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Tracker: Goal 1: Learn about Cheshire research and records.
Choices
AGet started with research for your Cheshire ancestors.
- Learn about finding your ancestors in Cheshire.
FS Wiki: Cheshire England Genealogy - Get an overview of Cheshire research.
Cheshire Family History - Read this Quick Guide to Family History from the Cheshire Archives and Local Studies group.
Quick Guide to Family History - Explore the
Dusty Docs site for Cheshire research. - Explore a variety of records on the UK BMD site.
- Explore lists of towns and parishes on the GenUKI site.
- Explore Cheshire resources on the Family History Directory site.
- Find additional resources for Cheshire research on the Sheffield Indexers site.
BLearn about the history of Cheshire.
- Learn about Cheshire history on Wikipedia.
History of Cheshire - Go into more depth with Cheshire history on the British History Online site.
Victoria County History series - Explore this timeline of Cheshire historical events.
- Explore the Vision of Britain website.
Exercises
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for research resources. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.