FamilySearch adds more records plus UK indexes

April 20, 2012 By

New additions to the FamilySearch site include 198,619 browsable digital images (not indexed) for Kent Quarter Sessions and Court Files, 1600-1883.

FamilySearch has also started to index existing records within its UK collections, including: 1,492,270 indexed records added to its existing England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 collection; 471,818 indexed records added to its existing England, Marriages, 1538–1973 collection; 41,108 indexed records added to its existing Ireland, Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881 collection; 17,446 indexed records added to its existing Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 collection; and 1,275 indexed records added to its existing Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910 collection.

Of interest to those with US links will be the new browsable collection of 25,007,403 digital images of United States, World War One Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918.

Also worth visiting is the new look FamilySearch Labs page at https://labs.familysearch.org/.

 

Filed Under: News Tagged With: , , , , ,

Findmypast.co.uk adds more Birmingham burial records

April 20, 2012 By

Findmypast.co.uk has added 12,000 new burial records for Handsworth Cemetery, Birmingham.

This latest addition to the Handsworth Cemetery records collection brings the total number of records to 74,623.

The records span the period 1909 to 2010.

You can search the records here.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: , , ,

Ancestry additions

April 20, 2012 By

Ancestry.co.uk has recently added County Kerry, Ireland, Burial Index 1898-2010; Dorset, England, Crew Lists, 1863-1914; West Yorkshire Non-Conformist Records 1646-1985; and Ireland: Burial Index 1600-1927. Find more details within the source information for each collection on the site.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: , , , , , , , ,

English and Welsh probate calendars, plus soldiers wills, to go online

April 20, 2012 By

The Federation of Family History Societies (FFHS) has reported that English and Welsh probate calendars, as well as 300,000 soldiers’ wills are to go online.

The 300,000 soldiers’ wills in boxes, which have never been entered in the calendars, will become available online by the end of the year. They cover the Crimean War, the First World War and the Second World War. They apply to non-commissioned officers.

It is thought the wills and administrations will be put online in the following order: Soldiers Wills; Probate 2006-current; 1996-2005; 1940-1995; 1858-1900; 1901-1939.

Find more details on Geoff Swinfield’s blog, here.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: , , ,

Deceased Online adds Eltham Crematorium records

April 20, 2012 By

Deceased Online has added a substantial dataset for Eltham Crematorium, one of London’s biggest and busiest crematoria, which services two boroughs in South East London (Greenwich and Bexley), together with a large part of North West Kent.

Some 210,000 records for Eltham Crematorium include a wealth of important genealogy data: name, address, marital status, cremation number, date of cremation, date of death, age, sex, denomination, occupation, applicant and death registration details.

In addition, and for the first time, the records include maps indicating the locations for burial or dispersal of ashes.

The London database on Deceased Online now comprises more than 1.5 m burial and cremation records and this will increase again in the late summer.

Deceased Online has also recently added records for two Cotswold cemeteries and Overleigh Cemetery in Chester.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: , , , , , ,
« Older Posts
Newer Posts »

Terms and Conditions | Privacy Policy | Copyright © 2007-2012 ABM Publishing LTD | Website built by Zookx