Visiting the Archives

Visiting the Archives

Following the last article, you will hopefully have identified baptisms, marriages and burials of some of your ancestors in the online indexes.  The next step is to check the original records from which those indexes were created.  If you have an online image of the record, then will already have done this but in many cases this will mean a visit to an archive.  This article tells you how to locate the correct archive and to make the most of your visit.