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LindainHerriotCountry

LindainHerriotCountry Report 20 Nov 2007 22:19

You need to use the parish records, some of which are on the IGI. If you look at the top of the tips board, there is a thread called newbies and the IGI, read this for help
To find out which parishes are covered for what years use the Hugh Wallis batch numbers

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hughwallis/IGIBatchNumbers/CountryEngland

Linda.

Helen

Helen Report 20 Nov 2007 21:42

Help! New to this and have managed to get back to 1800. Don't now what to do now that birth records and census info is not recorded. Any ideas/tips?

Helen