I can’t believe three years have already passed since the release of the 1921 UK Census! These records were recently released on Ancestry.com!
Just like the 1911 Census, the census used a separate sheet for each household. The head of the household was required to fill out the form and members of the household were required by law to either give the head …
read moreOver the last few years I have found a new love: county record offices. County records are an underutilized tool for English genealogical research, possibly because of the cost of the records or lack of knowledge on how to find these offline records.
Genealogical research in England can be fairly straightforward, except for when it is not. Many researchers use census records, church records, probate …
read moreThe 2021 UK Census is available now on FindMyPast! But there is one pretty big catch. The census is not included in any of their membership plans and will only be available pay-per-view.
You can search the census for free (meaning it will say whether or not they have a record matching your search terms), however, you can’t view the image or the transcript …
read morePrior to the Registration Act of 1836, the responsibility of maintaining English birth records fell primarily on churches. A method of documenting births to be held in a centralized location, apart from the church, was deemed necessary. With the creation of the Registration Act of 1836, the General Register Office (GRO) in London was established to maintain the birth records in England and Wales, no …
read moreIn the famous words of J.R.R. Tolkien, “Not all those who wander are lost.”1 But finding records of our wandering family members can be a challenge.
The term stray refers to a non-local who shows up in a record. And a stray record is the record that contains that individual. For instance, a burial record that includes a person from a different …
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Karen Kowallis, MEd, AG® is an Accredited Genealogist® with a passion for learning, teaching, and researching.