14 November 2017

Legacy Webinar: British and Irish research: the differences

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Brian Donovan, nominated as a Rockstar Genealogist from Ireland and head of Irish Collections at Findmypast, presents the next in the seri...

MyHeritage DNA TV commercial

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Not to be left behind MyHeritage is offering their autosomal DNA test for $59USD, the same price as Family Tree DNA is offering in its year ...
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4,000 Canadian War Bride Survivors

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Finding Ottawa Citizen death notices for two war brides,  Janet McClymont , age 91, and  Anne Huggins , age 89, spouse of a Barnardo boy, se...
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13 November 2017

IrishGenealogy.ie updates BMDs

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 A slew of free historical birth, marriage and death records have been added to IrishGenealogy.ie. New records include 1916 births (transcr...

FTDNA Year-end sale

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From now until the end of the year you can save 30% or more when you purchase a single DNA test or a test bundle from Family Tree DNA mt...

Indexing Opportunities

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FamilySearch Indexing presently has more than 100 projects underway. For Europe there are 71, five of which are for the UK. UK, England...
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Ancestry adds Suffolk, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records, 1538-1850

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The 151,071 Suffolk records listed, not just parish records, are picked from a variety of sources. As such it is best used as a finding ai...
12 November 2017

OHA Meeting: Canada, the First World War, and Military Scottishness

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Jeff Noakes, historian from the Canadian War Museum, author of Forged in Fire: Canada and the Second World War and a co-author of  Canada ...

11 November 2017: John K McLean

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It was my privilege to be invited by Major James MacInnes, Deputy Commanding Officer, The Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa, to a wreath layin...

Ancestry adds UK, Absent Voters Lists, 1918-1925, 1939

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Absent Voters Lists were introduced in 1915 to enable servicemen and women to vote by proxy or by post when away from home on active servi...

TNA adds First World War Pensions Award Files Index

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Many of the over 1.5 million British personnel wounded during the First World War were discharged from the services with some form of pensio...
11 November 2017

Findmypast adds military records

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The following are new to Findmypast: Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt Of Honour   -- First and Second World Wars --1,736,394 reco...

Remember Canadians at the Third Battle of Ypres (Second Battle of Passchendaele)

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An article on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website looks back at Canadian's actions that ended the Third Battle of Ypres. ...
10 November 2017

The General Register Office and the First World War

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Audrey Collins, TNA's expert on The General Register Office, looks at the challenges the GRO faced during the First World War. Experie...

12 best websites for tracing British First World War soldiers

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These recommendations from Who Do You Think You Are? magazine are worth a look  --  www.whodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/12-best-websites-t...

Remember Canadian War Dead: 10 November

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The Canadian Virtual War Memorial records the deaths of 636 members of the Canadian Forces on 10 November. 428 died in 1917; their names...
09 November 2017

TheGenealogist adds 15,000 names from 53 new War Memorials

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TheGenealogist has added to their War Memorial collection, now over 383,000 fully searchable records. This latest release includes war mem...

Ancestry adds Berkshire, England, Electoral Rolls 1840-1965

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A bonanza for Berkshire researchers, 2,581,037 new electoral roll entries. Sourced from the Berkshire Record Office, Reading. These are y...

Remember Canadian War Dead: 9 November

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The Canadian Virtual War Memorial records the deaths of 343 members of the Canadian Forces on 9 November. 141 died in 1917; their names ...

Hold High The Torch

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The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is asking people around the world to download a free app and use it on 11 November to share photos ...