England Research Tips and Strategies

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The England Research Tips and Strategies page consists of links to specific research strategies for England. It also contains general tips and other resources for finding your ancestors in this locality.


England Research Strategies

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England Research Tips

  • Look in all censuses: Always look for your ancestor in every possible census. There are clues regarding immigration, naturalization, and occupation that can lead to other records. Sometimes parents can be found living with their children later in life. Search England censuses.
  • The English call tombstones "monumental inscriptions" (or M.I.s). Monumental inscriptions may provide birth, marriage, and death information. They sometimes give more information than the parish burial register or civil death certificate—information such as military service, occupation, or cause of death. England Cemeteries.
  • A Checklist of Compiled Sources and Where to Find Them
  • England Record Finder - Lists England's best records to find information