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Research Before 1837: Sources & techniques 28/05/2020
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Researching before 1837:Sources and techniques
Overview
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Why 1837?
civil registration
census
The Standard Model
Census (anchor date)
Civil registration/ parish registers
Civil Registration (GRO): back to 1837 Parish registers: 20th century to 1500s
Censuses: 1911‐1841or 1939 Register
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Issues in Pre‐1837 Research
A New Mindset
direct ancestors
families
surname of interest given area recreate family groups
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Why Research at Family Level?
Martha Jennings Banner
Elizabeth
Emma
Samuel
Thomas
Research Tips (1)
2) Always, always, always view original documents
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Research Tips (2)
“I Can’t Find It Online”
All Document of Series Online
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Parish Registers
Parish Registers – Key Points
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Evolution of Parish Registers
Evolution of Parish Registers – post‐1813
Baptisms, post‐1813
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Evolution of parish registers – post‐1813
Evolution of parish registers ‐ 1800
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Evolution of parish registers
Evolution of parish registers ‐ 1700
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Evolution of parish registers ‐ 1600
Finding Parish Registers
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Parish Register Transcriptions
www.familysearch.org
Source 3) always preferred because guarantees 100% coverage plus images of original pages for verification
‘Official’ Online Collections
http://collections.ancestry.co.uk/search/UK/LibraryofBirmingham
http://collections.ancestry.co.uk/search/UK/LMA
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Parish Registers ‐ Key Resources
Also county pages at
FamilySearch:familysearch.org/wiki/en/
GENUKI: www.genuki.org.uk
plus society websites e.g.: www.worcesterbmsgh.co.uk/parishes
Pre‐1837 Sources
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Pre‐1837 Sources
Pre‐1837 Sources
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Pre‐1837 Sources
New Skills
• Old handwriting (palaeography)
• Maps• Phillimore (as above)• OS/Google map• Old OS maps (NLS,
https://maps.nls.uk)
• DNA• Topic for another day!
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Summary: Succeeding beyond 1837
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