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[[Category:Census Search]]
  
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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.
  
==Where to look==
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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.
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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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==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]
  
[[Victorian Registrars and the GRO]]
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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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==Clues to finding those elusive names==
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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]
  
[[Common Forename Abbreviations]]  
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*[http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/ceres/ehoc/alphabets.html English Handwriting 1500 to 1700 ~ An Online Course]
  
[[Naming Patterns]]
 
  
[[Latin Names and Genealogical Terms]]
 
  
  
*[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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==Clues For Finding Those Elusive Names==
  
*[http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/welsh13.html 13th Century Welsh Names]
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*[[Common Forename Abbreviations]]  
  
*[http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/welsh16.html 16th Century Welsh Names]
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*[[Naming Patterns]]  
  
*[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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*[[Latin Names]]
  
  
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'''General'''
  
====Surnames====
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*[http://www.lowchensaustralia.com/names/england.htm Thousands of names in the United Kingdom]
  
  
*[http://www.last-names.net/ Last Name Meanings-covers a multitude of Nationalities]
 
  
*[http://www.surnamedb.com/ The Internet Surname Database]
 
  
*[http://surnames.behindthename.com/ The Etymology and History of Surnames]
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'''Forenames'''
  
*[http://www.spatial-literacy.org/index.php?p=familyname Surname profiler]  
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*[http://www.tngenweb.org/franklin/frannick.htm Nicknames and naming traditions]
  
*[http://groups.msn.com/CelticOrigins/irishsurnames.msnw Celtic Origins Irish Surnames - Anglicesed and Gaelic versions]
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*[http://web.ncf.ca/bj333/HomePage.boys.html Traditional Irish Names]
  
*[http://www.polishroots.com/genpoland/surnames.htm Basic info on the structure of Polish names]
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*[http://www.sca.org/heraldry/laurel/welsh13.html 13th Century Welsh Names]
  
*[http://www.polishroots.org/surnames/surnames_index.htm Surnames:- origins and meanings]
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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]
  
==How do you know they "belong" in your tree?==
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*[http://www.spatial-literacy.org/index.php?p=familyname Surname profiler]
  
To be 99% sure that you are researching the correct people, you are going to have to get Birth, Marriage and/or Death Certificates. These pages will help you find out [[All About Certificates]] and how to go about obtaining them.
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*[http://surnames.behindthename.com/ The Etymology and History of Surnames]
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==And when you have found them, what do you do with them?==
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*[http://www.surnamedb.com/ The Internet Surname Database]
  
[[Creating Your Family Tree]]
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*[http://www.polishroots.com/genpoland/surnames.htm The Structure of Polish Names]
 
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