THE CLASSIFIED INDEX OF WIKI PAGES

From the Family Tree Forum Reference Library

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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

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.

Visual guide: Visual Introduction to Family Search
Visual guide: Visual Introduction to ScotlandsPeople


Record Offices, Archives And Other Research Avenues

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: Refine your search
Visual guide: Searching the Catalogue

Civil Registration

Certificates

Visual guide: Finding a Birth Reference on Ancestry Partial BMD Index
Visual guide: Finding children by searching for their parents on the IGI
Visual guide: Partial FreeBMD - finding a birth reference
Visual guide: Searching the FreeBMD site
Visual guide: Complicated search for a marriage
Visual guide: Searching for a marriage when you only know the names of one spouse
Visual guide: Searching for BMD on Family Relatives
Visual guide: Searching for BMD on FindMyPast
Visual guide: Searching for BMD on ScotlandsPeople
Visual guide: Searching for BMD on the IGI
Visual guide: Using the Complete BMD indexes on ancestry

Census Returns

Case study: Finding Martha

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 a census on Ancestry
Visual guide: Searching a census on ScotlandsPeople
Visual guide: Searching the 1881 census on the LDS

Other Types Of Records

Pages Dealing With Military And Maritime Resources

A-Z List of Ex-Military Service
British Army Regiments
Maritime
Military
Military Records
Records of Merchant Seamen
The Army
The Royal Air Force
The Royal Navy
World War One
World War Two


Pages For General Reference

Miscellaneous

The Big Book of genealogy
Our online photograph album: Places of Worship

Information about Specific Cemeteries
Cemetery Lookup -Terms and Conditions
Records Office/Cemetery/Churchyard Lookups
Records Office/Cemetery/Graveyard Lookups

Charitable Organisations

Degrees of Kinship
Forbidden Marriages

Medical Terms & Diseases

Useful Background Books
Useful Reference Information
Weights and Measures

Maps and Photography
Maps: Tithe and Ordnance Survey

Emigration and Immigration
The English Legal System
Photographs
Architectural drawings and building plans
Costume Past and Present
See How Your Ancestors Lived
Irish Political and Social History

Publications

Family History Publications
FTF Online Magazine
Newspapers and Journals

Names

Common Forename Abbreviations
Latin Names and Genealogical Terms
Latin Names in Catholic Records
Naming Patterns
Surname Directory ~ member interests
Surname Help

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


Pages About The Forum And The Wiki

Copyright Guidelines
Terms and Conditions
Help Pages for Users
Navigating the Wiki
Find Your Way Around The Wiki
Searching the Wiki
How To Align Non-Uploaded Images
Hyperlink Code
Examples of useful code
Surname Help
GNU Free Documentation License


Pages For Help With Genealogy Related Software

GEDCOM File Guide and FAQ
Example GEDCOM file
GEDCOM Troubleshooter
Uploading a GEDCOM to Family Tree Forum

Genealogy Applications and Packages
Legacy
Family Historian
Family Tree Maker (FTM)
Personal Ancestral File (PAF)


Pages For General Computer Help