Genealogy Chat

IM PUSS, MY DAUGHTER AND I HAVE DECIDED TO HAVE ANOTHER GO, BASICALLY SOME OF MY RESEARCH DIDNT ADD UP AND I TRIED DOING TREES INSTEAD OF BRANCHES, WOULD SOMEONE MIND GIVING ME SOME HINTS, IM ONLY WITH GENES, WHO ELSE WOULD YOU RECOMEND, IM STARTING WITH MY DAD SHOULD I JUST DO HIS DAD THEN HIS DAD OR DO MUM AND DADS TOGETHER, I AM GOING TO LOOK FOR MY READING GLASSES, I GUESS IVE WASTED MONEY ON PREVIOUS CERTIFICETS BUT I WAS CHATTING MORE THAN RESEARCHING, THANKYOU LORRAINE X DONNA.

Donna,

Who you put on your tree is up to you! Most people follow both of their parents' lines back. Perhaps you could start with your Dad's and then follow up with your Mum's.

There are quite a few sites to help. Try using freebmd for birth, marriage and death registrations from 1837 up to approx 1940.

Also, familysearch for baptisms and marriages before 1837.

If you hit a brick wall, post on the Find Ancestors board - there are lots of very good researchers who help on there. Read through some of the threads and you will see what they can find.

Good Luck!

Start with what you know. Try to get back to 1911 Census where lots of information can be found.
Ancestry.co.uk usually has a 14 day free trial, take advantage and see how much is available to you.
There are lots of Free sites ie, familysearch.org and freebmd.org.uk not forgetting the hundreds of researchers here itching to help.

Take advantage of all the free sites and ask questions of family members. They usually have loads of information. See if they have any old papers or certificates hidden away. I had an aunt who, when I asked her questions, would usually say she didn't remember things but would phone me later because something had come back to her. When people get thinking it's amazing what comes to them. Don't disregard any snippets of information no matter how insignificant they seem at first. Oh, and ask all the lovely experts on here who can get every bit as excited about someone else's tree as they can about their own.

THANKYOU ALL VERY MUCH, WILL START WITH DADS, FOUND LOTS OF INTERSTING THINGS LAST TIME, LIKE MY GREAT GRAN BEING THE LAST SURVIVNG FISHWIFE IN SUNDERLAND, SHE HAS BEEN IN A FEW BOOKS ALSO HER CHARACTOR WAS USED IN A BOOK CALLED THE STONEY PATH BY RITA BRADSHAW, SEE WHAT ELSE POPS UP THANKS AGAIN REALLY EXCITED ABOUT STARTING AGAIN.

HI IM OFF GENES FOR TONITE BUT THANKYOU FOR YOUR HELP TONIGHT X

HELLO IM OFF OUT IN A BIT COULD SOMEONE TELL ME WHERE I LOOK FOR BAPTISM RECORDS WOULD IT BE THE CHURCH THEY WERE BAPTISED OR REGISTER OFFICE THEY WERE REGISTERD IN, THANKS IN ADVANCE.

HIYA LA , MY DAUGHTER IS DONNA IM LORRAINE LOL XX

YES MY FAMILY ARE FROM IRELAND SCOTLAND ENGLAND AND IVE A WELSH HUSBAND AND A DAUGHTER BORN IN LONDON LOL XX :-D

what are the family names you are researching and what dates are you starting from?x :-D :-D

HI SUZANNE, FIRSTLY JOHN PURVIS DECEACED BORN OCT 1946 IN SUNDERLAND , HIS DAD WAS ALSO JOHN PURVIS JULY 1921 HIS DAD UN KNOWN , BUT HIS MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE NAMES A GEORGE PURVIS WHICH I BELIEVE ANYONE COULD BE ADDED SO I NEED TO TRAVEL UP NORTH. COULD I USE MY CREDITS ON HIM ON HERE DO YOU KNOW THANKS X

if you have credits for genes then of couse to can look for him on here,but it will have to be bmd because the census only goes up until 1911.x :-D

THANKS SUZANNE. IM CURRENTLY EMAILING OTHER TREE OWNERS ATM HOPING SOMETHING NEW AS BEEN ADDED SINCE IVE BEEN AWAY. :-D

JUST USED MY FIRST LOT OF CREDITS,

IVE DONE A ONLINE SEARCH IN THE BAPTISM RECORDS IS THAT THE SAME AS GOING TO LOOK AT THEM IN DURHAM X

yes i think so. lots of my family were from durham and sunderland.x :-D

i was born in farringdon, but lived in thorney close till i was ten, when 1st dad died, i used to go back to see my nana in farringdon till 2000 when she died, we went for a memory lane tour a few yrs back, it has really changed, i was hoping to find some old school mates on fb, they all must be out at work though, thanks for helping me, i was really chuffed when i found someone, xx :-D

my very distant uncle joseph noble was hanged for murder in durham goal in 1905. :-( :-(

Hi Puss - lovely to see you posting again - changed my name since you were on last - I was Ann of Green Gables but it was too long!!! Thought about you when I was at Daff's funeral and the time we met in Hereford!!

Ann XX

I would save your credits for the census, and use FreeBMD for GRO index entries and images. It's also worth checking if there's a local index online at http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/local_bmd
In particular, via http://www.northeastbmd.org.uk/ I get to:
http://www.sunderland.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=1399
Clicking on the page # on FreeBMD just gives the names of the two couples, but doesn't identify who wed whom. E.g.,

Marriages Mar 1909 (>99%)
BURNELL Annie Sunderland 10a 825
LAW John Charles Sunderland 10a 825
MINNIKIN Violet Sunderland 10a 825
PURVIS William Henry Sunderland 10a 825

is resolved as

Surname Forename(s) Year of Marriage
BURNELL Annie 1909
PURVIS William H 1909

You're going to have to buy birth & m.certs back until you can find your ancestors with their parents on the census.

HI ANN I REMEMBER WHEN I MET DAFF THE FIRST TIME, SHE TOLD ME SHE WAS GETTING A SPECIALIST TO CHECK HER BLOODS SHE NEW SHE WAS ILL, WE MET A FEW TIMES AND SHE HELPED ME DURING A ROUGH PATCH IN MY RELATIONSHIP, I WAS BESIDE MYSELF WHEN THEY GOT IN TOUCH ABOUT HER FINAL DAYS WHAT A LOVELY UNASUMING LADY, WELL IM REDOING TREE AS I STAY IN A LOT NOW DUE TO MOBILITY SO IM REDOING MY TREE SLOWLEY WITH OLD NOTES TO CROSS, HOPE YOUR WELL WOULD BE LOVELY TO MEET UP AGAIN IN THE SUMMER XXX