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Etymon
Advanced Member
United States
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 Posted - 11 May 2005 : 13:32:01
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I'm trying to locate some distant relatives by the last name of Egan. What would be a good web site for this?
Thanks!
Cheers,
Etymon
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Shaggy
Support Moderator
Ireland
6780 Posts |
Posted - 11 May 2005 : 13:39:53
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I've always found Ancestry.com to be reasonably good in this field. Some people I know recommend Genealogy.com but I've always found it a tad confusing.
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Etymon
Advanced Member
United States
2385 Posts |
Posted - 11 May 2005 : 17:44:40
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Thanks, Shaggy. I found my great uncle at ancestry.com so far.  |
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Shaggy
Support Moderator
Ireland
6780 Posts |
Posted - 12 May 2005 : 05:44:48
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You're welcome If you're serious about tracing your family's roots, though, you'd be better off going to a professional, I tried doing it through the interweb a couple of years back and got lost about three generations back!
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“I was having a mildly paranoid day, mostly due to the
fact that the mad priest lady from over the river had
taken to nailing weasels to my front door again.” |
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pdrg
Support Moderator
United Kingdom
2897 Posts |
Posted - 12 May 2005 : 06:44:30
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all the records exist in small parish church offices and used to be stored at somerset house (but no longer). Somerset house has this (following) on it's website - should be helpful to you. You may find it helpful to contact a genealogist to do the legwork for you, as it can be pretty intense.
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Important information about genealogical records
Somerset House no longer holds public records such as wills, birth certificates, etc. However, due to the significant number of visitors to this site who are searching for such records, we have provided the contact details below which we hope will be of use.
Births, Marriages and Death certificates (Also Census returns index)
Family Records Centre, 1 Myddleton Street, London, EC1R 1UW. Telephone: 0845 603 7788
http://www.familyrecords.gov.uk
Wills (pre 1858), and Government and Military Records (Pre 1971)
The National Archives, Ruskin Avenue, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU. Telephone: 020 8876 3444
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
Wills (after 1858)
The Probate Department of the Principal, Registry of the Family Division, First Avenue House, 42 – 49 High Holborn, London, WC1V 6NP.
Telephone: 020 7947 7000
http://www.courtservice.gov.uk/cms/3800.htm
Divorce and Adoption
Family Proceedings Department, First Avenue House (Address as above). Telephone: 020 7947 6000
Name Tracing
Society of Genealogists, 14 Charterhouse Buildings, London EC1M 7BA.
Telephone: 020 7251 8799
http://www.sog.org.uk/
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borge
Junior Member
Norway
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Posted - 19 May 2005 : 17:05:52
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Originally posted by Etymon
I'm trying to locate some distant relatives by the last name of Egan. What would be a good web site for this?
Thanks!
Cheers,
Etymon
If you know what country your relatives came from, you might be lucky in finding genealogy web sites and boards related to the specific area, and maybe get more help. |
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StephenD
Senior Member
Australia
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Posted - 19 May 2005 : 18:28:27
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| I used to know lots of Egans out of Cork, Ireland. |
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