FindmyPast adds Liverpool 1801 census

The latest additions to FindmyPast (www.findmypast.co.uk):

1801 Lancashire, Liverpool Census
Discover your Scouse ancestor’s address, occupation and who they were living with in 1801 with over 13,000 new and exclusive early census records. Images will provide additional information about your ancestor’s abode.

Cornwall Burials
Over 75,000 new records covering 52 parishes across the Cornish peninsula are now available to search. These transcripts reveal when and where your ancestor was buried, their age at death, residence and relatives’ names.

Kent Burials
12,000 new records have been added to the collection this week. The majority of these new additions cover Swanscombe municipal cemetery and will reveal where and when your ancestor was buried as well as the names of their spouse and father.

New Zealand, Women's Suffrage Petition
Was your ancestor involved in the women’s suffrage movement in New Zealand? Discover if your ancestor signed the unsuccessful 1892 women’FindmyPast adds 1801 census for Liverpools franchise petition or the 1893 petition that finally succeeded in granting women the right to vote in New Zealand.

British & Irish Newspaper Update
Over 66,000 new pages have been added this week, including two brand new titles and updates to seven existing titles. Our two new titles, the Huntly Express and the Highland news, both hail from the Scottish Highlands and date from late 1800s. We have also added new pages to the Aberdeen Press and Journal, Birmingham Daily Gazette, Aberdeen Evening Express, Staffordshire Sentinel, Irvine Herald, Ayrshire Post and the Sandwell Evening Mail.

Further details and links at https://www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/new-records-from-liverpool-cornwall-kent-and-new-zealand

Chris

Order Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483. My next Scotland 1750-1850: Beyond the OPRs course starts 4 November 2019 - see https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=302. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.

Irish Newspaper Archive launches Radical Newspaper Archive

From the Irish Newspaper Archive (www.irishnewsarchive.com):

The world's oldest and largest Irish Newspaper Archives continues to grow. We have updated the archive with the following new content:

Cork Evening Echo 1960 - 1968

Missing Periods:
Kilkenny People 2005
Nationalist and Munster Advertiser 2005

Archive News:

For over a decade we have announced the release of some magnificent Irish titles to our archive however never before have we announced the release of a new product. The team at Irish Newspaper Archives are proud to release a special collection of Irish political and radical publications that offer a voice to the marginalised left in Ireland during the early 20th century. Read more on our new archive www.radicalnewspaperarchive.com

You can now subscribe to both archives with our Gold Membership subscription and for this spooky Halloween weekend you can get 35% off this fantastic collection.

COMMENT: The following titles are available on the new website:

An Geadal

Poblacht na h-Eireann ( Scot. Ed.)

Poblacht na h-Eireann ( Sth. Ed.)

Poblacht na h-Eireann ( War. Ed.)

An Saogal Gaedealac

An T-Óglác

Belfast Labour Chronicle

Belfast Strike Bulletin

Bottom Dog

Daily Sheet

Dublin Sheet

Dublin Strike News

Éire Ireland

Éire The Irish Nation

Election Buletin

Fianna

Sligo-Leitrim Liberator

Fianna Fail Bulletin

Free State 1922

Freedom

Honesty

Ireland Overall

Irish An Arim

Irish Citizen Army Bulletin

Irish Democrat

Irish Freedom

Irish Nation

Irish Opinion

Irish Statesman

Irish War News

Irish Workers Weekly

Labour News

Long War Sheet

Nationality

New Ireland

Notes from Ireland

Old Ireland

Prison Bars

Republican Congress

Republican Review

Repubican War Bulletin

Scissors & Paste

Sinn Fein

Sinn Fein Daily

Sinn Fein Weekly

Straight Talk

The Blueshirts

The Dalcassian

The Dublin Trade & Labour Journal

The Eye-Opener

The Facionist

The Felon Setter

The Fenian

The Freeman

The Harp

The Harp New York

The Hibernian

The Irish Bulletin

The Irish Citizen

The Irish Exile

The Irish Front

The Irish Hammer & Plough

The Irish Nation

The Irish Peasent

The Irish People

The Irish People War Special

The Irish Volunteer

The Irish Worker

The Irish Workers Voice

The Irishman

The Labour Opposition

The Land

The National Democrat

The Liberator & Irish Trade Unionist

The Nation

The National Democrat

The National Volunteer

The Nationalist

The Needle

The New Way

The Northern Patriot

The Peasant

The Pheonix

The Pioneer

The Plain People

The Red Flag

The Red Hand Magazine

The Republic

The Republican File

The Republic

The Separatist

The Shan Van Vocht

The Sinn Feiner

The Southern Bulletin

The Spark

The Star

The Student

The Toiler

The Torch

The Tribune

The Unionist

The United Irishman

The Voice of Labour

The Watchword

The Watchword of Labour

The Weekly Summary

The Wolfe Tone Weekly

The Women Worker

The Worker

The Worker Republic

Truth that is News

Truth War Issue

United Ireland

Workers Bulletin

Young Ireland

(With thanks to Andrew Martin)

Chris

Order Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483. My next Scotland 1750-1850: Beyond the OPRs course starts 4 November 2019 - see https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=302. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.

Orkney witchcraft trial source books

Orkney Archive has uploaded a fascinating post on the records it holds concerning witchcraft trials in Orkney, including Sheriff Court records and other collections collated over the years.  The post is available to read at http://orkneyarchive.blogspot.com/2019/10/orkney-witchcraft-trial-source-books.html.

If interested in Scotland's dark history concerning witchcraft, don't forget to also visit The Survey of Scottish Witchcraft, "an electronic resource for the history of witchcraft and witch-hunting in Scotland" from the University of Edinburgh, available at http://www.shca.ed.ac.uk/Research/witches/.

Chris

Order Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483. My next Scotland 1750-1850: Beyond the OPRs course starts 4 November 2019 - see https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=302. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.

FamilySearch adds new Oxfordshire and Yorkshire collections

FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org) has added two new small English records collections:

England, Oxfordshire Parish Registers 1538-1904 (826 indexed records)

https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/3293406
Source: “The original records are held at various record custodians.”

England, Yorkshire Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1613-1887 (96 indexed records)

https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/3477664
Source: “Church of England marriage bonds and allegations from the Diocese of York and Diocese of Ripon both in Yorkshire from 1613 to 1887. The original records are held at the Borthwick Institute.”

For other releases from the US, Canada, and South America, visit https://media.familysearch.org/new-free-historical-records-on-familysearch-week-of-28-october-2019/

Chris

Order Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483. My next Scotland 1750-1850: Beyond the OPRs course starts 4 November 2019 - see https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=302. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.

Scotland 1750-1850: Beyond the OPRs course starts soon

A reminder that my next Scotland 1750-1850: Beyond the OPRs course kicks off in just over a week's time, from November 4th, and for five weeks. Here's the blurb:

This is an intermediate level course in Scottish family history for those who are going back beyond 1850. You should have some experience with research in the Old Parochial Registers of the Church of Scotland and in using major websites for Scottish research. This course discusses sources that fill the gap when the OPRs are uninformative or missing; for example, records of parish and town administration, occupations, land transfer and taxation. Using these records involves several different locations. You will learn how to check online finding aids and how to find the most effective way to obtain records that may be online, in print, on CD or microfilm. This is the second course on Scottish research. If you have not taken Scottish Research Online please check its description.

Lesson Headings:

* Kirk Sessions records and parish poor
* Burgh records and town poor
* Occupations, taxation and early lists
* Land transfer and the value of sasines
* Land, inheritance and estates

Each lesson includes exercises and activities; a minimum of 1 one-hour chat session per week. See How the Courses Work.

STUDENTS SAID: "well structured chats with opportunities for questions as well"

Relevant Countries: Scotland
Course Length: 5 Weeks
Start Date: 4 Nov 2019
Cost: £49.99

The following video also gives a bit more of a flavour about what to expect:

(Available also at https://youtu.be/1vX6GZtwZJ0)

For further details, and to sign up, please visit https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=302.

I'll hopefully see you there!

Chris

Order Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483. My next Scotland 1750-1850: Beyond the OPRs course starts 4 November 2019 - see https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=302. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.

FindmyPast adds Norfolk and Dundee records

The latest additions to FindmyPast (www.findmypast.co.uk):

New Norfolk Parish Records
More than 1.4 million new Norfolk parish registers are now available to search. Published online in association with the Norfolk Record Office, these new records span more than 500 years (1464 to 1993) of Norfolk history and add more than 500 new parishes to our existing collection of Norfolk records.
Created from over 2,500 original handwritten registers.

Scotland, Forfarshire (Angus), Dundee Trade & Postal Directories 1783-1842
Explore nine Scottish trade and postal directories from Dundee spread over 1783 to 1842. Directories are a valuable source for your family history research, revealing your ancestor’s trade or occupation and address.

British & Irish Newspapers
This week we have added 130,418 new pages to The Archive, including one brand new title the Strathearn Herald.
We have also updated six of our existing Scottish titles including the Arbroath Guide, the Aberdeen Press and Journal and the Aberdeen Evening Express, the West Lothian Courier, the North British Daily Mail and the Staffordshire Sentinel.

For further information and links visit https://www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/new-norfolk-records-covering-500-parishes

Chris

Order Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483. My next Scotland 1750-1850: Beyond the OPRs course starts 4 November 2019 - see https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=302. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.

PRONI adds History of Belfast City Cemetery talk to YouTube

PRONI has added a video to its YouTube channel entitled History of Belfast City Cemetery. Here's the blurb:

Author, Tom Hartley, talks about the history of Belfast City Cemetery which opened on the 1 August 1869 as a cross denominational burial ground for the people of Belfast. This event took place on 17 October 2019.

The talk can be viewed at https://youtu.be/6No9QLVxqbY and is presented here also for convenience:

Chris

Order Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483. My next Scotland 1750-1850: Beyond the OPRs course starts 4 November 2019 - see https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=302. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.

Family Tree Maker England and Ireland tour

From Software MacKiev:

YOU ARE INVITED! UK+IRELAND TOUR

Family Tree Maker is heading to the UK and Ireland this week as we celebrate the arrival of our 30th Anniversary edition, FTM 2019, with two big events in four cities (Click here for an interactive map). The first stop is London for the RootsTech conference (Thursday - Saturday, Oct 24-26) where we'll be showing off new features and a sneak preview of updates on the way. And then three more stops for “insider” events in Belfast (Sunday, Oct 27), Cork (Monday, Oct 28) and Dublin (Tuesday, Oct 29). At each insider tour stop there will be THREE speakers (see list below), FREE conference totes, deep discounts on products, — and we'll be around after the presentations to chat and answer your questions. Hope to meet you along the way!

ROOTSTECH LONDON CONFERENCE

EVENT #1 – ROOTSTECH LONDON CONFERENCE (Thurs-Sat, Oct 24-26) — FREE
Join us for three days of ongoing presentations in our 24 seat stand theatre which is FREE and open to the general public. (See below how to get free RootsTech passes and reserve seats in our stand theatre.) In addition to an in-depth look at our new edition, there will be presentations by the creators of Family Book Creator (Stefan Harms) and Charting Companion (Pierre Clouthier). And of course a SHOW STORE with deep discounts on FTM 2019, Family Book Creator, Charting Companion and more.

STEP 1. Get FREE RootsTech entrance passes.
You can get FREE passes sent by email from RootsTech that will get you into the Exhibition Hall. Just click here.

STEP 2. New Option – Reserve a Seat.
You can reserve a Family Tree Maker theatre seat for certain times each day by clicking here
(and then clicking the red "Select a Date" button). Or just stop by our stand (#310) any time to join the next presentation.

RootsTech Exhibition Hall Hours
ExCel London Exhibition Centre
Thursday 9:45 AM – 7 PM
Friday 9:45 AM – 6 PM
Saturday 9:45 AM – 5 PM

EVENT #2 – UK+IRELAND TOUR – INSIDER SESSIONS (Sun-Tues, Oct 27-29)

Join us on the Emerald Isle as we continue our FTM 2019 Insiders Tour – right after RootsTech in London. We'll be visiting three cities: Belfast (Oct 27), Cork (Oct 28) and Dublin (Oct 29). At each insider tour stop there will be THREE speakers (see list below), FREE conference totes, deep discounts on products, — and we'll be around after the presentations to chat and answer your questions.
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FREE totes for all presentation attendees.

Advance Tickets Required. Most Insider Tour event tickets are FREE (paid by Family Tree Maker). After the free seats are filled, there will be additional tickets available for a small fee with all proceeds going to the co-sponsoring society as a donation. You do not need to be a member of the sponsoring society – all tour events are open to the general public.

How to get tickets. Click the link below for the session you want to attend:

BELFAST – Sunday, Oct 27
Park Avenue Hotel
Cranthorpe Suite 1
• Morning Session Click here. (10 AM - 12:30 PM)
• Afternoon Session Click here. (1:30 PM - 4 PM)

CORK – Monday, Oct 28
The Kingsley Hotel
Deane-Woodward Suite
• Evening Session Click here. (6 PM - 8:30 PM)

DUBLIN – Tuesday, Oct 29
Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland
Helen Roe Lecture Room
• Morning Session Click here. (11 AM - 1:30 PM)
• Afternoon Session Click here. (2:30 PM - 5 PM)
• Evening Session Click here. (6 PM - 8:30 PM)

CONFERENCE SPECIAL PRICES – AT ALL EVENTS
Family Tree Maker 2019 will be on sale for up to 50% off its regular price. We'll also have discounts on Charting Companion 7 which will help you integrate your DNA test results into your family history research, and Family Book Creator which creates a professional quality printed family history book using your FTM tree.

SPEAKERS AND SESSIONS
All tour stops including the RootsTech conference will feature all three speakers and topics:

Mark Olsen (Family Tree Maker Ambassador)
Family Tree Maker 2019 - An In-depth Insiders View

Stefan Harms (Creator of Family Book Creator)
Making a Professional Quality Family History Book

Pierre Clouthier (Creator of Charting Companion)
Using DNA Test Results in Your Family History Research

(With thanks to Mark Olsen)

Chris

Order Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483. My next Scotland 1750-1850: Beyond the OPRs course starts 4 November 2019 - see https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=302. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.

TheGenealogist adds colour tithe maps for Warwickshire

From TheGenealogist (www.thegenealogist.co.uk):

We have just released additional sets of Colour Tithe Maps to join the previously available greyscale maps in our National Tithe Records collection. This release for Warwickshire is of high-resolution colour digitised maps which will provide the family historian with highly detailed maps sourced from both The National Archives as well as the Warwick County Record Office.

Researchers searching for owners or occupiers of Warwickshire land surveyed in the 19th century for the Tithe Commutation Act 1836, now have a choice of plans linked to the fully searchable apportionment schedules. Subscribers to our Diamond membership can select to view The National Archives' grayscale maps, The National Archives' colour maps, or the Warwickshire Record Office colour maps when using the Tithe & Landowner records for this county. The Warwickshire Record Office maps are, in many cases, less faded and more vibrant in their colours, having had less wear and tear than the alternatives. 

For more on the story visit https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarticles/2019/warwickshire-colour-tithe-records-discovers-the-house-that-went-to-america-1198/

Chris

Order Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483. My next Scotland 1750-1850: Beyond the OPRs course starts 4 November 2019 - see https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=302. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.

DeceasedOnline introduces new annual subscription tiers

From Deceased Online (www.deceasedonline.com):

New Subscriptions

At Deceased Online we are introducing new ways to improve and expand our range of data, adding records from a greater number of cemeteries and crematoria across the UK, and giving our users the benefit of more regular additions of new records.

These improvement plans will include changes to the way we offer annual subscriptions.

Our users range from the occasional family historian through to corporate users viewing many thousands of records a year. Until now we have not differentiated between types of user, but offered a single annual subscription option at £89 for unlimited views of most of our records. We’ve managed to resist the pressure to increase this price for over 5 years, since we first introduced subscriptions, even while users were expressing surprise at the generosity of the unlimited views offered.

Users can still purchase a subscription for £89, although the terms have changed slightly. We have decided, in line with other on-line genealogy websites, to offer a range of subscriptions to suit customers according to how heavily they would like to use the site.

To do this we now offer three annual subscription options, each with a different limit to the number of records viewable.

The basic annual subscription, now called ‘Silver’, will remain at £89. However, we have introduced a limit of 450 record views for this subscription*, which we calculate will not affect the majority of our users. For heavier professional and corporate users of the site we have introduced the ‘Gold’ subscription at £249 for a maximum of 2000 views, and the ‘Platinum’ subscription at £499 for 5000 views.

We feel this is a fair and long-overdue revision of our subscriptions policy, which will help us to be more cost effective and allow us to expand and improve the website, which is what our customers want.

*Existing subscriptions will remain unlimited until expiry

Terms and Conditions

We have amended Section 6 of the website Terms and Conditions to reflect the changes to subscriptions.

We have also in Section 10 clarified the types of user we allow to use the website. In particular we have made it clear that it is an abuse for registered users to distribute paid-for information from our website, via social media or by any other method, to others who are pursuing their own separate family history enquiries.

(With thanks to DeceasedOnline)

Chris

Order Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483. My next Scotland 1750-1850: Beyond the OPRs course starts 4 November 2019 - see https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=302. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.