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How to Research[edit | edit source]

Identify what you know: Work from the known to the unknown. Don't jump straight back to a distant ancestor. Begin with the present and confirm/document the information and relationships as you work your way back.
Document/source your tree: As you gather information, identify where and who each piece of information came from. Evaluate how reliable the sources are, and ensure you are interpreting them correctly. Don't simply accept ancestral information on your tree. Instead, look for records or other reliable sources to support each date, place, and relationship.
Decide what you want to learn: Have a specific research goal or objective. This is defined by pursuing a specific piece of information about a specific ancestor. An example of a bad, or too-generic research goal is: "I want to know more about my great-grandfather." An example of a good research goal is: "I want to find the marriage date of my great-grandparents."
Select records to search: Each country's record-keeping practices are different. See your country's Record Finder table to determine what kind of record could provide the desired ancestral information. Search the desired records.
Analyze/use the information: When you find new sources, carefully evaluate them to ensure they are about the correct ancestors, and that the information in the evidence is being accurately interpreted. Cite or document your sources in your family tree establish the accuracy of your findings.

Beginning Research in England[edit | edit source]

Guided Research for finding birth, marriage and death information
Record Finder to determine what records to search
Online Learning - presentation/webinar recordings
Additional Research Tips and Strategies
See the country sidebar (to the right of the screen) for articles about various records in England
See the map and sub-jurisdictions below for more localized information

Counties and Parishes Pre-1974 The England counties listed below are based on historic boundaries pre-1974. Genealogy records are kept on the county and parish level in England. These counties are used throughout the FamilySearch system to organize access to records and articles. Click on a county or parish name below to go to the relevant wiki article listing more information.

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-First things first, know the basic history ('''who, where, when, why''') of the relative who left England.&nbsp; The English&nbsp; immigrated everywhere in the world.&nbsp; Some destinations were&nbsp; popular at different time periods,&nbsp;so&nbsp;large groups would migrate to one area before moving on in the search for the&nbsp;suitable place to settle.&nbsp;&nbsp;Remember even if we are starting your search back to England from anyplace in the world.&nbsp; One thought to count&nbsp;on is&nbsp;"genealogy is genealogy" and the same basic search methods are true for any English ancester search if your are in New Zealand, Tonga, or the Unites Staes.
+==How to Research==
+# '''[[Identify What You Know|Identify what you know]]:''' Work from the known to the unknown. Don't jump straight back to a distant ancestor. Begin with the present and confirm/document the information and relationships as you work your way back.
+# '''Document/source your tree:''' As you gather information, identify where and who each piece of information came from. [[Evaluate the Evidence|Evaluate how reliable the sources are]], and ensure you are interpreting them correctly. Don't simply accept ancestral information on your tree. Instead, look for records or other reliable sources to support each date, place, and relationship.
+# '''[[Decide What You Want to Learn|Decide what you want to learn]]:''' Have a specific research goal or objective. This is defined by pursuing a [[A_Guide_to_Research#2._Decide_What_You_Want_to_Learn_About_Your_Family|specific piece of information]] about a specific ancestor. An example of a ''bad'', or ''too-generic'' research goal is: "I want to know more about my great-grandfather." An example of a ''good'' research goal is: "I want to find the marriage date of my great-grandparents."
+# '''[[Select Records to Search|Select records to search]]:''' Each country's record-keeping practices are different. See your country's [[England Record Finder|Record Finder]] table to determine what kind of record could provide the desired ancestral information. Search the desired records.
+# '''[[Use the Information|Analyze/use the information]]:''' When you find new sources, carefully [[Evaluate the Evidence|evaluate them]] to ensure they are about the correct ancestors, and that the information in the evidence is being accurately interpreted. [[Transfer_the_Information#Cite_Your_Sources|Cite]] or document your sources in your family tree establish the accuracy of your findings.
-- '''Who''', is this person and if they are one generation back or more.&nbsp;&nbsp;Find out which&nbsp;person you need to search for, or they might be the parent&nbsp;of the generation you thought&nbsp;was born in England.&nbsp; If your relative&nbsp;left England&nbsp;is important to know&nbsp;the records time period;&nbsp;20th Century, 19th Century, 18th Century, 17th&nbsp;Century, or&nbsp;an earlier time period offer records that will be used to research those ancsters between you and the ancestral jumping off point in England.&nbsp; The research done&nbsp;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 atvantage.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;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.
+==Beginning Research in England==
+*[[GuidedResearch:England|Guided Research]] for finding birth, marriage and death information
+*[[England Record Finder|Record Finder]] to determine what records to search
+*[[England Online Learning|Online Learning]] - presentation/webinar recordings
+*Additional [[England Research Tips and Strategies|Research Tips and Strategies]]
+*See the country sidebar (to the right of the screen) for articles about various records in England
+*See the map and sub-jurisdictions below for more localized information
-Searching for English relatives in each of the Centuries have different possible records and documents that can be helpful in your search.&nbsp; Using vital records first is the best choice and parish, census, wills, land.&nbsp; Reading guides to English records, and taking classes&nbsp;about English&nbsp;Research can be helpful.
+{{England 1851 antique style with Isle of Man}} <br><br>
+'''Counties  and Parishes Pre-1974'''
+The England counties listed below are '''based on historic boundaries pre-1974'''. Genealogy records are kept on the county and parish level in England. These counties are used throughout the FamilySearch system to organize access to records and articles.  Click on a county or parish name below to go to the relevant wiki article listing more information.
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+<li>[[Bedfordshire, England Genealogy|Bedfordshire]] ([[Bedfordshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
+<li>[[Berkshire, England Genealogy|Berkshire]] ([[Berkshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
+<li>[[Buckinghamshire, England Genealogy|Buckinghamshire]] ([[Buckinghamshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
+<li>[[Cambridgeshire, England Genealogy|Cambridgeshire]] ([[Cambridgeshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
+<li>[[Cheshire, England Genealogy|Cheshire]] ([[Cheshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
+<li>[[Cornwall, England Genealogy|Cornwall]] ([[Cornwall Parishes|parishes]])</li>
+<li>[[Cumberland, England Genealogy|Cumberland]] ([[Cumberland Parishes|parishes]])</li>
+<li>[[Derbyshire, England Genealogy|Derbyshire]] ([[Derbyshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
+<li>[[Devon, England Genealogy|Devon]] ([[Devon Parishes|parishes]])</li>
+<li>[[Dorset, England Genealogy|Dorset]] ([[Dorset Parishes|parishes]])</li>
+<li>[[Durham, England Genealogy|Durham]] ([[Durham Parishes|parishes]])</li>
+<li>[[Essex, England Genealogy|Essex]] ([[Essex Parishes|parishes]])</li>
+<li>[[Gloucestershire, England Genealogy|Gloucestershire]] ([[Gloucestershire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
+<li>[[Hampshire, England Genealogy|Hampshire]] ([[Hampshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
+<li>[[Herefordshire, England Genealogy|Herefordshire]] ([[Herefordshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
+<li>[[Hertfordshire, England Genealogy|Hertfordshire]] ([[Hertfordshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
+<li>[[Huntingdonshire, England Genealogy|Huntingdonshire]] ([[Huntingdonshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
+<li>[[Kent, England Genealogy|Kent]] ([[Kent Parishes|parishes]])</li>
+<li>[[Lancashire, England Genealogy|Lancashire]] ([[Lancashire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
+<li>[[Leicestershire, England Genealogy|Leicestershire]] ([[Leicestershire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
+<li>[[Lincolnshire, England Genealogy|Lincolnshire]] ([[Lincolnshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
+<li>[[London, England Genealogy|London]] ([[London Parishes|parishes]])</li>
+<li>[[Middlesex, England Genealogy|Middlesex]] ([[Middlesex Parishes|parishes]])</li>
+<li>[[Norfolk, England Genealogy|Norfolk]] ([[Norfolk Parishes|parishes]])</li>
+<li>[[Northamptonshire, England Genealogy|Northamptonshire]] ([[Northamptonshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
+<li>[[Northumberland, England Genealogy|Northumberland]] ([[Northumberland Parishes|parishes]])</li>
+<li>[[Nottinghamshire, England Genealogy|Nottinghamshire]] ([[Nottinghamshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
+<li>[[Oxfordshire, England Genealogy|Oxfordshire]] ([[Oxfordshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
+<li>[[Rutland, England Genealogy|Rutland]] ([[Rutland Parishes|parishes]])</li>
+<li>[[Shropshire, England Genealogy|Shropshire]] ([[Shropshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
+<li>[[Somerset, England Genealogy|Somerset]] ([[Somerset Parishes|parishes]])</li>
+<li>[[Staffordshire, England Genealogy|Staffordshire]] ([[Staffordshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
+<li>[[Suffolk, England Genealogy|Suffolk]] ([[Suffolk Parishes|parishes]])</li>
+<li>[[Surrey, England Genealogy|Surrey]] ([[Surrey Parishes|parishes]])</li>
+<li>[[Sussex, England Genealogy|Sussex]] ([[Sussex Parishes|parishes]])</li>
+<li>[[Warwickshire, England Genealogy|Warwickshire]] ([[Warwickshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
+<li>[[Westmorland, England Genealogy|Westmorland]] ([[Westmorland Parishes|parishes]])</li>
+<li>[[Wiltshire, England Genealogy|Wiltshire]] ([[Wiltshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
+<li>[[Worcestershire, England Genealogy|Worcestershire]] ([[Worcestershire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
+<li>[[Yorkshire, England Genealogy|Yorkshire]] ([[Yorkshire Parishes|parishes]])</li>
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-- '''Where''', your relative landed after they left England can point to the ancestrail home.&nbsp;Most people migrated to&nbsp;placeswhere they had a connection they could go to&nbsp;like a townsman or relative. &nbsp;Immigration to New Zealand might&nbsp;be easier because the because it is a smaller county and there&nbsp;seems be a shorter time period to evaluate.&nbsp; If your ancester went to Finland then recognizing the genealogical phrases in English is helpful.&nbsp; You do not have to be able to be fluent in the language of your ancesters to find the correct Surname, but it&nbsp;helps if&nbsp;you just have to look in the right place to have sucess.&nbsp; So preparing and clues are important.
+[[Category:England]][[Category:Research Tips and Strategies]]
-The records to search that could help are immigration and emmigration records.&nbsp; Ancestral homes&nbsp;clues be listed in childrens birth and christening records, obituaries, cemetery records, on a marriage&nbsp;license. &nbsp;In the United States parents birth places are listed on Social Security applications so you might get lucky and the place might be named&nbsp;by town&nbsp;or County.&nbsp;
-Every relative you have might hold the key to where your relives hail from in England, spouses of these relatives might be more interested in family history know about your family history than any relatives.
-- '''When''', your relative left England is a clue to where your family is from.&nbsp; The industrial revolution left many English with out incomes so they had no choice but to leave and they went to area that hard workers were enployed.&nbsp; People left England also because of religious views; Puritans, Quakers, and the Mormons and other groups left&nbsp;at various time periods.&nbsp; Each religous group had known township pockets where their followers lived before they left England.&nbsp; The information can be researched by looking at the history of these religions.
-The Later Day Saints have early mission records that have personal membership information.&nbsp; Very early LDS immigrants were organizted into travel groups and plans had to made to guide thousands of new members the United States so this the research may lead&nbsp;you to&nbsp;research&nbsp;the journals of early LDS members and the LDS information web sites and records. The&nbsp;new member records have been very important records to&nbsp;keep&nbsp;track of&nbsp;in the LDS Church.
-Most English Church parish records and township records made note of people leaving the area because the responsiblity to support poor parish members was removed when the person left the parish in different time periods.
-Records in England have been&nbsp;classified and grouped into helpful categories&nbsp;to aid our research. New records are still becoming avalible everyday.&nbsp; English records can answer so many genealogical research questions if you can focus on when the relative lived in England. After 1837 English vital record have been kept in one central location and all records can be ordered so you can see a copy of the orgial record.&nbsp; This process is explained in another section.&nbsp; Before 1837 records are still found in the parish where the English relative comes from.
-- '''Why''', the why the relative left England can pin point where your ancestral home.&nbsp;&nbsp; If your relative was transported for any crime there are court records.&nbsp; Crimes that got people transported could be the crime of being poor and not paying small bills.
-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.&nbsp; Skilled workers in specific industries learned their skills in communities that had the resources to suport the industry.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Central England&nbsp;is the trade manufacturing center for industry such as; glass, nails,&nbsp;metal fabricated items like tools and fine jewelry.&nbsp;Makers and painters of china&nbsp;came from areas that the natural clays in the ground where found.&nbsp; Coal miners came from Cornwall and areas like that had the workers that had the training make tunnels and mine the&nbsp;coal..&nbsp;&nbsp; When other countries needed tradesmen they recruited skilled workers by spreading&nbsp;the word that a better living could be found if theywould come and&nbsp;work in the competative&nbsp;factories&nbsp; that also made the cloth, trains, pottery the English did so well.&nbsp; The English left their homes in England&nbsp;with&nbsp;the hope of earning a better living and establishing their lives and someday start their own foundry, business, life or fortune.