There are people that are new to family tree research, and there are now so many records out there it is easy to forget everything that is out there.
I thought it would be nice to start a few posts to remind everyone or let people know some great research tools.
Mother's maiden name is a good way to find all the children of a family. Once you have found one child and the mothers maiden name you can add this to search fields to narrow down to those only with the same mother. Don't forget the spellings may change, so check for alternative spellings, by selecting/de-selecting exact match/sounds like etc.
You can use the GRO.
https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/c...ates/login.asp - you must create an account (free) and then you can search.
The search will only let you extend over 2 years either side of the year you have chosen, so can be quite laborious. The index of the MMN do not go beyond 1919
Or you can use FindmyPast, you don't need to have a subscription to search
https://search.findmypast.co.uk/sear...d_civil-births
This will give you a much wider search year - so often a better place to start, and then once pinpointed the years and names you can go back to GRO.
some notes here from a while back, although the site looks a bit different.
https://www.familytreeforum.com/arti...-s-maiden-name
FreeBMD
This has a field for the MMN
I am sure there are more search/hints people can add, on the use of MMN
I thought it would be nice to start a few posts to remind everyone or let people know some great research tools.
Mother's maiden name is a good way to find all the children of a family. Once you have found one child and the mothers maiden name you can add this to search fields to narrow down to those only with the same mother. Don't forget the spellings may change, so check for alternative spellings, by selecting/de-selecting exact match/sounds like etc.
You can use the GRO.
https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/c...ates/login.asp - you must create an account (free) and then you can search.
The search will only let you extend over 2 years either side of the year you have chosen, so can be quite laborious. The index of the MMN do not go beyond 1919
Or you can use FindmyPast, you don't need to have a subscription to search
https://search.findmypast.co.uk/sear...d_civil-births
This will give you a much wider search year - so often a better place to start, and then once pinpointed the years and names you can go back to GRO.
some notes here from a while back, although the site looks a bit different.
https://www.familytreeforum.com/arti...-s-maiden-name
FreeBMD
This has a field for the MMN
I am sure there are more search/hints people can add, on the use of MMN
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