Family History
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Family History RecordsFamily history is more than just name, birth date, marriage date and death date. Events that happen in village/town they lived in or even world events such as the Boar War, World War 1 and World War 2 can hold viltal information to finding your ancestors. Records availableBirth, Marriage and Death On 1st July 1837 the Registration Act was passed this meant that all births, marriages and deaths were to be legally registered. These records are broke into Districts, Sub districts, Volumes and Pages. These records are held by the GRO (General Records Office) Read more about Birth, Marriage and Death records Parish records are the records held by the church. In most cases these are now deposited in the local records office of the area. In 1589 the clergy were ordered by Queen Elizabeth I to keep transcripts of their registers including Births, Marriages and Deaths. Burials were also record in loose slips of paper. Read more on Bishops Transcripts At some point in your research you will find an ancestor who was in the Military. This section will guide you through the military records available. Manorial Documents Register Manorial documents have statutory protection under the Manorial Documents Rules. They are defined in the Rules as court rolls, surveys, maps, terriers, documents and books of every description relating to the boundaries, franchises, wastes, customs or courts of a manor. Only those types of document defined in the Rules as manorial documents are noted in the Manorial Documents Register. Title deeds and other evidences of title are not defined as manorial documents and are therefore not included in the Register. School records are too often overlooked when it comes to family history research. They can hold vital information such as the fathers name, address and sometimes occupation, the names of any previous school and the date of leaving. Electoral Registers These where/are taken annually and can be a great resource for finding an when an ancestor was alive. Read more on Electoral Registers
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