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  • Glass & Bottlemaking: Occupations

    Glass & Bottlemaking: Occupations

    A brief description of occupations found in glass bottlemaking, generally carried out by men.

    • Ballmaker: Would dip a hollow rod into the molten glass and make it into a ball to pass to the blower.
    • Bottle blower: Takes the rod and blows air in to inflate the gather.
    • Bottlemaker: Forms the rim on the bottle.
    • Finisher Off: Blows the glass till it cools in a mould. The blower or finisher off would not
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  • South East Asia

    South East Asia

    The region of South East Asia is the area geographically north of Australia, south of China, east of India and west of New Guinea. It covers an area of approximately 5,000,000 sq.km with a total population in excess of 590 million.

    The region comprises of 11 countries, namely Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam, and two territories, Christmas Island and Cocos Islands.

    Capitals: Bandar Seri Begawan (Brunei), Naypyidaw (Burma), Phnom Penh (Cambodia), Dili (East Timor), Jakarta (Indonesia), Vientiane (Laos), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Manila (Phillipines), Singapore (Singapore), Bangkok (Thailand) and Hanoi (Vietnam).
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  • Lithuania

    Lithuania

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  • Book reviews - Historical non-fiction

    Book reviews - Historical non-fiction

    The following book reviews have been submitted by members of Family Tree Forum.

    Common People: The History of An English Family by Alison Light Family history is a massive phenomenon of our times but what are we after when we go in search of our ancestors? Beginning with her grandparents, Alison Light moves between the present and the past, in an extraordinary series of journeys over two centuries, across Britain and beyond. Epic in scope and deep in feeling, Common People is a fami...
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  • Book reviews - Family History Research

    Book reviews - Family History Research

    The following book reviews have been submitted by members of Family Tree Forum.

    Beginning Your Family History by George Pelling
    The Family Tree Detective - Tracing your ancestors in England and Wales by Colin D. Rogers. At the very start of our active research into our ancestral families, we borrowed these books from the library and then decided to buy them. They give excellent tips on how to do things at the beginning of researching and for when one becomes more experienced...
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  • Book reviews - Historical fiction

    Book reviews - Historical fiction

    The following book reviews have been submitted by members of Family Tree Forum.

    Lark Rise to Candleford (et seq) by Flora Thompson

    Rural, ag lab life - 1800s to early 1900s.

    The Country Child by Alison Uttley

    Fictionalised, but accurate account of a childhood in Oxfordshire. (Early 1900s)

    Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell. It's an excellent picture of working class life in the area during the 1840's and was written at the time so has...
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  • Classified Index

    • Created by: Caroline
    • Published: 19-10-10, 10:26
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    Classified Index

    BEGINNING RESEARCH
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  • How to Search the Reference Library

    How to Search the Reference Library

    The Reference Library is stored in two locations. The main section is stored on the forum and accessed via the listing on the Home page. A smaller section is housed in the wiki section of the site which can be accessed via the Site Projects link on the navigation bar.


    Navigation via the Home page:
    • Clicking on the Reference Library tab on the navigation bar will take you to the Home page.
    • The Reference Library can be accessed by selecting the appropriate heading
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  • Genealogy Research Tutorials

    • Created by: Caroline
    • Published: 10-10-10, 16:09
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    Genealogy Research Tutorials

    Ancestry Genealogy Toolkit - a collection of useful guides
    The Family History Guide (FamilySearch.org)

    General adviceVideos and podcastsOnline courses...
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  • Research Offers

    Research Offers



    Take advantage of the generosity of members who have offered to take pictures or visit local record offices, archives, libraries or cemeteries. ...
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    Last edited by Caroline; 03-03-20, 06:47. Reason: UPDATED 03/03/2020 - repaired links
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  • World Index
    by Caroline
    On this page, you will find links to all the countries which have a page in the Reference Library.

    Included here are links to resources which are of global interest, historically, geographically or genealogically.

    Links which are specific to a nation or area of a country will be found on their own page.

    If you come across any links which you think will be of interest for this page, please add them to the comment box at the foot of the page and a moderator...
    07-03-20, 16:36
  • Home Page
    by Caroline
    ABOUT US

    Family Tree Forum was founded in September 2006. Our primary aim is to provide a site where our members can research and socialise in a safe, friendly and helpful environment. Registration is free, and our members are dedicated to assisting all genealogists, whether they are beginners or experienced researchers.

    Please be aware that despite the name, we are not a forum specifically for FTDNA or the software Family Tree Maker, although our members may well be able...
    06-03-20, 11:54
  • Getting Started Guide
    by Caroline
    The Family Tree Forum Guide to Getting Started with your family history contains step by step advice with links to useful resources on our site, and elsewhere online, together with further pages of advice written by our members.

    These include guides to the main areas of research such as census returns and certificates as well as some visual guides and case...
    04-03-20, 09:22
  • Research Offers: Record Offices/Archives/Libraries
    by Caroline
    IMPORTANT:
    • Please read our Guidelines before requesting or offering lookups.
    • If you wish to offer to undertake Record Office, Archive or Library lookups, please add your details in the comments box at the bottom of this page and we will add them to the appropriate section.


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    27-04-17, 09:29
  • Research Offers: Photographs
    by Caroline
    IMPORTANT:
    • Please read our Guidelines before requesting or offering lookups.
    • If you wish to offer to take photographs please add your details in the comments box at the bottom of this page and we will add them to the appropriate section.


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  • Searching a census in findmypast
    by Caroline
    You can use details for birthplace on the individual census record set search pages, found from the A-Z of Record sets, but you can only search one census at a time from those pages.
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    19-06-14, 15:42
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