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==Where to look==
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[[Census Search]]
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==Where To Look==
  
[[Records Office Guide]]
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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.
  
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The '''[[Records Office Guide]]''' will explain what you will find there and how it is may be useful.
  
  
==Have some sympathy with the transcribers==
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*[[Research venues|National Research Venues]]
  
[[Common Forename Abbreviations]]  
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*[[County research venues|County Research Venues]]
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[[Naming Patterns]]
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==Have Some Sympathy With The Transcribers==
  
[[Latin Names and Genealogical Terms]]  
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*[[Victorian Registrars and the GRO]]
  
[[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]
  
==How do you know they "belong" in your tree?==
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*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/palaeography/ Reading Old Handwriting ~ 1500 to 1800]
  
[[All About Certificates]]
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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]
  
==And when you have found them, what do you do with them?==
 
  
[[Creating Your Family Tree]]
 
  
  
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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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