Genealogy in Time's top 100 websites for 2014

Genealogy in Time has released its list of top 100 websites for genealogy at www.genealogyintime.com/articles/top-100-genealogy-websites-of-2014-page01.html, as worked out from three leading internet ranking sites. Twelve of the sites are noted as being from the UK, though it should be thirteen - ScotlandsPeople has bizarrely been noted as from Scotland, and not the UK (possibly jumping the gun a little there, let's get the referendum out of the way first!), Four sites are from Ireland, but most are as usual from the United States, as to be expected. Some interesting additional inclusions are sites from Germany, Norway and France, as well as Brazil

Four blogs are amongst the sites included, all from the US and Canada, but Miles has kindly dropped me a note to say that although British Genes is not on the list this year, it is still the highest ranked British genealogy blog - so thanks to all who keep reading the site!

(With thanks to Miles)

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.

Genealogy in Time magazine's fifth birthday

Happy fifth birthday to the Genealogy in Time online magazine, which first started in November 2008. The latest edition is now available online at http://www.genealogyintime.com/.

Chris

My latest book, Discover Scottish Civil Registration Records, is now available from http://www.gould.com.au (print) and http://www.gen-ebooks.com/unlock-the-past.html (ebook), whilst Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet is available at http://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-History-on-the-Internet/p/3889/.

Genealogy in Time search engine updated

From Genealogy in Time (www.genealogyintime.com):

GenealogyInTime Magazine, the world’s most popular online genealogy magazine, and one of the world’s largest free genealogy websites, is announcing a very significant upgrade to our free Genealogy Search Engine. It continues to become even more powerful:

• An additional 532 million free genealogy records from around the world are now searchable. In total, the Genealogy Search Engine indexes 2.7 billion records from over 1,000 websites.
• In a first for a genealogy website, the entire Google Newspaper Archive can now be searched by the Genealogy Search Engine. This extremely valuable archive covers over 2,000 historic newspapers going back as far as the 1700s.
• The massive Australian Trove archive can now be completely searched with the Genealogy Search Engine.

To learn more about the latest upgrades to the free Genealogy Search Engine, read Search Over 500 Million More Records.

Learn more about GenealogyInTime Magazine.

(With thanks to Miles at Genealogy in Time)

Chris

My latest book, Discover Scottish Civil Registration Records, is now available from http://www.gould.com.au (print) and http://www.gen-ebooks.com/unlock-the-past.html (ebook), whilst Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet is available at http://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-History-on-the-Internet/p/3889/. My next Pharos Scottish course, Scotland 1750-1850: Beyond the OPRs, starts Nov 13th - see http://pharostutors.com.

First name abbreviations

Genealogy in Time (www.genealogyintime.com) has produced a handy list of abbreviations sometimes given for first names in documents such as censuses - it can be consulted at www.genealogyintime.com/dictionary/list-of-first-name-abbreviations.html

Chris

My new book, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet, is now available from Pen and Sword. For my other genealogy books, please visit  http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/p/my-books.html; whilst for my online Scottish based genealogy courses please visit the Pharos Teaching and Tutoring Ltd site.

Genealogy in Time lists top 100 genie sites

The Genealogy in Time newsletter has issued what it considers to be the Top 100 genealogy based websites, based on traffic statistics from Alexa. British GENES has just dropped out of the top 100 (I have the rank, but have been told it's confidential, though happy enough with it!), but the biggest story is the rise in dominance of corporate vendor sites, particularly those owned by Ancestry, MyHeritage and Brightsolid. The list includes each of the individual country domains for sites such as Ancestry, e.g. Ancestry.com and Ancestry.co.uk, as well as other sites owned by the parent corporations - on that basis, Ancestry has 14 of the top 100 slots, My Heritage has 12 and Brightsolid has 5.

The full list, with analysis, is available at www.genealogyintime.com/articles/top%20100%20genealogy%20websites%202013%20page1.html

(With thanks to Miles Whittingham at Genealogy in Time)

Chris

Pre-order my new book, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet, through Pen and Sword (30 April 2013), or purchase early at Who Do You Think You Are Live 2013 in London. For my other genealogy books, please visit  http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/p/my-books.html; whilst for online Scottish based genealogy courses please visit the Pharos Teaching and Tutoring Ltd site.

Irish Photo Archive

The latest Genealogy in Time newsletter has news of a photographic upload of interest to those with Irish connections. The Irish Photo Archive carries images from the Lensmen Press and Public Relations Photographic Agency archive of 2.6 million pictures of Ireland, including street scenes, photos of famous events, weddings photos, communions and family portraits, and more. The site is available at www.irishphotoarchive.ie

The Genealogy in Time newsletter is available at www.genealogyintime.com/GenealogyResources/NewGenealogyRecords/newest_genealogy_records_on_the_internet.html

(With thanks to Genealogy in Time)

Chris

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