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== Who == | == Who == | ||
'''Who''', is this person and are they one generation back or more. Find out which person you need to search for, or they might be the parent of the generation you thought was born in England. If your relative left England it is important to know the records time period; 20th Century, 19th Century, 18th Century, 17th Century, or an earlier time period. | '''Who''', is this person and are they one generation back or more. Find out which person you need to search for, or they might be the parent of the generation you thought was born in England. If your relative left England it is important to know the records time period; 20th Century, 19th Century, 18th Century, 17th Century, or an earlier time period. This helps you know which records that will be used to research those ancsters between you and the ancestral jumping off point in England. The research done getting from you to the ancestral home will be good training to find your correct family members in England and be prepared to search English records to your advantage. The more recent the time period your relative left England the easier the search should be, and the chance of contacting relatives in England that might have clues on family history is very possible. | ||
Searching for English relatives in each of the Centuries have different possible records and documents that can be helpful in your search. Using vital records first is the best choice, and parish, census, wills and land records. Reading guides to English records, and taking classes about English Research can be helpful. | Searching for English relatives in each of the Centuries have different possible records and documents that can be helpful in your search. Using vital records first is the best choice, and parish, census, wills and land records. Reading guides to English records, and taking classes about English Research can be helpful. | ||
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The records to search that could help are immigration and emmigration records. Ancestral homes clues be listed in childrens birth and christening records, obituaries, cemetery records, or on a marriage license. In the United States parents birth places are listed on Social Security applications so you might get lucky and the place might be named by town or county. | The records to search that could help are immigration and emmigration records. Ancestral homes clues be listed in childrens birth and christening records, obituaries, cemetery records, or on a marriage license. In the United States parents birth places are listed on Social Security applications so you might get lucky and the place might be named by town or county. | ||
Every relative you have might hold the key to where your relatives hail from in England. | Every relative you have might hold the key to where your relatives hail from in England. Spouses of these relatives who might be more interested in family history may know more about your family history than any relatives. | ||
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Most serious crimes ended with a hanging so don't be afraid of digging up relatives that might have been transported for being convicted of crime. | Most serious crimes ended with a hanging so don't be afraid of digging up relatives that might have been transported for being convicted of crime. | ||
Trained craftsmen left England to find a better living. Skilled workers in specific industries learned their skills in communities that had the resources to support the industry. Central England is the trade manufacturing center for industry such as; glass, nails, metal fabricated items like tools and fine jewellery. | Trained craftsmen left England to find a better living. Skilled workers in specific industries learned their skills in communities that had the resources to support the industry. Central England is the trade manufacturing center for industry such as; glass, nails, metal fabricated items like tools and fine jewellery. Makers and painters of china came from areas that the natural clays in the ground where found. Coal miners came from Cornwall. Areas like that had the workers that had the training make tunnels and mine the coal. When other countries needed tradesmen they recruited skilled workers by spreading the word that a better living could be found if they would come and work in the competitive factories that also made the cloth, trains, pottery. Skills the English did so well. The English left their homes in England with the hope of earning a better living and establishing their lives, or perhaps to someday start their own foundry, business, life or fortune. | ||
[[Category:England_Beginners|Getting Started]] | [[Category:England_Beginners|Getting Started]] | ||
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