Gormenghast Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 10 minutes ago, sadbrewer said: I wrote a beginners guide a few years ago, I've just updated it for a friend, I can post it on here if you're interested. I'd be interested in that if you'd be happy to share it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovelace Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 Sorry I'm not keeping up, I'm in bed with Covid at the moment. Think I might die ........ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longcol Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 Concentrate on getting better - the thread will still be here. Get well soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mkapaka Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 5 hours ago, sadbrewer said: I wrote a beginners guide a few years ago, I've just updated it for a friend, I can post it on here if you're interested. Yes please - thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellatrix Posted July 21 Author Share Posted July 21 10 hours ago, DUFFEMS said: Have you looked up and down the page and back and forth of the pages, sometimes the profession is repeated but, more clearly, that's something I used when looking at censuses etc. Presumably you also have this person on other regsitrations other than a Baptism such as 1841 census? Regards, Duffems I have him netted and pinned to the tree . The tip about looking up and down the census record is a good one. I had two alternatives for the father of a particular person; a situation where the scant facts appeared to fit both in everything but first name. But another look at the census and there he was, in the same court as his son and family, with other names that slotted into place. Completely overlooked it at first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellatrix Posted July 21 Author Share Posted July 21 10 hours ago, Mkapaka said: Is it costly to get this information and what are the best sites to use (in terms of info and value etc). I’m interested in starting doing this for my family. I jumped straight into Ancestry as a bit of an impulse purchase. £14 per month or £70 for six months, Premium membership. I'm also on Find My Past, as I got hooked and wanted the 1921 census data: £60 for three months. There are less and more expensive tiers for both sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellatrix Posted July 21 Author Share Posted July 21 5 hours ago, lovelace said: Sorry I'm not keeping up, I'm in bed with Covid at the moment. Think I might die ........ Take care, get lots of rest and banish that rotten virus. Feel better soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hackey lad Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 5 hours ago, lovelace said: Sorry I'm not keeping up, I'm in bed with Covid at the moment. Think I might die ........ Who's Covid , the lodger ? 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mkapaka Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 26 minutes ago, Bellatrix said: I jumped straight into Ancestry as a bit of an impulse purchase. £14 per month or £70 for six months, Premium membership. I'm also on Find My Past, as I got hooked and wanted the 1921 census data: £60 for three months. There are less and more expensive tiers for both sites. Ok thanks for info 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUFFEMS Posted July 21 Share Posted July 21 40 minutes ago, Bellatrix said: I have him netted and pinned to the tree . The tip about looking up and down the census record is a good one. I had two alternatives for the father of a particular person; a situation where the scant facts appeared to fit both in everything but first name. But another look at the census and there he was, in the same court as his son and family, with other names that slotted into place. Completely overlooked it at first. I had a similar situation when trying to determine my 3x great grandfather, two William Aspinall chaps born the same year, one a scissorsmith, the other a shoemaker. As his grandson was a scissorsmith it seemed obvious, wrong, further research revealed that it was the shoemaker. Unfortunately, the shoemaker's father was transported to Australia for petty theft to serve 7 years in 1834, obviously he didn't come back. I'm descended from the William Aspinall he left behind who became a shoemaker in Sheffield. Sometimes occupations are a mystery, a cordwainer is a shoemaker who is serving his apprenticeship, I'd never heard of it. Regards Duffems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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