1. Genealogy on the Internet England Jacqui Haines

2. Major Types of Records  Census  Vital Records – Birth, Marriage, Death  Immigration/emigration records  City Directories & telephone books

3. More Complex Types of Records  Land records  Military Records  Obituaries  Cemetery Records

4. Significant Dates 1538: Parish registers started 1837: Civil registration started 1841: First nominal census taken 1875: Both parents must sign birth registration 1901: Most recent census release

5. Where the Records are Kept  Islington – Family Records Centre  Kew – National Archives  Southport – National BMD Index  Local register offices – incl. parish registers

6. Popular Fee-Based Internet Sites

7. Birth Registration Index January – March 1891

8. Tale of Susannah Gorton

9. Andrew Gorton’s Death Certificate

10. Beatrice Gorton’s Birth Cert.

11. Beatrice Gorton’s Marriage Cert.

12. Beatrice Gorton’s Family

13. England Census 1871

14. England Census 1891

15. Ship’s Passenger Lists

16. Historical Directories  Univ. of Leicester Project  Digital library of directories for England & Wales 1750-1919  Major focus on 1850s, 1890s, 1910

17. National Archives  Documents Online Domesday Book Wills WW1 & WW2 records Naval records

18. Happy Hunting