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5 Keys to Finding Scottish Ancestors with Genealogist Jamie Kay

March 6, 2023 by Jamie - Legacy Tree Genealogists Researcher 4 Comments

Scottish Ancestors

We sat down to learn more about finding Scottish ancestors with one of our professional genealogists, Jamie Kay. Here's what we learned about Jamie and how to research your own Scottish heritage. The Challenges of Finding Scottish Ancestors I grew up around the corner from Aunt Dorothy, our family genealogist, and loved to hear our stories and see the photographs she had collected. My great-grandparents came to the United States from Scotland in the 1870s, so a quarter of my heritage is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: British Isles, Church Records, Europe, Genealogy Education, Genealogy Records and Resources, genealogy research, Genealogy Tips & Best Practices, Legacy Tree Genealogists, United Kingdom Tagged With: genealogy research, Scotland, Scottish Clan

Irish Family History: Online Resources to Help Find Your Irish Ancestors

January 26, 2023 by Legacy Tree Genealogists 4 Comments

Scenic Ireland_Irish Family Hisroey

Until recently, Irish family history research was considered problematic. But in recent years, individuals can do the bulk of their research online with many digitized records available from private and public entities.   Getting Started with Irish Family History Online  The first step to Irish research is to document all the information you know about your ancestors and check with older family members who are still living to get as much detail as possible from them. Finding the maiden … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Archives & Repositories, British Isles, Census, Church Records, Europe, Genealogy Records and Resources, genealogy research, Genealogy Tips & Best Practices, Immigration, Internet Research, Irish Ancestors Tagged With: Ireland, irish ancestors, Irish Family History, Irish genealogy

Where to Start With Your English Ancestor Research: Interview with Researcher Kimberly Gilboy

January 19, 2023 by Kim Gilboy Leave a Comment

English Ancestor Research

English ancestor research can be simplified when you understand the importance of historical dates and which records will hold the information you seek.  In this conversation with Legacy Tree Genealogists Kimberly Gilboy, she shares tips and tricks she has learned over her years in English ancestor research. How did you get your start in genealogy research, and why is England of particular interest to you?    Kim:   I have English ancestors on both my father's and my mother's sides. I grew … [Read more...]

Filed Under: British Isles, Genealogy Records and Resources, genealogy research, Genealogy Tips & Best Practices

Diving into English Records: An Essential Guide for Tracing English Ancestry

September 25, 2020 by Legacy Tree Genealogists Leave a Comment

Guide to English records

Do you have English ancestry? We review the most requested English records and tips for using these records to build an accurate family tree.  When seeking to extend your English ancestry, it is essential to first understand the records that are available. Following are examples of the most requested English records that are vital to researchers when building your family tree, and tips for using these records to help build an accurate family tree.  General Registry Office for Births, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: British Isles, Genealogy Records and Resources Tagged With: ancestry, british, English, family history, genealogy, genealogy records, genealogy resources, records

A Family in Stitches: Genealogical Information From a Scottish Embroidery Sampler

July 17, 2020 by Maggie - Legacy Tree Genealogists Project Manager 2 Comments

scottish embroidery sampler

Genealogical information is often found in unlikely places. Check out the familial details included in this Scottish embroidery sampler! In 1885 my great-grandmother, Isabella Fairbairn, was 10 years old. She lived in a rural area of the Scottish borders, and like most Scottish children between the ages of 5 and 13, schooling was compulsory for her. Isabella attended school at Crailing, about 5 miles outside the market town of Jedburgh. We might never have known this, had she not … [Read more...]

Filed Under: British Isles, Genealogy Records and Resources Tagged With: Crailing school, embroidery sampler, family history, genealogy, Historical Context, Scotland, Scottish, social context

Charles Booth’s London Poverty Maps: A Glimpse Into the Lives of Your Ancestors

March 5, 2020 by Maggie - Legacy Tree Genealogists Project Manager 4 Comments

Booth poverty booths

If your ancestors lived in London at the end of the 1800s, the digitized Booth poverty maps provide fascinating insight into neighborhoods and standards of living in the city. The maps form part of Charles Booth’s, Inquiry into the Life and Labour of the People in London, a study conducted between 1886 and 1903. Booth was a Victorian philanthropist and a successful businessman. I have several ancestors who lived in London during that time, so I decided to see what could be gleaned about their … [Read more...]

Filed Under: British Isles, Genealogy Records and Resources, Maps Tagged With: Booth poverty maps, England, family history, genealogy, genealogy records, genealogy resources, London, Victorian

Using England Quarter Session Records for Genealogy

December 16, 2019 by Christy - Legacy Tree Genealogists Editor Leave a Comment

quarter session records

Genealogical research in England often relies only on census records, parish register entries, and civil registration. But there is so much more information to be found! We’ve previously discussed records of the parish chest  and apprenticeship records, but genealogists should also look to lesser-known English records such as court records. The English court system was complicated, but the quarter session records are generally the most useful for most genealogists. What are the Quarter … [Read more...]

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Tips for Navigating Civil Registration Records from England and Wales

November 1, 2019 by Jamie - Legacy Tree Genealogists Researcher 4 Comments

civil registration records

Unlike parish records which may often be found online, the British government controls access to civil registration records. Learn tips and tricks for accessing these vital documents. Before 1837, births, marriages, and deaths in England and Wales were only recorded by the local Anglican Parish. Beginning in 1837, however, the British government required civil registration as well. While many parish registers are available on microfilm or online, the British government controls access to the … [Read more...]

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What Language Did My Scottish Ancestors Really Speak?

September 3, 2019 by Maggie - Legacy Tree Genealogists Project Manager 2 Comments

Have you ever stopped to think about the language that your Scottish ancestors spoke? Gaelic? English? Something else? The answer is not as straightforward as you may think.  English has been the “official” language of Scotland since the 18th century. Prior to this, Scots Gaelic had already been systematically suppressed by several acts of parliament, starting at the beginning of the 1600s.[1] One of the last Scottish kings to speak Gaelic was James IV who reigned from 1473 to 1513. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: British Isles Tagged With: Gaelic, language, Scotland, Scots, Scottish, Scottish ancestry, Scottish genealogy

Stolen Handkerchiefs and Convict Ships: Tracing a Convict Ancestor to Australia

June 13, 2019 by Kim - Legacy Tree Genealogists Project Manager 6 Comments

convict ancestor

This client project (shared with permission) delves into tracing the journey of a convict ancestor, sent to Australia for pickpocketing. One of our Australian clients came to us with an Oliver Twist-esque story about her teenaged ancestor who was convicted of pickpocketing in England in the 1820s and sent to the Australian penal colonies. She wanted to know—was he an impoverished pickpocket in a gang of young pickpockets, or might he have come from a respectable family and been wrongly accused? … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Australia, British Isles

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