Family Tree Research (merged)

Galtizz

Never been but there website looks very easy to use and quite comprehensive.

There is a leaflet which tells you how to use the resources they have there.

Thanks for posting this, I never knew this place existed, it looks like a great place for family research

aeuerby

Thanks Galtizz

I've seen those already but it doesn't really tell me what kind of documents I can view. The reason I ask is that I would like to check out some birth certificates before I order them as they are very expensive at £7.00 each especially if they are the wrong ones!!

Angela.

spotter

You can't actually view any documents, only the indexes. From the indexes you enter the details of the birth, marriage or death you are interested in on to the application form. You pay the fee and the certificate is then sent through the post.

aeuerby

Thanks spotter!!!!!

RachelD

Your post is titled 'Family History Centre' aand the replies so far have bee about the 'Family Records Centre'. The latter is part of the National Archives and everyone is correct in saying they don't have birth certs or the details on them for you to look at. You take a chance you are ordering the right one. And you could end up with half a dozen that have nothing to do with your family history.

The family History Centre on the other hand is part of the Latter Day Saints church (Mormon) and is open to everyone. Try your local phone book for the nearest to you. If you are in London there is a large centre in Exhibition Road. I've not been there but I have used a FHC in Belfast and they did have both the civil Reg index and the actual certs on microfilm. That may not be the same in all FHCs. They can order up film/fiche you want for a small fee.
http://pages.britishlibrary.net/hyde.park/
Don't know how to type this so it is clickable!!
Best of luck

Rachel

kopicbloodaxe

aeuerby wrote:

I've just posted this in the "Anything Else" board and then realised it's the wrong place (not too sure this is the right place either!). I'm a bit brain dead today!!

Anyway, does anyone know what documents can be viewed in the family history centre?

Thanks
Angela.

If you want to know absolutely everything about family history research then try these...

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/
http://www.ffhs.org.uk/index.htm
http://www.mts.net/~bydesign/RUS/Guide.htm

Ancestry.com will let you search various records, including censuses...

http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/census/uk/default.aspx?

...but you may have to subscribe or pay to look at details.

Using a combination of various online search databases and census records etc it should be possible to identify the birth records of the right person and be fairly certain that the certificate you get will be the right one!

If you like, you can send me a personal message or email with what you are looking for and I may be able to help with a few details.

Happy hunting!

--Simon
email I use for family research: f a m i l y [at] k o p i c [dot] n e t

(Researching Mills, Brownridge, Martin, Harold, Fuller and Hoare in Lancashire, Kent, Hertfordshire and London)

RachelD

I'd add to the sites mentioned previously

https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk
For the 1901 census and excellent research leaflets and anything to do with military records.

https://www.rootsweb.com
for lists pertaining to the particular area you are researching in,
There are Surname lists too
genforum.genealogy.com/surnames/

Cyndi's list is awesome and you can spend days there.
https://www.cyndislist.com
Also
https://www.familysearch.com
There are dozens -hundreds of books on the subject and a good monthly magazine is
Your Family Tree.

Best of luck- once bitten it is a lifetime thing.

Rachel

sce37

Don't forget to investigate libraries. They can be a great source of local family history. Only yesterday I spent the day checking through microfiche and transcribed records of births, marriages and deaths from the local parish records. All for free. These can give more information than just the indexes and point you in the right direction when trying to search the indexes to find the certificates without making expensive mistakes.

You could try http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/. They are listing all the indexes and making them available for free. Its an ongoing project and can be a bit hit and miss. Worth trying though.

I tend to use https://www.1837online.com to search the indexes though you have to pay for this. HTH

aeuerby

Thanks for all of your help and suggestions. Most of the websites that have been mentioned I have been using for a couple of years now (My mum transcribes some of the records for freeBMD!).

My Mum and I went to the family record centre thing on Tuesday but neither of us managed to find anything of any use. We were going to go to Kew on Wednesday but changed our minds.

The family I am searching for is not local to where I live so it will probably mean a trip to the libraries in Nottingham.

I am looking for 1 person in particular but there doesn't seem to be any record of his birth I only have a christening date. Don't you just love going round in circles with it all !!!!!!!!!!!!! You would have thought it would be easier with an unusual surname? Nope it ain't!!!

Anyway, thanks again.

Angela.

Former_MSE_Andrea

Have you tried https://www.genesreunited.co.uk? I only started using it a couple of weeks ago and I had a message from someone that turned out to be my second cousin two days later.

It's free to search names and the results are listed with birthdates - as you know the person's christening date it's a pretty good guess that the birthdate is the same or previous year. You can receive messages from people without paying but if you want to contact other users first, you pay £9.50 per year.

Thanks to everyone else for all the other urls. There are some there I didn't know of so they should come in very useful.