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This page is dedicated to Genealogy related news events, update news of special Websites, that have been received by email from concerned Genealogists or subscribed email. Listed by date received, newest down to oldest. For Archived news from Dec 23, 2003 & older go to Newspage-Archive or Newspage-Archive-1 (Dec 23, 2003 to June 30,2005) or Newspage-Archive-2 (June 30,2005 to Dec 1,2005) or Newspage-Archive-3 (Dec 1, 2005 to June 8, 2006) or Newspage-Archive-4 (June 1, 2006 to Dec 31, 2006) or Newspage-Archive-5 (Jan 1, to June 30, 2007) or Newspage-Archive-6 (July 1, to Dec 30, 2007) or Newspage-Archive-7 (Dec 30, 2007 to June 15, 2008) or For links to current or forth coming Event Brochures or Info Documents go to the Event Brochures Page
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Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:30:46 +0000 (GMT)
To: ffhs-members@ffhs-lists.org.uk
From: FFHS Member Society contacts' list <ffhs-members@ffhs-lists.org.uk>
Subject:
FFHS-MEMBERS News from the Federation of Family History Societies, Dec 22, 2008
NEW MAGAZINE DEDICATED TO SCOTTISH FAMILY HISTORY & HERITAGE
ScotlandsPeople have announced that they are to launch Discover My Past
Scotland, the first online magazine dedicated to Scottish family history and
heritage.
The monthly magazine can be found at
http://www.discovermypast.co.uk and is available on subscription,
Scotlands People will also be releasing new data on January 1st 2009 (1908 birth
images,1933
Philippa McCray
Joint Administrator
Email: admin2@ffhs.org.uk
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Subject: New database
Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2008 14:13:06 -0500
From: "Tremblay, Sylvie" <Sylvie.Tremblay@lac-bac.gc.ca>
To: "British Columbia Genealogical Society" <bcgs@bcgs.ca>,
Library and Archives Canada Connects Canadians to their Irish roots: New Genealogical Records Available Online
(Ottawa) December 22, 2008 — Library and Archives Canada is pleased to announce that its partner, the National Archives of Ireland, has launched the next important phase of an online census research tool for the Irish counties of Antrim, Kerry, and Down for 1911. The census records for all counties for 1911 and for 1901 will be made available online throughout 2009.
Library and Archives Canada signed an agreement with the National Archives of Ireland in December 2005 and the two institutions have been working to make the censuses of Ireland for 1901 and 1911 accessible online, free of charge. Library and Archives Canada’s contribution included digitizing microfilm reels, linking images to the database and making the records searchable by name.
“With 70 million Irish diaspora around the world, and up to one-fifth of Canadians claiming Irish heritage, this project will connect even more people to their historical roots,” stated Ian E. Wilson, Librarian and Archivist of Canada.
Making these records accessible online will give genealogists and historians around the world the chance to explore the age, occupation, religion and marital status of individuals. It will also allow research on Irish society of the early 20th century. The National Archives of Ireland have provided vibrant historical essays on topics such as social life, government, sport and religion and photographs depicting life in Ireland in 1911.
Library and Archives Canada and the National Archives of Ireland collaborated on other projects including the popular website The Shamrock and the Maple Leaf: Irish-Canadian Documentary Heritage at Library and Archives Canada and two Irish studies symposia were held in Ottawa in 2006 and 2008. There will be additional phases added to the census online in the coming year.
To visit the Irish Census Online and the virtual exhibition on life in Ireland in 1911, please, go to: www.census.nationalarchives.ie (in English only).
For more information or for information on Library and Archives Canada and the National Archives of Ireland's partnership, please visit The Shamrock and the Maple Leaf at: www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/ireland/.
Subject: New database at
the Canadian Genealogy Centre
Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 08:37:19 -0500
From: "Tremblay, Sylvie" <Sylvie.Tremblay@lac-bac.gc.ca>
To: "British Columbia Genealogical Society" <bcgs@bcgs.ca>
(Ottawa, ON - December 15 2008) Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is pleased to announce the launch of a new online database, Quebec City Passenger Lists Index 1865-1900. Through this online database, researchers can search by name of passengers to access digitized images of original passenger lists for arrivals at Quebec from 1865 to 1900 which list the name, age, country of origin, occupation and destination of each passenger.
The database is available at:Quebec City Passenger Lists Index 1865-1900: New Genealogical Database Available Online
From: "Gordon A. Watts" <gordon_watts@telus.net>
To: "Gordon A. WATTS" <gordon_watts@telus.net>
Subject: Gordon
Watts Reports - new issue online Dec 16, 2008
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2008 16:42:18 -0800
Greetings All.
FYI, the latest issue of Gordon Watts Reports is now online at
http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/gazgw/gazgw-0114.htm
Articles in this issue include the following:
* Ancestors in the Attic seeks staff genealogist
* Digitization projects
* Library and Archives Canada and Ancestry.ca
* RSS comes to Library and Archives Canada
* New at Library and Archives Canada
* Merry Christmas
May I take this opportunity to wish each of you the merriest Chistmas, and most
fantastic New Year ever.
Whether you say 'Merry Christmas', 'Happy Hanukkah', or whatever other greeting
your tradition or faith might suggest for this time of year, I wish each and
every one of you the very best of health, wealth and happiness in the coming
year. I wish for you, what you wish for me.
If you are traveling to be with family or friends for the Holidays, as I will
be, I urge you to do so safely. Take the time to arrive safely, and to return
home the same way. A few minutes, or hours, difference in travel time is not
worth the heartache and suffering that could result from being involved in an
accident because you are in a hurry.
Gordon A. Watts gordon_watts@telus.net
Co-chair, Canada Census Committee
Port Coquitlam, British Columbia
Read my column, 'Gordon Watts Reports' at
http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/authors/authgw.htm
Subject: More parish
records added to findmypast.com
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 15:21:51 -0000
From: "Debra Chatfield" <debra.chatfield@findmypast.com>
MORE PARISH RECORDS ADDED TO FINDMYPAST.COM
Nearly two million more parish records have been added to the Parish Records
Collection on findmypast.com. 1.8 million baptism, marriage and burial records
from the County of Cornwall have now gone live and can be searched at
http://www.findmypast.com/parish-records-collection-search-start.action?redef=0&event=B
. The records have been compiled by Cornwall Family History Society.
The Parish Records Collection brings together in one easy-to-search central
place the disparate records from local parishes, which members of local family
history societies have been compiling since 1994, under the guidance and
encouragement of the Federation of Family History Societies (FFHS). It includes
records from parish registers, non-conformist registers, Roman Catholic, Jewish
and other registers as well as cemetery and cremation records.
Thanks to the cross-database search facility at findmypast.com, you can search
for your ancestor by surname across all the records on the site without needing
to know where in the country they came from.
LOCAL CORNISH CELEBRITIES
Among the famous names that can be found in the new Cornish parish records at
www.findmypast.com is Sir Humphry Davy,
chemist and inventor of the miner's safety lamp, whose baptism is recorded on 22
January 1779 in Penzance.
There are now over 22.4 million parish records online at findmypast.com, with
more to follow in the coming months.
ENDS
Notes to editors
About findmypast.com
Leading UK family history website findmypast.com (formerly 1837online.com) was
the first company to make the complete birth, marriage and death indexes for
England & Wales available online in April 2003.
Following the transcription, scanning and indexing of over two million images,
the company launched the first website to allow the public easy and fast access
to the complete indexes, which until then had only been available on microfiche
film in specialist archives and libraries. The launch was instrumental in
creating the widespread and growing interest in genealogy seen in the UK today.
Findmypast.com has subsequently digitised many more family history records and
now offers access to over 650 million records dating as far back as 1538. This
allows family historians and novice genealogists to search for their ancestors
among comprehensive collections of military records, censuses, passengers lists,
occupation directories, and current electoral roll data, as well as the original
comprehensive birth, marriage and death records.
In November 2006 findmypast.com launched the ancestorsonboard.com microsite in
association with The National Archives to publish outbound passenger lists for
long-distance voyages departing all British ports between 1890 and 1960.
As well as providing access to historical records, findmypast.com is also
developing a range of online tools to help people discover and share their
family history more easily, beginning with the launch of Family Tree Explorer in
July 2007.
Over 1.7 million people in the UK have researched their family trees and
findmypast.com has over 800,000 active registered users, revealing the mass
appeal of genealogy and findmypast.com's position as the leading family history
website based in the UK.
In April 2007 findmypast.com's then parent company Title Research Group received
the prestigious Queen's Award for Enterprise: Innovation 2007 in recognition of
their achievement.
Findmypast.com was acquired in December 2007 by brightsolid, the company which
was awarded The National Archives' contract to publish online the 1911 census.
Kind regards
Debra Chatfield
Marketing Manager - findmypast.com
e-mail: marketing@findmypast.com
web: www.findmypast.com
38-41 Fourth Floor, Broadgate Court, 199 Bishopsgate, London, EC2M 3TY,
United Kingdom
Tel: 020 3326 6300
Date: Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:20:29 -0500
Subject: History
Television - Ancestors In The Attic
From: Lori Chodos <lori@primitive.net>
To: Lori Chodos <lori@primitive.net>
Ancestors in the Attic -- History Television¹s successful family history
documentary series -- is searching for a staff genealogist.
Attached is our call for applications.
We would appreciate your help circulating this as widely as possible to your
members, your email distribution list and to anyone you think would be
interested in applying for this position.
Thank you very much for your assistance.
Sincerely,
Dugald Maudsley
Producer, Ancestors in the Attic
History Television
From:
"Webmaster \(SAFHS\)" <webmaster@safhs.org.uk>
To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;>
Subject:
News Items for SAFHS
Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008
01:18:13 -0000
All,
I'm ready to receive
news items for the SAFHS website, and because I'm using a simpler mechanism,
they'll be much faster to add.
Suggestions: Press
releases about new publications, significant events, new technologies
implemented, partnerships with other organizations.
The new simpler
mechanism uses a database, so there are some constraints.
News items should
comprise
A title
(max 80 chars including spaces)
News detail (up to 400
words)
A last date to display (dd/mm/yy
format )
Your website address
If you don't specify the
last date to display, I'll choose one for you.
Pictures are fine but
must have a meaningful name, and be not more than 20Kb in size.
I've experienced
difficulty in sending emails to some of you. If you or your ISP use a spam
filter please add my address to your whitelist/address book.
Peter Munro
Webmaster
Scottish Association of Family History Societies
www.safhs.org.uk
Scottish Charity no SC029006
Websites
that may be of interest:
Family History in the Highlands of Scotland - www.highlandfhs.org.uk
Hunter Art and Tile Studio -
www.hunterartandtilestudio.co.uk
Scottish Borders Social Enterprise Chamber -
www.sbsec.org.uk
Free Professional IT Support for Charities and Social Enterprises -
www.it4communities.org.uk
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From:
"Peter Munro \(BFHS\)" <pmunro@bordersfhs.org.uk>
To: <Undisclosed-Recipient:;>
Subject:
New SAFHS Website
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008
13:11:14 -0000
All,
The new SAFHS Website is now live.
The address is the same as before:
www.safhs.org.uk
Please keep this email for future reference.
The site works differently from the old one.
Email addresses have deliberately been removed from the site to stop spam
collecting robots harvesting the email addresses.
Instead, users will need to use a form on the Contacts page to contact the
Executive, or on the Membership page to contact a society.
Please check the form on the Membership page, if your Society is not listed in
the drop-down box, it's because there was no email address on the previous
website, and until you send me an email address, users to the SAFHS site will
not be able to contact you.
If your Society is listed in the drop-down box, you need do nothing.
The way the process works is this:
1. A visitor fills out the form on the Membership page, and selects, for
example, 'Borders Family History Society'.
2. Behind the scenes, the content (the enquirer's name, email address, and text)
that they type in creates an email sent to you, with your email address (in this
case mine) in the To address,
webmaster@safhs.org.uk
in the From address.
The subject of the email will always have 'Message from SAFHS Website Visitor'.
Your email address doesn't appear on the website and isn't visible to visitors
or spam collecting robots.
If you click on the Reply to Sender button, that creates an email with
webmaster@safhs.org.uk
in the To address, but clearly that's never going to get to the enquirer;
instead you need to click the Forward to button or create a new message and copy
the enquirer's email address into the To address, compose your response and
send.
Borders Family History Society -
www.bordersfhs.org.uk
Family History in the Highlands of Scotland -
www.highlandfhs.org.uk
Hunter Art and Tile Studio -
www.hunterartandtilestudio.co.uk
Scottish Borders Social Enterprise Chamber -
www.sbsec.org.uk
Free Professional IT Support for Charities and Social Enterprises -
www.it4communities.org.uk
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Date: Fri,
7 Nov 2008 17:15:59 -0000
From: News from the Federation of Family History Societies
Subject:
FFHS-NEWS The FFHS Website Forum
We have
set up an information system, called a Forum, on the website.
The
forum does not replace the news list, nor the website itself. It is a method of
allowing exchange of information. It is open to all.
It will
be ‘moderated’ but not censored.
I
suggest you initially look at it without logging in. You will be able to access
all the areas you can see. The only thing you cannot do is reply to any
postings - ie it is basically a read-only forum.
It
becomes a two-way forum when you register. To make your own postings to the
forum you will need to register a username and password - you will also be asked
for an email address. Once you have registered you will be able to modify your
personal profile by clicking the Profile tab on the main menu, near the top of
the page. You will also see that there is a Help tab which contains some basic
help information - I suggest you have a look at this.
There
are sections where you can post your research enquiries so that other users can
see them and hopefully help you. FFHS itself will not reply to these but the
facility does allow you to put out a plea for help. In a similar vein there is
a section called Exchange & Mart. Please read the section on this board about
its use!!!
Unless
you allow your email address to be seen by others it will be hidden from
everyone except the Forum Administrator.
If you
want to send someone a personal reply to a posting you can send them a Personal
Message via the Forum. You do not need to know their email address and indeed
if they reply via the Personal Message system you will not know it. Any new
Personal Messages will be notified to you at the email address you have given
and be available via the menu at the top.
The
forum is at: http://www.ffhs.org.uk/forum/index.php
and there is a link from the FFHS website home page..
Regards
David HOLMAN
Chairman, Federation of Family History Societies (FFHS)
Registered Charity (England & Wales) Number 1038721
Please reply to:
Chairman@FFHS.org.UK
Skype: David_C_Holman
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To: "FFHS
NEWS" <ffhs-news@ffhs-lists.org.uk>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 20:37:13 +0800
From: News from the Federation of Family History Societies, <ffhs-news@ffhs-lists.org.uk>
Subject: FFHS-NEWS FW:
The National Archives, ARCHIVE AWARENESS CAMPAIGN 2008: TAKE YOUR PLACE IN
HISTORY
ARCHIVE AWARENESS CAMPAIGN 2008: TAKE YOUR PLACE IN HISTORY
The Archive Awareness Campaign (www.archiveawareness.com) launches today its fifth annual campaign to celebrate community archives and the roles individuals have played in shaping local history. The campaign will show how different groups and individuals have worked to bring about change and raise awareness of social issues among decision makers and opinion informers.
This year’s ‘Take Your Place in History’ theme focuses on the importance of communities and their role in the making of this country’s history. Archives have teamed up with community groups, organisations and artists to help them bring to life their history.
Throughout the Autumn archives across the country will be hosting special events to celebrate the fantastic wealth of their collections and to highlight the importance of archives as guardians of history.
Take Your Place In History archive events offer a fantastic chance for people to connect with their local history and learn more about their community. For example Slavery and Banana Cake, Northampton Archive, will highlight the issue of slavery and its impact locally. Also Cumbria Archive Service will be marking the 90th anniversary of the 1918 Armistice through talks, open days and an exhibition, displayed in a number of libraries throughout Cumbria.
Archive Awareness is spearheaded by the National Council on Archives (www.ncaonline.org.uk) and funded by The National Archives (www.nationalarchives.gov.uk ) and the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (www.mla.gov.uk).
Archive Awareness Campaign was originally designed to address the issues of under representation of UK archives, especially in comparison with the museum, gallery and library sectors. The campaign began with 'Archive Awareness Month' in September 2003 and since then has taken place over a longer period in the autumn. Visit www.archiveawareness.com for more details.
Archive Facts:
There are over 2000 archives in the UK
Local archives in England and Wales had around 907,000 reader visits in total and 11.7m websites visits (2006 - 07)
According to the MLA report Taking Part (http://www.mla.gov.uk/resources/assets//T/Taking_Part_11721.pdf), 6% of the population have visited an archive in a given year (2005/6, the most recent report). 13% have accessed an archive online or in person.
Use of archive has doubled in the last 10 years
Archives have received over £150m in Heritage Lottery Fund Grants since 1994
There are about 69,500 cubic metres of archival holdings (not including record management holdings) in local authority archives in England and Wales (CIPFA stats 2006 - 07).
Examples of Archive Awareness Campaign 2008 Take Your Place in History events
Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI)
7 October to 31 December 2008. The Museum’s archive collections will help to tell the stories of people who have left their own country to live and work in Manchester. Its Autumn archive display brings together items from the archive collections which show the trading links Manchester had with other countries www.mosi.org.uk
Slavery & Banana Cake
14 November 2008. Northampton Archives will highlight the issue of slavery and its impact locally www.northamptonshire.gov.uk
Safety in Numbers
28 November 2008. Bury Archives in Association with Greater Manchester County Record Office. Project to develop educational resource for schools using the records of Prestwich Lunatic Asylum, including artefacts from the museum www.bury.gov.uk
Carmarthen roadshow
29 November 2008. Women Archives of Wales.
www.womensarchivewales.org
To find out
about these and other archive events taking place near you visit
www.archiveawareness.com
To celebrate
the start of this year’s Archives Awareness campaign we take a look at people
and events that have taken their place in history:
Matron Majorie Bell awarded an MBE for her services in the Hither Green Rail Disaster on November 5, 1967. Britain’s sixth worst rail disaster in terms of death toll. The survivors include Bee Gee Robin Gibb.
The Second Battle of El Alamein, Egypt marked a significant turning point in the Western Desert Campaign of World War Two. The heroic actions of Lt Col Lorne Campbell and the men of the 51st Highland Division paved the way for a famous victory in North Africa on November 5, 1942.
In 2000 Emperor Haile Selassie I is given an imperial funeral by the Ethopian Orthodox church.
To find out more about the record number of events taking place in archives across the UK over the next few months log onto www.archiveawareness.com/events
For further details on Archive Awareness Campaign, please contact Angela Owusu on 0208 392 5237 or email Angela.Owusu@nationalarchives.gov.uk
Maggie
Loughran
Joint Administrator, Federation of Family History Societies
admin@ffhs.org.uk,
www.ffhs.org.uk
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To: "ffhs-members@ffhs-lists.
org. uk" <ffhs-members@ffhs-lists.org.uk>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 20:53:53 +0800
From: FFHS Member Society contacts' list <ffhs-members@ffhs-lists.org.uk>
Subject:
FFHS-MEMBERS TICKETS NOW ON SALE FOR WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? LIVE 2009
Dear Society Representative
Please can you forward the information regarding WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? LIVE 2009 for inclusion in the next edition of your society journal – deadlines permitting. Please can you also arrange for this information to be circulated via any forums / news lists that your society runs plus to those attending your society meetings / research rooms.
Many Many Thanks
Maggie Loughran
Joint Administrator, Federation of Family History Societies
admin@ffhs.org.uk,
www.ffhs.org.uk
TICKETS NOW ON SALE FOR WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? LIVE 2009
The live event format of the hugely popular BBC TV series, Who Do You Think You Are? takes place for a third consecutive year at London’s Olympia on the brand new show dates of 27 February – 1 March 09 and promises to deliver the most comprehensive resource for any family historian.
Who Do You Think You Are? LIVE, sponsored by Ancestry.co.uk and powered by The Times Archive, is a one-stop-genealogy-shop which showcases 200 exhibitors who collectively provide you with records, information and services for you to take your research one step further. Nowhere else will you find the level and range of expertise to help you research the lives of your ancestors as well as a mix of celebrities from the TV programme to both inspire and entertain.
The show will be brimming with well-known historians each offering an insight into moments of our history in workshops as well as one-to-one sessions. Visitors can look forward to seeing new, exciting features which delve deeper into the subject including area. Here’s a preview of what’s in store:
SOCIETY OF GENEALOGISTS FAMILY HISTORY SHOW with TheGenealogist.co.uk – held for the 17th consecutive year, this is the place to speak directly to family history societies from across the land. You’ll also find specialist researchers and businesses who provide a rich research resource unlike any other.
ASK THE EXPERTS – get a 20 minute one-to-one session with an expert. Ever felt like you wanted to speak to someone face to face who could help you with a problem? A visit to this area of the show is a must for anyone who is stuck and needs help.
SOCIETY OF GENEALOGISTS WORKSHOPS – with over 80 seminars running during the event you’ll be sure to find one to help you with your area of research. Drop into a workshop and hear from the UK’s leading specialists plus overseas experts who can help you take your search abroad. Plus, a brand new Regional Workshop in association with The Federation of Family History Societies is being introduced to help you tap into knowledge from regional experts from up and down the country.
WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE? THEATRE – here you will hear the stories from celebrities from the TV show first hand. Plus, you can quiz them yourselves as you have the chance to ask them the questions about their story!
MILITARY MEMORABILIA CHECKPOINT – find out the stories and history of your military artefacts and heirlooms by the most respected experts in the UK.
NEW AREAS – this year you can also expect to see areas dedicated to DNA, photography and preservation of memories, ancestral tourism and travel and International record holders.
BUY 2 FOR 1 TICKETS!
The Federation of Family History Societies is giving you the chance to buy two tickets for £20* – that’s a saving of £20! To claim this special offer, simply call 0844 412 4629 or visit www.whodoyouthinkyouarelive.co.uk and quote FFHS241
If you wish to book for a group of 10 people or more, you can buy two adult tickets for £16* - just quote FFHSGROUPS
*£2 transaction fee applies. 2 for 1 offer ends 20th February 09. On Door standard entry tickets priced at £20 each. Workshops and theatres are included in the ticket price but entry is provided on a first come first served basis and is subject to availability.
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From:
Jacqueline Gresko <jgresko@telus.net>
Subject: Fwd: British Columbia
Digitization Survey
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 23:41:27 -0800
To: Webmaster <webmaster@bcgs.ca>
Dear BCGS Webmaster,
I have been asked to circulate this request to the members of the BC Historical Federation member societies, especially the BC Genealogical Society. Would it be possible to send this request to BCGS members e-list and/or put it on the BCGS website. If you know of other historians who would like to respond to this survey, please do pass it along to them.
Thank
you
Jacqueline Gresko
BC Historical Federation Publications Chair
Begin forwarded message:
From:
Chris Hives <chris.hives@ubc.ca>
Date: November 3,
2008 4:34:54 PM PST (CA)
Subject: British
Columbia Digitization Survey
In preparation for the upcoming BC Digitization Symposium, taking place at UBC on December 1st and 2nd, the Organizing Committee for the event has developed a brief survey in order to gather information about both current and planned digitization activities, as well as the use of digital resources, around the province.
The
survey will take about 10 minutes to complete and is intended for both
organizations involved in the digitization and preservation of heritage
materials, as well as the users of these resources.
The survey is accessible online at:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=MTV0P5R_2fxwzDKI_2fzG96NjQ_3d_3d
We would appreciate your assistance in disseminating this survey as widely as
possible within your community and encouraging your membership to take a few
minutes to complete it. The survey
will close on Saturday, November 15th.
The results of the survey will be compiled and presented to participants at the Symposium and will also be made more widely available in December.
If you have any questions about the survey, please contact Chris Hives at chris.hives@ubc.ca.
Cheers,
The BC Digitization Symposium Planning, http://symposium.westbeyondthewest.ca/committee.php
From:
Jacqueline Gresko <jgresko@telus.net>
Subject: Archives Symposium
Invitation, BC
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 22:20:19 -0800
To: Webmaster <webmaster@bcgs.ca>
It's about an opportunity to attend a symposium on BC History with speakers Sylvia Van Kirk, Terry Eastwood and Bob McDonald. Tickets are $50 which includes a catered lunch and a tax receipt for $25. The event celebrates BC's 150th birthday and supports the City of Vancouver Archives. It's a good deal. There are still some seats available for the Vancouver event Nov. 22, 2008.
Thank
you for your ongoing support of BC History.
Jacqueline Gresko,
jgresko@telus.net
To: "FFHS
NEWS" <ffhs-news@ffhs-lists.org.uk>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2008 12:10:31 +0800
From: News from the
Federation of Family History Societies,
Subject:
FFHS-NEWS Darwin 200
Darwin 200
Maureen Seeley (Chairman of Devon FHS ) has been contacted by Plymouth
University, asking if any Family History Societies or their members would be
interested in contributing to a "Darwin 200 Plymouth" event in 2009.
Charles Robert Darwin was born on 12 February 1809.
When the Beagle sailed from Plymouth at the end of 1831, the crew consisted of
75 people. There were 16 officers and trainee officers aboard, 9 petty officers,
8 marines, 6 boys, 3 supernumeraries including Charles Darwin, 3 Fuegians and 30
sailors. All the members of the crew were volunteers.
Are there any descendents of the HMS Beagle personnel who would be interested in
contributing information to the 2009 Darwin 200 event?
Maureen has already been in touch with two Devon FHS members, one whose great
great grandfather joined as a Boy and later became a Main Top Man; the other
member's great great great uncle was a Gun Room Boy on the Beagle.
Maureen has a transcription of a Beagle crew pay list, which she can send to
anyone interested.
See:
http://www.darwin200plymouth.org/
http://www.aboutdarwin.com/index.html
http://www.usbornefamilytree.com/beaglecrewlist.htm
Maureen Selley can be contacted by emailing <chairman@devonfhs.org.uk>
Maggie Loughran
Joint Administrator, Federation of Family History Societies
Email:
admin@ffhs.org.uk
www.ffhs.org.uk
_______________________________________________
ffhs-news mailing list
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To:
"British Columbia Genealogical Society" <bcgs@bcgs.ca>
From: "Tremblay, Sylvie" <Sylvie.Tremblay@lac-bac.gc.ca>
Subject: In
Quarantine: Life and Death on Grosse Ile, 1832-1937
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 07:55:35 -0500
(Bilingual Message / Message bilingue)
Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is pleased to announce the launch of In
Quarantine: Life and Death on Grosse Île, 1832-1937, a project funded by the
Department of Canadian Heritage through its Canadian Culture Online Program.
Featuring a variety of documents preserved and digitized by LAC, such as lists
of births and deaths at sea, hospital registers, journals, letters, photographs
and maps, this virtual exhibition tells the story not only of the quarantine
station, but also of the individuals who experienced life on the island.
Immigrants at Grosse Île, a database containing thousands of digitized documents
related to individuals who lived on Grosse Île, is now available through this
website.
You are invited to visit the site at:
www.collectionscanada.ca/grosse-ile.
The contributions of many LAC staff were instrumental in the success of this
project, and their efforts are much appreciated.
LAC also wishes to thank Parks Canada for its participation and full cooperation
in the creation of this virtual exhibition.
For more information, please contact project managers Sarah Hatton or Jean-Sébastien
Potvin at
webservices@lac-bac.gc.ca.
***************************************************
Bibliothèque et Archives Canada (BAC) a le plaisir d'annoncer le lancement de
l'exposition Web En quarantaine : la vie et la mort à la Grosse-Île, 1832-1937,
financée aux termes du Programme de culture canadienne en ligne du ministère du
Patrimoine canadien.
À travers une variété de documents préservés et numérisés par BAC, tels que des
listes de naissances et de décès en mer, des registres d'hospitalisation, des
journaux, des lettres de correspondance, des photographies et des cartes, cette
exposition virtuelle raconte non seulement l'histoire de cette station de
quarantaine, mais également la vie des individus qui ont vécu l'expérience de la
Grosse-Île.
Immigrants à la Grosse-Île, une base de données comprenant des milliers de
documents numérisés concernant les individus ayant fait un séjour à la Grosse-Île,
est maintenant accessible depuis ce site.
Venez visiter le site à l'adresse suivante :
www.collectionscanada.ca/grosse-ile.
Les efforts déployés par les nombreux membres du personnel de BAC, qui ont
contribué à la réussite de ce projet, sont très appréciés.
BAC tient aussi à remercier Parcs Canada pour sa participation et son entière
collaboration à la réalisation de cette exposition virtuelle.
Pour de plus amples renseignements, veuillez communiquer avec Sarah Hatton ou
Jean-Sébastien Potvin, les gestionnaires du projet, à l'adresse électronique
suivante :
webservices@lac-bac.gc.ca.
Sylvie Tremblay
Chef, Centre canadien de généalogie / Chief, Canadian Genealogy Centre
Division des services aux clients / Clients Services Division
Bibliothèque et Archives Canada / Library and Archives Canada
395 Wellington, Ottawa ON
Canada K1A 0N4
sylvie.tremblay@lac-bac.gc.ca
Téléphone / Telephone : 613-992-1638
Télécopieur / Facsimile : 613-992-5921
Gouvernement du Canada / Government of Canada
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca
Register now for the Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak seminar, March 7, 2009'
A Brochure is available in PDF or MS Word
Subject:
census update from
findmypast.com
10 Oct 2008
Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:15:58 +0100
From: "Debra Chatfield"
debra.chatfield@findmypast.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MORE RECORDS ADDED TO 1901 CENSUS AT FINDMYPAST.COM
Leading UK family history website findmypast.com has added the county of Kent to
its new version of the 1901 census for England and Wales. Just under a million
records from Kent have now gone live and can be searched at
http://www.findmypast.com/CensusPersonStartSearchServlet?censusYear=1901
. More counties will follow over the coming months.
NEWS OF THE 1911 CENSUS
Next year will see the eagerly awaited opening of a brand new census for England
and Wales. The 1911 census has details of over 36 million people resident in
England, Wales, the Channel Islands and Isle of Man, as well as, for the first
time, a full enumeration of the British Army serving overseas. It is the most
detailed census ever produced and is an amazing resource for family, house and
local historians. The first e-newsletter update about the project will be sent
out shortly. To make sure you receive your copy, you can pre-register now at
http://www.1911census.co.uk/ - the official website of the 1911 census for
England and Wales.
ENDS
Notes to editors
For further information, please contact:
Debra Chatfield, Marketing Manager, findmypast.com +44 (0)20 3326 6303
debra.chatfield@findmypast.com
About findmypast.com
Leading UK family history website findmypast.com (formerly 1837online.com) was
the first company to make the complete birth, marriage and death indexes for
England & Wales available online in April 2003.
Following the transcription, scanning and indexing of over two million images,
the company launched the first website to allow the public easy and fast access
to the complete indexes, which until then had only been available on microfiche
film in specialist archives and libraries. The launch was instrumental in
creating the widespread and growing interest in genealogy seen in the UK today.
Findmypast has subsequently digitised many more family history records and now
offers access to over 600 million records dating as far back as 1538. This
allows family historians and novice genealogists to search for their ancestors
among comprehensive collections of military records, census, migration,
occupation directories, and current electoral roll data, as well as the original
comprehensive birth, marriage and death records.
In November 2006 findmypast launched the ancestorsonboard.com microsite in
association with The National Archives to publish outbound passenger lists for
long-distance voyages departing all British ports between 1890 and 1960.
As well as providing access to historical records, findmypast is also developing
a range of online tools to help people discover and share their family history
more easily, beginning with the launch of Family Tree Explorer in July 2007.
Over 1.7 million people in the UK have researched their family trees and
findmypast.com has over 800,000 active registered users, revealing the mass
appeal of genealogy and findmypast.com's position as the leading family history
website based in the UK.
In April 2007 findmypast's then parent company Title Research Group received the
prestigious Queen's Award for Enterprise: Innovation 2007 in recognition of
their achievement.
Findmypast.com was acquired in December 2007 by brightsolid, the company which
was awarded The National Archives' contract to publish online the 1911 census.
Kind regards
Debra Chatfield
Marketing Manager - findmypast.com
e-mail:
marketing@findmypast.com
web:
www.findmypast.com
24 Britton Street, London, EC1M 5UA, United Kingdom Tel: 020 3326 6300
From:
"Gordon A. Watts" <gordon_watts@telus.net>
To:"BCGS" <bcgs@bcgs.ca>
Subject:
'Gordon Watts
Reports' -
8 Oct 2008 -
new issue online
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008
16:26:25 -0700
Greetings All.
FYI. The latest issue of Gordon Watts Reports is now online at
http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/gazgw/gazgw-0112.htm
Topics in this issue include
* More on 'informed consent' discussions [Canadian Census]
* Women Pioneers of Saskatchewan
* Library and Archives Canada to host Irish Studies Symposium
Gordon A. Watts
gordon_watts@telus.net
Co-chair, Canada Census Committee
Port Coquitlam, British Columbia
Read my column, 'Gordon Watts Reports' at
http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/authors/authgw.htm
Mountain View Cemetery Tours, Oct 3 & 5, 2008, Vancouver BC
Mountain View Cemetery in Vancouver is having two Open Houses in October, primarily to let people see the new columbariums and to ask the cemetery staff questions.
Friday, October 3rd, 2:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Sunday, October 5th, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
B.C.G.S. member Lorraine Irving, an expert on Mountain View Cemetery’s history, will be leading historic walking tours during the Open Houses; both tours start at the Mountain View Cemetery office.
October 3rd - 3:30 p.m
October 5th - 2 p.m
The cemetery is west of Fraser Street between 31st and 43rd Avenues. If you are researching burials in Mountain View Cemetery in Vancouver, the B.C.G.S. Library has a number of resources, including the society’s card index of Mountain View inscriptions.
The annual ‘Night for All Souls’ event at Mountain View Cemetery will be the evening of October 25, 2008 from 6 -10 pm. There are workshops beforehand. Casual evening gatherings will follow during the week after All Souls, October 26 - November 2, 7-9 pm each night. More information is on the cemetery website. Mountain View Cemetery Vancouver, BC
New Website by
Louis Kessler, a long time programmer
and genealogist, living in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Genealogy Software Reviews
http://www.gensoftreviews.com/
From: <can-genealogy-societies-request@rootsweb.com>
To: <can-genealogy-societies@rootsweb.com>
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 12:00 AM
Subject: CAN-GENEALOGY-SOCIETIES Digest, Vol 2, Issue 67
Today's Topics:
1. Canadian 1881 census
online with pictures. (Nelson Denton)
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Message: 1
Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:44:57 -0400
From: "Nelson Denton" <ndenton@cogeco.ca>
Subject: [CAN-GENEALOGY-SOCIETIES] Canadain 1881 census online with
pictures.
To: "1901 Census List" <CAN-CENSUS-1901@rootsweb.com>,
<can-usa-migration@rootsweb.com>,
<can-genealogy-societies@rootsweb.com>
>
> Although the 1881 census has been available online in part for many years.
> It's now fully searchable for free with the original images at
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1881/index-e.html
>
> You can do searches in many ways such as occupation, religion and location.
> ------------------------------
> End of CAN-GENEALOGY-SOCIETIES Digest, Vol 2, Issue 67
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Date: Fri,
26 Sep 2008 11:01:03 -0600
From: william campbell <wacampbell@shaw.ca>
Subject:
ALBERTA FAMILY HISTORIES
SOCIETY - SEMINAR
To: BC GENEALOGICAL
SOCIETY <bcgs@bcgs.ca>
Hi Folks:
We would be grateful if you would help us publicize a very timely seminar with
renowned British genealogist, Dr. Colin Chapman being held here in Calgary on
October 18.
A copy of
our poster is attached.
Alternatively, you may wish to inform members through our website -
http://www.afhs.ab.ca/
Your help is much appreciated.
Bill Campbell
AFHS
Public Relations
--
WILLIAM CAMPBELL
CALGARY, Alberta, CANADA
Subject:
new records added to findmypast
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 16:54:45 +0100
From: "Debra Chatfield"
debra.chatfield@findmypast.com
1901 CENSUS FOR
LONDON GOES LIVE AT FINDMYPAST.COM
Findmypast.com today announced that the county of London, comprising over 4.6
million records has been added to its new online version of the 1901 census for
England and Wales. The new records join the counties of Surrey, Gloucestershire
and Somersetshire, which are already available to search at
http://www.findmypast.com/CensusPersonStartSearchServlet?censusYear=1901
. More counties are to follow in the coming weeks.
A fresh look at 1901 census
Findmypast.com's brand new version of the 1901 census is being transcribed from
scratch and each image rescanned using the sophisticated scanning technology
available today. The result is clearer images and more accurate transcriptions
than previously seen.
Elaine Collins, Commercial Director at findmypast.com commented: "It's
incredible what the latest advances in scanning have achieved. With
findmypast.com's brand new version of the 1901 England and Wales census, it
really is possible to find ancestors that you haven't previously been able to
find on older online versions, so it's definitely worth taking a fresh look at
this key resource."
Like all the records on findmypast.com, the 1901 census can be searched for free
at
http://www.findmypast.com/CensusChooseSearchType.jsp. Images and transcripts
can be viewed with vouchers, pay-as-you-go credits or a Discovery or Explorer
subscription.
BAPTISMS ADDED TO THE PARISH RECORDS COLLECTION
Findmypast.com working in association with the Federation of Family History
Societies has also added 2.3 million baptism records to The Parish Records
Collection, which already includes 15 million burial records and nearly 2
million marriage records. Some of the records date back to 1538, when Henry
VIII's Vicar General Thomas Cromwell instigated the recording of records at
parish level. They are available to search now at
http://www.findmypast.com/parish-records-collection-search-start.action?redef=0&event=M
Among the newly added records are 346,000 baptism records for London's Docklands
area covering much of East London and provided by Docklands Ancestors.
ENDS
Notes to editors
For further information, please contact:
Debra Chatfield, Marketing Manager, findmypast.com +44 (0)20 3326 6303
debra.chatfield@findmypast.com
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To: <ffhs-news@ffhs-lists.org.uk>
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:07:50 +0100
From:
News
from the Federation of Family History Societies,
23
Sep 2008
Subject: FFHS-NEWS
Federation of Family History Societies new Forum is now Online
We have
set up an information system, called a Forum, on the website.
This is
a direct result of a Strategy Meeting held in mid August and illustrates my
commitment to take actions that benefit all our members.
The
forum had been discussed prior to the meeting so it was easy to action this
suggestion to improve two-way communications with our members and with others
interested in Family History
The
forum does not replace the news list, nor the website itself. It is a method of
allowing exchange of information. It is open to all.
It is a
very good way of communicating but it is not something we will force
subscription to.
It will
be ‘moderated’ but not censored. You can see how it will work by viewing some
of the topics already set up.
Please
comment back me with ideas, comments etc. in addition please add any thoughts
on what areas we can cover on it.
It will
not be a benefit of membership as such, although it will benefit members and the
wider family history community , this will not be exclusive as it will be in the
open area of the website
I
suggest you initially look at it without logging in, as that is undoubtedly what
most people will do. You will be able to access all the areas you can see. The
only thing you cannot do is reply to any postings - ie it is basically a read
only forum.
It
becomes a two-way forum when you register. To make your own postings to the
forum you will need to register a username and password - you will also be asked
for an email address. Once you have registered you will be able to modify your
personal profile by clicking the Profile tab on the main menu, near the top of
the page. You will also see that there is a Help tab which contains some basic
help information - I suggest you have a good look at this as it will save
explaining a lot of things.
Unless
you allow your email to be seen by others it will be hidden from everyone except
the Forum Administrator. If you want to send some a personal reply to a posting
you can send them a personal message via the Forum. You do not need to know
their email address and indeed if they reply via the personal message system you
will not know it. Any new Personal Messages will be notified to you at the
email address you have given and be available via the menu at the top.
The
forum is at:
http://www.ffhs.org.uk/forum/index.php and
there is a link from the FFHS website pages.
Please
feel free to make comments on the forum about what else we can do with it.
Regards
David
HOLMAN
Chairman
Federation of Family History Societies (FFHS)
Registered Charity (England & Wales) Number 1038721
Please reply to:
Chairman@FFHS.org.UK
Skype:
David_C_Holman
_______________________________________________
ffhs-news mailing list
ffhs-news@ffhs-lists.org.uk
http://ffhs-lists.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/ffhs-news_ffhs-lists.org.uk
From:
"Barry J. Ewell" <barry.ewell@mygenshare.com>
To: <Barry.ewell@mygenshare.com>
Subject:
Barry J.
Ewell announces MyGenShare.com coming in Fall 2008
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008
15:37:27 -0600
Over the last couple years, I have met genealogists world-wide through
conference presentations, genealogy research, and common interest to help one
another in our search for ancestors. The focus of this email is simply to let
you know that a new and exciting genealogy website will launch in the fall of
2008.
www.MyGenShare.com,
What is MyGenShare.com?
MyGenShare.com is a world-class website designed to provide genealogists with how-to resources. MyGenShare.com has been two years in the planning and development. You’ll find hundreds of knowledge-based articles, podcasts, and videos to help genealogists with their research.
What am I asking of you?
1. Please register your email to receive the announcement when my GenShare.com launches. In addition you will be given free access to free premium content.
2. Please share the news that MyGenShare.com is coming with others you think will have an interest.
Kindest
regards, Barry J. Ewell
barry.ewell@mygenshare.com
To: "FFHS
NEWS" <ffhs-news@ffhs-lists.org.uk>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:00:51 +0800
From:
News from the Federation of Family History Societies,
<ffhs-news@ffhs-lists.org.uk>
Subject: FFHS-NEWS
Online launch of Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865 - 1935 by Ancestry.co.uk
Online launch of
Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865 - 1935 reveals the four million Brits who settled
Canada
. Records include detail on 150,000 foster children re-settled as part of
Britain's Child Emigration Scheme
. One of the largest scale migrations in Britain's history - more British
emigrants than to Australia
The records of millions of British emigrants who headed for a new life in Canada
are available online for the first time. Now available at Ancestry.co.uk, the
Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935, the originals of which are held by the
Library and Archives Canada, contain 7.2 million names, including those of more
than 5.6 million immigrants from all over the world who headed to Canada for a
better life, of which the vast majority - over four million - were British.
Advertised by British colonial authorities as 'The Last best West' in an attempt
to draw prospective immigrants away from the American prairies and into the
North West territories, Canada's immigration heyday took place at the end of the
19th Century and lasted until the onset of the Great Depression. With its
fertile land and long agricultural season, millions journeyed into the Canadian
wilderness in search of prosperity. Pitting themselves against long winters and
harsh conditions in their struggle to settle the land, the movement became one
of the largest scale migrations in Britain's history.
The passenger lists are indexed by name, year of arrival, port of arrival and
departure and ship name, revealing fascinating detail about passengers, from
their health to religion and even the amount of cash they had in hand when they
disembarked. Serving as a record of the voyage, they also contain information
on the vessel, the crew, births and deaths and even marriages, which sometimes
took place on board and were overseen by the ship's Captain.
The most popular ports of departure were Liverpool and Glasgow, and as the
records show, the voyage to Canada was sometimes not without its perils.
Among the 4000 plus recorded voyages detailed in the collection was that of The
Empress of Ireland, a passenger ship carrying 1,477 people, which was rammed in
dense fog on the St Lawrence River near Quebec on the 29th of May 1914. She sank
in just 14 minutes, drowning 1,012 passengers and crew - a larger loss of life
than the Titanic. The Titanic's rescue ship, RMS Carpathia, is also listed in
the collection.
Also included are the details of over 150,000 'home children' who were sent
overseas alone as part of the Child Emigration Scheme, a Government-supported
programme to aid settlement of British colonies and raise the prospects of
orphan and foster children.
These children worked as indentured farm labourers and domestic servants until
they were 18 years old, and while some were placed in loving homes, others were
exploited as cheap labour. For the descendants of these children, the records
will be a first step to tracing their roots back to Great Britain and
discovering their lost heritage.
The Canadian Passenger Lists, 1865-1935 is available to Ancestry.co.uk Worldwide
members and through a 14-day free trial and can be viewed at
www.ancestry.co.uk/CAPassengerLists.
About Ancestry.co.uk
Ancestry.co.uk has more then 800 million names in major collections including
the seven England, Wales and Scotland Censuses, 1841-1901, the Birth, Marriage
and Death Indexes,1837-2005, World War One British Army Service and Pension
records, UK and Ireland parish and probate records and the British Phone Books,
1880-1984.
Ancestry.co.uk was launched in May 2002 and is part of the global network of
Ancestry websites (wholly owned by The Generations Network Inc), which contains
seven billion names in 26,000 historical record collections. To date more than
6.5 million family trees have been created and 650 million names and 10 million
photographs uploaded. Six million unique visitors logged on to an Ancestry
website in June 2008.*
The Ancestry global network of family history websites:
www.ancestry.com in the US,
www.ancestry.co.uk in the UK,
www.ancestry.ca in Canada,
www.ancestry.com.au in Australia,
www.ancestry.de in Germany,
www.ancestry.it in Italy,
www.ancestry.fr in France,
www.ancestry.se in Sweden and
www.jiapu.cn in China.
*comScore, Unique Visitors, June 2008.
Maggie Loughran
Joint Administrator, Federation of Family History Societies
Email:
admin@ffhs.org.uk
www.ffhs.org.uk
_______________________________________________
ffhs-news mailing list
ffhs-news@ffhs-lists.org.uk
http://ffhs-lists.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/ffhs-news_ffhs-lists.org.uk
Date: Thu,
18 Sep 2008 10:52:38 -0600
From: sgs <saskgenealogy@sasktel.net>
Subject:
Saskatchewan Genealogical Society, Genealogy Projects/Event
To:
<Undisclosed-Recipient:;>
Saskatchewan
Genealogical Society is letting you know that there is some information
available on our website that we would like your help in promoting either by
linking to our site and/or putting in your newsletter/journal.
Please forward to your branches.
Our 40th Anniversary Showcase Genealogy Conference. Information will be updated as available. http://www.saskgenealogy.com/events/Conference_2009.htm
Women
Pioneers of Saskatchewan
http://www.saskgenealogy.com/general/Women_Pioneers.htm
Saskatchewan Pioneer(s)
Certificate
http://www.saskgenealogy.com/general/Sask_Pioneers.pdf
http://www.saskgenealogy.com/general/Pioneer_Application.pdf
We thank you for your help in promoting these three items.
Lisa
Warren, Executive Assistant
Saskatchewan Genealogical Society
110 - 1514 11th Avenue, Regina SK S4P 0H2
Mailing Address: PO Box 1894, Regina SK S4P 3E1
Phone: (306) 780-9207 Fax: (306) 780-3615
Web site:
www.saskgenealogy.com
The SGS is a registered Canadian charity and welcomes your volunteer and financial support. We welcome donations of resource material and funds to support our genealogical library and research room, web site, projects and publications.
Subject:
Information on the International Genealogy Festival 21-24 July 2009 Glasgow,
Scotland
Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:16:36 +0100
From: "Homecoming
Scotland" <homecomingscotland@strath.ac.uk>
To: <homecomingscotland@strah.ac.uk>
Coming to The Gathering
or other Homecoming events in 2009?
Make your stay really worthwhile with a visit to the International Genealogy
Festival.
Information attached for Exhibitors and Companies. Info:-
HomecomingLeaflet(7).pdf &
Information-Pack1.pdf
For individual attendees, please e-mail us for more information
IGF Team, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dr Bruce Durie
Course Director, Genealogical Studies
The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in Scotland,
number SC015263
From:
"Tremblay Sylvie" <Sylvie.Tremblay@lac-bac.gc.ca>
To:"British Columbia Genealogical Society" <bcgs@bcgs.ca>
Subject: 2008 Irish
Studies Symposium: November 3 & 4
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 15:43:04 -0400
(Bilingual
Message / Message Bilingue)
2008 Irish Studies Symposium: November 3 & 4
Following on the success of the 2006 Symposium and to address growing interest
in the field of Irish-Canadian studies, Library and Archives Canada will host an
Irish Studies Symposium in November 2008. The symposium will be open to the
general public on November 3 and 4, at 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario.
Presented with the support of the National Archives of Ireland, the Irish
Studies Symposium brings together historians, students, genealogists, and
researchers in an open dialogue to explore Irish and Irish-Canadian documentary
heritage.
Doors open to the public at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, November 3rd
395 Wellington Street, Exhibition Room A
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Cost of attendance is FREE (RSVP requested)
To RSVP, please contact 613-992-2618 or
webservices@lac-bac.gc.ca <mailto:webservices@lac-bac.gc.ca>
There will be six sessions and one roundtable panel covering a variety of topics
including:
* The Irish in Québec
* Famine and Commemoration
* Politics: Shifting Attitudes and Political Impact
* The 1911 Census of Ireland
* Irish Culture: Print, Music, Food, and Film
* Irish History and Modern Media
* Directions in Irish Canadian Studies (round table)
All presentations will be simultaneously translated in English and French.
Event details will be made available at
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/ireland/ <https://owa.lac-bac.gc.ca/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/ireland/>
starting September 10, 2008 with regular updates throughout September and
October.
We hope to see you there!
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* * * * * * * * * * * *
Symposium d'études canado-irlandaises, 2008 : le 3 & 4 novembre
Afin de répondre à l'intérêt grandissant pour le domaine des études
canado-irlandaises suite au succès du Symposium de 2006, Bibliothèque et
Archives Canada sera l'hôte d'un Symposium d'études canado-irlandaises en
novembre 2008. Le symposium sera ouvert au grand public les 3 et 4 novembre à
Bibliothèque et Archives Canada, 395, rue Wellington, Ottawa, Ontario. Le
symposium d'études canado-irlandaises, présenté avec l'appui des National
Archives of Ireland, rassemble des historiens, des étudiants, des généalogistes
et des chercheurs dans un dialogue ouvert pour explorer le patrimoine
documentaire irlandais et canado-irlandais.
Les portes seront ouvertes au public à 8 h 30 le lundi 3 novembre
395 rue Wellington, salle d'exposition A
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
L'événement est GRATUIT (R.S.V.P. demandé).
Pour R.S.V.P., s'il vous plaît composez le 613-992-2618 ou par courriel à
webservices@lac-bac.gc.ca <mailto:webservices@lac-bac.gc.ca>
Il y aura six séances et une table ronde sous forme de panel abordant une
variété de thèmes tels :
* Les Irlandais au Québec;
* La famine et la commémoration;
* La politique : modifier les attitudes et leur impact politique;
* Le recensement irlandais de 1911;
* La culture irlandaise : l'imprimerie, la musique, la nourriture et le cinéma;
* L'histoire irlandaise et les médias modernes;
* Des orientations en matière d'études canado-irlandaises (table ronde).
Toutes les présentations seront traduites simultanément en anglais et en
français.
Les détails de l'événement seront rendus disponibles à
www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/ireland <https://owa.lac-bac.gc.ca/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/ireland/>
commençant le 10 septembre 2008 avec les mises à jour régulières pendant les
mois de septembre et octobre.
Nous espérons vous y rencontrer!
Subject:
more new records
added to findmypast.com, 5 Sep 2008
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 11:16:46 +0100
From: "Debra Chatfield" <debra.chatfield@findmypast.com>
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
1901 CENSUS FOR SURREY GOES LIVE ON FINDMYPAST.COM
Findmypast.com today announced that it has added the county of Surrey comprising
more than 748,000 records to its new online version of the 1901 census for
England and Wales. The new records join the counties of Gloucestershire and
Somersetshire, which are already available to search at
http://www.findmypast.com/CensusPersonStartSearchServlet?censusYear=1901.
More counties are to follow in the coming weeks.
A fresh look at 1901 census
Findmypast.com's brand new version of the 1901 census is being transcribed from
scratch and each image rescanned using the sophisticated scanning technology
available today. The result is clearer images and more accurate transcriptions
than previously seen.
Elaine Collins, Commercial Director at findmypast.com commented: "It's
incredible what the latest advances in scanning have achieved. With
findmypast.com's brand new version of the 1901 England and Wales census, it
really is possible to find ancestors that you haven't previously been able to
find on older online versions, so it's definitely worth taking a fresh look at
this key resource."
Like all the records on findmypast.com, the 1901 census can be searched for free
at
http://www.findmypast.com/CensusChooseSearchType.jsp. Images and transcripts
can be viewed with vouchers, pay-as-you-go credits or a Discovery or Explorer
subscription.
OVER 13,000 OVERSEAS MARRIAGE PARISH RECORDS GO LIVE ON FINDMYPAST.COM
Findmypast.com has added more than 13,000 marriage records for British subjects
overseas, some dating back to the seventeenth century at
http://www.findmypast.com/parish-records-collection-search-start.action?redef=0&event=M.
The records have been transcribed by Cliff Webb from originals housed at the
Society of Genealogists in
London.
The exotic collection includes Japan Embassy Marriages (1867-1899), Tobago
marriages (1788-1816), India Calcutta marriages from 1713 and Jacobite Registers
from the court of St Germain en Laye dating back to 1690, among others.
ENDS
Notes to editors
For further information, please contact:
Debra Chatfield, Marketing Manager, findmypast.com 020 7549 0990
debra.chatfield@findmypast.com
About findmypast.com
Leading UK family history website findmypast.com (formerly 1837online.com) was
the first company to make the complete birth, marriage and death indexes for
England & Wales available online in April 2003.
Following the transcription, scanning and indexing of over two million images,
the company launched the first website to allow the public easy and fast access
to the complete indexes, which until then had only been available on microfiche
film in specialist archives and libraries. The launch was instrumental in
creating the widespread and growing interest in genealogy seen in the UK today.
Findmypast has subsequently digitised many more family history records and now
offers access to over 600 million records dating as far back as 1538. This
allows family historians and novice genealogists to search for their ancestors
among comprehensive collections of military records, census, migration,
occupation directories, and current electoral roll data, as well as the original
comprehensive birth, marriage and death records.
In November 2006 findmypast launched the ancestorsonboard.com microsite in
association with The National Archives to publish outbound passenger lists for
long-distance voyages departing all British ports between 1890 and 1960.
As well as providing access to historical records, findmypast is also developing
a range of online tools to help people discover and share their family history
more easily, beginning with the launch of Family Tree Explorer in July 2007.
Over 1.7 million people in the UK have researched their family trees and
findmypast.com has over 800,000 active registered users, revealing the mass
appeal of genealogy and findmypast.com's position as the leading family history
website based in the UK.
In April 2007 findmypast's then parent company Title Research Group received the
prestigious Queen's Award for Enterprise: Innovation 2007 in recognition of
their achievement.
Findmypast.com was acquired in December 2007 by brightsolid, the company which
won The National Archives' tender to publish online the 1911 census.
Kind regards
Debra Chatfield
Marketing Manager - findmypast.com
e-mail:
marketing@findmypast.com
web:
www.findmypast.com
24 Britton Street,
London,
EC1M 5UA,
United Kingdom
Tel: 020 7549 0990 Fax: 020 7549 0949
To: <ffhs-members@ffhs-lists.org.uk>
Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2008 06:47:41 +0100
Organization: Federation
of Family History Societies
From: FFHS Member
Society contacts' list <ffhs-members@ffhs-lists.org.uk>
Subject:
FFHS-MEMBERS Directory of Speakers
The Directory of Speakers is now on the open area of the website and is open to
everyone without a password
Please encourage people to use it to find speakers and to encourage new speakers
to register with it.
The direct link is
http://www.ffhs.org.uk/education/speakers.php
Regards
David HOLMAN
Chairman
Federation of Family History Societies (FFHS)
Registered Charity (England & Wales) Number 1038721
Please reply to:
Chairman@FFHS.org.UK
Skype:
David_C_Holman
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Subject:
New database at Library and Archives Canada / Nouvelle base de données à
Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
Date:
Tue, 2 Sep 2008 14:07:57 -0400
From:
"Tremblay Sylvie" <Sylvie.Tremblay@lac-bac.gc.ca>
To:
"British Columbia Genealogical Society" <bcgs@bcgs.ca>
Second World War
Service Files: Canadian Armed Forces War Dead
Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is pleased to announce the launch of a new online database, Second World War Service Files: Canadian Armed Forces War Dead.
Through this online database, researchers can access references to the service files in the Department of National Defence Fonds (RG 24) for the members of the Canadian Armed Forces who lost their lives during this conflict. Over 1,159,000 men and women served in the Canadian Armed Forces during the Second World War (1939-1945) and 44,093 people lost their lives.
The database is
available at:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/war-dead/index-e.html
Library and Archives
Canada gratefully acknowledges the contribution of the Commonwealth War Graves
Commission, without which this project would not have been possible.
The contributions of
many LAC staff were instrumental in the success of this project, and their
efforts are much appreciated.
For more information,
please contact Sylvie Tremblay, Chief, Canadian Genealogy Centre at
sylvie.tremblay@lac-bac.gc.ca
Dossiers de service de la Seconde Guerre mondiale : victimes de guerre des Forces armées canadiennes
Bibliothèque et Archives Canada (BAC) a le plaisir d'annoncer le lancement d’une base de données accessible en ligne, Dossiers de service de la Seconde Guerre mondiale : victimes de guerre des Forces armées canadiennes.
Grâce à cette base de données en ligne, les chercheurs peuvent avoir accès aux références pour les dossiers de service classés dans les fonds (fonds d'archives RG 24) des membres des Forces armées canadiennes qui ont perdu la vie durant ce conflit. Plus de 1 159 000 hommes et femmes ont servi dans les Forces armées canadiennes durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale (1939-1945) et 44 093 personnes ont perdu la vie.
On peut accéder à la base de données à l’adresse suivante : http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/base-de-donnees/victimes-de-guerre/index-f.html
Bibliothèque et Archives Canada exprime sa reconnaissance à la Commonwealth War Graves Commission, sans laquelle ce projet n’aurait pas pu voir le jour.
Les efforts déployés par les nombreux membres du personnel de BAC, qui ont contribué à la réussite de ce projet, sont très appréciés.
Pour de plus amples renseignements, veuillez communiquer avec Sylvie Tremblay, chef, Centre canadien de généalogie à l'adresse électronique suivante : sylvie.tremblay@lac-bac.gc.ca
Chef
intérimaire / Acting Head
Centre
canadien de généalogie / Canadian Genealogy Centre
Division
des services aux clients / Client Services Division
Bibliothèque et Archives Canada / Library and Archives Canada
395
Wellington
Ottawa,
Ontario
K1A 0N4
Téléphone / Phone: 613-992-1638
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To: <ffhs-members@ffhs-lists.org.uk>
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 06:27:53 +0100
From: FFHS Member
Society contacts' list <ffhs-members@ffhs-lists.org.uk>
Subject:
FFHS-MEMBERS The new FFHS
Website Forum
We have
set up an information system, called a Forum, on the website.
This is
a direct result of a Strategy Meeting held in mid August and illustrates my
commitment to take actions that benefit all our members.
The
forum had been discussed prior to the meeting so it was easy to action this
suggestion to improve two-way communications with our members and with others
interested in Family History
The
forum does not replace the news list, nor the members list, nor the website
itself. It is a method of allowing exchange of information. It is open to all.
It is a
very good way of communicating but it is not something we will not force
subscription to.
It will
be ‘moderated’ but not censored. You can see how it will work by viewing some
of the topics already set up.
Please
comment back me with ideas, comments etc. in addition please add any thoughts
on what areas we can cover on it.
It will
not be a benefit of membership as such, although it will benefit members, this
will not be exclusive as it will be in the open area of the website
I
suggest you initially look at it without logging in, as that is undoubtedly what
most people will do. You will be able to access all the areas you can see. The
only thing you cannot do is reply to any postings - ie it is basically a read
only forum.
It
becomes a two-way forum when you register. To make your own postings to the
forum you will need to register a username and password - you will also be asked
for an email address. Once you have registered you will be able to modify your
personal profile by clicking the Profile tab on the main menu, near the top of
the page. You will also see that there is a Help tab which contains some basic
help information - I suggest you have a good look at this as it will save
explaining a lot of things.
Unless
you allow your email to be seen by others it will be hidden from everyone except
the Forum Administrator. If you want to send some a personal reply to a posting
you can send them a personal message via the Forum. You do not need to know
their email address and indeed if they reply via the personal message system you
will not know it. Any new Personal Messages will be notified to you at the
email address you have given and be available via the menu at the top.
The
forum is at:
http://www.ffhs.org.uk/forum/index.php and
there is a link from the website pages.
You have
been notified this in advance of a more general announcement on the news list.
Please feel free to make comments on the forum about what else we can do with
it.
Please
also let your committees know about it as I can easily set up boards about
topics that committee members may have a specific interest in
Regards
David
HOLMAN
Chairman
Federation of Family History Societies (FFHS)
Registered Charity (England & Wales) Number 1038721
Please
reply to:
Chairman@FFHS.org.UK
Skype:
David_C_Holman
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From:
Bulkley Valley Genealogical Society
To: BCGS
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 3:14 PM
Subject: FW: Upcoming
Smithers
Genealogical Seminar
Just a
reminder about the Smithers Genealogical Seminar!
Olde England to New England, a seminar to find resources for genealogical
research of English ancestors, Saturday, September 20th .
Guest Speakers: Clark Brewer,
former member of BVGS, holds a Professional Learning Certificate in Genealogical
Studies - English Records. He will give an overview of of the Poor Laws in
England, explaining why they are a good place to start looking for
flesh-on-the-bones information in the Parish Chest. He will also introduce us
to the use of English Probate Records which should not be passed over lightly by
genealogists, as they can be a rich source of information about your ancestors.
James Petty,
professional genealogist with 35 years experience, a senior reference librarian
with the Family History Department and Library of the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City, Utah, is an author, historian, reunion
planner, lecturer, instructor and consultant on genealogical subjects. He will
provide us with information about New England Research and New England's
seafarers.
Genealogists with questions about reference material available from LDS sources
should plan to attend Jim's presentations. The evening Open Discussion is an
opportunity for participants to speak personally to the presenters and to
exchange information with other genealogical societies represented.
The Seminar will be held in Smithers all day Saturday, September 20th at the
Old Church, 3704 - First Avenue (corner of First Ave. and King St.) from 9:00
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. There will be an informal discussion and wrap up in the
evening from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Conference registration ends on September 13,
2008. Fee of $50.00 includes two coffee breaks and lunch.
Cancellations received before September 5 will be refunded less a $10.00
Administration Fee. Fees must be received within 7 days of registering.
Contacts: Jan Smith, phone 250-847-9758,
smithfam@bulkley.net; Karen Mitchell, 250-847-9052,
karenleemitchell@hotmail.com
Please mail cheques to Bulkley Valley Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 3986,
Smithers, B.C. V0J 2N0
BCGS Member Brenda Smith brought to our attention that the Vancouver Public Library has some BC Directories, pre 1901, available online, at http://www.vpl.ca/bccd/index.php
From:
"Gordon A. Watts" <gordon_watts@telus.net>
To: "BCGS" <bcgs@bcgs.ca>
Subject:
Help requested re: consent
questions
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008
20:42:33 -0700
Greetings
All
In connection with our continuing discussions with Statistics Canada regarding
'the question' that we were compelled to accept in order to obtain access to
Canada's Post 1901 Census records, I am seeking examples of government (and
other) documents that include 'consent' questions. I am particularly interested
in documents containing 'consent' questions that require a positive response to
achieve a negative action.
An example of such a form would be Elections Canada's 'Application For
Registration and Special Ballot'. This form requires the applicant to check a
box and sign if they DO NOT want their name added to the National Register of
Electors.
I would appreciate being advised of the existence of any documents (Government
or otherwise) that include 'consent' questions -- either negative or positive,
and assuming they are available online, the URL where they might be located.
Thanks in advance.
Gordon A. Watts
gordon_watts@telus.net
Co-chair, Canada Census Committee
Port Coquitlam, BC
Permission to forward without notice is granted.
To: "News
from the Federation of Family History Societies"
From: News from the Federation of Family History Societies
Subject:
Re: FFHS-NEWS Petition concerning digitization of Birth, Marriage and Death
indexes
On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 04:14:24 +0100, News from the Federation of Family History
Societies <ffhs-news@ffhs-lists.org.uk>
wrote:
<snip>
Petition concerning digitization of Birth, Marriage and Death indexes Further
details on where to search the full range of GRO indexes from 1837 to 2008 can
be found at
http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/research/groindexes/holders_of_the_gro_indexes.asp
<snip>
For those of you who have had trouble with the URL breaking across two lines,
try this URL instead:
http://tinyurl.com/5ukcbx
regards, Malcolm Austen, ffhs-lists.org.uk admin.
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To: "FFHS
NEWS" <ffhs-news@ffhs-lists.org.uk>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:14:24 +0800
From: News from the
Federation of Family History Societies
Subject:
FFHS-NEWS Petition concerning digitization of Birth, Marriage and Death indexes
Petition concerning digitization of Birth, Marriage and Death indexes
In the FFHS Ezine of October 2007 we drew attention to the e-petition "to ensure
that the General Register Office of the ONS completes asap, as promised, the
digitization of, and online index to, the national BMD ledgers dating back to
1837 previously held in the Family Records Centre in London."
The petition closed on 26 July and the following response has just been posted
on the Internet.
"The General Register Office (GRO) has a statutory obligation to make index data
for registration records publicly available. Since the closure of the Family
Records Centre in March 2008, it has provided copies of the indexes in
microfiche format at several libraries and record offices across England and
Wales. Many people who would previously have had to visit London to view the
indexes are now able to do so much closer to home. Further details on where to
search the full range of GRO indexes from 1837 to 2008 can be found at
http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/research/groindexes/holders_of_the_gro_indexes.asp
GRO recognizes that the creation of a publicly-accessible online index will be
of even greater value to many family historians. GRO was transferred on 1 April
2008 from the Office for National Statistics to the Identity and Passport
Service (IPS). IPS has confirmed that the creation of an accessible online index
is a commitment which GRO will continue to work towards.
A necessary pre-requisite is that all the registration records from 1837 must be
created in a digitized format. The project to achieve this has encountered
delays, with about half the records currently digitised. IPS is investigating a
new project to complete the work and to address the requirement for an online
index. At this stage options for the best method of implementation are being
reviewed, and new timescales will be announced as soon as decisions based on the
outcome of the review can be taken."
Roger Lewry
Archives Liaison Officer
Email:
legislation@ffhs.org.uk
www.ffhs.org.uk
25 August 2008
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To: "FFHS NEWS"
<ffhs-news@ffhs-lists.org.uk>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:17:46 +0800
Organization: FFHS
From: News from the Federation of Family History Societies
Subject:
FFHS-NEWS findmypast.com adds 3.2 million parish marriages
FINDMYPAST.COM EXTENDS
ONLINE PARISH RECORDS COLLECTION
Online access to millions of nationwide parish marriage records pre-dating the
civil registration of births, marriages and deaths
UK family history website findmypast.com have added 3.2 million marriage records
to its Parish Records Collection at
http://www.findmypast.com/parish-records-collection-search-start.action?redef=0
The new parish records, dating back to 1538, join the 15 million burial records
already available to search on the site.
The Parish Records Collection brings together in one easy-to-search central
place the disparate records from local parishes, which have been collated by
local family history societies since 1911, coordinated by the Federation of
Family History Societies.
The registers are particularly valuable sources of information for people
seeking to research their family tree back further than the civil records of
birth, marriage and death, which began in 1837, and the nineteenth century
censuses.
Thanks to the cross-database search facility at findmypast.com, you will be able
to search for your ancestor by surname across all the parish records on the site
without needing to know where in the country they came from, helping people to
delve even deeper into their ancestors' pasts.
Among the famous names recorded in the parish marriages is writer Charles John
Huffam Dickens, whose marriage to Catherine Thomson Hogarth took place in
Chelsea on 2 April 1836, just one year prior to civil registration in England
and Wales. In the same year, on 5 July, engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel's
marriage to Mary Elizabeth Horsley is shown in Kensington. Both records have
been contributed by the West Middlesex Family History Society.
Over the coming months findmypast.com will be adding parish baptism records to
the website too.
Maggie Loughran
Joint Administrator, Federation of Family History Societies
Email:
admin@ffhs.org.uk
www.ffhs.org.uk
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To: "FFHS
NEWS" <ffhs-news@ffhs-lists.org.uk>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:38:08 +0800
From: News from the
Federation of Family History Societies
Subject:
FFHS-NEWS Ancestry.com and JewishGen Align to Provide More Online Access to
Millions of Jewish Historical Documents
Ancestry.com and JewishGen Align to Provide More Online Access to Millions of Jewish Historical Documents
Partnership Enables Broader Research of Jewish Ancestry Through Powerful Search Tools in One Centralized Location (USA)
CHICAGO USA – Aug. 19, 2008 – The Generations Network, Inc., parent company of Ancestry.com, and JewishGen, a non-profit organization dedicated to researching and promoting Jewish genealogy and an affiliate of the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, (based in New York USA) today announced a partnership designed to provide easier online access to millions of important Jewish historical documents. JewishGen’s collection of databases will be integrated and be made available for free on Ancestry.com, making these historical Jewish records and information more accessible than ever before. As part of the agreement, the JewishGen site will also be hosted in Ancestry.com’s data center.
For the first time ever, those interested in researching Jewish ancestry will be able to search JewishGen’s databases on Ancestry.com, taking advantage of Ancestry.com’s powerful search technologies, including tree hinting and the ability to search all JewishGen databases through one simple interface. The agreement will also give researchers the ability to make connections within family trees and to perform broader searches – searching JewishGen’s databases in combination with the other 7 billion names and 26,000 databases available on Ancestry.com. In addition, visitors will be able to network with millions of Ancestry.com members to connect with others interested in Jewish genealogy and discover distant relatives.
Under the new agreement, some of the important JewishGen content that will be available on Ancestry.com includes databases from many different countries, the Holocaust Database, Yizkor Books (memorial books from Holocaust survivors), The Given Names Database and JewishGen ShtetlSeeker, among others. The JewishGen collections will be available on Ancestry.com by the end of the year.
To learn more about this important agreement, or if you would like a sneak peek of the Jewish collections that will be available on Ancestry.com, visit www.ancestry.com/JewishHeritage.
About JewishGen
JewishGen, www.jewishgen.org, became an affiliate of the Museum on January 1, 2003. An Internet pioneer, JewishGen was founded in 1987 and has grown from a bulletin board with only 150 users to a major grass roots effort bringing together hundreds of thousands of individuals worldwide in a virtual community centered on discovering Jewish ancestral roots and history.
Researchers use JewishGen to share genealogical information, techniques, and case studies. With a growing database of more than 11 million records, the website is a forum for the exchange of information about Jewish life and family history, and has enabled thousands of families to connect and re-connect in a way never before possible.
About Ancestry.com
With 26,000 searchable databases and titles and nearly 3 million active users, Ancestry.com is the No. 1 online source for family history information. Since its launch in 1997, Ancestry.com has been the premier resource for family history, simplifying genealogical research for millions of people by providing them with many easy-to-use tools and resources to build their own unique family trees. Ancestry.com is part of The Generations Network, Inc., a leading network of family-focused interactive properties, including www.myfamily.com, www.rootsweb.com, www.genealogy.com and Family Tree Maker. In total, The Generations Network properties receive nearly 8.5 million unique visitors worldwide (© comScore Media Metrix, March 2008). To easily begin researching your family history, visit www.ancestry.com.
Maggie
Loughran
Joint Administrator, Federation of Family History Societies
admin@ffhs.org.uk www.ffhs.org.uk
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To: "ffhs-members@ffhs-lists.
org. uk" <ffhs-members@ffhs-lists.org.uk>
Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:47:29 +0800
From: FFHS Member
Society contacts' list <ffhs-members@ffhs-lists.org.uk>
Subject:
FFHS-MEMBERS BBC Radio
4 'Tracing Your Roots' CDs
I have been contacted by
'Tracing Your Roots' to inform me that they have now run out of the CD's but are
still receiving applications.
I understand that the information below is on a number of FHS websites. If it
is on your society website please can you get your webmaster to remove the
reference.
Many Thanks
Maggie Loughran
Joint Administrator, Federation of Family History Societies
Email:
admin@ffhs.org.uk
www.ffhs.org.uk
-----Original Message-----
From:
admin@ffhs.org.uk [mailto:admin@ffhs.org.uk]
Sent: 16 January 2008 16:31
To:
ffhs-news@maillist.ox.ac.uk
Subject: FFHS-NEWS Tracing Your Roots
For anyone who missed the Radio 4 series ‘Tracing Your Roots’ program broadcast
last year, the series producers in collaboration with the BBC’s 'Who Do You
Think You Are?' genealogy magazine have created two CDs, each featuring three
programmes from the first series of Tracing Your Roots.
If you would like a copy of the CD’s all that's required is that you send a
large (preferably padded) self-addressed envelope, to:
Tracing Your Roots (CD’s)
Zone 3.05
BBC Scotland
Pacific Quay
Glasgow
G20 8NS
Postage will be paid by ‘Tracing Your Roots’
Maggie Loughran
Joint Administrator, Federation of Family History Societies
Email:
admin@ffhs.org.uk
www.ffhs.org.uk
Subject:
1916 Census of Western Provinces - Recensement des provinces de l'Ouest de 1916
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008
10:58:12 -0400
From: "Tremblay Sylvie"
<Sylvie.Tremblay@lac-bac.gc.ca>
To: <allarda@familysearch.org>
For your
information – le français suit.
The 1916
Census of the Western Provinces (Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta) is now
available at Library and Archives Canada. The self-serve microfilm reels (reels
T-21925 to T-21956) are in the Microfilm Consultation room. Copies are also
available for interlibrary loan.
Copies of the microfilm
reels shelf-list have been placed in the Microfilm Consultation Room and at the
reference desk in the Canadian Genealogy Centre.
This census is only
available on microfilm. It has not been digitized, so it is not available
online on our website.
You will find more
information about census records held at Library and Archives Canada on the
Canadian Genealogy Centre webpages (http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-911-e.html).
Pour votre information
Le recensement de 1916 pour les provinces de l’Ouest (Manitoba, Saskatchewan et Alberta) est maintenant accessible à Bibliothèque et Archives Canada. Les bobines de microfilm en libre service (T-21925 à T-21956) sont dans la salle de consultation des microfilms. Des copies sont aussi disponibles pour le service de prêt entre institutions.
Des copies de la liste des bobines de microfilm ont été placées dans la salle de consulation des microfilms et au bureau de référence du Centre canadien de généalogie.
Ce recensement est accessible seulement sur microfilm. Il n’a pas été numérisé ; par conséquent, il n’est pas accessible en ligne sur notre site web.
Vous trouverez plus de renseignements sur les recensements conservés à Bibliothèque et Archives Canada sur les pages web du Centre canadien de généalogie (http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogie/022-911-f.html).
Chef
intérimaire / Acting Head
Centre
canadien de généalogie / Canadian Genealogy Centre
Division
des services aux clients / Client Services Division
Bibliothèque et Archives Canada / Library and Archives Canada
395
Wellington
Ottawa,
Ontario
K1A 0N4
Téléphone / Phone: 613-992-1638
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To: "FFHS
NEWS" <ffhs-news@ffhs-lists.org.uk>
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008
18:22:39 +0800
From: News from the
Federation of Family History Societies
Subject:
FFHS-NEWS CAMPAIGN TO
SAVE
TOWER
HAMLETS LOCAL HISTORY LIBRARY & ARCHIVE AT BANCROFT ROAD
CAMPAIGN TO SAVE TOWER
HAMLETS LOCAL HISTORY LIBRARY & ARCHIVE AT BANCROFT ROAD
The Federation of Family History Societies endorses the objectives of this
campaign and wishes to help publicise the means by which attempts are being made
to preserve this valuable resource for future generations.
The campaign is supported by the East London Advertiser and further details can
be found on their website at
http://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/content/towerhamlets/advertiser/BancroftLibrary/default.aspx
More information can be obtained from Tom Ridge at
stepney.history@live.co.uk. He will send a copy of a recent newsletter
containing useful information and details of a petition they have organised.
Signatures are required by 8 September at the latest.
There is also a Downing Street petition on the website at
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Bancroft-Road. The deadline for this petition is
31 August.
Please show your support in any way you can. If we do not make our voices
heard, we are likely to find more and more resources for research at risk.
Roger Lewry
Archives Liaison Officer
19 August 2008
_______________________________________________
ffhs-news mailing list
ffhs-news@ffhs-lists.org.uk
http://ffhs-lists.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/ffhs-news_ffhs-lists.org.uk
Subject:
findmypast.com adds
3.2 million parish marriages
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008
11:00:00 +0100
From: "Debra Chatfield"
<debra.chatfield@findmypast.com>
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FINDMYPAST.COM EXTENDS ONLINE PARISH RECORDS COLLECTION
Online access to millions of nationwide parish marriage records pre- dating the
civil registration of births, marriages and deaths
UK family history website findmypast.com today announced it has added 3.2
million marriage records to its Parish Records Collection at
http://www.findmypast.com/parish-records-collection-search-start.action?redef=0.
The new parish records, dating back to 1538, join the 15 million burial records
already available to search on the site.
The Parish Records Collection brings together in one easy-to-search central
place the disparate records from local parishes, which have been collated by
local family history societies since 1911, coordinated by the Federation of
Family History Societies.
The registers are particularly valuable sources of information for people
seeking to research their family tree back further than the civil records of
birth, marriage and death, which began in 1837, and the nineteenth century
censuses.
Easy to search
Thanks to the cross-database search facility at findmypast.com, you will be able
to search for your ancestor by surname across all the parish records on the site
without needing to know where in the country they came from, helping people to
delve even deeper into their ancestors' pasts.
Famous people in the parish marriage records
Among the famous names recorded in the parish marriages is writer Charles John
Huffam Dickens, whose marriage to Catherine Thomson Hogarth took place in
Chelsea on 2 April 1836, just one year prior to civil registration in England
and Wales.
In the same year, on 5 July, engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel's marriage to Mary
Elizabeth Horsley is shown in Kensington.
Both records have been contributed by the West Middlesex Family History Society.
Debra Chatfield, Marketing Manager at findmypast.com said: "The parish registers
are an essential resource for anyone trying to trace their ancestors back to the
early sixteenth century. By publishing these records online, findmypast.com is
helping to open up new avenues of research for family historians worldwide from
the comfort of their own home."
Over the coming months findmypast.com will be adding parish baptism records to
the website too.
ENDS
Notes to editors
For further information, please contact:
Debra Chatfield, Marketing Manager, findmypast.com 020 7549 0990
debra.chatfield@findmypast.com
About findmypast.com
Leading UK family history website findmypast.com (formerly 1837online.com) was
the first company to make the complete birth, marriage and death indexes for
England & Wales available online in April 2003.
Following the transcription, scanning and indexing of over two million images,
the company launched the first website to allow the public easy and fast access
to the complete indexes, which until then had only been available on microfiche
film in specialist archives and libraries. The launch was instrumental in
creating the widespread and growing interest in genealogy seen in the UK today.
Findmypast has subsequently digitised many more family history records and now
offers access to over 600 million records dating as far back as 1538. This
allows family historians and novice genealogists to search for their ancestors
among comprehensive collections of military records, census, migration,
occupation directories, and current electoral roll data, as well as the original
comprehensive birth, marriage and death records.
In November 2006 findmypast launched the ancestorsonboard.com microsite in
association with The National Archives to publish outbound passenger lists for
long-distance voyages departing all British ports between 1890 and 1960.
As well as providing access to historical records, findmypast is also developing
a range of online tools to help people discover and share their family history
more easily, beginning with the launch of Family Tree Explorer in July 2007.
Over 1.7 million people in the UK have researched their family trees and
findmypast.com has over 800,000 active registered users, revealing the mass
appeal of genealogy and findmypast.com's position as the leading family history
website based in the UK.
In April 2007 findmypast's then parent company Title Research Group received the
prestigious Queen's Award for Enterprise: Innovation 2007 in recognition of
their achievement.
Findmypast.com was acquired in December 2007 by brightsolid, the company which
won The National Archives' tender to publish online the 1911 census.
Kind regards
Debra Chatfield
Marketing Manager - findmypast.com
e-mail:
marketing@findmypast.com
web:
www.findmypast.com
24 Britton Street,
London,
EC1M 5UA,
United Kingdom
Tel: 020 7549 0990 Fax: 020 7549 0949
From: Janet WHITE
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2008
2:20 PM
Subject: Excellent
Quebec website, "Ariane" (or "Where's Edward?")
To: QUEBEC Group, Diane, Bob (?for Journal and/or website), and others,
I just returned from Quebec City, attending the 400 year celebrations, and researching the whereabouts of my gggrandfather's body. Rev. Edward WHITE died of smallpox, at Montreal General Hospital, at 2:30 AM on June 16, 1872, while about to attend a Methodist Conference.
After searching in the Ministry of Justice on Boulevard Laurier (to find out that civil death registry started after 1900), the cathedral-like Quebec Archives (searching microfilm of the bmd's for the 2 Montreal Methodist churches active at the time), I ended up in the Laval University Library, and found a website for Quebec (perhaps other) Newspapers...to look up obits, etc.
****A wonderful site, therefore, at Laval University, AVAILABLE FREE TO EVERYONE, is called "Ariane" ... Google "Ariane" in and you get, amongst other things, the website at Laval: http://ariane.ulaval.ca/web2/tramp2.exe/log_in?setting_key=french
From Bob Daniel:- As a note the link does not work well when clicking it in the email page. It works ok if pasted into the Web Browsers addreess bar though. Also if you paste the link into the Babelfish language conversion website http://babelfish.yahoo.com/ "Translate a web page " it does a fairly good job of converting to English
When you get to the website, at the top of the page, hit "recherche indexe", then put in the newspaper name, i.e. "Morning Chronicle" and below, hit "periodique" (newspaper)...on the next screen, to the left, pick the time frame, then the date (i.e. 1872), then the month, and lastly, the day of the month.
Voilà! The actual newpaper will appear (The "Morning Chronicle" is an English newspaper)....
Additional Info from Diane Rogers
This
newspaper and many others are really on the Quebec National Library &
Archives website - which has an aggressive digitization programme - lucky for
anyone researching in
Quebec
or just looking for ship arrival info, etc.
Go to (English version) http://www.banq.qc.ca/portal/dt/collections/collection_numerique/coll_numerique.jsp?bnq_langue=en
for an overview of what's available there and to this page (English version) to
see all the digital newspapers there - scroll to Quebec Chronicle for the
Morning Chronicle:
http://www.banq.qc.ca/portal/dt/collections/collection_numerique/archives/archives.jsp?categorie=6
Paper of Record also has some
early Quebec newspapers, including some Chronicles:
|
Quebec |
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Montreal |
1870 - 1878 |
2,921 |
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Montreal |
1811 - 1873 (partial) |
14,579 |
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Montreal |
1840 - 1844 |
2,494 |
**updated** |
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Montreal |
1868 - 1871 |
3,861 |
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Quebec City |
1857 - 1873 (partial) |
3,968 |
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Quebec City |
1842 - 1849 |
4,168 |
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Quebec City |
1788 - 1791 |
1,774 |
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Quebec City |
1862 - 1864 |
3,042 |
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Quebec City |
1847 - 1871 (partial) |
2,572 |
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Saint-Hyacinthe |
1877 - 1886 |
5,537 |
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Sorel |
1862 - 1873 |
3,121 |
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Stanstead |
1823 - 1826 |
610 |
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You can contact the McGill Archives by e-mail - they will let you know about getting access to those hospital documents. That collection has some more recent material so likely they have restricted the entire fonds or group of records so that access to info on living persons isn't open to all. You can show the person you are interested in is dead, from other records, and anyway 1872 is long ago. I doubt there would be any real difficulty - but it may be a matter of practicalities. They probably don't have much staff. (I notice they mention taking $ donations!)
See their website for a description of the collection - and for an e-mail contacts: http://www.archives.mcgill.ca/resources/guide/vol1/rg96.htm
Reference Desk: refdesk.archives@mcgill.ca or Theresa Rowat, Director and University Archivist: theresa.rowat@mcgill.ca
From:
"Gordon A. Watts" <gordon_watts@telus.net>
To: "Gordon A. WATTS" <gordon_watts@telus.net>
Subject:
'Gordon Watts
Reports' - new issue online,
12 Aug 2008
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2008
11:33:41 -0700
Greetings All.
FYI. The
latest issue of 'Gordon Watts Reports' is now online at
http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/gazgw/gazgw-0111.htm
Topics in this issue
include:
* "Deeply Rooted"
* 1881 Census of Canada
online
* JGS Canada (Toronto)
cemetery project
* Royal BC Museum wants
your stories
Have a great day!
Gordon A.
Watts
gordon_watts@telus.net
Co-chair, Canada Census Committee
Port Coquitlam, British Columbia
Read my column, 'Gordon Watts Reports' at http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/authors/authgw.htm
From:
"Gordon A. Watts" <gordon_watts@telus.net>
To: "Gordon A. WATTS" <gordon_watts@telus.net>
Subject:
Senator Lorna Milne's
book on our Census campaign.
Date: Sat, 9 Aug 2008
13:49:08 -0700
Greetings All.
I returned home yesterday morning to find a telephone message from Jeff Paul, former Legislative Assistant to Senator Lorna Milne. It had been some time since I had had any word from him, as shortly after the passage of Bill S-18, on 28 June 2005, Jeff left the office of Senator Milne.
Jeff was calling to advise that Senator Milne had written her account of the long campaign we had waged to regain the public access to Historic Census records that genealogist and historians believed regulations attached to the Privacy Act already stated that we could have.
Written from her perspective as a Parliamentarian, Senator Milne details much of the 'behind the scenes' activity that led us through her two Private Senator's Bills, and two Senate Government Bills before the final passage of Bill S-18, and it's passage into law by Royal Assent on 29 June 2005. Some of the 'behind the scenes' action had been made public during the course of our campaign, some of it I had been advised about in confidence -- and was unable to make public, and some of it was new to me.
All in all, I found Senator Milne's book, titled "Deeply Rooted - The story of one Senator's battel to preserve the Historic Census results" a very interesting read and recommend it to everyone. It can be found on Senator Milne's website at http://www.sen.parl.gc.ca/lmilne/
We all owe Senator Milne a great deal of thanks for her efforts during our campaign. Without her to 'champion' our cause, without doubt now retired Ivan Fellegi would have succeeded in his goal to forever seal the records we all find so valuable to our historical and genealogical research.
The on-line publication of Senator Milne's book has reminded me that I should return to and complete my own account of the campaign.
Have a great day!
Gordon A.
Watts
gordon_watts@telus.net
Co-chair, Canada
Census
Committee
Port Coquitlam, British
Columbia
Read my column, 'Gordon Watts Reports' at http://globalgenealogy.com/globalgazette/authors/authgw.htm
New Database
Available Online - Census of Canada, 1881
Library and Archives Canada (LAC) is pleased to announce the launch of a new
online database, Census of Canada, 1881. Through this online database
researchers can access digitized images of original census returns featuring the
name, age, country or province of birth, nationality, religion, and occupation
of Canada's
residents at the time of the 1881 Census.
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1881/index-e.html
From Diane
Rogers:- Also now there is a one step for the Canadian 1881census -
FamilySearch search still works the best, I think. Then just go to LAC to view.
Maybe too bad no new index, but I'd rather see 1861/71/16 images up - then we
can do an index...http://stevemorse.org/census/canada1881.php
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Date:
Thu, 7 Aug 2008 19:48:59 -0600
From: jon.kalmakoff@accesscomm.ca
To: bcgs@bcgs.ca
Subject:
Library and Archives Canada and Doukhobor Genealogy Website Announce Strategic
Partnership
Dear Sir or Madam,
I'm pleased to announce that a strategic partnership agreement has been signed
between Library and Archives Canada and myself on behalf of the Doukhobor
Genealogy Website! The purpose of the partnership is to enhance the availability
of Doukhobor genealogical and historical materials to the Canadian public.
Please find attached a press release (press
release in PDF) and accompanying photo.(DSCF0173)
To view the original release on the LAC website see:
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/genealogy/022-203.002.15-e.html.
To view the original release on the Doukhobor Genealogy Website see:
http://www.doukhobor.org/LAC.htm
Best Regards,
Jonathan J. Kalmakoff
Regina, SK
From:
Winston Millis <winmilkey@hotmail.com>
Subject:
Irish Palatine SIG proposed in association with Ontario Genealogical Society
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 12:33:13 -0700
Hi,
I am forwarding this message as there will be those BCGS and UEL members having
Palatine German ancestry, relating particularly to the 1709 emigration to
Ireland who may welcome the formation of a Special Interest Group in association
with the Ontario Genealogical Society.
Anyone interested in the celebrations and/or the SIG should contact OGS in this
regard.
2009 marks the 300th Anniversary of the Arrival of Palatine families to
Ireland. Many of their descendants ended up in
Ontario,
particulary from about 1825 and onward, although some Irish Palatines had
migrated to America from about 1760 on - some of which family members ended up
in Canada at the end of the American Revolution as UELs. (UELs also include some
descendants of those Palatines who arrived in
America
in 1710).
Commemorative celebrations are being planned in Ontario during 2009. Also, in
2010, Palatines To America is planning celebrations in remembrance of those who
arrived on American soil in 1710.
[Note: The sender of the following message lives in Beloit, Wisconsin.]
Regards,
Marvin Millis
> Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2008 19:40:04 -0500
> From: palatines@mac.com
> To: Palatines@mac.com
> Subject: Irish Palatines group in Ontario Genealogical Society
>
> As many Irish Palatine families settled in Ontario, we all have attachments to
that province. Often our genealogical work takes us to places within Ontario or
to documents housed there.
>
> The Ontario Genealogical Society (OGS) is an excellent organization which
brings together many resources, hosts annual and regional conferences and
publishes outstanding periodicals. Many Irish Palatines are members of OGS and
of its county branches.
>
> A group of us are now considering forming an Irish Palatine Special Interest
Group (SIG) within OGS. This would be an organization within the larger
organization that brings together Irish Palatines to facilitate our
communicating with each other. It would improve on the current situation by
which one must often join several different county branches to try to locate
Irish Palatines.
>
> Irish Palatine genealogists all over the world often need information from or
about Ontario settlements and families, so many of us who do not live in Ontario
have been members of OGS for several years. A SIG would assist us greatly in
linking up.
>
> In order for a group to become a SIG, the group must formally apply by letter
to the OGS. Accompanying the application would be a minimum of 25 OGS member
signatures confirming the signatory’s support of the SIG, the identification of
an Executive (a Chair, a Treasurer), and an initial budget (expense items such
as mailing, initial newsletter, the start of a collection of SIG library
material, etc.)
>
> It is recommended by the 2009 Organizing Committee that we form an Irish
Palatine SIG.
>
> Some Benefits of Forming an IrishPalatine SIG
>
> As a first step, an OGS Irish Palatine SIG could greatly assist us with the
development of the 2009 celebrations.
>
> OGS hosts many of the WEB sites for the individual Branches, and more Branches
are migrating their Web sites to the OGS system. OGS provides support in the
design of the site, hosts the site; the Branch provides the webmaster who
controls site content.
>
> Communications among Irish Palatine members would be much more efficient.
>
> As OGS has experience in publishing, a commemorative booklet for the 300-year
Irish Palatine anniversary is possible. The Irish Palatine SIG would supply the
information, the OGS editor would help assemble the material, OGS would publish
the booklet, and the revenue from booklet sales would be allotted to the
Palatine SIG and OGS. If the booklet material were completed by year-end, the
printed booklet would be available by about March.
>
> OGS has experience in establishing formal collections of documents and papers
in selected libraries. A single site for donated Irish Palatine materials would
be established in Ontario allowing for future family research by those
interested in the Irish Palatine story.
>
>
> We need to hear from all of you Irish Palatine descendants as soon as possible
to determine whether you are interested in joining OGS and an Irish Palatine
SIG. The current cost is about $57 Canadian for the combined annual membership.
>
> Please respond to the email address below stating that you support the
formation of an Irish Palatine SIG, and will join the OGS (if you aren't already
an OGS member).
>
Bob Fizzell
<palatines@mac.com>
Subject:
Fall 2008 Programs at the
Cloverdale Library
Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 17:52:52 -0700
From: "Genealogy Research" <Genealogy@surrey.ca>
Genealogy Programs at the Cloverdale Library: Fall 2008
Note: Registration for all programs must be made in advance. Payment
is required before registration is completed.
Please call the Cloverdale Library at 604-598-7328 or consult
our website: www.spl.surrey.bc.ca / Programs and Services / Genealogy
Megan Smolenyak Smolenyak, is coming to the Surrey Arts Centre for a day of lectures on
March 7, 2009!
For information about Megan, her ventures and expertise, see
www.honoringourancestors.com
Don't miss out! Seating is limited! Tickets go on sale later this
Fall. (Details TBA)
You may add your name to our wait list by calling 604-598-7328, or
emailing
genealogy@surrey.ca
This event is co-sponsored by Surrey Public Library and the
British Columbia Genealogical Society.
BCGS
members may obtain tickets through the Society.
Ongoing:
Genealogy Collection Orientations
The Cloverdale Branch of
Surrey Public Library has Western Canada’s most extensive, Canadian Genealogy collection. To help you become
familiar with our holdings, we offer monthly orientations on the first Saturday
of every month, 10:00 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.
Free of charge. Please pre-register by calling 604-598-7328, or emailing genealogy@surrey.ca
Ongoing: Interested in your family history but don't know where to start?
What tools do we need? Where do we look? Are we on the right path? Attend this session to explore the methodology needed to launch a family history research project. Participants receive a starter workbook and other materials to guide their first steps on this popular self-development path.
Fall 2008:
Saturday, September 6, 2008, 10 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Charge: $10.00 Please pre-register by calling 604-598-7328, or emailing
genealogy@surrey.ca
Work Life Stories or Fact Fillers?
Researching
Occupational Records for Family History
with Diane Rogers
You might have your
ancestor's birth, marriage and death records. Perhaps census records confirm
family stories about how they made a living. But were records left behind at
their places of employment, or their union or in other places? Would these
records tell work life stories? Determine if occupational records are available
for your ancestors, whether or not they can assist with your genealogy research,
and how to track them down. Examples given will be from
British Columbia and
Western Canada.
Saturday, September
13, 10:30 - 11:30 am
Cloverdale Library,
5642-176A Street, Surrey
Charge:
$10.00
Please pre-register
by calling 604-598-7328, or emailing
genealogy@surrey.ca
Payment required upon
registration.
BC
150! Surrey History Showtime!
with Surrey Archives Reference Specialist, Ryan Gallagher
What did Surrey look like one hundred years ago? Fifty years ago? Drop in for an
archival slide show that's sure to take you back in time! It's been said that
pictures can tell a thousand words - see the story of
Surrey in pictures. Long time residents might find themselves on a
sentimental journey, others will surely be surprised at how things used to
look!
(If this sparks your interest, come back November 8th for "Surrey's Early
Years" - a presentation that will further explore the details of our local
history.)
Saturday,
September 20, 10:30 - 11:30 am
No charge: by donation only
Please pre-register by calling 604-598-7328, or emailing genealogy@surrey.ca
BC
150! Surrey History Showtime!
with Surrey Archives Reference Specialist, Ryan Gallagher
What did Surrey look like one hundred years ago? Fifty years ago? Drop in for an
archival slide show that's sure to take you back in time! It's been said that
pictures can tell a thousand words - see the story of
Surrey in pictures. Long time residents might find themselves on a
sentimental journey, others will surely be surprised at how things used to
look!
(If this sparks your interest, come back November 8th for "Surrey's Early
Years" - a presentation that will further explore the details of our local
history.)
Saturday,
September 20, 10:30 - 11:30 am
No charge: by donation only
Please pre-register by calling 604-598-7328, or emailing genealogy@surrey.ca
Ancestry Library Edition:
How to Navigate the World's Largest Genealogy Collection
Online!
with Jacqui Haines
This extensive family history resource is freely available to the public at the Cloverdale Library. Ancestry offers unparalleled coverage of Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States and more. Learn how to get the most out of this amazing, family history database collection, by attending this lecture with on screen demonstrations.
Saturday,
September 27, 10:30am - 11:30am
Charge:$10.00 Please pre-register by calling 604-598-7328, or emailing
genealogy@surrey.ca
Ongoing: Start Searching Your Family History
A beginner’s
workshop in five lessons with Brenda Smith
This series of five 3-hour classes, developed by writer and researcher Brenda
Smith, addresses each beginning family history researcher's need for guidance in
embarking on a very personal journey. Working with their own materials, and
supporting each other, learners will discover their particular motives and set
goals for their research, organize and evaluate their data, and plan the first
stage of their individual programs. Participants must be able to commit to
attending all five sessions.
Fall 2008: Mondays, 5:30 - 8:30 pm: Sept. 29, Oct. 27, Nov. 10, 24, Dec. 8
Charge:
$100 for series Please pre-register by calling 604-598-7328, or emailing
genealogy@surrey.ca
Payment required upon registration.
Ongoing:
Start Writing Your Family History
A
Communications Workshop in 5 Lessons with Brenda Smith
This
series also consists of five 3-hour classes, and addresses the researcher's need
to report and publish findings. Working with their own materials, and supporting
each other, learners discover how to move from the gathering of information to
creating a publishable product. Participants must be able to commit to attending
all five sessions.
Prerequisite: Start
Searching Your Family History or approval from the instructor.
Offered periodically – no sessions this fall, but please feel free to be on our wait list for the next round, likely in January…
Charge:
$100 for series Please pre-register by calling 604-598-7328, or emailing
genealogy@surrey.ca
Payment required upon registration.
BC
150! Surrey's Early Years
with Jack Brown
A great introduction to
Surrey's history! Local geographer/historian Jack Brown
will guide you through
Surrey's past, touching on First Nations people,
geographic landscapes, European Settlement, and early town centres and
industries.
Saturday, November 8,
10:30am to 11:30 am
Charge: $10.00 Please pre-register by calling 604-598-7328, or
emailing
genealogy@surrey.ca
Land Ahoy! You
See Land, but Where are the Records?
with
Laurie
J.Cooke
Land records for your ancestors can be a wonderful addition
to the family history collection. But what kind of information is on a deed or a
petition? Can land information help with genealogy mysteries? Who holds the
records and how do we obtain them? It depends! Finding land titles and related
documents can range from a simple task, to a challenging, time consuming
misadventure. Make a good start by attending this session before pursuing the
documents.
Saturday, November 29,
10:30 am - 12:00 pm
Charge: $10.00 Please pre-register by calling 604-598-7328, or by
emailing
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Subject:
Help us make history.
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:41:54 -0700
From: "History, Peoples
RBCM:EX" <PeoplesHistory@RoyalBCMuseum.bc.ca>
To: <info@folklore.bc.ca>
This year, you can
become part of BC history. The Royal BC Museum wants your story – and your help
in spreading the word about The People’s History Project, a website where
people from across the province can share memories and stories of British
Columbia from a personal point of view.
Filled with photographs, text, audio and video submissions, The People’s History Project is accepting story submissions until Jan. 11, 2009. Then it will live on in the BC Archives as an electronic time capsule of BC history as seen through the eyes of British Columbians in 2008 – the province’s 150th anniversary year.
You can make a big difference to this project. Here’s how:
Pass the word
If you manage a membership list or other email group, please pass this email on
to your lists. Send it on to your family, friends or professional networks. You
can help us reach out across BC to find stories waiting to be told.
Print our poster and
share our ad
A printable poster and a newsletter ad are attached to this message. Hang the
poster on your notice board or post it at your local coffee shop. If you have a
print or electronic newsletter, just drop in our ad for The People’s History
Project to help us spread the word
<<Peoples History Poster.pdf>> <<Peoples History Ad.pdf>>
Share your stories
and photos
Share your own story about arriving, growing up, working or living in BC. Visit
the website at
www.freespiritbc.ca/peopleshistory, or call 250-381-4305 to record your
story in your own voice. Your submission can be as simple as a family
photograph.
Thank you for helping the Royal BC Museum record The People’s History for all British Columbians to share.
To learn more about the
project, visit the website, or call or email us:
The People’s History Project
On the web:
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Email:
peopleshistory@royalbcmuseum.bc.ca
Phone: 250 381-4305
Follow the links below to read some of the stories we’ve already received:
Close Encounters of a
Hairy Kind
It had started snowing again, and after I had I trekked along uphill for a ways,
I noticed another set of tracks had joined the trail. Who on earth, I wondered,
would be dumb enough to be out here in this wilderness in this weather (besides
me, that is). Must be a bear, I thought, however, on closer inspection, I saw
that the prints, deeply impressed into the new snowfall, seem to be made by a
two-legged critter . . .
[read full story]
A Christmas Gift
Frantically the cook bundled herself and her baby in warm clothes, and, with
remarkable intuition, grabbed a bag of flour from the counter where she had been
making donuts. Off they hurried to the site of the disaster. Remarkably this
courageous woman was able to work her way down to her injured husband. There she
applied flour to his massive, hemorrhaging head wounds. This simple act helped
the clotting process. Doctors would later say her first aid actions may well
have saved his life . . .
[read full story]
The Best of Intentions
She struggled making her way along the road pulling the sleigh but still no sign
of George, no beams of light from the car bouncing off the winter black trees.
She paused tucking the blanket carefully around Arline again. She had to keep
going but by now the cold was seeping deep into her bones and slowing down her
progress . . .
[read full story]
To: "ffhs-members@ffhs-lists.
org. uk" <ffhs-members@ffhs-lists.org.uk>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:49:49 +0800
From: FFHS Member
Society contacts' list <ffhs-members@ffhs-lists.org.uk>
Subject:
FFHS-MEMBERS FamilySearch Announces Plans to Broaden Access to Censuses for
England and Wales
FamilySearch Announces
Plans to Broaden Access to All Available Censuses for England and Wales
To those who may be concerned re free access.
Findmypast.com works in a similar way to the FFHS FamilyHistoryOnline by
offering free access to indexes and then offering further information if
researchers pay for it. Census indexes are now to be placed on the familysearch
website, to tempt its vast number of users to access the full transcriptions on
findmypast.com. A 'click through' button will be available so that they move to
the FMP site to buy the extra information and view the original images all of
which the indexes do not offer.
Using this huge genealogical site will generate even more traffic to our FFHS
data, therefore increasing the royalties received by member societies who have
given full transcriptions, or are presently working on these. (See
http://www.ffhs.org.uk/projects/1851/1851census.php).
Although there is free access for researchers to indexes on findmypast.com,
Origins Network and Familysearch.org sites, be assured that NO FREE ACCESS is
available to anyone for any census datasets that receive royalties.
Carol McLee
FFHS Projects Officer
Email:
projects@ffhs.org.uk
www.ffhs.org.uk
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To: "FFHS NEWS"
<ffhs-news@ffhs-lists.org.uk>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:30:46 +0800
From: News from the Federation of Family History Societies
Subject:
FFHS-NEWS FamilySearch Announces Plans to Publish Free Indexes to All Available
U.S. Censuses
FamilySearch and
Ancestry.com Team to Publish New Images and
Enhanced Indexes to the U.S. Censuses
New 1900 Census
Images Now Available on Ancestry.com; Volunteer Indexers Sought to Improve the
1920 U.S. Census Index
SALT LAKE CITY—Ancestry.com and FamilySearch, have announced that they will exchange records and resources to make more historical records available online. The first project is a joint initiative to significantly enhance the online U.S. Federal Census Collection (1790 to 1930). The original census records are among the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
FamilySearch is digitally converting master microfilm copies of the original U.S. Federal Censuses from 1790 through 1930 and, under this agreement, will give these improved images to Ancestry.com. All census images and indexes will be available on Ancestry.com for subscribers. As projects are completed, images will be available for free in NARA reading rooms and FamilySearch’s 4,500 Family History Centers.
Ancestry.com, which currently offers indexes and images to the entire publicly available U.S. Federal Census Collection, will give FamilySearch copies of its existing census indexes. Through its online indexing system and community of volunteer indexers, FamilySearch is already indexing select censuses. FamilySearch will merge the Ancestry.com indexes with the new FamilySearch indexes to create enhanced census indexes, which will be added to both sites. Indexes to the enhanced censuses will be free on Ancestry.com for a limited time as they are completed. Indexes will also be available for free on FamilySearch.org.
The first census exchanged is the 1900 U.S. Census. FamilySearch completed a 1900 index in addition to Ancestry.com’s original. In the new index, FamilySearch added several new fields of searchable data, such as birth month and birth year, so individuals can search for ancestors more easily. The two indexes will be merged into an enhanced index, available on both sites. The new 1900 census images are now available on Ancestry.com. The enhanced 1900 index will be available for free for a limited time at Ancestry.com and ongoing at FamilySearch.org.
Ancestry.com will also provide FamilySearch its original 1920 U.S. Census index. Using the Ancestry.com index as a first transcription, FamilySearch will create a new second index with added fields and arbitrate any discrepancies between the two indexes. The 1920 project is currently in progress. Individuals interested in helping create the improved index can volunteer at FamilySearch.org. Once completed, the enhanced 1920 index will be available on both sites and will link back to images on Ancestry.com.
The 1850 through 1870 (partial) and 1880 and 1900 U.S. Censuses can be searched currently at FamilySearch.org; all publicly available U.S. Censuses are already available on Ancestry.com.
About Ancestry.com
With 26,000 searchable databases and titles and nearly 3 million active users, Ancestry.com is the No. 1 online source for family history information. Since its launch in 1997, Ancestry.com has been the premier resource for family history, simplifying genealogical research for millions of people by providing them with many easy-to-use tools and resources to build their own unique family trees. Ancestry.com is part of The Generations Network, Inc., a leading network of family-focused interactive properties, including http://www.myfamily.com/, http://www.rootsweb.com/, http://www.genealogy.com/ and Family Tree Maker. In total, The Generations Network properties receive nearly 8.5 million unique visitors worldwide. (© comScore Media Metrix, March 2008). To easily begin researching your family history, visit http://www.ancestry.com/.
About FamilySearch
FamilySearch is a nonprofit organization that maintains the world's largest repository of genealogical resources. Patrons may access resources online at FamilySearch.org or through the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah, and over 4,500 family history centers in 70 countries. FamilySearch is a trademark of Intellectual Reserve, Inc. and is registered in the United States of America and other countries.
Maggie Loughran
Joint Administrator, Federation of Family History Societies
admin@ffhs.org.uk
www.ffhs.org.uk
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To: "FFHS
NEWS" <ffhs-news@ffhs-lists.org.uk>
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:10:27 +0800
Organization: FFHS
From: News from the
Federation of Family History Societies
Subject:
FFHS-NEWS British Library collection moves programme,
22 Jul 2008
In January 2009, the British Library will be starting a collection moves
programme of low-use items. This is the largest programme of moves that have
been undertaken since the opening of St Pancras in 1998.
The transfer of low-use items to a new storage facility in Boston Spa, West Yorkshire, will take place in phases. This first phase will see 10.6% of their total collection transferred to Boston Spa. During the first phase, these low-use collections will become unavailable to Readers. The embargo period will start in January 2009 and last for a minimum of nine months. This period of restricted access will not affect St Pancras’ high-use material such as rare books, manuscripts, maps, sound archive and music scores.
The collection moves are taking place as the British Library needs to vacate current leasehold storage buildings. Firstly, they fail to provide adequate environmental conditions. Secondly, the Library does not have the opportunity to extend the leases. The moves will allow the British Library to rationalise their collection storage, provide future growth space and continue to act as guardians of the national collection.
The planned closure of the newspaper library in Colindale and the transfer of the newspaper collections form a part of Phase Two of the Collection Moves programme, starting at the end of 2009. The material stored at Colindale will be transferred on a staggered basis, and will only be unavailable to Readers whilst in transit. This is expected to be a matter of weeks. Moving the hard copy collections to the state-of-the-art storage conditions in Boston Spa will considerably improve their lifespan. Microfilm will be stored and available at St Pancras
More information on this can be found at: www.bl.uk/news/2008/pressrelease20080717.html
The background to Colindale Newspaper Migration Strategy can be found at:
http://www.ffhs.org.uk/news/news070604.php
http://www.ffhs.org.uk/news/news071016.php
Maggie Loughran
Joint Administrator, Federation of Family History Societies
admin@ffhs.org.uk
www.ffhs.org.uk
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To: "FFHS
NEWS" <ffhs-news@ffhs-lists.org.uk>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008
16:18:38 +0800
From: News from the
Federation of Family History Societies
Subject:
FFHS-NEWS Scotland
Online becomes brightsolid
NEW NAME AND NEW ORDERS
SIGNAL UK EXPANSION FOR SCOTLAND ONLINE
Scotland Online, the leading internet services business and the parent company
of family history website findmypast.com, has re-branded as brightsolid, in
recognition of its evolving position in the UK business market and growing range
of online expertise and products. The company is experiencing significant
growth, helped by new business across the range of its activities.
brightsolid has recently acquired the leading family history company
findmypast.com. The company also won the contract to digitise, license and
publish the 1911 Census of England and Wales from The National Archives in Kew.
In addition brightsolid operates scotlandspeople.gov.uk, which is a partnership
between the General Register Office for Scotland, the National Archives of
Scotland and the Court of the Lord Lyon.
The brightsolid brand was developed after extensive research among major
customers and other key stakeholders. While there was an overwhelmingly positive
response to the company's reputation, it was felt that it could do even more to
emphasise the high quality and range of its products and services. The new name
reflects the research conclusions that the company was seen to be "bright" in
terms of its people and approach, and "solid" in terms of its resilient
infrastructure and delivery.
brightsolid is owned by publishers D.C. Thomson (DCT) and Noble Grossart
Investments (NGI).
Maggie Loughran
Joint Administrator, Federation of Family History Societies
Email:
admin@ffhs.org.uk
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Subject:
Parish records
collection goes online at findmypast
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:55:19 +0100
From: "Debra Chatfield"
Debra.Chatfield@findmypast.com
NEWS RELEASE
FINDMYPAST.COM LAUNCHES ONLINE PARISH RECORDS COLLECTION
Online access to millions of nationwide parish baptism, marriage and burial
records pre-dating the civil registration of birth, marriage and deaths
UK family history website findmypast.com today announced it is adding the parish
records from over 1,000 parishes across Britain to its existing collection of
online family history records, offering online access to baptism, marriage and
burial records dating as far back as 1538.
From today over 15 million parish burial records and memorial inscriptions will
be available to view at
www.findmypast.com, with a total of 7 million baptism, marriage and probate
records being made available online later this year. The parish records
collection brings together in one easy-to-search central place the disparate
records from local parishes, which have been collated by local family history
societies since 1911, coordinated by the Federation of Family History Societies.
The registers are particularly valuable sources of information for people
seeking to research their family tree back further than the civil records of
birth, marriage and death, which began in 1837, and the nineteenth century
censuses.
Complementing the records from the National Burial Index and the complete
registration of death indexes (1837 - 2006), which are also available to view at
www.findmypast.com, the parish burial registers are a valuable source of
information for family historians and genealogists looking to discover details
about their ancestors, such as key dates, relatives of the deceased and the
place of abode.
Thanks to the cross-database search facility at findmypast.com, you will be able
to search for your ancestor by surname across all the parish records on the site
without needing to know where in the country they came from, helping people to
delve even deeper into their ancestors' pasts.
Elaine Collins, Commercial Director at findmypast.com said: "The parish
registers are a key resource for people looking to trace their family tree as
far back as the early sixteenth century and will help open up new avenues of
research for family historians across the country from the comfort of their own
home.
"With another series of Who Do You Think You Are? due to air this year, family
history is more popular than ever and the extension of historical records being
made available to view online will help even more people find out more about
their ancestors and family tree."
ENDS
Notes to editors
For further information, please contact:
Elaine Collins, Commercial Director, findmypast.com 020 7549 0990
elaine.collins@findmypast.com
About findmypast.com
Leading UK family history website findmypast.com (formerly 1837online.com) was
the first company to make the complete birth, marriage and death indexes for
England & Wales available online in April 2003.
Following the transcription, scanning and indexing of over two million images,
the company launched the first website to allow the public easy and fast access
to the complete indexes, which until then had only been available on microfiche
film in specialist archives and libraries. The launch was instrumental in
creating the widespread and growing interest in genealogy seen in the UK today.
Findmypast has subsequently digitised many more family history records and now
offers access to over 500 million records dating as far back as 1538. This
allows family historians and novice genealogists to search for their ancestors
among comprehensive collections of military records, census, migration,
occupation directories, and current electoral roll data, as well as the original
comprehensive birth, marriage and death records.
In November 2006 findmypast launched the ancestorsonboard.com microsite in
association with The National Archives to publish outbound passenger lists for
long-distance voyages departing all British ports between 1890 and 1960.
As well as providing access to historical records, findmypast is also developing
a range of online tools to help people discover and share their family history
more easily, beginning with the launch of Family Tree Explorer in July 2007.
Over 1.7 million people in the UK have researched their family trees and
findmypast.com has over 800,000 active registered users, revealing the mass
appeal of genealogy and findmypast.com's position as the leading family history
website based in the UK.
In April 2007 findmypast's then parent company Title Research Group received the
prestigious Queen's Award for Enterprise: Innovation 2007 in recognition of
their achievement.
Findmypast.com was acquired in December 2007 by brightsolid, the company which
won The National Archives' tender to publish online the 1911 census.
Kind regards
Debra Chatfield
Marketing Manager - findmypast.com
e-mail:
marketing@findmypast.com
web:
www.findmypast.com
24 Britton Street, London, EC1M 5UA, United Kingdom
Tel: 020 7549 0990 Fax: 020 7549 0949
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To: "FFHS
NEWS" <ffhs-news@ffhs-lists.org.uk>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:37:57 +0800 Organization: FFHS
From:
News
from the Federation of Family History Societies,10
Jul 2008
Subject: FFHS-NEWS GRO
INDEX UPDATE
GRO (General Register
Office) digitization plans appear to have stalled.
In the August edition of Ancestors magazine published by The National Archives (TNA)
it is reported that 'The digitization of Britain's most important set of
national family history records. has hit the buffers. and there is currently no
timetable to restart the project.'
The report states that the main contractor for the project, Siemens IT Solutions
and Services Ltd, has pulled out. With parts of the project named DOVE, MAGPIE
and EAGLE it is tempting to think of the whole planning exercise as having been
bird brained.
James Hall, the new Registrar General and Chief Executive of the Identity and
Passport Service (IPS), is expecting an emergency internal strategic review to
report its findings by the end of September.
For full details on this visit:
www.ffhs.org.uk/news/news080703.php
Maggie Loughran
Joint Administrator, Federation of Family History Societies
admin@ffhs.org.uk
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To: "FFHS
NEWS" <ffhs-news@ffhs-lists.org.uk>
Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 19:31:28 +0800 Organization: FFHS
From: News from the
Federation of Family History Societies>
Subject:
FFHS-NEWS FW: Ministry of Defence asks for views on transfer of historic records
to TNA
Maggie
Loughran
Joint Administrator, Federation of Family History Societies
Email:
admin@ffhs.org.uk
www.ffhs.org.uk
-----Original Message-----
From:
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[mailto:ffhs-news-bounces@ffhs-lists.org.uk] On Behalf Of News from the
Federation of Family History Societies
Sent: 09 July 2008 19:01
To: FFHS NEWS
Subject: FFHS-NEWS Ministry of Defence asks for views on transfer of
historic records to TNA
Ministry of Defence asks for views on transfer of historic records to TNA
The Ministry of Defence has launched a public consultation process regarding the
transfer of historic Armed Forces Service Personnel records to The National
Archives (TNA).
Members of the public are being asked for their views on the process the
Ministry of Defence has developed to transfer to The National Archives records
of soldiers, sailors and airmen who served in the Armed Forces between the two
World Wars and for those who were members of the Home Guard during the Second
World War.
For more information visit:
http://www.mod.uk/DefenceInternet/DefenceNews/DefencePolicyAndBusiness/PublicAskedForTheirViewsOnTransferOfHistoricRecords.htm
Links to
the various consultation pages can be found on the right hand side of the above
webpage.
Maggie Loughran
Joint Administrator, Federation of Family History Societies
Email:
admin@ffhs.org.uk,
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To: "FFHS
NEWS" <ffhs-news@ffhs-lists.org.uk>
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 13:37:12 +0800
From:
News
from the Federation of Family History Societies,
8 Jul 2008
Subject: FFHS-NEWS The
National Archives publishes a new online strategy
The National
Archives' (TNA) has published a new Online Strategy. It sets out how TNA will
respond to changes affecting the organisation's online services over the next
three years.
The National Archives website will be restructured into a 'family' of websites,
to reflect the organisation's
different functions and meet changing customer needs.
A team is working across the organisation to develop the new websites, and to
ensure there is minimum disruption to services and all links are redirected from
the old to the new location.
For more
information visit:
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/stories/203.htm?news=rss
Maggie Loughran
Joint Administrator, Federation of Family History Societies *
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mailing list
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From:
admin@theoriginalrecord.com
Subject: Update from the
Original Record,
30 Jun 2008
To: british columbia <bcgs@bcgs.ca>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008
17:50:54 +0100 (BST)
Added this week:
1258-1358
Wills in the Court of Husting, London
The mediaeval Court of Husting of the city of London sat (usually on a Monday)
each week: among its functions was the enrolment of deeds and wills relating to
citizens of London. In their strictest technical sense the terms 'will' and
'devise' are appropriate to real estate, and the terms 'testament', 'bequest'
and 'legacy' to personal estate, but this distinction is lost sight of in
ordinary usage. This calendar of wills proved and enrolled in the Court of
Husting was edited by Reginald R. Sharpe, records clerk in the office of the
Town Clerk of the City of London, and printed by order of the corporation in
1889. The date of the court is given in italics, with the year in bold in the
margin. The testator's name is given in capitals (surname first, in bold), and
then a brief listing of substantial bequests, with the names of legatees, and
then the date of making of the will, and reference. Sometimes there were further
proceedings in the court relating to the will, such as 'It
was found by a jury that the testator was of full age when he made the above
testament', a statement as to where the testament had been proved, or
proceedings on a challenge to the testament &c. - such additional material is
added in a smaller typeface in this edition.
1473-1498
Accounts of the High Treasurer of Scotland
Under the direction of the Lord Clerk Register of Scotland, the earliest
Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer of Scotland, under the series Compota
Thesauriorum Regum Scotorum, were abridged and published. This first volume,
prepared by Thomas Dickson, curator of the Historical Department of the General
Register House, was published in 1877. It contains the earliest surving
accounts, from 1473 to 1474 in the reign of king James III, and the next, from
1488 to 1489 in the reign of king James IV. These were printed verbatim; but
there then follow (page 166 onwards) accounts through to 1498 'considerably
curtailed by the omission of unimportant entries'. These accounts are mostly
lists of royal expenditure: many purchases of items for the court do not give
the name of the merchants from whom they were bought, so the bulk of the
personal names in the text are those of intermediaries, messengers, and various
servants of the king.
1524-1525
Sussex Lay Subsidy Rolls
By Act of Parliament of 1523 (14 & 15 Hen. III, c. 16) a general subsidy was
raised, spread over four years, from laymen, clergy and peers. In each of the
first two years 1s in the £ was raised from annual income from land; 1s in the £
on capital goods worth over £2 and under £20; and a flat payment of 4d on goods
worth from £1 to £2, and also by persons aged 16 and upwards in receipt of £1
per annum in wages. In the third year a further shilling in the pound was
payable on land worth £50 and upwards a year; and in the fourth year a shilling
in the pound on goods worth £50 and upwards. To raise this revenue, returns were
required from every hundred, parish or township. In Sussex, the returns for 1524
and 1525 cover the city of Chichester (divided into Estrata, Westrata,
Southstrata, North[strata] and Palenta), the borough of Midhurst, and then the
rest of the county divided into rapes, within those into hundreds, and within
those into boroughs, tithings, liberties, townships
or parishes. It is important to note that the cinque ports of Hastings, Rye and
Winchelsea were exempt from the subsidy, except for alien inhabitants; and that
the town of Westbourne was also exempted 'as the town was lately destroyed by
fire'. Aliens are noted as such, sometimes with nationality; and Brighthelmstone
(Brighton), which had been burnt by the French in 1514, is only represented
fragmentarily. The Sussex Record Society published this transcript and edition
by Julian Cornwall of the 1524 and 1525 returns: the 1524 return was used for
the main transcript where possible, names peculiar to the 1524 lists being
marked with an asterisk, and those with amendments in 1524 with a dagger. At the
foot of each 1524 return the new names from 1525 are given. Only the amount of
the assessment is printed (m. = marks). Letters prefixed to the sum give the
basis of the assessment, no letter (or G) meaning that it was on goods - A,
annual wages; D, annual wages of day-labourers;
F, fees or salaries of office; L, lands; P, profits; W, wages; x, no basis
stated.
1642-1643
State Papers Venetian
The Master of the Rolls directed the compilation of translations of archives
from northern Italy relating to English affairs. This volume, edited by Allen B.
Hinds and published in 1925, is partly based on transcripts in the Public Record
Office in London of major sources from the state archives housed in the Frari at
Venice, and partly taken directly from the originals, in particular the Dispacci,
Inghilterra. Much of this volume, covering March 1642 to July 1643, consists of
the letters of Giovanni Giustinian the Venetian ambassador in England, and of
Gerolamo Agostini, the Venetian secretary there; and as such contain
descriptions of unfolding political events in Britain and northern Europe as
seen by Italian diplomats. But there were also Englishmen actively trading with
Venice and its sphere of influence in the eastern Mediterranean, and these too
are mentioned from time to time.
1788-1791
Stamp Office Registers of Apprentices
Apprenticeship indentures and clerks' articles were subject to a 6d or 12d per
pound stamp duty: the registers of the payments usually give the master's trade,
address, and occupation, and the apprentice's name, as well as details of the
date and length of the apprenticeship. 25 August 1788 to 1 March 1791: indexed
for masters and apprentices separately. National Archives IR 1/34
1855
The Gentleman's Magazine
Death notices and obituaries, marriage and birth notices, civil and military
promotions, clerical preferments and domestic occurrences, as reported in the
Gentleman's Magazine. Mostly from England and Wales, but items from Ireland,
Scotland and abroad. July to December 1855.
1955
Kelly's Directory of Southend-on-Sea, Leigh-on-Sea, Westcliff and Neighbourhood
for 1955 lists private residents by surname, christian name(s), house, street
and area, for the whole of the county borough of Southend-on-Sea in Essex,
including Westcliff-on-Sea (W), Prittlewell, North Shoebury, South Shoebury or
Shoeburyness (S. & S. S), Milton, Southchurch, Southchurch Wick, Thorpe Bay (T.
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Subject: July
BCGS Meeting and trip to Salt Lake City in November
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:08:30 -0700
BCGS Meeting July 9 at
the Edmonds Community Centre for the Retired
7282 Kingsway (Kingsway & Edmonds)
Burnaby, BC
This month, after the
normal BCGS business, there is:-
1) Discussion – Interviewing Friends & Relatives
2) Scottish Group
3) DNA Group
Salt Lake Trip - November 2-9, 2008
It is time to start thinking about whether you are coming to Salt Lake City with the BCGS group in the fall - the date this year is November 2 - 9, 2008. If you are interested in coming, or even thinking about it, let Eunice Robinson know. You'll be put on the list, and once the flights have been determined, we'll let everyone know. If you could also advise if you want a single, double or triple accomodation, this would help us plan. Please contact Eunice at eunice@dccnet.com or phone 604-596-2811 and leave your name and phone number.
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1362-1404
Papal Letters
These are abstracts of the entries relating to Great Britain and Ireland from
the Regesta of popes Urban V, Gregory XI, (Anti-Pope) Clement VII, Urban VI and
Boniface IX, and the Lateran Regesta of Boniface IX. Many of these entries
relate to clerical appointments and disputes, but there are also indults to
devout laymen and women for portable altars, remission of sins, &c. This source
is particularly valuable for
Ireland,
for which many of the key government records of this period are lost. Urban V
was consecrated and crowned
6 November 1362 (the day from which his pontificate is dated);
Gregory XI was crowned 5
January 1371; Clement VII 31 October 1378; Urban VI 18 April 1378; Boniface IX 9
November 1389 and died 1 October 1404. Until 1376 the papacy was in exile at
Avignon. The extracts were made by W. H. Bliss from Regesta ccxlv to cccxx and
Lateran Regesta i to xliii, and published in 1902. Bliss remarked that 'although
the writing of the Papal Registers of the 14th cent
ury is clearer than that of many contemporary English MSS., the entries in them
were for the most part founded upon petitions or letters from different
countries, and the scribes in the Papal Chancery must have experienced even
greater difficulty in copying English proper names than English students
experience nowadays in reading the early Chancery Rolls preserved in the Public
Record Office. Not having local or personal knowledge, they constantly misread
doubtful letters.'
1478-1539
Sanctuarium Beverlacense
Criminals could evade pursuit by claiming sanctuary in the church of St John in
Beverley, in the East Riding of Yorkshire. This liberty of the minster extended
a league in every direction from the church door, and was divided into six
sections, each giving greater sanctity to the rights of sanctuary, the sixth and
innermost section being the presbitery or chancel. Near the altar there was a
stone chair called the Frith Stool, seated on which an accused could claim total
immunity. The bailiff would receive the oath of the fugitive, and a clerk
recorded 'what man he killed, and wher with, and both ther namez'; the bailiff
receiving a fee of 2s 4d, the clerk 4d. Sanctuary was afforded for 30 days, with
food and lodging, after which the fugitive was protected to the borders of the
county. But within 40 days he had to appear before the coroner, clothed in
sackcloth, and be branded on his right hand with the sign of the letter A. This
signified that he was swearing to abjure the re
alm: he was then free to leave the country unhindered. At Beverley the clerks
kept a separate register of fugitives' petitions, which survives from 1478 to
1539 in Harleian Manuscript 560. It was edited and printed by the Surtees
Society in 1837 under the title Sanctuarium Beverlacense. Some of the criminals
came from a considerable distance: the great majority were murderers or
homicides. Each entry usually gives full name, original address, (often) trade,
a brief description of the crime, often with date, and usually the name of the
victim. This index covers all the surnames given.
1640-1642
State Papers Venetian
The Master of the Rolls directed the compilation of translations of archives
from northern Italy
relating to English affairs. This volume, edited by Allen B. Hinds and published
in 1924, is largely based on transcripts in the Public Record Office in London
of major sources from the state archives housed in the Frari at Venice, in
particular the Dispacci, Inghilterra. Most of this volume consists of the
letters of Giovanni Giustinian the Venetian ambassador in England, the extracts
from the Hague despatches, and the Esposizioni Principi; and as such contain
descriptions of unfolding political events in Britain as seen by Italian
diplomats. But there were also Englishmen actively trading with Venice and its
sphere of influence in the eastern Mediterranean.
1786-1788
Stamp Office Registers of Apprentices
Apprenticeship indentures and clerks' articles were subject to a 6d or 12d per
pound stamp duty: the registers of the payments usually give the master's trade,
address, and occupation, and the apprentice's name, as well as details of the
date and length of the apprenticeship. 16 February 1786 to 23 August 1788:
indexed for masters and apprentices separately. National Archives IR 1/33
1837
West Norfolk Poll Book
Under the Reform Act of 1832, the County of Norfolk was allotted four Members of
Parliament, being two Knights of the Shire for the Eastern Division and two for
the Western. The Western Division included the hundreds of Brothercross,
Clackclose, Freebridge Lynn, Freebridge Marshland, Gallow, North Greenhoe, South
Greenhow, Grimshoe, Guiltcross, Holt, Launditch, Mitford, Shropham, Smithdon and
Wayland. Polling in 1837 took place at Swaffham, Downham, Fakenham, Lynn Regis,
Thetford and East Dereham. The franchise was available to freeholders worth 40s
a year or over; copyholders and long leaseholders of £10 or more; short
leaseholders and tenants of £50 or more: but limited to adult males. Voting took
place on 1 and 2 August 1837. This poll book lists the voters for each parish,
with the votes cast. Each voter had two votes: the votes are indicated in the
columns F. (Sir William Henry Browne Folkes, 2838); A. (Sir Jacob Astley, 2713);
B. (William Bagge, 3178); and C. (William
Lyde Wiggett Chute, 2877). The voters were not necessarily resident in the
parish, but derived their franchise from the land there; so some of the names
have addresses outside the parish, not a few living in different counties. Not
everyone voted, but everyone with a vote was listed in the poll book: persons
who qualified for voting in two parishes (but nevertheless had just the one vote
per person) are noted as such.
1849
Perry's Bankrupt and Insolvent Gazette, issued monthly, included lists of
bankruptcies and stages in the liquidation of the estate, payment of dividends,
and discharge. The initial entry in this sequence gives the name of the bankrupt
(surname first, in capitals), the date gazetted, address and trade (often with
the phrase dlr. and ch., meaning dealer and chapman); the dates and times and
courts of the official processes of surrender; the surname of the official
commissioner (Com.); the surname of the official assignee; and the names and
addresses of the solicitors; the date of the fiat; and whether on the bankrupt's
own petition, or at the demand of petitioning creditors, whose names, trades and
addresses are given. In subsequent entries the bankrupt is often merely referred
to by name and trade. We have indexed these by bankrupts, trustees, assignees
and solicitors. There are similar indexes for insolvents, Irish bankrupts and
insolvents and Scottish sequestrations, as well
as dissolutions of partnership.
1956
Chandler's Ford Directory
Kelly's Directory of Southampton and Neighbourhood for 1956 includes a section
covering Chandler's Ford. There is a part listing officers of official
establishments, local institutions, &c.; an alphabetical list of private
residents, with addresses; and a commercial directory, giving names of traders
and professionals with their places of business.
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Subject:
International Genealogy Festival, Glasgow, Scotland 21-24 July 2009
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 21:42:03 +0100
From: "Homecoming
Scotland" <homecomingscotland@strath.ac.uk>
To: "Homecoming
Scotland" <homecomingscotland@strath.ac.uk>
Homecoming Scotland 2009
is a year-long inspirational celebration our culture, heritage and the many
great contributions Scotland has given the world, for people of Scottish
descent, as well as those who simply love Scotland.
As a Key Event, the University of Strathclyde will be holding the International
Genealogy Festival in Glasgow, Scotland, from 21-24 July 2009.
This is an unparalleled opportunity for genealogical bodies, family history
societies and anyone interested in the Scots at home and abroad, to visit and
make connections.
There is more information on the International Genealogy Festival at
www.strath.ac.uk/homecomingscotland <http://www.strath.ac.uk/homecomingscotland>
If you would like more details, please register on the website, or contact us
via
homecomingscotland@strath.ac.uk
Please feel free to distribute this information to anyone you think would be
interested, by e-mail, in newsletters and on your website.
We look forward to hearing from you, and we hope to see you in 2009!
The Homecoming 2009 official website is
www.homecomingscotland.com <http://www.homecomingscotland.com/>
Dr Bruce Durie
Genealogical Studies, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland
The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in Scotland,
number SC015263
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1464-1524
Sanctuarium Dunelmense
Criminals could evade pursuit by claiming sanctuary in Durham Cathedral. Near
the altar there was a stone chair called the Frith Stool, seated on which an
accused could claim total immunity. Persons who took refuge fled to the north
door of the cathedral, and knocked for admission. There were two chambers over
the door in which men slept, for the purpose of admitting fugitives at any hour
of the night. As soon as anyone was so admitted, the Galilee bell was
immediately tolled, to give notice that someone had taken sanctuary. The
offender was required to declare before witnesses the nature of his offence, and
to toll a bell in token of his demanding the privilege of sanctuary. He was then
provided with a gown of black cloth with a yellow cross, called St Cuthbert's
Cross, upon the left shoulder. A grate was provided near the south door to sleep
upon, and for 37 days sufficient provisions and bedding were provided. But
within 40 days he had to appear before the coroner, clothed
in sackcloth, and be branded on his right hand with the sign of the letter A.
This signified that he was swearing to abjure the realm: he was then free to
leave the country unhindered. The petitions for immunity were entered in the
diocesan registers, usually with the marginal note 'Peticio Immunitatis': those
from 18 June 1464 to 10 September 1524 (the privilege was finally abolished in
1624) were edited and printed by the Surtees Society in 1837. Some of the
criminals came from a considerable distance: the great majority were murderers
or homicides. Each entry usually gives full name, original address, (often)
trade, a brief description of the crime, often with date, and usually the name
of the victim; and the names of the witnesses to the petition. Our index covers
all the surnames given.
1783-1786
Stamp Office Registers of Apprentices
Apprenticeship indentures and clerks' articles were subject to a 6d or 12d per
pound stamp duty: the registers of the payments usually give the master's trade,
address, and occupation, and the apprentice's name, as well as details of the
date and length of the apprenticeship. 16 January 1781 to 21 June 1783: indexed
for masters and apprentices separately. National Archives IR 1/32
1800
The Asiatic Annual Register 'or, a View of the History of Hindustan, and of the
Politics, Commerce and Literature of Asia', to some extent modelled on the
Annual Register itself, included an informative Chronicle section, in which are
recorded births, marriages and deaths, civil and military promotions, in Bengal,
Bombay and Madras presidencies and Ceylon. We have indexes to the Chronicle
section itself, and to the extensive list of subscribers, mostly gentlemen and
merchants in England.
1804-1805
Baptist Missionary Society Accounts
The Baptist Missionary Society established a mission at Serampore in Bengal.
Letters from the missionaries from 27 June 1804 to 20 October 1805 describing
their work were published in England as 'Periodical Accounts relative to the
Baptist Missionary Society', prefaced by 'A List of Persons baptised in Bengal,
belonging to the Church of Christ at Serampore' running back to 1 November 1795.
This list gives date, name, 'Cast or Trade, or to whom Related' (often just 'A
Hindoo'), address, and 'Present Situation' (including Died, Suspended, 'A
doubtful character', Excluded, 'Not heard of lately', and 'We fear gone back').
With this was, as an appendix, a list of subscriptions, collections and
donations from 1 October 1804 to 1 October 1805, including (pages 146-150)
'Collections and Donations for Translating the Scriptures into the Eastern
Languages'. The donations were gathered from Baptist congregations throughout
England, Scotland and Ireland. We have indexed the Serampore mat
erial and the donation lists separately.
1856
The Gentleman's Magazine
Death notices and obituaries, marriage and birth notices, civil and military
promotions, clerical preferments and domestic occurrences, as reported in the
Gentleman's Magazine. Mostly from England and Wales, but items from Ireland,
Scotland and abroad. January to June 1856
1929
The Calendar of the Trinity College of Music, London, for the year 1929 includes
lists of licentiates and associates, fellows and students. Surnames and initials
are given; but women are distinguished by having their (first) christian name
stated. The college provided instruction to nearly 1000 students a year, with
examinations of 66,000 candidates a year at 700 local centres throughout the
world.
1956
Bursledon Directory
Kelly's Directory of Southampton and Neighbourhood for 1956 includes a section
covering Bursledon. There is a part listing officers of official establishments,
local institutions, &c.; an alphabetical list of private residents, with
addresses; and a commercial directory, giving names of traders and professionals
with their places of business.
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org. uk" <ffhs-members@ffhs-lists.org.uk>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:55:55 +0800
From: FFHS Member
Society contacts' list <ffhs-members@ffhs-lists.org.uk>
Subject:
FFHS-MEMBERS Artist Rifles?
2010 will be the 150th Anniversary of the formation of the
Artist's Rifles. More info in MS
Word
This Regiment is well known in some military circles but many members of the
public may never have heard of it.
Mike Powell would like details of any Artists in your family and any anecdotes
being passed down or titles of stories written by them. As Artists served in
almost every Unit of the British Army and in almost every campaign between 1914
and 1919 there hopefully will be a mass of information to come forward. A sample
list of names is within the attached document.
A suitable prize will be given to the person who sends in the most interesting
entry and a prize will also be given to their society. This offer is open until
31 August 2009 in order for something to be prepared for the Internet hopefully
for 2010.
Maggie Loughran
Joint Administrator, Federation of Family History Societies
admin@ffhs.org.uk
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Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2008
14:57:26 +0800
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Federation of Family History Societies
Subject: FFHS-NEWS
Review and revision of the record
The National Archives has been leading a review and revision of the records
management code of practice, issued in November 2002 under section 46 of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000. You can contribute your views to the review by
visiting:
www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/recordsmanagement/code/review.htm
Consultation on the revised code of practice opened on 10 June 2008 and will
close on 2 September 2008.
Maggie Loughran
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1327
Worcestershire Lay Subsidy Roll
The Worcestershire Lay Subsidy roll of the 1st year of king Edward III lists lay
inhabitants of each township of the shire and of the five boroughs of Droitwich
(Wych), Dudley, Evesham, Kidderminster and Worcester, with the amount of tax
payable by each. The roll was edited for the Worcestershire Historical Society
by the Reverend F. J. Eld, and published in 1895.
1585-1592
Register of the Privy Council of Scotland
The Privy Council of Scotland exercised a superior judicial authority in the
kingdom, and consequently received and dealt with a constant stream of
petitions, as well as dealing with the internal security of the state. This
register of the council from 1 August 1585 to 31 July 1592, in the reign of king
James VI, was edited by David Masson, and published under the direction of the
Lord Clerk Register of Scotland in 1881. Some of the individuals mentioned are
the complainants, those of whom they complained, and the sureties on both sides:
at this period, some of the complainants are alleging serious attacks, often of
a feuding nature. Many of the bonds entered into by the cautioners are promises
to keep the peace towards such enemies. Failure to answer to the council when
summoned was a serious contempt, leading to being denounced a rebel, with
serious consequences. But 'horning' was also used in the pursuit of debts: there
was no imprisonment for debt in Scotland, but a credi
tor could have an obstinate debtor ordered, in the sovereign's name, to pay
what was due, failing which, the debtor could be put to the horn, denounced as a
rebel, and imprisoned as a rebel. The main text (to page 774) is from the Acta
Secreti Concilii, containing the minutes of the Privy Council, with intermixed
Acta Proper (political edicts), Decreta (judicial decisions), Acta Cautionis
(acts of caution) and Bands (registration of bonds). After that are printed some
miscellaneous Privy Council documents from the same years: additional acts of
caution (775-778); ordinances and acts anent the Borders and the North
(779-814); and miscellaneous privy council papers (815-834). The sources most
productive of names, the Acta Cautionis and Registration of Bands, are also the
most repetitive in form, and are not transcribed verbatim and literatim:
nevertheless, one of the editor's rules was for 'All proper names and names of
places occurring in the originals to be preserved in the
abstracts without exception, and in the exact original spelling.'
1781-1783
Stamp Office Registers of Apprentices
Apprenticeship indentures and clerks' articles were subject to a 6d or 12d per
pound stamp duty: the registers of the payments usually give the master's trade,
address, and occupation, and the apprentice's name, as well as details of the
date and length of the apprenticeship. 16 January 1781 to
21 June 1783: indexed for masters and apprentices separately. National
Archives IR 1/31
1820
Warwickshire Poll Book
A poll of freeholders of more than 40s per annum of land, to elect a member of
parliament for Warwickshire, was held at
Warwick 31 October to 7
November 1820. This poll book, listing the voters for each township, parish or
borough, was published under the inspection of J. W. Unett, agent for Francis
Lawley, one of the candidates, in 1821. In each area the voters are listed by
initial letter of surname, with abode (often elsewhere), and whether they voted
for Lawley or for his opponent, Richard Spooner.
1825-1927
Loretto Register
The Reverend Dr Thomas Langhorne, who came to Musselburgh in Midlothian as an
Episcopalian Church clergyman, established a small school for boarders and day
scholars at Loretto House, so called because the grounds contained the ruins of
the mediaeval chapel of St Mary of Loretto. To celebrate the centenary of the
school in 1925, a second edition of the school register was published, edited by
A. H. Buchanan-Dunlop. Relatively little was known of many of the earliest
scholars, but from 1835 onwards the register generally gives full name, in
capitals, surname first; date of birth; period of time at Loretto; a brief
biography; date of death; whether brother of any other boy in the register; and
a sequential number.
1857
The Gentleman's Magazine
Death notices and obituaries, marriage and birth notices, civil and military
promotions, clerical preferments and domestic occurrences, as reported in the
Gentleman's Magazine. Mostly from England and Wales, but items from Ireland,
Scotland and abroad. July to December 1857
1956
Bishopstoke Directory
Kelly's Directory of Southampton and Neighbourhood for 1956 includes a section
covering Bishopstoke. There is a part listing officers of official
establishments, local institutions, &c.; an alphabetical list of private
residents, with addresses; and a commercial directory, giving places of business
and telephone numbers.
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