Find My Past has just published 99,000+ occupational records of Thames Lightermen & Watermen. The collection dates from 1688 to 2010 and is as follows…..

• The Company of Watermen & Lightermen of the River Thames binding records 1692-1949 – 82,238 records
• The Company of Watermen & Lightermen of the River Thames reassignments 1688-1908: a list of apprentices who were reassigned from one master to another – 12,410 records, including information about both masters and apprentices
• Thomas Doggett Coat & Badge, ‘The Hanover Prize’: a record of all known competitors who rowed in the annual race 1715-2010 – 4,402 records
• Corporation of Trinity House: a register of licences granted to ex-mariners to work as watermen on the River Thames 1829-1864 – 90 records

My friend Sue will be so pleased to see this collection as will all those with ancestors who worked the Rover Thames.

www.findmypast.co.uk

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This website will be useful for those with ancestors in the South West of England. As the name suggests the archive is of images of this part of England. I suspect that most genealogists will head for the Galleries where you can chose from Local Photographers, Local Business, Topical or Quick Links. I chose “Local Photographers” where you can chose from either William Gilhen or Gordon Sparks and then from a county or “other” section and then work your way through the images available for viewing online. Once you have found something of interest then it is possible to purchase a copy. A postcard size copy is £1.50 plus postage.

http://www.southwestimagebank.com/

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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

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Find My Past has announced a partnership with Canterbury Cathedral Archives for the digitisation of the registers of East Kent parishes. The first release will be within the next few weeks and will comprise a browsable version of the registers of the Archdeaconry of Canterbury. Eventually there will also be an indexed transcript of the records.

This is great news for those with East Kent ancestry and will be most helpful during the temporary closure of the archives from February to October 2012.

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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 !!

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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/

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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.

http://www.deceasedonline.co.uk/

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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.

http://www.wienerlibrary.co.uk/default.aspx

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If you have ancestors who were members of the Royal Navy, whatever their rank – low or high – there is sure to be some great background information on this web site. You might even be tempted to visit the museum and use their archives whilst the family take a tour of HMS Victory and browse in the museum and shop.

http://royalnavalmuseum.org/index.htm

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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.

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