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Monthly Archives: September 2011
How to convert files
Have you ever wanted to convert files without the need to download software ? Take a look at http://www.zamzar.com/ - this really works. I tried that for converting a pdf to Word format. Its free, you don’t have to sign up for anything and … Continue reading
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Tagged Document, Genealogy, PDF to Word, Portable Document Format
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Family History Classes Available Free on Internet
The FamilySearch Family History Library has made 23 classes available free through their website http://www.familysearch.org Subjects range from European research to United States, and military records. There are “Beginning Research Series” England and Ireland and England, and also a class on descendancy research. Time to … Continue reading
Roots of the British, 1000 BC – AD 1000 – Leicester University
Have a look at this Leicester University project http://www2.le.ac.uk/projects/roots-of-the-british Histories, Genetics and the Peopling of Britain. The fundamental population history of Britain and the roots of the identities of the historical nations of the island (the Welsh, Scots and English) is … Continue reading
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Tagged Anglo-Saxon England, Celt, England, Genealogy, Genetics, Leicester University, Saxons
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Searching Australian Newspapers
For those who haven’t come across this link there are a number of Australian newspapers which have a free search engine at http://newspapers.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/home The original images can be saved. Christine, a friend in Canada, searched on key words to bring up ’6 … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, Genealogy, Middleham, Reeth, Wensleydale, Yorkshire
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Swaledale CUMPSTONs in North Yorkshire
I have a very small number of CUMPSTON(s) who crept over the Westmorland border into North Yorkshire. Does anyone recognise them? Baptisms for Arkengarthdale CUMPSTON(e)s are 1731 5 23 Cumpstone a son (of) Cuthbert 1742 3 21 Cumstone Francis Son of … Continue reading
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Tagged Cumpston, Genealogy, Guild of One Name Studies, Hawes, North Yorkshire, Reeth, Westmorland, Yorkshire, Yorkshire Dales
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Atlas of Irish emigration
Changes in Ireland’s population over the past 160 years have been made available online. Two new digitized atlases show the levels of emigration during the Great Famine, right up until the rise of the Celtic Tiger in 2002, as well … Continue reading
Library of Congress newspaper images
ResearchBuzz http://www.researchbuzz.org/ mentions that the Library of Congress ‘Chronicling America’ site has added 287,000 newspaper images from 15 states and DC. The site covers the range 1880-1922. See http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
BUSHBY, Harold Cumpston of Flamborough deceased 1968
The Gazette Issue 44717 published on the 15 November 1968. Page 82 of 96 recorded the death of Harold Cumpston BUSHBY of “Whinbrae,” South Landing Road, Flamborough, East Yorks, Retired Company Director. He died on 2nd November 1968. His solicitors were … Continue reading
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Tagged Cumpston, Flamborough, Genealogy, Guild of One Name Studies, Hull, Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire
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Who was Joshua Cumpston NEALOR?
The London Gazette Issue 23078 published on the 28 February 1866. Page 363 records Joshua Cumpston NEALOR living at Paxton-park, Lower Sydenham. Does anyone recognise him?
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Tagged Cumpston, Genealogy, Guild of One Name Studies, London
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London Gazette On line
Go to the Gazettes Online page http://www.london-gazette.co.uk near the bottom right hand side of the page it says in a Blue Bubble “Search the Archives” and click on this link. Go to the bottom of this page and where it … Continue reading
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Tagged Cumbria, Cumpston, Genealogy, Guild of One Name Studies, The London Gazette
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