Northern Ireland will images go online

Images of wills proved in the north of Ireland from 1858-1900 have now been made available online.

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233,000 Australian burials go online

Over 233,000 burial records from Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney, Australia have been made available online.

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My Ancestor Was Scottish

I just gave my last talks of this year on Saturday 27 November at the Society of Genealogists (SoG) in London, as the morning sessions in a whole day on My Ancestor Was Scottish. The afternoon speakers were Willie Cross and Else Churchill.

On my way to the SoG building, I took a look at Florin Court, a thirties-style block in Charterhouse Square. Florin Court is better known as Whitehaven Mansions, where Hercule Poirot lives in the long-running TV series (and one of my favourites).

My next talk at the SoG will not be until 15 October 2011, when I’ll be the first speaker in a full day on My Ancestor Was Irish. I’m also booked for My Ancestor Was Scottish again on 5 November 2011. Perhaps I’ll see some of you then.

Last August, when I gave a half-day talk on Tracing Scottish Borders Families, Sandy Waldie, one of the people attending the talk, turned out to be my fifth cousin! We’re both descended from Robert Walker and Isabella Peacock, who married in Stow, Midlothian in 1770. Small world, isn’t it?

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Irish 1641 Rebellion depositions go online

An archive of depositions relating to the 1641 Rebellion in Ireland has recently been made available online.

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Oxfordshire Wills Index 1547-1857

The Origins Network has added the Oxfordshire Wills Index to its National Wills Index website.

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Champion website

Chris Champion has asked me to give the Champion family history website a mention.

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1911 Census of England and Wales coming to more websites

The 1911 census of England and Wales, currently available online from Find My Past alone, will become available on two more websites in the future.

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