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If a family member from Wales was a mariner during the nineteenth century, then doing a database search at the Welsh Mariners site could be useful. [http://www(.)welshmariners(.)org(.)uk] And it's free!

Great idea....great tips....great advice.......nudge LinXX

New to this board, but a tweenie otherwise. Loads on here I didn't know. Now saved for future ref. Thanks everybody. Pam

I am tweenie to so thank for loads of intresting info so far Val x

does anyone know if there is a centralised register of children baptised into the Roman Catholic Church - for example do Priests have to make returns to their Bishop - or the Pope even - of how many baptisms they have done. I have been told that I was baptised RC although when adopted I was brought up in a Baptist family. Have contacted the RC church where this was most likely to have happened - they replied after 12 months and a nudge - to say their records were stored in some other building, and they would check - still awaiting a reply. If there was a central register, it might be quicker and easier. It was in wartime - ww2 - so possibly a bit chaotic.

Great thread. No matter how long you've been at this, you never know it all and it is so easy to miss something. I live in Devon and all my ancestors come from East Riding so visiting the archives is a huge undertaking. The further back I go the more I am using the postal services of The East Riding Archives, Hull Archives and the Borthwick Institute. One Archive will do their first search for you without cost (I won't name them on list, just in cas!) Thereafter, for £10 they searched the apprenticeship and Freemans Rolls for me going back to 1700 for a family name. For a little more than the price of a certificate I had not only extended my family tree but discovered a lot more about their lives, as many were apprenticed through Patrimony. Borthwick hold PRs for parishes not covered by IGI and will do a search for £10 for 30mins. Wills are £5 a copy. I've just sent for 3. Most archives wil email you a form to fill in with your request if the form is not downloadable online. It took me a long time to develop the confidence to contact the Archivist by email with a request. However, I have found them all to be really helpful and happy to point me in the right direction when floundering. After all, that's what they are there for. Can't think of a better job!! There is so much more out there if we only ask! Jackie

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Thanks for all the great tips! Christine

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Addition to Susan Bishop's thread of 15/10/05 - the Gazette web link is excellent that she quoted for the London Gazette. Go to 'Archives' at the top of the page, enter your name you are searching for at the top in the 'search' field and hit 'go'. It then comes up with a list of records it has found that may be relevant. If when you click on each document, to help you search for where your name appears (particularly if it is a long death notice and there are loads of names of deceased persons, solicitors and relatives to browse through) use a find function. Hold down the control key 'Ctrl' and then hit the 'F' key at the same time. This then lets you put in your name you are looking for in the document - you can even tell it to match the case (upper or lower) if you want to and then hit the 'Find next' field. This will then take the cursor to where you want it to and saves you reading loads of other names you don't need to. Very useful if you have loads of documents to search through and you don't want to be tied to the computer for hours! Don't forget to do 'Find Next' once you've got to the point you needed to get to in the document, just to check that there were not 2 references to you name you needed before you cancel and close the find screen. This control and F (Find function) can be used in many documents and programs including Word and Excel. It will save you time! http://www(.)gazettes-online(.)co(.)uk

What a lovely new years pressie Andy...Thankyou (Now I have added, I can find you again lol) Gerri x

GREAT IDEA...!! I'M checking this posting so that I can refer back to it over time. THANK'S.

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Great idea....nudging to read in the morning! Sally in Sydney

nudging so as not to lose thread. excellent info thanks Liz

Wow, thanks everyone for your tips,very useful. Cas

Only been at this lark a week meself, but have learned to begin a search as broadly as possible - be too specific and you may not get a record which was there all the time. Records on the Internet are usually transcribed by volunteers who do a marvelous job, but bear in mind that they're transcribing from hand-written records which may be difficult to decipher. Plus which, census enumerators, parish recorders etc were sometimes not as accurate in their spelling as they might have been. I was looking for someone and a search result came up with 'Stinker' Finnis. Stinker? Maybe he was and maybe he wasn't but in either case I very much doubt he was baptised as such. His name was actually Steriker, a name by which he turns up in other records. Use wildcards (*) in a search, for example a search for St* as the forename would bring up both Steriker and Stinker, bless 'im.

Nudge...Nudge..great Tips people!

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