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Documents, Photos And Asking Around
Getting your hands on old documents such as birth certificates, marriage records, and family photographs can be a great aid in your effort to trace your family history. If you are working with old documents our expert can give advice on how to use them to your advantage in your effort to uncover your genealogy.

Questions Answered by our Experts

Stella Colwell
Stella Colwell-Author and Family Historian
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Nick Barratt
DR Nick Barratt-Genealogist
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Old Documents 
  1. Stella Colwell
  2. What are the most common problems when reading old documents? 
  3. Where can I go for help if the documents are in Latin? 
  4. Are the dates and words important? 
  5. How can I correctly interpret my findings? 
  6. How do I trace old documents? 
  7. What are your tips for handling old documents? 
  8. Where can I go for help? 
  9. Is there a manual that can help me decipher these words? 
  10. What about regional dialects, how do I decipher them? 
  11. How are numbers written in old documents? 
  12. How should I file and store my findings? 
  13. How start a local search? 
Parish Registers 
  1. Stella Colwell
  2. What are Parish Registers? 
  3. Where might I find Parish Registers? 
  4. What are indexes? 
  5. Can I obtain copies of Parish Registers? 
  6. How do I interpret Parish Registers? 
  7. How can Parish Registers help me? 
  8. What are non-conformist chapel registers? 
  9. Where would I find non-conformist registers? 
  10. Can I use both parish and non-conformist registers? 
  11. Are there registers that cover the rest of the UK and USA? 
  12. What other records are available? 
  13. What is a death Duty Record? 
  14. What can a death duty register tell me? 
  15. Where can I obtain a copy of a death duty register? 
  16. Can a Will help me in tracing my Family History? 
  17. How can I get a copy of a Will? 
  18. What are Probate Records? 
  19. What do I do if I can find documents or are nonexistent like a Will? 
The Interview 
  1. Stella Colwell
  2. What is the best way to get family members to take part? 
  3. I'm not sure what questions I should ask? 
  4. How long should interviews take? 
  5. Should I interview everyone? 
  6. What is the best time to interview a family member? 
  7. What is the best way of recording the interview handwritten, electronically or digitally? 
  8. Any tips on interviewing people? 
  9. What if my relatives have moved away or dead? 
  10. Should I be worried about copyright? 
Heirlooms And Photographs 
  1. DR Nick Barratt
  2. Can I trace an old family photograph? 
  3. Can I trace the history of a family heirloom? 
  4. What can I find out from a gravestone? 
The Census 
  1. DR Nick Barratt
  2. What is the Census? 
  3. How do I use the Census? 
  4. Where do I get a copy of the sentence from? 
  5. Does the Census hold information across the whole of the UK? 
  6. What dates does the Census cover? 
  7. How will the Census help me? 
  8. How do I search for my ancestors? 
  9. How are search results displayed? 
  10. Why do I see duplicate listings of the same ancestor? 
  11. How do I narrow my search? 
  12. How do I search for children of the same parents? 
  13. What is a submission number and how is it useful? 
  14. Why can't I find myself? 
  15. Why can't I find my ancestors? 
  16. What if my family are from Europe? 
  17. What if my family are from the Caribbean? 

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