Many thanks to Chris Paton http://britishgenes.blogspot.co.nz/ for letting the genealogy world know that Ancestry have released some more books and publications that first appeared on CD’s from the now closed Archive CD Books company. These datasets aren’t indexed, but will be well … Continue reading
Yesterday I wrote about the new Poor Law Records added to the Ancestry London Collection, I promised that I would report back having taken the time to look into them further. So here I am….. The announcement by Ancestry said … Continue reading
Ancestry has just put online an additional 300,000 poor law records for London. This is great news for those of us who have “lost” some ancestors in London ! The blurb from Ancestry says the new collection is everything from … Continue reading
The big news today is that Ancestry is to be sold to a Private Equity Firm based in Europe for $1.6 billion. Presumably if the new owners think that Ancestry is worth such a huge amount of money they will … Continue reading
The British Library has a good web page listing the Tithe Maps that can be viewed online for various counties. These maps aren’t part of the British Library website, but are hosted by the local archives themselves. Coverage of online … Continue reading
