Tracing ancestors

[alie]

The best place of all for finding details of your deceased family members, birth, death and marriage records, census records etc is the Family History Library at your local Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (aka Mormon Church). With their records and very helpful staff I have found many ancestors to add to my family tree. So if you haven't already been then go this very week - you'll be amazed how much genealogy you can get done fast with their help. By the way I only found this Scappers website today, it's amazing. I am an Irish Granny who has been scrapbooking since before I could walk !!! Our family has scrapbooks over 100 years old and the photos are not faded at all, not even the first colour ones taken in the 1960's have faded. I scrapbook the old fashioned way with SCRAPS!! Old cards, bits of fabric and wallpaper samples etc etc, buttons bought at boot fares, charity shops etc. I asked at a local decorating shop what they did with their old wallpaper sample books. As they just dumped them I asked if I could have them and they were only too pleased to be rid of them. Have had co-ordinating papers and borders and swatches of fabric that have lasted me years so far. Anyway now that I have found this website & all of you with similar hobbies I will no doubt get new ideas. Happy New Year everyone.

[humbug]

does every "branch" of the latter day saints have records on site?

[alie]

Not sure. Look up your local branch under places of worship in your area yellow pages and give them a buzz, they are very humble and helpful people and won't mind at all helping you with any questions. Good luck with the family tracing etc, Alie

[maxinep]

The Mormons are a really helpful form of research but do be careful as their work is not fully checked and can be misleading if you are not careful. The idea behind their info was to try and prove that everyone is related but some parishes were reluctant to give full info especially to 'other relgious bodies'.
Ancestry.co.uk is very good even though you have to pay a small fee
Good luck
maxine

[alie]

Just a wee note about LDS genealogy records (aka Mormons), their records are fully checked and validated, cross ref to and with gen reg records, public records off etc. Of course their local history libraries have limited capacity but their main archives in Utah contain millions upon millions of genealogy records. A friend of mine went to trace her family tree and when she gave them the few names and dates she had of her parents, aunts, uncles etc, they were able to tell her that her family on her Father's side had already been traced back to around 1700, as all the work had been done by a guy in Canada and he turned out to be her late father@s 2nd or 3rd cousin if I recall. Fascinating stuff Family Trees- it never ceases to amaze me what can be found. So far my relatives are all very ordinary folks, no royalty, no highwaymen not even a cattle rustler, but one lives in hope eh? Maybe there's a skeleton or two in the closet still waiting to be found!! Good luck with your search. TTFN. Alie.

[Scrappy~Sarah]

familysearch.org.uk is their web site if I remember rightly let me know if not. You can research FOC the 1881 Census and IGI for a start. There is also freecen (free census online though not 100% complete)

Good Luck

[Bluemoonjules]

Mum and dad have also found the local Family History Centre at the Mormon church helpful.

Apparently they also get info from church records and gravestones all over the place.

[Greatgranny]

Most towns have a local studies library and/or a family history society, both of which are extremely helpful. Being a parish register transcriber and volunteer at one such society (among other things) myself, I can vouch for their helpfulness.
Regards, Greatgranny

[Scrappy~Sarah]

Yes I can vouch for their helpfulness. Local Family History societies also do transcriptions of local things such as newspapers and cemetries such as ours. County FH societies can also help. Tap all sources - you may come up with something. :D

[Sandie V]

I haven't tried them directly, I might have to do that, thanks for the info.

[katiepops]

Yes I can vouch for their helpfulness. Local Family History societies also do transcriptions of local things such as newspapers and cemetries such as ours. County FH societies can also help. Tap all sources - you may come up with something. :D

Local history societies aren't always able to offer any useful help though - I e-mailled the one local to where my Dad grew up in Northern Ireland to ask if they had any information on the family (they were a very well known family in the area). My Dad (who has been living over here in England for 45+ years) told me that apparently they put something in the local paper, which someone showed to one of my cousins in the pub, and asked him if I was one of Joe's girls - when Pat said yes, this guy apparently said 'well why doesn't she ask her f***ing Father then'

Obviously he didn't know my Dad very well - this is a man who couldn't tell you what his phone number is, or his car registration number - what hope do I have of getting any information about the family! It's a real shame though, because I would love to do Dad's family tree, but I haven't been able to find any useful information online, and I don't have the time or money to go to Ireland to look for it.

Kate

[Scrappy~Sarah]

Sorry to hear this! Respect to anyone should be held high. Being like that is not helpful. Have you tried Cyndi's list - http://www.cyndislist.com/ - ( http://search.freefind.com/find.html?id=2077098&pageid=r&mode=all&query=ireland&mode=Find+pages+matching+ALL+words )
You might find something new here???
Good Luck
:)