I recently had an e-mail query about where to find a marriage that was not in the International Genealogical Index (IGI), and thought it might be a good idea to post my reply here as well.
Archive for February, 2009
Parish registers online and offline
Posted in Parish registers on February 9, 2009 | 3 Comments »
New databases at Family Relatives
Posted in Armed forces records, Directories, Reference books on February 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Family Relatives is adding the following new databases in January and February:
City of London Poor Law records
Posted in Poor Law on February 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
British Origins’ first new collection of 2009 is Poor Law records for the City of London. British Origins says, “Poor Law records are among the most valuable of all sources for genealogists, yet underused. They can contain a mass of biographical detail unavailable anywhere else.”
Cheshire births and marriages
Posted in BMD on February 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ian Hartas has sent a message about additions and updates to the Cheshire BMD website:
More Lancashire births and marriages
Posted in BMD on February 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
More Wiltshire marriages
Posted in BMD on February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
More North Wales deaths
Posted in BMD on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Cornish local studies library and record office to merge
Posted in Newspaper articles on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Cornish Studies Library and the Cornwall Record Office are to merge as the Cornwall Archives and Local Studies Service.
Do you have Viking ancestors?
Posted in Newspaper articles on February 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Department of Genetics in the University of Leicester is beginning a new study that aims to map the extent of Viking ancestry in men who live in the north of England.
Tracing your convict relatives in Australia
Posted in Newspaper articles on February 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today’s Canberra Times carries an article on a new Convict Research Guide put online by the State Library of New South Wales.



