NIFHS to hold book sale this Saturday

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NIFHS Announce History Book Sale Next Weekend Family History Society Announce Sale of Surplus Library Stock

The North of Ireland Family History Society is holding a book sale of surplus library material next Saturday, 28th January 2017, from 11am - 2pm at their Library and Research Centre in Newtownabbey.

The catalogue includes local history books and journals, gravestone inscriptions, church histories and other miscellaneous books.

Prices start at 20p with many under £1. A selection of books is open to offers while other books and magazines are FREE!

Please support the Society and call in & have a rummage to see what deals you discover. On the day, there will also be a chance to find out about local meetings and upcoming family history classes. Talk to the Society about their genealogy DNA project and perhaps buy a testing kit.

Have a look around the Research Centre and see the facilities and the material held.

It may be possible to reserve some books to be held for later collection. For book reservations, queries & a full book sale list, please email: librarian@nifhs.org

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The address for book sale: Research Centre & Library, North of Ireland Family History Society, Unit C4, Valley Business Centre, 67 Church Road, Newtownabbey BT36 7LS.(Near the Valley Leisure Centre).

The Charity:
The North of Ireland Family History Society (NIFHS) is a charity run by volunteers and has eleven branches across Northern Ireland. We also have members worldwide who are interested in getting help with tracing their local roots using our facilities and the resources our members have gathered and worked on over the years. As well as a Library, we also have a classroom in the NIFHS Research Centre in Newtownabbey. We increasingly use social media to keep in touch with our members and have attracted people from all over the world to our Library so they can get assistance with discoveri
ng their roots.

NIFHS Branches across NI:
Ballymena, Belfast, Causeway Coast & Glens, Foyle, Killyleagh, Larne, Lisburn, Newtownabbey, North Armagh, North Down & Ards, and Tyrone.

(With thanks to Maeve at NIFHS)

Chris

For details on my genealogy guide books, including A Beginner's Guide to British and Irish Genealogy, 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.

Naval and Military Press sale

Naval and Military Press has a winter sale on just now, with a 20% discount on all titles ordered prior to 6pm on January 25th 2016.

To avail yourslf of the offer, visit http://www.naval-military-press.com.

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. My Pinterest account is at https://www.pinterest.com/chrismpaton/.

Archive CD Books Ireland sale

Archive CD books Ireland and Eneclann have a sale on just now:

It’s that time of year again, yes you said it, Archive CD Books Winter Sale is here...

Nearly all of our publications are now 50% OFF from today until January 10th 2016.

Many of our titles are now available on digital download, so you could get yourself a hard-disk full of serious bargains long before waiting the postman's return to action from his well-deserved holiday rest.

If you purchase a download title and don't receive your download link immediately, don't worry - this is a busy time of year for us but we'll be on the case when your order is confirmed, and you should receive your link within a few hours or so.

For more visit http://www.archivecdbooks.ie

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. My Pinterest account is at https://www.pinterest.com/chrismpaton/.

Gould Genealogy September book sale in Australia

I've only just been made aware of this, but Gould Genealogy in Australia is running a September sale on many of its Unlock the Past books.

In addition to several of my Scottish and Irish titles, there are many others relating to the British Isles, including Paul Milner's Buried Treasure and Discover English Census Records, and Neil Smith's Finding the Family Redcoat: Tracing Your British Military Ancestors in Australia. Other authors represented include Shauna Hicks, Helen C Smith, Thomas MacEntee, Rosemary Kopittke, Carol Baxter and many more on a range of worldwide genealogy topics!

Full details are at http://www.gould.com.au/Unlock-the-Past-guides-s/2576.htm - but get in quick folks, sale ends in two days!

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. My Pinterest account is at https://www.pinterest.com/chrismpaton/.

Voices from the Past recordings on Ulster Historical Foundation site

From the Ulster Historical Foundation (www.ancestryireland.com):

Voices from the Past Lecture Series

Guild members can check out our latest additions to the Members’ Area as we have started to digitise audio recordings from some of our past conferences. Our ‘Voices from the past’ lecture series should prove to be a great resource for those interested in genealogy and history.

Some of these speakers unfortunately are no longer with us and thus the recordings are a rare opportunity to enjoy some very distinguished academics and archivists giving advice on using historical sources in Ireland. This week’s additions include:

• Valuation records: A valuable resource for Genealogists by Trevor Parkhill
• New Light at the Cape of Good Hope by Prof. Leslie McCracken
• Family Research in the Registry of Deeds by Dr Katharine Brown
• Sources in PRONI relating to education by Dr Roger Strong

All these recordings are available in the members area of our website, with Dr Katherine Brown's lecture on Family Research in the Registry of Deeds available on our homepage.


The society has also announced that its January Sale has been extended, offering 50% off all birth, death and marriage records until February 9th 2015.

(With thanks to the UHF)

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.

Naval and Military Press sale

Naval and Military Press is having a sale of its books, with a 20% discount. The sale ends on January 26th 2015. For further details visit www.naval-military-press.com.

Chris

Stuck for a Christmas gift?! I have a series of genealogy books available in the UK, Australia and Canada, on Scottish, Irish and British based subject areas. Further details at http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/p/my-books.html. Santa approves!

National Archives bookshop sale

The bookshop of the National Archives in England is holding a sale, with up to 70% discount on many titles. For further details visit http://bookshop.nationalarchives.gov.uk/.

Chris

Stuck for a Christmas gift?! I have a series of genealogy books available in the UK, Australia and Canada, on Scottish, Irish and British based subject areas. Further details at http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/p/my-books.html. Santa approves!

FamilyTreeDNA Father's Day sale

Family Tree DNA (www.familytreedna.com) has a Father's Day DNA test sale from June 9th-17th. From its announcement:

Savings (no coupon code required)

Family Finder: $79 (was $99)
Big Y: $595 (was $695)

Prices quoted are in American dollars.

(NB: To my kids, this is a brilliant idea for a gift - but in my case, Laphroaig might just work better, if you're looking something a little more liquid for me!)

Chris

Now available for UK research is the new second edition of the best selling Tracing Your Family History on the Internet: A Guide for Family Historians, whilst my new book British and Irish Newspapers is also now out. And FindmyPast - please reinstate the original Scottish census citations on your new site.

Family Tree DNA sale

Family Tree DNA is holding an end of year sale on various tests, with all Family Finder tests accompanied by a $100 gift card. The sale expires end of play December 31st 2013.

For full details visit www.familytreedna.com/holiday-sale.aspx.

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/.

FTDNA summer sale

FamilyTreeDNA (www.familytreedna.com) is holding a summer sale - here are he details:

Beginning on Thursday, June 27, 2013 and running until Friday, July 26, 2013, we will offer the following:

Family Finder was $289 Now $99
mtDNA Full Sequence was $289 Now $189
Y-DNA37 was $169 Now $129
Y-DNA67 was $268 Now $208
Y-DNA111 was $359 Now $308
Family Finder + Y-DNA37 was $368 Now $228
Family Finder + Y-DNA67 was $467 Now $307
Family Finder + mtDNAFullSequence was $398 Now $288
Comprehensive Genome (Y-DNA67, FMS & FF) was $666 Now $496

REMEMBER: ALL ORDERS MUST BE PLACED AND PAID FOR BY 11:59pm CST, JULY 26, 2013, TO RECEIVE THESE SPECIAL PRICES.

(With thanks to FamilyTreeDNA and to Ali MacDonald and Lauren Boyd McLachlan of the Scottish DNA Project www.familytreedna.com/public/Scottishdna/)

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...!

Archive CD Books - English maps and gazetteers sale

Archive CD Books Britain and Ireland is offering a 50% discount on certain titles within its England Maps and Gazetteers collection until July 5th.

See the list at www.archivecdbooks.ie/acatalog/eng-maps.html?utm_source=Archive+CD+Books+Newsletter&utm_campaign=b24c87499d-200712_ACDB_Newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f9e8dfd7f2-b24c87499d-55046870

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...!

FamilyTreeDNA Father's Day sale

FamilyTreeDNA (www.familytreedna.com) is having an upgrade sale for various tests on offer - here's the blurb:

Father's Day Y-DNA UPGRADE SALE!

Since last summer's upgrade sale was such huge success, we thought we'd repeat history! We are offering discounts to our Y-DNA upgrade products just in time for father's day. So, please spread the word and we'll make this year's upgrade sale even bigger!

From June 12, 2013 through June 19, 2013, we will reduce the following prices.

Y-DNA 12 to 25 was $49 Now $35
Y-DNA 12 to 37 was $99 Now $69
Y-DNA 12 to 67 was $189 Now $148
Y-DNA 25 to 37 was $49 Now $35
Y-DNA 25 to 67 was $148 Now $114
Y-DNA 25 to 111 was $249 Now $224
Y-DNA 37 to 67 was $99 Now $79
Y-DNA 37 to 111 was $220 Now $188
Y-DNA 67 to 111 was $129 Now $109

To order an upgrade at these special prices you may log into your personal page with your kit number and password. Click on the "Order Upgrade" button located on the right side of the menu bar. Then click on the "Special Offers" button.

ALL ORDERS MUST BE PLACED AND PAID FOR BY 11:59pm, JUNE 19, 2013, TO RECEIVE THE SALE PRICE.

(With thanks to FamilyTreeDNA)

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...!

The Original Record - half price sale

The Original Records website (www.theoriginalrecord.com) has just announced a Half-Price Sale for a limited, but undefined, period. The prices of all subscriptions and scans have been reduced by 50%, but this does not include DVDs/Ebooks.

The Original Record is one of those sites that I desperately want to sing the praises of - it has some genuinely useful and rare digitised materials on it for all of the British Isles - but it has always had the most bizarre payment and search systems, making it difficult to engage with and predominantly useful for those carrying out one-name studies. A half price sale is therefore a very welcome development, and I would encourage you to explore it - but you may still find some records to be pricey and the experience frustrating.

Chris

My new book, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet, is now available from Pen and Sword. My next Pharos Scottish course, Scotland 1750-1850: Beyond the Old Parish Registers, starts May 15th - see http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/scotland-1750-1850-beyond-oprs-starts.html. Time to smash a few brick walls...!

FamilyTree DNA sale

Family Tree DNA (www.familytreedna.com) has another sale on the go - here's the blurb from its newsletter:

DNA DAY SALE EXTENDED******
This year we began our commemoration of National DNA Day on April 19th. This coincides with the celebration by the National Human Genome Research Institute and the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History's partnership to celebrate the 1953 discovery of the double helix and the 2003 completion of the Human Genome Project, which was April 19th.

However, DNA Day is celebrated worldwide on April 25th. Therefore, we've extended our sale! The usual conditions apply - orders must be made and paid for by 11:59 p.m. CDT on Thursday, April 25th.

Remember, we’ll offer a promotion on Y-DNA upgrades around Father’s Day, so be on the lookout for those details.

Full details on the discounts are available at www.familytreedna.com/products.aspx

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.

National Archives book sale at Kew

The National Archives has a book sale just now with 30% off 18 books from the History Press - for details visit www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/bookshop/default.aspx.

Probably the most significant reductions are Mark Herber's Ancestral Trails (£17.50, from £25), and Cecil R. Humphery-Smith's Phillimore Atlas and Index of Parish Registers (£35, from £50), two of the most useful guides for English/British research by far, but there are many other great titles included in the list.

TNA is also doing a deal on my new book, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet, selling the book at £9.99 (RRP £12.99). It's apparently this week's best seller, and TNA users are a very discerning bunch :) lol - details at http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/bookshop/default.aspx

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.

FamilyRelatives sale ends Jan 6th

The Family Relatives (www.familyrelatives.com) sale, with annual membership available for £20, ends on January 6th. The site, which hosts many useful international, British and Irish records collections, has sent out an email with the following update on plans for 2013:

We will be adding over 50 million records over the next 60 days.

Over the course of 2013 we will be adding to our collections:
English collection including parish records
Australian Records
US Military
Divorce Records
Births Marriages and Deaths
Census Records

and much more.

Full details at http://familyrelativesnews.com/CMU-17GGJ-D91GUB2YA2/cr.aspx

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.

Pen and Sword weekend sale

Publishers Pen and Sword are having a bank holiday weekend sale of titles, where you can buy three titles for the price of two.

Included amongst the titles on offer are the "Tracing Your..." range of family history books (including my Tracing Your Family History on the Internet), as well as many military titles. More information at www.pen-and-sword.co.uk.

Also, coming soon, a follow up from yours truly - Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet. Contract now sorted and I'll be putting pen to paper shortly..!

Chris


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Eneclann sale now on

From Eneclann/Archive CD Books Britain and Ireland (www.eneclann.ie/acatalog/index.html)

Didn't get exactly what you wanted for Christmas?

Never mind - with 50% off most Archive CD Books Britain and Ireland titles during our Winter Sale, you're bound to find something that's perfect for you! Sale excludes existing special offers and U.K. Census Titles.

Don't miss out though - the sale runs from 26th December 2011 to 8th January 2012. Browse the Archive CD Books Britain and Ireland shop now.

Happy St. Stephen's Day!

Chris