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Showing posts with label businesses. Show all posts

Friday, 7 June 2019

FindmyPast adds merchant seamen crew lists

The latest records added to FindmyPast (www.findmypast.co.uk) this week:


England & Wales Merchant Navy Crew Lists 1861-1913
Over 135,000 new Portsmouth records have been added to our collection of Merchant Navy Crew Lists. The records document the role and employment of each member of the crew. Individuals would 'sign on' when they began their employment, either at the start of the voyage, or when they joined the ship at one of its ports of call. They 'signed off' at the end of the voyage or, if they chose not to finish, at a port of call.

Greater London Burial Index
Over 28,000 miscellaneous records have been added to the Greater London Burial Index. Covering the years between 1399 and 1992, this vast index is an excellent resource for all those with ancestors in the greater London area. Records may reveal your relative's name, age, occupation, address, religious denomination, death year, burial date, and burial location.

New Jersey Marriage Index, 1901-2016 Image Browse
Browse through over 300 volumes of the New Jersey marriage index from 1901 to 2016. Containing well over 200,000 individual records, this collection will enable you to discover who your ancestors married, when they married them and where.

UK Electoral Registers & Companies House Directors 2002-2019
Over 1.6 million new additions are now available. Within this collection you can search registers of UK directors whose companies are registered with Companies House along with the UK's electoral registers beginning from 2002.

International Records Update – Sweden
Celebrate the National Day of Sweden by unearthing your Swedish roots. Over 12 million Swedish baptisms, marriages and burials are now dating back to 1611 are now available to search on Findmypast. These records will also generate hints against your Findmypast family tree. Our Swedish collection consist of the following indexes:

Sweden Baptism Index 1611-1920
Sweden Burial Index 1649-1920
Sweden Marriage Index 1630-1920

British & Irish Newspaper Update
This week we have added 86,414 new pages to our collection this week, with updates to six of our existing titles. We have updates to two of our new titles – specialist countryman's newspaper Field and West Midlands title the Sandwell Evening Mail – as well as updates to four of our other titles. We have added a long run of late nineteenth century pages to the Acton Gazette, and there are also updates to the Reading Evening Post, the Tottenham & Edmonton Weekly Herald, and finally the Mansfield & Sutton Recorder.

Full details and links at https://blog.findmypast.co.uk/findmypast-friday-2638717527.html

Chris

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Friday, 12 February 2016

Latest FindmyPast additions

FindmyPast (www.findmypast.com) has added the following collections:

Ireland, Non-Conformist Births & Baptisms
Immerse yourself in 212 years of baptisms from Counties Clare, Down, Dublin and Limerick

Ireland, Non-Conformist Congregational Records
Did your family join one of Ireland's non-conformist communities?

Ireland, Non-Conformist Marriages
Uncover new branches of your Irish family tree

Britain, Merchant Seamen, 1918-1941
Over 240,000 new records have been added. Discover valuable information about their voyages, ranks, next of kin, physical descriptions and more. In some cases, you may even find photographs. Was your forefather a salty sea dog?

Britain, Business Indexes, 1892-1987
Delve through over 4,000 additional records in a fascinating index of shopkeepers, businessmen and women, and their companies. A number of records will include photographs of establishments and their proprietors. Discover your captain of industry

Shropshire, Non-Conformist Membership Lists, 1819-1906
Examine lists from Congregational and United Reform Churches across Shropshire to uncover your ancestor’s residence and occupation. Learn about their religious beliefs

Further details at https://blog.findmypast.co.uk/fridays/

Chris

For details on my genealogy guide books, including A Decade of Irish Centenaries: Researching Ireland 1912-1923, Discover Scottish Church Records (2nd edition), Discover Irish Land Records and Down and Out in Scotland: Researching Ancestral Crisis, please visit http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/p/my-books.html. My Pinterest account is at https://www.pinterest.com/chrismpaton/.

Tuesday, 13 January 2015

American Quakers and New Zealand bankruptcy records

Two international collections just released on Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk) may be of relevance for any emigrant ancestors or relatives:

New Zealand, Bankruptcy Notices, 1893-1904
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=6160
Source: New Zealand Gazette entries, previously also available on a commercial CD (see site)

U.S., Published Quaker Family Histories, 1845-1920
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=34683
Source: Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.

Chris

For details on my range of genealogy guide books please visit http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/p/my-books.html. To commission me for genealogical research, please visit my research site at www.scotlandsgreateststory.co.uk.

Friday, 15 November 2013

London business archive guide

London Metropolitan Archives has placed a new collections guide online entitled Business: Unlock the riches of the archives of London commerce and trade with the world : A-Z business listing.

From the introduction:

This guide is a key finding aid to help researchers unlock the rich and substantial business archives of international importance held by London Metropolitan Archives. The purpose of the guide is to enable researchers to identify particular collections through a summarised list arranged alphabetically by organisation name. The entries are also indexed by trade and geographical remit (where interests were held outside the United Kingdom). Researchers can navigate to the online catalogue for detailed information on particular collections of interest.

The 367 page guide lists details of all the business records held by LMA, and can be consulted online and downloaded in PDF format from http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/things-to-do/visiting-the-city/archives-and-city-history/london-metropolitan-archives/the-collections/Documents/business-a-to-z-listing.pdf

(With thanks to the latest LMA newsletter)

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.

Thursday, 18 July 2013

BT launches digital archive

BT (British Telecom) has launched an online archive, The BT Digital Archive, at http://calmarenabt.axiell.com/web/arena. The project was created by Coventry University, BT and The National Archives, funded by Jisc, and contains material from the last 165 years of the company's existence.

(With thanks to Family Tree magazine @familytreemaguk)

Chris

My new book, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet, is now available from Pen and Sword. My Scottish land and church records ebooks are available at http://www.gen-ebooks.com/unlock-the-past.html, whilst my next Pharos Scottish course, Scottish Research Online, starts Sep 4th - see http://pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=102. Time to smash a few brick walls...!

Friday, 12 July 2013

Business Archives awareness event in Edinburgh

Business Archives Council of Scotland and the Scottish Council on Archives have organised a 2nd Meet the Archivists workshop event on Friday 20th September, at Evolution House, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh. The event will be free, and is designed to get academics and students to understand how business archives might help with their work - the theme this year being creativity and design.

Full details are available at http://businessarchivesscotland.blogspot.co.uk/2013/07/meet-archivists-2013.html

Chris

My new book, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet, is now available from Pen and Sword. My Scottish land and church records ebooks are available at http://www.gen-ebooks.com/unlock-the-past.html, whilst my next Pharos Scottish course, Scottish Research Online, starts Sep 4th - see http://pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=102. Time to smash a few brick walls...!

Friday, 28 June 2013

The Working Archive blog

The Business Archives Scotland group (http://businessarchivesscotland.blogspot.co.uk) has launched a new blog to tie in with its The Working Archive campaign (www.scottisharchives.org.uk/workingarchive), which 'aims to explore the stories behind Scottish working life whilst promoting the vital role that archive and records management professionals play in creating and caring for our national heritage'.

The new blog is accessible at http://workingarchive.wordpress.com with three posts at present - John Campbell: a banker under fire, Mr Strachan: Tea Estates and Tiger Attacks, and a piece on The Working Archive itself.

Chris

My new book, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet, is now available from Pen and Sword. My Scottish land and church records ebooks are available at http://www.gen-ebooks.com/unlock-the-past.html, whilst my next Pharos Scottish course, Scottish Research Online, starts Sep 4th - see http://pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=102. Time to smash a few brick walls...!

Monday, 25 February 2013

National Strategy for Business Archives in Scotland - 2 years on

The Business Archives Scotland blog has prepared a review of the National Strategy for Business Archives in Scotland after the second year of its implementation, along with an action plan for the year ahead. Full details are at http://businessarchivesscotland.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/2012-implementation-review.html. (Keep up the good work!)

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.

Sunday, 12 August 2012

Meet the Archivists event

From the Business Archives Scotland blog:

The Meet the Archivists event will take place on November 9th 2012. It is a FREE workshop to encourage students and academic researchers to make the most of Business Archives will be held at the University of Glasgow. It will bring together academics and archivists to discuss and explore with students how business archive collections can be used for their research.

For further details visit the blog at http://businessarchivesscotland.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/meet-archivists-poster.html, where you will find a poster with additional information and a link to book a place.

Chris

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Sunday, 11 March 2012

Marks and Spencer Archive - new digs in Leeds

New premises are opening on March 16th for the Marks and Spencer Company Archives at the University of Leeds. The new facility will be hosted in the Michael Marks Building, and a new tie in website has also been launched at http://marksintime.marksandspencer.com/.

For more on the story visit www.leeds.ac.uk/news/article/3015/m_and_s_company_archive_to_open_at_university

(With thanks to Kathryn Hughes @Bradfordww1 via Twitter)

Chris

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