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Finding out more Information About The Surname Daniels

Finding out more Information About The Surname Daniels

Posted: 16 Jun 2015 8:40PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Daniels
I'm completely new to all this and was wondering how do I go about finding the information I'm looking about the family history ? Is this type of information only accessible through paying ? Sorry about the lack of information I have provided I'm a complete novice.

Re: Finding out more Information About The Surname Daniels

Posted: 24 Jun 2015 10:41PM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 25 Jun 2015 12:22AM GMT
That's an impossible question to answer really, because it's too broad and unspecific.

You need to start with yourself and the family members that you know about and then work backwards one step and one person at a time...document as much of it as you can, and beware of the information in many of the trees on here.

Some of them are very well researched and documented, and contain accurate and proven facts, but many of them are complete tripe.

A lot of them are the result of someone importing stuff that they found on somebody else's tree and they just accept it as being correct and then that gets grabbed by somebody else, and so on.

It can soon get hard to keep track of all the people and kinships that you may find, so get some index cards and write the details of each person, and, seriously, get a roll of white lining wallpaper, and draw a tree on it and add each person and their main details, such as dates, that's visually much easier and intuitive to follow and keep track of the relationships of each person.

Some types of information and records are available for free, most of that has often to be paid for though.

Find out what your family knows.

Find what you can about the people that you know about, and then when you get stuck, ask a specific question on this site.

Local libraries usually have a lot of genealogy for beginners type books and some of them have internet subscription to genealogy sites which the library members can use.

You'll gradually find out about what records are available and from where as you go.

You'll find a bunch of vids about Irish genealogy on youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNAQYS0j1Uk

The LDS = Latter Day Saints = the Mormons, and they have been collecting all sorts of genealogy records for many years, a lot of ancestry's records were obtained from the LDS.

The site below is a free site provided by the LDS and it has a huge amount of information and it also has a lot of free records which are available online.

It also has free local family history centers all over the world in which there are staff who will help you and they can also order in records for you if they're not available onsite.

http://tinyurl.com/o6gy4oj

https://familysearch.org/

Their nearest site to you is in Limerick.
https://familysearch.org/locations/centerlocator?cid=hp2-104...

Their records search engine is a bit clunky and fiddly to get the hang of, but it's a very powerful search engine.
https://familysearch.org/search

They also have a lot of very good tutorials.
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Family_History_for_Be...

https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/home.html

https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/results.html?fq=plac...

https://familysearch.org/learningcenter/results.html?fq=subj...

https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Ireland_Civil_Registr...

http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/Ireland-civil-registr...

http://genealogyresearch.org.uk/irl_registrationdistricts187...

https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Ireland,_Civil_Regist...)

http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/Irish-civil-registrat...

http://genealogyresearch.org.uk/irl_registrationdistricts187...

You can get Irish birth, marriage, and death certificates for what is now the Republic of Ireland from the General Register Office of Ireland.
https://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/General-Register-Office.aspx

The complete 1901 and 1911 Irish censuses have survived, and also some bits of the earlier censuses, and can be searched online for free, and that search engine is one of the best on the internet.
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/

https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Ireland_Census

http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/ireland-census-substi...

Griffiths 19th century survey of Ireland is a very useful resource.
http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/Griffiths-Valuation.h...

http://www.askaboutireland.ie/griffith-valuation/index.xml

http://www.irishancestors.ie/?page_id=5392

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_towns_and_villages_in_...

http://www.findagrave.com/

www.cyndislist.com

http://www.cyndislist.com/uk/

You can search for and view and download, for free, WW1 military wills for soldiers who served in Irish regiments, ( the English charge for that for mainland soldiers ! ).
http://soldierswills.nationalarchives.ie/search/sw/home.jsp

http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead.aspx

http://www.stpatrickscathedral.ie/Irelands-memorial-records....

http://www.tcd.ie/Library/about/exhibitions/drawn-to-the-pag...

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/records-of-49-...

http://imr.inflandersfields.be/

http://www.genguide.co.uk/source/mustermilitia-rolls-amp-mil...

http://www.irishmariners.ie/

http://www.benjidog.co.uk/Tower%20Hill/WW1%20Memorial.html

http://www.benjidog.co.uk/Tower%20Hill/WW1%20Memorial.html#M...

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-perso...

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/

https://www.gov.uk/requests-for-personal-data-and-service-re...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Registration_district

http://www.genuki.org.uk/contents/

http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/reg/

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/DistrictInfo.html

http://www.freebmd.org.uk/

BTW Do you ever tell any of your American visitors that if they have or had a parent or a grandparent who was born anywhere on the whole island of Ireland, that they have Irish Republic nationality by right of descent. ?

Americans usually freak when they are told that. :):)

http://tinyurl.com/nuyvm3g

Erin go bragh.

Re: Finding out more Information About The Surname Daniels

Posted: 1 Jul 2015 9:13PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Daniels
OMG Wow Erin thank you so much for such a detailed post to my query you really really did a lot of effort in and for that I'm truly grateful. I'm off know to implement some of the tips you so kindly included again thank you so much.

Carmel Daniels

Re: Finding out more Information About The Surname Daniels

Posted: 1 Jul 2015 9:31PM GMT
Classification: Query
Thankyou, that should at least help you to get started, it's always a constant learning process.

Perhaps you'll soon be offering a find your Irish ancestors facility to your American visitors. :):)

Anyway, if I ever pass by that way, you owe me a pint of Guinness in the pub next door.

:):) I'm not Erin,...this is Erin...:):) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_go_bragh
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