Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk) has a new collection which may be of interest if your ancestors worked in the railways and emigrated to Canada in the 20th century:
Canada, Canadian National Railway Immigrant Records, 1937-1960
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=9211
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 please consider purchasing the great new version of Caledonia by The Libations at 79p via www.caledonia2014.com - all profits go to help fund Scottish foodbanks
Monday, 8 September 2014
Labour MSP finds family treasures whilst canvassing on Scottish referendum trail
There has been a Scottish independence referendum campaign running for the last two years, with the culmination taking place next week, on Thursday September 18th, when here in Scotland we will decide whether to leave the United Kingdom after 300 years, and to reconvene as an independent nation. The latest polls over the weekend show that the Yes campaign (for independence) has just taken the lead for the first time, though there is no complacency on either side about the result - it's a very closely fought contest, and something I have been actively involved in myself on the Yes side for a few months now. I have kept the referendum and its politics out of this blog for the most part, but there was one story that did grab my eye this morning - and it actually involves a remarkable genealogy tale concerning an MSP out canvassing for the No side!
Labour's Neil Findlay MSP was out canvassing in Pumpherston, West Lothian, when he decided to knock on the door of his grandmother's old house to solicit support for his side in the campaign. What he discovered is probably something all of us would give our eye teeth for! The full story is at http://www.sundaypost.com/news-views/scotland/independence-referendum/family-treasure-find-for-canvassing-msp-1.562465
I should add that this is all the publicity that I am giving to the No campaign! lol :) But a great tale, that shows you just never know where those family history resources may lie, and why tracking down where your family once lived may be more fruitful than you think!
(With thanks to Stewart Stevenson MSP via @zsstevens on Twitter)
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 please consider purchasing the great new version of Caledonia by The Libations at 79p via www.caledonia2014.com - all profits go to help fund Scottish foodbanks
Labour's Neil Findlay MSP was out canvassing in Pumpherston, West Lothian, when he decided to knock on the door of his grandmother's old house to solicit support for his side in the campaign. What he discovered is probably something all of us would give our eye teeth for! The full story is at http://www.sundaypost.com/news-views/scotland/independence-referendum/family-treasure-find-for-canvassing-msp-1.562465
I should add that this is all the publicity that I am giving to the No campaign! lol :) But a great tale, that shows you just never know where those family history resources may lie, and why tracking down where your family once lived may be more fruitful than you think!
(With thanks to Stewart Stevenson MSP via @zsstevens on Twitter)
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 please consider purchasing the great new version of Caledonia by The Libations at 79p via www.caledonia2014.com - all profits go to help fund Scottish foodbanks
Statistical Accounts of Scotland blog launches
The University of Edinburgh's EDINA department has launched a new blog detailing items and finds from the Statistical Accounts of Scotland. It can be found at http://statacc.blogs.edina.ac.uk/.
The first two Statistical Accounts were recorded in each Scottish parish in the 1790s and the 1830s/1840s, with a third account carried out in the 20th century, and a recent fourth version for East Lothian. The first two are digitised and freely available at http://edina.ac.uk/stat-acc-scot/. They carry an enormous amount of information on he make up of each parish, including religious affiliations of inhabitants, employment available, landowners details, history and more. There's a bit more about them in a blog post I wrote four years ago, accessible at http://walkingineternity.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/statistical-accounts-of-scotland.html, but the main site is the place to visit for all the background!
(With thanks to Nicola Osborne)
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 please consider purchasing the great new version of Caledonia by The Libations at 79p via www.caledonia2014.com - all profits go to help fund Scottish foodbanks
The first two Statistical Accounts were recorded in each Scottish parish in the 1790s and the 1830s/1840s, with a third account carried out in the 20th century, and a recent fourth version for East Lothian. The first two are digitised and freely available at http://edina.ac.uk/stat-acc-scot/. They carry an enormous amount of information on he make up of each parish, including religious affiliations of inhabitants, employment available, landowners details, history and more. There's a bit more about them in a blog post I wrote four years ago, accessible at http://walkingineternity.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/statistical-accounts-of-scotland.html, but the main site is the place to visit for all the background!
(With thanks to Nicola Osborne)
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 please consider purchasing the great new version of Caledonia by The Libations at 79p via www.caledonia2014.com - all profits go to help fund Scottish foodbanks
Sunday, 7 September 2014
Durham Records Online additions
The latest additions to Durham Records Online (www.durhamrecordsonline.com):
Gateshead baptisms 1769-1812
9,517 baptisms at Gateshead St. Mary, covering 1769 through 1812, which includes the detail-rich period of 1798-1812 where all sorts of parentage answers can be found! Burials for this same period will follow in about a week. These are from a combination of the parish register and the Bishop's Transcript, for maximum detail.
Winston burials 1573-1761
834 burials at Winston St. Andrew in Teesdale district, from the beginning of the first register in Dec 1573 to the end of 1761, so we now have a continuous run of burials here for 1573-1845.
There are no burials recorded (or the register did not survive) between March 1619 and May 1627. There are also none shown in 1610, 1645, 1652, and 1753.
Wingate Grange marriages 1842-1907 updated with occupations, witnesses, abodes
999 existing marriages at Wingate Grange in Easington district, covering 1842- Jan 1907, were updated, gaining the occupations of the fathers and grooms, abodes and witnesses, and correcting errors. We also added 37 marriages to finish out 1907.
Coming Soon:
Gosforth baptisms, burials, & marriages 1762-1846
Benfieldside Cemetery burials 1920-1981
Gateshead burials 1769-1812
Hartlepool St James baptisms & marriages
Thornley by Kelloe marriages will be updated with full details
In the queue: Gateshead Wesleyan Methodist Circuit baptisms, several South Shields Presbyterian churches, Penshaw, Morpeth, Felling, Longhorsley, Hart Cemetery MIs, South Shields St Hilda baptisms 1836+, Newcastle All Saints baptisms 1835-36, Hexham Whitley Chapel baptisms & burials 1843-1888, Birtley St Joseph Catholic marriages 1846-1899, Durham St. Cuthbert RC baptisms 1841-1885
(With thanks to Durham Records Online)
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 please consider purchasing the great new version of Caledonia by The Libations at 79p via www.caledonia2014.com - all profits go to help fund Scottish foodbanks
Gateshead baptisms 1769-1812
9,517 baptisms at Gateshead St. Mary, covering 1769 through 1812, which includes the detail-rich period of 1798-1812 where all sorts of parentage answers can be found! Burials for this same period will follow in about a week. These are from a combination of the parish register and the Bishop's Transcript, for maximum detail.
Winston burials 1573-1761
834 burials at Winston St. Andrew in Teesdale district, from the beginning of the first register in Dec 1573 to the end of 1761, so we now have a continuous run of burials here for 1573-1845.
There are no burials recorded (or the register did not survive) between March 1619 and May 1627. There are also none shown in 1610, 1645, 1652, and 1753.
Wingate Grange marriages 1842-1907 updated with occupations, witnesses, abodes
999 existing marriages at Wingate Grange in Easington district, covering 1842- Jan 1907, were updated, gaining the occupations of the fathers and grooms, abodes and witnesses, and correcting errors. We also added 37 marriages to finish out 1907.
Coming Soon:
Gosforth baptisms, burials, & marriages 1762-1846
Benfieldside Cemetery burials 1920-1981
Gateshead burials 1769-1812
Hartlepool St James baptisms & marriages
Thornley by Kelloe marriages will be updated with full details
In the queue: Gateshead Wesleyan Methodist Circuit baptisms, several South Shields Presbyterian churches, Penshaw, Morpeth, Felling, Longhorsley, Hart Cemetery MIs, South Shields St Hilda baptisms 1836+, Newcastle All Saints baptisms 1835-36, Hexham Whitley Chapel baptisms & burials 1843-1888, Birtley St Joseph Catholic marriages 1846-1899, Durham St. Cuthbert RC baptisms 1841-1885
(With thanks to Durham Records Online)
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 please consider purchasing the great new version of Caledonia by The Libations at 79p via www.caledonia2014.com - all profits go to help fund Scottish foodbanks
Friday, 5 September 2014
Distinguished Conduct Medal database on The Genealogist
From The Genealogist (www.thegenealogist.co.uk):
First World War medal winning heroes now available online at TheGenealogist.co.uk
Our new medal release gives full details of heroic soldiers and their deeds in the First World War and The Second Boer War to aid you in your search for more information on your ancestor’s war exploits.
Analysis of these newly released Distinguished Conduct Medal records uncovers stories of heroism and exceptional bravery from ordinary soldiers. The medal was instituted in 1854, but the desperate fighting and struggle of the First World War saw the medal awarded to a larger amount of soldiers for the first time.
TheGenealogist.co.uk has released complete new records of Non Commissioned Officer’s and Other Ranks who were awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal in The First World War and The Second Boer War.
Uniquely these new records show full details of the Recipients Medal Card combined with a link to The London Gazette which in numerous cases contains full details of the heroic deed that won them the medal. The Gazette is the one of the official journals of the British Government and can be classed as one of the oldest surviving English newspapers.
The records contain full details of the soldier awarded the medal –their name, rank, regiment, date of medal citation and details of their heroism in battle, all easily found using ‘SmartSearch’ on TheGenealogist.
Mark Bayley, Head of Online Content at TheGenealogist concludes: “We are continually making more historic military records available and our new DCM Collection with its link to the London Gazette brings all the information together for the family historian. Our collection of military records goes from strength to strength with more to come.”
To find out the extreme bravery of our soldiers and their courage in the line of duty see the dedicated page on TheGenealogist.co.uk/DCM. There you will find photographs, stories, statistics and a free search facility.
(With thanks to David Osborne)
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 please consider purchasing the great new version of Caledonia by The Libations at 79p via www.caledonia2014.com - all profits go to help fund Scottish foodbanks
First World War medal winning heroes now available online at TheGenealogist.co.uk
Our new medal release gives full details of heroic soldiers and their deeds in the First World War and The Second Boer War to aid you in your search for more information on your ancestor’s war exploits.
Analysis of these newly released Distinguished Conduct Medal records uncovers stories of heroism and exceptional bravery from ordinary soldiers. The medal was instituted in 1854, but the desperate fighting and struggle of the First World War saw the medal awarded to a larger amount of soldiers for the first time.
TheGenealogist.co.uk has released complete new records of Non Commissioned Officer’s and Other Ranks who were awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal in The First World War and The Second Boer War.
Uniquely these new records show full details of the Recipients Medal Card combined with a link to The London Gazette which in numerous cases contains full details of the heroic deed that won them the medal. The Gazette is the one of the official journals of the British Government and can be classed as one of the oldest surviving English newspapers.
The records contain full details of the soldier awarded the medal –their name, rank, regiment, date of medal citation and details of their heroism in battle, all easily found using ‘SmartSearch’ on TheGenealogist.
Mark Bayley, Head of Online Content at TheGenealogist concludes: “We are continually making more historic military records available and our new DCM Collection with its link to the London Gazette brings all the information together for the family historian. Our collection of military records goes from strength to strength with more to come.”
To find out the extreme bravery of our soldiers and their courage in the line of duty see the dedicated page on TheGenealogist.co.uk/DCM. There you will find photographs, stories, statistics and a free search facility.
(With thanks to David Osborne)
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 please consider purchasing the great new version of Caledonia by The Libations at 79p via www.caledonia2014.com - all profits go to help fund Scottish foodbanks
Free access to 20 years of BIFHSGO journal
Twenty years worth of journals from the British Isles Family History Society of Greater Ottawa, aka BIFHSGO, can now be read for free on Archive page of the society's website at http://www.bifhsgo.ca/clist.php?nm=108.
For more on the detail visit http://genealogyalacarte.ca/?p=4833
(With thanks to Gail Dever via Twitter @geneaalacarte)
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 please consider purchasing the great new version of Caledonia by The Libations at 79p via www.caledonia2014.com - all profits go to help fund Scottish foodbanks
For more on the detail visit http://genealogyalacarte.ca/?p=4833
(With thanks to Gail Dever via Twitter @geneaalacarte)
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 please consider purchasing the great new version of Caledonia by The Libations at 79p via www.caledonia2014.com - all profits go to help fund Scottish foodbanks
TNA podcast - Ritual and authority in the reign of Queen Anne
The latest podcast from the National Archives in England is entitled ‘Things as are all Forms, & Ceremonys’: Ritual and authority in the reign of Queen Anne, a 50 minute talk by James A. Winn.
The talk can be heard at http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/things-forms-ceremonys-ritual-authority-reign-queen-anne/ or downloaded free of charge via iTunes.
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 please consider purchasing the great new version of Caledonia by The Libations at 79p via www.caledonia2014.com - all profits go to help fund Scottish foodbanks
The talk can be heard at http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/things-forms-ceremonys-ritual-authority-reign-queen-anne/ or downloaded free of charge via iTunes.
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 please consider purchasing the great new version of Caledonia by The Libations at 79p via www.caledonia2014.com - all profits go to help fund Scottish foodbanks
Wednesday, 3 September 2014
Oxfordshire FHS Family History Fair
Oxfordshire Family History Society is running a family history fair in Woodstock on October 4th - here are the details:
Family History Fair
10am – 4pm
Saturday 4th October 2014
The Marlborough School, Shipton Road, Woodstock OX20 1LP
Free admission – Free parking – Fully accessible
Contact – tel: 01235 799374
email: open-day@ofhs.org.uk – web: www.ofhs.org.uk
Research help:
- on the internet
- local resources
- or just talk
(With thanks to Angie Truman)
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 please consider purchasing the great new version of Caledonia by The Libations at 79p via www.caledonia2014.com - all profits go to help fund Scottish foodbanks
Family History Fair10am – 4pm
Saturday 4th October 2014
The Marlborough School, Shipton Road, Woodstock OX20 1LP
Free admission – Free parking – Fully accessible
Contact – tel: 01235 799374
email: open-day@ofhs.org.uk – web: www.ofhs.org.uk
- Family History Societies
- Museum & Military stands
- Oxfordshire History Centre
- Genealogical Suppliers
- Books, CDs and more on sale
Research help:
- on the internet
- local resources
- or just talk
(With thanks to Angie Truman)
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 please consider purchasing the great new version of Caledonia by The Libations at 79p via www.caledonia2014.com - all profits go to help fund Scottish foodbanks
Roadworks disruption at PRONI
I've just received the following message from PRONI (www.proni.gov.uk) in Belfast, concerning roadworks that may cause disruption if you plan to drive to the archive:
We have been advised that essential re-surfacing works will take place as detailed below:
· Monday 8th to Friday 12th September 2014
· Sydenham Road from the M3 Flyover Bridge (Queens Quay) along the front of The Odyssey to the multi junction of Sydenham Road/Queens Road/M3 Off slip.
The road will close daily to facilitate works between 0900 and 1600.
It is advisable to avoid the area between 0900 and 1600 on these dates or make alternative arrangements for your journey.
(With thanks to Gavin McMahon)
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 please consider purchasing the great new version of Caledonia by The Libations at 79p via www.caledonia2014.com - all profits go to help fund Scottish foodbanks
We have been advised that essential re-surfacing works will take place as detailed below:
· Monday 8th to Friday 12th September 2014
· Sydenham Road from the M3 Flyover Bridge (Queens Quay) along the front of The Odyssey to the multi junction of Sydenham Road/Queens Road/M3 Off slip.
The road will close daily to facilitate works between 0900 and 1600.
It is advisable to avoid the area between 0900 and 1600 on these dates or make alternative arrangements for your journey.
(With thanks to Gavin McMahon)
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 please consider purchasing the great new version of Caledonia by The Libations at 79p via www.caledonia2014.com - all profits go to help fund Scottish foodbanks
Tayroots Family History Day
The Tayroots Family History Day takes place in Arbroath this coming Friday 5th September, from 10am-4pm. With speakers including Bruce Bishop, Marie Dougan, Jamie Burges-Lumsden and Caroline Brown, there's a lot to get stuck into!
The full programme is available at http://www.angusheritage.com/News-Events/Events/Tayroots_Family_History_Day.aspx
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 please consider purchasing the great new version of Caledonia by The Libations at 79p via www.caledonia2014.com - all profits go to help fund Scottish foodbanks
The full programme is available at http://www.angusheritage.com/News-Events/Events/Tayroots_Family_History_Day.aspx
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 please consider purchasing the great new version of Caledonia by The Libations at 79p via www.caledonia2014.com - all profits go to help fund Scottish foodbanks
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