Records

The information which I have used in compiling these blogs has been obtained from three main sources. In visits to the UK I spent some time at St Cahterines's House (which had records of events back to 1837) to find and obtain birth and marriage certificates. Before 1837 it is necessary to obtain information by searching individual church registers and Census records which I did through Ms Janet Carter, research manager at Ancestors Professional Genealogy Service in Birmingham. She found a lot of information and was particularly interesting in supplying Census records. Although the Census records were produced from 1801 they provided more meaningful detail from only 1851 and secrecy laws prohibit publication of them for the first 100 years so that 1901 is the last available. More recently I have used the Internet for some information.

Relevant pictures and images can be found atwww.ccancestryimages.blogspot.com