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Author Archives: Lifelines Research
You Had One Job…
I’ll try to keep this brief. I’ve blogged a lot in the past few years about the problems with many of the databases on the major commercial genealogical websites and in particular the various county-wide English and Welsh parish register … Continue reading
Posted in Document Sources, research, Soapbox, Uncategorized
Tagged cheshire, documents, family history, Findmypast, genealogy, marriage registers, parish registers, prestbury, research
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We Need To Talk About Ancestry
Or … How The Major Commercial Genealogical Websites Are Killing Family History Research As a full-time professional researcher, I depend heavily on the resources that I’m able to access online, particularly those databases provided by the major commercial websites. Without … Continue reading
Posted in Document Sources, research, Soapbox
Tagged ANcestry, documents, family history, genealogy, parish registers, research, tribbles
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Birth or baptism?
A couple of weeks ago, I was searching for some baptisms on Ancestry’s London Parish Register Database, when I noticed something odd. I’d just done a basic search for anyone with the surname ROGERS and the parents’ names William and … Continue reading
Walls Come Tumbling Down
Brickwalls are an inescapable component of every family historian’s world. If you think about it, every line you’ve ever researched starts (or ends, depending on which way you look at it) with an individual whose parentage is unknown. So, for … Continue reading
The Annals of the Annals
An investigation into the early history of the Annal/Annand family in South Ronaldsay, Orkney The Annal surname appears to have originated separately in two parts of Scotland; in Orkney (specifically the island parish of South Ronaldsay) and in Fife (St … Continue reading
Posted in Document Sources, Local History, research, Surnames
Tagged Annal, One-Name Study, orkney, South Ronaldsay
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Where have all the women gone?
To mark International Women’s Day I wanted to have a look at the key records that we use to research our English & Welsh family history, and to consider how those records routinely under-represent the roles played by our female … Continue reading
Posted in research, Soapbox
Tagged family history, Florence Nightingale, genealogy, International Women’s Day, research, Women's History
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