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ease of viewing the websites mentioned in “Web Watch”, a regular feature of our
quarterly journal, the whole article is reproduced below.
Since
websites, their content and their links are prone to frequent change, or even
removal, we will only display the articles from the previous four issues of the
journal.
Vol 25, No 2: December 2011
The
National Archives – http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/nursing.asp
TNA
have published online more than 15,000 First World War nursing service records
from the WO399 files, providing a glimpse into the life stories of the women
who dedicated their lives to their profession.
The records date from 1902 to 1922 and hold an unusually high level of
detail, rarely seen in service records.
British
Newspaper Archive - http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/
The
British Library and brightsolid
offer access to up to 4 million fully searchable pages, featuring more than 200 newspaper titles
from every part of the UK and Ireland.
The newspapers mainly date from the 19th century and cover every aspect
of local, regional and national news.
The quality of the
Ancestry
- http://www.ancestry.co.uk
Ancestry
have published further records for London from LMA including Freedom of the City
Admission Papers, 1681-1925, covering almost 600,000 men and women. Make sure that you view the following and
preceding images as they may have further information. Also some of the index entries have mixed up
the forenames and dates of the applicant and their father.
Ancestry with TNA and the Naval and Military Press. have
released The Silver War Badge Records, 1914–1920, which reveal the 880,000 soldiers, sailors and pilots who qualified
for the Badge. It’s a comprehensive database of men who were injured or ill
during the Great War and matches the number on a man’s service and pension
records and medal index card.
Another
new set of records on Ancestry is the Apprentice Books, 1710-1811
from TNA series IR1.
Ancestry
have also released Dorset and Warwickshire parish records, Irish Catholic
parish records and Irish civil records, the latter also being on NewFamilySearch.
Find
My Past - http://www.findmypast.co.uk
FMP
have added 128,000 burial records from the East Kent Burial Index covering 1802
to 1846.
In partnership with FindMyPast TNA have made one million
Merchant Navy Seamen records available online for the first time from the BT348,
BT349 and BT350 series. Among the records
of UK merchant ships' crew members, which date from 1918 to 1941 are some
rarely-seen photographs of sailors.
http://www.findmypast.co.uk/search/merchant-navy-seamen
They
have also indexed Crew Lists for 1881 and 1891, each with 70,000 entries, to
help find sailors missing from the censuses - http://www.findmypast.co.uk/search/clip-crew-lists
FMP
have indexed over 4000 records of Military Nurses covering 1856 to 1940 from
four separate TNA series and one set from the Imperial War Museum.
FMP
are indexing the Scottish censuses but without images. So far 1841, 1851 and 1861 are
available.
Street
indexes for the Scottish Censuses from 1841 to 1911 can be viewed free at
http://www.scotlandspeoplehub.gov.uk/research/census-records-1841-1911.html by selecting a year and scrolling down.
FMP
have also released parish records for Thames-side Kent, Berkshire, Cheshire and
Gwent, and parish and other records for Manchester.
Find
My Past Ireland - www.findmypast.ie
They have announced a new
resource with 3.5 million entries from Irish Prison Registers 1790-1920. at the National Archives of Ireland.
The
Genealogist – http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk
They
have released the 1911 Census for Kent.
Their index includes the number of years married with an automatic
option to use this and the names to search the
UKBMD
- www.ukbmd.org.uk
The UKBMD based web sites have had their search software updated so that
individual sub-districts can be searched on births and deaths, and individual
marriage venues can be searched on marriages. On each of the search forms, when
the user selects a single region, a list appears allowing the user to refine
their search.
FamilySearch - https://www.familysearch.org/
They
have added indexes or images of some parish records for Bristol, Cheshire, Cornwall, Essex and Warwickshire and most of the Censuses.
Deceased
Online – https://www.deceasedonline.com/servlet/GSDOSearch
New
additions include 61,000 records for Eltham
Crematorium.
Origins
- http://www.origins.net/
They
have added Wills & Administrations at Canterbury 1396-1558 & 1640-50 (
Who
were the Nuns? - http://www.history.qmul.ac.uk/wwtn/index.html
The
School of History at Queen Mary, University of London has created a database of
English Catholic nuns who lived between the years 1600 and 1800, based on
convent sources found in England, Belgium, France, and Maryland. It contains a
great deal of genealogical information about the families that produced these
nuns.
Historical
Divers Index - www.thehds.com
The index comprises approximately 4900 names of divers, divers tenders, attendants, linesmen, and diving related trades. Send queries by e-mail to diversindex@thehds.com
GENUKI - www.genuki.org.uk
The most important British and Irish genealogy gateway website has had a
revamp.
Electoral
Rolls 2003 to 2011 - http://tracegenie.com
For £2.95 you can obtain unlimited access for 24 hours
to help trace living relatives.
University
of London -www.shl.lon.ac.uk/specialcollections/archives/studentrecords.shtml
Their archive has put online a list of graduates from
1836-1931, including students who took University of London examinations as
external students.
Mocavo - http://mocavo.co.uk/
This is
a new genealogy search engine that undertakes a search of numerous genealogy
web sites looking for words you specify including message boards etc and limits
its searches solely to genealogy sites which is
helpful for those researching actual names as opposed to common words or
corporate names. Originally US based,
they have just started a UK site.
Clergy
Guide - http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/agencies-public-bodies/ips/general-ips-publications/civil-reg/clergy-guide?view=Binary
Home
Office instructions to clergymen on registration of marriages. It evens tells you where to buy the permanent
blue-black ink and special fountain pens that registrars use, and which vicars
are also expected to use.
Clergy
Newsletter #1 -http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/publications/agencies-public-bodies/ips/general-ips-publications/civil-reg/clergy-nl-1?view=Standard&pubID=939381
This
lists a number of common errors in the returns submitted to the
Genealogy
Software Compared - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genealogy_software
A comparison of genealogy software, including
both free and commercial programs. Software compared includes Windows,
Macintosh, Linux, and web-based products. Explanation
of many terms, including GEDCOM, are also available in the article or in
articles linked to the article.
Free
Genealogy Software –
http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2011/09/free-genealogy-software.html
None of these free programs are limited trial offers,
but they may have less functionality than corresponding purchased versions.
Several of the free genealogy programs are very powerful.
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Vol 25, No 1: September 2011
The
National Archives –
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/digital-microfilm.asp
TNA
have made records relating to apprenticeships and the army (and many more)
available through its Digital Microfilms service. The documents are not indexed, and must be
downloaded and browsed. Some downloads
are very large.
The
Apprentices collection is from IR1, Board of Stamps: Apprenticeship Books.
An index to some IR1 records is available on FindMyPast (from an index held by
the Society of Genealogists), and will soon also be on Ancestry (currently
going through the World Archives Project).
The
annual printed Army Lists are from WO65.
The set is from the War Office library. Each volume was bound with
alternate printed and blank sheets, to allow for hand annotations of commissions,
promotions etc during the year.
Access
to Archives – www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a
New
online indexes from 'A Place in the Sun', for 1790-3 and part of 1839, have recently gone online. More than 150 Sun fire insurance registers at
the Guildhall Library have been indexed by the project for the period 1790 to
1839.
Ancestry
- http://www.ancestry.co.uk
Ancestry have released two sets of employment records.
In
conjunction with TNA, Railway Employment Records from 1833 to 1963 are
available for some companies from pieces in
With
the British Postal Archive, they have provided Postal Service Appointment Books
1737-1969.
They
have also scanned original London wills at LMA from 1525 to 1858.
Find
My Past - http://www.findmypast.co.uk
They
have added 128,001 records covering 1802-1846 from the East Kent Burial
Index. Also the 1861 Worldwide Army
Index is based on paylists held by TNA in WO10-12,
and covers approximately 98% of the 'other ranks' who were serving in 1861 -
about 245,000 men in all, or around 2% of the male population.
Another military dataset added has over half a million militia members in the
Militia Service Records 1806-1915 from TNA WO96.
With
the SoG they have loaded The Business Index to British
shopkeepers, business people and their companies. The initial source material
is a series of books published in the 1890s.
The
Genealogist – http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk
This
is the only major site that doesn't use the FamilySearch
transcription of the 1881 England & Wales census, so try finding those
missing relatives in their index.
Marriage
Locator - http://www.marriage-locator.co.uk/
This website, set up by the Guild of One-Name Studies,
enables you to interpret the Marriage Index created by the General Register
Office for England and Wales and possibly determine the church where your
ancestors were married.
FamilySearch - https://www.familysearch.org/
Using
their index to the 1911 census, the table includes the place of birth, unlike
the official 1911 website and FindMyPast, and if you enter a surname, but no
forename, the results will be listed with members of the same household shown
consecutively.
For
help in tracing relatives after 1911, see Peter Calver’s
article on Lost Cousins
http://lostcousins.com/newsletters/may11news.htm
Black
Sheep Index - http://www.blacksheepindex.co.uk/
The
website that hosts the Black Sheep Index and many other unique indexes
has recently been updated. Worth a search.
DVDs
of books and parish register transcripts - http://www.flatcapsandbonnets.com/
This
site has compilations of dozens of books which have all been made searchable,
something you won't necessarily find when you download an online book. The Kent disk has 33 items.
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http://www.connectedhistories.org/
Connected
Histories brings together a range of digital resources related to early modern
and nineteenth century Britain with a single federated search that allows
sophisticated searching of names, places and dates. Some of the websites included require
payment, but free ones include the Charles Booth Archive, London Lives and
Proceedings of the Old Bailey (which has had significant new additions).
Ancestry
- http://www.ancestry.co.uk
Ancestry have added parish registers for Liverpool and
Dorset. They have also much improved
their search of the E&W Death Indexes.
Find
My Past - http://www.findmypast.co.uk
They
have released their death index for E&W from 1837 to 2006, integrated with
the overseas and army death indexes, to match the indexes for births and
marriages.
The
London Probate index now includes names beginning with G to Z.
They
have combined with Eneclann to set up FMP Ireland - http://www.findmypast.ie/
The
Genealogist – http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk
They
have started a series of Poll Book transcripts including Kent.
Deceased
Online - https://www.deceasedonline.com/servlet/GSDOSearch
New additions include Romford, Essex.
Scotland’s
People – http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
The
1911 Census was released on 5 April.
Kent
County Council Libraries - http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/kccl
You
can now search 19th Century newspapers and Illustrated London News at home
using your KCC Library card number.
New
Family Search - http://www.familysearch.org
This
document will help you adjust to the new version which now includes Batch
number searches - http://broadcast.lds.org/elearning/FHD/Local_Support/Consultant/Interactive_Guide/Adjusting_to_the_new_version.pdf
Following
our visit to the Masonic Library and Museum in Canterbury, note that the London
Museum has completed a survey of the whereabouts and types records held by record
offices, Masonic lodges and chapters throughout England and Wales. The survey
lists records created by lodges and chapters in the course of their activities:
minute books, financial records and membership records etc. It also includes
the surviving lists of members of Masonic lodges submitted to the county
magistrates and
held among quarter sessions records under the 1799 Unlawful Societies Act.
http://www.freemasonry.london.museum/
The National Archives. Discussion on changing the 30 year rule to 20
years -
http://issuu.com/yourfamilyhistory/docs/unlocking_our_national_heritage
Unclaimed
Funds - https://ubi.courtfunds.gov.uk/unclaimedbalancesindex/
Only
a surname is required to search for funds held “in Chancery”.
Hearth
Tax returns - http://british-history.ac.uk/catalogue.aspx?gid=54
British
History Online has recently made available free transcriptions of Hearth
Tax returns covering London, Westminster, and Middlesex.
P&O Heritage - http://www.poheritage.com/our-archive
The Open Library - http://openlibrary.org
24 million books with downloadable text for over a million.
British in India - British Library http://indiafamily.bl.uk/UI/Home.aspx
and FIBIS - http://www.new.fibis.org/
Military Archive Research - http://militaryarchiveresearch.com/
A basic introduction to research.
Newspaper
map - http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/flash/
Put
your mouse on a city anywhere in the world and the newspaper
headlines pop up. Double click on the
city and the newspaper page gets larger.
You can read the entire paper on some if you click on the right place.
And this site changes every day with the publication of new editions of the
paper.
Copyright
- http://www.ipo.gov.uk/c-basicfacts.pdf
Advice on what you may copy or publish.
Capital Punishment in Britain - http://capitalpunishmentuk.org/
For the ghoulish, a history and list of all executions
Young Immigrants to Canada -
http://retirees.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/homeadd.html
Info on children sent to Canada between 1869 and 1930.
The
database is at Library & Archives Canada -
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/home-children/index-e.html
Industrial and Reformatory Schools -
http://www.missing-ancestors.com/INDUSTRIAL%20REFORM%
20LINK%20NO%201%20TABLE%20OF%20CONTENTS%20.htm
List of schools and some pupils.
National Directory of Community Archives - http://www.communityarchives.org.uk/
Find if there is a community group for the area you are researching.
In
1986 the
everyday life across the UK for future generations. A million volunteers
took part. But the technology used very
quickly became obsolete.
Now, 25 years later, following specialist data conversion, you can explore the
archive online and see the pictures.
Regnal Year calculators –
http://www.medievalgenealogy.org.uk/cal/medcal.shtml#regn
http://people.albion.edu/imacinnes/calendar//Regnal_Years.html
http://www.combs-families.org/combs/reference/regnal.htm
http://www.genproxy.co.uk/king_queen_reign_dates_regnal.htm
https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Regnal_Years_in_England
http://nslegislature.ca/legc/regnal.htm
File
format conversion - http://www.online-convert.com/
Free website that converts files from hundreds of formats
to any of hundreds of other formats.
1723
Oaths of Allegiance –
http://edwardvallance.wordpress.com/2008/02/14/finding-georgian-ancestors/
Information on these oaths and how to use them.
Electoral
Rolls 2003 to 2011 – http://tracegenie.com
For
only £2.95 you can obtain unlimited access for 24 hours to help trace living
relatives.
Change
of Name Index – http://www.archive.org/details/indextochangesof00philrich
Originally
published by Phillimore in 1905 and recently on CD,
this is an alphabetical index of changes of names which resulted from an Act of
Parliament from 1760 to 1901. Indexed by both new name and former name.
Acts
of Parliament of interest to Genealogists – http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~framland/acts/actind.htm
Part of the useful website created by Guy Etchells.
Vol 24, No 3: March 2011
The
National Archives - www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
The
catalogue now includes more than 20,000 soldiers' records held at the
Kilmainham Hospital in Dublin from 1783-1822, WO119. The images will be available on FMP later
this year. The Hospital administered
some pensions until 1822, when Chelsea Hospital took on the administration of
out-pensioners from both establishments, WO97 already on FMP.
Ancestry
- http://www.ancestry.co.uk
In
conjunction with TNA, Ancestry have released the London Land Tax Valuations
1910 for the City and Paddington.
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1735
They
have also released Military and Naval Medals and Awards Rolls 1793 onwards,
WO100 and
http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1686 http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1687and http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1913
Find
My Past - http://www.findmypast.co.uk
FMP
are taking over from Origins http://www.origins.net
in hosting the SoG databases such as Boyd’s Marriage
Index.
Origins
- http://www.origins.net
They
now have the Surrey Marriage Index to 1837 covering all rural Surrey and some
of Metropolitan Surrey.
The
Genealogist – http://www.thegenealogist.co.uk
They
have added numerous Directories and 6 months’ of The Illustrated London News
from 1890 (more to follow).
Deceased
Online - https://www.deceasedonline.com/servlet/GSDOSearch
They have added 800,000 new burials and cremations from St Pancras and
Islington cemeteries in London. These two conjoined cemeteries together form
the largest cemetery in London. 50,000
more will be added within the next few months.
Further
additions include Broxbourne, Hertfordshire and Scotland.
Scotland’s
People – http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
The
1911 Census will be released on 5 April.
British
Library - http://portico.bl.uk/census
Until
the end of May there is a free exhibition about the Census.
This is the
City
of London Livery Companies – an
introduction
http://www.combs-families.org/combs/records/england/lnd/livery.htm
and a list of companies with sources and a brief
history
http://www.combs-families.org/combs/records/england/lnd/livery02.htm
Last
Chance to Read - http://www.lastchancetoread.com
A
new site with images of old newspapers, including some editions of the Kentish
Gazette and The Kentish Post or Canterbury News-Letter.
Online
Parish Clerks – the Kent site has moved to http://www.kent-opc.org
The
Folkestone page is at http://www.kent-opc.org/Parishes/Folkestone.html
and
provides various links including digitised trade directories etc.
One
link is to a table of parishes showing whether each is included in IGI, BVRI2,
Boyd, Pallot and NBI - http://www.ancestrysolutions.com/RPAKent.html
Historical
Directories - http://www.historicaldirectories.org
Still available - a searchable digital library of
local and trade directories for England and Wales.
Public
Houses - http://deadpubs.co.uk/KentPubs/kent-Index.shtml
Not
just dead pubs, but villages and transcripts of trade directories.
Surname
matching : Steve Archer has a review of surname
matching algorithms -
http://www.archersoftware.co.uk/nominex/searchmethods.htm
which includes a critique of NameX used on
Origins. Nominex
is used in NBI3.
http://www.archersoftware.co.uk/nominex/namex.htm
Cloud
computing, or storing your family tree online; a review by Dick Eastman -http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2010/12/from-the-in-box-which-online-software-to-use.html
Reproduction
WW2 memorabilia, suggested by Peter Calver of Lost
Cousins –
And
finally, a little late, the New Year thoughts of the Chairman of the Federation
–
http://www.ffhs.org.uk/ezine/articles/newyear2011.php