"The Health Family Tree is a private and secure area on your MyHeritage family site, intended to help you document the health conditions of your close family members, both living and deceased, in one convenient place. It's a new feature in beta mode."
The purpose as stated by MyHeritage is to summarize information in a convenient list format to be shared with your physician or healthcare professional, so they could learn about health conditions that run in your family.
People get concerned about privacy of health information. MyHeritage states "To assure maximum privacy, nobody but you can see the Health Family Tree. Not even your own family members on your family site."
"You can optionally privatize the list so that no names appear; this way, the relationships of the relevant family members to you – the most critical information for your healthcare provider – will be used to identify them instead."
Read the MyHeritage blog post at https://blog.myheritage.com/2018/05/introducing-the-health-family-tree/
10 May 2018
MyHeritage adds Health Family Tree in Beta
Documentary Heritage Communities Program Awards 2018-19
LAC announced the recipients for 2018-19 on Thursday, 10 May, 2018 at the McCord Museum in Montreal. The 39 projects funded, including nine that previously received multi-year funding, are:
British Columbia:
At Risk: Preserving our most vulnerable fonds (Nikkei National Museum & Cultural Centre), Burnaby, $67,196;
Blitzing the Backlog (Cortes Island Museum & Archives Society), Mansons Landing, $14,856;
Indigenous and Community Capacity Building: Archives Regional Training and Development Clinics (Archives Association of British Columbia), Port Coquitlam, $41,098;
North Pacific Cannery Archival Collection Improvement Project 2018 (Port Edward Historical Society), Port Edward, $14,920;
Collections Accessibility Project - Stage 2 (Bulkley Valley Historical and Museum Society), Smithers, $16,940;
Archives Accessibility Project (Jewish Museum and Archives of British Columbia), Vancouver, $14,922;
Mugshot Mayhem (Vancouver Police Historical Society), Vancouver, $14,478.
Western Canada and Yukon:
Photo Negative Digitization and Online Access (Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada), Winnipeg, Manitoba, $33,560;
Description and digitization of photographs from the 100 Nons fonds (La Société historique de Saint-Boniface), Winnipeg, Manitoba, $12,215;
Break on Through the Backlog: Processing Records of the United Church of Canada Archives (The United Church of Canada Archives), Winnipeg, Manitoba, $14,982;
Classification and training for Fransaskois community organizations (Société historique de la Saskatchewan), Regina, Saskatchewan, $12,905;
Geraldine and Douglas Moodie Collection (Glenbow-Alberta Institute), Calgary, Alberta, $20,000;
JHSSA Archival Collections Accessibility Project - Phase 2 (Jewish Historical Society of Southern Alberta), Calgary, Alberta, $15,815;
CYFN Archives Arrangement and Description Project (Council of Yukon First Nations), Whitehorse, Yukon, $96,432.
Ontario:
The Brittain Archives: Digitization, Spatial Referencing & Preservation (Oil, Gas & Salt Resources Library), London, $22,110;
Digitization of Lost Villages Residents Interviews 1977–1978 (The Lost Villages Historical Society), Long Sault, $3,200;
The WI Historical Documents: A Legacy to Canada (Federated Women’s Institutes of Ontario), Stoney Creek, $100,000;
Digitizing the Formative Years of the Stratford Festival (Stratford Festival Archives Trust), Stratford, $80,916;
Increasing Access to Finnish Language Archives (Thunder Bay Finnish Canadian Historical Society), Thunder Bay, $11,600;
CLGA Backlog Reduction - Part 2 (Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives), Toronto, $40,696;
Increasing access to irreplaceable records of our histories of migration and ethnicity (Multicultural History Society of Ontario), Toronto, $97,677;
Weston Historical Society Digitization Project (Weston Historical Society), Toronto, $28,608;
Virtual Exhibits of Sarnia-Lambton’s Italian-Canadian Community Narratives - Phase 1 (Italian-Canadian Archives Project), Toronto, $11,980.
Quebec:
Archival processing project of photographs from the Salon du livre de l’Outaouais fonds (Centre régional d'archives de l'Outaouais), Gatineau, $26,183;
Computerization of holdings and collections and transfer of archival operations to management software and servers for a better service offering (Centre d'archives régional des Îles), Îles-de-la-Madeleine, $86,020;
Preservation and Digitization of Brome County Historical Society Great War Collection (Brome County Historical Society), Knowlton, $12,412;
Preservation through technology transfer and development of the Lanaudière archives multimedia collection (Corporation du centre régional d'archives de Lanaudière), L’Assomption, $82,554;
Retrospective digitization of the magazine Documentation et bibliothèques, from 1973 to 1988 (Association pour l’avancement des sciences et des techniques de la documentation – ASTED), Montréal, $14,051;
Canadian Architectural Fonds Processing Initiative (Canadian Centre for Architecture), Montréal, $56,792;
Digitizing and Preserving the V. Taboika Panoramic Photograph Collection (Canadian Centre for the Great War), Montréal, $8,714;
Showcasing works on paper from the Inuit Art Collection of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (Montreal Museum of Fine Arts), Montréal, $70,843;
Shared Sensitivities (McCord Stewart Museum), Montréal, $71,983;
Investing in Eeyou Istchee Archival Heritage (Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute), Oujé-Bougoumou, $82,979;
Contributions of religious communities to the Diocese of Sherbrooke (Regroupement des archives du Séminaire de Sherbrooke et de l'Archidiocèse de Sherbrooke), Sherbrooke, $44,771;
Bilingual audio guide for the King mine historic centre (Musée minéralogique et minier de Thetford Mines), Thetford Mines, $89,693.
Atlantic:
Loomcrofters Studio Archives and Library (Queens County Heritage), Gagetown, New Brunswick, $9,911;
St. Peter’s Cathedral: Processing and Providing Access to 150 Years of Archives (St. Peter's Cathedral Archives), Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, $99,558;
Mahone Bay Area Business, School, and Church Related Archival Project (Mahone Bay Museum), Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, $19,118;
Labrador Image Identification and Dissemination Initiative – Phase 2 (Them Days Incorporated), Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, $28,999.
A consolidated list is at http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/services/documentary-heritage-communities-program/Pages/Funding-history-2018-2019.aspx
BIFHSGO May Meeting
In 1692, 24 people died in the hysteria of the Salem Witch Trials. On September 22, Margaret Scott and Samuel Wardell were among eight people hanged after being found guilty of witchcraft. Ann Putnam and her family played a leading role as accusers in these tragic events. Three of their descendants — Susan Davis, Darrel Kennedy, and Marianne Rasmus — will share their stories and examine the life and times of their Puritan ancestors in the 17th-century Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Susan Davis has discovered that her 7x great aunt Ann Putnam Jr was one of the afflicted girls. Ann accused and testified against 62 people, 17 of whom were executed.
Darrel Kennedy's 9th great-uncle Samuel Wardwell/Wardell was a victim of the Salem witch trials. In the next century, members of his family would move to Ontario as Loyalists.
Marianne Rasmus has discovered that her husband’s nine times great grandmother, Margaret Scott, an elderly widow, was hanged as a witch.
The presentation is preceded by a 30 minute Question & Answer Session starting at 9 am.
It all happens at The Chamber, Ben Franklin Place 101 Centrepointe Drive, Ottawa, Ontario.
All welcome to this free session.
08 May 2018
Car parking at The National Archives’ site in Kew
A TNA blog post on Thursday 3 May 2018 announced that:
"Due to continuing operational issues, charges in the visitor car park have been further delayed. We apologise for any inconvenience and will provide an update, in due course, regarding the new date for the introduction of these charges."Charging was to have started on 3 April. Is there more to it than "operational issues"?
Health reports from raw DNA
Janine Adams on her blog Organize Your Family History points to a very time-limited offer from Promethease, a company that generate health reports based on your autosomal DNA results. The offer, for a free account and free, downloadable report, expires Thursday, May 10, 2018. The regular price is $5 US.
Read Janine's blog post here. Then consider whether this is information you want. Realize that "most published reports about DNA variations explain only a small part of the heritability of a trait, and they also don't take into account how different variants might interact. In addition, published reports typically ignore environmental, dietary, microbial, medical history and lifestyle factors, any or all of which may well affect my true risk for any trait or disease."
Please do read the company privacy policy before proceeding with the test.
Thanks to Jane Down for the tip.
Ancestry adds 1939 National Register for England and Wales
One of the big reasons to subscribe to Findmypast since 2 November 2015 has been the 1939 England and Wales Register of the population complete with indexes, transcripts and linked images of the original register. With the new release of the register on Ancestry on 8 May 2018 with indexes, transcripts and linked images that advantage disappears.
The Register, data collected on 29 September 1939 with more than 45 million records, is important as it helps fill in the gap between the 1921 census, which will be released after the 100 year embargo period, and the 1951 census. The 1931 census was destroyed and no census was taken in 1941.
Findmypast still has advantages. Ancestry's field on its search form for keyword in which one can enter address does not appear to be as effective as the Findmypast specialized address search.
And Findmypast still has the massive advantage of digitized newspaper searches through a link to the British Newspaper Archive.
MyHeritage have had access to an index and transcripts of the Register, but without images, since early March.
OGS Families: May 2018
The May issue of Families has just been posted for members on the OGS website. It runs to 30 pages. Guest editor for this issue, her second, is Heather McTavish Taylor.
Here's the table of contents, with a few comments:
Hiring Records of the Mond Nickel Company in Ontario, By Ellen Heale
Comment: The story of 10,174 employment cards now available in a searchable database from the Sudbury District Branch of OGS, and of the company later known as INCO and now Vale.
Will Essentials: What Happens to Your Tangible and Digital “Stuff” When You Die?, By Breanna Olaveson
Comment: An article originally published in FamilySearch. It is written from a US perspective.
The Pioneer MacLeods: The Story of Margaret MacLeod and Robert Belcher, By Dolina Smith
Belcher’s Cape and Riel’s Cross, By Gail Benjafield
Comment: Two perspectives on NWMP officer Robert Belcher, his family, his career and artifacts that he possessed.
How to Be an Internet Detective, By Robbie Gorr
Comment: Robbie Gorr, a frequent contributor to Internet Genealogy and Family Chronicle (now Your Genealogy Today) explains the techniques he has used in finding lost relatives.Originally published in the newsletter of the Leeds & Grenville Branch.
Not Just One Library Catalogue but Two: The Society Library Catalogue and the Toronto
Public Library Catalogue, By Fran Murphy
Collection SearchBETA and Co-Lab at LAC
Thanks to Alex Haggert, project manager, for giving me a guided tour of these two resources last week and to Dino Roberge for facilitating it.
Have you tried the new LAC search? It’s called Collection SearchBETA at http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/collectionsearch/Pages/collectionsearch.aspx/. Search the catalogues of Archives, Genealogy, Library, Co-Lab content and Images, either separately or in a combined search. While the search does not have boolean search capability that will be coming. There’s detailed help.
The Co-Lab item is new—it contains items from a crowdsourcing tool allowing users to transcribe, translate, describe and keyword tag items available as images in the LAC collection. See http://co-lab.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/. There’s a short tutorial to learn how to contribute to Co-Lab either through “challenges” LAC has put together, or from any of LAC’s digitized images. If you’d like to transcribe, translate, describe or tag an image item found found while researching on Collection SearchBETA you can request it be made available through Co-Lab; I was told 100 people already have. Here’s the great thing, not only you can work on it, so can others—ideal for group projects.
During the tour many of my questions were answered. Additional capabilities I would like were noted, in particular the Co-Lab facility would be more useful if material not available as digitized images could be placed online free on demand, especially material already on microfilm. That was something the Australians did years ago.
Also it would be desirable if LAC would issue monthly statistics on Co-Lab (and other) progress, just as has been done for the CEF service file digitization project and the National Library of Australia does with TROVE - https://trove.nla.gov.au/system/counts?env=prod&history=y
07 May 2018
Ontario Making the Largest Investment in Public Libraries in a Generation
Just in time for the election the Ontario government announces a library initiative. With the sub-head "Province Boosting Access to Technology, Digital Library Resources" the relevant press release reads:
Ontario is making the largest investment in public libraries in a generation, and improving access to technology, digital services and training opportunities at public libraries in towns, cities and Indigenous communities across the province.
Daiene Vernile, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport, was at the Kitchener Public Library today to announce new support for Ontario's libraries through the 2018 Budget.
A new provincial Digital Public Library will be created that will make digital library services such as e-books, audiobooks, digital databases and learning resources available for free to people across Ontario, regardless of where they live. In total, 300 public libraries across the province will be supported, including those in rural, remote and Indigenous communities.
In addition the province is also boosting annual funding for libraries by $51 million over three years, to ensure that public libraries can continue to be essential spaces for people to access cultural experiences, technology and community life. These new investments will support libraries across Ontario as they continue to respond to the needs of their residents with innovative services, no matter the size of the community.
The provincial Digital Public Library, a $28-million commitment over three years. There's no further detail and the whole initiative is presumably contingent on the Liberals returning to government.
Inspiration from Legacy Family Tree Webinars
One of the most inspiring presentations I've witnessed was given recently by Gilad Japhet, founder of MyHeritage. He is not only a genealogy entrepreneur, he's also a skilled family history researcher. The combination is powerful. I liked that he said:
The most precious resource for genealogy, and the most perishable, are people. The most important task for a genealogist is to meet your family members and document their stories while you still can. Every relatives that dies takes with them a treasury of memories that is lost forever.
At 8 pm ET Wednesday 9 May Cyndi Ingle, of Cyndi's List renown, will present The Hidden Web: Digging Deeper
When Google and traditional search engines don't return useful information, don't stop there. We will explore resources that are invisible to Google and hidden deep within web sites and proprietary databases. The "hidden web" lies buried within the collections for commercial web sites, libraries, archives, and museums. We will also talk about the importance of indexes that deep-link into web sites online, thus uncovering hidden gems of information that may not be found easily through a search engine query.Register to attend at https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar_details.php?webinar_id=729
06 May 2018
What! No Parish Registers!
A shout out to the most recent podcast by Malcolm Noble, episode 23 of the Talk Genealogy Podcast: the podcast for genealogists with too much time on their hands.
In What! No Parish Registers! he discusses the sources available to help searching English family history before parish registers suggesting three books and four websites.
Starting at https://talkgenealogy.blog/ click on the link to the episode to get the show notes. There's a link to the podcast which wouldn't work for me. Find it instead at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0G20zmd6DI where you can click on the ... icon to get an auto-generated transcript.
05 May 2018
Then there were two: The Genealogy Show
No sooner had the notice about the Family Tree Live conference, 26-27 April 2019, come in yesterday when a notice arrived from Kirsty Gray about another UK conference. Now instead of the one Who Do You Think You Are? live conference there are two!
Board members include an international consortium, many widely known through social media: Jill Ball (Australia), Ruth Blair (Canada), John Boeren (Netherlands), Liv Birgit Christensen (Norway), Mags Gaulden (Canada), Pat Richley-Erickson (US, aka Dear Myrtle) and David Walsh (UK).
According to the notice received: The Board members are dedicated to providing outstanding educational opportunities through talks and stands, as well as creating an environment where family historians from beginner to expert can network together. Even at this early planning stage, many international genealogists are making travel plans to attend the event.
You can follow developments at www.thegenealogyshow.uk/, on Twitter at https://twitter.com/THEGenShow2019 and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/THEGenShow/
Findmypast adds Lancashire, Staffordshire, and Shropshire Registers & Records
For Lancashire the registers and records are:
Miscellanies Lancashire and Cheshire vol. III, 1487-1662
The Manchester Historical Recorder: History of Manchester, Chronologically Arranged, 1066-1874
Preston Guild Rolls, 1397-1682
Oldham Chapelry, published 1906
Parish Registers of the Parochial Chapelry of Burnley, 1562-1653
Lancashire & Cheshire Wills, 3 vols, 1477-1807
Parish Registers of Liverpool, 1660-1704
Court Leet Records of the Manor of Manchester, 1586-1602
Court Rolls of Thomas Earl of Lancaster, 1323-1324
Parish Registers of Whalley, 1538-1601
Parish Registers of the Cathedral Church of Manchester, 1573-1653
The Rise & Progress of Wesleyan Methodism in Accrington, published 1883
Historical Gleanings of Bolton & District, published 1883
Lancashire Marriage Bonds, 1648-1710
Parish Registers of Newchurch in the Township of Culcheth, 1599-1812
Parish Registers of Tunstall, 1626-1812
Parish Registers of Melling, 1625-1752
Manchester Constables' Accounts, vols I, II & III, 1612-1776
Court Rolls of the Honor of Clitheroe, 1377-1567
Court Leet Records of Manchester, vols I to XI, 1552-1846
Court Leet Records of Salford, Vols I & II, 1597-1669
Parish Registers of Preston 1611-1635 & Broughton 1653-1804, 1611-1804
Lancashire Nonconformity: The Congregational & Old Presbyterian Churches in the County, published 1891
Parish Registers of Ribchester vol I, 1598-1695
History of the Parish of Rochdale, published 1889
Lancashire Fines, pts I & II, 1196-1377
Parish Registers of Radcliffe, 1557-1783
Parish Registers of Walton-le-Dale, 1609-1812
Parish Registers of Rochdale, 1617-1641
Parish Registers of Stalmine, 1583-1724
Parish Registers of Rochdale - Marriages, 1701-1801
Parish Registers of Bury, vols I to III, 1590-1698.
For Staffordshire these parish registers are now available:
Parish Registers of West Bromwich & Stowe, 1574-1679
Parish Registers of Brewood & Pipe Ridware, 1561-1812
Parish Registers of Alstonfield, 1538-1715
Parish Registers of Rocester vols I & II, 1565-1812
Parish Registers of Croxden & Bradley-in-the-Moor (Bishop's Transcripts), 1674-1812
Parish Registers of Eccleshall, vols I & II, 1573-1656
Parish Registers of Hints, 1558-1812
Parish Registers of Blymhill, 1561-1812
Parish Registers of Rowley Regis, pts I to III, 1539-1812
Parish Registers of Berkswich with Walton, 1601-1812
Parish Registers of Stoke-upon-Trent, pts I to IV, 1629-1812
Parish Registers of Penn, 1569-1754
Parish Registers of Over Areley, 1564-1812
Parish Registers of Bucknall-cum-Bagnall, 1762-1812
Parish Registers of Norton-in-the-Moors, 1574-1751
Parish Registers of Barton-under-Needwood, 1571-1812
Parish Registers of Standon, 1570-1812
Parish Registers of Haughton, 1570-1812
Parish Registers of Barlaston, 1551-1812
Parish Registers of Tatenhill, 1563-1812
Parish Registers of Trentham, 1558-1812
Parish Registers of Castle Church, 1755-1812
Parish Registers of Milwich, 1573-1711.
For Shropshire these parish registers and other sources are now available:
Parish Registers of Wrockwardine, 1591-1812
Shrewsbury Burgess Roll, 1372-1924
Parish Registers of Stapleton, 1546-1812
Parish Registers of Pitchford, 1558-1812
Parish Registers of Smethcote, 1612-1812
Parish Registers of Battlefield, Sheinton & Cressage, 1605-1812
Parish Registers of Hopton Wafers, 1661-1812
Parish Registers of Clunbury, 1574-1812
Parish Registers of Bromfield, 1559-1812
Parish Registers of Burford, 1558-1812
Parish Registers of Shipton, 1538-182
Parish Registers of Stokesay, 1559-1837
Parish Registers of Morton Say, 1691-1812
Parish Registers of Wem, parts I to V, 1583-1812
Parish Registers of Edstaston & Newtown, 1712-1812
Shropshire Non-Conformist & Roman Catholic Registers, 3 vols, 1657-1837
Parish Registers of Chirbury, 1629-1812
Parish Registers of St Chad's, Shrewsbury, 1616-1812
Parish Registers of Donington & White Ladies, 1629-1844
Parish Registers of Alberbury, 1564-1812
Parish Registers of Buildwas & Leighton, 1659-1837
Parish Registers of Claverley, 1568-1837
Parish Registers of Kinlet, 1657-1837
Parish Registers of Dawley Magna, 1666-1837
Parish Registers of Myddle & Gough's History of Myddle, 1541-1837
Parish Registers of Bitterley, 1658-1812
Parish Registers of Llanymynech, 1678-1812
Parish Registers of Norton-in-Hales, 1572-1880
Parish Registers of Edgmond, 1669-1812
Parish Registers of Tibberton, Waters Upton or Upton Parva, & Eaton Constantine, 1547-1812
Parish Registers of Great Bolas, 1582-1812
Parish Registers of Oldbury, Church Preen & Badger, 1582-1836
Parish Registers of Kinnerly, 1677-1814
Parish Registers of Knockin & Llanyblodwel, 1599-1812
Shropshire: its Early History and Antiquities, published 1864
Parish Registers of Greete, Bedstone & Sibdon Carwood, 1583-1812
Churchwardens' Accounts of the Town of Ludlow, 1540-1600
Parish Registers of Diddlebury & Munslow, 1538-1812
Parish Registers of Pontesbury, 1538-1812
Parish Registers of Ludlow, 1558-1812
Parish Registers of Atcham, 1619-1837
Parish Registers of Montford & the Chapel of Clive, 1573-1812
Parish Registers of St Martin's, 1601-1837
Parish Registers of Sheriffhales, 1557-1812
Parish Registers of Lydham, Edgton, Monk Hopton, Chelmarsh, Neenton & Billingsley, 1557-1812
Abstract of Orders made by the Court of Quarter Sessions for Shropshire, 1660-1889
Parish Registers of Selattyn, 1557-1812
Parish Registers of Berrington, 1559-1837
Parish Registers of Onibury, 1577-1837
Parish Registers of Ford and Melverley, 1569-1812
Parish Registers of Leebotwood, 1548-1812
Parish Registers of Habberley, Ratlinghope & Longnor, 1586-1812
Parish Registers of Astley, Withington, Stirchley & Uffington, 1581-1812
Parish Registers of Oswestry, 1558-1593
Parish Registers of Hughley, Willey, Neen Sollars & Milson, 1576-1851
Parish Registers of Whittington, 1576-1812
Parish Registers of Condover, 1570-1812
Parish Registers of Worthen, 1558-1718.
If you don't have access through a FMP subscription, and can't get to the Family History Centre where it's available free, you may find an alternative source, possibly free, by searching for your parish of interest from the lists above.
John Burleigh Carling: CWGC Beechwood
Lieutenant John Burleigh Carling, the youngest of four sons of Fred W. and Eva C. Carling, of 354, Sparks St., died of scarlet fever at Shirley Park Hospital outside London, England, on May 5, 1918. He had lied on enlistment claiming to be 20 years of age; he was only 18.
He has served with the Royal Flying Corps and was waiting to return home for a three-month furlough following seven months of flying bombing missions over Germany.
According to an article After the War: Equality in death by Ottawa Citizen writer Brian Deachman, his body was one of 65 war dead from Europe returned to Canada contrary to the policy of burying the dead nearby where they fell.
John Burleigh Carling was a grandson of Sir John Carling, of the Carling Brewery.
04 May 2018
BIFHSGO Conference Registration Opens
Who's speaking?
Diahan Southard lectures and advises worldwide (I've heard her in Ireland and the US as well as Canada) about genetic genealogy.
Bruce Durie is one of Scotland's top genealogists, selected as conference speaker by the Ottawa Scottish Genealogy Group. He has written more than 30 books, including the best-selling “Scottish Genealogy,”
New UK family history show: Family Tree Live
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SAVE THE DATE
Family Tree Live is coming!
Taking place on 26th & 27th April 2019 at London’s Alexandra Palace, you can expect two jam-packed days of family history fun for ALL!
The team from Family Tree Live would love you to join them for a brand new UK family history show – two days of lectures, workshops, displays and stands – suitable for all levels of family history experience.
Family Tree Live is brought to you by Family Tree in partnership with the Federation of Family History Societies and will provide visitors with a vast range of learning opportunities under one roof. From traditional lectures, to hands-on workshops, a DNA hub, advice stations, family-friendly activities and more.
Steve Manning, education officer at the Federation of Family History Societies: ‘The Federation is delighted to be supporting Family Tree Live. A national event like this provides visitors with the opportunity to find out about their ancestors wherever they came from, with local knowledge and expertise provided by our family history societies.’
Helen Tovey, editor of Family Tree magazine: ‘There’s nothing like the buzz you get from going to a family history show and our aim is that visitors to Family Tree Live will leave brimming with inspiration, information and ideas about doing their family history. We can’t wait for April 2019!’
To receive the latest show information please sign up to the e-newsletter at www.family-tree.co.uk/.
Comment: Why not plan a trip to the UK timed to take in this event? I'm surprised the Society of Genealogists is not mentioned as a partner.
Ancestry Updates for Gloucestershire and Somerset
Heads up researchers for these two English counties. Updates can be minor, but you never know!
Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1813, now with 4,855,897 records
Somerset, England, Gaol Registers, 1807-1879, now with 101,284 records.
Imperialism and the Salvation Army
Booth saw the imperial power of the British Empire as central to providing the “way out” of “Darkest England”.
Darkest England, the title of Booth's book, portrayed England as overrun by“prostitutes” (over 30,000 in London, 100,000 in Great Britain); “criminals” (32,000 in prison); “drink” (“There are half a million drunkards in Great Britain”) and “drink traffic” (120,000 “Licensed Drinks Shops”); “destitution” (993,000); “the poor” (100,000 homeless); and “misery” (190,000 in workhouses).
At this time when Canadian archivists and some historians are at work in an effort to strip out the colonial perspective on Canadian history, even though it is a reality, it is worthwhile understanding the motivation of a movement that helped some 250,000 people to emigrate from the British Isles to the British Empire Dominions.
03 May 2018
Ottawa DNA Special Interest Group Meeting
Susan Courage will give an update on the April 6-7 Ontario Genealogical Society Toronto Branch's all-day workshops with Blaine Bettinger, Advanced Genetic Genealogy and The Art of Genetic Genealogy Investigation.
There will be a round table discussion with remaining time.
The BIFHSGO-sponsored DNA Special Interest Group meets from 9:30 am to 12:00 pm on
Room 115, City of Ottawa Archives, 100 Tallwood Drive, Ottawa, Ontario.
TheGenealogist releases over a million additional Warwickshire Parish Records
The following is from a press release by TheGenealogist.
TheGenealogist has added to its Parish Records collections with a second batch of
Warwickshire registers in an ongoing project with the Warwickshire County Record Office.
These newly transcribed records are linked to high quality images of the original parish
register pages.
● Over 1,270,000 individuals added to the Parish Records for Warwickshire
● High quality transcripts with original images of the registers
● Additional information such as Witnesses, Father’s Name and Profession have been
transcribed where given
● Released in association with Warwickshire County Record Office
● This brings our total for Warwickshire Parish Records to over two million
● Fully searchable parish records with images enable researchers to find ancestors’
baptisms, marriages and burials
