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England / Re: Fisher
« on: Monday 01 April 19 20:04 BST (UK) »
Hello!
Emigration records are very patchy for before 1890ish. A few do exist. Have you tried the National Archives?
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/emigration/
Your main chance of finding the Fishers online is parish records, most of which still exist from this era and a large (and growing) proportion of which are now searchable online through the usual sites.
Do you have any idea at all where in England the Fishers originated from? The names are very common, unfortunately!
In answer to your question about Britain's censuses - the first 4 (1801-1831) didn't record people's names. They were basically headcounts for each property with a few extra bits about types of trade carried out. Not much use for most genealogy purposes.
Note though - that's only the national ones. A few local areas carried out some very detailed censuses/collections off their own bat. You might get lucky.
best of luck!
stripe
Emigration records are very patchy for before 1890ish. A few do exist. Have you tried the National Archives?
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/emigration/
Your main chance of finding the Fishers online is parish records, most of which still exist from this era and a large (and growing) proportion of which are now searchable online through the usual sites.
Do you have any idea at all where in England the Fishers originated from? The names are very common, unfortunately!
In answer to your question about Britain's censuses - the first 4 (1801-1831) didn't record people's names. They were basically headcounts for each property with a few extra bits about types of trade carried out. Not much use for most genealogy purposes.
Note though - that's only the national ones. A few local areas carried out some very detailed censuses/collections off their own bat. You might get lucky.
best of luck!
stripe