If you have connections to Jersey in the Channel Islands, a new collection of 61,000 thousand digitised German Occupation Registration Cards for islanders based there during the Second World War is now available online, along with images of 30,000 folk. This brings to a total of 310,000 documents available online from various records collections, as digitised by Jersey Archives at http://catalogue.jerseyheritage.org/.
For more on the release visit ITV news' coverage at http://www.itv.com/news/channel/2015-03-04/jersey-heritage-offer-islanders-chance-to-learn-more-about-their-family-history/.
Chris
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Thursday, 5 March 2015
WW2 German Occupation Registration Cards for Jersey now online
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