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Starting Family History Terrington History Group May 14 th 2013
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The basics Gathering together what you know. Organising information Research including civil registration, census and parish records.
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What you know already Relationships Dates of birth, marriages, death. Places Talk to older relatives Look at photos and documents.
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Organising Information Keep a notebook Keep a “shoebox” Record sources “To do” list Use a database for your family tree http://legacyfamilytree.co m/
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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
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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.or g.uk/ http://www.freebmd.or g.uk/ Birth.\..\Family History\Vincent\Eugeni e Stella birth.jpg.\..\Family History\Vincent\Eugeni e Stella birth.jpg Death..\..\Family History\Wilkinson\Elish a Wilkinson death 1840 (1).jpg..\..\Family History\Wilkinson\Elish a Wilkinson death 1840 (1).jpg Marriage..\..\Family History\Smallwood\Mar riage Cert Pip and Ron.jpg..\..\Family History\Smallwood\Mar riage Cert Pip and Ron.jpg
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Census From 1841 to 1911 Information varies Can be misleading…...\..\Family History\Wilkinson Photos\1871EnglandCe nsus_300026430.jpg..\..\Family History\Wilkinson Photos\1871EnglandCe nsus_300026430.jpg Check against other sources.
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Parish Registers Not many are digitalised…yet International Genealogical Index and the Mormons.https://familysearch.org/https://familysearch.org/ Search by placehttp://freepages.genealo gy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hu ghwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/Co untyYorkshire_%28T- Z%29.htm#Thttp://freepages.genealo gy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~hu ghwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/Co untyYorkshire_%28T- Z%29.htm#T Terrington Registers http://www.archive.org/strea m/registersofterri29terr#page /n7/mode/2up http://www.archive.org/strea m/registersofterri29terr#page /n7/mode/2up
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And lots, lots more! Trade directories Wills Newspapers War records Apprentices Hearth Tax
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