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'''ONLINE SEARCH TECHNIQUES'''<br>
 
  
The internet can be a useful source of records and information connected with family history research. There are a number of useful sites available and knowing which to use and how to use them effectively can be confusing.
 
  
Which sites to use can depend on a number of factors, a brief overview of the popular sites are shown below. They are not comprehensive site descriptions as space is limited but a visit to the sites mentioned will reveal more information.
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Trying to find specific records can sometimes seem impossible but by using the screenshot examples in this section knowing how to search for a birth record or locating a missing family in the census is explained. The examples given are based on actual searches and demonstrate how researchers found the results they needed to continue with their trees. A screenshot guide to search options for the Familysearch, A2A and The National Archives websites are also included.
 
 
 
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'''SITE REVIEWS'''
 
 
 
*[[Site Reviews]]<br><br>
 
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'''General Hints & Tips For Online Searching'''
 
 
 
*[[Census Search]] <br><br>
 
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'''Family History Detectives - Visual Step by Step Guides'''
 
 
 
*[[Visual Introduction to Family Search]]
 
 
 
*[[Tracking down your ancestors before 1900]]
 
 
 
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''' Searching for Hatches, Matches And Dispatches '''
 
 
 
*[[Searching the FreeBMD site]] (FREE)
 
 
 
*[[Searching the IGI – including Hugh Wallis and using batch numbers]] (FREE)
 
 
 
*[[Searching for BMD on FindMyPast]] (FREE SEARCH – THEN PAYING)
 
 
 
*[[Searching for BMD on ScotlandsPeople]] (FREE SEARCH – THEN PAYING)
 
 
 
*[[Searching for BMD on Family Relatives]] (FREE SEARCH – THEN PAYING)
 
 
 
*[[Partial FreeBMD - finding a birth reference]] (PAYING)
 
  
*[[Using the Complete BMD indexes on ancestry]] (PAYING)
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|[[Huntingdonshire]]||[[Isle of Wight]]||[[Kent]]||[[Lancashire]]
 
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|[[Leicestershire]]||[[Lincolnshire]]||[[LONDON (Middlesex)]] ||[[Norfolk]]
 
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