Hi, The Internet is a wonderful tool in searching for ancestors but nothing quite like searching fiche/film at the local record office or LDS branch. If you search the www.familysearch.org catalogue, you might find films for your particular parish, order the film for a small fee and you would find births-marriages-burials of your family and, in the long run, much cheaper than purchasing certificates. Cheers, Edna - Ottawa ----- Original Message ----- From: <bob.newell@ntlworld.com> To: <HAMPSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 7:04 AM Subject: [Ham] Where to go now Hi all, after an enjoyable two years now of this fascinating hobby I have nearly mastered my hunting skills using the available resources, but now it is time to find out a bit more about my ancestors pre 1800 and in particular how to find where they lived and what there occupation was. Can anyone give me a few tips as to where I can start. I presume it will have something to do with local parish records but what information will they give me. Any suggestions Bob Newell ==== HAMPSHIRE Mailing List ==== Spring clean your tree and see if you can dust off some new rellies Visit the knightroots website at www.knightroots.co.uk also Hampshire Look up Exchange at http://members.madasafish.com/~caroldolton/index.htm