U3A Genealogy

April 16th 2013

Write downWhat you know

Talk toRelatives

Look atFamily

Records

Plan yourResearch

DiscoverWhat sources

available

Keep effectiverecords

BirthsMarriages

DeathsCensuses

ParishRecords

Delve intoAncestors

lives

Othersources

Wills

START

YourInformation

Find itYourself

Known Relatives Information

Ask them

New relatives Information

Genes Reunited

BMDInformation

CensusInformation

ParishRegisters

Information

Other SourcesOf

Information

CENSUSES

CIVIL BMDRECORDS

About 1840

PARISHRECORDS

GENES REUNITED

GENUKI , FHS, GOONS, ETC

GOOGLE, ROOTSWEB and OTHER LISTS

Ancestry.co.ukLDS 1881

Findmypast.com

FreeBMDAncestry

Findmypast.comUKBMD

Local BMDsites

LDS Microfiche

LDS Family Search

Welcome• Welcome• Blog update, have a look at:• http://rodneysgenealogyblog.blogspot.co.uk/• Stuff from me, including Rootstech Google

stuff• Bailey project• Father Joe Walsh• Stuff from you!

• One of the most common mistakes made by beginners in the hobby of family history is to spell genealogy incorrectly. Nothing shouts out "I don't know what I'm doing!" louder than the misspelling this pivotal word in our hobby.

• Typically, most failed attempts at spelling genealogy put the letter "O" where the letter "A" belongs. Like this:

• geneology• Because this mis-spelling is such an endemic problem, Mark Howells

devised a little memory aid to assist in remembering the correct spelling of the word. The first letters of each word in this very true sentence combine to form the correct spelling of genealogy.

• Genealogists Examine Needed Evidence At Lots Of Grave Yards

What’s in a name?

• There are on-line services that track what key words have been searched on the Internet. This is real data, showing what real people have been searching.

• For example, over a two month period, 10,722 searches were done for the key word "genealogy" (by a group of popular search engines--this data is from WordTracker).

• Not surprising because genealogy is so popular.• The common misspelled key word "genology" had 302

searches done over that same two month period.• The common misspelled key word "geneaology" had 711

searches done.

What’s in a name?

• Here's the amazing part. The MOST commonly misspelled word, "geneology" was searched for 5988 times! That is over half of the times that the correct spelled word genealogy was.

• So when you do a google search, including the word genealogy, such as “Fox+genealogy”, how many results are you missing?

Who Do You Think You Are Live!

• 2013 Show was in February • Society of Genealogists have put a number of

presentations from their sessions onto a link from their Facebook page.

• Let’s have a look at what is available!• There are apparently more to come......

FindmyPast updates

• We've added over 650,000 more pages to our British Newspapers

• Family history is far more than just names and dates, so to help you add colour and tell your whole family story we've just added over 650,000 more new pages to our local British Newspapers 1710-1963.

• Brought to you in partnership with the British Library, this amazing resource now covers over 250 years – that's up to eight generations of your family all in one place! There are now 6.5 million pages for you to explore, and we're adding 8000 new pages every single day

FindmyPast updates• Millions of East Kent parish records now searchable• We've added new parish records to our Canterbury Collection,

bringing the total to over 2 million. The records date as far back as 1538 and provide rich details for family historians.

• Baptisms: 902,849 records – see a list of parishes and dates covered(PDF)

• Banns: 110,576 records – see a list of parishes and dates covered (PDF)

• Marriages: 467,738 records – see a list of parishes and dates covered(PDF)

• Burials: 680,198 records – see a list of parishes and dates covered (PDF)

FindmyPast updates

• We've improved your experience of searching these records. We launched the collection last year with a browse facility, rather than our usual search. Now we've made it possible for you to search the Canterbury parish records, as you would search any of our other parish records.

• We are working in association with Canterbury Cathedral Archives to bring you the Canterbury Collection. This release coincides with the reopening of the renovated Canterbury Cathedral Archives and Library reading room.

The Genealogist

Chester Wills Collection 1519-1940 available on the National Wills Index!• Over 130,000 probate records held at Cheshire Record Office

have been digitised, and these images can be purchased with Pay per View credits and viewed directly from the index records. A portion of the probate records held at Lancashire Record Office have been digitised and can also be purchased with Pay per View credits and viewed directly from the index records.

• Search the Index FREE, then purchase and view original documents online.

• Origins.net News April 2013

The Bailey project

• Wrapping up the research• Final book report• Handover pack for Alan• Electronic and/or paper• Full family tree printed• April handover

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghXERt9QSIA

• http://www.kilfiancrosskin.com/kilfian-baptisms.php

I found this......

http://boards.ancestry.co.uk/localities.britisles.ireland.may.general/224.822.1/mb.ashx

Finally.........

• Any other Brick Walls for the Group to look at?

• Anything that you would like us to look at in future meetings?

• Anything else you would like to say?