How do you trace genealogy after 1901 in the UK?

Question

how do you trace genealogy after 1901 in the UK with no census and with BMD not being very helpful

Answer 1

Working forwards  is harder than working backwards, normally you work from what you know,  I would start by talking to what ever cousins you have Aunts, Uncles etc,  Use message boards some one might just be looking for your line,  Use the networking sites I have just found a facebook page for my surname and made contact with long lost family.

If you have s rough idea of the area your family is in then use things like 192.com or get a letter published in the local paper.

Good luck and Good hunting

Answer 2

I'm in the U.S. This is an All English speaking board.  What you are suppose to do is start with the present and work back.

Get as much information from your living family as possible, particularly your senior members. Tape them if they will let you.  They might be a little confused on some things but what might seem to be insignificant story telling might turn out to be very significant. Find out if any has any old family bibles.  Ask to seek and make copies of birth, marriage and death certificates.  Also, church baptismal, first communion, confirmation, and marriage certificates can yield a lot of info.  

This will give you a start.

Answer 3

Birth, marridge and death records is one of the best way

Answer 4

Bookmark the following links:

Free birth, marriage, and death records for England and Wales--

http://freebmd.rootsweb.com

http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/

Records from the General Registrar's Office in Scotland (birth, marriage, and death)--

http://www.gro-scotland.gov.uk/

Residential directory for the United Kingdom--

http://www.192.com

Of course, you need to start with your own nuclear family's vital records (family bibles, birth, death, and marriage certificates) and work backwards.

Answer 5

All you can do is do what the Mormons sometimes do, and that is guess, based on a birth.

Start with a pre-1901 birth you are sure of so you have a name and a place.  Jump foward 21 years (as this is the average age people marry at) and look through the BMD indexes for that year.  If you have no joy, look downwards until they would have been about 18 and then start looking upwards by quarter through to the mid-20s or later.  Take a note of every single possible name.  If you have a middle initial then things will be easier.  If you find a match that was in the same part of the country as the birth, then you have probably found it.  Order the certificate to be sure.

Then you can start looking in the birth indexes for the same quarter of the possible wedding and work forwards, cross-referencing the surname and mothers maiden name with the correct part of the country again - they will usually all be in the same registration district.  If you find one birth, then jump forward at least three or four quarters in your search to look for the next match.  Again, you'll need to order the certificate to check that this birth matches the details on the marriage certificate you found.  It's probably at this point worth trying to search the 1984-2005 death indexes for any male children you find born in the early 1900s and see if you can find a death for them - this is a search that can be done in a matter of seconds.  It is only the pre-1983 records that take ages to do, quarter-by-quarter looking at each individual page.  If you find a death of an 80 year old relative in the 1990s then its always worth ordering the certificate just to see who the informant was and get a clue as to if they married or had children, plus a reasonably current address.  

Then you continue, adding 21 years to a birth year and trying to find a marriage and then any matching children.  It can be a long slow process, and without a proper subscription to ancestry (not PPV), it can also be an expensive one, as each index page costs 1 credit.  It also helps if your name is not Smith or Jones or some other popular name, as there are just zillions of them.  If your name is pretty rare in genealogical circles then it will be easier to find.