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Family Tree magazine May 2012
Family Tree May 2012 is on sale now, packed with expert tips to help you get the most from your research. Inside this issue… Spring challenge – follow our step-by-step research guide and you could grow a family tree to be proud of in just 31 days; free online resources for tracing military ancestors; film archives; free data on one-place study websites; ‘Baedeker Blitz’ 70th anniversary; … [Read More...]
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WIN! A Dictionary of British Place Names
To coincide with our fabulous feature on one-place studies in the May issue, Family Tree is giving away 10 copies of A D Mills' invaluable guide to the origins of more than 17,000 place names across Britain, revealing Britain's colourful past. Discover your ancestral home. [Enter the competition]
Latest News
The Olympic Record goes live at The National Archives
From the opening of the first modern Olympic Games in Athens, 1896, through the leisurely days of fin-de-siecle Europe and the Parisien games, to suffering wartime cancellation, yet surviving 1930s economic woes and the politics of the Cold War, the history of the Olympic Games reflects the truly tumultuous times of the past century or… [Continue Reading]
Ancestry.com to acquire Archives.com
Ancestry.com is to acquire Archives.com for approximately $100 million in cash and assumed liabilities. This transaction will enable Ancestry.com to add a differentiated service targeted to a complementary customer base. In addition, Ancestry.com will welcome a team of talented engineers, digital marketers, and family history innovators into the Ancestry.com fold. Archives.com is owned and operated… [Continue Reading]
TheGenealogist adds parish records & more
TheGenealogist.co.uk has added 1.5 million parish records for Berkshire, Cumberland, Devon, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire, Westmorland, Worcestershire and Yorkshire, spanning the years 1394-2009. The site has also completed its Overseas Birth Marriage and Deaths of British Service Personnel transcript collection. Plus, the Illustrated London News, 1842-1862, is also now available at TheGenealogist.
Chester wills and probate records at Findmypast.co.uk
Findmypast.co.uk has added approximately 113,000 new Chester wills and probate records for the period 1492-1911 to its Cheshire Collection. The records include all surviving original wills of Cheshire residents proved at the Chester diocesan consistory court 1492-1857 and registered copies made at Chester Probate Registry 1858-1911. Search Findmypast.co.uk’s wills and probate records here.
