New To Genealogy?

We have re-written this section in the hope of making it a little easier for you to search, there are many links throughout this section that will be of help to you in your research, it is not only for newcomers to Genealogy, as there is plenty of useful information that should be of interest to us all.

The many topics include -

Where do I start?

How do I record the information that I get?

Free Research Forms/Charts

Where can I search various records, (Including the internet) to help find my ancestors?

How do I find Birth, Marriage and Death details?

How do I find Birth, Marriage and Death details, Pre 1837?

How do I Make My Family Tree?

Relationship terms?

How do I obtain Military records of my ancestors?

How can I search for records of ancestors who were killed in the wars?

Abbreviations that have become standard practice in recording genealogy.

Genealogy

This is the section of our site where you can see how we are getting on in our research, the pages include - Our Genealogy (Covering Two Pages), - Our Family Roots (a great insight into the occupations that many of our ancestors were in, such as - Coal Mining, Ribbon Weaving, Cotton Weaving, & Spinning (Cotton & Silk), Watch Making in the Spon Street area of Coventry, and also Glass Making. Together with a write up on the Coventry Workhouse, including the workhouse routine). - Monumental Inscriptions - as well as a Genealogy Dictionary.

Monumental Inscriptions and Obituaries for the Ward family surname - We are sure that you will find this new page very interesting. Click Here to Visit

Our Family Tree

Here you can view a full list of our ancestors plus see a Pedigree chart of Our Family Tree, we now have over 1,000 names. 

Census Extracts

View many transcriptions from various census's, (1841, 1851, 1871, 1891). We have also given you a full list of the Coventry Workhouse, Warwickshire 1891 Census. 

We have also made a table showing the dates that the census's were taken, and also giving you the population of England from 1841 to 1901.

I have also transcribed the 1841, 1871 & 1881 censuses for the village of Summerseat in Lancashire. These can be found in the Summerseat Section of our site

Our Geography

View a map of the UK, highlighting the towns that our ancestors came from, together with a brief history into each of these towns.

New addition - Summerseat  as well as a Summerseat Photo Gallery  

Summerseat

Due to the amount of information that I have now acquired concerning the village of Summerseat, which is a lovely place, and is about 10 miles to the North of Manchester, Lancashire, UK. I have decided to give it more space, and have produced this new website, dedicated to information about Summerseat.

This site is a branch from our main Ward Family Website.

Subjects include - About Summerseat, Rowland's Church, Mills of Summerseat, Full transcription of the 1841, 1871 & 1881 censuses for Summerseat, Great photo gallery, many photos of the headstones in   Rowland's cemetery, & More.

Well worth a visit.

1800's Britain

This section of our site will give you an insight as to how Britain was in the 19th Century, the subjects include - Queen Victoria - Notable dates of the 1800's - Victorian London which includes a page on the Pearly Kings and Queens - The Penny Magazine - Children in the 1800's  - The Cotton Trade & Mill Workers - Crime - Tolpuddle - The Tolpuddle Martyrs - Victorian Servants, Plus Many Photo's. 

Also a section on Manchester & Salford in the 19th century, which covers - The Working People of Manchester, Workers Housing, Disease & Health issues in Victorian Manchester, plus a write up on Salford, Plus Photo's.

I have added an extra page to this section, where you can view a little history on Robert Owen, during his life, he organised infants schools. He secured the reduction of the hours of labour for women and children in factories.

Military

This is a new section that we have added to our site, it covers some great subjects, as we  give you the  history of - The Desert Rats (The 7th Armoured Division) plus photo's of the 1945 Victory parade in Berlin, R.E.M.E., The Battle of The Somme, The Boer War, and the Three Battles Of Ypres.

New April 2005- We have added two new pages to this section - The Second World War and also Sir Winston Churchill, we are sure that you will find these new additions interesting, there are also many photo's added.

Some of our family relatives were associated with the above topics.

Then & Now

View some pictures of long ago and now.

(Places include - Bury, Summerseat, Eccles, Salford, Clitheroe, and Dunsop, these being in Lancashire, UK.

Rulers of 

England. & GB

The Queens and Kings that have ruled England and Great Britain. Covering from 802 to 2004, including Dates of Reign, Saxons and Danes.

We feel this may be of interest to you, as you will be able to see who was in reign during your ancestors time.

Listed Buildings

Here we give you an insight into the Listed Buildings of England, such as 'How are buildings listed?' as well as the 'Need for listing buildings', the responsibility to 'Maintain and Repair' the said buildings.

 View a List of many of the Listed Buildings in the Bury area of Lancashire.

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