Genealogy Chat

I have been on this computer now for i dont know how long and i will admit not good at it.
I have got into many search sites that i have seen on here and thought wow this is the one...then just when i think i am getting somewhere they ask me how i will pay...gosh some are so expensive.
Please for someone like me please name me one that is easy to use and that i dont have to pay...I know i sound a cheap skate but i cant afford it at the moment.
Thankyou very much x

It depends what you want to find out.

A search on Google will often show results.
For births, marriages and deaths 1837 to c. 1929 I find freebmd useful.

http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl

Thankyou Gwyn.It shows how bad i am i went on google and loads came up..dont know what i did but it was 192.com then family search!!!!!!!!!!!!!then they all wanted to know how i was going to pay

the Mormon LDS site is excellent and goes back centuries and it's free

Thankyou Ann I will have a coffee and try it..I will get there one day i am sure!
Many thanks
Christine

Have you got a specific thing that you want to find out?
Maybe we could 'talk you through' a way of searching.

Gwyn

192.com is useful for current ER info only..and it's very expensive

www.familysearch.org is FREE.....you will see people refer to it as the LDS site......or the Mormon site.

Thankyou all ,just come off the mormon site,family search.....
I found a few things i think to do with my family.
But my head is spinning.
Gwyn, I wanted to find out date of births..I found a couple yesterday but could not find the rest of the children i was looking for..

For what years do you wish to find births?

familysearch has baptisms.......not actual birth reg'ns.

For these, from 1837 onwards, you need freebmd.............

http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/

BUT......you need to be aware that birth registration was not compulsory until 1875.................

Have you found these children on a census?

The earliest year i have of one Daughter Mary Barrow 1869
Margaret 1870
then1875
1877 ,1880...but so many
Maybe i have bitten off more than i can chew !!!
You have been so helpfull
many thanks

No you haven't.......but if you'd like help, we need to know the names of the parents, and where these children were born.

Preusmably, you got the info from the free 1881 census?

I will be honest,It was on a site yesterday not sure which one ,but found
Robert,John and Thomas Barrow dates.
I would so love you to help me,Infact i know you have before...I cant do it!!!!!!!!!
My Ggrandparents were
William and Sarah Barrow (Stonehouse)I think married about 1868 Easington.
I have 9 children listed one being my Grandmother on my Dads side Lily Barrow.
I would so love to know their dates of birth.
I am so interested in my family history,
I know its expecting a lot..thats why i have not asked for help.
Thankyou....Lily Born 1888

try this site for BMD in the northeast

http://www.durham.gov.uk/gro/newgro.nsf/search?open&C0577721081008102008$

also

http://www.teesvalley-indexes.co.uk/index.php

Roy

The only way to find the actual date of birth of a person (rather than just the year) is to purchase the birth certificate. You won't find it anywhere else, free or by paying.

Sam x

Hi Roy,Just been on the site you recomended..its amazing,but its going to take me ages to get around it all,and what i have to do.
Thanks so much
Christine

Sam..I know i did not word it right sorry...The year would be fantastic for me.

1891 Census

This looks like your family - name has been spelt incorrectly from census.

1891 England Census
about Lily Barron
Name: Lily Barron
Age: 3
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1888
Relation: Daughter
Father's Name: William
Mother's Name: Sarah
Gender: Female
Where born: Easington, Durham, England

Civil Parish: Houghton Le Spring
Ecclesiastical parish: St Michael
County/Island: Durham
Country: England

Street address: 1 Prospect Row, Houghton le Spring

Occupation:

Condition as to marriage:

Education:

Employment status: View Image

Registration district: Houghton Le Spring
Sub registration district: Houghton Le Spring
ED, institution, or vessel: 4
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Jane Barron 7
John Barron 17
Lily Barron 3
Margaret Barron 21
Mary Barron 22 (Should be Hind - copied wrong from census)
Robert Barron 10
Sarah Barron 45
Sarah Barron 5
Thomas Barron 15
William Barron 48 Coal miner
William Barron 18
Sarah Hind 1 Grand daughter
Thomas Hind 25 Son in Law

Dear Andrew,Bless you for doing all that for me.Yes thats my family so many children.
So I could roughly work out the birth years then.?
God i am so stupid.
Thankyou very much
Christine

Christine,
if you would like a copy of the above census page, PM me your email address. (Click on my nmae to send PM)

Andy

Hi Christine

I'm in exactly the same situation, compleetly new to trying to find information out and where I can get information.

Anybody got any specific sites for Staffordshire or Stoke On Trent?