FAMILY ANCESTRAL RECORDS & UK ANCESTRY RESEARCH
How to start your family ancestral records & UK ancestry research. Firstly have a BIG focus point and a small family genealogy research goal.
Don’t be tempted to try and go back too far in one go
Go back in small steps.
Remember the most satisfying family tree is based on facts.
1 What do I already know about the family or persons I wish to research?
2 How do I know this?
- I have family letters / notes
- Family documents / Births, Deaths, Marriage, (B.D.M) certificates etc.
- A family member said so? Do listen but always confirm with documented evidence before adding this data to your records.
3 What do I want to know?
- Did they marry and where.
- Was there any children.
- Where did they live?
- What work did they do?
- Were they in the armed forces
4 Where do I find It.? Below are the main sources of family documents records
- Marriage Certificate
- Birth records
- Baptism/ Christening records
- Death records
- Probate records
- Will and testament
- First World War/ military records i.e. draft, pensions, medals, military burials
- Personal family letters / documents
- Census reports 1911. 1901, 1891, 1881, 1871, 1861, 1851, 1841.
- England & Wales B.D.M registry 2007-1937. Can be researched free on-line freebmd.org.uk/
- Scottish B.D.M registry 2014-1855 can be researched on-line (fee charges)
- More popular fee based sites ancestry.co.uk/, www.findmypast.co.uk/ancestry,www.findmypast.co.uk/ancestry, www.genesreunited.co.uk/, www.familysearch.org(lds)
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