Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk) has added two new third party collections sourced from Jersey Archives in the Channel Islands to its site, via its web search initiative:
Web: UK, Jersey, Channel Islands, Occupation Registration Cards, 1940-1945
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=70779
Web: UK, Jersey, Channel Islands, Wills and Testaments, 1663-1948
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=70778
A blog post on the release is available at http://blogs.ancestry.com/ancestry/2015/05/22/records-from-the-jersey-archive-in-the-channel-islands-go-online-for-the-first-time/
Also released is a new Lancashire collection, sourced from Lancashire Record Office, Preston, England:
Lancashire, England, Quarter Session Records and Petitions, 1648-1908
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=6820
Further details via the links.
Chris
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Friday, 22 May 2015
Jersey and Lancashire records added to Ancestry
Labels:
Ancestry,
Channel Islands,
courts,
England,
probate,
Second World War,
WW2
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