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My day at the Who Do You Think You Are? Live show

Posted in Events, tagged family history, genealogy on February 28, 2011 | 5 Comments »

I visited the Who Do You Think You Are? Live show on Saturday 26 February and had a very enjoyable time there.

Sheena Tait appointed Director of NIGS Scottish Studies Programme

Posted in Courses, tagged family history, genealogy on February 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Louise St. Denis, Managing Director of the National Institute for Genealogical Studies (NIGS), has announced the appointment of Sheena Tait as the new Director of the Institute’s Scottish Certificate Studies Programme.

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Updated version of Surname Atlas now available

Posted in Surnames, tagged family history, genealogy on February 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

Surname Atlas, which was first launched in April 2003 at the Guild of One-Name Studies AGM & Conference in Liverpool, has been updated to version 1.1 and will be available at the Who Do You Think You Are? Live show at Olympia London from 25-27 February 2011.

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600 Scottish directories now online

Posted in Directories, tagged family history, genealogy on February 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The number of Scottish directories available online has now more than doubled.

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Free parking continues at The National Archives

Posted in Archives, tagged family history, genealogy on February 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The National Archives (TNA) of the UK has decided to continue to provide free parking at Kew, London for the next year.

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See you at the Who Do You Think You Are? Live show this weekend

Posted in Events, tagged family history, genealogy on February 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

I’ll be at the Who Do You Think You Are? Live show on Saturday 26 February, so please say hello if you see me – probably buying books from the Society of Genealogists’ second-hand books stand!

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Ancestry puts Dictionary of National Biography online

Posted in Reference books, tagged family history, genealogy on February 22, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Today, Ancestry made the UK’s Dictionary of National Biography available online, with free searching.

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Guild of One-Name Studies offers special extended membership to new joiners

Posted in Societies, tagged family history, genealogy on February 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »

The Guild of One-Name Studies is to offer a special extended membership to new joiners at the forthcoming Who Do You Think You Are? Live show being held in the UK at Olympia, London on Friday 25 to Sunday 27 February 2011.

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