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  • Family History Books

    Family History Books

    This page gives some ideas for books, both fiction and non-fiction, and specialist magazines that may be interesting for your research.

    National Index of Parish Registers Genuki and other sites are invaluable for providing information about parishes, but occasionally they suggest a situation far simpler than it actually is. The National Index of Parish Registers series of books, published by the Society of Genealogists, is not perfect, but does provide a good working guide to the co...
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  • Method of Recording Direct Ancestors

    Method of Recording Direct Ancestors

    A suggestion from one of our members: Most people probably know this method of recording direct ancestors but if not it's something I find very straightforward and easy to refer to - a way of displaying all direct ancestors that's been used since the 16thcentury. Every ancestor is numbered and the person whose ancestry is being shown is always number 1. The parents will then be 2 and 3 and the grandparents 4, 5, 6 and 7. The simplicity of the system is that all the even numbers are male and al...
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  • Tracking down your ancestors before 1900

    Tracking down your ancestors before 1900

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  • Family History Research ~ Step Two

    Family History Research ~ Step Two



    Getting back this far would have been impossible without getting the various certificates.

    Since nobody has managed to track down the registration of William's birth as yet, there is still a slight doubt. However, our family did already know the name of his stepmother, so it seems to be a reasonable assumption that this is the correct Bradley line which we are following!!



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  • Degrees of Kinship

    Degrees of Kinship

    Defining Relationships

    Defining Relationships

    Relationship Chart

    Relationship Chart

    The Relationship Calculator NOTE: Doesn't work in Firefox or Google Chrome.

    The Cousin Calculator

    Cousin Calculator

    Kinship - the Right Name for the Distant Cousin

    Your first cousin is your parents' brother's or sister's child. However, the first cousin's child is not your second cousin, but your first cousin once...
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  • Latin Names in Catholic Records

    Latin Names in Catholic Records

    Albertus = Albert or George Adam (Ade) = Adam Aedus = Hugh Aemilia = Emily Agna = Agnes, Nancy Agneta = Agnes Alanus = Alan Albertus = Albert Alesia, Alicia = Alice Alfredus, Aluredus = Alfred Alicia = Alice, Elsie, Alyssa Alienora, Eleanora, Elianora = Eleanor Aloisius = Aloysius, Louis, Luis Aloysius = Aloysius or Lewis Alvredus = Alfred Amica, Amata, Amia = Amy Anastasia = Anastasia or Nancy Andreas = Andrew Anna = Ann, Anne Antonius = Anthony Arcturus, Artorius, Arturus = Arthur Audoenus, A...
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  • Common Forename Abbreviations

    Common Forename Abbreviations

    Some Standard Name Abbreviations (by no means a definitive list) Ben = Benjamin Cath = Catherine Chas = Charles Edwd = Edward Eliz or Elizth = Elizabeth Fredk = Frederick Geo = George Gul or Guliel = Gulielmus (Latin for William) Hy = Henry Jac = Jacobus (Latin for James) Jas = James Jer = Jeremiah Jno = John Jon = Jonathan Jos = Joseph Josh = Joshua Marg = Margaret Mich = Michael Nich = Nicholas Phil = Philip Ric or Rich = Richard Rob or Robt = Robert Saml or Sml = Samuel Sar = Sarah Susna = Su...
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  • Naming Patterns

    Naming Patterns

    There will be all sorts of variations on this no doubt, but a basic tip is that sometimes these patterns will help you find the next generation back i.e. the parents names.

    It will certainly give you a small pool of names to try first in your basic searches.

    English and Welsh Naming Pattern ... First son was named after the father's father. Second son was named after the mother's father. Third son was named after the father. Fourth son was named after the father's olde...
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  • Service Records Of James William Sudder

    Service Records Of James William Sudder






    Back to A Case Study: Searching for the records of James William Sudder

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