Manchester Family History

Anyone with ancestors in Manchester, England may like to go here.
If you have the time it is worth looking at findmypast.co.uk Blog. All sorts of things here.

Spring Term

WHO DO YOU THINK YOU MIGHT BE

Have you ever wondered about your ancestors, looked at some TV programme & thought ‘that looks easy’ then gone to a computer to find out how you can research your family?  “You just have to start looking”! If you are a beginner it can be daunting – all that information – where do you start! Maybe you have been researching for years but just can’t break down that brick wall. Help is at hand at Yanchep Community Centre & Two Rocks Library. Beginning on Wednesday 26^th October through to 14^th December, Angie Beck will guide you through the forest of information to find your tree. Maybe a convict, an ag lab (agricultural labourer) or a Lord?

At Yanchep Community Centre, from 10.30 – midday you will be able to learn how to use ‘FIND MY PAST’.  For a small fee you can check Migration records, Military records, Parish records & many more documents (mainly UK). In the afternoon from 2pm-4pm at Two Rocks Library Angie will guide you through Ancestry.com. “You don’t have to know what you are looking for… You just have to start looking.”  It can be very confusing if you just put a surname in & then get a million ‘hits’!! There are ways of working out if they belong to your family. 

If you are interested please phone Yanchep Community Centre 9561 2039 or Two Rock Library 9561 1110 to book a place.

If you are wanting more instruction on how to use a computer there are classes at both venues. Yanchep Community Centre on a Thursday & the library on a Monday. Booking is essential as there are a limited number of computers.

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Researching Jewish families

A very interesting web site about the Jewish Community of England.

Anglo-Jewish Miscellanies.

New at Find My Past

FIND MY PAST

The Manchester Collection is an exciting collection which brings your Manchester ancestors to life.
The collection contains information about apprentices, cemetery records, industrial school registers, parish register transcripts, prison, school and workhouse registers. 

Click to enlarge & you may see poor Bridget Donaghan had no upper teeth!

FIND MY PAST coming soon to Yanchep Community Centre.

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Genealogy Blog Finder

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London Gazette

No cost to register. Worth doing a trawl through the pages.

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Ros Davies Family History Research Site

Information on over 600,000 people
I found this web site in a book I am reading.

1911 UK census

Have you experienced challenges finding your ancestors in the census? The 1911 census offers an unparalleled insight into our ancestors' lives – findmypast.co.uk is the only place you can search the complete 1911 census for England & Wales.

(Click images for enlargment)

 My mother Cecily Maud age 5.

My father Gerald Seymour age 6.

As you can see there is information on all sorts of things - including how long the marriage has lasted, how many children living & how many have died, how many rooms in the house & where the birthplace of every person was. You can see how the BECK family moved around London. 

The Yanchep Community Centre will be getting Find My Past so watch this space for when you will be able to trace your family.