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As explained elsewhere, I do not propose to place all of my database on-line, due to both the time required for the design of such a site, and also the fact that certain resources used are available on-line in another form, such as the many thousands of entries from the IGI.

Instead, I am concentrating on those records which are very useful, but are perhaps not easily accessed by those who are not lucky enough to have a major library or record office near to them.

To this end, I have started with entries from the National Index to Wills, Trade Directories and the Owners of Land Return 1873. In addition I will also make available an ongoing project of mine, to match up entries from the GRO indexes with parish register entries. Preece entries from Ship Passenger lists have now been added, together with a growing number of Census Strays.

Most of the pages linked here will open in a new window, with a close button to return you to this page. The exceptions are those with US census details and GRO records, which have their own sections.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW DETAILS OF LATEST UPDATES.


AS ALWAYS, TREAT THESE AS GUIDES ONLY - ALWAYS TRY TO CHECK THE ORIGINAL RECORDS (OR MICROFILM COPIES).

SOME LINKS ON THIS PAGE WILL TAKE A FEW SECONDS TO LOAD, AS LARGE FILES ARE NEEDED - MAXIMUM WAIT SHOULD BE ABOUT TEN SECONDS.

National Index to Wills and Administrations 1858 - 1943

Entries on these pages are for Wills and Administrations, and have details of executors/administrators. I often have more information than is shown here, due to space constraints, please ask if you are interested in particular entries.

Click on the appropriate link below:-

Wills/Admins 1858 - 1896
Wills/Admins 1897 - 1919
Wills/Admins 1920 - 1934
Wills/Admins 1935 - 1943

Census Strays 1841 - 1901

A "Stray" is an entry where the county of birth is different to that in which the person is resident at the time of the census. It can be particularly helpful if your family moved around.

A new separate section has now been created to cover this area. A large number of entries (over 11,000) have been split via 6 sections for each of the census years.

CLICK HERE to go to this section

 


Ship Passengers
Preece entries only

Owners of Land Return 1873
Preece entries only

US Census - British Emigration links
Main page linking to individual years

 

 

 

GRO Indexes & Parish Register matches

The years now available to view have been expanded to 1837 - 1920. Due to the numbers involved, the GRO records have now been placed in a separate section.

Many more records are matched with the parish records prior to 1890, but more will become available for later dates in due course, wherever possible.

I hold the GRO Index entries for Preece (and variants) right up to 2002, but these will not be made available on-line, at least at the moment, due to the large numbers involved, and with far fewer matches in the more modern records.

CLICK HERE TO CHOOSE WHICH YEARS TO VIEW