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Excellent starting point for finding out about tracing your family tree. There are links to all the best sites and details on how to make sense of things like birth certificates, census returns and the different places where archives are stored. |
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Every ten years the government conducts a census (survey) of all the people living in the country. This one is on line. It costs a minimum of £5.00 to access, but can provide you with vital info. about grandparents and great grandparents, where they lived and what they did. Check with your parents before you access this or any of the pay-per-view sites. |
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This site is organised run by the Church of the Latter Day Saints who believe that knowing who your ancestors were is an important way to get to heaven. There service is completely free, and there is no commitment to join their faith! They have the complete 1881 census on line so you can go even further back. |
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Another pay-per-view site, but this one has details of births, deaths and marriages as well. It also has census returns going back to 1841! |
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The National Archives massive database of archive material from 900Ad to the present day in museums and public collections across the country. Enter your ancestors name in the search engine and see what you find! |
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Links to a variety of sites within the enormous National Archive website. Find out if there are any published wills, whether your relatives served in the armed forces, or get help on reading old handwriting (paleography) |
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Series of activities that help you understand how to read census returns and extract as much useful information as possible |
