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Research - Family Trees Gloucs Electoral Registe (reply)

brjobu — Sat, 12 Mar 2011 19:31:18 +0000

I used familysearch.org to trace my Devon ancestry back to 1585 in Devon which is on-line
Note - it is comprehensive - but not all parishes are included - but most are/

Some boroughs are pretty good in that they have Cemetry Record on-line like Dudley which was very helpful

Google search have been good in that it picks up many National Archives Records and with many solicitors having put up their archives you can sometimes trace records for will and other Legal Documents

County records are great if you have the time

Research - Family Trees Gloucs Electoral Registe (reply)

m p griffiths — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 15:25:49 +0000

Gloucestershire Electoral Register 1832 is available on line. This is just an Index - with name/place - although the Gloucestershire Record Office copy gives more info re: owner/lessee/mortagee

www.oldgitsonline.co.uk/searchvoters.php

Gloucestershire Family History Society
http://www.gfhs.org.uk/elecroll.htm

Researching Family Trees pre 1800 (reply)

rookancestrybest — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 20:21:22 +0000

The branch of my family which I've traced back furthest (not from the FOD) (to Tudor times) is the one branch which did not appear to move further than the next town. There
are very good church baptismal and marriage records in the parishes where they lived and they were C of E. But even with these one has to be tentative as it there could have been others with the same names in the same area. The Familysearch.org website has this same branch of my family recorded back that far.

Researching Family Trees pre 1800 (reply)

bristolloggerheads — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 17:56:18 +0000

Depends how much they moved about too! People weren't as static as we like to think. Court records are a good source but almost certainly in Latin. I would collect as many possible wills as you can. If you're lucky someone has already reserached a connected line - put yourself about on the various boards!

Researching Family Trees pre 1800 (reply)

m p griffiths — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 11:19:46 +0000

What christian/surnames are you looking for?

The earliest records on FOD is 1538 (98 entries)

The Gloucester Marriage Index have a few back to 1625.

The Church of Latter Day Saints site is also very useful

as is the Gloucestershire Records Office Database (including Wills from 1541)

http://www.gloucestershire.gov.uk/archives

Earlier records are sometimes written in Latin - as in my 'family records' - and I used paid Researchers to search Gloucestershire/Wiltshire/Berkshire Records Office for these documents.

Also not forgetting exchange of information with fellow researchers via various websites.

What is the best way to trace your ancestors before 1700 (reply)

slowhands — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 11:10:26 +0000

Roy

You may get lucky esp. if there was some degree of "status" involved , but in general the further back the less chance of records being taken or surviving :-(

You may have a literate "line" and family papers / bibles etc to explore. You may have to rely on "public" records - however there was no formal census / headcount, so parish records / BTs become the prime source.

What is the best way to trace your ancestors before 1700

roy meek — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 10:54:06 +0000

What is the best way to trace your ancestors before 1700? or would this be very
impracticable.