Genealogy Chat

Page: 1 | 2 (Currently on page 1) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Added by Katarzyna . on 26/06/2006 19:09:27 The LDS has filmed many different types of records from IGI to records re land Registry, Cemetaries, Military records, Probate Records, Schools, Directories, Public Records, etc etc. They also list all the parish churches etc that they have filmed for the IGI so you can find records for a specific Church , chapel etc. Go to: http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/frameset_search.asp? Then to Family History Library Catalogue at top RHS From here you can search the site in many different ways , by town, village or by name etc. For example if you click on a village name, eg Baylham, Suffolk, and follow the blue links this would give you , Cemetaries Census Church records . For a town like Ipswich it gives about 15 links including the above and Military records, Probate records, Directories and many more. Just keep following the Blue links. When you have found the records you were looking for you can ‘View Film Notes’ which gives you the FHL Film number you need to order it from an LDS centre. Searching by name is useful too. Hope this helps as a further resource for those who didn’t know it existed.

Collections held by ancestry. Various probate and parish records. Lists of emigrants from Great Britain to the United states from 1600-1700. American emigrant ministers (1690-1811) (Ministers who received funds from the crown to go to the Americas including the West Indies and Canada includes name date of departure and destination). Commissioned sea officers of the royal navy 1660-1815 Cambridge university allumni 1261-1900 Catalogue of knights 1660-1760 dictionary of national biography landed gentry of Great Britain and Ireland (pedigrees of landgentry = members of aristocracy without nobility.) Plantagenet roll of blood royal (descendents of Edward 111 (1312-1377).

1. Realise you need a lot of luck some records survive some don't Men are usually easier to find than women. Pray for unusual christian or surname 2 look what's available for local parish. Access to archives have a search facility. If you find any useful imformation you have to contact your local record office. 3.. Memorial inscriptions. Some are on line some from FHS. can give extra information particularly children who died in childhood 4. Wills check national probate register National archive site has an index of wills if you find one it can be downloaded for £3.50 5.. Rootschat free site has lots of local links 6. Genuki has a list of local resources.. 7. Historical maps. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Parish registers. These are the source of most of the IGI records. They normally record christenings, marriages and burials. Early registers were a simple book with details of birth marriage and death entered in chronological order. An entry may read something like May 6th Mary daughter of Thomas Brown blacksmith and Mary his wife was baptised. Common abbreviations bap. baptised Sep. buried Names were often latinized Jacobus, for Jacob, Francis for Frank etc. The BVRI index has a partial record of christenings and marriages from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales from 1530. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here's a list of the major collections available at British Origins (http://www.*britishorigins Boyd's Marriage Index covering the whole of England (1538-1840) * Marriage Licence Allegations (1694-1850) * Wills (1700 - 1845) * Probate records (1267- 1500 and 1383- 1883) * London Apprentice records (1442-1850) * Apprentice records covering the whole of Great Britain (1710-1774) * Court Records ( 1574- 1714) * Boyd's London Burials Index (1538-1853) * Boyd's London Inhabitant Imformation from lost cousins newsletter. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Time line 1603 death of Elizabeth 1st end of the Tudors 1603 James 1st of England 6th of Scotland first Stuart King act of union. 1605 Gunpowder plot 1607 founding of Jamestown first successful American settlement 1611 King Jame's bible 1620 Sailing of mayflower 1625 Accession of Charles 1st 1642 English civil war (Cavaliers and roundheads) 1649 Execution of Charles 11 1649 and 1660 Cromwell and the Commonwealth 1660 restoration of the monarchy under Charles 11 1665 blackdeath kills up to one third of population. 1666 Great fire of London. 1685 Succession of James 11 1688 William and Mary 1707 Queen Anne

I would love to hear success stories and hints from people more knowledgeable than me. Old crone where are you? When I studied history I chose medieval and modern options so missed out the Tudors and Stewarts so hope to pick up some tips.

I think that apart from maybe old crone everyone has problems getting back beyond 1700 so I thought I would start a thread for those brave souls who are trying.