Abacus Genealogy Research

Abacus Genealogy Research
Dr John Dawson

Genealogy and family history research, specializing in: Essex Cambridgeshire Huntingdonshire Hertfordshire
Bedfordshire London Middlesex Lincolnshire but all English counties covered
Studying for the Higher Certificate of the Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies
I know Latin, French, and German

Please note: from July 2010 until June 2011 I shall be in Berlin, Germany,
and shall only be able to do internet-based research.

My published genealogical articles include:

'The Accuracy of the 1891 Census Pilot of Norfolk', Computers in Genealogy, Vol. 7 No. 5/6 (Mar./Jun. 2001), pp. 248-254

'ACAD - A Cambridge Alumni Database', Computers in Genealogy, Vol. 7 No. 8 (Dec. 2001), pp. 363-375

'Census Accuracy and Searching', Computers in Genealogy, Vol. 8 No. 11 (Sep. 2005), pp. 448-452

'Educating Families: Abbess Roding Church of England Parochial School', Essex Family Historian, No. 118 (Dec. 2005), pp. 18-22.

'Why does Harry Potter's chum Ron have such red hair?'; [the family of actor Rupert Grint]; unpublished; click here).

My transcriptions include (click on the links):

Essex Strays from the Norfolk Census of 1891 i.e. people born in Essex but living in Norfolk in 1891

1722 Pollbook of Bedfordshire (2206 voters' names)

1784 Pollbook of Bedfordshire (2002 voters' names)

The probate jurisdiction of King's College, Cambridge

My personal genealogy web page http://people.pwf.cam.ac.uk/jld1/family/

Testimonials from clients See next page for other services I offer

RATES    £15 per hour   (plus costs)
or             £80 per day     (plus costs)
Payments may be made using PayPal:  5% surcharge added

Please contact me to discuss your requirements: abacus @ rabancourt.co.uk
I can also accompany you to places such as County Record Offices to help you start your own research. The first thing you should do is to ask all your relatives, particularly older ones, about your family. You may well be able to get some details of people going back to the beginning of the 20th century.