UK Family History Research for the Beginner Genealogist 84.99 €

1) Introduction

2) Why Genealogy?

In order to get you started, here are some reasons for tracing your ancestors, followed by a video to get you thinking about your own reasons and goals in your search for your ancestors.

3) Section 2 - Introduction

4) Ask the Family

How to prepare for your research by gathering any information you can from your family. (BTW - the checklist I mention towards the end is in the attached pdf)

5) Photographs

6) My Family Album

Some examples of how photographs can spark off research, as well as enhance it.  (Spot the mistake!  When I say 'my grandfather had no brothers' - I mean, of course, my grandmother!)

7) Charting Your Progress

I discuss how to start charting your family history, creating trees and pedigree charts.The website I mention in this session is My History - and the website is https://www.my-history.co.uk/ (not myhi ...

8) Create Your Own Charts

Have a go at creating your own family history charts, using what you already know, or have learned over the past few days about your own family. 

9) Organisation

10) Check List for Section2

11) Section 2 Summary

12) Section 3 - Introduction

13) A note on Spellings

14) A History of Civil Registration

A Brief History of Civil RegistrationIt is always important to understand the sources we use so that we use them effectively and with insight.  This article gives you a brief explanation of when Civi ...

15) Searching for a Birth Registration

16) Searching for a Post 1912 Marriage

17) Useful facts to have before your marriage search

18) Searching for a Pre-1912 Marriage

19) Carry out your own research!

20) Ordering a Certificate

Watch me order a certificate from the GRO.  Please note that the GRO website has changed since I made this video, so the pages might look slightly different, but the process is basically the same, so ...

21) Reading the Certificates

Here I go through a birth, marriage and death certificate in detail, to help you get as much information as possible out of each record.  These records are provided by the General Register Office und ...

22) Section 3 - Outro

23) Introduction

24) A Brief History of the Census

25) The 1939 Register

26) Searching the 1939 Register

27) Searching the Census Records

28) Carry Out Your Own Research!

29) Problems with the Census - an Example

30) Section 4 Summary

31) Introduction

32) The Parish Registers - a Brief Overview

33) Baptism Search

34) The International Genealogical Index

35) Searching the IGI

36) What's in the Parish Registers?

37) Searching Baptisms & Marriages

Watch me search for baptisms and then a marriage (and spot the deliberate mistake ;)) - when I mention 'mother' at 7.02, I, of course, mean 'wife'!

38) Browsing the Parish Registers

39) Searching PRs on FindMyPast

40) Carry Out Your Own Research

41) Brick Walls

42) Section 5 Outro

43) Congratulations!

44) Your Next Steps - Bonus Lecture

Some of the further resources you can use after you've done the basic steps.  See also my course on Researching Wills and Probate Records: https://www.udemy.com/course/researching ...

45) Bonus lecture - Online parish registers

A short bonus lecture about county parish register websites.  The link I mention in the lecture is: www.ukbmd.org.uk/online_parish_clerk