No video was taken of presentation on "Researching in the United Kingdom" by Susan Dobbs in December 2024.
Handouts for the class can be access below:
SCOTTISH RECORDS
·
Scotlands
Peoples - Official government site –
o https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
·
Outbound
passenger lists from Scotland
o Ancestry, Family Search and Ellis
Island
·
National
Records of Scotland - Information on landowners, tenants, rents, census, etc.
·
Ship logs for Scots banished to America from
1650 – 1775
o https://immigrantships.net/Jacobite.index
·
Covenanters
Index – 17th Century religious and political movement
o www.Thereformation.info/covenanters-index
·
SCAN
Scottish Archives Network
o www.scan.org.uk
·
Ancestry,
FamilySearch, Findmypast
NORTHERN IRELAND RECORDS
·
Genealogy
records are kept on the local level
·
Ulster
includes 9 counties:
o Antrim, Armagh, Derry or Londonderry,
Down, Fermanagh, and Tyrone
·
Public
Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)
·
Northern
Ireland GenWeb
o www.ancestryireland.com/index.php
·
Genuki
– manned by volunteers
·
Civil
Registration for BMD – started in 1864
·
1922
– known as Irish Free State
·
Census
Records – 1821, 1831, 1841 and 1851
o Most were destroyed by fire
o 1861, 71, 81, and 1891 destroyed on
orders of government
Records in Wales that may solve
common name problems
When doing research for a person or family, it is important
to search the commonly used records to begin. Those records for Wales are:
·
Civil Registration –
(started in 1837)
·
Census
·
Church Records
After thoroughly searching those records and laying a
foundation for the family using the information found in them, you should then
collect identifying information from other less-used records to verify and
clarify the research you have done. Use the following records after you have
used the commonly used records:
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|
Land records are, perhaps, as
important in tracing a Welsh pedigree as the use of parish records. These
records identify the family on a piece of property, and even though the
family name changes from generation to generation, possession of the property
does not. It makes it easier to identify the family, even when the names
changes, making estate and other land records extremely valuable genealogical
sources.[2] |
·
Burial Records or
Monumental Inscriptions (MI’s)
·
Probate Records
·
Land and Property
·
Taxation
·
Compiled Pedigrees
·
Marriage bonds and
allegations
·
Poor law records
·
Court Records: Petty
Sessions, Quarter Sessions, Great Sessions
Be sure to analyze and evaluate carefully each record. You
may have to view a record several times to gather all pertinent information for
a person or family.
FamilySearch.org – Search – Research Wiki - Wales
ENGLISH RECORDS
· Best records to search are:
o
Civil
o
Church
& Parish (prior to 1837 especially) for Anglian and Non-Conformists
o
Military
o
Probate
and Wills – go to County Records (maps are based on 1974)
o
Census
records must be 100 years old to be released (1921 Census coming out this year)
o
Medieval
Records back to 1100’s
· Find My Past
o
Paid
subscription currently about $35 a month or $90 for 3 months; free trial
· My Heritage
·
Freeukgenealogy.org.uk
·
Freebmd.org.uk
· Ancestry
· Family Search
· Best DNA test if Living DNA – covers
21 regions