Campaign to secure free access to birth, marriage and death records

Guy Etchells of Anguline Research Archives has started a campaign to get Historic Birth, Marriage and Death registers open to the public without having to purchase certified copies. Guy certainly has form on such campaigns, in having previously gained early access to the 1911 Census, and the National Identity Register from 1939 for England and Wales.

Guy's reasoning can be found on the Anguline Facebook page at
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Anguline-Research-Archives/94765005946 but includes the fact that prior to 1898 and 1974 there was open access to records held by the national GRO and local registration offices in England and Wales. He'll be developing his arguments on his Facebook page over the next few days - well worth a read.

(With thanks to Guy)

Chris

My latest genealogy books are Tracing Your Family History on the Internet (2nd ed), Discover Scottish Civil Registration Records, and Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet. My next Pharos course is Scottish Research Online, which commences Feb 27th 2014, 5 weeks, price £45.99.

Historic Stillbirth Register for England to launch soon

From Guy Etchells at Anguline Research Archives (www.anguline.co.uk):

Historic Stillbirth Register for England

Anguline Research Archives will be launching The Historic Stillbirth Register on October 18th.

The Historic Stillbirth Register is an ongoing project with more records being added each day. The coverage varies considerably between parishes counties and even centuries. The database covers entries between the years 1551 and 2005 ; though does not claim to be an exhaustive list of such stillbirths. It should be noted that to be included in this database the entry must either be noted as a stillbirth, born dead or abortive birth.

For more details see
http://anguline.co.uk/stillbirths.html

(With thanks to Guy)

Chris

Scottish Research Online - 5 weeks online Pharos course, £45.99, taught by Chris Paton from 26 SEP 2012 - see www.pharostutors.com
New book: It's Perthshire 1866 - there's been a murder... www.thehistorypress.co.uk/products/The-Mount-Stewart-Murder.aspx (from June 12th 2012)

Digital downloads from Anguline

Anguline Research Archives is now offering its CD collection via digital download. At present 256 of 586 CDs from the company can now be downloaded, with more to come over the following weeks. Details of those currently available as a download are available on individual catalogue entries. For more details on the company's holdings visit http://anguline.co.uk.

Incidentally, for some free downloads on the site visit http://anguline.co.uk/free.html - I've just noticed the name of a friend's great grandfather here in Largs on the Scottish Temperance League Register from 1869, some useful material!

(With thanks to Guy Etchells)

Chris