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New Records From 20 Countries at FamilySearch.org

Filed in Australia, Austria, California, Canada, Chile, Columbia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, England, FamilySearch, Germany, Honduras, Hungary, Illinois, Indiana, Isle of Man & Channel Islands, Italy, New Zealand, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Saskatchewan, Slovakia, Social Security Records, Spain, Texas, Venezuela, Washington, Wisconsin on Nov.11, 2011

A broad range of records were added to FamilySearch.org this week from 20 countries, notably Australia, Austria, Canada (Saskatchewan), Chile, Columbia, Dominican Republic, Germany, England, Dominican Republic, Germany, Honduras, Hungary, Italy, New Zealand, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Slovakia, Spain, Venezuela, and the U.S.A. The U.S. additions include a variety of records from California, Illinois, Indiana, North [...]

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Over 300 Million New Names Added Online @ the New Beta.FamilySearch.org Site

Filed in Argentina, Arizona, Arkansas, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Brazil, British Columbia, British Records, Canada, Caribbean, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Delaware, Digital Documents Online, District of Columbia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, FamilySearch, Florida, France, Germany, Gibralter, Grenada, Guatemala, Hawaii, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, Idaho, India, Internet Genealogical Research, Ireland, Isle of Man & Channel Islands, Italy, Jamaica, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Luxembourg, Maine, Maryland, Mexico, Montana, New Brunswick, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Online Databases, Online Searchable Indexes, Ontario, Oregon, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Quebec, Russia, Samoa, South Dakota, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tennessee, U.S. Census, Ukraine, United States, Uraguay, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Vital Records, Wales, West Virginia, Wyoming on May.03, 2010

The following information was received this morning from Paul Nauta with FamilySearch: There were over 150 new collections added or enhanced this week at FamilySearch.org. FamilySearch volunteers indexed over 120 million records — over 300 million new names — from original source documents to accomplish this great feat. The massive release was announced this past [...]

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The Isle of Man Ancestry Centre Project

Filed in British Records, Isle of Man & Channel Islands, Vital Records on Jun.02, 2009

Fitting out the new £1.25m Manx Ancestry Centre will take six months after the building work is complete. Alex Downie told the Legislative Council that construction of the building at the former Government Analyst’s Laboratory next to the Manx Museum, Douglas, was on schedule with the facility due to be handed to Manx National Heritage [...]

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1911 British Census Goes Online

Filed in British Census, British Records, Digital Documents Online, England, Internet Genealogical Research, Isle of Man & Channel Islands, Online Databases, Online Searchable Indexes, Wales on Jan.12, 2009

The following press release was received today from Nicola Hussey, Lansons Communications. 36 million people were recorded in the British census taken on the night of Sunday, 2 April, 1911. Today, after nearly 100 years, these census records are available to the public at www.1911census.co.uk. The census covered England, Wales, the Isle of Man and [...]

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Paul Milner Joining Sheila Benedict as a NGS Britain and Ireland Forum Co-Leader

Filed in British Records, England, Ireland, Isle of Man & Channel Islands, National Genealogical Society, Scotland, Wales on Aug.08, 2006

“The National Genealogical Society (NGS) is very pleased to announce that Paul Milner is joining the NGS Britain and Ireland Forum as co-leader. Paul will join Sheila Benedict, CG, in leading the Britain and Ireland Forum, an NGS members-only Forum established to assist members with their research in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands [...]

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