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Keith nuttle

Ancestry

Legg inn av Keith nuttle » 27 okt 2007 13:40:12

I am a current subscriber to the standard Ancestry that covers the US
well from the 1850 then sporadically back to 1790.

I have my basic family trees pushed back to the 1800 from the
information on the standard Ancestry subscription. To go farther back,
I will need to access information in UK and Germany prior to the 1800
hundreds.

If I upgrade to the premium with more global access will I be able to
access information on these families.

Or does the information on these UK and Germany database run out in the
early 1800's as in the US.


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Lesley Robertson

Re: Ancestry

Legg inn av Lesley Robertson » 27 okt 2007 15:05:33

"Keith nuttle" <keith_nuttle@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:MkGUi.17314$JD.3915@newssvr21.news.prodigy.net...
I am a current subscriber to the standard Ancestry that covers the US well
from the 1850 then sporadically back to 1790.

I have my basic family trees pushed back to the 1800 from the information
on the standard Ancestry subscription. To go farther back, I will need to
access information in UK and Germany prior to the 1800 hundreds.

If I upgrade to the premium with more global access will I be able to
access information on these families.

Or does the information on these UK and Germany database run out in the
early 1800's as in the US.


Which end of the UK? If Scotland, you'd be better using Scotlands people
(pay as you go, unfortuately) as it has all the original images. I
understand (haven't needed it) that the Ancestry coverage of England and
Wales is good, but be ready for some 'interesting" mis-indecing.
Lesley Robertson

Larry Van Wormer

Re: Ancestry

Legg inn av Larry Van Wormer » 27 okt 2007 15:20:17

Keith nuttle wrote:
I am a current subscriber to the standard Ancestry that covers the US
well from the 1850 then sporadically back to 1790.

I have my basic family trees pushed back to the 1800 from the
information on the standard Ancestry subscription. To go farther back,
I will need to access information in UK and Germany prior to the 1800
hundreds.

If I upgrade to the premium with more global access will I be able to
access information on these families.

Or does the information on these UK and Germany database run out in the
early 1800's as in the US.


As to the UK, I've found Ancestry to have some useful data, but for

pre-1800 have actually found much more useful info at the Mormon Family
Search service. Of course, that involves ordering in microfilms, and
viewing them at a Mormon centre, but as long as there is one nearby your
location...

Larry Van Wormer

Hugh Watkins

Re: Ancestry

Legg inn av Hugh Watkins » 27 okt 2007 16:18:31

Keith nuttle wrote:
I am a current subscriber to the standard Ancestry that covers the US
well from the 1850 then sporadically back to 1790.

I have my basic family trees pushed back to the 1800 from the
information on the standard Ancestry subscription. To go farther back,
I will need to access information in UK and Germany prior to the 1800
hundreds.

If I upgrade to the premium with more global access will I be able to
access information on these families.

Or does the information on these UK and Germany database run out in the
early 1800's as in the US.

UK
very little before 1841

with some exceptions like Yorkshire

best start asking on a rootsweb county list where there will be local
knowledge

also look for the læocal FHS which may have transcribed poarish registers

most of the stuff will be off line except Scotland

Wales will soon have parish registers on line - a couple of years maybe?

Many parish registers now filmed seach the library catalogue on
familysearch


older english stuff appearing on pay per view sites

genbrit list on rootsweb has much expertise but is raw with dumb question
aka news:soc.genealogy.britain

get into genuki by google plus a place name

ancestry.de is very new
again ask here first for look ups

Hamburg departures
also some conscription rolls


UK newbies see first
http://www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html

and then explore the site http://www.genuki.org.uk/index.html


Hugh W



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Perplexed

Re: Ancestry

Legg inn av Perplexed » 30 okt 2007 12:38:22

"Keith nuttle" <keith_nuttle@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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Or does the information on these UK and Germany database run out in the

early 1800's as in the US.



If you have relatives from Scotland then you need to use ScotlandsPeople
which is a great site but pay per view. I have sourced Wills/Inventories,
copies of old parish records (OPRs) and other information from there.
http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ You can do a free surname search.



You can also use FreeCen if your family was in Scotland, England, Wales etc
(but not Ireland) anytime from 1841.



You should use the LDS records to try and get an idea of time and place. I
have Ancestry access but still use LDS for families born in Scotland and
Ireland. I have been lucky with German records in that a local researcher
has done a lot of research on German migration to SE Australia where I live.
But basically she checked the LDS records and Church books they'd filmed and
the main surname I've looked for is relatively unusual.



Ireland is difficult. A lot of information was destroyed in the Four Courts
Fire during the Uprising, including most of the census material. But there
are other sources, Griffiths, the Flax Growers Lists, the 1901 Pension
applications and some remnants of census records etc. If you have family
originating in Ireland you should subscribe to some relevant boards. The
other thing with Irish Catholic records is, that compared to OPRs from
Scotland, all the Irish records that I've looked at resemble something like
a mad jumble. The priests within the time periods I've looked at (up to
1850s) kept records in an interesting mix of pig Latin with extremely poor
handwriting in a lot of cases. It's an interesting task trying to decipher
them. Also, the quality of the original record can be quite poor. The OPRs
from Scotland in comparison have been a pleasure to read.



If you give me a couple of your names, including where they originated in in
the UK and/or Germany and timeframes I will look them up on Ancestry to see
whether it's worth your while pursuing an Ancestry upgrade. They have a
free 14 day trial at present I notice. Have you tried that?



Good sites for starting research in the UK include:



http://www.cyndislist.com/scotland.htm Cyndi's list of web sites for
Scotland



http://www.scotlandgenweb.org/news.php



http://www.genuki.org.uk/ The UKcovered



http://www.freecen.org.uk/ FreeCen and links to FreeBMD etc. This is only
partially completed.



I also like the Y-IRL group for information about family history in Ireland.
A search of its archives might be useful. There's a lot of information
about searching for records in Ireland.



Anne

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