Not that long ago, the large microfilm room at The Family Record Centre in London (God rest its soul) was humming with conversation and the clacker of the census films being wound forward or back. The 1881 census was the first to be surname indexed, (which took a large team of volunteers under the supervision… Continue reading Stray Thoughts on the English census
Category: Sources
Posts about specific genealogy and historical sources
It’s there, but not online
Are you in a situation where you are certain you have examined or found all possible records online and your research is now stuck? There is no need to be despondent or to give up. What you need is available but is simply not online. In fact, not even half of what you could be… Continue reading It’s there, but not online
Online newspaper links
In genealogy it helps to be a ‘completist’. I always like to have a complete list of all records, sources or websites available, so that when I search I know I am not missing anything. As more and more goes online it becomes increasingly difficult to know precisely where to start a search. Often we… Continue reading Online newspaper links