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Have you struggled with understanding Latin in Parish Registers? Perhaps you've finally got the hang of old handwriting only to have your heart sink when you find one written in Latin! Don't worry - you only need to understand a few words - and this short video will show you all the words you need for searching early parish registers in Latin. My Family History Beginners' Course: https://www.udemy.com/course/trace-ancestors-in-uk-beginners/?referralCode=5A66627AADE9E5CBA255 Researching Wills & Probate Records Course: https://www.udemy.com/course/researching-wills-and-probate-uk/?referralCode=D42E3529E43A1AFFB20F My website: https://www.tracingancestors-uk.com My FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/ukancestors
Understanding Latin in Early Parish Registers
Pre census records can be difficult for your poorer ancestors if you cannot find them in the parish registers. While our wealthier ancestors left wills and land documents, what records can be found for the less than wealthy? Don't despair! If you are lucky, there may be some records where you can find your pauper or working class ancestors in the centuries preceding the 19th century. In this video I explain what these are, and how to research them. NB - I apologies for the quality of the audio in certain parts of this video - there was nothing I could do about this without completely re-recording, but I hope it doesn't detract too much from the information. My Family History Beginners' Course: https://www.udemy.com/course/trace-ancestors-in-uk-beginners/?referralCode=5A66627AADE9E5CBA255 Researching Wills & Probate Records Course: https://www.udemy.com/course/researching-wills-and-probate-uk/?referralCode=D42E3529E43A1AFFB20F My website: https://www.tracingancestors-uk.com My FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/ukancestors
Pre Census Records For Researching Your Poorer Ancestors
While tracing your ancestors, you may end up with just names, dates and places. But how can you find out more about your ancestors' lives? Here, I show you how you can use Google Maps and newspapers to add colour and interest to the names on your family tree - and I find out something interesting about one of my own ancestors! (And if you would like to see my other YouTube Channel on books - here it is: https://www.youtube.com/@booksfrommybookshelf) My Family History Beginners' Course: https://www.udemy.com/course/trace-ancestors-in-uk-beginners/?referralCode=5A66627AADE9E5CBA255 Researching Wills & Probate Records Course: https://www.udemy.com/course/researching-wills-and-probate-uk/?referralCode=D42E3529E43A1AFFB20F My website: https://www.tracingancestors-uk.com My FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/ukancestors
How to Find Out More About Your Ancestors – Using Newspapers & Maps
Even though there are people who should, in theory, be easy to find, sometimes it seems that an ancestor is missing from the census. Why is this? There could be one or several reasons - and in this video I show you the long story of how I eventually found my grandfather, despite several problems... My Family History Beginners' Course: https://www.udemy.com/course/trace-ancestors-in-uk-beginners/?referralCode=5A66627AADE9E5CBA255 Researching Wills & Probate Records Course: https://www.udemy.com/course/researching-wills-and-probate-uk/?referralCode=D42E3529E43A1AFFB20F My website: https://www.tracingancestors-uk.com My FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/ukancestors
Why is My Ancestor Missing from the Census?
In the past, naming patterns for children were much stronger than today. Understanding these can sometimes help with sorting out which family your ancestor belonged to. Here's an example from my own family tree. My Family History Beginners' Course: https://www.udemy.com/course/trace-ancestors-in-uk-beginners/?referralCode=5A66627AADE9E5CBA255 Researching Wills & Probate Records Course: https://www.udemy.com/course/researching-wills-and-probate-uk/?referralCode=D42E3529E43A1AFFB20F My website: https://www.tracingancestors-uk.com My FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/ukancestors
Using Naming Patterns in Genealogy Research
Genealogical research before the 19th century is often more difficult because we do not have the census records to tell us where a person was born. In this video, I come across the problem of a 'possible' baptism - but shows how important it is not to make assumptions, and the complications of research when an ancestor becomes elusive. This is a new collection of videos where I record myself as I carry out research, so that you can see my processes - and I hope show the best strategies for overcoming problems. If this proves popular, I will create more recorded screen videos like this - and perhaps even carry out similar searches for subscribers - let's see how it goes! My Family History Beginners' Course: https://www.udemy.com/course/trace-ancestors-in-uk-beginners/?referralCode=5A66627AADE9E5CBA255 Researching Wills & Probate Records Course: https://www.udemy.com/course/researching-wills-and-probate-uk/?referralCode=D42E3529E43A1AFFB20F My website: https://www.tracingancestors-uk.com My FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/ukancestors
Researching 18th Century Baptisms UK – A Recorded Search
The difficulties of 20th century research - and some of the sources that can help (also listed below): 1921 Census - FindMyPast.co.uk only 1939 Register - Ancestry.co.uk & FindMyPast WWII Records - National Archives, Ancestry, Forces War Records, FMP Civil Registration - indexes are on all the major genealogy websites - but you need to order the certificates at the General Register Office Electoral Registers - Ancestry and 192.com DNA Testing - Available at Ancestry and 123&Me My Family History Beginners' Course: https://www.udemy.com/course/trace-ancestors-in-uk-beginners/?referralCode=5A66627AADE9E5CBA255 Researching Wills & Probate Records Course: https://www.udemy.com/course/researching-wills-and-probate-uk/?referralCode=D42E3529E43A1AFFB20F My website: https://www.tracingancestors-uk.com My FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/ukancestors
Researching your 20th Century Ancestors & Living Relatives
What exactly is Twelfth Night? Why are there 12 days of Christmas? In a reading of an article I wrote several years ago, I have a look at the origins of the 12 days, as well as other Christmas and Yuletide traditions. My Family History Beginners' Course: https://www.udemy.com/course/trace-ancestors-in-uk-beginners/?referralCode=5A66627AADE9E5CBA255 Researching Wills & Probate Records Course: https://www.udemy.com/course/researching-wills-and-probate-uk/?referralCode=D42E3529E43A1AFFB20F My website: https://www.tracingancestors-uk.com My FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/ukancestors
Waes Hael! The Origins of the 12 Days of Christmas
In this season of honouring the dead, why not plan to visit your ancestors' graves? Here I talk about how they can give you further information, and more - as well as how to go about finding them. My Family History Beginners' Course: https://www.udemy.com/course/trace-ancestors-in-uk-beginners/?referralCode=5A66627AADE9E5CBA255 Researching Wills & Probate Records Course: https://www.udemy.com/course/researching-wills-and-probate-uk/?referralCode=D42E3529E43A1AFFB20F My website: https://www.tracingancestors-uk.com My FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/ukancestors
Find Your Ancestors' Graves for All Souls Day!
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