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Tag Archives: parish registers
You Don’t Know What You’ve Got…
I realise that I’m running the risk of sounding like a broken record here but it seems like there’s always something else to say when it comes to assessing the work of the major commercial genealogical websites. Because it’s undeniable … Continue reading
Posted in Document Sources, research, Soapbox
Tagged documents, family history, genealogy, london metropolitan archives, parish registers, research, st pancras
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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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So, what next?
Two weeks ago today, I sat down and composed a blog post entitled, Where Have All The Registers Gone? I referred to it as a ‘soapbox’ piece and my aim was to highlight what I saw as a serious problem … Continue reading
Posted in Document Sources, research, Soapbox
Tagged digitisation, family history, genealogy, parish registers, research
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1813 And All That
A comment on Twitter this morning in response to a tweet of mine about George Rose’s Parish Register Act got me thinking. My original tweet suggested that the post-1813 printed burial registers introduced by Rose’s Act were “somewhat lacking in … Continue reading
You really can’t do it all online…
Yesterday, I made a flying visit to the library of the Society of Genealogists in London. The main purpose of my visit was to view some parish registers which I had identified as being part of their collection, thanks to … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Bedfordshire, documents, family history, Hertfordshire, parish registers, research
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