Family History Beginners Board
Post your beginners genealogy questions on how to search your family history and post your local history questions here! Also, if you can think of things to help a budding local history or family history beginner, then please post your tips here! |
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How to Use RootsChat (Please don't post requests here)
If you have questions on how to use RootsChat, look in the Help Pages |
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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition
Need help deciphering old handwriting on wills, certificates and other FH documents ? Moderator: sarah |
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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs
Get your Photographs restored or dated completely for free by the generous people on RootsChat. Please Include Family Names and Country in Titles of Photographs if known, or how the image relates to your family history. Posts without any details will not be allowed to be posted. Moderator: sarah |
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Sub Boards: Photograph Resources, Tips, Tutorials | ||||
The Common Room
Join in and discuss more general genealogy and local history things here. If you can't think of what category, country or county your message should come under, then perhaps you could put your message here! |
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Sub Boards: The Lighter Side | ||||
The Stay Safe Board
This is a board for discussing the current situation that this world faces. Please consult medical advice relevant to your own country. Remember: Stay at home. Keep social distancing. Wash your hands with soap and hot water for 20 seconds. |
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Armed Forces
Discuss your armed forces connections |
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Sub Boards: Armed Forces Resources, World War One, World War Two | ||||
Ancestral Family Tree DNA Testing
Discuss your DNA results successes, questions or concerns. |
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Useful Links
Links to other local history or genealogy websites of interest |
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For Sale / Wanted / Events
Genealogical and Family History items 'For Sale' and 'Wanted' (this includes private and commercial posts), and details of any Family History or Local History Fairs or other Events of genealogical interest. (You need to have done a few other posts on the rest of RootsChat before being able to post here). |
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Technical Help
Need some technical help with using your computer, or using the internet? |
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Sub Boards: Family History Programs, Tree Organisation, Presentation, Reference Library | ||||
Scotland
Scottish family history not specific to a county. Moderator: ev |
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Sub Boards: Scotland (General), Aberdeenshire, Angus (Forfarshire), Argyllshire, Ayrshire, Banffshire, Berwickshire, Buteshire, Caithness, Clackmannanshire, Dumfriesshire, Dunbartonshire, East Lothian (Haddingtonshire), Fife, Inverness, Kincardineshire, Kinross-shire, Kirkcudbrightshire, Lanarkshire, Midlothian, Moray (Elginshire), Nairnshire, Orkney, Peeblesshire, Perthshire, Renfrewshire, Ross & Cromarty, Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire, Shetland, Stirlingshire, Sutherland, West Lothian (Linlithgowshire), Wigtownshire | ||||
Scotland Resources
Resources for research in Scotland: Links, Books, Archives, etc. Moderator: ev |
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Gaelic Language
Posts in this section to be in Gaelic only. Posts in English will be deleted. |
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Ireland
Irish family history not specific to a county. Moderator: KarenM |
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Sub Boards: Ireland (General), Antrim, Armagh, Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Cork, Derry (Londonderry), Donegal, Down, Dublin, Fermanagh, Galway, Kerry, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois (Queens), Leitrim, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly (Kings), Roscommon, Sligo, Tipperary, Tyrone, Waterford, Westmeath, Wexford, Wicklow | ||||
Ireland Resources
All those great Irish resources for family history and local history. Moderator: KarenM |
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Irish Language
Posts in this section to be in Gaeilge (Gaelge) . Posts in English will be deleted. |
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Wales
Welsh family history not specific to a county. Moderator: RootsChat |
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Sub Boards: Anglesey, Breconshire, Caernarvonshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, Glamorganshire, Merionethshire, Monmouthshire, Montgomeryshire, Pembrokeshire, Radnorshire | ||||
Wales Resources |
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Cymraeg - Welsh Language
Posts in this section to be in the Welsh language only. Posts in English will be deleted. Post translation requests in "Wales - General". Moderator: trystan |
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England
English family history not specific to a county. Moderator: RootsChat |
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Sub Boards: England (General), Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, Cumberland, Derbyshire, Devon, Dorset, Durham, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire & Isle of Wight, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, London and Middlesex, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Rutland, Shropshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, Warwickshire, Westmorland, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, Yorkshire (East Riding & York), Yorkshire (North Riding), Yorkshire (West Riding) | ||||
Cornish Language
Posts in this section to be in the Cornish language only. Posts in English will be deleted. Moderator: RootsChat |
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Isle of Man
Isle of Man Genealogy Moderator: RootsChat |
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Sub Boards: Isle of Man Lookup Requests, Isle of Man Resources & Offers | ||||
Alderney, Guernsey, Jersey, Sark
The Channel Islands |
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Sub Boards: Channel Islands Lookup Requests, Channel Islands Resources & Offers | ||||
Australia
Emigrants, Immigrants and others: Family History research in Australia. Moderator: sarah |
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Sub Boards: Australia Resources & Offers, Australia Lookups completed | ||||
Canada
Emigrants, Immigrants and others: Family History research in Canada. Moderator: KarenM |
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Sub Boards: Canada Lookup Request, Canada Resources | ||||
Europe
Family History research in Europe, including Immigration to Britain Moderators: Berlin-Bob, jorose |
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Sub Boards: Europe Resources & Offers | ||||
New Zealand
Emigrants, Immigrants and others: Family History research in New Zealand. Moderator: spades |
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Sub Boards: New Zealand Resources & Offers, New Zealand Completed Requests | ||||
South Africa
Emigrants, Immigrants and others: Family History research in South Africa. Moderator: rutti tutti |
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United States of America
Emigrants, Immigrants and others: Family History research in the United States. Moderator: shellyesq |
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Sub Boards: US Lookup Requests, US Resources & Offers | ||||
Immigrants & Emigrants - General
General queries and discussions about Immigrants, Emigrants, Expatriates, Exiles and people who worked 'abroad'. Moderators: Berlin-Bob, jorose |
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Sub Boards: Immigrant and Emigrant Resources & Offers | ||||
Other Countries
Immigrants, Emigrants, Exiles, Expatriates and others: |
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Sub Boards: Other Countries - Resources | ||||
Census and Resource Discussion
Discuss your findings, links, problems or triumphs of your Census searches here - please no "lookup requests" in this one. NOTE: Offers must NOT breach the licence agreement or copyright of the source. |
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Sub Boards: Census Lookup and Resource Requests, Census Lookup and Resource Offers, Library and FHS Lookups | ||||
Quaker Family History
Your Religious Society of Friends (Quaker) Family History board. This board set up for you do discover and discuss your quaker genealogy for Quaker Family History Society |
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Travelling People
For topics about ancestors, who travelled around the country. Romanies, Gypsies, Tinkers, Travellers, Circus people and the like |
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Occupation Interests
Discuss the research of occupation (trade or profession) interests. |
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Heraldry Crests and Coats of Arms
For all your queries about crests, coats of arms, and whether your ancestor was an armiger. |
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One Name Studies
For discussions about researching all occurrences of a single name in a specified area. |
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Sub Boards: One Name Studies: A to G, One Name Studies: H to M, One Name Studies: N to S, One Name Studies: T to Z | ||||
FH Documents and Artefacts
Ask here if you have questions about family history documents and artefacts ... Moderator: Berlin-Bob |
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Family Bibles
Discuss your family bibles here - how to start them, how to update them, etc. |
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Graveyards and Gravestones
For your queries and discussions about graveyards, gravestones, gravestone symbols, etc. |
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Unwanted Certificates & Artefacts
Not too sure what to do with a whole box of things of family items that were found in the attic? Discuss them here! |
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Sub Boards: Unwanted Birth, Marriage, Death Certs A to G, Unwanted Birth, Marriage, Death Certs H to M, Unwanted Birth, Marriage, Death Certs N to S, Unwanted Birth, Marriage, Death Certs T to Z | ||||
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