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More Family History Records from FindMyPast.co.uk & Plymouth & West Devon...

Here’s some very exciting family history news for those with Devon connections – findmypast.co.uk has just  been awarded a contract with the Plymouth and West Devon Record Office to digitise and...

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Society of Genealogists Adds 9 Million Records to FindMyPast.co.uk

When a large Archive and an online data site decide to work together this is GOOD news for the community worldwide. Even better when it adds another 9 million records online!! The details of millions...

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FamilySearch Kicks Off 2011 with the Addition of 90 Million New Online Records

Wow, what a way to start the year! FamilySearch have just announced another 90 million records have gone online. That is 90 MILLION records people … most of which were not online even a month ago!!...

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Scottish 1911 Census to go Online in April 2011

Scottish researchers clear the calendar for April 2011, because as of the 5th of April, I guarantee that you’ll be spending it glued to your computer, checking out the (then) newly-released Scottish...

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1 Million New Cambridgeshire Records Go Online

Here’s some exciting news for researchers looking for reli’s in Cambridgeshire. Findmypast.co.uk have just added over 1 million new parish records for Cambridgeshire online. The vast quantity of...

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The War Graves Photographic Project Needs Volunteers in Australia

While watching the Channel 7 news over the Easter/Anzac Day weekend, one story stood out to me, and that was a request for volunteers in Australia by The War Graves Photographic Project. Not having...

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findmypast Ireland Launches

What a HUGE day it was for Irish genealogists around the world yesterday, as findmypast Ireland (findmypast.ie) was launched. Did you know that nearly 25% of all Irish emigrants settled in Australia,...

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Ireland-Genealogy.com Releases Unique Irish Records Online

It’s always great to hear of new records being released, more so when it relates to Ireland. The following is a press release from Ireland Genealogy. —- Ireland Genealogy is an fascinating new website...

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A Treasure Trove of Ship Passenger Records Go Online

Genealogists love passenger lists. Seeing your immigrant ancestors name written there together with the date, ship and where they left from is right  up there in the excitement stakes!! As of a few...

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Early British Military Records Go Online on FindMyPast.co.uk

Over half a million British military records covering 100 years of the British militia – the forerunner of the British Army – have been published online on FindMyPast.co.uk. FindMyPast.co.uk has just...

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Millions of Cheshire Records Added to FamilySearch

FamilySearch have been busy people (as always), as they’ve just added millions (2,180,763 to be exact) of Cheshire bishop’s transcript records online (without original images at this stage). This comes...

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New Genealogy Records Online – July 2011

We’re not quite at the end of the month, yet July has been a has been a BIG, BIG month for new genealogy records online, particularly with the big players in the field.  Military records, Wills,...

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Three Million Criminal and Convict Records to be Digitised

Everyone loves a good story, and a criminal or convict in the family pretty much guarantees it. Some fabulous news just out, is that England’s National Archives‘ crime, courts and convicts collection,...

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Millions of New Genealogy Records Go Online – September 2011

Millions of new genealogy records go online … that’s right, many, many millions in fact. Online data for genealogy seems to be booming … the big online companies have been releasing new records at a...

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Millions of Irish Prison Registers Go Online

For the many people who are researching your Irish heritage … if you have convicts or criminals in the family, it just a whole lot easier, thanks to Findmypast.ie putting over 4 million Irish Prison...

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FamilySearch Starts 2012 by Releasing 119 Million New Records

If your genealogy wish for 2012 was for more new records to be added online, FamilySearch was certainly listening, as they’ve started the year off with a bang by releasing 119 million new...

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1 Million Westminster Parish Records now Online at Findmypast.co.uk

Leading online genealogy data provider, Findmypast.co.uk continues their busy pace of digitising, having just released over 1 million records from the Westminster City Archives in the past week. These...

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Buy Scottish Wills & Testaments Online With ScotlandsPeople Credits

“Buy Scottish Wills & Testaments Online With ScotlandsPeople Credits” … it sounds too good to be true doesn’t it, but this is really happening. Here the Press Release from ScotlandsPeople … We have...

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Ancestry Adds Half a Million New Dorset Records

If you’ve got Dorset ancestry, you’ll love this. Ancestry have just added almost half a million new Dorset records to the site. These include including convict records from the 1700s-1900s, as well as...

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Findmypast Introduces the World Collection

Now I’m sure you’ve all seen Findmypast mentioned somewhere recently, as they’ve had lots happening recently. But just in the “off chance” that you’ve missed all of their news due to being so engrossed...

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