Family History in Leeds

Post by **cnosni** » Wed 11 Nov, 2009 1:36 am

weenie wrote: i'm trying to get the maual search but can not do this? it just comes up with before 1915 or after 1984??? ancestry BMD,deaths,select option 3 "Death Indexes 1837 – 1983"which is the complete digitised index to 1983 but IS NOT searchable by engine,you have to do each name by each quarter of each year manually,a bit of an ache but its accurate,not open to misspelling by transcribers:_"DeathsDeaths 1837 – 1915 (transcribed by FreeBMD)Deaths 1984 - 2005 (transcribed)Death Indexes 1837 – 1983Deaths are fully searchable by name and you will find individual matches in Deaths 1837 – 1915 and Deaths 1984 – 2005. However, for deaths between 1916 – 1983 you will need to use the Death Indexes."."

weenie · Post by **weenie** » Wed 11 Nov, 2009 1:38 am

yes i pay monthly

Post by **cnosni** » Wed 11 Nov, 2009 1:41 am

weenie wrote: yes i pay monthly See above amended message,you had already said you pay DOHH!!!

weenie · Post by **weenie** » Wed 11 Nov, 2009 1:49 am

i found it, i was serching all along should have gone to home page thankyou

Post by **cnosni** » Wed 11 Nov, 2009 1:51 am

weenie wrote: i found it, i was serching all along should have gone to home page thankyou No probs weenie

stutterdog · Post by **stutterdog** » Wed 11 Nov, 2009 9:39 am

cnosni wrote: weenie wrote: i searched the index on ancestry for you up unitll 1926 and nothing for john william lazenby that was born around 1906, so least thats those years done for you There is one in 1929,but hes aged 0,so perhaps he didnt die,perhaps the saying is from a previous generation.Perhaps its a saying handed down.there is this marriage on Yorkshire BMDYorkshire Marriage indexes for the years: 1927 Surname Forename(s) Surname Forename(s) Church / Register Office Registers At Reference LAZENBY John W MACKINTOSH Amelia Leeds Registered Building Leeds RB/247/47 Though there are two births registered in the Leeds area that could match thisYorkshire Birth indexes for the years: 1905 Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference LAZENBY John W Leeds West Leeds WEST/256/376 Yorkshire Birth indexes for the years: 1906 Surname Forename(s) Sub-District Registers At Mother's Maiden Name Reference LAZENBY John William Leeds North Leeds NORT/268/323 I presume the latter is your John William Thanks for that cnosni, I think you are correct, this is the birth.

Trojan · Post by **Trojan** » Thu 12 Nov, 2009 11:04 pm

I've traced one line of my family back to 1588 through Ancestry - on the fortnight's freebie. I was talking to someone on the bus this morning (that's free for me too) and she recommended Leeds Central Library.

weenie · Post by **weenie** » Tue 17 Nov, 2009 7:19 pm

is anyone having problems with Ancestry???. ive tried to look at my tree's and there not there, it tells me i'm logged in at the top and lets me access my account but when i click on view my tree's it doesnt it goes to start as if i'm doing a new one?

chemimike · Post by **chemimike** » Tue 17 Nov, 2009 7:28 pm

Concerning the historical directories link , i have found that for some reason, it is never possible to search it using the aol search engine, you have to go to another portal, otherwise you just get a hung home page when you try to search. Sometimes it is not even possible to get the home page using aol.

weenie · Post by **weenie** » Tue 17 Nov, 2009 7:32 pm

i dont use AOL, i have it saved to my favourites, i have always been able to get on to it through this way, but this is the first time i have not been able to look at my tree's everything else is there? ? i know they are doing maintenance on 19th but wondered if its gone down? thankyou anyway