I'd like to pass on information about a genealogy service which is easy & free. It may help you a great deal if you are researching your own family. Lost Cousins is the name - why not go & have a look?
It works by asking you to enter details of the census pages (e.g. the 1881 census of England & Wales) on which your ancestor appears. Anyone who matches with you will be brought to your attention, so you can share research.
Currently LostCousins can only help people who had relatives (not necessarily direct ancestors) living in the US, Britain or Canada in 1880-81, or in England & Wales in 1841.
Also, latest addition is the1911 census of Ireland.
View the excellent free newsletter here.
It is free to join Lost Cousins, and seems to be a very good idea.
Another way of matching up with other researchers is Genes Reunited (small fee), and an interesting one which matches up folk looking at the same geographical area is Ancestral Atlas. Do let me know if you give them a go - what do you think?
Showing posts with label Armitage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Armitage. Show all posts
Sorry I haven't written
As you can see, I've been a bit busy recently. So no new posts.
(Click on image. Great puns at the end of that post, but do watch out for the language.)
Uncle Remus??
Thanks to relatives who have passed this note to me - it's "doing the rounds". So it may well not be true, but it's a nice story...
Judy Wallman, a professional genealogy researcher in southern California, was doing some personal work on her own family tree. She discovered that Congressman Harry Reid's great-great uncle, Remus Reid, was hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Montana in 1889. Both Judy and Harry Reid share this common ancestor.
Judy Wallman, a professional genealogy researcher in southern California, was doing some personal work on her own family tree. She discovered that Congressman Harry Reid's great-great uncle, Remus Reid, was hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Montana in 1889. Both Judy and Harry Reid share this common ancestor.
Mary, Mary, Quite the Smasher!
Mary Armitage died in October 2007 and so I have posted this message as a little memorial page for her, with all our love to Grandad Armitage.
Mary Margaret Armitage (nee Sennett), born November 14th 1923 - died October 13th 2007.
Mary Margaret Armitage (nee Sennett), born November 14th 1923 - died October 13th 2007.
Eric the Nicky-Nack Grandad
Eric Winston Armitage
We used to call him Nicky-Nack Grandad because of the name of the pub (since renamed to The Daleside Inn) at the junction when we travelled up to visit.
Here's an early photo of Eric, very proudly posing in his First Car
We used to call him Nicky-Nack Grandad because of the name of the pub (since renamed to The Daleside Inn) at the junction when we travelled up to visit.
Here's an early photo of Eric, very proudly posing in his First Car Armitage Elders
In the last post we were introduced to my great Grandfather Leo and his family in Thorne, West Riding, including an entry from the 1901 Census. We can go further back and learn more about them. (This post is way overlong just now, so I'm going to take you on a bit of roller-coaster, actually. Take your Joy-Rides tablets now...)
Canned Fosters
The Foster family
The family of Eric's mother, Marian Foster can be seen in the National Census, at Fishlake. Further info on this town from Genuki, here and from the DDFHS, here.
If you look at the bottom of this website, you'll see a family tree for this branch of the family (and all the others, of course!)
The family of Eric's mother, Marian Foster can be seen in the National Census, at Fishlake. Further info on this town from Genuki, here and from the DDFHS, here.
If you look at the bottom of this website, you'll see a family tree for this branch of the family (and all the others, of course!)
Ye Olde Yellow Pages, Thorne, Yorkshire
Here we find an entry for some Armitage Ancestors in Trade Directories for the Thorne area.
In a trade directory for 1822 in Thorne (busy place!!), a George ARMITAGE is listed as a Stonemason & merchant.
I searched the 1828-9 Pigot's directory & found no Armitages in Thorne.
In a trade directory for 1837 in Thorne, Mr Geo. ARMITAGE is listed under Bricklayers, King St. (I think that's our Walter's Father.)
In a trade directory for 1822 in Thorne (busy place!!), a George ARMITAGE is listed as a Stonemason & merchant.
I searched the 1828-9 Pigot's directory & found no Armitages in Thorne.
In a trade directory for 1837 in Thorne, Mr Geo. ARMITAGE is listed under Bricklayers, King St. (I think that's our Walter's Father.)
Germaine Leo Armitage certainly doesn't blot his copybook.
Germaine Leo Armitage (my Granddad's father) was not found in the family home on the night of the 1891 census, so I searched for Leo - he would be around 15 years old - in other areas of the country.
A likely match is a young Leo G. Armitage, 15, born Deepsas {sic Deepcar?}, Yorks), a pupil boarding at a school at Gildersome {Leeds/Bradford area}. In his later work as an engineer, Leo needed a very good education in physics & maths.
There are a few Google-mentions of boarding schools in Gildersome
A likely match is a young Leo G. Armitage, 15, born Deepsas {sic Deepcar?}, Yorks), a pupil boarding at a school at Gildersome {Leeds/Bradford area}. In his later work as an engineer, Leo needed a very good education in physics & maths.
There are a few Google-mentions of boarding schools in Gildersome
Family History - how to get started on some of your own...
A guide to family history research (in the UK). See someone else's guide, too - on the FFHS site.
And No, I didn't do it the way I set out below - I made lots of mistakes and had many false starts!
Always remember the Genealogists' Code of Conduct.
And No, I didn't do it the way I set out below - I made lots of mistakes and had many false starts!
Always remember the Genealogists' Code of Conduct.
- As the King of Hearts said, it's important to "begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop".
- First ask questions of all the relatives you can find and make sure you won't be duplicating research someone else has already done,
- Then find all the original birth, marriage and death certificates (BMD) you can find, also documents such as old letters, photos, family bibles etc can give interesting clues.
- Keep careful records throughout, of course!
- The best place to start with genealogical research on the internet is Genuki as it covers everything.
- Research on the internet can begin with accessing further BMD data. It's best to start with the local indexes - see a rather patchy county-by-county access from here, or for direct access to local indexes try the library in the locality. Free access to the national indexes here, up to around 1911. Scottish BMD data is available here for a fee. Some useful information is accessible for Northern Ireland, here.
- If you find that there are several different people who all fit the age & location you are searching (eg 10 different John Smiths) then you'll need to try and narrow it down - that means more questions around the family, using the National Census, or paying for the certificates will mean you can see the full details on the certificate. (You can buy the BMD certificates you need from here (£7 each, but if you want to be sure, it saves a lot of wasted effort & time later!)
- It's really important to get your facts right!
- Then you can access data on family groups, occupations etc from Census returns (link here to GENUKI's guidance on the UK census). Always try & work backwards from what you know for sure!!!....Begin with the 1901 census, although access to 1911 census data is beginning to open up early - search online (pay-per-view) at Find My Past here. Data in the full England & Wales 1901, 1891 and 1881 censuses {censi??} are transcribed into searchable databases (free access to 1881 data via the Latter Day Saints website here, via FreeCen mainly for the 1891 census, and a limited service here on the 1901 census). These sources are good, but can be patchy - they are not yet fully transcribed, so you may like to buy credits for access to an image of the original 1901 document here, or all census returns at Ancestry.co.uk).
- Older Census returns can be accessed, back to 1841 in England & Wales via FreeCen (patchy) and also at Ancestry.co.uk.
- Then access to parish records can help to track relatives beyond 1837 (when BMD records began, or pre-1855 in Scotland) - these records are generally accessed in person locally, but some records are online (the Latter Day Saints site here, for example. Find out more here).
- If you know a relative was in the military, records can be searched:- in Ancestry.com (if you are a paid-up member); at the National Archives (for a £3.50 fee per search); or free at the Commonwealth Graves Commission. *NEW* Excellent guide to what's available online for researching military history; UK-MFH
- You may find some interesting stories; Workhouses, Immigration, Emigration, (also the Ship's List) Trials & Prisons. Old newspapers (e.g family announcements and their 15 minutes of fame!) are searchable online free, here
- Do make sure you Google your relatives (but, oh please, not this way!). Use the Advanced Search button.
- If you feel you need to find some family who are still 'with us', there are all sorts of resources for 20thC. researches, but for a fee - such as this site, the BT archive of old phone books, or 192.com to search electoral rolls.
- Don't forget to share your researches with family members - something you have found may trip a memory that lay hidden before. Also the internet can help you to unearth relatives with whom your family had lost touch. (eg GenesReunited, Rootsweb, also regional family history societies)
- Best of luck with your searches, but watch you don't take things too far!
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