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Hope
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Hi everyone
Hi every one please be gentle with me I am a newbie and not got a clue what I am doing . I want to start researching my family if you can head me in the right direction thanks Family's name is Cox. Also Lane family please .
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Northern Lass
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Re: Hi everyone
Hi Hope
post in here what you want to know and we will guide you as to how to do it.
We dont give you the answers in here but show you how to find them yourself
post in here what you want to know and we will guide you as to how to do it.
We dont give you the answers in here but show you how to find them yourself
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Maths girl
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Re: Hi everyone
Hi Hope and welcome to the forum -- I presume you realise how addictive this hobby is -- but it is great fun --
1st step -- talk to anyone in your family about what they remember --
Open questions are best rather than ones that can be answered yes or no
Photographs worked wonders with my Mum as without a lot of encouragement she came out with lots of stories.
Ask away -- remind us from time to time if we get excited that you want to know how to do it yourself rather than us taking over -- having said that NL will keep an eye on us and keep us in line!
Maths girl
1st step -- talk to anyone in your family about what they remember --
Open questions are best rather than ones that can be answered yes or no
Photographs worked wonders with my Mum as without a lot of encouragement she came out with lots of stories.
Ask away -- remind us from time to time if we get excited that you want to know how to do it yourself rather than us taking over -- having said that NL will keep an eye on us and keep us in line!
Maths girl
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Hope
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Re: Hi everyone
[quote="Northern Lass":s*@]Hi Hope
post in here what you want to know and we will guide you as to how to do it.
We dont give you the answers in here but show you how to find them yourself
[/quote:s*@]
Thanks x
post in here what you want to know and we will guide you as to how to do it.
We dont give you the answers in here but show you how to find them yourself
[/quote:s*@]Thanks x
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Hope
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Re: Hi everyone
Northern Lass wrote:Hi Hope
post in here what you want to know and we will guide you as to how to do it.
We dont give you the answers in here but show you how to find them yourself
Thanks x
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peterd
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Re: Hi everyone
Dont forget when you talk to family take pen and paper as the notes will come in hand as you cannot remeber it all
or use a dictaphone and record the converstion they you got a perminate record
or use a dictaphone and record the converstion they you got a perminate record
A person should have an opinion on everything, It becomes tact whether you reveal that opinion or not.
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Hope
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Re: Hi everyone
Maths girl wrote:Hi Hope and welcome to the forum -- I presume you realise how addictive this hobby is -- but it is great fun --
1st step -- talk to anyone in your family about what they remember --
Open questions are best rather than ones that can be answered yes or no
Photographs worked wonders with my Mum as without a lot of encouragement she came out with lots of stories.
Ask away -- remind us from time to time if we get excited that you want to know how to do it yourself rather than us taking over -- having said that NL will keep an eye on us and keep us in line!
Maths girl
Hi Maths Girl thanks for. Reply not sure if I am doing this correct . Yes I can believe how addictive it can be but yes good fun not really got any one in the family left who can help me really have lost most hence the interest now . Really grateful for any help x
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peterd
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Re: Hi everyone
then parents birth & marriage certificate then granparents birth and marriage certificate is the place to start
A person should have an opinion on everything, It becomes tact whether you reveal that opinion or not.
http://www.deneview.co.uk/
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Antie Em
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Hello Hope - welcome to the forum - hope we can help 
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snoopysue
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Re: Hi everyone
Hi Hope
Welcome to the forum
As the others have said, it's very addictive!
Welcome to the forum
As the others have said, it's very addictive!
Snoopysue
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Logic merely enables one to be wrong with authority.
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Hope
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Re: Hi everyone
peterd wrote:then parents birth & marriage certificate then granparents birth and marriage certificate is the place to start
Thanks Peterd yes i now have the certificates so next stop x
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Hope
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Re: Hi everyone
snoopysue wrote:Hi Hope
Welcome to the forum
As the others have said, it's very addictive!
Thanks for the welcome snoopsue dont know whats the hardest finding my family or learning how to reply on here lol x
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Antie Em
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Hello Hope
The next step is to find the marriages of the parents - so, for example, William Jones was born in 1885 with parents John Jones and Sarah Jones (formerly Smith) - you would look for a marriage for John Jones and Sarah Smith, usually before the birth date of their child.
Sorry, I haven't read all of these posts - do you have access to Ancestry or Find My Past. If not - you will find births, deaths and marriages on FreeBMD - here : http://freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
Good Luck - let us know how you get on
Maggie
The next step is to find the marriages of the parents - so, for example, William Jones was born in 1885 with parents John Jones and Sarah Jones (formerly Smith) - you would look for a marriage for John Jones and Sarah Smith, usually before the birth date of their child.
Sorry, I haven't read all of these posts - do you have access to Ancestry or Find My Past. If not - you will find births, deaths and marriages on FreeBMD - here : http://freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
Good Luck - let us know how you get on
Maggie
There's no place like home ......
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snoopysue
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Re: Hi everyone
Hope wrote:peterd wrote:then parents birth & marriage certificate then granparents birth and marriage certificate is the place to start
Thanks Peterd yes i now have the certificates so next stop x
Next stop is to find the out more about the people on the certificate.
You could try and find their births. See this site:
http://www.freebmd.org.uk/
Would they have been around in 1911 for the census? Their fathers certainly would have been. (If you don't have a subscription to a site that has the census, post a look up).
Snoopysue
Logic merely enables one to be wrong with authority.
Logic merely enables one to be wrong with authority.
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Hope
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Re: Hi everyone
Northern Lass wrote:Hi Hope
post in here what you want to know and we will guide you as to how to do it.
We dont give you the answers in here but show you how to find them yourself