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The following news release was received from Debra Chatfield, findmypast.com Online access to the records of 2.4 million people living in Wales in 1911 2.4 million people were recorded living in Wales in the census taken on the night of Continue reading 1911 Wales Census Goes Online Today at 1911census.co.uk
Fitting out the new £1.25m Manx Ancestry Centre will take six months after the building work is complete. Alex Downie told the Legislative Council that construction of the building at the former Government Analyst’s Laboratory next to the Manx Museum, Continue reading The Isle of Man Ancestry Centre Project
The 9th Annual British Institute – Offering Irish and English Research The courses are taught by experts in their field of genealogy research. The International Society for British Genealogy & Family History (ISBGFH) is sponsoring the ninth annual British Institute Continue reading The British Institute in Salt Lake City, October 5-9, 2009
The following are three data sets are recently completed projects that have been removed from the available online indexing batches and will now go through a final completion check process in preparation for future publication: Argentina Censo 1869—Catamarca y La Continue reading Recently Completed and Current FamilySearch Indexing Projects
For those interested in British research, a FREE eBook titled “At Home With Your Ancestors” is now available at the howto.co.uk website. The book is written by Diane Marelli, and details online genealogy research from a British point-of-view. Although the Continue reading “At Home With Your Ancestors” – Free eBook Detailing British Genealogy Research
The following press release was received from Debra Chatfield, Marketing Manager, FindMyPast.com: Lists of 270,000 merchant seafarers at sea in 1860-1913 made available online The indexes to lists of crew members working on British merchant ships between 1860 and 1913 Continue reading Online Launch of British Merchant Seaman Crew Lists Index at FindMyPast.com
The following news release was received from Helen Osborn at Pharos. There is no sign of the credit crunch at specialist online tutors, Pharos. Demand from students who have enjoyed Pharos online genealogy courses and want more, mean that four Continue reading Four New Teachers Join Pharos Online Genealogy Courses
The Times has obtained and posted in 13 pdf pages a list of British soldiers who fought in a series of battles in northwestern France in the First World War. These men were declared Missing In Action (MIA) and their Continue reading Searching for Information on MIAs From Battles in NW France in WWI
The following news release was written by FamilySearch staff: SALT LAKE CITY—FamilySearch expanded its Knowles Collection—a free popular database of Jewish records hailing from the British Isles. The collection builds upon work commenced by the late Isobel Mordy—a well-known historian Continue reading Popular British Jewish Database Grows to 40,000 Records
There’s a column called “Meet the Marleys” in the April 15, 2009 edition of ThisisGuernsey.com. Following is a teaser: THE Marley family roots can also be traced back to the Westcountry – in this case to the hamlet of Bampton, Continue reading A Tad Bit About the British Marley Family
The following news release was written by FamilyRelatives.com staff: The team at the Family History website Familyrelatives.com is in the final stages of a new website design that will enhance and simplify the way records can be accessed on its Continue reading Familyrelatives.com Prepares Website for New Data Releases
There are many new, upcoming, and completed indexing projects to report in this update from Paul Nauta, with FamilySearch. Twelve of the projects below are new (see Current Projects). Included are three Belgian and two Argentina projects. The New York Continue reading All Kinds of Cool New Stuff Happening at FamilySearch Indexing!
The following News Release was written by Ancestry.com Staff: PROVO, Utah, April 7 /PRNewswire/ – Ancestry.com, the world’s largest online resource for family history, announced today that the late Alex Haley, author of Roots – the decisive masterpiece that inspired Continue reading Nephew of Alex Haley Meets Newfound Scottish Cousin for the First Time
There’s definitely a genealogical use for old aerial photography. A British company has a website that specializes in it. The following News Release was written by Bluesky Staff: Leicestershire, UK, 07 April 2009 – Aerial survey specialist Bluesky has launched Continue reading Old British Aerial Photographs Available Online
I blogged about Alex Haley’s Scots’ roots in very early March. Now I see that USA Today is again reporting on his Scottish roots. And of course, his nephew Chris Haley, has those same roots, so he’s having quite a Continue reading Alex & Chris Haley’s Scots’ Roots Back in the News.