Welsh Parish Registers online

I usually confine myself to English records because that is where my area of expertise is, but I have been asked to include notices about additions to the collections offered by Ancestry and FindMyPast. So here goes …. FindMyPast has … Continue reading

The Waterways Trust

This website is a must for those with ancestors who worked the canals. The site includes the National Waterways Museum, Gloucester Waterways Museum and the Canal Museum, in Northamptonshire. The archives of the trust hold a host of material concerning … Continue reading

The Worshipful Society of Apothecaries of London

This website sadly doesn’t have their records online, but it does give information on how to access the records and has a separate page about family history. If you have discovered an Apothecary on your family tree then it would … Continue reading

Calendar of Patent Rolls

For most genealogists the big question having read the title of this post is what are Patent Rolls? And why not ask the question because they aren’t standard genealogy fare. Here is a description written by National Archives ….. Grants … Continue reading