GuidedResearch:England: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 13:52, 6 October 2020

FamilySearch identified the most complete online indexes for birth, marriage, and death information.

Do you know the county where your ancestor lived?*

I know the county

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To search more localized sources, click on the county your ancestor lived in.
Bedfordshire Berkshire Buckinghamshire Cambridgeshire Cheshire Cornwall Cumberland Derbyshire Devon Dorset Durham Essex Gloucestershire Hampshire Herefordshire Hertfordshire Huntingdonshire Kent Lancashire Leicestershire Lincolnshire London Middlesex Norfolk Northamptonshire Northumberland Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Rutland Shropshire Somerset Staffordshire Suffolk Surrey Sussex Warwickshire Westmorland Wiltshire Worcestershire Yorkshire

I do not know the county

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To find the county where your ancestor lived choose an option below:

Census Search

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England and Wales Census Records, 1841-1911

If your ancestor lived in England or Wales between 1841 and 1911 use the England and Wales censuses. The records may have the county where your ancestor was born.

Website	Dates	Description
www.familysearch.org	Census Years 1841-1911	Complete Index and Images.
www.ancestry.com	Census Years 1841-1911	Complete Index and Images ($)

Once the county is located, click on the heading above, I know the county to find the vital records of your ancestor.

England Jurisdiction Map

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If the parish/place is known, but not the county, use this map to locate the correct county: England 1851 Jurisdiction Map

Once the county is located, click on the heading above, I know the county to find the vital records of your ancestor.

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* The England counties listed above are based on historic boundaries pre-1974. The records dating before 1974 are located within the information found in the historic counties. This practice better assists our patrons who are researching their ancestors before the modern time period.

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