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Tracker: Goal 4: Learn about Leicestershire church and cemetery records.
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ALearn about Leicestershire church records.
- Get an overview of Leicestershire church records in this article.
FS—Leicestershire Church Records - Explore the
church records link on the GenUKI Leicestershire site. - Explore parish records on the FreeReg.org site.
- Use this parish page to explore parish records in Leicestershire.
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for church records. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
Record Search Practice |
Frances Eliza Este was married in 1852 in Leicestershire. Use information from the "FS: England, Leicestershire Parish Registers, 1533-1991" QUIKLink below to answer these questions:
- Who did Frances marry, and what were the ages of the groom and bride at marriage?
- What other records are available for Frances' marriage?
- What were the occupations of the groom, the groom's father, and Frances' father?
- In the search screen for the QUIKLink above, enter "Frances Eliza Este" in the appropriate search fields.
- Use the index transcription, Similar Records, and the record image to answer the questions.
- Frances married Henry Hunter when she was 26 and he was 42.
- The Similar Records section has records for the British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices, and for the England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005.
- Henry was a marble sawyer (cutter); Henry's father, William, was a printer (likely at the Leicester Herald newspaper); and Frances' father, Henry Este, was a "seafaring man."
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BExplore Leicestershire cemetery records.
- Explore Leicestershire cemetery records on the Gen UKI site.
- Search the Find a Grave site for cemetery records.
- Search the BillionGraves site for cemetery records.
- * Good: Using the articles and videos in this Choice, write down key learnings for cemetery records. Then use the learnings for searches for an ancestor.
- * Proficient: Same as above, for two or more ancestors.
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