So, how will you go about researching your family history......

Prior to your visit, you will be sent a questionnaire to fill in.  This is to discover the basic outline of what you already know about your family history. This will enable us to plan in advance some of your research and possibly allow us to order some documents prior to your visit.  This will ensure that you gain the most out of your research time here in France. 

Once you are here, we will be able to go through all the documentation and research you have already done, and put together a plan of how to proceed with your research.  You will have free access to all the resources I have available.  These include :

  • Indexes to the General Registration of Births, Marriages and Deaths.
  • Census returns from 1841 to 1911.
  • Town, Trade and Post Office Directories from 1677 to 1930's.
  • Parish Registers and marriage license records
  • Indexes to wills and probate records.
  • Gravestone and Memorial records.
  • Military records including Army and Navy lists and medal roll cards.
  • National Roll of the Great War.
  • Return of owners of Land 1873.
  • Immigration and emigrations records.
  • Workhouse records.
  • Visitations of the Heralds.
  • Maps of London.
  • Poll Books.
Other records which it may be necessary to use, and which I can advise on are :
  • Parish records .
  • Poor Law records.
  • Settlement Examinations.
  • Bastardy Examinations.
  • Apprenticeship Indentures.
  • Land and taxation records.
  • Education and schooling records
  • Ecclesiastical Court Records.
  • Quarter Sessions Rolls.
  • Electoral Registers.
  • Non-conformists records : Catholics, Jews, Methodists etc.
It may also be possible, depending on the length of your stay, to access these records, obtain copies, and progress even further with your research.
 
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