January 29th, 2012 
Linda Elliott 
This website offers access to historic maps, images & links for the city of Bristol. There is a good guide to using the site and what you can expect to find. Even though I don’t have any Bristol family I had great fun playing with this website !!
http://www.bristol.gov.uk/page/know-your-place
January 27th, 2012 Linda Elliott 
Our friends at Find My Past have added two more Dockland baptism registers to their collection. St Dunstan, Stepney 1668 – 1679 & Christchurch, Spitalfields 1843 – 1875 which total 16,000+ entries.
So if you have ancestors from these parishes during these time periods you are in luck !!
Posted in Church Records, Find My Past, Find My Past, Getting Started, Take It Further 
Tags: Baptisms, Family History, Findmypast, Genealogy, Spitalfields, Stepney 
No Comments » January 27th, 2012 Linda Elliott 
Exciting news for those of you who have ancestors from York. The civic archives in the city of York will later this year start to create an online database of the contents of the archives. At the present time the only index to the archive is a hand written one that dates from 1909. Consequently the archive is under used.
http://www.york.gov.uk/archives/
January 27th, 2012 Linda Elliott 
Deceased Online have just announced an addition to their extensive Greater London holdings. West Ham, Newham Cemetery opened in 1857 and was one of London’s first publicly owned cemeteries. The cemetery covers 22 acres and comprises 180,000 burials. Elizabeth Stride, one of the victims of Jack the Ripper, is buried in this cemetery.
January 21st, 2012 Linda Elliott 
The Wiener Library has relocated from Devonshire Street to 29 Russell Square, just round the corner from the British museum.
The library was established by Alfred Wiener, a German Jew who fled Germany in 1933. It is said to be the oldest Holocaust Memorial Institution in the world and contains much of interest for those with Jewish ancestry. Many of the resources are available online.
January 20th, 2012 Linda Elliott 
Our friends at FindMyPast have just released the burial records for Appleton, Cheshire 1800 – 2002. So if you have ancestors from this parish it’s your lucky day 
The records have been provided by the Cheshire Family History Society.
January 19th, 2012 Linda Elliott 
The previous posting about The Nottinghamshire Heritage Gateway led me to this website, The Thoroton Society, which is the leading historical & archaeological society for Nottinghamshire. The aims of the society are to promote knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the history, archaeology and antiquities of Nottinghamshire, and to support local research and conservation.
This looks to be a very interesting & informative website which would be very useful to give a background to Nottinghamshire ancestors. It’s going onto my list of sites to spend time browsing at the weekend.
http://www.thorotonsociety.org.uk/
January 19th, 2012 Linda Elliott 
Have you got folk from Nottinghamshire ? My husband has so I was interested in this website. The first page introduction says it all really !!….
The Nottinghamshire Heritage Gateway is designed to provide a guide to the heritage resources of the county, and a history of Nottinghamshire featuring the latest research.
The information provided by the Gateway is arranged through a series of research pathways, organised into the following groups: places, people, themes and events. The pathways provide users with a brief overview of a subject area and a list of key resources for further research, arranged by type of source material.
The Gateway is being developed by The Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire, and new pathways are added on a regular basis.
http://www.nottsheritagegateway.org.uk/
January 16th, 2012 Linda Elliott 
This website has more than 1.5 million burials & cremations recorded in it’s database. The cemeteries covered are Glasnevin, Dardistown, Goldenbridge, Newlandds Cross & Palmerstown, all of which are in the Dublin area.
Searching the index is free, if you wish to get more detailed information the cost is between 3 – 8 credits, credits can be purchased online for £1 per credit.
The Trust recently was awarded the CIGO 2011 Award for Excellence in Genealogy.
January 14th, 2012 Linda Elliott 
In one of my previous posts I mentioned how hard it was to find out which parishes and for what time period were covered on the Find My Past parish records collection. Being the sort of genealogist who likes to know these things I emailed Find My Past and Liam Kelly promptly replied. Many thanks Liam 
The general link to the whole collection is
http://www.findmypast.co.uk/help-and-advice/knowledge-base/parish-records
but you then have to click the “next” to get to the various pages where the info is. Along the way you will go through pages that have some good descriptions of the records you are looking at. Very useful for those who are new to genealogy or who have gone along not really knowing the ins and outs of parish registers. Well worth a read.
So that you don’t have to go through all the pages if you just want to get to the listings here are the links to the actual coverage info.
Churches & Burial Grounds in City of London Collection. The lists are down the page.
http://www.findmypast.co.uk/help-and-advice/knowledge-base/parish-records/city-of-london-burials
Burial Records.
These are from all around the country, some are county wide others from a specific parish.
http://www.findmypast.co.uk/help-and-advice/knowledge-base/parish-records/other-burials
Marriage Records.
Like the burials these are from all around the country, some are county wide others from a specific parish.
http://www.findmypast.co.uk/help-and-advice/knowledge-base/parish-records/marriages
Baptism Records.
Again these are like the burials & marriages.
http://www.findmypast.co.uk/help-and-advice/knowledge-base/parish-records/baptisms
So there is the information, go and have a look to see if your parishes are covered and if they are then I can guess what you will be doing for the rest of the day !!
Hi, I am Linda Elliott, a genealogist with 30+ years experience in ancestor hunting. I work as a professional family historian and have helped many people with their family trees. My aim with Mad About Genealogy is to share with you, the many website links, information and the latest genealogy news that I come across. I hope you enjoy your visit to my website and will come and visit on a regular basis.
