Genealogy

[Jon MW]

Can't bring myself to put my DOB and mother's maiden name into a random website

Why would you need to put in your DOB?

[G1BTW]

Can't bring myself to put my DOB and mother's maiden name into a random website

Why would you need to put in your DOB?

I was assuming it used my DOB to check a database and distinguish me from all the other Joseph McBloggs?

[pokefast]

That ancestry site looks just the job,so far managed to tie up a few death and marriage dates.

I'm sure harder times lie ahead.

[Jon MW]

Can't bring myself to put my DOB and mother's maiden name into a random website

Why would you need to put in your DOB?

I was assuming it used my DOB to check a database and distinguish me from all the other Joseph McBloggs?

It doesn't matter who you are - it's your ancestors you're looking for.

The genealogy sites all take precautions for data protection. You can post whatever you like but most of them suggest any living relatives are listed as "Living Relative" or similar.  Sometimes they'll put the name and not the DOB, but usually if there's a problem it's down to the bad choice of someone using the site rather than the site itself.

I'm not too sure how much Genes Reunited follows that though - but I don't think it's that good a site for research anyway

[pokefast]

Is there anywhere online i can view birth and death certificates?

[curnow]

Is there anywhere online i can view birth and death certificates?

you have to order them from register office http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ £7 each & takes about a week

if you got ancestry check out  seach/family trees & you may be lucky & find someone done part of your tree already , still need to check it

[Colchester Kev]

Jon,

How much would you charge to do a family tree for someone ?

[pokefast]

Slightly confused.

Found my Grandad who was born 18th June 1910 died in Oct 2003 but his birth wasn't recorded till the quarter of Jul-Aug-Sept 1910.

I know its him but why the discrepency?

[pokefast]

Is there anywhere online i can view birth and death certificates?

you have to order them from register office http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ £7 each & takes about a week

if you got ancestry check out  seach/family trees & you may be lucky & find someone done part of your tree already , still need to check it

Can you view them before you buy them?

Reason i ask is that in the birth records on ancestry it only names the mother and not the father?

[Claw75]

Slightly confused.

Found my Grandad who was born 18th June 1910 died in Oct 2003 but his birth wasn't recorded till the quarter of Jul-Aug-Sept 1910.

I know its him but why the discrepency?

you can register a birth any time in the six weeks after a baby is born.  Eg my daughter was born in December 2002, but not registered until quarter jan-feb-march 2003

[pokefast]

Slightly confused.

Found my Grandad who was born 18th June 1910 died in Oct 2003 but his birth wasn't recorded till the quarter of Jul-Aug-Sept 1910.

I know its him but why the discrepency?

you can register a birth any time in the six weeks after a baby is born.  Eg my daughter was born in December 2002, but not registered until quarter jan-feb-march 2003

Ahhhhhhhh  tyty

[Jon MW]

Is there anywhere online i can view birth and death certificates?

you have to order them from register office http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/ £7 each & takes about a week

if you got ancestry check out  seach/family trees & you may be lucky & find someone done part of your tree already , still need to check it

Can you view them before you buy them?

Reason i ask is that in the birth records on ancestry it only names the mother and not the father?

It's only the index online. There are plans to get it all online - but it's a government project, so not likely to happen this century.

[Jon MW]

Jon,

How much would you charge to do a family tree for someone ?

Some people are easier to look up than others.

I'd guess something like £50 for 10 hours to see if that produced a satisfactory amount of results for the cost before reassessing.

The commercial rate would be a few times this - there are only a few people who make a living from it, but apparantly they're not short of a bob or two.

[pokefast]

Sorry more questions!

Is there anywhere i can view more up to date census?

I've got all info upto and including my grandparents plus 3 of the 4 mothers surnames of my great grandparents. how do i go about finding my grandparents fathers names?

[Jon MW]

Sorry more questions!

Is there anywhere i can view more up to date census?

I've got all info upto and including my grandparents plus 3 of the 4 mothers surnames of my great grandparents. how do i go about finding my grandparents fathers names?

Every 10 years from 1841 to 1911 has a census available to view. Bit of a wait before the 1921 will be available.

"how do i go about finding my grandparents fathers names?"

I did say the 20th century is the tricky part.

If it's after 1911.

Browse:

Around the time they died on the death index if you don't know when they were born
Around the time they were born on the Birth index for any siblings
Around the time the eldest sibling was born on the marriage index for their parents marriage


This is where a good idea of the location to look in, and a relatively rare name will come in handy. Because it's the most likely place where more than one person will fit the bill and you won't know how to tell which is the right one. The more information you know in general the easier it is to be sure you have the right person when you find them - but doesn't necessarily help you find them.