Researching your family history

Hannah_Alumni

@Albus_Scope I found one branch of my family tree who all have quite old-style biblical names, like Jeremiah! Can't wait to hear the name in your tree.

@Sandy_123 I've had the three months on top of ancestry before when I was researching UK church records. Find My Past are fantastic for that! I would say, a lot of records you cannot access once your Ancestry subscription runs out, but they'll stay linked to your tree. Have you downloaded copies of the records? 

Sandy_123

I've taken pictures of everyone's information to start it up on find my past, so I can just add the information in 

Hannah_Alumni

That's good! I didn't realise when I took my first break from it 😂

Sandy_123

Been searching my grandma's 2nd marridge to get her death reg, to discover that she never got divorced and was in her old marriage name. Took me weeks and weeks, finally got the death reg and tried to order the certificate, but gro are having problems with payments on their site. She died at 38 and I want to know why, being nosy.

Hannah_Alumni

@Sandy_123 Hopefully the GRO website is up and running properly soon. I would also look to see if the registry office where the death certificate is registered have an online order form. My local registry office does that, and they were very quick too!

I have also found the bane of names not being what they are elsewhere (like census records or baptism records). Once spent hours trying to find my great aunt Winnie and her birth name was Constance 🤦

Sandy_123

It's a head ache isn't it sometimes. I do love it though to be honest. Gro take 4 days PDF which is better then the 2 weeks posted, I made that mistake with the 1st cert I ordered and it drops in just after midnight. 

66Mustang

I hope you get some answers @Sandy_123 it sounds really interesting.

Hannah_Alumni

@Sandy_123 The fun of family! I always go for the printed version. May try the PDF! 

Sandy_123

Me too @66Mustang I'll try again Monday or Sunday.  You save 4 pound on PDF 

Hannah_Alumni

@Ada There is! You can create a tree using Ancestry or other Ancestry websites, whether you have a subscription or not. Some will have a limit of how many people you can add to your tree before you have to start paying. Like MyHeritage.

You can even look at other public trees and see what information they have. You can use local libraries - but there can be some costs there for copying or access to certain records. And there is FreeBMD Home Page to help narrow down dates for births, marriages and deaths. 

Hannah_Alumni

I'm sorry to hear that reading effects your vertigo. You know me, love a book But glad the meds can help

Another route it you know a general area of where they lived before they died, you could email local churches and cemeteries if they have records. Some cemetery records are from the local council, and they may ask for a cost. But worth asking. There's actually a website called; Find a Grave - Millions of Cemetery Records that logs deaths others have uploaded. But it was a great tool in finding what churches and cemeteries were in the area for me.  

There is also a project to log all Church of England churches gravesites in England; All of Church of England's graveyards to be photographed and digitised to create national database | ITV News with other projects of a similar nature popping up here and there. 

Hannah_Alumni

What you said reminds me of a meme of a doctor saying "I'm just going to prescribe you some medication to help the side effects of the previous medication I prescribed"

What have you listened to recently? 

Hannah_Alumni

Ooo will add that to my list. I like the Unsolved Murders: True Crime Stories podcast on Spotify. I've just listened to a 3-part podcast on Jack the Ripper. Spotify is a free app. They advertise that you can pay for premium and have no ads, but I quite like the ads. Makes me feel nostalgic, like when I'd have the radio on at my grandmas. 

I know there are a few podcasts on Spotify for history and some on BBC Sounds. If you find one you like, you'll have to let me know!  

Sandy_123

Order gone through should drop in about 1 minute after midnight on friday

Hannah_Alumni

@Sandy_123 Did the certificate you order pan out? 

Sandy_123

It wasn't what I expected I came up with the diseases of the era or child birth but was a heart condition and lung condition, which even today only gives 10 years after diagnosis, but back then there was no tests or monitoring, people just died. Intresting to find out tho

Hannah_Alumni

@sandy_123 It is interesting to find out! I often assume diseases of the era too with my ancestors. Until my grandmother told me a few things! Had someone die in an explosion, another person by poison berries... Going to be ordering more certificates myself! 

Sandy_123

Oh wow poisonous berries and explosion. I see it as peeking into their lives and I do a good write up on them. For my grandmother it looks like she was refused a divorce, back then its was all about the man. Even tho she was with someone else and had more children, and on the certificate  her  boyfriend was registered as a boarder, by law he had no rights. Maybe pride or jealously to prevent her marrying again. 

Hannah_Alumni

@Sandy_123 Funnily enough, I was speaking with my grandmother as she is going to take me to the church yards as I'd like to pay my respects. Seeing as I've dug into their lives!

That's crazy! I know divorce was still uncommon but come on! It's such a shame her partner didn't get that recognition or rights.

Did he go on to have a partner / more kids? 

Sandy_123

I've not looked into him yet but they both had kids together! Which would of been frowned on then. I actually met the kids they had but I don't recall their names. I'll get back to you on that. I've got grandads death cert dropping in my email on Friday. 
I would love to go round and visit graves would take a long time as they are in North East and Scotland most of them.