Family History Podcast

This video podcast is about England and Wales death certificates and the information you can find on them, using three examples.

Related links:

• FreeBMD search page
• Certificate ordering service
• Antiquus Morbus - Rudy’s List of Archaic Medical Terms
• Alice Frances Pinnock (née Robinson) research
• Edith Kate Pinnock research
• Leonard Bosley research

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This video podcast is a brief tip on taking advantage of mother’s maiden name searches on FreeBMD, the volunteer-transcribed index of births, marriage and death registrations covering England and Wales.

Related links:

• FreeBMD search page
• Frederick Diggens + Ellen Waterman research
• William Blackler + Mary Caddick research

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In this video podcast, I take a quick look at the 1841 census of England and Wales and how it differs from later censuses using the entry for my great-great-great-grandmother Sarah Payne.

Related links:

• Ancestry.co.uk online records and indexes
• Sarah Payne research

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In this video podcast, I demonstrate a method for locating someone on the 1901 census when their name has been misrecorded.

Related links:

• Brother’s Keeper family history software
• Ancestry.co.uk online records and indexes
• Joseph Bosley research

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