Genealogy Forum UK

SOURCES FOR TRACING YOUR
FAMILY TREE AT DALHS

Printed guides on how to trace your ancestors
Journals & Newsletters of Local Family History Society
Family Heirlooms e.g. photographs, family bible
Printed Pedigrees & Biographies
GRO Indexes to Births, Deaths and Marriages
Census Returns
Parish & Non-conformist Registers & Records
IGI
Monumental Inscriptions
Cemetery Records
Directories
Newspapers e.g. obituaries, birth/marriage/death notices
School Records e.g. Admission Registers
Apprenticeship indentures
Estate records (COUltRolls, Rentals, Leases etc.)
Enclosure & Tithe Awards
Poor Law Records (Registers of Admissions & Discharges)
Rolls of Honour
Electoral Registers
Rate Books & Valuation Lists
Court Records
Wills Inventories (printed Dudley wills & those proved at , tl Sedgley 1614 - early 19 1 century)
Taxation Records
Books on the derivation of surnames

SDodson wrote:Hi I hope to learn more by joining ths site .We are well into my family tree as we are down to pre census and early registration.What is the next step. Visiting forchurch information? My last known paternal Dodson is given as Ireland and his wife from Quebec America where do I go to get info on them?

linell wrote:Hi welcome to the forum, here is a list of what you can look for Pre 1837:-

Prior to 1837, the basic source is the parish registers (the IGI, like BVRI,
is a valuable but very incomplete and sometimes inaccurate index to these
and excludes vital information like marriage witnesses) but they are only a
starting point. Fill in the information from them with other material from
settlement papers, directories, parish rates, parish poor law payments,
bastardy papers, apprenticeship records, court proceedings, muster rolls,
protestation rolls, hearth tax, visitation records... Settlement and removal
examinations can be especially rewarding in providing a "mini-autobiography"
of the person concerned

HTH from Linell.