TNA seeks new Advisory Group members

The UK’s National Archives (TNA) is looking for new members for its User Advisory Group.

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Royal Marine Medal Roll 1914-1920

Records of 75,000 men on the Royal Marine Medal Roll have been made available online.

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Irish Famine Relief Commission Papers

Papers of the Famine Relief Commission, set up at the time of the Great Famine in Ireland in the late 1840s, have been made available online.

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Canadian census and other records

Transcriptions and, in some cases, digitised images of Canadian census and other records are available online free of charge.

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Most popular posts on this blog in 2009

A Happy New Year to everyone! It’s the time for New Year reviews, so here’s a list of the most popular posts on the Grow Your Own Family Tree blog over the last year.

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More Irish records

The Irish Family History Foundation (IFHF) has announced that some of its member genealogy centres are making further records available to search and purchase online.

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Brightsolid to buy Genes Reunited at knock-down price

Brightsolid (formerly Scotland Online), owned by Dundee publishers DC Thomson, is to buy Friends Reunited Group from ITV for only £25 million. The completion of the deal is subject to clearance by the competition authorities.

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David Cameron descended from Moses?

An academic at the University of Manchester has suggested that David Cameron, leader of the Conservative Party, may be descended from Moses.

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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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