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Bedfordshire Online

January 10th, 2012 Linda Elliott

Talking to fellow genealogists I have found that a recurring topic is that it is getting harder to keep up with what is available for a specific county. I thought I might do an occasional posting about what I have found for a particular county. I won’t include the GRO Indexes, Census or other country wide material. Of course the moment I post it online it will be incomplete, but hey it’s better than nothing Winking smile

www.ancestry.co.uk

  • Register of Marriage Licences, 1747-1790
  • Wilstead – Parish Registers of Wilstead, 1593-1812
  • Suffolk Green Books, Subsidy Lists, 1309-1332
  • The Orlebar chronicles in Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire, 1553-1733, or, The children of the manor house and their posterity. London: Mitchell, Hughes and Clarke, 1930.
  • The history of a Bedfordshire family : being a history of the Crawleys of Nether Crawley, Stockwood, Thurleigh, and Yelden in the county of Bedford. London: A. Rivers, 1911.
  • The Visitations of Bedfordshire, Annis Domini 1566, 1582, and 1634
  • Pedigree of Acworth of Bedfordshire, etc. : together with some notes on the genealogy.
  • Some records prior to 1700 of White of Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire and a few of other English shires : with incidental records of more than 80 other families, specially indexed. Printed by Allen, Lane & Scott, 1945.

www.findmypast.co.uk

I have to say that trying to find out which parishes are included in the online parish registers on Find My Past is almost impossible !!! Hope someone from FMP reads this and does something about it !!

Bedfordshire Burial Index – 159 parishes, 355,503 entries.

http://www.bfhs.org.uk/

The Bedfordshire Family History Society has CD & fiche of Bedfordshire parish registers and a whole lot more for sale from their website. The county is unique in that all pre 1812 registers have been transcribed.

http://www.bedfordshire.gov.uk/ArchivesAndRecordOffice

Bedfordshire Gaol Register 1801 – 1879 online.

65% of the holdings are on their online catalogue. The entries are quite detailed so can be very useful without purchasing a copy of the actual document.

Online listing of Bedfordshire pubs with photos & histories.

https://www.familysearch.org/

100% coverage on the IGI

According to my Phillimore Atlas & Index there is 100% coverage for the old IGI, whether that is correct for the new family search I can’t say, but I suspect that many of the parishes will have been taken across.

Hope some of you have found this helpful.

 

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Durham Records Online

December 30th, 2011 Linda Elliott

clip_image002Over 3.5 million transcripts of parish registers, census, vestry minutes etc. are available on this website. The indexes can be searched for free and if you find something of interest then you can purchase credits. The cost per record seems to be £1.50, which is certainly cheaper than a trip to the Archives for most researchers.

The website is created by four genealogists; Holly Wanless Cochran, Tony Whitehead, George Turns & Ken Coleman.

http://www.durhamrecordsonline.com/

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What next year holds for genealogists.

December 10th, 2011 Linda Elliott

clip_image002In the Who Do You Think You Are magazine there is an article about what the major players are going to tempt the UK family historians with next year. Here is a round up.

Ancestry is saying that next year they will have the complete 1911 census online with "an enhanced user experience" whatever that means! Also will have Lancashire parish registers and at least 4 other counties parish registers (not saying which ones) Plus more major city collections all with original images and indexed. They will add to their wills & probate records and will have more army records.

Deceased Online will put up a further 600+ cemeteries in 2012 and part of this will be at least 35% of London burials and cremations records.

Findmypast will have it’s Crimes, Court & Convicts info online in 2012, but this may be on a sister website, Welsh records and info from Westminster Archives (I can hear my friend Sue cheering from here!!) and more FFHS member societies indexes. Naval records, UK electoral rolls and baps, mars & burs for British in India.

The Genealogist will have more of the 1911 census, more parish register transcripts, more wills, more non-conformist records and POW records.

British Newspapers Online will be adding thousands more pages from the British Library Collection.

So there seems to be plenty to keep us amused in 2011 Winking smile

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1911 Census for London, Yorkshire and Lancashire now on Ancestry.

December 8th, 2011 Linda Elliott

clip_image002Ancestry have just put the 1911 census for London, Yorkshire & Lancashire is online. Yippee !!  So lots to look at in the run up to Christmas.

Enjoy Smile

www.ancestry.co.uk

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Freeman of the City of London

November 29th, 2011 Linda Elliott

clip_image002I told you so!!! Just tried clicking on another advert that has popped up headed Capital Records and it takes you through to the new dataset.

London, Freedom of the City Admission Papers, 1681-1925

So entered your family names and see if anyone familiar to you pops up ! Smile

www.ancestry.co.uk

 

 

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Freemen of the City of London

November 29th, 2011 Linda Elliott

clip_image002 I think Ancestry is about to launch another dataset. There is an advert up on the site that says “Search for Freemen of the City of London”, but when you click on it you get taken to the London parish registers.

I’ve noticed that Ancestry often puts up the advert and then follows a few hours later with a working link. So if you think you have Freemen on your family tree keep an eye out for the advert and try your luck by clicking it.

Sure it won’t be long before they get it up and working Smile

www.ancestry.co.uk

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Family Tree Maker 2012

November 18th, 2011 Linda Elliott

clip_image002[4]I’ve been sent the new Family Tree Maker 2012 by Ancestry to review  – lucky me Smile. I’ve been using FTM for quite some years now so am familiar with the look and feel of the programme, I find it intuitive and I have been happy to recommend it to friends and my genealogy students.

So what does the 2012 edition have that is different, what do I like, is there anything I don’t like? Here goes ….

Installation was easy, no hitches, just put the CD into your computer and follow instructions. Then you open up your FTM file which is easy enough as long as you have stored it where you know where it is ! Luckily I did, I have helped a friend recently who has his genealogy files hidden away here and there on his hard drive– NOT a good idea! A warning comes up saying that your data file will be adapted so that you can run it on FTM 2012 and recommends you do a back up first. You can opt to not do a back-up, but believe me if they suggest it do it!

Once you are up and running the first page you get to see and this page will come up every time until you do it, is one that asks if you want to link your Family Tree Maker tree with one on Ancestry. I haven’t done that yet as I have my tree split up into 5 trees on Ancestry – one for each grandparent and one for a one name project. It seemed a good idea at the time to do this, but now that FTM has the ability to update the online tree I wish I had put them all in together as one. Hey ho, hindsight is a wonderful thing!!

Once you have got past this page the look is identical to the previous editions except this time I have tones of green not blue. It really doesn’t matter to me what the colour is so I haven’t investigated if I can change the colour tone.

Everything seemed about the same until I discovered Smart Story. You get to this via the Person Pane and click on Media then New, then Smart Story from the drop down box. You can opt for a blank page or decide that FTM can work something out for you which you can then edit. I did this and got a page similar to one that the programme generates when you do a FTM book. The great feature with Smart Story is that you can generate one of these pages and it is attached to the individual and also that it automatically updates when you add something to the individuals file. Great for printing out and sending to someone who wants particulars of that person. Mind you if the tree is on Ancestry then you could just direct them to the tree.

So far these are the only two new features that I have come across, if I find more and I suspect there is a lot, lot more I’ll report on them.

Bottom line is would I still recommend Family Tree Maker 2012 to everyone? = definitely. Do I think it is good value for money? = yes I do. I think the feature of being able to sync your Family Tree Maker with your online tree on Ancestry is great and this alone would make the purchase or upgrade to FTM 2012 worth it.

www.ancestryshop.co.uk

 

 

 

 

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Dorset Parish Registers 1538 – 1812

November 4th, 2011 Linda Elliott

clip_image002Just noticed that Ancestry.co.uk have put up the earlier Dorset parish registers. The post 1812 ones have been there a while, but this is the first time I have noticed the earlier ones are there. The great news with these parish registers are that they aren’t only an index and they aren’t a transcript, you get to view the real thing.

Only thing missing is the smell of centuries of dust with a slight hint of mouse and the feel of the leather binding and the beautiful thick parchment pages. I am so lucky to have started researching when you were able to handle the actual registers. I’m glad they are now digitised and safe from excess handling, but for those of you who have never handled a document 500 years old – gosh you have missed an experience!

www.ancestry.co.uk

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1911 Census release on Ancestry

October 27th, 2011 Linda Elliott

Picture1Hooray the first batch of the 1911 census is indexed and ready for searching on Ancestry.co.uk. If you have people in Wales, the Channel Isles and the Isle of Man then you are all set to go. The rest of us will have to wait a little longer, but it will be worth it.

The census is available on Ancestry, but you have to search page by page …. just like the old days. How quickly we have forgotten how things used to be!!

www.ancestry.co.uk

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1940 US Census

October 24th, 2011 Linda Elliott

clip_image002Ancestry.com have announced that it will be making the US 1940 census free to view until 31 December 2012. The records will be released by the US National Archives on 2 April 2012 and then there will be a wait whilst they are indexed by Ancestry.

This census might be handy to search, when it is finally completed, for those 20th century ancestors who hopped over the water before the Second World War.

Familysearch has said they intend to keep the records free of charge, but it is not clear if they will be offering scans of the census as well as the index.

 

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