A genealogist is burying one of her ancestors after discovering that his bones were held by Bristol Royal Infirmary. The hospital had been storing the skeleton in a box under stairs, but Mary Halliwell is arranging for a burial ….. 180 years after the death occurred.

Who says genealogy is boring!!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bristol-11711858

If you are anywhere near York on 26th June then pop along to the Yorkshire Family History Fair. It sounds as if it will be a great place to catch up with all the latest in genealogy. The fair is at York Racecourse, Knavesmire Stand, admission is only £4 and there are cafeteria facilities onsite.

http://www.yorkshirefamilyhistoryfair.com/

For immediate release

CALLING ALL WORLD CUP WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS!

The World Cup is now upon us and we thought it would only be fair to provide some entertainment for any non-football fans out there:

Whenever England play a match, you’ll be able to access all our records for
free!*

What you need to know about this fantastic offer:

-          When England play, you don’t pay: 30 minutes before each England
game kicks off, all the records on findmypast.co.uk will be free to view for
3 hours

-          You can view original images and transcriptions of all our
records for free including birth, marriage and death records 1538-2006, census records including the 1911 census and our Chelsea Pensioners British Army Service Records 1760-1913 – to name just a few

-          Normally you would need a subscription or PayAsYouGo credits to
view our records – some of which normally cost 30 credits each – so to be able to see them for free is a rare opportunity

-          Keep an eye on our blog for a competition question to enter
during each England match. You’ll need to answer all the questions correctly for a chance to win, so make sure you don’t miss any. The prize is a goodie bag containing a digital camera, vouchers for a year’s Full subscription plus much more

All you need to do to make use of this unique offer is register on findmypast.co.uk as you’ll need to sign in to view the records. Visit our World Cup page for more information.

If you need a helping hand with your research, take a look at our video tutorials or our Getting Started page which provide clear advice on how to use our records.

We’d love to hear about any discoveries you make while our records are free to view – post anything you’d like to share with us and our readers on our Facebook page.

Please pass this on to friends, family or anyone else you think might want to make the most of our free family history records.

*All records available using our Full subscription (including the 1911
Census) will be free: Living Relatives searches and Memorial scrolls are not included.

http://www.findmypast.co.uk/world-cup.jsp

   For many years now I have recommended that my students get a genealogy buddy who’s job apart from listening to long, sometimes very long, ancestral stories is to go over a piece of tricky genealogical research and tell them if they have a case for including that person in their family tree. In others words the buddy makes you prove it beyond reasonable doubt!!

Here is an article that outlines what you need to have done before you can conclude that you have found the most likeliest candidate to be your great grandfather – or whoever. The further you go back the harder it is to be able to say you are 100% certain you have got your man/woman. All you can do is look at the evidence available and come to a conclusion and that is where your buddy and this article comes in.

http://www.ehow.com/how_5323312_apply-genealogical-proof-standard.html

   This is what it says on the front page of The Ship’s List website………..

The Ships List website, online since August 1999, will help you find your ancestors on ships’ passenger lists.We also have immigration reports, newspaper records, shipwreck information, ship pictures, ship descriptions, shipping-line fleet lists and more; as well as hundreds of passenger lists to Canada, USA, Australia and even some for South Africa. Be sure to check the "special projects," listed below.
We have over 3,000 totally free access web-pages with new databases added regularly . 

Sounds like a useful site to bookmark!

http://www.theshipslist.com/index.html

Rather a well hidden secret this website. Plenty of background information on the working lives of our ancestors plus a history of the Trade Union movement. You can visit the library at Salford and consult it’s archives. Also there is an interesting and affordable postal book shop if a visit isn’t possible.

http://www.wcml.org.uk/

The excellent Ancestors magazine February issue is devoted to the 1911 Census and the year 1911. If you have got yourself a copy I recommend it. Everything you want to know is in here.

If you are like me and are awaiting for Findfmypast to put it onto subscription, this will help you understand the differences between the 1911 and other census. I’m finding quite a few Ancestors using just the index and can’t wait for it to become available in a more affordable form.

By the way Simon Fowlers blog on the Ancestors website is always worth reading.

http://www.ancestorsmagazine.co.uk/

Here is a link to the 1911 census website http://www.findmypast.com/1911census.jsp

Ancestry.com hosted some eminent bloggers to a visit to Salt Lake City. They were given a tour of the Ancestry facilities and several talks on various aspects of the Ancestry operation.

Being good bloggers some of them have reported everything for the rest of us to read. It makes for very interesting reading and gives a glimpse into what to expect from Ancestry in the future.

Randy Seavers Blog  http://www.geneaholic.com/2009/01/genealogy-journal-18-to-112-2009.html

Dear Myrtle Blog  http://blog.dearmyrtle.com/2009/01/touring-tngancestry.html

Ancestry Insider http://ancestryinsider.blogspot.com/2009/01/ancestrycom-key-messages.html

&  http://ancestryinsider.blogspot.com/2009/01/content-is-king.html

& http://ancestryinsider.blogspot.com/search/label/Ancestry.com

Genealogy Insider

http://blog.familytreemagazine.com/insider/Wrapping+Up+Our+Look+Inside+Ancestrycom.aspx