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First of all happy new year to everyone on PH
Well as one of my sort of new year resolutions I am going to trace my family history on my dad`s side.
Just for your info my Dad was born in Dunoon and then moved to Clydebank in Glasgow where his dad was a carpenter in John Browns shipyards.
By the way unfortunately I cant consult my dad & my grandfather for information So do any of you have any hints or tips to help ?
Well as one of my sort of new year resolutions I am going to trace my family history on my dad`s side.
Just for your info my Dad was born in Dunoon and then moved to Clydebank in Glasgow where his dad was a carpenter in John Browns shipyards.
By the way unfortunately I cant consult my dad & my grandfather for information So do any of you have any hints or tips to help ?
macp said:
First of all happy new year to everyone on PH
Well as one of my sort of new year resolutions I am going to trace my family history on my dad`s side.
Just for your info my Dad was born in Dunoon and then moved to Clydebank in Glasgow where his dad was a carpenter in John Browns shipyards.
By the way unfortunately I cant consult my dad & my grandfather for information So do any of you have any hints or tips to help ?
Its Genealogy Well as one of my sort of new year resolutions I am going to trace my family history on my dad`s side.
Just for your info my Dad was born in Dunoon and then moved to Clydebank in Glasgow where his dad was a carpenter in John Browns shipyards.
By the way unfortunately I cant consult my dad & my grandfather for information So do any of you have any hints or tips to help ?
But thats not helpful.
What will be is this.
The latest available census records are 1911. You need something to get you back to then.
I used information from old documents to get me addresses. (birth certs, death certs, marriage certs, insurance certs etc)
Then I used the electoral role in the local history centre.
The electoral role is good when working backwards because it tells you which house they lived in previous to the one they were in when the role was taken, and it's yearly).
Once you get back to 1911 then you can start using ancestry.com etc. Gettin back to the 1830s is pretty straightforward then.
Edited by cazzer on Friday 1st January 12:47
macp said:
First of all happy new year to everyone on PH
Well as one of my sort of new year resolutions I am going to trace my family history on my dad`s side.
Just for your info my Dad was born in Dunoon and then moved to Clydebank in Glasgow where his dad was a carpenter in John Browns shipyards.
By the way unfortunately I cant consult my dad & my grandfather for information So do any of you have any hints or tips to help ?
Chat to memebers of the family and neighbours. It is surprising how much you can find out.Well as one of my sort of new year resolutions I am going to trace my family history on my dad`s side.
Just for your info my Dad was born in Dunoon and then moved to Clydebank in Glasgow where his dad was a carpenter in John Browns shipyards.
By the way unfortunately I cant consult my dad & my grandfather for information So do any of you have any hints or tips to help ?
I bought my dad a PC disc thingy for his Birthday about tracing your family. There was a few available to chose from and one was based off a popular TV show that I can't remember the name of. It gave you guidance on how to do it a structure on how to set up and also access to thousands of online records and resources.
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp is a good starting point, don't let the fact that it's run by the Mormons put you off, it's a very useful resource.
If you are researching Scottish ancestors, you want to be at Scotlands People. Scotland has been ahead of the game for a while with digitised copies of Birth, Marriage and Death Certs as well as the all important census info. Earlier than 1850's you are able to look at copies of baptism registers etc.
Harder if you are doing English research, especially trying to find marriages etc, but Find My Past is a good place to start.
The one area England is ahead at the moment is the early release of the 1911 census. Another year to wait for Scotland's.
It all costs money - but if you are sensible and do as much family research as you can before you look for the official docs you can reduce the cost substantially.
Harder if you are doing English research, especially trying to find marriages etc, but Find My Past is a good place to start.
The one area England is ahead at the moment is the early release of the 1911 census. Another year to wait for Scotland's.
It all costs money - but if you are sensible and do as much family research as you can before you look for the official docs you can reduce the cost substantially.
BliarOut said:
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp is a good starting point, don't let the fact that it's run by the Mormons put you off, it's a very useful resource.
My old man has been at this for a while now, he's got our family back to around 1750. Unfortunately the trail seemed to dry up before then.I found doing the family tree was a great excuse to knock the doors of the older extended family members. Some of the stories are truely brilliant, for instance, i found out from my dads cousin that my grandad was expelled from school.
Sadly I never met either of my grandfathers and my grandmothers died whilst i was young dad recently went too but now I have many stories and tales to pass on.
Sadly I never met either of my grandfathers and my grandmothers died whilst i was young dad recently went too but now I have many stories and tales to pass on.
NoNeed said:
I found doing the family tree was a great excuse to knock the doors of the older extended family members. Some of the stories are truely brilliant, for instance, i found out from my dads cousin that my grandad was expelled from school.
Sadly I never met either of my grandfathers and my grandmothers died whilst i was young dad recently went too but now I have many stories and tales to pass on.
Yeah I like that, discovering things I didnt know about my family and finding out where they are from.Sadly I never met either of my grandfathers and my grandmothers died whilst i was young dad recently went too but now I have many stories and tales to pass on.
Ive also just found a .org website relating to my family name.You can join for 20 dollars and Im wondering if anybody there would have done research which might overlap my family.
macp said:
NoNeed said:
I found doing the family tree was a great excuse to knock the doors of the older extended family members. Some of the stories are truely brilliant, for instance, i found out from my dads cousin that my grandad was expelled from school.
Sadly I never met either of my grandfathers and my grandmothers died whilst i was young dad recently went too but now I have many stories and tales to pass on.
Yeah I like that, discovering things I didnt know about my family and finding out where they are from.Sadly I never met either of my grandfathers and my grandmothers died whilst i was young dad recently went too but now I have many stories and tales to pass on.
Ive also just found a .org website relating to my family name.You can join for 20 dollars and Im wondering if anybody there would have done research which might overlap my family.
sites recomended to me were
http://www.genesreunited.co.uk/default.aspx
http://www.ancestry.co.uk/default.aspx?o_iid=41012...
The Excession said:
BliarOut said:
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp is a good starting point, don't let the fact that it's run by the Mormons put you off, it's a very useful resource.
My old man has been at this for a while now, he's got our family back to around 1750. Unfortunately the trail seemed to dry up before then.
I've got a document on the wall that dates back to 1762 but I've got no idea of what it's about or why I've got it, that's what started my interest 
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