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Finding Your Feet on the Brit-Gen Forums
Here at Brit-Gen, we are a community trying to help each other rather than just a family history forum. The forum is very large, but if you take your time and also read the FAQs, you will learn to navigate around the site quite easily. Below are main topic headings, each contains several boards which you are encouraged to explore and where you can post messages. Look near the top of the screen and you'll see 'Search' where you can look for messages that have already been posted about specific names and subjects. Please also remember to read the Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) |
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Don't just lurk on Brit-Gen as a guest. Get registered, introduce yourself and post your family history queries.
I should mention that unlike some sites, you do have to be accepted before you can make a post (this is to prevent spammers, etc.) but acceptance shouldn’t take too long.
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Introduce Yourself
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Tell us about yourself, how long you have been researching and the problems you are having (or had) when trying to trace your family history.
Please do not post your research queries on this board as it is ONLY for introducing yourself.
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If you have any problems posting a query, or just need to ask a question or two, this is a list of the Super Moderators who will help you.
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Family History
Family History Forums.
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Acronyms and Abbreviations
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Acronyms and abbreviations you may come across during your family history research.
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Brickwalls
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This board is not for general research queries. Please only post those Brickwalls that you haven't been able to knock down - yet!
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About British censuses in general.
"Records quoted here which are in the care of The National Archives are subject to Crown Copyright."
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Lots of free help and advice pages to assist you with your family history research. Well worth exploring!
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Advice on obtaining certificates, what they contain, where are the indexes?
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The easiest way to get help to compile your family tree is to join the society in your area of interest. A great many societies have stands at Parish Chest.
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Help and advice on starting your family history research, and where to go next.
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General Family History Queries
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Although it is best to use specific forums for various topics, this one is for general topics that don't otherwise have a home.
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Books that you may find useful and/or interesting that may prove helpful to other researchers.
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List all the waifs and strays you discover here, and perhaps we can find them a home.
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Your chance to write about those brick walls broken down, and interesting anecdotes that you have found .
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Surname Interests
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Post a list of the surnames you are researching here and don't forget to state which area(s) they are from, too.
You should put your main research names in capital letters in the heading of the post.
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Have you bought certificates that are unwanted? Advertise them here.
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Useful Information & Tips
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Various bits of information, covering lots of different topics and places which could help with your family history research.
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Useful Online Sources
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Useful sources to help with genealogy. Lots of very useful resources are available at the Parish Chest. Please do not post any links to Ancestry.
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Writing up your family history
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Methods of writing up and publishing your family history
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Topics
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Adoption posts after 1900 are not permitted on this forum.
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We all have 'em!
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Church Registers
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Baptisms, Marriages and Burials recorded in old church registers
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Civil, criminal, etc.
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Divorce
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Information about the International Genealogical Index (IGI).
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Institutions
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Work houses, asylums, etc.
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Jewish Roots
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For people with Jewish ancestors
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Any queries to do with the medical profession should be posted here.
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Non Conformist Records
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This board is only for announcing which One Name Study you are undertaking.
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How to go about doing an historical and genealogical study of a single place. (Village, Town)
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and how it affected our ancestors
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Hints. tips and advice on reading old documents
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Romanies
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For those of us with wandering ancestors.
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Schools and school records
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Wills
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Occupations
The occupations and trades of our ancestors
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Occupations - general forum
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Actors & Artistes
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Canals and Watermen
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Ancestors who worked with leather.
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Agricultural or otherwise.
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Ancestors who were in the hospitality trade.
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Military - Army
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All regiments
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Military - Royal Navy & Royal Marines
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Anything from early times up to the present day. (Any country)
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Policemen
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For ancestors who served in the Police Force.
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What was the date of that old photograph? Who was the photographer?
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Did your ancestor work on the railway? Also for discussion of the different railway companies.
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For ancestors who were Blacksmiths, Silversmiths, Goldsmiths, etc.
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Teachers
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History Topics
Wars, historical periods, etc.
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WW1 1914-1918
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WW2 1939-1945
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Just as it says, post WWII.
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County Forums including Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British Islands.
Discussions relating to specific places.
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England - Counties (Chapman Code - ENG)
Family history relating to specific counties and places in England
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Ireland - Counties (Chapman Code - IRL)
Family history relating to specific counties and places in Ireland
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Scotland - Counties (Chapman Code - SCT)
Family history relating to specific counties and places in Scotland
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Wales - Counties (Chapman Code - WAL)
Family history relating to specific counties and places in Wales
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Brit Gen Service and Support
System support and discussion
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Technical Support, Suggestions, Feedback, and Customer Service...
(Not for family history posts)
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Copyright & Licence Issues
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A forum to discuss copyright and licence issues. Please bear in mind that a lot of people *think* that they understand what copyright should be, but few have a legal understanding of what it is!
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Other Stuff
Well, just as it says really.
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Funny Side of Life
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Stories and jokes to lighten the day.
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General Chatter
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Just a meeting room in the British-Genealogy.com house where people can get away from the more "serious" stuff and have general discussions about topics other than family history. However, this is not an internet chat-room. Members of Brit-Gen who wish to chat in that way, should find a forum other than Brit-Gen in which to do so.
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Post a message here if you want to attract another member's attention (Use their name or "handle" in the subject line)
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Everyone has something that drives them crazy, so tell us about it here. Please, no personal attacks or flaming.
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Family History Societies (Private Forums)
These are password protected forums for the use of family history societies and/or groups and their members.
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FREE Resources
Great projects that you can help with and will also help you.
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For discussion about the FreeCEN project, progress and updates.
Please note that volunteers are always needed for this excellent project.
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FreeREG
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For discussion about the UK FreeREG project. (This is a database of parish registers.) Please note that volunteers are always needed for this excellent project, so if you would like to help, please do contact us.
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Software and Computing
Software, computer problems, web page design, viruses, spam, etc.
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Computer Help
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So... you have a computer problem?
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Plenty of options are available at Parish Chest. Everyone has their favourite....
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Reports, discussion and enlightenment of things that spoil email communications.
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Viruses
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The computer type. What's going on, and how to protect yourself.
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Web pages design
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Building your own web pages? Help and discussion here.
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