The Federation of Family History Societies (www.ffhs.org.uk) has news of the recently opened Huguenot Museum in Rochester, Britain's first museum of Huguenot history.
The article is available at http://ffhs.org.uk/news/news150722.php, with the museum's own website available at http://huguenotmuseum.org/.
(With thanks to the FFHS)
Chris
For details on my genealogy guide books, including my recently released Discover Irish Land Records and Down and Out in Scotland: Researching Ancestral Crisis, please visit http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/p/my-books.html.
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Showing posts with label Huguenots. Show all posts
Thursday, 6 August 2015
Saturday, 28 December 2013
French Settlers in Ireland
Eddie Connolly is posting an interesting series of articles on his An Extraction of Reflection blog at http://anextractofreflection.blogspot.co.uk, concerning French Settlers in Ireland. The articles are taken from the Ulster Journal of Archaeology from 1853-1854 and include potted histories of many families that settled in the north of the island, particularly around Lisburn in County Down. The first parts of the series are available via the following links:
Part 1
http://anextractofreflection.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/the-french-settlers-in-ireland-no-1.html
Part 1 (continued)
http://anextractofreflection.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/the-french-settlers-in-ireland-no-1-pt2.html
Part 2
http://anextractofreflection.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/the-french-settlers-in-ireland-no-2.html
Part 2 (continued)
http://anextractofreflection.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/the-french-settlers-in-ireland-no-2-pt-2.html
Part 3
http://anextractofreflection.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/the-french-settlers-in-ireland-no-3.html
Well worth a read!
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/.
Monday, 22 April 2013
Huguenot Heritage Centre receives HLF support
From the Federation of Family History Societies (www.ffhs.org.uk)
We have been asked to circulate the following information by Tessa Towner, Secretary of KFHS.
The French Hospital has received initial support from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for a Huguenot Heritage Centre in Rochester. The project aims to tell the story of the Huguenots, a group of some 100,000 French Protestants who fled from religious persecution during the 16th and 17th centuries. The Centre will include resources for researching family history, as well as a programme of events and activities. For further information please visit the website www.frenchhospital.org.uk/huguenot-heritage-centre/
As supporters of local and family history, we would value your feedback on our ideas for the Huguenot Heritage Centre. Please complete our online questionnaire. It will take about 5 - 7 minutes and each participant has the opportunity to win a £50 shopping voucher. Thank you very much.
Link to: www.surveymonkey.com/s/HuguenotHeritage
(With thanks to Beryl Evans)
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.
We have been asked to circulate the following information by Tessa Towner, Secretary of KFHS.
The French Hospital has received initial support from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for a Huguenot Heritage Centre in Rochester. The project aims to tell the story of the Huguenots, a group of some 100,000 French Protestants who fled from religious persecution during the 16th and 17th centuries. The Centre will include resources for researching family history, as well as a programme of events and activities. For further information please visit the website www.frenchhospital.org.uk/huguenot-heritage-centre/
As supporters of local and family history, we would value your feedback on our ideas for the Huguenot Heritage Centre. Please complete our online questionnaire. It will take about 5 - 7 minutes and each participant has the opportunity to win a £50 shopping voucher. Thank you very much.
Link to: www.surveymonkey.com/s/HuguenotHeritage
(With thanks to Beryl Evans)
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.
Monday, 25 February 2013
British Naturalisation and Denization records online
From The Genealogist (www.thegenealogist.co.uk):
NEW Naturalisation and Denization Records
Did your ancestor move to Britain? Did they become a British citizen like the late celebrity food critic Egon Ronay or Nobel Prize Winner Elias Canetti? Find them in the new records on TheGenealogist!
Over 150,000 unique Naturalisation and Denization Records are now available on TheGenealogist with records ranging from 1609 to 1960, over 300 years worth of rare and hard to find records that are now available for family historians.
With over 145,000 records of overseas nationals achieving British Naturalisation plus over 5,000 Huguenot records now added as well, there’s a wealth of unique information to access. Combined with the latest search technology, it’s now possible to search and discover these records quickly and easily.
Before 1844, naturalisation was granted by a private act of parliament. This process of naturalisation was expensive and only a few could afford it. Denization on the other hand, although requiring a payment was a more affordable option.
Naturalisation records are an invaluable way of tracking down an ancestor who was born abroad and then settled in the UK. With the political and social upheavals over the last few centuries, many people have made the journey to the UK to start a new life.
There’s a substantial chance that many family history researchers will discover they have ancestors who originated from overseas.
As well as providing the date an ancestor may have received British Naturalisation or Denization, other details are provided such as changing their name when they arrived in the UK, for example Jonas Kaluzevicius in our records changed his name to a more English John Smith! It’s all listed within the extensive records of TheGenealogist.
For those researchers who knew their ancestors originated from abroad, or if it’s a brand new surprising discovery, the new set of records provide more information on those previously hard to find records.
(With thanks to David Osborne)
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 my online Scottish based genealogy courses please visit the Pharos Teaching and Tutoring Ltd site.
NEW Naturalisation and Denization Records
Did your ancestor move to Britain? Did they become a British citizen like the late celebrity food critic Egon Ronay or Nobel Prize Winner Elias Canetti? Find them in the new records on TheGenealogist!
Over 150,000 unique Naturalisation and Denization Records are now available on TheGenealogist with records ranging from 1609 to 1960, over 300 years worth of rare and hard to find records that are now available for family historians.
With over 145,000 records of overseas nationals achieving British Naturalisation plus over 5,000 Huguenot records now added as well, there’s a wealth of unique information to access. Combined with the latest search technology, it’s now possible to search and discover these records quickly and easily.
Before 1844, naturalisation was granted by a private act of parliament. This process of naturalisation was expensive and only a few could afford it. Denization on the other hand, although requiring a payment was a more affordable option.
Naturalisation records are an invaluable way of tracking down an ancestor who was born abroad and then settled in the UK. With the political and social upheavals over the last few centuries, many people have made the journey to the UK to start a new life.
There’s a substantial chance that many family history researchers will discover they have ancestors who originated from overseas.
As well as providing the date an ancestor may have received British Naturalisation or Denization, other details are provided such as changing their name when they arrived in the UK, for example Jonas Kaluzevicius in our records changed his name to a more English John Smith! It’s all listed within the extensive records of TheGenealogist.
For those researchers who knew their ancestors originated from abroad, or if it’s a brand new surprising discovery, the new set of records provide more information on those previously hard to find records.
(With thanks to David Osborne)
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 my online Scottish based genealogy courses please visit the Pharos Teaching and Tutoring Ltd site.
Friday, 14 December 2012
TNA podcast: Tracing Huguenot ancestors
The latest National Archives podcast from Kew is Tracing Huguenot Ancestors, by Kathleen Chater, a member of the Huguenot Society - here's the blurb:
Between the 16th and 18th centuries, many thousands of refugees fled from religious persecution in the Low Countries and France. These refugees left descendants in Britain and many people have family stories of Huguenot descent. This talk will help you find out if you too have an asylum seeker in your own family tree.
The talk is available at http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/tracing-huguenot-ancestors/ or can be freely downloaded from iTunes.
Chris
Having a Christmas present crisis?! Check out my range of genealogy books at http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/p/my-books.html - perfect for the family historian's Christmas stocking...! Also now out - new Kindle edition of Tracing Your Family History on the Internet, from http://tinyurl.com/d3vqtz5
Between the 16th and 18th centuries, many thousands of refugees fled from religious persecution in the Low Countries and France. These refugees left descendants in Britain and many people have family stories of Huguenot descent. This talk will help you find out if you too have an asylum seeker in your own family tree.
The talk is available at http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/tracing-huguenot-ancestors/ or can be freely downloaded from iTunes.
Chris
Having a Christmas present crisis?! Check out my range of genealogy books at http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/p/my-books.html - perfect for the family historian's Christmas stocking...! Also now out - new Kindle edition of Tracing Your Family History on the Internet, from http://tinyurl.com/d3vqtz5
Monday, 18 June 2012
Huguenot course in London
The Society of Genealogists (www.sog.org.uk) in London is running a half day course on July 7th on researching Huguenot ancestry. For further details visit www.societyofgenealogists.com/tracing-huguenot-ancestors-half-day-course-on-7-july/
Chris
Check out my Scotland's Greatest Story research service www.ScotlandsGreatestStory.co.uk
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)
Chris
Check out my Scotland's Greatest Story research service www.ScotlandsGreatestStory.co.uk
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)
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