with Jan Gow December 2018 Browns Bay U3A What is Genealogy? It - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

with Jan Gow December 2018 Browns Bay U3A

What is Genealogy? It is an allergy!!! Once you have caught it .......

You can’t stop scratching!!

BUT - it’s wonderful!!!! An incredible hobby

The Roots And The Fruits Of Your Family T ree

Golden Rules Start with yourself Work from known to unknown Find Your Family Fossick for memorabilia Find gaps Fish for information Fill gaps Repeat and repeat as required!!

5 W’s of Genealogy WHO are you looking for? WHERE were they? WHEN were they there? WHY were they there? WHAT has been done before? * * * * *

What is available? Civil Registration Census Returns Church Registers Cemetery Records Computers!! * * * * *

Have Pedigree Chart - will travel It is your ticket It is your itinerary It is your diary It tells you who, where, when to research It tell you what to research It is your memory jogger It is your first step * * * * * * *

Let’s look at Your ticket!!! Will travel the information highway!! * This is how you will know where to travel on this wonderful journey This is how you will be able to plan your journey This is how you will know when and when to travel This is how you will know where you have been!! * * *

T en golden rules WHAT TO RECORD ON A PEDIGREE CHART 1. Start with yourself (or you could start with a spouse, parent, child as #1) 2. Work from known to unknown 3. Males on even numbers 4. Females on uneven numbers 5. Write forename and then the surname 6. Surnames in CAPITALs 7. Use female maiden names 8. Write date—DD Mmm YYYY 9. Record your source—so we all know how you know what you know! 10. Record place in full—town, parish/region, county/state, country

Use Jan’s pedigree chart & it will be your reference also

The key ... Don’t worry about the numbers

Forename first Date place * * * * * * * Date place Surname in upper case Forename SURNAME Forename SURNAME Write clearly! Place in full F for others mentioned Circle C for person’s info Pencil until proved Month in 3 letters *

W ork I n P rogress

Let’s START!!!!! Digging for Roots ... Finding Fruits .....

Genealogy program Most important ..... Legacy Family Tree - free version Roots Magic - free version Family Tree Maker * * *

A S D ????? ?????? LET’S LOOK AT THE GESTURES High Wide Down

Still puzzled? Reaching high .... Back to your ......

Still puzzled??? Reaching wide .... Out to the ......

OK now??? Deep to the .....

Very Important People! A S D’s Ancestor’s Sibling’s Descendants

Let’s look at footprints! Where can we find them Rolls Records Returns Registers Resources Repositories ??? ??? ???

Rolls, Records Electoral Rolls Trade Directories Passenger Lists Wills Occupations Sheep Owners

Returns, Registers Church Records Cemetery Records Newspapers Obituaries Civil Registers School Records

Resources, Repositories Archives Family Histories Libraries Museums Societies Biographies FamilySearch Centres

There is so much to do!! You know a little about your family ... You have an idea of the who, the where and the when! You can see a possible family on the English census Let’s look to see if we can confirm what we think we know!!

The Census - 1881 & 1871 1881 John Whitehead, nephew, 14, born Padfield, Derbyshire in c 1867. With his uncle Samuel Ellis

Census 1891 & 1901 John & Emily with son Wilfred & mother-in- law Hannah Wood

Step 1) in NZ Check to see if there is a possible death for John & Emily. And children?

Step 2) Passenger List

Step 3) Electoral Rolls

Electoral Rolls Wilfred marries then dies

Step 4) Death Registration John & Emily Whitehead

Death Registration John (1st part) PrintOut NOT certificate Parent’s names, Mother’s maiden name Father’s occupation

Death Registration John (2nd part) Where born, how long in NZ. Where married, age & to whom, age of relict, age & sex living children

Death Registration Emily (1st part) Parent’s name including Mother’s maiden name Father’s occupation

Death Registration Emily (2nd part) Birth place, age & how long in NZ. Where & who married, age. Sex & age of living children

Let’s look at NZ Family Found on a US census * * 1860 census 217 people born in NZ 1900 census 1642 people born in NZ 1920 census 3201 people born in NZ 1930 census 3796 people born in NZ 1940 census 3718 people born in NZ * * *

Abernethy family NZ BDM’s

Passenger List, Electoral Roll

Marriage, Electoral Roll

Marriage Registration PrintOut (1st part)

Marriage Registration PrintOut (2nd part) Where born Where live Parent’s names, including Mother’s maiden name Father’s occupation Names of Witnesses

Marriage registration Grooms parents: James ABERNETHY (Labourer) Margaret GAIR Brides parents: Arthur WARREN (Basketmaker) Martha WOODINGTON

Siblings!! Lots of ASD’s

Deaths

Electoral Rolls birth Scotland 1st World War

Others Researching Make contact with this person

So, which records Records Family Archives Repositories Resources Civil Registers Obituaries Newspapers Cemetery have we used? Registers Returns Wills Passenger Lists Electoral Rolls Records Rolls Histories

How can we access these records: ElectoralR olls: www.findmypast.com.au www.ancestry.com.au Passenger L ists: www.findmypast.com.au www.ancestry.com.au www.familysearch.org /search/collection/1609792 Wills: www.familysearch.org /search/collection/1865481

How can we access these records: CemeteryR ecords www.ancestry.com.au Newspapers , Obituaries www.paperspast.natlib.govt.nz Civil Registers - Civil Registrations - Births, Deaths, Marriages www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz

How can we access these records: Archives: www.archway.archives.govt.nz Family Histories www.ancestry.com.au www.familysearch.org

Other records still to research www.genealogy.org.nz Societies www.nzmuseums.co.nz Museums www.natlib.govt.nz/directory-of-new-zealand-libraries Libraries Biographies Church Records School Records Occupations Sheep Owners Trade Directories NZ Society of Genealogists www.genealogy.org.nz FamilySearch Centres www.familysearch.org

Other sites to sight Just in case there are some foot prints ... collections around NZ. Photos, newspapers etc www.geneamap.kiwicelts.com great for NZ cemeteries family data & family stories www.nzetc.victoria.ac.nz NZ Electronix Text Collection pictures, sounds, movies, texts etc www.yesteryears.co.nz shipping, provinces, online resources www.digitalnz.org gathered from record www.nzhistory.net.nz Topics, events, people, places www.teara.govt.nz Encyclopedia of NZ www.famnet.co.nz www.matapihi.org.nz

Wonderful NZ research! very good information given on civil registration -birth * * * * very good supporting resources to confirm your research place, age, parents names etc narrow your searches * birth date or age on death registrations index helps have a list of ASD’s to work with easy to search for all children born to a couple and so marriages good information on the free index for births, deaths, NZ to start a search country wide search - you don’t have to know where in *

Just enough to get you scratching!!!

And NOW you Know What you can look for & Where, and How, to Look!!

So ......... Get Scratching!!!!