To be clear mother's maiden name is not shown on FreeBMD till after 1911.
Best option is UKBMD which records details from ther local register office.
Not all BMD;s arrived at GRO from the local register offices.
Victor
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- 08 May 2024 20:32
- Forum: Research
- Topic: Birth certificate not found at GRO England
- Replies: 24
- Views: 649
- 21 Mar 2024 11:51
- Forum: Ancestral Sources
- Topic: 1939 Register labelled as Census - why?
- Replies: 11
- Views: 514
Re: 1939 Register labelled as Census - why?
I prefer to call it Electoral Register. I would like to add here that this was used to create the NHS list of names when it was formed in 1948
Victor
Victor
- 04 Feb 2024 23:00
- Forum: General Usage
- Topic: Adding marriage without a spouse
- Replies: 11
- Views: 902
Re: Adding marriage without a spouse
If I don't know the spouses name I do this Let's say husband John Brown and wife Mary (maiden name not known I put John Brown and Mary(Brown) or the other way \\ Brown and Mary (Brown) if I don't know the husband's Christian name or \\ Brown Mary Smith if I know the wife's maiden name As soo as I fi...
- 21 Jan 2024 18:47
- Forum: Ancestral Sources
- Topic: Census Template
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1278
Re: Census Template
When I come across a USA census on Ancestry I save it in a folder named say US census with subfolders for the year. I then go onto FH and the named person and use AS to download it to FH
It works fine with me
Victor
It works fine with me
Victor
- 17 Dec 2023 11:53
- Forum: Plugin Technical Support & Development
- Topic: Check For Possible Duplicate Media (FH7) plugin - first prototype
- Replies: 94
- Views: 8166
Re: Check For Possible Duplicate Media (FH7) plugin - first prototype
All my media are stored in separate folders under a main folder titled 'Family information' When I work on FH I import the appropriate folder using 'Add media' then chose either 'link to exisiting media record' to see if the media is there. If not then I do 'insert from file' that is the file where ...
- 15 Dec 2023 10:17
- Forum: Closed Wish List Requests
- Topic: [Already Implemented] Enhance right click context menu in 'How Related' diagrams
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2057
Re: Enhance right click context menu in 'How Related' diagrams
If you open the Tools on top of FH the firdt item states 'how related' this will tell you your family connection. If there is no connection it will say so
Victor
Victor
- 10 Dec 2023 22:50
- Forum: General Usage
- Topic: Finding the County for a list of Towns
- Replies: 7
- Views: 650
Re: Finding the County for a list of Towns
When it comes to Yorkshire always use East, WEst or North Yorkshire but now there is South Yorkshire. There are similar place names in different partsa of the county like Hessle (near Hull in East Yorkshire and Hessle (near Wakefield in West Yorkshire. Also Scalby (near Scarbaorough) in North Yorksh...
- 06 Oct 2023 15:59
- Forum: Research
- Topic: Death certificate research question
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2822
Re: Death certificate research question
Just bear in mind not every certificate arrived at the GRO. If nothing is listed you can check UKBMD where many places have had the local register transcribed. Certificates from this list are from the local registry office and the list gives a bit more detail than the GRO list. Certificates from loc...
- 30 Jul 2023 17:33
- Forum: Ancestral Sources
- Topic: census images
- Replies: 4
- Views: 768
Re: census images
I save the first image under the name of the head of the family (e,g say Alan Brown). Then the4 second under the different head of the family (say Tony Brown)
This is in addition of the census title. I also add lines (say red) round each family before saving the images
Victor
This is in addition of the census title. I also add lines (say red) round each family before saving the images
Victor
- 26 Jul 2023 20:34
- Forum: Research
- Topic: Birth certificate not found at GRO England
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6131
Re: Birth certificate not found at GRO England
It has been awhile since I got a certificate from Metropolitan Archives. I didn't do a search for them they just popped on a name I was searching on Ancestry and it directed me to the archives where I downloaded a copy
Victor
Victor
- 26 Jul 2023 20:27
- Forum: Plugin Technical Support & Development
- Topic: Rearrange address and place 1.7 errors
- Replies: 28
- Views: 3671
Re: Rearrange address and place 1.7 errors
When it comes to place names use the correct information. Leeds for example is in West Yorkshire not just Yorkshire. There is Hessle in East Yorkshire as well as West Yorkshire. There is also Scalby in North Yorkshire as well as East Yorkshire. Never miond about Yorkshire. Whatever the place name an...
- 20 Jul 2023 20:29
- Forum: Research
- Topic: Birth certificate not found at GRO England
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6131
Re: Birth certificate not found at GRO England
There is an alternative to FreeBMD. It is UKBMD this is lists details from the local register office. For a marriage it lists where the marriage took place (Register Office or name of church) UKBMD gives a reference number for ordering the certificate from the local register office. This certificate...
- 04 Jul 2023 13:57
- Forum: General Usage
- Topic: Have lost access to FH on desktop and laptop (OneDrive)
- Replies: 126
- Views: 10674
Re: Have lost access to FH on desktop and laptop (OneDrive)
For me I have a folder under Family History Projects called 'family information' in this folder I have loads of separate folders called by the different surnames. Under each surname I have separate folders for each family member. That works well with me
Victor
Victor
- 25 Jun 2023 22:35
- Forum: General Usage
- Topic: Birth and Birth Registration
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1386
Re: Birth and Birth Registration
When I have a birth certificate I don't bother with the registration. There are two forms of registraions. The fgirst is the local register office nand the second the GRO. The local registration officer has an exact copy of the certificate, which is why it is only in black and white. The GRO certifi...
- 21 Apr 2023 09:42
- Forum: Web Site Usage
- Topic: Is it time to split the General Forum?
- Replies: 84
- Views: 49691
Re: Is it time to split the General Forum?
There has been a lot of technical matters mentioned and I haven't a clue about any of them so ignore them and just get on with FH as I normally do
Victor
Victor
- 25 Mar 2023 21:53
- Forum: Ancestral Sources
- Topic: AS minor update v7.7.3
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1206
Re: AS minor update v7.7.3
Thanks Nick
I have updated my copy.
Just one question about witnesses. This comes up when I use death certificate. These certificates don't list witnesses (at least I have never seen any listed)
Maybe this bit could be removed?
Victor
I have updated my copy.
Just one question about witnesses. This comes up when I use death certificate. These certificates don't list witnesses (at least I have never seen any listed)
Maybe this bit could be removed?
Victor
- 06 Mar 2023 18:06
- Forum: Research
- Topic: England & Wales Probate Calendar images
- Replies: 25
- Views: 3213
Re: England & Wales Probate Calendar images
One can search probate on National archves.
I downloaded a copy of my in laws probate from here
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hel ... fter-1858/
I downloaded a copy of my in laws probate from here
https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/hel ... fter-1858/
- 22 Feb 2023 22:18
- Forum: General Usage
- Topic: Media
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1411
Re: Media
Under FH Project folder I have a folder names 'family information' This folder has a number of sub folders each with a surname e.g. Brown. Smith etc. Under each surname are other sub folders for the Christian names of each surname. I place all media images in the appropriate sub folder. Then when in...
- 21 Jan 2023 21:54
- Forum: General Usage
- Topic: Amended GRO birth record
- Replies: 31
- Views: 3277
Re: Amended GRO birth record
You can try checking UKBMD this gives more details and are transcripts from local registration offices. When it comes to marriages this states location of marriage like name of church or register office. Obtaining a certicate via the code provided is a copy of the original certificate and comes from...
- 11 Jan 2023 15:30
- Forum: Research
- Topic: Naming and organising digital copies of old photos
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2299
Re: Naming and organising digital copies of old photos
I have placed all my photos under a subfolder names 'family information' under this folder I have arranged several subfolders for each surname and undewr each surname subfolder is a list of other subfolders for each Christian name. All photos are saved in the appropriate named folder. In addition to...
- 05 Jan 2023 11:17
- Forum: Importing
- Topic: Collecting Data From Online and Other Researchers
- Replies: 10
- Views: 1885
Re: Collecting Data From Online and Other Researchers
I don't download data from other sites but simply copy them onto FH. The same goes with images I copy them into my photo software and save them in a folder
Victor
Victor
- 29 Dec 2022 19:28
- Forum: Research
- Topic: Citing English Census
- Replies: 73
- Views: 6830
Re: Citing English Census
I always stick to the old county boundaries. The changes in boundaries are really administration boundaries. To me the old boundaries still exist. If a person in say 1891 lived in Sheffield, West Yorkshire. Today it is Sheffield, South Yorkshire. The person lived in West Yorkshire at the time of the...
- 24 Dec 2022 10:33
- Forum: General Usage
- Topic: Place numbers ie "P" numbers
- Replies: 4
- Views: 832
Re: Place numbers ie "P" numbers
also if you see 2 places of the same name but different text you can merge them to the correct text An example is Hessle, Yorkshire, England with another name Hessle, East Yorkshire, England The East Yorkshire description is the correct one. So merge them both and accept the later as the correct one...
- 07 Dec 2022 23:41
- Forum: General Usage
- Topic: Family historian and OneDrive, advice required.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1629
Re: Family historian and OneDrive, advice required.
I was simply saying what I have done and what I have said is on One Drive and there is no corruption so I have no idea how it has happened Mark. Mark wrote C:\Users\steve\OneDrive\Documents\Family Historian Projects\All Families\All Families.fh_data\Media\15Jun1915 What I said was to indicate that m...
- 07 Dec 2022 22:21
- Forum: General Usage
- Topic: Family historian and OneDrive, advice required.
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1629
Re: Family historian and OneDrive, advice required.
I have C:\Users\steve\OneDrive\Documents\Family Historian Projects\Family Under family I add sub files for each surname and save my media files in them. When working on my tree I import the media file of the person I am working on. I have separate files for each census years and BMD. When working in...