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Sheffield Indexers

December 21st, 2011 Linda Elliott

clip_image002Just come across another great website run by volunteers. The introduction says ….

The Sheffield Indexers’ mission is to provide, via the Internet, accurate indexed transcriptions of genealogical records for access by all, free of charge.

The original site was first conceived in 2001 by Elaine Pickard. The intention was to index genealogical material, primarily specific to Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, especially Parish Registers and Burial information, into a simple to access format for people who who are interested in Sheffield Genealogy and have difficulty in obtaining the needed source material.

Access to the material is to be free of charge and that all transcriptions of records and management of the site would be from voluntary sources for the benefit of the genealogical community.

There are burial records, parish records, wills, directories, school records and a lot more. So if your people ever lived in Sheffield then this site needs to be bookmarked as you will be using it a lot !!

http://www.sheffieldindexers.com/

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Bristol Wills 1781 – 1858

December 21st, 2011 Linda Elliott

clip_image002Bristol Archives have an index to wills proved in Bristol between 1781 – 1858. There is a good general explanation of what you are likely to find in a will, a couple of examples of wills and the index itself.

Once you have found a will in the index that you would like a copy of you can then email the archives and they will send you back a quote. Sadly they don’t accept credit card payment, so I assume they will accept cheques or bank transfers perhaps even debit cards.

The index gives name, parish, occupation & the year the will was proved. Enough to identify if the will is of interest to you.

http://www.bristol.gov.uk/page/bristol-wills-indices-1781-1858#jump-link-3

 

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Tylers Collection East Kent now online

December 20th, 2011 Linda Elliott

I have been alerted to another dataset put onto Ancestry.co.uk website. This time it in the Tyler Collection which is held by the in Canterbury, Kent.

Knowing nothing about this collection I read up about it on the ancestry site. It seems that Frank Watt Tyler compiled 3,240 books which contained transcripts of parish registers, monumental inscriptions and wills. His area of interest was East Kent and the records run from 1538 – 1874.

This sounds like one of those little know resources that are now available to be used by a much wider audience. So anyone with East Kent families this could be worth a search.

www.ancestry.co.uk

 

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Tasmanian Wills

December 8th, 2011 Linda Elliott

clip_image002I’ve been sorting out my Whiting family who emigrated to Tasmania in the 1880’s. I came across the Tasmanian Library & Archives site and they have the wills indexed and scanned 1824 – 1989 and all for free.

What a wonderful service ! The site has lots of other datasets to search so I’ll let you know what else I find as I explore this site further that is after I have checked for wills for everyone on my list.

All this in between putting up the Christmas tree and working out how many mince pies are likely to be consumed in the next few weeks ….. the answer to that is too many !

http://portal.archives.tas.gov.au/menu.aspx?search=9

 

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London Wills 1523 – 1857

June 30th, 2011 Linda Elliott

Ancestry.co.uk has just released London wills 1523 – clip_image0021857. Wow !! What a resource these are going to be. A veritable goldmine for all genealogists. Most family trees are going to have ancestors who wandered through London at some stage so it is well worth taking a look.

www.ancestry.co.uk

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Free National Probate Calendar

June 30th, 2011 Linda Elliott

Ancestry.co.uk is offering free access to the NationPicture1al Probate Calendar until 8th July. These are a wonderful resource and cover the period 1861 – 1941 and can give the date & place of death, name of testators, occupation, marital status amongst other data. Go take a look!

www.ancestry.co.uk

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Dorset Parish Registers & Wills

June 2nd, 2011 Linda Elliott

A press release from Ancestry.co.uk …..

Very good news if you have Dorset ancestry, seems as if they have got an agreement with Dorset Archives. It appears that Ancestry is working with the Record Offices & Findmypast with the Family History Societies. We live in interesting times !!

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16th-century Dorset was a fascinating place. It was at the heart of England?s religious disputes, with seven abbeys dissolved by Henry VIII and Catholics fleeing to France off its coast.
It was a naval stronghold, supplying eight of the ships that destroyed the Spanish Armada in 1588.
It was also a hive for pirates and smugglers, to the extent that special commissioners were appointed to patrol the seas.
Families living in these troubled times faced difficult decisions every day. From simple choices like whether conditions at sea were conducive to fishing; to life-changing judgements such as what religion to follow, there were risks at every turn.
You can see how your ancestors coped with such testing circumstances with new parish and probate records at Ancestry.co.uk.
Work your way through the generations to follow the twists and turns in your family?s past. Parish records for Dorset will be released going all the way back to the Tudor period, but get started with these earlier collections right now on Ancestry.co.uk.
Dorset Parish Records 1913 – 2001  includes over one million records of baptisms, marriages, burials and confirmations all over the county.
Once you pinpoint the parish where your forebears lived, you can quickly build a timeline of the key events in their lives.
You can then delve deeper with Dorset Wills & Probate 1565 – 1858. The wills themselves show who benefitted from each estate ? providing vital clues about family relationships.
If you’re lucky enough to find an inventory, that will provide a complete list of your relative’s personal possessions ? from expensive jewellery to simple pots and pans.
As you build your family tree, call in on key moments in history, from D-Day landings, through rural riots, to bloody civil war battles.
And see how these crucial events impacted your ancestors? lives.

www.ancestry.co.uk

www.findmypast.co.uk

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LMA & Ancestry

April 23rd, 2011 Linda Elliott

clip_image002Got an email from the FFHS this morning about a meeting that they attended regarding cuts at the LMA. Amongst the information given was news about what Ancestry is releasing next from the LMA. It seems that London wills and Electoral Rolls will go online later this year along with the 1911 census. These releases will be followed by City of London Freedoms and talks are being held with the Livery Companies about digitising their records which are held by the LMA.

So good news, plenty of helpful London additions coming our way. It was interesting to note that the 1911 census will be included in all subscriptions not just the more expensive ones. Findmypast has had a good run with their exclusive offering of the 1911 census and I am sure they paid dearly for that right, but it will be good to see the census more widely available and affordable.

www.ffhs.org.uk

www.findmypast.co.uk

www.ancestry.co.uk

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National Probate Calendar 1861 – 1941

August 12th, 2010 Linda Elliott

 

National Probate IndexAncestry.co.uk has announced a new addition to their databases

The latest collection on our site is the single most important resource for tracing your ancestors’ wills – and you won’t find it anywhere else online. As well as telling you where and when your ancestors died – and revealing the value of the estate they left – the National Probate Calendar, provides a vital link to wills and probate records created in England and Wales between 1861 and 1941. Find an ancestor in this collection of over 6 million names, and it’s far easier to get a copy of their last testament from the Principal Probate Registry, with all the extra detail that provides.

This is the first time the Calendar has been made available online. Previously, the only way to use it was to visit your nearest district probate registry and comb through the pages manually. Our digitised collection lets you search for a particular name, and by the date and place where probate was granted, so locating your ancestors is a simple process.

This is of great importance to family historians as this calendar hasn’t been available online before. The indexes given quite a bit of information without having to buy the actual will and if you want to purchase the will then this makes it very easy to do.

http://landing.ancestry.co.uk/offers/uk/learn/trial.aspx?cj=1&o_xid=0003300142&o_lid=0003300142

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PCC Wills 1647 – 1857 now at The Genealogist

July 4th, 2010 Linda Elliott

 

PCC Wills The GenealogistI am sure you know that you can buy PDF’s of PCC wills from the National Archives documents online website for £3.50 , but did you know that The Genealogist website offers access to the same wills 1647 – 1857 (indexes & images) for an annual subscription of £79. So if you are going to need more than 23 wills in the course of a year it makes good economic sense to get yourself a subscription.

The Genealogist is also the home of other databases plus of course the non-conformist registers held at the National Archives.

www.thegenealogist.co.uk

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