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==Where to look==
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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.
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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]
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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]
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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]
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*[http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/ceres/ehoc/alphabets.html English Handwriting 1500 to 1700 ~ An Online Course]
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[[Victorian Registrars and the GRO]]
 
 
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==Clues for finding those elusive names==
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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]]
  
  
[[Common Forename Abbreviations]]
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'''General'''
  
[[Naming Patterns]]  
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*[http://www.lowchensaustralia.com/names/england.htm Thousands of names in the United Kingdom]
  
[[Latin Names and Genealogical Terms]]
 
  
  
====Forenames====
 
  
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'''Forenames'''
  
 
*[http://www.tngenweb.org/franklin/frannick.htm Nicknames and naming traditions]
 
*[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?]
 
*[http://babynamewizard.com/namevoyager/lnv0105.html How popular was that name?]
  
====Surnames====
 
  
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'''Surnames'''
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*[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.last-names.net/ Last Name Meanings ~ covers a multitude of nationalities]
  
*[http://www.surnamedb.com/ The Internet Surname Database]
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*[http://www.nationaltrustnames.org.uk/ Search for a Surname]
  
*[http://surnames.behindthename.com/ The Etymology and History of Surnames]
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*[http://www.polishroots.org/surnames/surnames_index.htm Surnames ~ origins and meanings]
  
 
*[http://www.spatial-literacy.org/index.php?p=familyname Surname profiler]  
 
*[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]
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*[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]
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*[http://www.surnamedb.com/ The Internet Surname Database]
 
 
*[http://www.polishroots.org/surnames/surnames_index.htm Surnames ~ origins and meanings]
 
 
 
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==And when you have found them, what do you do with them?==
 
  
[[Creating Your Family Tree]]
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*[http://www.polishroots.com/genpoland/surnames.htm The Structure of Polish Names]
 
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