Wales Research Tips and Strategies: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 12:51, 24 June 2020

Wales Wiki Topics

Beginning Research
Guided Research Research Strategies Record Finder Online Learning
Record Types
Cemeteries Census Church Directories Church Records Civil Registration Court Records Crime and Punishment Directories Emigration & Immigration Genealogies Land & Property Merchant Seamen	Military Records Newspapers Nobility Occupations Online Records Periodicals Poor Law Unions Probate Records Religious Records Schools and Education Records Taxation Voting Records Websites
Wales Background
Biography Church History Gazetteers Historical Geography History Jurisdictions	Languages Maps Naming Customs Place Names Social Life & Customs For Further Reading
Local Research Resources
Wales Archives & Libraries Societies FamilySearch Centers

Wales

Research Strategies

Purpose of Research Tips and Strategies Wiki Page[edit | edit source]

The Wales Research Tips and Strategies page consists of links to specific research strategies for Wales. It also contains general tips and other resources for locating your ancestors in this locality.

Intermediate & Advanced Research Strategies[edit | edit source]

Research strategy pages to help you locate your Welsh ancestors.

Emigrant Record Selection Guide
Census Records

Wales Research Tips[edit | edit source]

Look in all censuses: Always look for your ancestor in every possible census. There are clues regarding immigration, naturalization, and occupation that can lead to other records. Sometimes parents can be found living with their children later in life. Search Wales Censuses.
If a record collection does not include your ancestor, consider the possibility that the database is incomplete. Parish registers are very incomplete on both FamilySearch and Findmypast. A list of parish registers not published online is being created.
Cemetery records (including burial records, monumental or memorial inscriptions), sometimes provide birth, marriage, death, and occupational information. They sometimes give clues to military service, residence, and cause of death. Cemetery Records.
If you can't find a christening record for a child, especially before 1813, assume that the family used patronymic names. Do the search again using a given name search. Leave the surname field blank.

Evaluation and Analysis[edit | edit source]

Read the record carefully
Interpret what the information says
Analyze what you already know and compare it with what you learned from the new record. Always ask yourself:
- Is the information in the record consistent with what you already know?
- Does the information conflict with any information you have?
- Is there new information provided in the record?
Draw conclusions from that analysis
- Use all the information you have collected and ask yourself, "What can I now conclude about this person or family?"

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-{{Wales-sidebar}}{{breadcrumb
+{{Wales-sidebar}}
+{{breadcrumb
 | link1=[[Wales Genealogy|Wales]]
 | link2=
@@ Line 9: / Line 10: @@
 The Wales Research Tips and Strategies page consists of links to specific research strategies for Wales. It also contains general tips and other resources for locating your ancestors in this locality.
-=== Intermediate & Advanced Research Strategies  ===
+===Intermediate & Advanced Research Strategies===
 Research strategy pages to help you locate your Welsh ancestors.
@@ Line 15: / Line 16: @@
 [[Find a Welsh Emigrant or Immigrant from Wales Record Selection Guide|Emigrant Record Selection Guide]]<br>[[Use Census Records to Find Birth Information in Wales 1837 to 1901|Census Records]]<br><br>
-=== Wales Research Tips  ===
+===Wales Research Tips===
 *Look in all censuses: Always look for your ancestor in every possible census. There are clues regarding immigration, naturalization, and occupation that can lead to other records. Sometimes parents can be found living with their children later in life. [[Wales Census|Search Wales Censuses.]]
 *If a record collection does not include your ancestor, consider the possibility that the database is incomplete. Parish registers are very incomplete on both FamilySearch and Findmypast. A list of [[User:WilliamsDa/Sandbox11|'''parish registers not published''']] online is being created.
 *Cemetery records (including burial records, monumental or memorial inscriptions), sometimes provide birth, marriage, death, and occupational information. They sometimes give clues to military service, residence, and cause of death. &nbsp;[[Wales Cemeteries|Cemetery Records]].
+*If you can't find a christening record for a child, especially before 1813, assume that the family used patronymic names. Do the search again using a given name search. Leave the surname field blank.
-=== Evaluation and Analysis ===
+===Evaluation and Analysis===
-# Read the record carefully
-# Interpret what the information says
+#Read the record carefully
-# Analyze what you already know and compare it with what you learned from the new record. Always ask yourself:
+#Interpret what the information says
-#* Is the information in the record consistent with what you already know?
+#Analyze what you already know and compare it with what you learned from the new record. Always ask yourself:
-#* Does the information conflict with any information you have?
+#*Is the information in the record consistent with what you already know?
-#* Is there new information provided in the record?
+#*Does the information conflict with any information you have?
-# Draw conclusions from that analysis
+#*Is there new information provided in the record?
-#* Use all the information you have collected and ask yourself, "What can I now conclude about this person or family?"
+#Draw conclusions from that analysis
+#*Use all the information you have collected and ask yourself, "What can I now conclude about this person or family?"
 [[Category:Wales Research Strategies]]