Researching a Family Tree

• The parents' names and the mother's maiden surname (if married)
• The address where the family were living

• The age of the person at the time of death (enabling an approximate year of birth to be deduced)
• The name of the husband (but not the wife unless she registered the death)
• The name of the informant, who could be a relative
• The usual occupation of the deceased
• The usual address of the deceased

• The full names of the couple
• Their ages at the time of the marriage (enabling an approximate year of birth to be deduced)   
• Their occupations
• Whether either of them had been married before
• The addresses of both of them before marriage
• Their fathers' full names and occupations

Useful information and websites

• Ask them if they can remember names, relationships and dates of any events in the family

• Have the family always lived in Sheffield? If not, where did they come from?  Try contacting the Register Office for that district via these links

• General Register Office for England and Wales 
• General Register Office for Scotland
• General Register Office for Northern Ireland
• For overseas records relating to British Citizens or subjects 

Sheffield Libraries

• Details on how to find information held by the Sheffield Libraries regarding Family History
• Books and documents held by Sheffield Libraries