Family Research - English, Scottish and Irish Genealogy

29/4/2005

Borthwicks in Glasgow, Scotland 1800’s

The information on this page is posted here with thanks to genealogists on the many Scottish Mailing Lists, hosted by Rootsweb, that I have been privileged to belong to. For any genealogist with access to a computer, email and the internet these mailing lists are the most wonderful resource and international community imaginable. Support Rootsweb all ye genealogists out there!
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Ayrshire Archives

Ayrshire Archives was formed as a result of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 and Section 53, in particular, which states that Local Authorities are required to make ‘proper arrangements for the preserving and management of records transferred to them or created by them; and have due regard for any comments made by the Keeper of the Records of Scotland.’ In response to this legislation, the three local authorities in Ayrshire - East, North and South Ayrshire Councils - agreed to the joint funding of an Ayrshire-wide archives service. As a result, Ayrshire Archives was established on 1st October 1996.
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Cornwall

Cornwall - maritime County of England, forming its SW extremity; is bounded by Devon on the East, and washed on all the other sides by the sea; length, NE and SW, 75 miles; average breadth, 22 miles; coast line, about 200 miles; area, 863,065 acres, population 330,686.
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Madeley Staffordshire

Extracted from William White’s History, Gazetteer and Directory of Staffordshire 1851 (pages 394-396)
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Tyneside Family History

Workhouse Inmates 1861. Northumberland, England. for more click here

Church of England Records

Birmingham City Archives is one of three Diocesan Record Offices for the Church of England Diocese of Birmingham, and holds the records of the central diocesan administration and of many parishes within the boundary of the city. The Warwickshire Record Office is the Diocesan Record Office for parishes in Solihull and the county of Warwickshire, and also holds the records of Holy Trinity, Sutton Coldfield (although microfilms of these are available at Birmingham City Archives). Sandwell Borough Archives is the Diocesan Record Office for parishes in the deanery of Warley. A small number of parishes in north Worcestershire have the choice of depositing their records in the Birmingham City Archives or in the Hereford & Worcester Record Office at Worcester.
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Searching for Poor Ancestors

When the enumerator for the 1851 Census of England, Wales and Scotland asked my great-great-grandfather, Charles Allen, where he was born all he would tell him was “British subject”.
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Genealogy and Staffordshire, England

This page is devoted to the county of Staffordshire, England (as defined before the changes of 1974), and covers the origin of its name, an outline of its history and geography, links to other web sites concerned with the county, genealogical resources relating to the county and the same types of information in more detail for those cities, towns and villages in the county in which I have a family history interest.
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Your Ancestors in South Manchester can be traced.

To a large extent we all stand on the shoulders of our ancestors. We inherit family genes, family traits, the family myths and traditions.

But who were our ancestors? Where did they live? Who did they marry? How did they make a living and support their families? Were they rich? Were they desperately poor? Did they even leave skeletons in cupboards or vast unclaimed fortunes?
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The Poor of Leith

The Poor of Leith 1794

As can be seen from the above some poor people received a weekly pension from the Church while others were given badges to beg in the Town in order to prove that they came from the town. It was from this time that real poverty began in Leith due to the Industrial Revolution which produced overcrowding, disease and death for the many for the profits of the few.

It should be noted that apart from the Sheriff Brae all the other buildings were removed in 1880 during the Leith Improvement which removed thousands of houses in Leith and created the leith we see today

 
 

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