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My 16 year old nephew did a project at school not long ago and got quite far with information from the site without paying. Also try Genes Reunited (i think thats what it is called) he found it useful too, without paying. The only thing was he really needed specific dates of birth to get further, which is where the fee comes in.

FM
Originally Posted by ~Sweet Summer~:
I'm on genes reunited, but you can only get so far on that too before they want payment.. I have no idea which site would be better.. With the bank hols coming up tho I think I'll have some time to investigate! Demantoid- can you cancel the subscription easy enough?!

I've used it and got quite far but I use a 3V card so's I get my free trial but only pay for the one month, then they can't take anymore off you but download or print all your documents because once you cancel you can't access them in full....

stonks

sweet spoke to mum she said  on genes have you tried community and then records office theres always help available there you can ask for look ups and usually theres someone who will help you, mum also said try freebmd.org for birth marriages and deaths. if you do the 14 day trial on ancestry make sure you cancel in time because they soon take your money.

justafriend
Originally Posted by ~Sweet Summer~:
Thank you justafriend & stonks that's really helpful My dad passed away when I was 14, and his parents passed long before I was born so I'm really looking to find out anything I can about them..

Its exciting and upsetting sometimes when you read into the censuses and see their circumstances change, my mothers side were very secretive thats why I started but I tried to research Mr stonks side and they apparently don't exist....

stonks

I'm on Ancestry because I find it the easiest to use - full membership, and I think it's worth every penny.

I've gone back centuries and one of the family lines goes back to my 7th x great grandparents - 99% of the records were found on Ancestry.  Others, especially the Irish records, are a nightmare because they were all destroyed.

 

I've got back as far (with definite proof) to early 1020, but there's some records that are from 900 but are (supposedly) my direct descendants.  I'm still researching though.

 

One site that you may find helpful, Sweet Summer - especially if you know a bit of your family history or have a fair idea of dates, this:

 

http://freepages.genealogy.roo...s/CountryEngland.htm

 

And I've used this for the Scottish records: 

http://freepages.genealogy.roo.../CountryScotland.htm

 

 

Cosmopolitan

You've got me thinking about trying too find my family again now, my grandad was one of 11 or 13 children and we know nothing about them, they would be my dads aunts and uncles and he doesn't even know their names (well 2 he does)  he's never met them though there's obviously some story there that my grandad didn't want us to know but it's got me intrigued

Aimee
Originally Posted by ~Sweet Summer~:
Thank you very much cosmo, that's really helpful Did you have any trouble finding out exactly which descendants were the correct one's?! I don't know my grandparents dates of birth/death/marriage but I know their names & which cemetery they're buried in.. That should help shouldn't it!

 

Well it does help if you've got slighly less popular names - or if, as I said before, you know a bit of your family history already. 

You don't have to start with their births either.  If it's easiest to trace them from their death certificate records then you can do it that way.  They often give the date of birth on the death certificate anyway

 

Fact is, it becomes easier once you've started to fill in your tree.

Boundaries are bit iffy at times - for instance, London was divided up into Surrey, Middlesex, etc.  So it pays to have a map handy if you're not up to speed with certain localities.

Also, the census officials and/or the transcriptors can make mistakes.

Names are abbreviated, spelt wrongly - including surnames.

If you 'connect' with other researchers along the way it can often be a lot easier to find and compare records.

 

Oh, and it's really friendly - people message/pm and offer help or alternative possibilities and that can help a lot.

 

One last thing... keep your records open to the public rather than going private because you get more info that way.  You can always limit access to your tree at a later date.

 

 

 

Cosmopolitan
Originally Posted by Aimee:

It is interesting Justa, all i need is a look at the 1911 census and i think i would got some answers but you have too pay and i haven't got a credit card  i really want to know their names

Do you still live in the same area as them?  You could go to the local records office and see if they could help. 

Cosmopolitan
Originally Posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:
Originally Posted by Aimee:

It is interesting Justa, all i need is a look at the 1911 census and i think i would got some answers but you have too pay and i haven't got a credit card  i really want to know their names

Do you still live in the same area as them?  You could go to the local records office and see if they could help. 

They were born where i live but in 1911 they were in Wales (great grandad was a miner) but the great grandmother was back here when she died

Aimee
Originally Posted by Karma_:

How are these services with international stuff and tracing ancestors who may have emigrated to other countries?

Found my (deported ) rellies in Tasmania.

Found my migrating Scottish lot in the US and Canada.

And I found a whole heap of early Mormon-like sect who swanned off in the early 1800's from Somerset.

Got information on family who died on passenger ships as far as India

And one who joined the California Gold Rush and got murdered for his trouble.

 

And a bunch of cowboys who turned to holding up the US railroads.....

 

Cosmopolitan
Originally Posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:
Originally Posted by Karma_:

How are these services with international stuff and tracing ancestors who may have emigrated to other countries?

Found my (deported ) rellies in Tasmania.

Found my migrating Scottish lot in the US and Canada.

And I found a whole heap of early Mormon-like sect who swanned off in the early 1800's from Somerset.

Got information on family who died on passenger ships as far as India

And one who joined the California Gold Rush and got murdered for his trouble.

 

And a bunch of cowboys who turned to holding up the US railroads.....

 

 

I want to find rellies who are from overseas and migrated to other overseas countries on one side of the family (nowt to do with the the UK at all).

 

The other side are from Ireland and Scotland so that'll probably be easier!

Karma_
Originally Posted by Aimee:
Originally Posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:
Originally Posted by Aimee:

It is interesting Justa, all i need is a look at the 1911 census and i think i would got some answers but you have too pay and i haven't got a credit card  i really want to know their names

Do you still live in the same area as them?  You could go to the local records office and see if they could help. 

They were born where i live but in 1911 they were in Wales (great grandad was a miner) but the great grandmother was back here when she died

 

OK, well try the 1901 or even the 1891 census if you think they may have still been living in your area at that time.  The records could also show their young family too - so maybe your grandad or his siblings could be on there.

 

Do you want to pm me with details and I'll see if I can find anything?

Obviously you'd have to trust me with personal names and dates, but I can assure you I would deal with this in strict confidence.  

Cosmopolitan
Originally Posted by Karma_:
Originally Posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:
Originally Posted by Karma_:

How are these services with international stuff and tracing ancestors who may have emigrated to other countries?

Found my (deported ) rellies in Tasmania.

Found my migrating Scottish lot in the US and Canada.

And I found a whole heap of early Mormon-like sect who swanned off in the early 1800's from Somerset.

Got information on family who died on passenger ships as far as India

And one who joined the California Gold Rush and got murdered for his trouble.

 

And a bunch of cowboys who turned to holding up the US railroads.....

 

 

I want to find rellies who are from overseas and migrated to other overseas countries on one side of the family (nowt to do with the the UK at all).

 

The other side are from Ireland and Scotland so that'll probably be easier!

 

I'm sure there are international sites - my aunt lives in Aus and does all her research from their website with no problems.

The Scottish records are transcribed but not so many are open to view like the English ones.  The Irish ones are complicated - but not beyond research.  Go get noseying!

Cosmopolitan
Originally Posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:
Originally Posted by Aimee:
Originally Posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:
Originally Posted by Aimee:

It is interesting Justa, all i need is a look at the 1911 census and i think i would got some answers but you have too pay and i haven't got a credit card  i really want to know their names

Do you still live in the same area as them?  You could go to the local records office and see if they could help. 

They were born where i live but in 1911 they were in Wales (great grandad was a miner) but the great grandmother was back here when she died

 

OK, well try the 1901 or even the 1891 census if you think they may have still been living in your area at that time.  The records could also show their young family too - so maybe your grandad or his siblings could be on there.

 

Do you want to pm me with details and I'll see if I can find anything?

Obviously you'd have to trust me with personal names and dates, but I can assure you I would deal with this in strict confidence.  


That would be great, can you send me a PM, i've tried finding you and i can't

Aimee

I've pm'd you Aimee.  Hold back on spending any hard earned cash until I've had a look for you.  It costs me nothing (in that I've already paid and can view anything and everything that I want).  Worth a try.

 

As Justy says, if I can't find anything then you could try messaging those that have downloaded batches of records on any of the other forum/websites too.

Cosmopolitan
Originally Posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:
Originally Posted by Karma_:
Originally Posted by ~Cosmopolitan~:
Originally Posted by Karma_:

How are these services with international stuff and tracing ancestors who may have emigrated to other countries?

Found my (deported ) rellies in Tasmania.

Found my migrating Scottish lot in the US and Canada.

And I found a whole heap of early Mormon-like sect who swanned off in the early 1800's from Somerset.

Got information on family who died on passenger ships as far as India

And one who joined the California Gold Rush and got murdered for his trouble.

 

And a bunch of cowboys who turned to holding up the US railroads.....

 

 

I want to find rellies who are from overseas and migrated to other overseas countries on one side of the family (nowt to do with the the UK at all).

 

The other side are from Ireland and Scotland so that'll probably be easier!

 

I'm sure there are international sites - my aunt lives in Aus and does all her research from their website with no problems.

The Scottish records are transcribed but not so many are open to view like the English ones.  The Irish ones are complicated - but not beyond research.  Go get noseying!

I'll have a word with the old dear tomorrow and we'll  look into it - chars missus! x

 

Right now I'm looking into Bruce on Enter the Dragon. Fit as a butchers dog

Karma_

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