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Welcome to the online version of "@ Home with Your Ancestors.Com". On this site, you can read the full text of the paper book, which the author can update with new information whenever they want. You can also check out the author's blog, interact in the forum, find useful websites in the directory, sign up for our newsletter, or download the PDF version of the ebook from the online store.

About the Author

Since writing Meet Your Ancestors, Diane Marelli has gone on to expand on her own research and has traced a branch of her family history as far back as 1565, one of her husband's to 1610 and various other branches on both sides deep into the 1700s.

Chapter List

  1. Introduction
  2. The Internet, Births And Marriages Step 1 – Acquire A Birth Certificate Of A Parent Or Grandparent; Step 2 – Choose An Internet Site To Source Bmd; Step 3 – Search For Your Ancestor; Step 4 – Ordering Certificates Online; Recap; Step 5 – Your First Family Tree;  tips;
  3. The Next Generation And The 1901 Census  tips; Step 1 – Marriage Certificates; Step 2 – Options Available To Source Birth Records; Step 3 – Sourcing District Information; Step 4 – 1901 Census; Step 5 – Reading Certificates And Types Of Certificates; Step 6 – Updated Family Tree; Recap;
  4. Births, Marriages And The Census Step 1 – The 1901 Census Analysis;  tips; Step 2 – 1891 Census Analysis; Step 3 – Freebmd And Marriage Search; Step 4 – Birth Certificate And, The Census; Recap;
  5. Death Certificates And The Census  tips; Step 1 – Sourcing Death Certificates; Step 2 – Ordering Death Certificates; Step 3 – Sourcing Civil Deaths Using The Census; Step 4 – Updated Family Tree; Recap;
  6. Beyond 1837 And The Census  tips; Step 1 – How Long Do They Live?; Step 2 – Marriage Records Beyond 1837; Step 3 – Original Sources Beyond 1837; Step 4 – Birth Records Beyond 1837; Step 5 – The Search For Siblings Beyond 1837; Step 6 – Ancestors Born In The 18th Century But Still Li
  7. Starch Tips How To Search The Census When You Can’t Find An Ancestor; Estimating Death Search Years Post-1901; Searching With Limited Information: A Live Exercise; Things You Should Know About The Census; Finding Other Related Sources On The Internet;
  8. Behind That Names And Dates Newspaper; The British Library; The National Archives; The Old Bailey; The Commonwealth War Graves Commission; Family History Forums; Genealogy Quest; The Hall Genealogy Website; The Victorian Dictionary; County Record Offices; Local History Services;Histo
  9. Recording & Storing Your Family History A Selection Of Software For Family Historians; Family Tree Maker; Producing Trees With Family Tree Marker; Displaying Backgrounds Or Photographs In Your Family Tree; Reports; Charting Companion. For Family Tree Marker; Family Tree Maker, The Internet And Y
  10. Follow-Up To Live Exercise: Researching With limited Information Where We Left Off; Arrival Of Certificates; Garbett Family Tree; The Missing Marriage Certificate; The Final Result;
 
 
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