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The following press release was issued by forces-war-records.co.uk: WW2 Dad’s Army Service Records Now Available for Ancestry and Military Genealogy Searches Online Forces War Records is the only website to hold the complete Officers’ list of over 40,000 searchable military Continue reading Forces-War-Records.co.uk Offers WWII Dad’s War Records
Last month the [British] National Archives announced that is was digitizing World War I war diaries. Here is the announcement replicated from the Archive’s site: Digitisation of First World War unit diaries We are currently digitising part of the WO Continue reading British Archives Digitizes World War I Diaries
The following teaser is from the September 12, 2012 edtiion of The Telegraph: ‘Strong evidence’ Richard III’s body has been found – with a curved spine Archaeologists searching under a city centre car park for the lost grave of King Continue reading Has Richard III’s Body Been Found?
The following is from the September 11, 2012 edition of http://www.bbc.co.uk: A new social ancestry website created by two Londoners is helping South Asians reconnect with their past. “My grandmother got Alzheimer’s and so all the great stories that she Continue reading “Who’s the Daadi” Helping South Asians With Their Family History
The family history website, ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk, celebrates its tenth birthday in September 2012. Officially launched in mid-September 2002, ScotlandsPeople was one of the first genealogy sites to arrive on the web. The site now contains over 90 million digital records and Continue reading The ScotlandsPeople Website is Ten Years Old
Dwight Radford has posted a lot of GREAT STUFF since I last posted a blog about his The Journey Home Genealogy website. His last 5 blogs alone dealt with the following topics: Presbyterian Identity Prince Edward Island Archives Scots-Irish and Continue reading It’s Time to Check Out Dwight Radford’s “The Journey Home Genealogy” Irish Blog Again
The following Teaser is from an extensive article published in the August 14, 2012 edition of The Scotsman. A project aiming to discover the origins of Scots through the use of DNA, has come up with some startling findings – Continue reading Finding Scottish Origins Through DNA
The following teaser is from an article posted in the September 10, 2012 edition of http://www.elystandard.co.uk: WHAT have a land-owning dynasty dating back to the Domesday Book, a templar knight who died in the crusades, Anne Boleyn’s grand-mother and Queen Continue reading Copy of Ancient Scroll Charts Seven Centuries of Tilney Family History in Part of Fenland
What happens once a genealogist learns the basics? What happens once a few names are on the lists? What happens when that first error is discovered or an expected namedoesn’t appear in a census? Sometimes dates don’t match or a Continue reading Smart Family History: Fast Track Your Family Research
Military service, especially during war time, can have a traumatic effect on an individual and families alike. Families, both at the time of war and descendants alike can have little appreciation for the dramatic events which unfolded around their loved Continue reading Family History in the Wars
The Family History Companion: Fast-forward your family history search, by Mark Pearsall, is like a cross between a dictionary and and encyclopedia. Published by the National Archives (British), this pocket-sized guide provides an a to z listing of hundreds of Continue reading Family History Companion
The following databases were added at TheOriginalRecord.com this week: 1578 – Cheshire Knights, Esquires, Gentlemen and Freeholders This muster roll, dated 7 October 20 Elizabeth 1578, is entitled ‘A booke conteyni’ge the numbre and names of all the knights, esquiers, Continue reading New at The Original Record
Throughout history, people have always been on the move. Even before planes, trains, and automobiles, the world saw not just families moving between towns and countrysides, but also mass migrations over great distances. For a physically small country, the United Continue reading Family History on the Move
The following is from The Original Record: 1645-1646 – Astrologer’s Clients William Lilly, an astrologer, kept practice books listing his clients, their questions and the figures or horoscopes that he cast. Their questions relate to stolen property, probable success in Continue reading New At the Original Record
The Halsted Trust is delighted to announce that findmypast.co.uk have agreed to sponsor their forthcoming conference on migration, to, from and within the British Isles “Exodus: Movement of the People” will take place from the 6th to 8th September 2013 Continue reading findmypast.co.uk Becomes Headline Sponsor for “Exodus: Movement of the People,” a Major Family History Conference in Leicestershire