In a message dated 28/05/2005 10:54:53 GMT Standard Time, angela.monaghan@virgin.net writes: Can anyone please advise what sources I can use, other than the BMD indexes - are telephone directories and electoral roles useful? How do I find out about wills? etc. Hi I think that tracing family can in some ways be a lot harder in the C20. If you have parents still around then they can be very helpful about aunts and uncles. Grandparents can aslso give you a good insight into what has gone before but do remember that memories can play them false so you need to try and back up their information. However, you say you haven't many relatives around so just glean what you can, if you can. Electoral Rolls can be very useful but just remember that unless a child is old enough to vote they will not be on the list. I still think that marriage and birth certificates can reveal an awful lot of helpful information. These are all available on line at http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/login.asp and can be bought by credit card. If you do not have the actual dates then you could use _www.1837online.com_ (http://www.1837online.com) which is pay per view site but for £5. you can have 55 units which is several years. I think you would find this site very useful as FreeBMD doesn't work much in the C20 yet. Wills can sometimes give a wealth of information and you could have a look at this site. _http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Probate.html_ (http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Probate.html) I hav en't found much in telephone directories and unless you intent to ring up people for your information I cannot see that they would give you a lot of information. I hope some of these get you started. Best wishes JUDY ELKINGTON _http://www.elkingtonfamily.com_ (http://www.elklingtonfamily.com/) ELKINGTON-L@rootsweb.com http://www.one-name.org/profiles/elkington.html

Hi Judy, Yours is the type of e-mail that makes me glad that we receive all correspondance to our inboxes. Twentieth century data is by far the hardest to obtain. I have one aunt left who is well into her 90's and on good days I have received a wealth of information. Another valuable source of information has been family bibles which have been kept up throughout the last century. In Canada the latest internet source of data is the 1901 census which is extremely well documented with both indexing and images. http://www.automatedgenealogy.com/census/index.html If the timing is right the children of that time have lived well into the memory of people still alive, thus closing the gap. -- Doug Hawkes e-mail: dhawkes@ee.ryerson.ca > > In a message dated 28/05/2005 10:54:53 GMT Standard Time, > angela.monaghan@virgin.net writes: > > Can anyone please advise what > sources I can use, other than the BMD indexes - are telephone > directories and electoral roles useful? How do I find out about wills? > etc. > > > > Hi > > I think that tracing family can in some ways be a lot harder in the C20. > If you have parents still around then they can be very helpful about > aunts and > uncles. Grandparents can aslso give you a good insight into what has > gone > before but do remember that memories can play them false so you need to > try > and back up their information. However, you say you haven't many > relatives > around so just glean what you can, if you can. > > Electoral Rolls can be very useful but just remember that unless a child > is > old enough to vote they will not be on the list. I still think that > marriage and birth certificates can reveal an awful lot of helpful > information. > These are all available on line at > http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/login.asp and can be > bought by credit card. If you do not have > the actual dates then you could use _www.1837online.com_ > (http://www.1837online.com) which is pay per view site but for £5. you > can have 55 units which > is several years. I think you would find this site very useful as > FreeBMD doesn't work much in the C20 yet. > > Wills can sometimes give a wealth of information and you could have a > look > at this site. > _http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Probate.html_ > (http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Probate.html) > I hav en't found much in telephone directories and unless you intent to > ring > up people for your information I cannot see that they would give you a > lot > of information. > I hope some of these get you started. > > > Best wishes > > JUDY ELKINGTON > > _http://www.elkingtonfamily.com_ (http://www.elklingtonfamily.com/) > ELKINGTON-L@rootsweb.com > http://www.one-name.org/profiles/elkington.html > > > > > > > > ==== ENG-SHEFFIELD Mailing List ==== > Always include your name and area of residence on ALL list messages. It > helps others to point you to your nearest source of information. It also > makes for a more friendly message. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >