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Various bits of information, covering lots of different topics and places which could help with your family history research.

  1. Sticky Thread Sticky: Counties, England, Wales and Scotland

    It is often confusing when searching for your ancestors to know the places they came from and the counties to search in. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/Britain.html has a wonderful map that leads you to information on each of the counties. Click on them (their Chapman Codes) and enjoy exploring...

    Started by Mutley‎, 20-03-2012 1:37 AM
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  2. Sticky Thread Sticky: Who's Who in Methodism 1933 - Index of Lay Officers

    'Who's Who in Methodsism 1933' contains details of ministers and lay office holders who were active a year after the Weslyan, United, Primitive & Irish Methodist Churches united to form The Methodist Church in 1932. It was published by the Methodist Times & Leader (Methodist Publications Ltd). ...

    Started by mary elms‎, 30-09-2005 12:31 AM
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    youthful
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  3. Sticky Thread Sticky: Tips for Google Searching

    Many newbies to family history are also fairly new to computers, and don't really know how to get the best out of search engines like Google. Some of these tips might help, and hopefully others can add more: Learn to use Inverted Commas. For example, if you type in John Davies you will get...

    Started by Sue Mackay‎, 28-08-2007 5:40 PM
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    02-06-2011, 9:12 PM Go to last post

  4. Sticky Thread Sticky: Personalising your Forum

    Did you know that .... if you have favourite forums.... you don't need to view the whole list of forums from the front page. You can have your own personalised list of favourite forums. Go to your favourite forum, and click on the tools menu above it. Then on the drop down list, select to...

    Started by Sue Mackay‎, 15-10-2008 7:58 PM
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  5. Red face Sticky Thread Sticky: How to use Photobucket

    This is what I do: (1) register at www.photobucket.com (it's free). (2) upload your photo to the site. (3) once it's uploaded, you'll see 4 little boxes underneath. (4) click in the bottom box (which auto-copies the link into your clipboard) (5) paste (Ctrl+v) into your forum posting. Voila!...

    Started by Mary Young‎, 21-10-2007 11:17 AM
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    Sue Mackay
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  1. Regional Accents

    The British Library has a project putting examples of regional accents online http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/search/advanced.cfm?objectPage=type If you select "Recorded Speech" as the object type and the name of your chosen County as your keyword you will be given a list of accents from...

    Started by suedent‎, 05-12-2007 12:08 AM
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    ChristineR
    05-12-2007, 4:02 AM Go to last post

  2. Metropolitan roll of honour

    http://www.policememorial.org.uk/Forces/Metropolitan/Metropolitan_Roll_1829-1899.htm This is fascinating reading for anyone with an interest/ancestors in the police force. It's quite amazing how some of these pc's died - one swallowed his false teeth and choked while giving chase. There is a...

    Started by nina‎, 04-12-2007 12:38 PM
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    04-12-2007, 12:38 PM Go to last post

  3. Cemetary records

    I don't know if this is the right place to post this - please let me know if I am wrong. I have a record of my ggparents graves in the Belgrave Cemetary. The listing is as follows: Mary Greaves - 1 mth - June 30/88 Florence Lily Harding - 6 mths - Mar 28/1900 Mary Ann Greaves - 61 - Feb...

    Started by lindand‎, 27-11-2007 4:38 AM
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    Diane Grant-Salmon
    30-11-2007, 6:16 AM Go to last post

  4. Personal profiles

    A few days ago I noticed a posting from a fellow New Zealander. I checked her profile to see whereabouts she lived and a surname on her research list caught my eye. It was the same as a person I worked with 30 years ago. So, I sent a private message to ascertain whether or not it was the same...

    Started by David Tuson‎, 26-11-2007 4:13 AM
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    Neil Wilson
    26-11-2007, 8:02 PM Go to last post

  5. free BMD

    Can some one send me the link for the free BMD thanks.:confused:

    Started by dogmania‎, 18-11-2007 10:47 PM
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    19-11-2007, 1:02 AM Go to last post

  6. Thumbs down I must be so stupid!!

    |nopity i feelso stupid, I have looked up all the information I can on my family but I can find nothing,on Muldoons from Belfast,or Luns,I am new to this, and to using a comp; so maybe I'm doing it all wrong.Ihave looked up census|,births,onall the sites recomended,but i just cant find them.I...

    Started by geo55‎, 18-10-2007 9:54 AM
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    Mary Lennon
    21-10-2007, 12:57 PM Go to last post

  7. 1861 Norfolk census surname index - CD No.2

    Hello. I've been browsing the excellent 1861 census CD-roms from ACDB and creating a surname index as I do. The idea being that I can then quickly find entries which may later be of use to me. I am going to begin posting these indexes in messages on this thread. I think I've found a way of doing...

    Started by Geoffers‎, 21-12-2004 9:54 PM
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    06-08-2005, 2:19 PM Go to last post

  8. 1861 Norfolk census surname index - CD No.1

    Westwick 1861 - pt.2 RG9/1200 - ACDB CD No.1 SELF, 73/8 - GOODBODY, 74/9 MEEK, 73/8 - CHAPMAN, 74/9 HEWITT, 73/8 - FARMIN, 74/9 TOWNSEND, 73/8 - BALLS, 74/9 DYBALL, 73/8 - SPOONER, 74/9 BAD…N?, 73/8 - GOOSE, 74/9 DRURY, 73/8

    Started by Geoffers‎, 31-12-2004 8:42 PM
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  9. 1861 Norfolk Census surname index - CD No.7

    This is a surname index to places on the 1861 Norfolk census obtained from Archive CD books. I am not doing lookups, this is merely a resaerch aid to help you locate entries of interest. Surnames may appear more than once on a page, check the whole page to make sure that you haven't missed any. ...

    Started by Geoffers‎, 01-01-2005 11:11 AM
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