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* '''[[:Category:Starting Out|Starting Out]]''' Advice and resources for carrying out your research.
 
 
:* [[:Category:Online Research|Online Research]]
 
 
:* [[:Category:Census Search|Using Census Returns]]
 
 
:* [[:Category:Certificates|Certificates (Civil Registration)]]
 
 
 
* '''[[:Category:General Reference|General Reference]]''' Information, reference and resources.
 
 
 
* '''[[:Category:Regional Projects|Regional Projects]]''' Includes the Project ~ '''[[Places of Worship]]'''
 
 
 
* '''[[Family Tree Forum Costume Gallery]]'''
 
 
 
* '''[[:Category:Adopted Pages|Adopted Pages]]'''
 
 
 
* '''[[Work_in_progress|Work in progress]]'''
 
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==Advice On How To Begin Your Research==
 
 
'''[[Creating Your Family Tree]]'''
 
 
 
:*[[How to store it all...]]
 
 
:*[[Method of recording Direct Ancestors]]
 
 
 
'''Visual guide:''' [[Tracking down your ancestors before 1900]]
 
 
'''Case Study:''' [[Searching for the records of James William Sudder]]
 
 
 
==Carrying Out Your Research==
 
 
'''[[Online Research]]'''
 
 
 
:*[[Site Reviews]]
 
 
 
'''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.
 
 
 
:*'''[[The British Isles]]'''
 
 
:*'''[[World Index Page]]'''
 
 
 
'''Visual guide:''' [[Visual Introduction to Family Search]]
 
 
'''Visual guide:''' [[Visual Introduction to ScotlandsPeople]]
 
 
 
====Record Offices, Archives Etc.====
 
 
'''[[Records Office Guide]]'''
 
 
 
:*[[Latter Day Saints Family History Libraries]] (LDS)
 
 
:*[[The National Archives|A Guide to using the National Archives & A2A websites]]
 
 
 
'''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]]
 
 
 
*[[Archive Collections]]
 
 
*[[A-Z of County/Local Council Contacts]]
 
 
*[[County research venues]]
 
 
*[[Research venues|National research venues]]
 
 
*[[English and Welsh Archives offices ]]
 
 
*[[Irish Research]]
 
 
*[[Scotland Archive offices]]
 
 
*[[Other Genealogical Wiki Sites]]
 
 
 
====Civil Registration====
 
 
*[[Registration Districts]]
 
 
*[[Parish Registers]]
 
 
*[[IGI Batch Numbers - British Isles and North America]]
 
 
*[[Victorian Registrars and the GRO]]
 
 
*[[Searching for the Deceased]]
 
 
 
====Certificates====
 
 
'''[[All About Certificates]] '''
 
 
*[[BMD Certificates]]
 
 
*[[Certificate tutorials]]
 
 
*[[Scanned and Handwritten Certificates Guide]]
 
 
*[[England and Wales Certificates]]
 
 
*[[International Certificates]]
 
 
*[[Ordering Maltese Certificates]]
 
 
*[[Scottish Certificates]]
 
 
*[[Unwanted Certificates]] ~ members' unwanted certificates
 
 
 
'''Visual guide:''' [[Finding a Birth on Ancestry Partial BMD Index|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 when you only know the names of one spouse|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 Relatives]][[image:unfinish.jpg]]
 
 
'''Visual guide:''' [[Searching for BMD on FindMyPast]][[image:unfinish.jpg]]
 
 
'''Visual guide:''' [[Using the Complete BMD indexes on ancestry]][[image:unfinish.jpg]]
 
 
 
====Census Returns====
 
 
'''[[Census Search]] '''
 
 
*[[Census address search]]
 
 
*[[Missing Census Pages]]
 
 
*[[Missing your relatives in 1881?]]
 
 
 
'''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]] [[image:unfinish.jpg]]
 
 
 
====Other Types Of Records====
 
 
*[[Adoption]]
 
 
*[[Coroner’s Records]]
 
 
*[[Directories of Victorian and Edwardian Photographers]]
 
 
*[[Directories: Trade, Street and City]]
 
 
*[[Divorce and Annulments]]
 
 
*[[Electoral Registers and Poll Books]]
 
 
*[[Hospital Records]]
 
 
*[[Manorial, Land and Estate Deeds]]
 
 
*[[Poor Law and Workhouse Records]]
 
 
*[[School Records]]
 
 
*[[Scottish Records]]
 
 
*[[Taxation Records]]
 
 
*[[Wills and Probate]]
 
 
 
==Pages Dealing With Military And Maritime Resources==
 
 
*[[Maritime]]
 
 
*[[Records of Merchant Seamen]]
 
 
*[[The Royal Navy]]
 
 
*[[Military]]
 
 
*[[A-Z List of Ex-Military Service]]
 
 
*[[Military Records]]
 
 
*[[The Army]]
 
 
*[[British Army Regiments]]
 
 
*[[The Royal Air Force]]
 
 
*[[World War One]]
 
 
*[[World War Two]]
 
 
*[[War Memorials]]
 
 
 
==Pages For General Reference==
 
 
====Miscellaneous====
 
 
 
'''The [[Big Book]] of Genealogy'''
 
 
 
'''Our online photograph album: [[Places of Worship]]'''
 
 
 
*[[Architectural drawings and building plans]]
 
 
*[[Charitable Organisations]]
 
 
*[[Costume Past and Present]]
 
 
*[[Degrees of Kinship]]
 
 
*[[Emigration and Immigration]]
 
 
*[[Forbidden Marriages]]
 
 
*[[Information about Specific Cemeteries]]
 
 
*[[Irish Political and Social History]]
 
 
*[[Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions|Lookups ~ Terms and Conditions]]
 
 
*[[Records Office/Cemetery/Churchyard Lookups|Lookups ~ What is needed?]]
 
 
*[[Records Office/Cemetery/Graveyard Lookups]]
 
 
*[[Maps and Photography]]
 
 
*[[Maps: Tithe and Ordnance Survey]]
 
 
*[[Medical Terms & Diseases]]
 
 
*[[Photographs]]
 
 
*[[See How Your Ancestors Lived]]
 
 
*[[Law and Law Enforcement]]
 
 
*[[Family History Books]]
 
 
*[[Useful Reference Information]]
 
 
*[[Weights and Measures]]
 
 
 
====Publications====
 
 
 
'''[[FTF Online Magazine]]'''
 
 
 
:*[[Family History Publications]]
 
 
:*[[Newspapers and Journals]]
 
 
 
====Names====
 
 
'''[[Surname Directory]] ~ member interests'''
 
 
 
*[[Common Forename Abbreviations]]
 
 
*[[Latin Names and Genealogical Terms]]
 
 
*[[Latin Names in Catholic Records]]
 
 
*[[Naming Patterns]]
 
 
 
====Trades and occupations====
 
 
*[[Law and Law Enforcement]]
 
 
*[[Bankrupts]]
 
 
*[[Bargemen/Boatmen/Watermen/Lightermen]]
 
 
*[[Canals and Canal Carriers]]
 
 
*[[Directories of Victorian and Edwardian Photographers]]
 
 
*[[Directories: Trade, Street and City]]
 
 
*[[Entertainment]]
 
 
*[[Fairground/Showmen/Travellers]]
 
 
*[[Farming and Agriculture]]
 
 
*[[Inns and Public Houses]]
 
 
*[[Mining and Heavy Industry]]
 
 
*[[Railways]]
 
 
*[[Religion and the Clergy]]
 
 
*[[Stonemasons]]
 
 
 
==Help with using The Wiki==
 
 
[[image:minibad.jpg]] '''[[:Category:Help|The Wiki Guide]]
 
 
:*[[Adding Unwanted BMD Certificates]]
 
 
:*[[Code for Hyperlinks]]
 
 
:*[[Editing Your User Page]]
 
 
:*[[Examples of useful code]]
 
 
:*[[Formatting Text]]
 
 
:*[[Help:Notes for Editors]]
 
 
:*[[Help:Notes for Users]]
 
 
:*[[Mixing Text and Images]]
 
 
:*[[Navigating The Wiki]]
 
 
:*[[New Pages]]
 
 
:*[[Places of Worship ~ Adding Photographs]]
 
 
:*[[Places of Worship ~ Photographs from a Thread]] [[image:unfinish.jpg]]
 
 
:*[[Places of Worship ~ Resizing Photographs]]
 
 
:*[[Places of Worship ~ Your Camera to The Wiki]] [[image:unfinish.jpg]]
 
 
:*[[Searching The Wiki]]
 
 
:*[[Style and Presentation]]
 
 
:*[[Surname Help]]
 
 
:*[[Template for County Pages]]
 
 
:*[[The Playground]]
 
 
:*[[Uploading Images to The Wiki]]
 
 
:*[[Using Images as Hyperlinks]]
 
 
:*[[Using Multiple Images]]
 
 
:*[[Working With Images]]
 
 
:*[[Working With Tables]]
 
 
 
*[[Copyright Guidelines]]
 
 
*[[Terms and Conditions]]
 
 
*[[GNU Free Documentation License]]
 
 
 
 
 
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*[[GEDCOM File Guide and FAQ]]
 
*[[Example GEDCOM file]]
 
*[[GEDCOM Troubleshooter]]
 
*[[Uploading a GEDCOM to Family Tree Forum]]
 
*[[Genealogy Applications and Packages]]
 
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*[[Legacy ]]
 
*[[Family Historian]]
 
*[[Family Tree Maker]] (FTM)
 
*[[Personal Ancestral File (PAF)]]
 
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