British and Irish Place-Names

Usage of saint dedications

1. Omit saint dedications for small hamlets and towns consisting of single parishes, such as:
   1. St. Mary the Virgin, Chedzoy, Somerset, England [INCORRECT]
   2. Chedzoy, Somerset, England [CORRECT]
2. Insert saint dedications for towns and cities containing multiple parishes, such as:
   1. St. Augustine, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [CORRECT]
   2. Bristol St. Augustine, Gloucestershire, England [INCORRECT]
   3. Bristol, Gloucestershire, England [USUALLY INCORRECT, unless more specific information is not known]

Usage of "-shire"

1. Use "-shire" when it cannot be detached from the county in standard English:
   1. Berkshire
   2. Cheshire
   3. Hampshire
   4. Lancashire
   5. Shropshire
   6. Wiltshire
2. Use "-shire" for counties whose county towns share the same name as the county (i.e. Leicester, Leiestershire):
   1. Aberdeenshire
   2. Ayrshire
   3. Banffshire
   4. Bedfordshire
   5. Breconshire
   6. Caernarvonshire
   7. Cambridgeshire
   8. Cardiganshire
   9. Carmarthenshire
   10. Clackmannanshire
   11. Denbighshire
   12. Derbyshire
   13. Dumfriesshire
   14. Dunbartonshire
   15. Flintshire
   16. Gloucestershire
   17. Herefordshire
   18. Hertfordshire
   19. Huntingdonshire
   20. Inverness-shire
   21. Kinross-shire
   22. Kirkcudbrightshire
   23. Lanarkshire
   24. Leicestershire
   25. Lincolnshire
   26. Monmouthshire
   27. Montgomeryshire
   28. Nairnshire
   29. Northamptonshire
   30. Nottinghamshire
   31. Oxfordshire
   32. Peeblesshire
   33. Pembrokeshire
   34. Perthshire
   35. Radnorshire
   36. Renfrewshire
   37. Roxburghshire
   38. Selkirkshire
   39. Staffordshire
   40. Stirlingshire
   41. Warwickshire
   42. Wigtownshire
   43. Worcestershire
   44. Yorkshire
3. For all other counties, do not attach "-shire:"
   1. Anglesey
   2. Angus
   3. Argyll
   4. Berwick
   5. Bute
   6. Caithness
   7. Cornwall
   8. Cumberland
   9. Devon
   10. Dorset
   11. Durham
   12. East Lothian
   13. Essex
   14. Fife
   15. Glamorgan
   16. Isle of Wight
   17. Kent
   18. Kincardine
   19. London
   20. Merioneth
   21. Middlesex
   22. Midlothian
   23. Moray
   24. Norfolk
   25. Northumberland
   26. Orkney
   27. Ross and Cromarty
   28. Rutland
   29. Shetland
   30. Somerset
   31. Suffolk
   32. Surrey
   33. Sussex
   34. Sutherland
   35. West Lothian
   36. Westmorland
   
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Finding the Elusive Ancestral Homeland

Finding an immigrant ancestor’s homeland can be a challenge.  Obituaries, death certificates, naturalization records, as well as family histories are some ways of discovering that elusive hometown. Also, a census record may give a general time of arrival which will lead to a search in Ship Passenger Lists. Later passenger lists often name the village of birth or origin, but even earlier passenger lists are helpful, especially if the ancestor left from the port of Hamburg. The Hamburg Lists have survived over the years and they usually will name the last town of origin for the passenger.  Knowing even the the last place of origin can begin a search which may lead in generations of ancestors. Read More >>

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Do Genealogy Work for New Discoveries

Working on your genealogy or family history is a great hobby. All you need is pen, paper and a lot of interest and you’re in for a rewarding experience. Along with discovering a lineage, there is joy in finding more about the history of one’s ancestors. Some people even say you get to know yourself better with every ancestor you discover.

Starting on one’s genealogy is simple. Begin with yourself and work backwards getting information from living relatives and associates. After that, you can start research with documents and other sources with information like the census, church records and the cemetery. For some people going to an ancestral location is necessary. This can be a fun part when individuals or families plan special trips or a vacation along with a worthy purpose. The farther back in your genealogy you go the more difficult it might become due to the lack of information you have found. Getting stuck is possible and can be frustrating, especially when you feel you’ve done a lot of work. When this happens there is a solution.

Professional genealogy researchers are available to assist anyone trace their family history. Researchers have the time, networks, and resources to do the difficult work for you. With access to several databases, articles, and other researcher aids, your missing link can be completed through them. A genealogy company’s services are also ideal for those who would like to get their family history traced, but do not have the time for it. Standard results are typically delivered to you in a package complete with a detailed report reviewed by a professional genealogist, an updated computer file, copies of pertinent documents, and a summary. Latter-day Saint clients also have the option of getting prepared temple cards.

Genealogy work is not easy. It takes a lot of time and effort to complete, but with successful results, it can definitely be worth it. Start working on your own family or get the help of professional genealogy researchers to do the work for you. Discover your ancestors and you may discover a different you.

Keeping a Personal Journal

Much like keeping a diary, journal writing is a wonderful way of recording meaningful insights and memories in life. For many people, keeping a journal can be a great way of releasing emotional pressure. After writing about struggles and challenges, there is simple relief and often it can provide a new perspective that can help a person overcome the problem. Journals can also be a great tool for measuring spiritual and emotional growth. More importantly, however, a journal is an author’s way of preserving his or her self for future generations.

In doing genealogical work, studying ancestral journals is a key in unlocking links to family ties and in between generations. Private genealogists and genealogy companies use journals for research to find a lot of useful data. In between stories of successes and failures, there are names that can fill up missing lines in a family chart and other facts that can lead to more family information. In many cases, families find out their intercontinental heritages from stories and events recorded in journals. While genealogy can be a simple pastime for some people, it is also an important and even sacred responsibility for others. Latter-day Saints or members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints work on their genealogy to find names and perform ordinances on their kindred dead.

Sure, private and professional genealogists can always trace family lineages and history through other means but there is much to be gained in keeping a journal now, not only for yourself, but for your descendants to come. Keep memories alive and let others know you even long after you’re gone. As Anita Young Hallman, author of the book Self Preservation has said, “As long as someone remembers you, you never die.”

We cannot do it all alone

AFter looking at the records you sent yesterday, I marvel at how you can possibly keep it all straight…I contacted you concerning the research because I am excited to begin the work that is needed…I have done work for others throughout the years, now it is time to find my own ancestors and pull them all together.

I appreciate your careful consideration for each individual and the effort to be sure that each is in his/her proper place as a relative to my own family lines…

Thank you again for your great efforts. I never could do all of this myself. It pays to have a knowledgable person at the helm…and you’re it! I imagine that it is rewarding to you also to find people heretofore not found.


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Lost Ancestors Found

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“When the material arrived we had a houseful of company. I was frustrated that I could not view it any sooner. What is very helpful are the pedigree charts that you include…I do want to continue with more work…I still have more lost ancestors. You may be doing this for some time!

When we finish one line then another and another. I will appreciate a fully complete pedigree chart for as far as we can go…You do a wonderful job. I am having fun learning about them, thanks to your diligent efforts.”


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Working on Genealogy

Today there is a widespread interest in genealogy. Some people consider it their hobby and for some it is a responsibility. While many individuals work on their own family history, others enlist the help of genealogy companies. These companies have professional genealogists who provide a beneficial service for those who would like to accomplish the work but are unable to do so themselves. Other hobbyist genealogists also turn to the services of a professional genealogist to assist in their work or pursue difficult searches. In many cases professional genealogists have specialties and can provide focused research for their clients. Professionals connected with genealogy companies also have the resources to accomplish more. For example, a US-based genealogy company can have extension offices or associates in other regions and countries where further work needs to be done. This is an advantage for those looking to complete family links that extend over continents. In the United States, it is not uncommon to find many individuals who can trace back their family to immigrants, hence requiring extensive search in other countries such as research on English genealogy in the United Kingdom.

Studying and discovering family history and lineages can be satisfying and promotes a healthy respect towards family and ancestors who have gone before. Without the opportunity to know them personally, doing genealogy is a great way to catch up and know family better in some level. There is also great pride in finding out a relation to someone of significance in history or someone with great character who has touched the lives of many others.

If you are interested in working on your genealogy you can start by using a variety of tools and resources available online as well as by consulting with living relatives. You can also consult with genealogy companies or a professional genealogist for free. Find a company near you or search online.

Begin your work now and bless not only yourself, but generations of your family.

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California in the 1940 Census!

Source: Archives

Some interesting Infographic about California census in 1940.
Hope you like it!

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Infographics Family History Industry Trends

Infographics has been trending these days and I’m currently very in to it, so here’s something about family genealogy I would like to share from Archives.com. I hope you like it!

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LAWSON (LAW SOME of the time) FRANKLIN EARLES PART 2

FUN WITH FEDERAL COURT RECORDS
The following record was found in the Ft. Smith Criminal Case Files held at the National Archives, Southwest Region in Fort Worth, Texas. (spelling is preserved as written)
Ardmore Mch 10, 1889 Col. Jno. Carroll

Dear Sir,
Please send writs for the following parties
committed Mch 8, 1889
L.F. Earles charge assault with intent to kill and larceny of one hog valued at $20.00 twenty dollars
Witnesses William Lesslie and Wilson Parker

Also for James Day committed Mch 7, 1889 larceny of bacon valued at $10.00 ten dollars
Witnesses Wiley Johnson Old man Day and Lony Robreson... Read More!


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Finding Genealogical Jewels in Court Records

Contention and disputes are not pleasant ordeals, but in genealogical research, we often hope our ancestors had some kind of legal disagreement which would have put them in the records.  Teresa Barker discovered a jewel in the Lincoln County, Kentucky court records.  A lawsuit was found in 1807 between Marquis Followell and Marquis Helm.  Marquis Followell was trying to get possession of land he lived on that he believed belonged to his deceased father, John Followell.  (Jewel #1 –  the name of the father of Marquis Followell).  Part of the story stated John Followell left the county to raise corn and while he was gone Marquis Helm took care of Followell’s wife because she was his sister. (Jewel #2 –  the maiden name of John Followell’s wife and that she is the sister of Marquis Helm).  In the body of the complaint, Marquis Helm was accused of keeping all the land since John Followell died in July of 1783. (Jewel #3 a death date for John Followell).   Another lawsuit between Marquis and Abram Followell, heirs of John Followell, against Marquis Helm in 1810-1811 mentions a deceased mother and also John, Marquis, Abraham and William Followell.

Always check the court records where an ancestor lived because there may be a valuable jewel hidden among the dark disputes.

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Property in Wills Connects Three Generations

William Houghton, born 1727, was a schoolmaster of Prescot, Lancashire County, England who left a will in 1811 with property listed including offices, shop and school. His ancestry was not known prior to the find of another will dated 1734. This new will, dated 1734, was for William Houghton, shoemaker of Prescot. It stated that his property had been acquired from the “freeschool of Prescott” and consisted of buildings to which William had made alterations so that he could rent them out to tenants. This property was given to his grandson, William Houghton, of Prescot, watchtoolmaker. According to the Prescot church registers, there was only one William Houghton who was a watchtoolmaker living in Prescot at the time this 1734 will was made. The watchtoolmaker’s inherited property likely automatically descended to his heir since a probate record for the watchtoolmaker had not been found. The property named in William Houghton, the shoemaker’s will, is very similar to the property listed in William Houghton, the schoolmaster’s will, therefore the conclusion reached was that the correct father of William, the schoolmaster was William the watchtoolmaker of Prescot and the great grandfather for William, the schoolmaster, was William Houghton, the shoemaker, of Prescot. Thus, because of the careful comparison of two wills, this line was extended three generations.

Apryl Cox was responsible for this research.

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SUCCESS!

 SUCCESS!  That is what we hope for when searching for our ancestors.  There is almost nothing more thrilling than finding an elusive or previously unfound ancestor.  Just yesterday, as I was researching some descendants of an ancestor, I came across a family in which the father had disappeared and the children were living with his brother.  The mother was unknown and the family could not be found in a previous or subsequent census.  The million dollar question was ”WHO was the mother?”  Marriage, death and any other pertinent records were searched in pursuit of this Mom.  Finally, I threw the names of the children out on google in hopes something might appear….. and, lo and behold, something appeared!  An entire biography of the son of the disappearing father was on line and, yes, it named his mother, indicating she died shortly after the last child was born.

This is just a short introduction to many success stories which will follow in our blog.  They are not only fun to read, but sometimes help give ideas for future research.

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Professional Genealogist : Robyn V. Gygi of Rice Gen

Robyn V. Gygi, MA, is Director of Research for Price & Associates, Inc., having spent over thirty years in professional research. She graduated summa cum laude with a BA in European Studies from Brigham Young University and obtained her MA degree in Educational Psychology from the University of Utah before beginning her family history research career.

While specializing in English sources, she also conducts US research in identifying the immigrant ancestor. One of her interesting experiences included tracing descendants of families with abnormally-high cholesterol levels.

Robyn has worked extensively with early LDS records. She is co-director of a local family history center and frequently conducts classes on genealogical research tools.

Research Specialties

England and United States, determining English origins of immigrants to North America.

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Professional Genealogist : Richard Woodruff Price of Price Gen

Richard Woodruff Price is an Accredited Professional Genealogist in English research and specializes in the research problems of English-descended families, with special emphasis on Colonial Immigration and Norfolk families.

His associates have professional expertise in lineage problems that span the globe and most record types over the past five centuries.

He has been involved in genealogy professionally since 1969, making regular research trips to England, Wales, Scotland, Germany, as well as many United States archives since 1974. He was a contributing author to The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy and has presented papers for the National Genealogical Society and Utah Genealogical Association conferences. He was a founder and president of the Association of Professional Genealogists and president of Utah Genealogical Association, Professional Chapter. He was awarded a Master of Arts degree in Family and Local History from Brigham Young University. His thesis studied English child naming patterns 1558-1740.

Research Specialties

England, especially Norfolk; Colonial Immigration from Europe to North America; LDS; DNA; One-Name Studies.

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UK :Global Batch Numbers for the "International Genealogical Index"

The “International Genealogical Index” (IGI), produced by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons), is without doubt the most comprehensive resource for genealogists worldwide. In order to reap the greatest benefits from this compilation, researchers must understand how this database was created. Understanding the term batch number and learning how to identify these numbers greatly enhances searching capabilities on the IGI and enables researchers to retrieve entire transcripts of parish registers online for free. Genealogists around the globe have created guides to help researchers identify IGI Batch Numbers.

What is the "International Genealogical Index?"

Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) trace their ancestors because they believe that their families can be together forever, even beyond the grave. The pedigrees they create become part of the "International Genealogical Index."

READ MORE : Global Batch Numbers for the "International Genealogical Index" 

About Price Genealogy

Located one block from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Price & Associates is able to trace
most family histories back four or five generations without difficulty. With additional assistance from our research professionals across the globe, we have successfully traced genealogies back as many as thirty generations—to William the Conqueror, 1066 A.D. and beyond.

Price & Associates professional genealogy researchers have been helping people discover their heritage for more than thirty years. As one of the United States’ largest genealogical firms, we have assisted thousands of families to organize, chart, and verify their ancestral lines.Price & Associates uses the best software andgenealogy resources available, and even provides access to free databases and researching aids to everyone interested in their family history.

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UK : Female Ancestors - Finding a Wife’s Maiden Name

As genealogists we all have brick walls: can be any time, place or location.  There is no one solution for solving a dead end in our lineage.  Every problem needs to be approached differently.  Because most records in most locations and time periods are centered around men, we often have only a first name of a wife, or often, no name at all.  We just know she was the wife of Thomas Jones. To solve such a dilemma we must determine the time, location and circumstances relative to our female ancestor.  We must lay the groundwork for attacking the problem in a special way.

Perhaps the most straightforward way to attack such a problem is to make a timeline of her life.  Collect all information known about her.  If not much is known, focus on her husband.  Where were they when, from marriage or even birth, to the time they had their children, to the close of their lives.

1. Look for the marriage record itself.  Find the original marriage record.  The marriage licence or application can be more valuable than the original.   If you can’t find the marriage, seek it in surrounding areas, or check various marriage indexes.

2. Check all possible records on husband to get clues to help determine who she was.

3. If ancestor fought in the military, check pension papers for the widow.  Military Pension Papers valuable, especially if wife outlived husband. Good for Revolutionary War, War of 1812, Mexican War, Union Civil War, Spanish-American War, Indian Wars, etc.

READ MORE :   Female Ancestors - Finding a Wife’s Maiden Name

About Price Genealogy

Located one block from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Price & Associates is able to trace
most family histories back four or five generations without difficulty. With additional assistance from our research professionals across the globe, we have successfully traced genealogies back as many as thirty generations—to William the Conqueror, 1066 A.D. and beyond.

Price & Associates professional genealogy researchers have been helping people discover their heritage for more than thirty years. As one of the United States’ largest genealogical firms, we have assisted thousands of families to organize, chart, and verify their ancestral lines.Price & Associates uses the best software andgenealogy resources available, and even provides access to free databases and researching aids to everyone interested in their family history.

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800-288-0920
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By Postal Mail

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UK : English Ancestry: Striking Gold with Indices

Family history research in the past twenty years has taken huge strides in conserving time and energy in British research. The purpose of this discussion is to cover the major indexes available in various repositories in Britain, United States and online relevant to English family history. It is important to always remember when using indexes that these indexes are tools only. The original entries should always be checked.

• International Genealogical Index or IGI. This has indexed about 60% of all baptisms in England 1538-1837 and some as late as 1880. It has also indexed many marriages, but perhaps more like 30-40% of such marriages. This is the largest and most all-inclusive of all genealogical indexes. It includes approximately 50 million English baptisms and marriages.

• British Isles Vital Records Index is similar to the IGI. It includes indexed entries as follows:

Christenings      Marriages

England           6.7 million               1.7 million

Ireland             1.1 million               100,000

Scotland          2.5 million               41,000

Wales                18,000                      4,000

 READ MORE :  English Ancestry: Striking Gold with Indices

About Price Genealogy

Located one block from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Price & Associates is able to trace
most family histories back four or five generations without difficulty. With additional assistance from our research professionals across the globe, we have successfully traced genealogies back as many as thirty generations—to William the Conqueror, 1066 A.D. and beyond.

Price & Associates professional genealogy researchers have been helping people discover their heritage for more than thirty years. As one of the United States’ largest genealogical firms, we have assisted thousands of families to organize, chart, and verify their ancestral lines.Price & Associates uses the best software andgenealogy resources available, and even provides access to free databases and researching aids to everyone interested in their family history.

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UK: British County-Wide Marriage Indexes

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Find out if your county is indexed covering the time period you need!

• 1538-1812
• 1754-1812
• 1813-1837

Historically, English men often married outside their parishes of residence. Marriages generally took place in the bride's place of residence. Because there are over 11,000 Church of England parishes in England alone, it is often difficult to track down these records. To help alleviate this problem, genealogists and family history societies have created county-wide marriage indexes.

Percival Boyd, an avid genealogist in the early twentieth-century, is credited with devising this method to solve English family history conundrums. He made a serious dent in making a nation-wide index for England through what is known as Boyd's Marriage Index. Next, the International Genealogical Index, and it's holding-tank, the British Vital Records Index (CD-ROM), furthered these efforts. While each of these databases are valuable, they are incomplete when parish coverage is analyzed county-by-county, making them inferior to the indexes discussed in this article.

READ MORE : British County-Wide Marriage Indexes

About Price Genealogy

Located one block from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Price & Associates is able to trace
most family histories back four or five generations without difficulty. With additional assistance from our research professionals across the globe, we have successfully traced genealogies back as many as thirty generations—to William the Conqueror, 1066 A.D. and beyond.

Price & Associates professional genealogy researchers have been helping people discover their heritage for more than thirty years. As one of the United States’ largest genealogical firms, we have assisted thousands of families to organize, chart, and verify their ancestral lines.Price & Associates uses the best software andgenealogy resources available, and even provides access to free databases and researching aids to everyone interested in their family history.

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UK : Bastardy or Illegitimacy in England

Bastard is properly the base child of a father of gentle or noble birth, but more generally any illegitimate child; child born out of wedlock, base-born child; basterino; pack-saddle child; natural child; of natural birth; unfathered, etc.

Percentage of children born illegitimate in three different parishes in three different counties:

1588-1600         None

1601-1650         .69%

1651-1700         1.35%

1701-1750         1.96%

1751-1800         9.97%

1801-1835         6.18%

A child born out of wedlock is legitimated by the subsequent marriage of his parents

1837-1965 about 4-7% of births were illegitimate

It is suggested the increase in illegitimacy in the 18th century was caused by the rapid growth in ale houses 1730s to 1780’s. Peter Laslett in The World We Have Lost (1965) states” Our ancestors, by this test of bastards born and registered as such, were rather more moral sexually than are we ourselves.”

Where to find records of illegitimate children – especially the name and identity of the father:

The first and best place to locate information on illegitimacy, including the name of the father, was in the parish registers.  1538-present

Civil registration (birth and marriage certificates) 1837-present might name father, although note laws referenced below.

A parish Edgmond, Salop has a special bastard register 1797-1828

READ MORE : Bastardy or Illegitimacy in England 

About Price Genealogy

Located one block from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Price & Associates is able to trace
most family histories back four or five generations without difficulty. With additional assistance from our research professionals across the globe, we have successfully traced genealogies back as many as thirty generations—to William the Conqueror, 1066 A.D. and beyond.

Price & Associates professional genealogy researchers have been helping people discover their heritage for more than thirty years. As one of the United States’ largest genealogical firms, we have assisted thousands of families to organize, chart, and verify their ancestral lines.Price & Associates uses the best software andgenealogy resources available, and even provides access to free databases and researching aids to everyone interested in their family history.

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800-288-0920
801-531-0920       (For local callers)

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15 West South Temple
Suite 570
Salt Lake City, UT 84101

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One block from the

Family History Library

We're on the fifth floor of

Gateway Tower West

UK : Ale Taster or Wagon Greaser: Who Was Your Ancestor?

O let us love our occupations,

Bless the squire and his relations,

Live upon our daily rations,

And always know our proper station.

Charles Dickens, The Chimes, 1845.

Not all of us love our occupations, but in a very real sense they define who we are.  In introductory conversation, “What do you do?” follows shortly after “How do you do?”

“Occupation” can be interpreted broadly to include status as well as vocation

Occupations for a given individual can change over time, or they may be seasonal. A man who worked in London as a pawnbroker’s assistant, later became a commercial clerk, a general salesman and a shopkeeper.  It was typical of a Victorian husband and father to turn his hand to a series of different jobs to earn enough to support his family. To most of our ancestors, an occupation was something they learned in their early years and practiced until they dropped.  Not for them the luxury of pursuing the path of ambition which was afforded to those in the law, the church or the military.  You hewed stone or drew water because that was what was needed to keep the wolf from the door; indeed, you probably did both, since dual or multiple occupations have often been the norm in British society, as is evidenced by many a 17th century “shoemaker and alehouse keeper” or a 19th century “collier and grocer”.

READ MORE :  Ale Taster or Wagon Greaser: Who Was Your Ancestor?

About Price Genealogy

Located one block from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Price & Associates is able to trace
most family histories back four or five generations without difficulty. With additional assistance from our research professionals across the globe, we have successfully traced genealogies back as many as thirty generations—to William the Conqueror, 1066 A.D. and beyond.

Price & Associates professional genealogy researchers have been helping people discover their heritage for more than thirty years. As one of the United States’ largest genealogical firms, we have assisted thousands of families to organize, chart, and verify their ancestral lines.Price & Associates uses the best software andgenealogy resources available, and even provides access to free databases and researching aids to everyone interested in their family history.

 By Phone

800-288-0920
801-531-0920       (For local callers)

By Fax

801-359-4301

By Postal Mail

Price & Associates Inc.
15 West South Temple
Suite 570
Salt Lake City, UT 84101

Walk-Ins Welcome

See map below

One block from the

Family History Library

We're on the fifth floor of

Gateway Tower West

UK : Acquiring Fluency in Reading Archaic English Documents

With anticipation, you begin to read the 17th century English will of one of your ancestors – or do you? This ancient document contains priceless ancestral information, but at first glance, appears impossible to read. Genealogists remember first encounters with these “chicken scratch” scripts and the feelings of frustration involved in vain attempts to interpret them. Experts know that acquiring fluency in reading archaic English documents requires sufficient instruction, study, and practice. Proper instruction includes learning how to decipher old handwriting, understand antiquated terminology, and how to correctly extend abbreviations.

Over the centuries, the English have used several different handwriting styles. Scribes composed legal documents chiefly in what is termed secretary hand from the 15th to the 17th centuries. Secretary hand merged with italic hand, which originated in Italy. By the end of the 17th century, the offspring of this handwriting marriage called mixed hand (aka round hand) developed. Mixed and italic hands are the handwriting styles currently used in Great Britain, America, and Western Europe. (1) (2) (3)

To learn secretary hand requires familiarization with characters that differ from the handwriting we use in our modern-day alphabet; nevertheless, the alphabet is basically the same.

READ MORE :  Acquiring Fluency in Reading Archaic English Documents

About Price Genealogy

Located one block from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Price & Associates is able to trace
most family histories back four or five generations without difficulty. With additional assistance from our research professionals across the globe, we have successfully traced genealogies back as many as thirty generations—to William the Conqueror, 1066 A.D. and beyond.

Price & Associates professional genealogy researchers have been helping people discover their heritage for more than thirty years. As one of the United States’ largest genealogical firms, we have assisted thousands of families to organize, chart, and verify their ancestral lines.Price & Associates uses the best software andgenealogy resources available, and even provides access to free databases and researching aids to everyone interested in their family history.

 By Phone

800-288-0920
801-531-0920       (For local callers)

By Fax

801-359-4301

By Postal Mail

Price & Associates Inc.
15 West South Temple
Suite 570
Salt Lake City, UT 84101

Walk-Ins Welcome

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One block from the

Family History Library

We're on the fifth floor of

Gateway Tower West

USA : Genealogical Value of the Southern Twang

Everyone’s heard it, y’awl, awl-rite, but did you know the Southern twang can help you discover your ancestral origins? The Southern accent, which some people love and some people hate, derived from dialects spoken in different regions of the British Isles. Early colonists transported it with them across the Atlantic and even though it has largely disappeared in the Mother Country, the accent survived in its rebellious child. Social historians utilize clues like this to learn more about peoples for whom few written records survive and knowledge of linguistic origins narrows the British regions for genealogists to search for immigrant origins.

Tracing the British roots of Southern colonial ancestors has always posed research obstacles for genealogists. Wars, fires, harsh living conditions, illiteracy, and natural disasters have ruined much of the South’s written legacy. In Albion’s Seed, David Hackett Fischer explains that alternative techniques can be implemented to learn more about the origins of Southern colonists. He explores similar architecture, eating habits, vocabulary, accents, and marital rituals between American colonists and regionally separated groups in the British Isles. Synthesizing studies by many authors, he demonstrates that many of these distinguishing customs come from specific areas in the British Isles. Fischer categorizes two of the major groups who settled in the South as the “Borderers” and those who came from the South of England.

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About Price Genealogy

Located one block from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Price & Associates is able to trace
most family histories back four or five generations without difficulty. With additional assistance from our research professionals across the globe, we have successfully traced genealogies back as many as thirty generations—to William the Conqueror, 1066 A.D. and beyond.

Price & Associates professional genealogy researchers have been helping people discover their heritage for more than thirty years. As one of the United States’ largest genealogical firms, we have assisted thousands of families to organize, chart, and verify their ancestral lines.Price & Associates uses the best software andgenealogy resources available, and even provides access to free databases and researching aids to everyone interested in their family history.

 By Phone

800-288-0920
801-531-0920       (For local callers)

By Fax

801-359-4301

By Postal Mail

Price & Associates Inc.
15 West South Temple
Suite 570
Salt Lake City, UT 84101

Walk-Ins Welcome

See map below

One block from the

Family History Library

We're on the fifth floor of

Gateway Tower West

USA : Finding Elusive Ancestors in Online Census Indexes

“I know they have to be there!” is a commonly heard complaint amongst those who can’t find their ancestors in US census record indexes. Census records should help genealogists expand their roots, not stunt their growth. Many times, researchers are correct in conclusions that ancestors should be found in certain locations, even when they can’t find them listed in indexes. Actually finding these lost souls requires unorthodox approaches to searching the census.

Never totally rely on census indexes

Over the years, many census indexes have been created. Statewide name indexes by Ronald Vern Jackson, Family Tree Maker, et al, and more recently nationwide name indexes found at FamilySearch.org, Ancestry.com, and HeritageQuestOnline.com, promise to quicken the process of finding ancestors throughout the United States. However, when attempting to accomplish such mammoth aims, most fall short of creating the most accurate searchable indexes. Without local knowledge of families who lived in certain time periods and places, indexers will never sufficiently master the palaeography to be mistake-free. Since companies have produced many of these indexes independently, try checking multiple versions to find missed individuals.

READ MORE : Finding Elusive Ancestors in Online Census Indexes

About Price Genealogy

Located one block from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Price & Associates is able to trace
most family histories back four or five generations without difficulty. With additional assistance from our research professionals across the globe, we have successfully traced genealogies back as many as thirty generations—to William the Conqueror, 1066 A.D. and beyond.

Price & Associates professional genealogy researchers have been helping people discover their heritage for more than thirty years. As one of the United States’ largest genealogical firms, we have assisted thousands of families to organize, chart, and verify their ancestral lines.Price & Associates uses the best software andgenealogy resources available, and even provides access to free databases and researching aids to everyone interested in their family history.

 By Phone

800-288-0920
801-531-0920       (For local callers)

By Fax

801-359-4301

By Postal Mail

Price & Associates Inc.
15 West South Temple
Suite 570
Salt Lake City, UT 84101

Walk-Ins Welcome

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Family History Library

We're on the fifth floor of

Gateway Tower West

USA: Origins of Colonial Chesapeake Indentured Servants: American and English Sources

Introduction

Background

Geographic Factors

American Sources

English Sources

Focused Projects

Conclusion

Footnotes

With access to records on both sides of the ocean plus a dose of luck, family historians can trace the English origins of ancestors who were indentured servants in America and understand their lives.

Indentured servants were not glamorous or famous figures in colonial

America. Nevertheless, family historians are interested in knowing that an ancestor—male or female—may have been indentured. More important, the designation “indentured servant” signifies that the individual immigrated—a fact that surviving colonial sources often do not clarify and one that can open doors to finding the ancestor in European records.

Indentured servants can be found among the forebears of most people with southern colonial ancestry.[1] Identifying an ancestor as indentured, however, is a challenge. These men and women created few records while bound and, once they became free, records might not mention their previous status. More daunting is tracing known indentured servants back to their arrival in America and from there to a European port of departure and place of birth. Some original records generated specifically about these servants have been lost, but many sources survive in the United States and Europe that can help researchers identify these ancestors and understand their lives.

 

 

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About Price Genealogy

Located one block from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Price & Associates is able to trace
most family histories back four or five generations without difficulty. With additional assistance from our research professionals across the globe, we have successfully traced genealogies back as many as thirty generations—to William the Conqueror, 1066 A.D. and beyond.

Price & Associates professional genealogy researchers have been helping people discover their heritage for more than thirty years. As one of the United States’ largest genealogical firms, we have assisted thousands of families to organize, chart, and verify their ancestral lines.Price & Associates uses the best software andgenealogy resources available, and even provides access to free databases and researching aids to everyone interested in their family history.

 By Phone

800-288-0920
801-531-0920       (For local callers)

By Fax

801-359-4301

By Postal Mail

Price & Associates Inc.
15 West South Temple
Suite 570
Salt Lake City, UT 84101

Walk-Ins Welcome

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One block from the

Family History Library

We're on the fifth floor of

Gateway Tower West

 

Price Genealogy : The Literal Descendants of Aharon

Three thousand years ago, descendants of Aharon HaKohen (Aaron) officiated in Israelite temple ceremonies. These priests, or in Hebrew Kohanim, held many significant responsibilities amongst the Hebrews. The Cohen family, today spread throughout the world, has maintained the tradition that they are literal descendants of this priestly family. Scientists utilizing Y-chromosome tests have confirmed that the majority of Cohens are monogenetic and descend from a common ancestor who lived approximately 3,300 years ago.
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  About Price Genealogy

Located one block from the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Price & Associates is able to trace most family histories back four or five generations without difficulty. With additional assistance from our research professionals across the globe, we have successfully traced genealogies back as many as thirty generations—to William the Conqueror, 1066 A.D. and beyond. Price & Associates professional genealogy researchers have been helping people discover their heritage for more than thirty years. As one of the United States’ largest genealogical firms, we have assisted thousands of families to organize, chart, and verify their ancestral lines.Price & Associates uses the best software andgenealogy resources available, and even provides access to free databases and researching aids to everyone interested in their family history.

By Phone

800-288-0920
801-531-0920       (For local callers)

By Fax

801-359-4301

By Postal Mail

Price & Associates Inc. 15 West South Temple Suite 570 Salt Lake City, UT 84101

Walk-Ins Welcome

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One block from the Family History Library We're on the fifth floor of Gateway Tower West