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=== Finding the Emigrant’s Place of Origin === | === Finding the Emigrant’s Place of Origin === | ||
Once you have traced your family back to an English emigrant, you must determine the parish where he or she lived. If the individual immigrated after 1 July 1837, you may find the place of origin by using the general indexes to births, marriages, and deaths. (See the "[[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]".) There is no complete nationwide index to pre-1837 birth, marriage, or death records. The following web sites hold the largest amount of pre-1837 data''':''' [http://familysearch.org FamilySearch.org]'s with about 150 million entries, [http://www.findmypast.com/welcome.jsp?_zga_s=1 findmypast], with at least 80 million, in its Church records databases, [http://freereg | Once you have traced your family back to an English emigrant, you must determine the parish where he or she lived. If the individual immigrated after 1 July 1837, you may find the place of origin by using the general indexes to births, marriages, and deaths. (See the "[[England Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]".) There is no complete nationwide index to pre-1837 birth, marriage, or death records. The following web sites hold the largest amount of pre-1837 data''':''' [http://familysearch.org FamilySearch.org]'s with about 150 million entries, [http://www.findmypast.com/welcome.jsp?_zga_s=1 findmypast], with at least 80 million, in its Church records databases, [http://freereg.org.uk FreeReg], with about 12 million, and new.FamilySearch has old IGI (International Genealogical Index) data for LDS members, or otherwise available to view with asistance at FHCs (Family History Centres worldwide--see FamilySearch.org) for the general public. (See [[England Genealogy|England Genealogy]]), (see the "Indexes to Marriages" in [[England Church Records|England Church Records]]) are partial national indexes that you can try before searching emigration records. | ||
There are several sources that may reveal where your ancestor came from. You may learn your ancestor’s place of origin by talking to older family members. Other relatives may have documents naming the parish, city, or county, such as: | There are several sources that may reveal where your ancestor came from. You may learn your ancestor’s place of origin by talking to older family members. Other relatives may have documents naming the parish, city, or county, such as: | ||
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Sometimes it is possible to guess where an immigrant originated through [[Surname Distribution Maps|surname distribution maps]]. | Sometimes it is possible to guess where an immigrant originated through [[Surname Distribution Maps|surname distribution maps]]. | ||
For further information about finding the origins of immigrant ancestors, see [[Tracing Immigrant Origins|Tracing Immigrant Origins]] | For further information about finding the origins of immigrant ancestors, see [[Tracing Immigrant Origins|Tracing Immigrant Origins]] | ||
=== Emigration from England === | === Emigration from England === | ||