What Country is your research ?

[PaulaToo]

Start a thread explaining your problems, jo, and see what happens next...

[jobarnes]

okay thanks for the advice

[Codd]

Thank you, PaulaToo and Starshine for the welcome and words of encouragement.  I know what you mean about being surrounded by scribbled notes!  It's great fun though.

I find it much easier to get information from the English sites.  In Canada, I have to go to each province's vital statistics and in some provinces I have to explain why I want the information and who I am.

[PaulaToo]

You shouldn't have too much trouble with the ones over here, Codd. A lot of Irish ones were destroyed, that's the only problem with them, and of course, there is the old Welsh one, where you get double names...Thomas Thomas, William Williams, and the like, and to make it more fun, there are always about half a dozen in the same town or village at the same time.
 

[Codd]

I have come across that a little bit already, PaulToo.  Either everyone in the enrire village was related to each other, or they just all like the same names.

It's going to fun and I'm enjoying it so far.

[jobarnes]

  my lot are like that on both sides - several Roberts,Peters and Davids
Happy Hunting everyone

jo

[Starshine]

Hi Jobarnes..    Happy hunting to you too..

I've found some good tips in the Cheshire section....

Its pointed me in the direction of the BMD..  and for the first time i feel i'm actually making some progress..

Feeling brave I decided to jump in the index.. and work my way through it starting with A..  its a slow process.. but I love it when I find someone I know..
Its makes you realise that people are never really gone...

[jobarnes]

Hi Starshine

Thanks for the tip but I think BMD is English and Welsh Data and  my family is Scottish so wouldn't have their records.

Jo

[Starshine]

Hi Jo...

Yes thats true.. though there will probably be an equivalent for the Scottish area... hope you find something...