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13 England<br>The Research Process<br>Summary<br>Finding an English Family, 1837–1901 <br>1. Find information about your ancestor’s birth in civil registration records or church christening (baptism) records.<br>• This verifies what you know.<br>• Write down what you find, and record your source information.<br>2. Find your ancestor’s parents, brothers, and sisters in census records.<br>• Look for the first census following your ancestor’s birth. Check the census for the place where your ancestor was born.<br>• Look in earlier and later censuses to see if there are other children.<br>• Write down names, ages, birthplaces, and so on.<br>• Estimate birth years from the ages.<br>• Write down what you find, and record your source information.<br>3. Find birth information for your ancestor’s brothers and sisters in civil registration records or church christening records.<br>• Use places and estimated birth years from the census.<br>• Write down what you find, and record your source information.<br>4. Find the marriage record of your ancestor's parents in church records or civil registration records.<br>• Look for records of marriages in the parish where the oldest child was born.<br>• Start with the date of the first child's birth, and search backward and forward until you find the marriage.<br>• Write down what you find, and record your source information.<br>Then follow the same steps to find a parent’s family.<br>What’s Next<br>Follow the same steps to look for the families of each of your ancestor’s parents.<br>If you cannot find your ancestor using this research process, contact FamilySearch Support for research help at:<br>fhl@familysearch.org | 13 England<br>The Research Process<br>Summary<br>Finding an English Family, 1837–1901 <br>1. Find information about your ancestor’s birth in civil registration records or church christening (baptism) records.<br>• This verifies what you know.<br>• Write down what you find, and record your source information.<br>2. Find your ancestor’s parents, brothers, and sisters in census records.<br>• Look for the first census following your ancestor’s birth. Check the census for the place where your ancestor was born.<br>• Look in earlier and later censuses to see if there are other children.<br>• Write down names, ages, birthplaces, and so on.<br>• Estimate birth years from the ages.<br>• Write down what you find, and record your source information.<br>3. Find birth information for your ancestor’s brothers and sisters in civil registration records or church christening records.<br>• Use places and estimated birth years from the census.<br>• Write down what you find, and record your source information.<br>4. Find the marriage record of your ancestor's parents in church records or civil registration records.<br>• Look for records of marriages in the parish where the oldest child was born.<br>• Start with the date of the first child's birth, and search backward and forward until you find the marriage.<br>• Write down what you find, and record your source information.<br>Then follow the same steps to find a parent’s family.<br>What’s Next<br>Follow the same steps to look for the families of each of your ancestor’s parents.<br>If you cannot find your ancestor using this research process, contact FamilySearch Support for research help at:<br>fhl@familysearch.org | ||
<br>14 England<br>In order to find records about your family, you need to know the names of the parish and county they lived in. It is also helpful to know the registration district. The following is an explanation of the jurisdictions you need to know in order to research your family.<br>Place Levels (Jurisdictions)<br>Places are usually listed from smallest to largest on family group records. Registration districts are not usually listed.<br>Ridgeway, Cradley, Herefordshire, England<br>(Village) (Parish) (County) (Country)<br>Village<br>A village is a small settlement within a parish.<br>Parish<br>A parish is the geographical area (jurisdiction) where an Anglican (Church of England) minister served. The parish is usually named for the place where the Church of England church was built.<br>To find the parish for a town or village, look in a gazetteer. Online gazetteers can be found at:<br>1. | <br>14 England<br>In order to find records about your family, you need to know the names of the parish and county they lived in. It is also helpful to know the registration district. The following is an explanation of the jurisdictions you need to know in order to research your family.<br>Place Levels (Jurisdictions)<br>Places are usually listed from smallest to largest on family group records. Registration districts are not usually listed.<br>Ridgeway, Cradley, Herefordshire, England<br>(Village) (Parish) (County) (Country)<br>Village<br>A village is a small settlement within a parish.<br>Parish<br>A parish is the geographical area (jurisdiction) where an Anglican (Church of England) minister served. The parish is usually named for the place where the Church of England church was built.<br>To find the parish for a town or village, look in a gazetteer. Online gazetteers can be found at:<br>1. https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/index.jsp<br>2. http://content.ancestry.com/iexec/?htx=List&dbid=7254&offerid=0%3a679%3a0<br>If you don’t find your ancestor’s records in one parish, look in nearby or other likely parishes. To find nearby parishes, use the Parish Locator at http://web.onetel.net.uk/~gdlawson/parfind.htm.<br>District<br>Each county in England is divided into many districts. A district may have several parishes in it, or a very large parish may be divided into several districts. Knowing the registration district that covers your ancestor’s parish will help you search the government records of birth, marriage, and death (known as civil registration).<br>To determine the name of the registration district for a parish, go to http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/civreg/places/.<br>Finding Places<br>Map of Cradley Parish<br>Cradley<br>Map of Herefordshire with districts; Bromyard District is highlighted | ||
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Tips<br>16 England<br>Finding Places<br>Using the Family H istory Library<br>Catalog<br>Use the online FamilySearch Catalog to find any record available from the FamilySearch Library. The Catalog will give you the call numbers you need to obtain the records. The Catalog is available at www.familysearch.org.<br>To use the Catalog, on the home page of FamilySearch.org:<br>1. Click FamilySearch Catalog.<br>2. Click Place Search. You will see “Place” and “Part of (optional).”<br>3. For the Place, type: the name of the parish<br>4. For Part of, type: England<br>5. Click on Search.<br>6. A list of places will appear. Look for the place you need, and click on it.<br>7. From the list of topics that appear, click on the topic you need, such as Church Records.<br>8. From the titles that appear, click on the title you want, such as Parish Registers.<br>9. This screen will describe the record, including the book number if the record is a book. If you need the microfilm or microfiche number, click View Film Notes near the top of the page.<br>10. Locate the film number you need in the list of numbers.<br>Use the Place Search to find England civil registration indexes, censuses, and church records. To find England civil registration indexes, search by country.<br>To find England census and church records, search by parish or by county.<br>If no matches are found when you type in the place, do a search for the larger place, such as a county.<br>After selecting it from the list of results, click View Related Places. Browse this alphabetical list to see<br>if you can locate your place.<br>• Look for spelling variations of the place-name.<br>• Type the name of the parish, not the village. To find which parish a smaller place is located in, visit: | Tips<br>16 England<br>Finding Places<br>Using the Family H istory Library<br>Catalog<br>Use the online FamilySearch Catalog to find any record available from the FamilySearch Library. The Catalog will give you the call numbers you need to obtain the records. The Catalog is available at www.familysearch.org.<br>To use the Catalog, on the home page of FamilySearch.org:<br>1. Click FamilySearch Catalog.<br>2. Click Place Search. You will see “Place” and “Part of (optional).”<br>3. For the Place, type: the name of the parish<br>4. For Part of, type: England<br>5. Click on Search.<br>6. A list of places will appear. Look for the place you need, and click on it.<br>7. From the list of topics that appear, click on the topic you need, such as Church Records.<br>8. From the titles that appear, click on the title you want, such as Parish Registers.<br>9. This screen will describe the record, including the book number if the record is a book. If you need the microfilm or microfiche number, click View Film Notes near the top of the page.<br>10. Locate the film number you need in the list of numbers.<br>Use the Place Search to find England civil registration indexes, censuses, and church records. To find England civil registration indexes, search by country.<br>To find England census and church records, search by parish or by county.<br>If no matches are found when you type in the place, do a search for the larger place, such as a county.<br>After selecting it from the list of results, click View Related Places. Browse this alphabetical list to see<br>if you can locate your place.<br>• Look for spelling variations of the place-name.<br>• Type the name of the parish, not the village. To find which parish a smaller place is located in, visit: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/descriptions/index.jsp.<br>• Look for variations in the name of the parish.<br>• The FamilySearch Library may not have records for the place you need. | ||
<br>Tips<br>17 England<br>civil registration: birth<br>Indexes<br>If you cannot locate an entry in the indexes for your ancestor, consider the following reasons:<br>• Surnames are often found under unexpected spellings.<br>• Events are filed by the date registered, not the date they occurred, so search a wide range of years.<br>• Indexes were prepared by hand and may contain copying errors or omissions.<br>• A person may have been registered under a different name than he or she used at other times in his or her life.<br>• Family information is often misleading.<br>• Persons with common names may be difficult to identify in the index.<br>• A child born before the parents’ marriage may be registered under the mother’s maiden name.<br>• Some children were registered as “male” or “female” if a given name had not been selected before registration, such as Female Buckley.<br>• Civil registration records are indexed separately for births, marriages, and deaths. The indexes are organized by year, then by quarter of the year, then by name. The first quarter includes January, February, and March. The second quarter includes April, May, and June. The third quarter includes July, August, and September. The fourth quarter includes October, November, and December.<br>Quarters are listed by the last month of the quarter. For example, the record of a birth in May would appear in the index under June.<br>• Records are found in the year and quarter when the event was registered and not necessarily when<br>it took place.<br>Use Birth Indexes To: Tips<br>• Find the reference numbers to order a birth certificate from England.<br>• Verify an approximate birth date.<br>• Verify the district where a birth was recorded.<br>Content<br>• Year and quarter of registration<br>• Name<br>• District<br>• Volume<br>• Page<br>• Mother’s maiden name (given in birth indexes after June 1911)<br>Online Indexes<br>To search online indexes of the Civil Registration records of births, use one of these Web sites:<br>• www.freebmd.org.uk (no charge)<br>• www.findmypast.com (fee required)<br>• www.ancestry.co.uk (fee required)<br>• www.bmdindex.co.uk (fee required)<br>• www.ukbmd.co.uk (indexes to local superintendent records; no charge)<br>• www.familyrelatives.com (fee required)<br>• http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/Login.asp (General Register Office Web site, where you can register and pay by credit card to have a five-year index search conducted to find a birth entry; if the certificate is found, a copy can be mailed for a fee)<br>Name District Volume Page<br>Index of birth record of John Thomas Williams, March quarter of 1862 | <br>Tips<br>17 England<br>civil registration: birth<br>Indexes<br>If you cannot locate an entry in the indexes for your ancestor, consider the following reasons:<br>• Surnames are often found under unexpected spellings.<br>• Events are filed by the date registered, not the date they occurred, so search a wide range of years.<br>• Indexes were prepared by hand and may contain copying errors or omissions.<br>• A person may have been registered under a different name than he or she used at other times in his or her life.<br>• Family information is often misleading.<br>• Persons with common names may be difficult to identify in the index.<br>• A child born before the parents’ marriage may be registered under the mother’s maiden name.<br>• Some children were registered as “male” or “female” if a given name had not been selected before registration, such as Female Buckley.<br>• Civil registration records are indexed separately for births, marriages, and deaths. The indexes are organized by year, then by quarter of the year, then by name. The first quarter includes January, February, and March. The second quarter includes April, May, and June. The third quarter includes July, August, and September. The fourth quarter includes October, November, and December.<br>Quarters are listed by the last month of the quarter. For example, the record of a birth in May would appear in the index under June.<br>• Records are found in the year and quarter when the event was registered and not necessarily when<br>it took place.<br>Use Birth Indexes To: Tips<br>• Find the reference numbers to order a birth certificate from England.<br>• Verify an approximate birth date.<br>• Verify the district where a birth was recorded.<br>Content<br>• Year and quarter of registration<br>• Name<br>• District<br>• Volume<br>• Page<br>• Mother’s maiden name (given in birth indexes after June 1911)<br>Online Indexes<br>To search online indexes of the Civil Registration records of births, use one of these Web sites:<br>• www.freebmd.org.uk (no charge)<br>• www.findmypast.com (fee required)<br>• www.ancestry.co.uk (fee required)<br>• www.bmdindex.co.uk (fee required)<br>• www.ukbmd.co.uk (indexes to local superintendent records; no charge)<br>• www.familyrelatives.com (fee required)<br>• http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/Login.asp (General Register Office Web site, where you can register and pay by credit card to have a five-year index search conducted to find a birth entry; if the certificate is found, a copy can be mailed for a fee)<br>Name District Volume Page<br>Index of birth record of John Thomas Williams, March quarter of 1862 | ||
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