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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. | 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 '''[[Records Office Guide]]''' will explain what you will find there and how it is may be useful. |
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*[[Victorian Registrars and the GRO]] | *[[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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| − | ==Clues | + | ==Clues For Finding Those Elusive Names== |
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*[[Common Forename Abbreviations]] | *[[Common Forename Abbreviations]] | ||
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*[[Naming Patterns]] | *[[Naming Patterns]] | ||
| − | *[[Latin Names | + | *[[Latin Names]] |
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| + | '''General''' | ||
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| + | *[http://www.lowchensaustralia.com/names/england.htm Thousands of names in the United Kingdom] | ||
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*[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?] | ||
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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. | + | *[http://www.nationaltrustnames.org.uk/ Search for a Surname] |
| − | *[http:// | + | *[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:// | + | *[http://surnames.behindthename.com/ The Etymology and History of Surnames] |
| − | *[http://www. | + | *[http://www.surnamedb.com/ The Internet Surname Database] |
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| + | *[http://www.polishroots.com/genpoland/surnames.htm The Structure of Polish Names] | ||
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Back to [[Creating Your Family Tree]] | Back to [[Creating Your Family Tree]] | ||
Latest revision as of 08:47, 8 September 2022
Contents
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.
Have Some Sympathy With The Transcribers
Clues For Finding Those Elusive Names
General
Forenames
Surnames
Back to Creating Your Family Tree
