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Daily Archives: August 20, 2011
The American Battle Monuments Commission
The American Battle Monuments Commission, established by the Congress in 1923, is an agency of the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. The Commission—guardian of America’s overseas commemorative cemeteries and memorials—honors the service, achievements and sacrifice of United States Armed … Continue reading
Georgian Newspapers in the Bath Archives, England
There is a searchable index to Georgian Newspapers held in the Bath Archives. Copies of historic Bath newspapers are held by the Local Studies section of Bath Library, including those indexed in this project. Until recently, it could be very time-consuming to find … Continue reading
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Tagged Bath Chronicle, England, Genealogy, Newspaper
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Upper Hutt Newspaper Archive New Zealand
Take a look at the Upper Hutt Newspaper Archive where you can access retrospective issues of Upper Hutt’s longest running community newspaper — The Leader. http://upperhutt.dlconsulting.com/ The current digital collection covers the early years of the paper, 1939–1964. This collection contains 1,061 … Continue reading
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Tagged Genealogy, New Zealand, newspaper archive, Upper Hutt, Upper Hutt City, Wellington
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William Henry CUMPSTON medals from Hull
I was delighted to hear from Robert Watt member of the Orders and Medals Research Society. He possesses in his collection a Hull Seaman’s and General Orphan Asylum medal for William Henry Cumpston. William Henry was a gifted child who published poetry and went on … Continue reading
Winona Newspaper Project
Winona Newspaper Project The Darrell W. Krueger Library at Winona State University is pleased to make available an online archive of three late 19th century and 20th century Winona newspapers. This archive includes available issues of the Winona Argus, the … Continue reading
Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants UK
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/subject_guides/family_history/rail/asrs/ The Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales was founded in 1872. In 1892 it absorbed the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants of Scotland. It was the dominant partner in the 1913 amalgamation with the … Continue reading
Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Probate Guide and Index, 1761 to 1900 Now Online
The Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants continues to create more indexes to records and places those indexes online. http://bit.ly/owEyCE The latest addition joins Franklin County that went online last month. These indexes are both available free of charge. The Massachusetts … Continue reading
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Tagged Genealogy, Massachusetts, Mayflower descendants., United States
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14th Century Gough map on line
The oldest surviving map of the British Isles has been digitally captured and turned into a Google Maps-style online resource. The 14th century Gough map is internationally-renowned as one of the earliest maps to show Britain in a geographically-recognizable form. Yet to … Continue reading
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Tagged Bodleian Library, British Isles, Google Maps, Gough Map, Map
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History of Parliament website (UK)
There is a wonderful new history of parliament website which has biographies of members of parliament going back to 1386. It is a work in progress and there are still many gaps but the site already has over 21,000 biographies. This … Continue reading
Alfie CUMSTON of Worthing, West Sussex died 2010
Published in the Worthing Herald Group on 9th December 2010 (Distributed in Worthing) Cumston Alfie much loved and treasured uncle, great uncle and great great uncle to Leo and Derick and their families. Also a very special godfather to Miles. Funeral service to … Continue reading
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Tagged Cumpston, Death, England, Genealogy, Guild of One Name Studies, Worthing
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