If you read my last post, then you will know that with a month to go I was writing my list for Santa (or at least as a massive hint for loved ones to buy me something useful this year!). So it is very timely that this news has come in from the team at TheGenealogist:
TheGenealogist Family History Shop is now open!
Christmas is coming; it’s that time for giving and receiving again.
Are you looking for some great gifts to make a family historian happy this festive period? Simply head over to the fantastic new shop pages recently added to TheGenealogist for a great selection of scanners, software, archival storage, spring binders and charts. Made available in association with S&N Genealogy Supplies, the UK’s largest genealogy publisher and retailer, your present selection is covered this Yuletide.
While you are there, why not browse for something for yourself? To make sure that you get what you want in your stocking this year, just drop your loved ones the hint by giving them TheGenealogist shop’s page link.
This Saturday 27th September is the Bristol & Avon Family History Open Day. It's on from 10am to 4pm at The University of the West of England in Bristol. Entry is £2 per person and young people under 16 have free entry.
There's a number of excellent talks happening throughout the day including the popular 'Breaking down brick walls' with Mark Bayley from TheGenealogist, Jacqueline Wadsworth 'The Effects of World War 1 on home life' and Clive Burton 'Bristol at the outbreak of World War 1 and the formation of Bristol's Own'.
If you have ancestors in the Somerset, Gloucestershire or Avon areas, or live nearby, why not visit the Bristol & Avon Family History Open Day?
If you'd like to keep updated on the latest family history developments and special offers, it's worth taking a look at the latest email newsletter from S&N Genealogy Supplies. With details on the latest record releases from TheGenealogist.co.uk including over 1.3 million records of wounded soldiers from the First World War and a new collection of Distinguished Conduct Medals now online and the latest downloads from Surrey parishes available from S&N, there is something for every family historian.
There is also a special offer on binders and sleeves if you're looking to get all your valuable documents in order and a competition to enter to win some great prizes in this free e-newsletter. It's all available at S&N Genealogy Supplies Email News.
Latest news from TheGenealogist is the launch of over 80,000 fully searchable records of British and Commonwealth prisoners, of all ranks, who were captured in the First World War. The new records provide access to records of all servicemen taken prisoner between 1914 to 1918.
From Senior Officers captured, to the NCOs and Privates in the Infantry, the records are all found in the exclusive ‘Prisoner of War’ collection on TheGenealogist. You can search all ranks for the first time on any family history website,giving access to the many soldiers, sailors and airmen captured and held behind enemy lines.
The records are fully searchable and provide the main details including, forename, surname, rank, regiment and the date the information was received. Records are found quickly and easily using the specific ‘Prisoner of War’ interface on TheGenealogist.
Mark Bayley, Head of Online Content at TheGenealogist comments: “The new Prisoner of War records we’ve published are a great new unique resource for all family historians. If our ancestors were either officers or in the lower ranks, there’s now more chance than ever to discover their details including when they were taken prisoner and when they were released. Sadly many men never returned and our records will hopefully show the brave men who endured the terrible hardships of the Prisoner of War camps will not be forgotten and can now easily be traced by their descendants.”
Today sees the continuation of the live web chat series on the Who Do You Think You Are? magazine website with the Head of Online Content from TheGenealogist, Mark Bayley, featuring today and answering any questions from family historians.
Mark will be offering help and advice from 1pm to 2pm today and more details can be found on the Who Do You Think You Are? website
Mark Bayley answering questions on the Who Do You Think You Are? magazine web chat
Continuing the series of help and instructional videos, Mark Bayley from TheGenealogist has released a short video looking at how to search by address or street on the Census records using the excellent Master Search tools on TheGenealogist.co.uk
Also the £50 cashback offer is still available, visit TheGenealogist to take advantage of the limited time offer of a reduced price subscription.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyrtCNfPdPA
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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.
For those people that have never used TheGenealogist, the popular tools such as the keyword search, family forename search and address search are well worth taking a look at to help discover your ancestors. The new special offer gives you this opportunity with a £50 ($80*) cashback when you purchase a Diamond subscription, making it just £69.45 ($118*) for a year!
This will give you unlimited access to unique record sets and powerful tools, to help you with your research. You'll also get 12 free issues of Discover Your Ancestors Online Periodical worth £12 ($21*)!
Mark Bayley, Head of the Online Division comments: “There have been many reports in the media and social media recently, of users struggling with genealogy websites' new designs. We'd like to reassure you that we listen, respond and react quickly to our users' feedback.”
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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
With the launch of over 11 million new Tithe Records now available on TheGenealogist, it's now possible to discover more details on our ancestors before the census record years. Available online for the first time, TheGenealogist, in partnership with The National Archives, has released these unique records, which show life in England and Wales from the 1830s.
Amongst the new discoveries, the ancestors of Monty Python legends, John Cleese and Eric Idle are found in the Tithe records, as can the shared ancestor of Prince Harry and his girlfriend, Cressida Bonas. Both are related to Richard William Penn Curzon-Howe (1st Earl Howe). Earl Howe owned a substantial amount of land in both Suffolk and Buckinghamshire (the family ancestral home). Here is a copy of Earl Howe and his details in the Tithe Apportionment record now available to view online.
Earl Richard William Penn Curzon-Howe, ancestor of both Prince Harry and Cressida Bonas
The shared family tree of Harry and Cressida can be found on TreeView.
The great great Grandfather of John Cleese was a grocer, and is discovered in the Tithe Records living in a cottage in Westbury-upon-Trym. The father of John Cleese, Reginald, changed the family name from Cheese to Cleese before he joined the army in World War One. The Cheese/Cleese family tree is listed here. Fellow Python Eric Idle's ancestors hail from Lower Soothill in Yorkshire. Eric's three times great Grandfather was a blanket maker by profession and lived with his family in a cottage and shop with gardens as found in the tithe records. The Idle family tree can also be found here on TreeView.
Other discoveries in the Tithe records include the ancestors of Lord Seb Coe, former athlete, whose relative, Robert Coe, a school headmaster, is found on the Tithe records in Durham.
See the family history of Lord Coe onTreeView .
The Tithe Maps are to be added to TheGenealogist later in 2014. The Maps were the graphical representation of who owned or occupied the land and property in England and Wales.
The second phase of the project will link images of microfilm maps with the plot references. Launch is due Spring 2014. The third phase will digitise the large original maps in colour for each county at high resolution to enhance this unique resource. Launch due for this is 2015.
Mark Bayley, Head of Online Content at TheGenealogist concludes: “This has been an exciting, major project for us. The records touch upon the lives of every family so they really are a must–have for every family historian!”
Example of a Tithe Map shortly to be live on TheGenealogist
