For those family historians always on the look out for more parish record information, the Somerset, Diocese of Bath & Wells, Bishops Transcripts are now available as a 'download' from S&N Genealogy. Originally published in 1922, the Bishops Transcripts are a great source of baptism, marriage and burial information as some of the original Parish Registers may have been lost or destroyed. Find out more at the S&N Genealogy website.
Tomorrow, Saturday 3rd May, sees a half day course entitled 'Poor Law Records & What it was like to be Poor'. It's presented by Celia Heritage and Michael Gandy from 2pm to 5pm at the Society of Genealogists in London and cost to attend is £20.
The talk looks at the records created by the parish poor law system and the post 1834 workhouse system (and wider records) to find information about our poorer ancestors.
More information and to book can be found on the Society of Genealogists website.
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With the release of over 11 million Tithe Records, millions of parish records, the Image Archive, military records, occupational records and the International Headstone project, TheGenealogist is now offering family historians the opportunity to take a look at the useful resources now available on TheGenealogist at a special one-time reduced price.
With many genealogy sites struggling with implementing new features and layouts, TheGenealogist has maintained its popular user-friendly search tools that have helped enhance its growing reputation.
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The National Archives' record specialists are presenting free webinars, focusing on different series of records and the research skills that you will need to make the most of them. It's a great free way of understanding some of the varied records available to view at The National Archives.
The next webinar is on the 12th May at 4pm, entitled 'Why did people fear the Victorian workhouse?' This webinar will help you to explore records in The National Archives, showing what life was like inside the workhouse, and how it was viewed by those outside. It's presented by Paul Carter, specialist in modern domestic records.
If you'd like to view the free webinar, there are places still available . Book now by emailing [email protected] or there's more information at The National Archives website.
Latest news as mentioned via the Who Do You Think You Are? Live twitter page is there will be an announcement on the venue for the show in 2015 before this summer. With many rumours circulating that the show is moving out of London up to the NEC in Birmingham, confirmation is keenly anticipated by us family historians!
As soon as the venue for 2015 is confirmed we'll let you know.
A collection of over half a million unique Parish Records has been added to leading family history website, TheGenealogist.
These cover the counties of Essex, Kent, Leicestershire, Monmouthshire and Worcestershire. The new online records offer invaluable records of baptisms, marriages and burials dating from the 1500s to the late 1800s from Anglican parish registers. The records are a great tool for those people looking to track down early ancestors before civil registration.
The latest releases bring the total to over 2 million parish records already added in 2014 with more to come. Fully searchable and clearly transcribed on TheGenealogist, they provide hundreds of years of records helping you find those early ancestors to further extend your family tree.
Mark Bayley, Head of Online Content at TheGenealogist remarked: ”With Parish and Nonconformist Records it is possible to go back so much further and you never know what new surprises or dramatic events you may uncover in the records. We are continually adding more records to our already extensive collection throughout 2014.”
Latest news from TheGenealogist is it has launched its very own channel on YouTube. With the ever increasing amounts of records and many ways to search, TheGenealogist has produced a number of tutorials to ensure their subscribers make the most of the family history website. In this first video, Mark Bayley, the Head of the Online Division at TheGenealogist, explains how to refine your results using keywords, helping you find records quickly and easily.
With more videos to come, their YouTube channel should prove an excellent, informative tool and allow those family historians with subscriptions to TheGenealogist to really get to grips with all the functionality on the website.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_M0pV-R-ks&list=UUMMSMfZwHgA3b4RQZ6p0YXQ
The latest Email News from S&N Genealogy is now available to download. It contains details on a special 'Competitive Upgrade offer' and news on nearly 2,000 images of churches added to the Image Archive on TheGenealogist from 1870 to 1920.
There's also news on over half a million new parish record transcripts added to the website this month and some great offers on A3 Family History Binders and Window Springback Binders.
Take a look at the newsletter at http://www.genealogysupplies.com/email_news.htm
The new online periodical 'Discover Your Ancestors' continues to go from strength to strength. With a number of interesting articles and helpful tips and hints, it's a good read for family historians of all levels.
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The latest competition run by TheGenealogist is currently available to enter on Facebook. It’s a ‘name the place’ competition and there’s a 100 free 12 issue subscriptions to ‘Discover Your Ancestors’, the online family history periodical up for grabs.
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New facebook competition to win online periodical 'Discover Your Ancestors'
For those family history researchers interested in tales of the underground world of secret espionage, The National Archives has announced the release of over 150 top secret MI5 files. The records are to be made available online for public viewing for the first time. The MI5 files date from around the time of The First World War and are part of the programme from the TNA to commemorate the centenary of the start of The Great War.
The files contain a wealth of material about organisations and individuals involved in espionage or under surveillance during the period of the First World War. It details the secret history and the agents operating in a time of war.
Some of the agents listed in the records include the famous British nurse, Edith Cavell who helped Allied soldiers to escape from behind enemy lines and Mata Hari, the Dutch exotic dancer who was convicted of spying for Germany and was subsequently executed by the French authorities in 1917.
There’s more information available from The National Archives website.
Mati Hari, one of a number of spy records now available online
