2. Look at
Write down Talk to Plan your
Family
What you know Relatives Research
Records
START
Discover
Delve into
What sources
Ancestors
available
lives
Other Keep effective
sources records
Births
Wills Parish Marriages
Censuses
Records Deaths
3.
4. Any of the folks in your ancestor’s “cluster” could have provided him with
housing, worked for him, asked him to witness a document or attended his
funeral..
5. Welcome
• Welcome
• Blog update, have a look at:
• http://rodneysgenealogyblog.blogspot.co.uk/
• Stuff from me,
• Bailey project
• Stuff from you!
6. FindMyPast
Have published thousands of new British Army service and pension
records, which provide incredibly rich information about your military
ancestors.
The records contain soldiers' attestation forms(completed when the
soldier joined the army) and discharge papers (filled in when the soldier
left the army) and you'll usually find several pages of records for each
soldier. They are working with The National Archives to bring you these
wonderful records.
You can discover biographical information about your ancestors, as well
as crucial details about their service history. You can also find out what
your ancestors looked like, as the records provide detailed physical
descriptions of the soldiers, including any distinguishing features like
tattoos or scars.
7. 25 Tips for the Family Historian
• Travel backwards from the known to the
unknown
• Speak to the family, especially the older ones
• Corroborate your evidence
• Beware coincidences
• Research your surname
• Investigate your ancestors’ locality
8. 25 Tips for the Family Historian
• File systematically
• Back-up!
• Scan, copy and share
• Record your sources
• Think – mistranscription
• Re-check earlier records
• Narrow the field
9. 25 Tips for the Family Historian
• Less is more
• Omitting the surname on searches
• Research the database used
• Try alternative sources
• Keep up to date
• Take a trial!
• Beware of record restrictions
10. 25 Tips for the Family Historian
• Check the originals
• See free sources
• Find distant kin
• Surf savvy
• When you need a professional
• Source: Tom Stockdill; Family Tree magazine
11. The Bailey project
• What have we got?
• What have we achieved?
• Who was actually involved?
• What is required to finalise the project?
• Have we learned anything?
• Do we want to do any more “Bailey-type”
projects?
12. 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?
