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| − | *[http://www.billgreenwell.com/lost_lives/index.php?key_id=569 Lost Lives: | + | *[http://www.billgreenwell.com/lost_lives/index.php?key_id=569 Lost Lives: individuals in the census of Sunday April 3rd, 1881] |
*[http://www.british-genealogy.com/resources/census/writing.html Techniques for Reading Difficult Writing in a Census] | *[http://www.british-genealogy.com/resources/census/writing.html Techniques for Reading Difficult Writing in a Census] | ||
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| − | *[http://www.lowchensaustralia.com/names/england.htm Thousands of | + | *[http://www.lowchensaustralia.com/names/england.htm Thousands of names in the United Kingdom] |
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*[http://www.ferdinando.org.uk/naming_patterns.htm Sephardic Naming Patterns] | *[http://www.ferdinando.org.uk/naming_patterns.htm Sephardic Naming Patterns] | ||
| − | *[http://babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html How | + | *[http://babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html How popular was that name?] |
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| − | *[http://www.spatial-literacy.org/index.php?p=familyname Surname | + | *[http://www.spatial-literacy.org/index.php?p=familyname Surname profiler] |
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| − | *[http:// | + | *[http://groups.msn.com/CelticOrigins/irishsurnames.msnw Celtic Origins Irish Surnames ~ Anglicesed and Gaelic versions] |
| − | *[http://www.polishroots. | + | *[http://www.polishroots.com/genpoland/surnames.htm Basic info on the structure of Polish names] |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.polishroots.org/surnames/surnames_index.htm Surnames ~ origins and meanings] |
Revision as of 19:17, 13 November 2007
Contents
Where To Look
The County Records Office is the place where you will find your primary evidence - a myriad of documents which will be useful in your research.
The Records Office Guide will explain what you will find there and how it is may be useful.
Have Some Sympathy With The Transcribers
Clues For Finding Those Elusive Names
General
Forenames
Surnames
Back to Creating Your Family Tree
