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Jessbowbag 20:37, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

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Welcome to the research section of Family Tree Forum site.

It’s our jewel in the crown, where information is stored in various sections to help in the successful growing of your family tree.

Not only will the information in here help you to grow the tree, you will no doubt find links and sources of information to help you really feel what it was like to live in the times of those that went before us.

Going on into the research sections

Each of our section headings had a picture. That picture suggests what can be found in each section, and are pretty self explanatory. To enter the section, simply place your mouse pointer over the picture and click on it.

Before we actually click on anything and start going off into the sections, it would be as well to know how to get back to the main page- its one thing to go in to what might seem like a maze but possibly more daunting if you don’t know the way out.

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Research

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Click on this picture, and you will learn all the fundamental steps in creating your family tree- who to ask, who is who and the logical way to go about growing your tree successfully.

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Click on this picture, and you will be taken to the community part of the forum, the parts where like minded genealogists take a break from their research and indulge in general conversation as well as interacting socially in the forum Street and much more. All are welcome- its open 24/7 so take some time out of research to relax and socialise too.

Records office

Click on this picture and you will be in the records office section. Here we discover all manner of information about anything that will usually be found associated with records, and information as to what we can expect to find on which records. If you are not sure what info you can find on a census return, for instance, this is the place to find out. The main page covers the basic records, on from this, in other records there are listed many topics from Coroners records to workhouse records. If you want to source a record of any sort, this is probably the page that will help you.

All about Certificates

The title of this heading says it all, really. here we can find out just about everything there is to know about certificates. The section devides into English and Wales/ Scotland sections part way down the page - click on the one most appropriate to your needs, which will take you on to specific infomation.

Census Search

Here we can learn all about the Census, what is recorded about whom and why. There is also an example of a census search - Following through a Lady called Martha. if you haven't done a lot of census searching, please have a look - Its certainly shows some tips and hints, not to mention the pitfalls.

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The help pages go into far greater detail about addition things you can do with the research section of our site. When you get to the point of wanting to add infomation or perhaps a link or two for an interesting website, Help pages are the place to find out how.

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4 main topics in this section, all guiding you through on-line searching.

Site Reviews- gives an insight into what you might find on the most popular research sites. if you come across a site you haven't heard of, this is the place to find out what its all about.

General hints and Tips - Just that!

Family History Detectives - A fantastic part of the site where you can follow through the hunt for James Sudder, with visual examples of things that were searched and results found.It really does help to understand what you are looking for , and what various record actually look like.

Searching for Hatches, Matches And Dispatches - Exactly how to search for births death and marriages on various sites. Every site is different and needs a slightly different technique - all you need to know is in this section

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World Index Page

This is really a short cut from the world index page, which takes you to Great Britian pages. Being home turf for a lot of our members , ths page is subdivided more than other countries, with links and discriptions for all Counties and Island crown dependencies listed under thier individual county. Click on the name of the county you wish to research, and see what is there. If yiu find site or reference you'd like added to the page, again, just alert a scad or mod if you are not confident in doing it yourself.

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