Re: Hooleys and Duxburys in Cheshire
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Re: Hooleys and Duxburys in Cheshire
Paul Duxbury 10/10/02
This is a mail I send to a lot of beginners(sorry if you're not a beginner)
incl. info on the GRO. As a
first step I would suggest you find out where your nearest repository
holding the GRO (General Record Office)Birth Death and Marriage indexes is
(probably a Mormon Family History Centre or in this country a Public Library
of any size is also a possibility).These commence in 1837 (from this date
it was, in theory, compulsory to register Births, Marriages and Deaths) and
are arranged first by year then quarterly (Mar,Jun,Sept,Dec) &
alphabetically.If you find your ancestor and have noted all the details
i.e. name,year,quarter,place,vol & page no. then you will have what you need
to order a copy of the original certificate.The information on the
certificates can give vital information to take you back another generation.
In the case of Marriage certificates it's advisable to cross check the bride
and grooms names if you have them.You should find the same reference for
them both although occasionally they may be in consecutive quarters!There
is a project under way to transcribe the GRO indexes :
http://FreeBMD.RootsWeb.com/Vol_instructions.htmlhttp://FreeBMD.RootsWeb.com/Vol_instructions.html
If you are lucky you may find some references here.
If your ancestors were from Cheshire then there is the new CheshireBMD
web-site at:www.Cheshirebmd.org.uk
In order to obtain
the certificate once you have found the reference number:-
If you can get to London, you can order the certificate in person at the
Family Records Centre at Myddelton Street.
One useful method is to contact the local Superintendent Registrar for the
district in which the event took place. This way the price is the same as at
London, but you do have to be sure of your district. As far as I know they
accept payment only in sterling cheques.
A listing of all the England and Wales Register offices can be found at
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big//eng/RegOffice/http://www.genuki.org.uk/big//eng/RegOffice/
It is also possible to order direct from the Office for National Statistics
(ONS), by post or by email
http://www.ons.gov.uk/regist_f.htmhttp://www.ons.gov.uk/regist_f.htm
This is slightly more expensive, particularly if a search is required -but
they accept payments using credit card - so this method may be useful if
ordering from overseas.
You can shorten this process by applying directly on-line. The forms
can be found at their web site.Go to:
http://www.statistics.gov.uk/registration/fees.asphttp://www.statistics.gov.uk/registration/fees.asp
I would also suggest you obtain the 1881 census available on cd from the
LDS(Latter Day Saints or Mormons).(I'm putting it on my xmas list this
year).
There is available (in this country at least) two sister magazines that I
have found very useful(I have no connection with them) Family tree Magazine
and esp. for beginners Practical Family History.
I hope this clues you all in a bit and that you are all successful in your
researches and that the disease doesn't prove too virulent a form!
Goodluckandkeepin touch.
Terry Jackson in Watlington, Oxfordshire
Researching:
CHS: GARNER,MCDONNELL, HOOLEY
LAN: SMITH,JACKSON,FISHER,HATTON,MCDONNELL,GOLDSMITH
SURREY: PARRATT,PUNTER,WILKINSON,BINFIELD,EARLE,LITTLE,
STAFFS:GARNER
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PS I now have the 1881 census and would be willing to do lookups.
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Re: Hooleys and Duxburys in Cheshire
Paul Duxbury 10/10/02