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− | ==Where To Look==
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− | 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 content of this page has been moved to a new location in the Reference Library which can be accessed via the <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.familytreeforum.com/content.php Home Page]</span> of the forum.''' |
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− | The '''[[Records Office Guide]]''' will explain what you will find there and how it is may be useful.
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− | *[[Research venues|National Research Venues]]
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− | *[[County research venues|County Research Venues]]
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− | ==Have Some Sympathy With The Transcribers==
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− | *[[Victorian Registrars and the GRO]]
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− | *[http://www.billgreenwell.com/lost_lives/index.php?key_id=569 Lost Lives: individuals in the census of Sunday April 3rd, 1881]
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− | *[http://www.british-genealogy.com/resources/census/writing.html Techniques for Reading Difficult Writing in a Census]
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− | *[http://amberskyline.com/treasuremaps/oldhand.html Deciphering Old Handwriting]
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− | *[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/palaeography/ Reading Old Handwriting ~ 1500 to 1800]
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− | *[http://www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/oldalpha.htm Letters of the 17th Century Found in Parish Registers]
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− | *[http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/ceres/ehoc/alphabets.html English Handwriting 1500 to 1700 ~ An Online Course]
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− | ==Clues For Finding Those Elusive Names==
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− | *[[Common Forename Abbreviations]]
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− | *[[Naming Patterns]]
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− | *[[Latin Names]]
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− | '''General'''
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− | *[http://www.lowchensaustralia.com/names/england.htm Thousands of names in the United Kingdom]
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− | '''Forenames'''
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− | *[http://www.tngenweb.org/franklin/frannick.htm Nicknames and naming traditions]
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− | *[http://web.ncf.ca/bj333/HomePage.boys.html Traditional Irish Names]
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− | *[http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/welsh13.html 13th Century Welsh Names]
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− | *[http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/welsh16.html 16th Century Welsh Names]
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− | *[http://genealogy.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http://www.conknet.com/~mmagnus/Names.html The Hidden Message in Your Name]
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− | *[http://www.ferdinando.org.uk/naming_patterns.htm Sephardic Naming Patterns]
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− | *[http://babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html How popular was that name?]
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− | '''Surnames'''
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− | *[http://groups.msn.com/CelticOrigins/irishsurnames.msnw Celtic Origins Irish Surnames ~ Anglicised and Gaelic versions]
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− | *[http://www.last-names.net/ Last Name Meanings ~ covers a multitude of nationalities]
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− | *[http://www.nationaltrustnames.org.uk/ Search for a Surname]
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− | *[http://www.polishroots.org/surnames/surnames_index.htm Surnames ~ origins and meanings]
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− | *[http://www.spatial-literacy.org/index.php?p=familyname Surname profiler]
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− | *[http://surnames.behindthename.com/ The Etymology and History of Surnames]
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− | *[http://www.surnamedb.com/ The Internet Surname Database]
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− | *[http://www.polishroots.com/genpoland/surnames.htm The Structure of Polish Names]
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