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.HU "Introduction"
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I have now come to the stage in my life where I want to know about my ancestors. It must
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mean that I'm starting to feel my age! I started collecting basic information
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about my relations, such as who they were, when they were born and when they died. As I
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have spent my working life with computers I have looked for a way of storing this
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information on a computer so that I can then easily print out new copies of it as I learn
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more.
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I have found that there are many ways of doing this, with means of storing all sorts of
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information. As a result, my plans have now changed as I thought it would be a good idea to hold a
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sort of mini-biography about each person, so that in the future there is a much more
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interesting record about the person.
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The information I want to record starts with the basic details, such as birth
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marriage and death etc. this is then filled out with information about details of the
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school they attended, where they worked and where they lived. On the more personal
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side of things information about their hobbies and interests and the important events
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in their life.
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As far as families and relationships are concerned I think it would be most interesting
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to know how people first met.
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I therefore hope to build up a picture of what people were
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like and what their lifestyle was and at the same time recording information that could
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be used by people in future trying to do further research.
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An example of this is recording where people lived at various times in their lives so
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that when the census information for that period becomes available the place to look is
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available. (Census information is kept secret for 100 years, the latest avaailable at
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the moment is the 1891 census).
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.P
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What you are reading is one of the many types of reports that I can produce from my
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computer database. This one shows a particular person and his/her descendants and
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ancestors. Please remember when you read it that it is only as accurate as the data
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thats present. E.g. if its says that a couple had no children, then that does not
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categorically mean it, they may have had children that I didn't know about.
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Now go ahead and find out about The Stringers and his/her family. If any details are wrong then
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please let me know, and if you have any more information I would also be most grateful
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to receive it. If you want information about anybody that I have a record of I can
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provide it in a variety of forms, just let me know what you want.
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If you would like to
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add information about your relations so they appear in the reports as well, I would be
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happy to do so. However if you don't have the information, then I will tell you where to
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go and find it, but I won't be doing the research myself. The only lines that I will be
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doing further research on are my personal ancestors.
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One development I am planning is to add pictures to this report as I have access to a
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digital scanner which converts photographs to a digital form. This should help with
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future problems in identifying people from old photographs! If uou are in the report,
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a picture will eventually appear, and if it isn't your best likeness you may wish to
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provide a better one!
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Finally I am VERY interested in getting hold of copies of any birth, marriage, and
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death certificates of anybody in the family tree, as they verify the information
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here. Any such certifacates lent to me would be photocopied and returned to the owner
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as soon as possible.
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If you get a copy of this report, and want to get in touch with me,
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but haven't got my address, it's:
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.DS
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Phil Stringer,
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40 Broomfields,
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Denton,
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Manchester M34 3TH
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Tel: 0161 320 6530
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