Any Suggestions?(Polite One's Please)

[Littlemo]

I'm trying to trace my GGGran's Sister. On the Census her name is given as Nancy,what I need are different names for Nancy For instance
Elizabeth could be down as Betty,Beth etc, but Nancy I have no idea
Also, could someone tell me where to start looking for Births/Deaths/Marriages
before the 1837 cut off line on most Ancestry Sites?

Littlemo

 

[sparklingtechie]

I'm trying to trace my GGGran's Sister. On the Census her name is given as Nancy,what I need are different names for Nancy For instance
Elizabeth could be down as Betty,Beth etc, but Nancy I have no idea
Also, could someone tell me where to start looking for Births/Deaths/Marriages
before the 1837 cut off line on most Ancestry Sites?

Littlemo

Nan and Nellie are two that I have come across for Nancy and the following link might help

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_IGI.asp&clear_form=true

or this

http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html

 

[Ellie]

Hi Mo, Nancy is a nickname for Ann/Annie etc, also shortenend to Nan.As regards births etc, you may need to look at parish registers for the period you're looking into.

 

[Ellie]

Nan and Nellie are two that I have come across for Nancy and the following link might help

http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_IGI.asp&clear_form=true

or this

http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html

Thanks for that - I've never heard of Nellie being a nickname for Nancy, as far as I knew 'Nellie' is a nickname of my name 'Ellen'.

 

[duckweed]

Nancy is often pet name for Hannah

 

[somerstown]

Any idea what part of the country you are looking for info? There might be some other sources depending where.

 

[davelambert271]

Hi
The only alt names for Nancy which have got into the dictionary of first names are Nan, Nance, and Ann

Alt names for Nellie are Nell, Nelly, Eleanor, Ellen and Helen

dave

 

[sparklingtechie]

Hi
The only alt names for Nancy which have got into the dictionary of first names are Nan, Nance, and Ann

Alt names for Nellie are Nell, Nelly, Eleanor, Ellen and Helen

dave

It depends, it could have been a nickname, I have seen this while transcribing. Admittedly I have only seen it once for that name.

 

[p.risboy]

Before 1837, you'll be looking for parish records Mo.

Check out a Family History Societies for the area you are interested in.

Usually costs about £15 - £20 a year to join. And if you are lucky, they may have Parish Regs on disc that you can buy.

You may not need to a member to buy the discs or even transcripts(if thet do them).

Have a look through their sites.

Or there is the hard way. Foot slogging.

Steve.

 

[Littlemo]

Thanks Everyone
I certainly have a lot to go on there.@ Steve, tragic as it is:'(, I'm afraid my foot slogging days are over. These days it takes me an hour to get to the bottom of the street
The only reference I have to Nancy is that she is listed in the 1851 Census as
visitor at 15 Bold St. Eccleston, Lancashire(Or Prescot, depending on where you look) She is 17yrs. and her birth place is given as Manchester, Lancaster,
although her sister Mary (now Donnelly) is listed as being born in Hollingsworth
Rochdale.So that would make Nancy's DOB around 1834.

Littlemo