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
April 10th, 2011 Linda Elliott Great website if you have family living in Macclesfield in the 17th century. The intro on the site says ……
This website has been created for family and local historians who are interested in tracing their ancestors amongst the inhabitants of the Manor and Forest of Macclesfield around 1611. The Survey was, in broad terms, the first census-type survey made in the district, and is invaluable to researchers who have not been able go back to this period in history and beyond.
This website lists all those freeholders, copyholders and tenants living in the area at the time of the Survey, which was commissioned by Prince Henry, the Prince of Wales, Duke of Cornwall and Earl of Chester, and made by 23 persons of standing in the local community.
700 persons are listed in the Name Index, which has been transcribed from a large book (reference LR 2/200) held at The National Archives, Kew, London. There is also a House Name Index containing 64 house names; and an index of Extracts from Escheators Books showing 37 entries that relate to periods much earlier than 1611, the earliest of which is 1362 – 1363. All these indexes are free-to-access.
Posted in Land & Property Records, Local History, Where Did They Live? 
Tags: Family History, Genealogy, Macclesfield 
No Comments » February 21st, 2011 Linda Elliott
Ancestry.co.uk has recently published the London Land Tax Valuations for 1910. The records were compiled as part of what became known as the Domesday Survey, the government at the time wanted to re-distribute wealth through the assessment of land values. Nice idea, but obviously didn’t work that well!!!
Want to have a look, but not an Ancestry subscriber? Then click here for a free 14 day trial.
Posted in Land & Property Records, Where Did They Live? Tags: Family History, Genealogy, Land Tax, London No Comments » June 22nd, 2010 Linda Elliott
All the Cheshire Tithe Maps & Apportionments are now available online. The Cheshire Record Office website states…..
Almost 500 Cheshire tithe maps are now available online. Together with the information recorded in tithe apportionments, they are a unique record of land ownership, occupancy and use in Cheshire 150 years ago.
You can use them to answer questions such as:
You can also compare the tithe maps with later Ordnance Survey maps and aerial photographs.
December 30th, 2009 Linda Elliott
The Irish Times reported that hundreds of thousands of land records are to be destroyed once they have been transferred to an electronic system. The majority of the records date from the 1970’s, but some are more than 100 years old. How short sighted of the Irish authorities not to recognise the value to historians of this material. Let’s hope there is an outcry in the Emerald Isle and that these documents are transferred to the National Archives in Dublin.
To read the full story http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/1223/1224261159586.html
September 28th, 2009 Linda Elliott
A Major Collection of pre 1828 Pedigrees, Charters, Documents, Deeds & Wills concerning Derbyshire. An extract of the documents has been made and this is searchable online by name and place.
http://www.andrewspages.dial.pipex.com/dby/wolley/index.htm
February 4th, 2009 Linda Elliott Return of Owners of Land 1873 for the whole of Oxfordshire
http://www.genoot.com/eng/oxf/landowners/index.html
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.
