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Family History Beginners Board / Re: familiar with parish records? I'd love to hear from you!
« on: Thursday 15 May 14 13:51 BST (UK) »
Hello Darren,
I am fairly new to researching my family and would be absolutely lost without parish registers. They are invaluable in unsnarling people with the same name....happens a lot in my family and following the women in my tree. I also often find little notes that didn't make it to the indexes or official documents that solve a problem or at least give me another clue.....and when I find a register online that I can view the actual document and see the handwriting of my ancestor from 200 years ago, well that is thrilling. It helps make an emotional connection with that person to me and that is really what this is all about for all of us.
I applaud your efforts and encourage you to get going!
Dee
Portland, OR, USA
P.S. My family research is centered in Cambridgeshire and I buy my registers from parishchest.com
I am fairly new to researching my family and would be absolutely lost without parish registers. They are invaluable in unsnarling people with the same name....happens a lot in my family and following the women in my tree. I also often find little notes that didn't make it to the indexes or official documents that solve a problem or at least give me another clue.....and when I find a register online that I can view the actual document and see the handwriting of my ancestor from 200 years ago, well that is thrilling. It helps make an emotional connection with that person to me and that is really what this is all about for all of us.
I applaud your efforts and encourage you to get going!
Dee
Portland, OR, USA
P.S. My family research is centered in Cambridgeshire and I buy my registers from parishchest.com