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Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 13 Send Message	Eric	Report	3 Feb 2018 20:20
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 13 Send Message	where is best source of information for records pre census years please.
Member Since: February 2006 Posts: 36,149 Send Message	Rambling	Report	3 Feb 2018 21:11
	Depends on location I would say, both FMP and Ancestry have Parish records for different areas. Most of us use many sites not just one, and make as much use of free sites as the subscription ones. Just two https://www.familysearch.org/search http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/ Google what's available for the counties you're interested in. There are lots of individual pages for towns and villages online.
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Member Since: November 2003 Posts: 28,261 Send Message	KathleenBell	Report	4 Feb 2018 00:13
	You can find some information in Newspapers (Findmypast has some and I imagine Ancestry have too). Trade directories can sometimes help. Kath. x