Tracing Your Family History on the Internet
A genealogist’s practical guide to researching family history online while avoiding inaccurate, incomplete, or misleading information.
 
The internet has revolutionized family history research—every day new records and resources are placed online and new methods of sharing research and communicating become available. Never before has it been so easy to research family history and to gain a better understanding of who we are and where we came from.
 
But, as British genealogist Chris Paton demonstrates in this straightforward, practical guide, while the internet is an enormous asset, it is also something to be wary of. Researchers need to take a cautious approach to the information they acquire on the web. Where did the original material come from? Has it been accurately reproduced? Why was it put online? What has been left out and what is still to come?
 
As he leads researchers through the multitude of resources that are now accessible online with an emphasis on UK and Ireland sites, Chris Paton helps to answer these questions. He shows what the internet can and cannot do—and he warns against the various traps researchers can fall into along the way.
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Tracing Your Family History on the Internet
A genealogist’s practical guide to researching family history online while avoiding inaccurate, incomplete, or misleading information.
 
The internet has revolutionized family history research—every day new records and resources are placed online and new methods of sharing research and communicating become available. Never before has it been so easy to research family history and to gain a better understanding of who we are and where we came from.
 
But, as British genealogist Chris Paton demonstrates in this straightforward, practical guide, while the internet is an enormous asset, it is also something to be wary of. Researchers need to take a cautious approach to the information they acquire on the web. Where did the original material come from? Has it been accurately reproduced? Why was it put online? What has been left out and what is still to come?
 
As he leads researchers through the multitude of resources that are now accessible online with an emphasis on UK and Ireland sites, Chris Paton helps to answer these questions. He shows what the internet can and cannot do—and he warns against the various traps researchers can fall into along the way.
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Tracing Your Family History on the Internet

Tracing Your Family History on the Internet

by Chris Paton
Tracing Your Family History on the Internet

Tracing Your Family History on the Internet

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Overview

A genealogist’s practical guide to researching family history online while avoiding inaccurate, incomplete, or misleading information.
 
The internet has revolutionized family history research—every day new records and resources are placed online and new methods of sharing research and communicating become available. Never before has it been so easy to research family history and to gain a better understanding of who we are and where we came from.
 
But, as British genealogist Chris Paton demonstrates in this straightforward, practical guide, while the internet is an enormous asset, it is also something to be wary of. Researchers need to take a cautious approach to the information they acquire on the web. Where did the original material come from? Has it been accurately reproduced? Why was it put online? What has been left out and what is still to come?
 
As he leads researchers through the multitude of resources that are now accessible online with an emphasis on UK and Ireland sites, Chris Paton helps to answer these questions. He shows what the internet can and cannot do—and he warns against the various traps researchers can fall into along the way.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781844687220
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books Limited
Publication date: 01/31/2020
Series: Tracing Your Ancestors
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 224
File size: 5 MB

About the Author

Chris Paton is a genealogist and writer based in Ayrshire. He runs the Scotland's Greatest Story research service at www.scotlandsgreateststory.co.uk. He is a regular writer for several British and Irish genealogy magazines, runs the British GENES news and events blog at www.BritishGENES.blogspot.com, and gives regular talks to local family history societies and internationally.

Table of Contents

Glossary vii

Preface 1

Chapter 1 Gateways and Institutions 3

Recording information 4

Gateway sites 4

Key Institutions 6

Commercial vendors 10

Chapter 2 Genealogical Essentials 14

Births, marriages and deaths 14

Church records 19

Censuses 24

Probate and Confirmation 26

Directories 29

Maps and Gazetteers 30

Newspapers 33

Nobility and Gentry 36

Chapter 3 Occupational Records 38

The Armed Forces 38

Merchant seamen 47

Workers' rights 49

Mining 49

Communications 50

The Church 50

The Law 52

Theatrical 53

Medical 54

Business 55

Chapter 4 England 57

Chapter 5 Wales 123

Chapter 6 Scotland 135

Western Isles 162

Chapter 7 Northern Ireland 166

Chapter 8 Crown Dependencies 173

Chapter 9 Empire and Migration 175

Immigration 175

Emigration 178

Chapter 10 Social Networking 184

Bibliography 188

Index 190

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