This week FamilySearch has added 23.9 million indexed records to their collection on online data. Notable collection updates include over 19 million images from the new UK WWI Service Records 1914-20 collection, 2 million index records from the US World War I Draft Registration Cards 1917-1918, nearly a million NY passenger & crew lists …
Inside History Magazine – Issue 16 (May-Jun 2013) is Out Now
Inside History Magazine Issue 16 is available now and this one is their Irish issue and in it you’ll … discover the best Irish resources online and on site; how to find your convict in the newspaper; learn about the lives of famine orphans; read about the experiences of Irish assisted immigrants in the 1800s; see what our ancestors got up to during St Patrick’s Day celebrations, plus a whole heap more …
A New Project to Digitise Country Victoria Records
Victoria’s history sits on 9km of shelving in the PROV’s repository at North Melbourne. The problem is, these records are hundreds of kilometres away from the folks in country Victoria, so aren’t easily accessible. Now Archival Access Victoria has come up with a Project that will help everyone. Their plan is to digitise these records for country Victoria …
Kelly Family 175th Anniversary Reunion
A third Kelly family reunion is planned to mark the 175th anniversary of the arrival of William and Jane Kelly in South Australia. William Kelly (1804-1888) and his wife Jane (1819-1893), left the Isle of Man in July 1838 for South Australia, where they arrived on 1 December 1838. They came soon after to what became Cudlee Creek …
Passenger Lists to Queensland 1848-1912
Passenger lists. They are something that every genealogist hunts for. Some are easy to find, while others aren’t and for those ones we swear that our ancestors either swam or arrived via spaceship. But let me tell you about the wonderful thing the Queensland State Archives have done.
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New Version of Software for the Flip-Pal Mobile Scanner Released
The team from Flip-Pal attended the RootsTech Conference in Salt Lake City last week, and during the 3 day event they not only launched the brand new Flip-Pal software, but also demonstrated the benefits of using the brand new software and the Flip-Pal Toolbox.
Anzac Day
The ANZAC Day Blog Challenge is on Again
With the beginning on April only a day away, it also means that ANZAC Day is coming soon. This is the day that is a national day of remembrance for Australian and New Zealanders who died during armed conflict. Seonaid from the Auckland Libraries has put the word out that they’re holding the ANZAC Day Blog [...]
Events
Meeting the Suppliers at RootsTech 2013
RootsTech, is not only the the world’s largest genealogy-tech related conference, but it is also now officially the largest genie conference in the US with the latest figures quoting around 6800 people who were registered (which doesn’t include the 1700 12-17 year olds who came on Saturday). RootsTech was held over three days last week [...]
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RootsTech 2013
One of the mega genealogy events of the year is about to kick off later this week, and that is RootsTech. Held over three days (Thursday, Friday & Saturday), this event is the second largest genealogy event in the world, with currently over 5000 people registered to attend. So why am I bothering to tell you about an event that on in the other side of the world?
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Who Do You Think You Are? Australia Season 5 Starts in April 2013
For all of you who have been hanging out for the new Australian season of Who Do You Think You Are?, the wait is nearly over. We’ve had the UK ones airing recently, along with reruns of previous Australian ones, but “after Easter” is when Season 5 is scheduled to air. By that SBS means …
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Highlight: London Life in the 18th Century
This book on CD gives a great insight into how people lived in London in the 1700′s and one which later historians have often consulted as a reference in their own works. It covers just about every conceivable subject including life and death, housing and growth, immigrants and emigrants, people and trades, parish children and the uncertainties of life, plus much, much more.
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14th Australasian Congress 2015 Calls for Speakers
The 14th Congress is being held in Canberra on the 26-30 March 2015 and the Heraldry & Genealogy Society of Canberra are playing hosts and organisers. Even though it is 2 years away their organising Committee are already hard at work planning, and have recently put the call out for speakers. So if you would be interested in being a presenter at Congress, read the details.
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A Must for Every Irish Researcher’s Bookshelf
The Irish Family and Local History Handbook is one of those books that if you are researching Irish family history, you simply need to have. And no, I’m not saying that to try and sell more books, I don’t like people that do that, I am simply stating that it is the type of book that you will continually refer to.
Records
2.5 Million New British Criminal Records Go Online
The latest BIG addition to Findmypast is 2.5 million British criminal records which are now online for the first time ever! This collection of historical “Crime, Prisons & Punishment records” is simply amazing, and will give you information that you will not find elsewhere. And now that they are online can you imagine just how many people worldwide are going to uncover any villains or drunkards lurking in their family trees.
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Warby Family Reunion, 24 March 2013
As family historians we love family reunions, don’t we! So let me tell you about the Warby Family Reunion that is coming up later this month. The reunion is for the descendants of John and Sarah Warby (nee Bentley), and will be on Sunday 24th March 2013 at 12.00pm-4.00pm, at Glenalvon, 8 Lithgow Street, Campbelltown, New South Wales. If you’re a reli come and meet your cousins.
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National Library of Australia’s 2013 Community Heritage Grants Are Now Open
The National Library of Australia is calling for applications for the 2013 Community Heritage Grants. The grants of up to $15,000 are available to community groups around the country to help preserve and manage locally held, nationally significant cultural heritage collections of documents and objects for future generations.
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Follow Up to “Help Save Headstones, Sign the Petition”
My recent post on “Help Save Headstones, Sign the Petition” created a lot of discussion and feedback in various ways. Since then I felt the need to do this Follow Up post, as I have had the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board (MCB) contact me wishing to clarify a few things, so I am passing this info on to you. Firstly no-one likes to see headstones destroyed, and that includes the Metropolitan Cemeteries Board.
