Nearly nine million entries on The Original Record

With the records added this week, The Original Record now has 8.7 million entries available online.

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New London Docklands Ancestors CDs

Several new CDs of baptisms and marriages have been published by Docklands Ancestors, covering the East End of London and the Thames Estuary.

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Ancestry adds London Poor Law records

London Poor Law records, including births/baptisms and deaths/burials, from London Metropolitan Archives (LMA) have been made available online.

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Late March Cheshire BMD updates

Here’s some recent news from Ian Hartas.

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Back online again

Sorry I haven’t posted any news for the last week. I’ve had a lot of problems with my computer, and have ended up needing to have a new hard drive installed. I’m back up and running now (fingers crossed!) and will be posting a lot of news over the next few days.

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More Lancashire BMD updates

John Marsden of Lancashire BMD has reported more updates to the index.

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More records added to 1911 census site

More English counties have been added to the 1911 census website.

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Have we all moved away from the old ancestral homes?

Here’s an article I found in yesterday’s Times reflecting on how few British people still live in the villages their ancestors lived in for hundreds of years.

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Scottish genealogy resources online

These are the Scottish family history resources that I mention in my talks on tracing your Scottish ancestors using the Internet.

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Ancestry updates UK and Ireland obituaries

Ancestry.co.uk has recently updated its collection of United Kingdom and Ireland obituaries.

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