If you're looking for early Christmas presents for a fellow family historian, then it may be worth taking advantage of this current offer from S&N Genealogy as reported in their latest email newsletter.
With certain Family History Springback Binders ordered before the end of November, you receive a FREE fold-out seven generation ancestor chart, which has been designed specifically for the Springback binders. If you'd like more information go to http://www.genealogysupplies.com/product/Springback-Binders/intro
The latest e-newsletter is now available to view from S&N Genealogy Supplies. To commemorate Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday , there are a number of articles devoted to the military service of our ancestors. There are details on the First World War images available in the 'Image Archive' database on TheGenealogist that really illustrate what life was like on the front line. There's also an interesting article on two brave British junior officers who paid the ultimate price doing their duty.
Included in this e-newsletter is the offer of a free chart available with 'springback binder' orders and details of Family Tree Maker 2014 now in stock. There's more at:
http://www.genealogysupplies.com/email_news.htm
World War One images available from The 'Image Archive' on TheGenealogist
Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine has announced the launch of its new Forum App that enables genealogy enthusiasts to use its online 'forum' on the go.
Free to download and available now on both iOS and Android devices, the Forum gives people instant access to numerous fellow genealogists, who are on hand to assist others with their queries and help solve family history problems from photo identification to elusive ancestors. The app also offers a meeting place for members to discuss anything from episodes of Who Do You Think You Are? to the latest record release.
WDYTYA Forum is available now free on the App Store and Google Play.
For those family historians with Irish ancestry, there's a couple of new books now available from Flyleaf Press which may be of interest. They form part of the 'Tracing your...' series looking at specific counties in Ireland and offer excellent guidance on how best to go about finding records and generally how to discover more about your Irish ancestors.
The 2 latest books I have discovered are 'Tracing Your Cork Ancestors' by Tony McCarthy and Tim Cadogan and 'Tracing Your Roscommon Ancestors' by John Hamrock. Cork is the largest Irish county with a diverse social history and equally diverse sets of records available. Roscommon is one of the smallest Irish counties with a history based primarily around agriculture that suffered greatly in the famine.
If you need some advice and guidance on researching your Irish history for either of these counties or the other Irish counties for that matter, this series of books will definitely be of interest. They can be ordered at S&N Genealogy Supplies at http://www.genealogysupplies.com/product_search.php?search=Irish&titlebar=true
Have you read any of the series? Let us know!
Latest developments from TheGenealogist have seen the introduction of a new 'Image Archive' addition to the family history website. TheGenealogist is the first family history website to launch a dedicated 'Image Archive' that allows you to view both 3D and standard images.
The images are free for everyone to search and view and cover the period from 1850 to 1940. See www.TheGenealogist.co.uk/ImageArchive
These historical pictures allow you to relive the past through the eyes of your ancestors. The Image Archive allows anyone to search and view images of towns, landmarks, churches, resorts, occupations and military campaigns. They also include images of social interest showing how your ancestors could have led their lives. You may even be able to find the church where your ancestor was baptised or married.
Crystal Palace 1860 as featured in the Image Archive
Diamond subscribers to TheGenealogist will be able to view and download the images in a high resolution format for extra clarity. Find our more at www.TheGenealogist.co.uk/ImageArchive
The excellent courses available from the Society of Genealogists in London are well worth taking a look at and there's a free course coming up on Wednesday the 23 October.
There's only a few places left for the short course on 'Getting the most from the Society Catalogue'. It's from 10.30 to 11.30 and features guidance from the society's librarian, Tim Lawrence.
Learn how to get the best from the Society 'Library catalogue'. The course is free, but must be pre-booked. There's more information from the Society website at http://www.sog.org.uk/books-courses/events-courses/getting-the-most-from-sogcat/
To contact the Society please contact their events department on 020 7553 3290 or by email at [email protected]
For those family history researchers who love a challenge, there's another 'name the place' competition running on TheGenealogist Facebook page this week. All you have to do is name the location and like the page to be in with a chance of winning access to free 12 online issues of the popular new periodical 'Discover Your Ancestors'. It's well worth entering, the competition can be found here at https://www.facebook.com/thegenealogist
Win a Discover Your Ancestors periodical subscription
For those people who like to download their data rather than buying a copy on CD and having to wait for the postal delivery, you may be interested in the two latest parish record downloads available from S&N Genealogy Supplies. There are 2 Parish Registers from the county of Cheshire now available to download- registers of Stockport and Prestbury. The Stockport download covers the years from 1584 to 1619 and the Prestbury data is from 1560 to 1636.
To find out more or if you wish to order either of the data sets, go to the 'Latest Downloads' section of S&N Genealogy Supplies at http://www.genealogysupplies.com/whatsnew.php
Stockport Parish Registers from 1584-1619 now available as an instant download
Latest news from 'Unlock the Past' cruises is the announcement of the family history speakers that will provide the talks on board the cruise around the British Isles.
On board the Marco Polo cruise ship will be a selection of experts including Paul Blake, Jackie Depelle, Marie Dougan, Jayne Shrimpton, Lisa Louise Cooke, Rosemary Kopittle, Mike Murray, Lesley Silvester and Helen Smith. The initial itinerary is for there to be about 40 topics discussed in 25 sessions. More details will no doubt be announced closer to the event in July next year.
For more details and to book you can go to the Unlock the Past website at http://www.unlockthepastcruises.com/cruises/5th-unlock-the-past-cruise-british-isles-discovery/
The latest email newsletter from S&N Genealogy Supplies is now available to download and view. With details on the new release of Family Tree Maker 2014 and a special offer of free sleeves if you buy two binders, it's well worth a read.
There's also information on the forthcoming family history fairs at Glamorgan and Surrey and the brand new event 'Echoes of the Past' in Lincolnshire at the end of the month. With details on the latest record releases on TheGenealogist and some interesting family history articles, it's a packed issue this month!
To see the newsletter go to http://www.genealogysupplies.com/email_news.htm#article
Details on the new release of Family Tree Maker 2014 in the S&N Email News
