The Friday Five

[dimity_blue]

1) Who made you feel good this week, and how?
2 of my LJ friends who offered help with research.

2) What did you do this week that moved you closer to reaching your goals?
Uh...nothing that I can think of.

3) What did you most enjoy doing this week?
Digging into genealogy records. Piecing it together is fascinating.

4) What did you learn this

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[lost_spook]

Digging into genealogy records. Piecing it together is fascinating.

Eeeee! (I get so vicariously excited by other people doing genealogy you wouldn't believe. I just find it so fascinating, other people's as well as my own! So much hidden under the surface and so much you can't find and then so much you can....)

<3

[dimity_blue]

It's so much fun! I find it overwhelming at times as there are so many of them. I have to stop and take a breather.

(Today I traced my G-Grandma through the electoral reg up to 1955. I also spotted her sister and brother in law living on the same street for awhile.)

Oh, and I ordered Edith's marriage certificate! \o/

[lost_spook]

find it overwhelming at times as there are so many of them. I have to stop and take a breather.

*nods* You can get so much more info so much faster these days, it's very wise to pause a bit in between!

(Today I traced my G-Grandma through the electoral reg up to 1955. I also spotted her sister and brother in law living on the same street for awhile.)

\o/ If you come up with any more names or addresses for me to throw at the Newspapers, just let me know. (Browsing through takes time, but a search just to see if a hit comes up harms no one, even if I don't get lucky.)

Oh, and I ordered Edith's marriage certificate! \o/Yay, I hope it helps

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Thank you for the links! I'm sure they'll come in handy. And thanks for the offer to throw names at the papers. I will PM you some names for that!

If you're getting rid of the magazine anyway, I'll be happy to PayPal you the postage. I'm sure there'll be beginners' tips I haven't thought of yet. Thanks!

I ordered my G-Grandad's birth certificate as a PDF and got that yesterday. Now I know his mum's name and maiden name. (Margaret Gregson.) \o/

Christine (my friend) was curious as to how far back the births/marriages/deaths registry goes. I know it's earlier than 1837 (obviously). Any idea?

[lost_spook]

I ordered my G-Grandad's birth certificate as a PDF and got that yesterday. Now I know his mum's name and maiden name. (Margaret Gregson.) \o

Cool!

And the Civil Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths does only go back to 1837 (Sept quarter, I think?) Before that all we have to go on is baptism, marriages and burials from the parish and non-conformist churches. They technically go back to 1538, but many didn't keep good copies till 1558, and many parishes have lost or didn't seem to start that early.

And, lol, no, I am very happy to be able to send you a thing! It's not even as if I wasn't buying it anyway! (I suspect it was down to 99p to lure in my deceased favourite family history magazine's now deserted readers). I've always found the occasional magazine both entertaining and of a lot of use, ditto the How To... family history type books.