Ideas for Researching Non-Conformist Ancestors Webinar with Jackie Depelle Posted 6 March 2023 by Julie GoucherFor most genealogy research first port of call for people before 1837 is usually the Baptism, Marriage and Burial entries in the Church of England’s Parish Registers. However, many of people chose to not to belong to the Anglican Church and are therefore missing from these records. The alternative denominations are often collectively known as [Click to continue…]
20th Century Sources Posted 2 March 2023 by Julie GoucherFor the Guild’s webinar in March 2023 we welcome Janet Few. We often neglect the twentieth century as being ‘not really history’ but there is plenty of one-name research that can be done. Twentieth century research brings with it the difficulties of larger and more mobile populations as well as records that are closed to [Click to continue…]