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Forum: Genealogy Beginners

Help and advice on starting your family history research, and where to go next.

  1. Smile Sticky Thread Sticky: Spelling in indexes

    I don't know if this is the best place, but thought some observations made today while transcribing births from the local registrar's books might be useful for others who might have problems finding people. 1. The registrar had some idiosyncratic spellings. Like Aurthur and Jimima. That is...

    Started by pwholt‎, 11-02-2010 6:43 PM
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  2. Sticky Thread Sticky: Starting Point for Beginners

    A very good starting point if you are just beginning your family history is The British-Genealogy Resource Page section. You will also find a lot of good information here. Or, of course, you can post a query on this very forum. We were all beginners once and so no query is too trivial. We...

    Started by Sue Mackay‎, 28-01-2010 5:52 PM
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  3. Sticky Thread Sticky: My list of 'essentials'

    http://www.genuki.org.uk/ Probably the best source of information for the UK and Ireland. If you want to go straight to the country/county, then click on 'United Kingdom and Ireland' in the top left corner. Be aware that this site can be very addictive and lead you to all sorts of places far...

    Started by Pam Downes‎, 01-09-2007 2:37 PM
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  1. Question michael Thoms

    I am brand new on this forum, so start by posting here with my query and hope I am in the right area. My Father in Law was hospitalized at Walton on Thames from the period late 1917 till mid 1919 when he sailed home to NZ, while in the UK we know he had a relationship with a young lady for whom we...

    Started by Michael T‎, 28-04-2013 9:56 PM
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  2. James Kirko - Covenanter shot 1685.

    In researching my family tree I have now traced it back as far as a James Kirk b.1733. I am now trying to trace his parents, which I think might be around the Durisdeer area of Dumfries. In looking up the names of either James or John Kirk around this period, I seem to have many hits of a James...

    Started by up2you2‎, 08-05-2013 2:56 PM
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  3. Prothero Family of Wales

    Hi there, As a newbie here I need some help to get started as you all did. I have just started some research into the family history and wonder if there are Welsh records here? I have traced back to my great grandfather David Charles Ernest Prothero (born 1846) who married Clara Sampson....

    Started by Ozzy Jeff‎, 22-06-2012 9:30 AM
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