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Genealogy outside London and the Home Counties |
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Families
have always moved around the country from one area to another, and
historically this was usually in search of work. Over time it became
easier and faster to travel around, particularly after the advent of
the
railways in the 19th century. During and after the Industrial
Revolution, many families whose forebears had worked
on the land or as craftsmen in the same village for perhaps
two or three hundred years decided to move to growing towns or cities,
in
search of better prospects. In most cases of family migration within the UK, this does not present an obstacle to research, but if it becomes impractical for me to access original records due to their distant location, I may recommend that you contact a local researcher for assistance. This may be necessary for Scottish and Irish records in particular, which differ in many respects from those in England and Wales. As well as local movement, mass immigration occurred from outside the UK at various times (such as the onset of war or famine), and similarly many families emigrated from the UK to other countries for economic, social and religious reasons. If
this happened in your family, it may require research in non-UK records
to trace your ancestry past the point of immigration or
emigration. In this eventuality I will likely recommend that you
find a researcher in the relevant country to
carry out this part of your research for you.
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