[Solved] Standard fam. history procedure questions

[didactylos]

As someone who has been doing this since the summer I can warn that if you want loads of certificates then its going to cost an awful lot! Genealogy is not cheap. I use the free stuff, I use the LDS site pecally for he parish records, I use my local (thankfully) archives as most of my lot stayed around here.

I also use Ancestry and Find My Past, they offer slightly different things at times and a good screen cap is almost as good as certificates..... so I reckon the yearly subs are cheaper.

But it is an expensive process.

Roger

[carol8353]

Carol - thanks so much Just the info I was after!

 
And yes,family history isn't a cheap hobby.

But it IS a lot cheaper now so much of it is online,than when I started nearly 30 years ago.

[Darwinian]

"1911census.co.uk is free, unless you want the transcriptions."

Do the transcriptions offer more info than what you can access for free?

"I knew my parents names and dates of birth.
Using GRO Indexes (pre-internet!) I found their births, and mother's maiden names.
That led me to my grandparents marriages.
And that got me back to 1901 and the census (1911 wasn't online then).
From that I got other members of the families, and dates & places of birth."

How did that lead you to your grandparents marriages?

[didactylos]

I shudder to think about costs pre internet access.....

Roger

[Darwinian]

"I knew my parents names and dates of birth.
Using GRO Indexes (pre-internet!) I found their births, and mother's maiden names.
That led me to my grandparents marriages.
And that got me back to 1901 and the census (1911 wasn't online then).
From that I got other members of the families, and dates & places of birth."

How did that lead you to your grandparents marriages?

[ReadyDale]

Yes, certs can get expensive, but you can by them at a rate that suits your pocket. Afterall, your ancestors aren't going anywhere
If money is tight, instead of "running" down a path, take it slower and get more in-depth info regarding a particular ancestor. There is so much of that type of info available on the web for free, or as part of the pay site which you may already subscribe to. Gives them more colour than just names and dates.

[didactylos]

Yes, certs can get expensive, but you can by them at a rate that suits your pocket. Afterall, your ancestors aren't going anywhere
If money is tight, instead of "running" down a path, take it slower and get more in-depth info regarding a particular ancestor. There is so much of that type of info available on the web for free, or as part of the pay site which you may already subscribe to. Gives them more colour than just names and dates.

I started rushing round trying to get numbers of people, and have now settled very much into the  'fill up one person as much as humanly possible before doing any others' camp.

Roger

[KGarrad]

How did that lead you to your grandparents marriages?

Fortunately my surnames aren't that common!

Finding a marriage of Garrad to a Crocker, when I knew their forenames, and an approximate time frame, wasn't that difficult using FreeBMD!
Even my mother's parents, finding a Sims-Bridger marriage wasn't that difficult either!

[Darwinian]

Ah ok thanks very much everyone - I feel invigorated and ready to start