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Family History Programs, Tree Organisation, Presentation / Information filing/storage/cataloging

« on: Thursday 01 March 07 09:24 GMT (UK) »

Hello everyone

Hoping someone can help me reclaim the floor space of my spare room

I'm looking for hints/tips on storage the masses of information gathered while hunting for my long lost families.

As well as a home PC with FTM in use, I have the usual suspects of BM&D certs, Census printouts, correspondence from naval museums etc.
My problem is my lack of an organised filing system. I am on a tight budget but really need to take hold of my personal tree mountain.

Does it make sense to group things under Surname or is it easier to find information if it's filed under record type, e.g all 1881 census followed by 1891 ?

Do you group information by County first ?

If you scan your paper images (non original documents I'm thinking of ) do you keep them on your PC or have seperate storage media and then shred the paper ?

Any pointers or ideas of what others are doing would be gratefully received.
TIA
Denise

Cambridgeshire / CULLEN in Wisbech

« on: Sunday 01 October 06 17:10 BST (UK) »

Hello all on this lovely damp Sunday :-)

I hope this makes sense. I'm hoping someone can help me with the starting point (birth/baptism) for a chap called Henry CULLEN.

I've tracked him backwards from 1901 to 1871 in the Census' but when I tried to find him on the CFHS census indexes for 1861-1841 I drew a blank.

I'm also a loss at to which year he was born. Using the sources I mention above they all agree he was born in Wisbech but again I draw a blank when I look at the Baptism index online.

In each of the census' he is working and living in Oxford :
1871 Census - born bet 3 Apr 1830 and 2 Apr 1831, Wisbech

1881 Census - born bet 4 apr 1829 and 3 apr 1830, Wisbech CAM

1891 Census - born bet Apr 1825 and Apr 1826, Wisbech, CAM

1901 Census - Born c1826, Wisbech, CAM

Death age in 1906 - Born c1825

Where do I go next ? I'm looking at a birth/bap period of 1825 to 1831 but at least he's consistent in saying he was born in Wisbech
.
When did he move to Oxford ? I know he married his 1st wife in Oxford in 1864, so am guessing the timeframe would be between 1825 and 1864

Just to add the final confusion to the mix is how he spelt his surname over the period I've found him.
CULLING - 1864 & 1871
CULLEN - 1876, 1901, 1906
GULLEN - 1891

Any help you can give me on this one would be fantastic.
Denise

Oxfordshire Completed Look Up Requests / 1871/1861 Census Oxford - CULLEN

« on: Sunday 01 October 06 01:46 BST (UK) »

Would someone be able to look this family up for me please.

In the 1881 Census the family is in Charles St, Oxford and listed as :

Henry Cullen - Head - b abt 1830, Wisbeach, Cambridge
Mary A Cullen - Wife - b abt 1825, Oxford
Henry Cullen - Son, b abt 1865, Oxford
Mary E Cullen - Dau, b abt 1868, Oxford
William E Cullen - Son, b abt 1870, Oxford
Arthur Cullen - Son, b abt 1873, Oxford

I'm particularly interested in Henry Cullen's birthplace and whether it changes at all.

Henry was married twice:
1 - Sarah Sophia Jenkins who died in 1876
2. Mary Ann Harris, married in 1876

Many thanks
Denise

Oxfordshire Lookup Requests / 1861/71 Look Up - HATHAWAY (in Eynsham ?)

« on: Saturday 30 September 06 14:41 BST (UK) »

Could someone have a look for this family for me please. I've put the age they would be in 1861

John Hathaway - Head - 53
Mary Hathaway - Wife - 51

Children
Elizabeth - 29
William - 26
Thomas - 24
James - 21
John - 19
Rachel - 16
Emma - 13
Samuel - 9

Many thanks
MGgirl

Yorkshire (West Riding) Lookup Requests / 1841 Lookup - Grace GILLINGS

« on: Tuesday 26 September 06 16:44 BST (UK) »

Could someone have a look for this lady please ?

I'm looking for Grace Gillings, born c1819 in Lofthouse.
She was the daughter of William Gillings (b1799 Wakefield)and Mary Townsend (b1793 Wakefield)

She married John Butler in 1842 at Wakefield, so would hazard a guess she's probably in the Wakefield area.

It is possible she may be recorded as Jennings, something I'm trying to work out at the moment.

Cheers
MGgirl

Wiltshire Completed Lookup Requests / 1871 Census for BLANCHARD in Westbury please

« on: Monday 25 September 06 22:34 BST (UK) »

Could someone have a look at the 1871 census for this family for me please.

Head - James Blanchard, born c1810, Melksham WLT
Wife - Sarah May, born c 1809, Laycock, Chippenham, WLT
Dau - Tamar Lewis, born c1849, Chippenham, WLT

I found him iwith his 2nd wife in the 1881 (RG11/2054/104/14)with a fasinating household and am curious to have a look at the previous one.

Many thanks
MGgirl

Devon Completed Lookup Requests / 1861/71 Look Up - RUNDLE in Beer Alston ?

« on: Sunday 24 September 06 16:57 BST (UK) »

Would someone be able to look up this family for me please ?

William Rundle, born c 1841, Tamerton Folliott
Mary A Rundle, born c 1836, Beer Alston

Mary E, 1862, Beer Alston
William H, 1863, ditto
John, 1864, ditto
Catherine, 1867, ditto
Emily/Emilyn, 1867, ditto
Jane Ann, 1871, ditto
Richard, 1872, ditto

Many thanks
MGgirl

Durham Lookup Requests / 1891 Lookup - Burrell family

« on: Sunday 24 September 06 14:38 BST (UK) »

I not sure I have a complete family and wondered if someone would be kind enough to check the 1891 &/or 1901 Census for me.

The family I'm looking for is Cuthbert Burrell, b abt 1863, Tanfield, DUR who married Jane Ann (nee Rundle) - b abt 1873, Harelaw, DUR at Tanfield in Apr 1890

Children might be
Maud Burrell
Tilly Burrell
Alice Burrell

Many thanks
Denise

Durham Lookup Requests / 1871 Lookup for Burrell in Tanfield

« on: Sunday 24 September 06 14:24 BST (UK) »

Could someone have a look at the 1871 cenus for this family in Tanfield please ?

John Burrell and wife Barbara

with the following children all born in Tanfield

William, b 1860
Cuthbert, b 1863
James, b 1865
Dorothy Isabella, b 1867
Eleanor, b 1869

Many thanks