p>\n
The sheer volume of genealogical information available on the internet\u00a0at the beginning of 2011 sort of requires you begin your\u00a0checking online.\u00a0 Without a survey of everybody else’s stuff.<\/p>\n
This research list of\u00a0resources now available, compiled in categories by me, thrusts you into original\u00a0indexes and images of records.\u00a0 And I prepared it with some unresolved questions in my mind–is it a good idea to search the records themselves FIRST?<\/strong>\u00a0 Before anything else?\u00a0 And especially, will this kind of research lead you astray?\u00a0 Grasping inaccurate conclusions?\u00a0 Or, will you spot the real data<\/strong> to begin with?\u00a0 Can you begin with real facts and the accompanying thrill discovery gives you?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n England (including Wales) Online Genealogy Resources–<\/strong><\/p>\n Census Records–Indexes and Images<\/strong><\/p>\n *__<\/strong>http:\/\/www.ancestry.co.uk\u00a0\u00a0<\/a> 1841-1911 indexes, with images<\/p>\n *__http:\/\/www.findmypast.com\u00a0 <\/a>1841-1891, some counties 1901<\/p>\n __http:\/\/www.familysearch.org\u00a0 <\/a>1881, index with transcript; 1851 Devon, Norfolk, Warwickshire\u00a0 indexes<\/p>\n __http:\/\/www.census.pro.gov.uk<\/a>\u00a0 1891, index and images for Norfolk, 500,000 people<\/p>\n $__http:\/\/www.1901 census.nationalarchives.gov.uk<\/a><\/p>\n $__http:\/\/www.1911census.co.uk<\/a>\u00a0 16 million colour images, 36,070,492 people, including entries\u00a0written by your ancestors themselves!<\/p>\n __http:\/\/www.censusfinder.com\/england.htm<\/a>\u00a0 links to free indexes and transcripts\u00a0<\/p>\n Civil Registration–Births, Marriages, Deaths<\/strong><\/p>\n INDEXES<\/p>\n __http:\/\/www.freebmd.org.uk<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n *__http:\/\/www.findmypast.com<\/a><\/p>\n $__http:\/\/www.ancestry.co.uk<\/a>\u00a0 includes Pallot’s Marriage Index, 1538-1837<\/p>\n RECORDS\u00a0<\/p>\n __http:\/\/www.gro.gov.uk<\/a>\u00a0 How to Order Certificates by email, telephone, FAX, postal mail<\/p>\n __http:\/\/www.raogk.org.uk<\/a>\u00a0 volunteers who will do lookups<\/p>\n __http:\/\/www.ukbmd.org.uk<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n $__http:\/\/www.thegenealogist.co.uk<\/a>\u00a0 BMD images, 1837-2003<\/p>\n $__http:\/\/www.origins.net<\/a>\u00a0 Boyd’s Marriage Indexes, all series; Marriage Licenses and Allegations, Faculty Office (1701-1850) and Vicar General Office (1637-1911)<\/p>\n $__http:\/\/www.ancestry.co.uk<\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n Parish Records–Church of England<\/strong><\/p>\n __http:\/\/www.familysearch.org<\/a>\u00a0 Advanced Search, International Genealogical Index (IGI)\u00a0<\/p>\n $__http:\/\/www.thegenealogist.co.uk<\/a>\u00a0 includes registers for Metro London<\/p>\n __http:\/\/www.onlineparishclerks.org.uk<\/a>\u00a0 parishes digitizing registers<\/p>\n $__http:\/\/www.origins.net<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n __http:\/\/www.google.co.uk<\/a>\u00a0 “Look Up Exchange”\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Check internet search engines like Google, Dogpile, Altavista using parish name, local town, county, “church records and indexes”\u00a0for transcripts.\u00a0\u00a0 And to locate parish names consult these sites:<\/p>\n __http:\/\/www.genuki.org.uk<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 link to “Parish Locator”<\/p>\n __http:\/\/www.visionofbritain.org.uk<\/a>\u00a0 Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales,<\/em><\/strong> 6 vols.<\/p>\n __http:\/\/www.british-history.ac.uk\/source<\/a>\u00a0 Lewis’s Topographical Dictionary of England and Wales,<\/em><\/strong> 4 vols.\u00a0<\/p>\n Nonconformists\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n __Baptists–1647 earliest<\/p>\n __Calvinistic Methodists (mostly Wales)–1735 earliest<\/p>\n __Congregationalists and Independents–1644 earliest<\/p>\n __Huguenots–1550 earliest, most from 1684<\/p>\n __Jews–1687 earliest<\/p>\n __Methodists–1740 earliest<\/p>\n __Moravians–1741 earliest<\/p>\n __Presbyterians–1644 earliest<\/p>\n __Quakers–1578 earliest, most from 1654<\/p>\n __Roman Catholics–1663 earliest<\/p>\n __Unitarians–1762 earliest<\/p>\n Records of these nonconformist groups were acknowledged by law about 1778.\u00a0 Their records were ordered to be sent in for preservation to the Registrar General in 1837.\u00a0 All those deposited in the Public Record Office are on microfilm at the Family History Library; 85 % of all surviving registers have been input into the IGI<\/strong>.\u00a0 Your favorite genealogist, Arlene Eakle.\u00a0 http:\/\/arleneeakle.com<\/a><\/p>\n Code:<\/strong>\u00a0 *\u00a0<\/strong> Free versions available at the Family History Library and other research libraries and archives;\u00a0 $\u00a0<\/strong> Fee site.<\/p>\n PS\u00a0 Watch for the next installment of this England-Wales Basic Sources Online Checklist–posted right here in the near future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" For many years, genealogy instructors taught genealogists the importance of doing a survey–what is currently known about the ancestor you chose to research?\u00a0 And this is still the best approach.\u00a0 You gain\u00a0key results with a survey: You can capture several … Continue reading