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Post by kevkj on Sept 13, 2011 13:36:43 GMT
Im looking for someone a bit more experienced than me with searching historic records.
I have traced my great, great great grandfather Richard Smith back to his birth in Ranton in 1793.
He married Mary Dunn from Chebsey in Eccleshall in July 1828.
Now the interesting bit the Captain of the Ttitanics grandfather Edward was also borr in Ranton at a similar time.
With Ranton being a hamlet the chances are likely they were related,but im stuck.
I need his (Richards) birth record or marriage certificate for the next clues.
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Post by stokietomo on Sept 13, 2011 13:56:58 GMT
Maybe try speaking to the local church/parish from that area. On "Who do you think you are" they always seem to be able to find records of births, marriages etc from the church records. You could also try the Census records online. Well done in getting even that far back. I would like to trace my roots but dont really know where to start. Try some of these sites www.google.co.uk/search?q=census+records+1700&rls=p,com.microsoft:en-gb:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&redir_esc=&ei=aWFvTsueMIjAhAfbu-DbCQ |
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Post by kevkj on Sept 13, 2011 14:13:35 GMT
Tomo i have used all the censuses back to 1841 to gain the information i alread have.
Ive manged to get 5 generations back quite easily but now stuck.
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Post by neworleanstokie on Sept 13, 2011 14:22:22 GMT
I'm related to the First Office of the Titanic. William McMaster Murdoch. He was the cousin of my GGGrandfather. I went to school with a lad who was related to Cpt Smith but haven't kept in touch. Lucking for me bc of Murdoch my family was well researched and I met a very distant relative after the movie came out who gave me a lot of info. I have my family tree back to 1750. Isle of Skye before that (would love to do more research).
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Post by stokietomo on Sept 13, 2011 15:46:38 GMT
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Post by poonthepotter on Sept 13, 2011 16:06:33 GMT
Always wanted to do this kind of thing myself! wouldnt know where to start though
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Post by chunkie on Sept 13, 2011 22:45:01 GMT
go to the archives department in Hanley and book a computer for a couple of hours. They are very helpful and you can go on various websites such as ancestory free of charge. I found Staffordshire md very useful but they have plenty of microphish church records and for a few pence can get photocopies of birth certificates etc.
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Post by chunkie on Sept 13, 2011 22:51:52 GMT
sorry I meant Hanley library archives department upstairs and its Staffordshire bmd website!
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Post by petrent on Sept 14, 2011 4:44:34 GMT
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Post by PotterLog on Sept 15, 2011 2:04:00 GMT
My old man did a bit of this recently and found we were related to this person... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cora_PearlQuite rock n' roll in a way. My grandma didn't like it much though.  |
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Post by maxplonk on Sept 16, 2011 15:57:46 GMT
Going back beyond 1800 things start to get difficult as there are no Census records and no official BMD records (other than what the churches made and kept). Other sources which MIGHT help include wills, tax records etc. but these are not so easy to come by. Sites like ancestry.co.uk and genesreunited.com allow a bit of free searching (you pay for looking at the records). For peeps wondering where to start their family history research, talk to your old family members first, then look at BMD certificates for them, by which time you'll have either given up or be totally hooked  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2011 18:32:31 GMT
My old man did a bit of this recently and found we were related to this person... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cora_PearlQuite rock n' roll in a way. My grandma didn't like it much though. Gives new meaning to the insult, 'Your great-great-great-great-great-great Grandmother is a whore' I just looked up a few bits on the internet for my family, might give it a proper go and do some actual real research, any tips? |
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