Research in England Part Two

Research in England – Part Two Godfrey J. & Merry E. Ellis – (360) 459-2513 – [email protected]

1. An increasing number of for-free and for-fee websites are making the 1841 to 1901 English census returns available. For-fee sites usually include actual images. Examples are http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/news.htm, http://www.ancestry.com, and http://www.findmypast.com/home.jsp 2. For-free websites usually offer transcriptions. Examples include many county projects, freeCen.com, http://www.familysearch.org (1881 only), and hopefully the Church indexing project. 3. The 1901 census is at http://www.1901census.nationalarchives.gov.uk/. The index is free; the images are $10 for 8 images (must use in 7 days). (Also gives images of BMD index pages (50 images)). 4. One of these additional sites is http://freecen.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl. This is incomplete and it is hard to get much valuable help from this site. 5. City and town directories can be found at: http://www.historicaldirectories.org/ 6. The documents on line can be found at http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/. This site has a vast amount of information including census, wills, BMD, and more – a very rich government sponsored site. 7. Another site has legal documents for many counties: http://www.a2a.org.uk/. The WWI and WWII commonwealth graves are at: http://www.cwgc.org The cadillac website for British family history is: www.genuki.co.uk 8. Excellent basic-level book is, Your English Ancestry: A Guide for North Americans, by Sherry Irvine, 2nd edition, 1998 (Ancestry, P.O. Box 990, Orem, UT at www.ancestry.com; ISBN 0-916489-84-1, $15.95.) 9. The definitive and in-depth text on English family history is: Ancestral Trails: The Complete Guide to British Genealogy and Family History by Mark Herber, revised ed., May 2000 is $19+ (used) from www.abebooks.com – the newer 2006 2nd Ed (paperback) is $34.95 (new) from www.amazon.com. 10. Be sure to check out www.cyndislist.com and look at her section of English research with its hundreds of links to other websites! 3. Ronald V. Jackson, Accelerated Indexing Systems, comp., AIS Mortality Schedules Index, (Online : Provo, UT : Ancestry.com, 1999-. Compiled and digitized by Mr. Jackson and AIS from microfilmed schedules of the U.S. Federal Decennial Census, territorial/state censuses, and/or census substitutes. Accessed April 26, 2003). 4. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Shelby County, Kentucky, USA (Extracted Records), (Vital Records Index - North America, CDs, 1998) FHL Number 259273 & 259281. Source: Vital Records Index - North America Event Type: Marriage Recorded in: Shelby County, Kentucky, USA. 5. Robert Laxton, E-mail message to James P. Terry, "William A Clarke Obituary" (March 31, 1996. Original data: The Stroud Messenger, Volume XL, No. 23, Friday, January 6, 1939.) 6. Jimmie Lou Courtney and Pauline M. Courtney, compilers, Cemetery Inscriptions of Clinton County, Missouri (Gower, Mo. : J.L. Courtney, [19--?]), Volume 2, page 160. 7. Ibid., Volume 2, page 163. Source Citation Basics Here is the basic format for traditional citations. It has four descriptors in the following order: 1. Author(s) 2. Publication title 3. (Publisher place, Publisher name, Year published) 4. Page number(s) or other locators. Source Citation Basics: Published Sources Single Author Book: Helen Kelly Brink, Some of the Descendants of Asa Phillips (1793- 1844); Who were Born in Vermont and Who Settled in Steuben County, New York in 1802, (Marco Island, Florida, By the Author, 1992) page 34. Single Author Article: Fannie Clifton, "Some Brixey and Clifton History." The Brixey Bulletin (Garland, Texas, Brixey-Wylie Press), 2:4 (Fall 1992), pp. 39-40. Source Citation Basics: Online/Digital Sources For more information on this subject, please refer to: Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources from Artifacts to Cyberspace by Elizabeth Shown Mills - Available from the Legacy Online Store at http://www.legacyfamilytreestore.com/ QuickSheet: Citing Online Historical Resources Evidence! Style. First Revised Edition by Elizabeth Shown Mills - Available from the Legacy Online Store at http://www.legacyfamilytreestore.com/ Evidence! Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian by Elizabeth Shown Mills - Available from the Legacy Online Store at http://www.legacyfamilytreestore.com/ Legacy’s Ultimate Guide to Sources video training CD - Available from the Legacy Online Store at http://www.legacyfamilytreestore.com/ Tips from the Experts at www.LegacyFamilyTree.com Source Citation • Great samples show you how to enter Sources http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/tipsSourceSamples.asp by Geoff Rasmussen, Millennia Corp. • Advanced Sourcing http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/tipsSourcingAdvanced.asp by James P, Terry, Millennia Corp.