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Topic: How do you find out other information? (Read 263 times)
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Chui
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Hi,
I've been doing my family history for about a year now, and have become quite confident in using the census, birth, marriage & death indexes/certificates and the IGI to find out information, but when it comes to finding out other information about my ancestors I'm stumped!
For example, how do you find out medical and military history etc?
Plus does anyone know if you can find work records etc?
Any information on any other kinds of records available would be gratefully received!
Kind regards,
Rebecca
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 Morgan - Herefordshire, Worcestershire * Bullock - Worcestershire * Taylor - Gloucestershire, Worcestershire * Peverill/all/ell - Middlesex, Brighton, Essex * Knee - Gloucestershire, London area * Brenan - Any area * Steele - Dorset Census Information is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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casalguidi
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There is a hospital records database on the National Archives site but, as Suttontrust suggests, they are patchy:
See the search other archives section:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/default.htm
Also, it might be worth enquiring to the local county archives for the area concerned as to what is available for your area.
There are numerous options out there - have you tried looking for wills - post 1858 at First Avenue House, High Holborn, London where the indexes are free to view but £5 to see a copy of a will:
http://www.courtservice.gov.uk/cms/3734.htm
Enquire at local county record offices for wills prior to 1858.
Best wishes
Casalguidi
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trish251
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Hi Rebecca
Use internet search engines all the time. I use Google as do many others, but there are many others around as well. Find as many genealogy sites as you can (sometimes include the country(ies) you are interested in for country specific information.) Every site you find will have links. Follow the ones of interest.
Secondly, go to your local library and look up what books they have on researching ancestors. There are quite a few written in the 1990s (mainly pre the net) with details of where you can find what. You will probably find that many of these places are now online, but their data may not be. The books will detail where the places are, how to contact them and what you may find. There will probably be topics listed that you haven't even thought about following up.(e.g. my local archives have many school records for our state). There are some later books - usually smaller and often paperbacks that are specifically written for researching online.
You will probably be swamped by the avalance of sources you find to follow up.
Trish
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Hackstaple
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Your chances of accessing hospital records are very slim. Medical confidentiality always existed and records were kept securely. As hospitals were desroyed by the blitz or by fire or knocked down their paper records were often also destroyed. Today it may be possible to keep records electronically but 100 tears ago it was all on paper which yellowed, became brittle and disintegrated. A lot of very old records were fed into hospital ininerators to make space. 
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Southern or Southan [Hereford , Monmouthshire & Glos], Jenkins, Meredith and Morgan [Monmouthshire and Glos.], Murrill, Damary, Damry, Ray, Lawrence [all Middx. & London], Nethway from Kenn or Yatton. Also Riley and Lyons in South Africa and Riley from St. Helena. Any census information included in this post is Crown Copyright, from www.nationalarchives.gov.uk |
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Mobo
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Another suggestion Rebecca, is to try joining the local Family History Societies in the areas your ancestors came from. These people have oodles of local information, such as some parish records, trade directories, monumental inscriptions, war memorial lists, old newpapers. etc. etc. In fact, everything you won't find in the places you mention.
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BUCKLEY, Ches. DUNN, Ireland & Lancs. EDGSON, Rutland, Leics & Lancs. LYON, Lancs. McNULTY, Ireland & Lancs. MORRIS, Beds, Hunts & Lancs. TURNER, Lancs. WILLIAMSON, Lancs. Website: http://www.ag19pfalz36.plus.com/All Census Data included in this post is Crown Copyright (see: www.nationalarchives.gov.uk) |
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valerie1
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H Rebecca i am really new to searching for my family what does IGI stand for
Regards valerie
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Boongie Pam
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I would also recommend investing or borrowing from a library a good basic tell all book.
My recommendation would be Mark Herber's Ancestral Trails as it covers all of teh UK and gives plenty of sources for information without being scary!
There are other recommendations here...
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,29700.0.html
Cheers,
Pam
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All census look up transcriptions are Crown Copyright
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Dumfrieshire: Fallen, Fallon, Carruthers, Scott, Farish, Aitchison, Green, Ryecroft, Thomson, Stewart
Midlothian: Linn/d, Aitken, Martin
North Wales: Robins(on), Hughes, Parry, Jones
Cumberland: Lowther, Young, Steward, Miller
Somerset: Palmer, Cork, Greedy, Clothier
Currently offline due to work reasons- sorry for the silence!
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valerie1
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thanks Rebecca and Boongie will start the search
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