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=== Introduction === | === Introduction === | ||
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The steps below reveal how to best identify and prove ancestry in the rich genealogical records of England—including civil registration, parish registers and other records. | The steps below reveal how to best identify and prove ancestry in the rich genealogical records of England—including civil registration, parish registers and other records. | ||
==== '''Step 1''': Search Home Records | ==== '''Step 1''': Search Home Records First ==== | ||
Search home records by thoroughly seeking for and searching in “home” sources and compiled family histories. This is a fundamental, preliminary exercise that will usually pay huge dividends in providing precise birth data from the outset of your search. It may not always be correct data, but it is a beginning and will help in narrowing down to the specific place of your ancestor’s nativity or residence in a large city or township in England. | Search home records by thoroughly seeking for and searching in “home” sources and compiled family histories. This is a fundamental, preliminary exercise that will usually pay huge dividends in providing precise birth data from the outset of your search. It may not always be correct data, but it is a beginning and will help in narrowing down to the specific place of your ancestor’s nativity or residence in a large city or township in England. | ||
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o Pictures | o Pictures | ||
o Journals & Diaries | o Journals & Diaries | ||
o Family Bibles | o Family Bibles | ||
o Interview close | o Interview close | ||
o Extended family members | o Extended family members | ||
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o Interview distant relatives | o Interview distant relatives | ||
o Copies of vital documents | o Copies of vital documents | ||
o Interview close | o Interview close | ||
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o Family Bible | o Family Bible | ||
o Family data deposited or published | o Family data deposited or published | ||
Compiled Sources | Compiled Sources | ||
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1. Online family genealogy sites, pedigrees, history sites: | 1. Online family genealogy sites, pedigrees, history sites: | ||
[http://books.google.com http://books.google.com] - thousands of scanned books now online | [http://books.google.com http://books.google.com] - thousands of scanned books now online | ||
[http://www.worldcat.org http://www.worldcat.org] - thousands of libraries and their catalogs online via this site | [http://www.worldcat.org http://www.worldcat.org] - thousands of libraries and their catalogs online via this site | ||
[http://www.newberry.org http://www.newberry.org] – Chicago’s massive library collection | [http://www.newberry.org http://www.newberry.org] – Chicago’s massive library collection | ||