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Archive for December, 2010

Top Web News of 2010

Posted in Annual review, tagged , on December 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Here’s my choice of 2010′s most interesting new and updated websites (and a few other items) for British and Irish family history.

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New Year News from ScotlandsPeople

Posted in BMD, Websites, tagged , on December 27, 2010 | 2 Comments »

The official Scottish family history website ScotlandsPeople has provided the following news:

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The Genealogist adds parish and Roll of Honour records

Posted in Armed forces records, Parish registers, tagged , on December 23, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

The subscription website The Genealogist has added parish records for Shropshire, Devon and Worcestershire, as well as marriage transcriptions and Roll of Honour records.

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Start Your Family Tree Week

Posted in Events, tagged , on December 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Start Your Family Tree Week runs from 26 December 2010 until 1 January 2011.

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North East Inheritance Project index now online

Posted in Wills, tagged , on December 21, 2010 | 1 Comment »

The probate catalogue of Durham University’s North East Inheritance (NEI) Project is now online. The project aims to put online wills proved and administrations granted in the Diocese of Durham (covering County Durham, Northumberland and parts of Cumberland and the North Riding of Yorkshire) up to 1858.

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British Record Society Probate Collection goes online

Posted in Wills, tagged , on December 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

An index of wills proved at 16 church courts has recently been made available online.

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1911 census now on Genes Reunited

Posted in Census returns, tagged , on December 10, 2010 | 3 Comments »

The complete 1911 census of England and Wales is now available on Genes Reunited.

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More Somerset history volumes online

Posted in History, tagged , on December 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

An additional four volumes of the Victoria County History of Somerset have been made available online.

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Ancestry adds 1911 census summary books

Posted in Census returns, tagged , on December 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Summaries of the 1911 census have recently been added to the Ancestry websites.

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London’s largest cemetery is now on Deceased Online

Posted in Burials and cremations, tagged , on December 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

Burial and cremation records dating from 1854 for the boroughs of Islington and Camden in central north London are now on Deceased Online.

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