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+[[Category:Census Search]]
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-==Where to look==
+==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.
-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. This [[Records Office Guide]] will explain what is likely to be found there and how it is going to be useful.
-Alongside the personal details of your families, one of the most useful sets of documents for you will be the Census Returns. The [[Census Search]] Guide will give you more information on using these valuable sources of evidence for your research.
+*[[Research venues|National Research Venues]]
+*[[County research venues|County Research Venues]]
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-==Have some sympathy with the transcribers==
+==Have Some Sympathy With The Transcribers==
+*[[Victorian Registrars and the GRO]]
+*[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://amberskyline.com/treasuremaps/oldhand.html Deciphering Old Handwriting]
+*[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/palaeography/ Reading Old Handwriting ~ 1500 to 1800]
+*[http://www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/oldalpha.htm Letters of the 17th Century Found in Parish Registers]
+*[http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/ceres/ehoc/alphabets.html English Handwriting 1500 to 1700 ~ An Online Course]
-[[Victorian Registrars and the GRO]]
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-==Clues for finding those elusive names==
+==Clues For Finding Those Elusive Names==
+*[[Common Forename Abbreviations]]
+*[[Naming Patterns]]
+*[[Latin Names]]
-[[Common Forename Abbreviations]]
+'''General'''
-[[Naming Patterns]]
+*[http://www.lowchensaustralia.com/names/england.htm Thousands of names in the United Kingdom]
-[[Latin Names and Genealogical Terms]]
-====Forenames====
+'''Forenames'''
 *[http://www.tngenweb.org/franklin/frannick.htm Nicknames and naming traditions]
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 *[http://babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html How popular was that name?]
-====Surnames====
+'''Surnames'''
+*[http://groups.msn.com/CelticOrigins/irishsurnames.msnw Celtic Origins Irish Surnames ~ Anglicised and Gaelic versions]
 *[http://www.last-names.net/ Last Name Meanings ~ covers a multitude of nationalities]
-*[http://www.surnamedb.com/ The Internet Surname Database]
+*[http://www.nationaltrustnames.org.uk/ Search for a Surname]
-*[http://surnames.behindthename.com/ The Etymology and History of Surnames]
+*[http://www.polishroots.org/surnames/surnames_index.htm Surnames ~ origins and meanings]
 *[http://www.spatial-literacy.org/index.php?p=familyname Surname profiler]
-*[http://groups.msn.com/CelticOrigins/irishsurnames.msnw Celtic Origins Irish Surnames ~ Anglicesed and Gaelic versions]
+*[http://surnames.behindthename.com/ The Etymology and History of Surnames]
-*[http://www.polishroots.com/genpoland/surnames.htm Basic info on the structure of Polish names]
+*[http://www.surnamedb.com/ The Internet Surname Database]
-*[http://www.polishroots.org/surnames/surnames_index.htm Surnames ~ origins and meanings]
+*[http://www.polishroots.com/genpoland/surnames.htm The Structure of Polish Names]
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Difference between revisions of "Finding those names"

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Contents

Where To Look

Have Some Sympathy With The Transcribers

Clues For Finding Those Elusive Names