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Ancestry
What sort of information can I get on Ancestry.co.uk? The things I am hoping to find are;
Date and place of birth
Date and place of baptism
Date and place of marriage
Who that person married
Names of children from that marriage and their dates of birth
Date and place of death.
Can I get all this information from the Ancestry website and is there anything I haven't mentioned that I can find on there?
Many thanks for your help.
Date and place of birth
Date and place of baptism
Date and place of marriage
Who that person married
Names of children from that marriage and their dates of birth
Date and place of death.
Can I get all this information from the Ancestry website and is there anything I haven't mentioned that I can find on there?
Many thanks for your help.
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You won't get actual dates of births, deaths, and marriages, you will get the year, and quarter in which they were registered, unless you can find the marriage banns, which are available in quite a few cases. The BMD records are available from 1837 to 2005.
You will have to search separately for children of the marriage, so for instance if Smith married Jones in 1936 I would search in births for children named Smith, with a mother's maiden name of Jones, born in 1936 plus or minus 10 years, in the location you think they lived.
If you want to check families prior to 1911 you would use the censuses available on ancestry which date from 1841 every 10 years up to 1911.
You will have to search separately for children of the marriage, so for instance if Smith married Jones in 1936 I would search in births for children named Smith, with a mother's maiden name of Jones, born in 1936 plus or minus 10 years, in the location you think they lived.
If you want to check families prior to 1911 you would use the censuses available on ancestry which date from 1841 every 10 years up to 1911.
Hi craft you may recall I was going to my local community centre today as I was told you can use Ancestry free of charge.
That turned out to be untrue and the only site they have is Geneologist and I was not able to find anything at all,
It seems I can go to my local library 1 day a week and use Ancestry there but I'm now considering paying to use it at home.
I suppose I could just sign up for the 14day free trial to see how I get on with it but I was hoping I would be able to find actual dates on there for BMD's
Is the only way to get this information, to send off for the certificates?
That turned out to be untrue and the only site they have is Geneologist and I was not able to find anything at all,
It seems I can go to my local library 1 day a week and use Ancestry there but I'm now considering paying to use it at home.
I suppose I could just sign up for the 14day free trial to see how I get on with it but I was hoping I would be able to find actual dates on there for BMD's
Is the only way to get this information, to send off for the certificates?
Pretty much. But once you have the details from Ancestry (or elsewhere) then ordering over the Net is simple and cheaper. Only thing is, you need to value the data rather than the certificate itself, because it amuses them to fold the certificate to fit into the envelope these days: and have done so every since the Royal Mail made its insane change to its pricing system.
Today my aim was to find the birth date of my Great Uncle.
I looked on BMD for Fred/Frederick Sellars/ers/ors in the district of Chorlton and this is what I found.
http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
How do I know which one of these is the one I'm looking for?
All help appreciated.
I looked on BMD for Fred/Frederick Sellars/ers/ors in the district of Chorlton and this is what I found.
http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
How do I know which one of these is the one I'm looking for?
All help appreciated.
You have to piece together information you have from different sources (B, M, & D for the same person, for example) and then make a calculated/informed guess. The census is useful for this sort of thing. Keep going until you are convinced you know which one, then take a chance and get the certificate. See if the witnesses and stuff on the certificate seem to help confirm; or not.
He was born in Manchester, Lancashire.
His parents were called Frederick and Elizbeth Sellars/ers/ors.
I have found different years for his birth but somewhere between 1871 and 1875.
On the 1901 census he was living with his wife Emily and her Father was head of the household, and Fred was either 27 or 29yrs old I think.
Thanks for your help craft.
His parents were called Frederick and Elizbeth Sellars/ers/ors.
I have found different years for his birth but somewhere between 1871 and 1875.
On the 1901 census he was living with his wife Emily and her Father was head of the household, and Fred was either 27 or 29yrs old I think.
Thanks for your help craft.
Ive found that sometimes it does give the date of birth when the death record is shown. That is very helpful, but to send for certificate, you just need the quarter of the year that it was registered in. I would go with Ancestry if you can afford it. There are different levels of membership. Good luck
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