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==Advice On How To Begin Your Research==
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'''[[Creating Your Family Tree]]'''
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:*[[How to store it all...]]
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:*[[Method of recording Direct Ancestors]]
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'''Visual guide:''' [[Tracking down your ancestors before 1900]]
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'''Case Study:''' [[Searching for the records of James William Sudder]]
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==Carrying Out Your Research==
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'''[[Online Research]]'''
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:*[[Site Reviews]]
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'''Collections of links categorised by location:~'''
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:*'''[[The British Isles]]'''
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'''Visual guide:''' [[Visual Introduction to Family Search]]
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'''Visual guide:''' [[Visual Introduction to ScotlandsPeople]]
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====Record Offices, Archives Etc.====
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'''[[Records Office Guide]]'''
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:*[[Latter Day Saints Family History Libraries]] (LDS)
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:*[[The National Archives|A Guide to using the National Archives & A2A websites]]
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'''Visual guide:''' [[Using the Global Search box on the National Archives Home Page]]
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'''Visual guide:''' [[Searching the NRA Catalogue]]
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'''Visual guide:''' [[Finding and downloading a medal card]]
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'''Visual guide:''' [[Finding and downloading a will]]
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'''Visual guide:''' [[Searching the Catalogue]]
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*[[Archive Collections]]
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*[[Other Genealogical Wiki Sites]]
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====Civil Registration====
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*[[Registration Districts]]
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*[[IGI Batch Numbers - British Isles and North America]]
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'''[[All About Certificates]] '''
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*[[Unwanted Certificates]] ~ members' unwanted certificates
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'''Visual guide:''' [[Finding a Birth on Ancestry Partial BMD Index|Finding a Birth Reference on Ancestry Partial BMD Index]]
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'''Visual guide:''' [[Searching for BMD on the IGI]]
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'''Visual guide:''' [[Finding children by searching for their parents on the IGI]]
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'''Visual guide:''' [[Searching the FreeBMD site]]
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'''Visual guide:''' [[Searching for a marriage when you only know the names of one spouse|Searching for a marriage on FreeBMD when you only know the name of one spouse]]
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'''Visual guide:''' [[Searching for BMD on ScotlandsPeople]]
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'''Visual guide:''' [[Searching for BMD on Family Relatives]][[image:unfinish.jpg]]
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'''Visual guide:''' [[Searching for BMD on FindMyPast]][[image:unfinish.jpg]]
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'''Visual guide:''' [[Using the Complete BMD indexes on ancestry]][[image:unfinish.jpg]]
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====Census Returns====
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'''[[Census Search]] '''
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*[[Census address search]]
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*[[Missing Census Pages]]
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*[[Missing your relatives in 1881?]]
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'''Case study:''' [[Finding Martha]]
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'''Visual guide:''' [[Searching a census on Ancestry]]
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'''Visual guide:''' [[Refine your search]]
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'''Visual guide:''' [[The surname may have been written differently]]
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'''Visual guide:''' [[Finding images from a particular parish]]
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'''Visual guide:''' [[Finding those names]]
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'''Visual guide:''' [[Missing family in 1861]]
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'''Visual guide:''' [[Searching the 1881 census on the LDS]]
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'''Visual guide:''' [[Searching a census on ScotlandsPeople]] [[image:unfinish.jpg]]
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====Other Types Of Records====
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*[[Adoption]]
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*[[Coroner’s Records]]
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*[[Directories of Victorian and Edwardian Photographers]]
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*[[Directories: Trade, Street and City]]
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*[[Divorce and Annulments]]
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*[[Electoral Registers and Poll Books]]
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*[[Hospital Records]]
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*[[Manorial, Land and Estate Deeds]]
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*[[Poor Law and Workhouse Records]]
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*[[Scottish Records]]
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*[[Taxation Records]]
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*[[Wills and Probate]]
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==Pages Dealing With Military And Maritime Resources==
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*[[A-Z List of Ex-Military Service]]
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==Pages For General Reference==
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====Miscellaneous====
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'''The [[Big Book]] of Genealogy'''
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'''Our online photograph album: [[Places of Worship]]'''
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*[[Architectural drawings and building plans]]
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*[[Charitable Organisations]]
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*[[Costume Past and Present]]
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*[[Degrees of Kinship]]
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*[[Emigration and Immigration]]
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*[[Forbidden Marriages]]
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*[[Information about Specific Cemeteries]]
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*[[Irish Political and Social History]]
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*[[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Lookups ~ Terms and Conditions]]
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*[[Records Office/Cemetery/Graveyard Lookups]]
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*[[Maps and Photography]]
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*[[Maps: Tithe and Ordnance Survey]]
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*[[Medical Terms & Diseases]]
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*[[Photographs]]
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*[[See How Your Ancestors Lived]]
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*[[Law and Law Enforcement]]
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*[[Family History Books]]
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*[[Useful Reference Information]]
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'''[[FTF Online Magazine]]'''
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====Names====
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'''[[Surname Directory]] ~ member interests'''
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*[[Common Forename Abbreviations]]
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*[[Latin Names and Genealogical Terms]]
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*[[Latin Names in Catholic Records]]
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*[[Naming Patterns]]
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====Trades and occupations====
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*[[Law and Law Enforcement]]
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*[[Bankrupts]]
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*[[Bargemen/Boatmen/Watermen/Lightermen]]
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*[[Canals and Canal Carriers]]
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*[[Directories of Victorian and Edwardian Photographers]]
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*[[Directories: Trade, Street and City]]
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*[[Entertainment]]
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*[[Fairground/Showmen/Travellers]]
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*[[Farming and Agriculture]]
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*[[Inns and Public Houses]]
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*[[Mining and Heavy Industry]]
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*[[Railways]]
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*[[Religion and the Clergy]]
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*[[Stonemasons]]
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:*[[Places of Worship ~ Your Camera to The Wiki]] [[image:unfinish.jpg]]
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:*[[Surname Help]]
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:*[[Template for County Pages]]
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Revision as of 16:57, 26 October 2008

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  • Starting Out Advice and resources for carrying out your research.

Minibad.jpg The Wiki Guide How to use The Wiki.

Advice On How To Begin Your Research

Creating Your Family Tree



Visual guide: Tracking down your ancestors before 1900

Case Study: Searching for the records of James William Sudder


Carrying Out Your Research

Online Research



Collections of links categorised by location:~

These pages are where any link which is specific to any country (or county) on any topic will be found.



Visual guide: Visual Introduction to Family Search

Visual guide: Visual Introduction to ScotlandsPeople


Record Offices, Archives Etc.

Records Office Guide



Visual guide: Using the Global Search box on the National Archives Home Page

Visual guide: Searching the NRA Catalogue

Visual guide: Finding and downloading a medal card

Visual guide: Finding and downloading a will

Visual guide: Searching the Catalogue



Civil Registration


Certificates

All About Certificates


Visual guide: Finding a Birth Reference on Ancestry Partial BMD Index

Visual guide: Searching for BMD on the IGI

Visual guide: Finding children by searching for their parents on the IGI

Visual guide: Searching the FreeBMD site

Visual guide: Searching for a marriage on FreeBMD when you only know the name of one spouse

Visual guide: Searching for BMD on ScotlandsPeople


Visual guide: Searching for BMD on Family RelativesUnfinish.jpg

Visual guide: Searching for BMD on FindMyPastUnfinish.jpg

Visual guide: Using the Complete BMD indexes on ancestryUnfinish.jpg


Census Returns

Census Search


Case study: Finding Martha

Visual guide: Searching a census on Ancestry

Visual guide: Refine your search

Visual guide: The surname may have been written differently

Visual guide: Finding images from a particular parish

Visual guide: Finding those names

Visual guide: Missing family in 1861

Visual guide: Searching the 1881 census on the LDS

Visual guide: Searching a census on ScotlandsPeople Unfinish.jpg


Other Types Of Records


Pages Dealing With Military And Maritime Resources


Pages For General Reference

Miscellaneous

The Big Book of Genealogy


Our online photograph album: Places of Worship



Publications

FTF Online Magazine



Names

Surname Directory ~ member interests



Trades and occupations


Help with using The Wiki

Minibad.jpg The Wiki Guide




Help With Genealogy Related Software

General Computer Help
Information coming soon


Wiki Home Page

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