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<br>Here are some ways to access extant surname indexes to various and important genealogical records for England’s large cities: | <br>Here are some ways to access extant surname indexes to various and important genealogical records for England’s large cities: | ||
a. Vital records of births, marriages and deaths located in state health and vital statistics offices around the USA have indexes to their vital records available to in-house patrons; some will conduct index searches over the telephone; contact them via www.vitalrec.com | a. Vital records of births, marriages and deaths located in state health and vital statistics offices around the USA have indexes to their vital records available to in-house patrons; some will conduct index searches over the telephone; contact them via [http://www.vitalrec.com/ www.vitalrec.com] | ||
b. Gateways to websites such as www.cyndislist.com | b. Gateways to websites such as [http://www.cyndislist.com/ www.cyndislist.com] | ||
c. The Family History Library’s Patron Desktop “Favorites” web links available at [http://www.fhlfavorites.info/ www.fhlfavorites.info ]to download free data-rich sites. Search billions of names using many websites at no—or low—cost! Search “England/[name of] County/[Name of] Parish or Subject Heading—i.e. ‘Church records’ | c. The Family History Library’s Patron Desktop “Favorites” web links available at [http://www.fhlfavorites.info/ www.fhlfavorites.info ]to download free data-rich sites. Search billions of names using many websites at no—or low—cost! Search “England/[name of] County/[Name of] Parish or Subject Heading—i.e. ‘Church records’ | ||
d. Private collections, i.e. marriage indexes (see [http://www.genuki.org.uk/ www.genuki.org.uk)] | d. Private collections, i.e. marriage indexes (see [http://www.genuki.org.uk/ www.genuki.org.uk)] | ||
e. ’Look up’ exchanges – see [http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/index.html http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/index.html] | e. ’Look up’ exchanges – see [http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/index.html http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/index.html] | ||
f. County Family History Societies | f. County Family History Societies | ||
g. [http://www.genuki.org.uk/ Genuki.org.uk] | g. [http://www.genuki.org.uk/ Genuki.org.uk] | ||
h. “Google” name of county and the word “index”; Note: numerous free online county-wide indexes exist i. [http://www.findmypast.com/ FindMyPast.com ]j. [http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com ]($) | h. “Google” name of county and the word “index”; Note: numerous free online county-wide indexes exist i. [http://www.findmypast.com/ FindMyPast.com ]j. [http://www.ancestry.com/ Ancestry.com ]($) | ||
k.[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ Rootsweb.com] | k.[http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ Rootsweb.com] | ||
l. [http://www.vitalrec.com/ Worldvitalrecords.com] | l. [http://www.vitalrec.com/ Worldvitalrecords.com] | ||
m. [https://www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog Familysearch.org ]– try their Family History Library catalog (“Place” Search, then [Name of] “Subject-heading - Index” ) | m. [https://www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog Familysearch.org ]– try their Family History Library catalog (“Place” Search, then [Name of] “Subject-heading - Index” ) | ||
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n. [https://www.familysearch.org/#form=historical_records Familysearch.org ]- see “Record Search” – UK/US 15. SSDI.rootsweb.com - Social Security Death Index | n. [https://www.familysearch.org/#form=historical_records Familysearch.org ]- see “Record Search” – UK/US 15. SSDI.rootsweb.com - Social Security Death Index | ||
o. [http://genealogy.about.com/od/digital_documents/gr/footnote.htm Footnote.com] | o. [http://genealogy.about.com/od/digital_documents/gr/footnote.htm Footnote.com] | ||
p. Guild of One-name Studies at: [http://www.one-name.org/ one-name.org ]– often has world and country-wide surname listings | p. Guild of One-name Studies at: [http://www.one-name.org/ one-name.org ]– often has world and country-wide surname listings | ||