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​Quarter Sessions
  1. Oooo… What fibbers - Documents that can lie.
  2. Where in the Census are they? - Missing Censuses
  3. This can’t be true! - Yes it can! Records before 1752.
  4. Their Ages are wrong - Ages in Censuses.
  5. Wow! Why aren’t they all like this? (1) - Dade Registers
  6. Where did that come from? - Repositories, Sources and Citations
  7. Notably Rough. - Making "Rough Notes" better
  8. Originals are better - Always look at the original
  9. Look what's underneath - Look at the second Census sheet
  10. Wow! Why aren’t they all like this - 2 - Scottish Baptism and Birth Records in 1855
  11. Using Birth Marriage and Death Certificate entries
  12. It’s a Will Not an I Love or Hate You List
  13. All the Church Records
  14. The Census Was Not Created for Genealogists
  15. WW2 Service records​
  16. 89 Places for Finding a Woman’s Maiden Name: A Checklist of Sources, by William Dollarhide
  17. ​Censuses
  18. ​Family History Federation July Bulletin
  19. Quarter sessions
  20. ​Poor Law Records



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