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Monthly Archives: December 2011
Happy Christmas to all my readers
Many thanks for following my blog over the last year and for your kind comments – I am pleased that nearly 2,000 of you have visited and I hope you found something of interest. For the New Year – more … Continue reading
Posted in Cumpston people, General from blog editor
Tagged Christmas, Cumpston, Genealogy, Guild of One Name Studies, New Year
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New Zealand Archives – CUMPSTON[E] entries
I’ve been searching the New Zealand Archives at http://archives.govt.nz/ where I’ve found the following references to CUMPSTONs held at Auckland. Please let me know if you recognise any of these people: Maniapoto-Tuwharetoa annual number land alienation files The files document the … Continue reading
The West Jersey Society Records at the UK National Archives
The West Jersey Society Records in TS 12, covering 1675 to 1921, relate to tracts of land in West and East Jersey, Pennsylvania, New Englandand elsewhere, divided up as shares of the company. The records contain many names in the … Continue reading
Records of the Hudson’s Bay Company at the UK National Archives
The Hudson’s Bay Company’s was founded in 1670. Its chief interests were originally the fur trade, exploration and settlement. After 1870, when its territory of Rupert’s Land was incorporated into the Dominion of Canada, its interests became more varied. Image … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, Fur trade, Genealogy, Hudson Bay Company, Manitoba, National Archives, Rupert's Land
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Improve your knowledge of the USA
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games.htm I’ve enjoyed improving my knowledge of the States in America using these web based games. See how many you can place correctly. Did you know that Q is the only letter in the alphabet that does not appear in … Continue reading
Death of Annie Cumpston – July 11, 2003 Hartford County
Harford girl, 6, was killed when hit by pickup truck in downtown Baltimore July 11, 2003|By Lane Harvey Brown | Lane Harvey Brown, SUN STAFF As relatives of a Harford County girl killed in a hit-and-run accident held each other … Continue reading
Passenger lists at the National Archives, Kew
Outward passenger lists in BT 27 (1890-1960) contain the names of people leaving the United Kingdom from ports in England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland for final destinations outside Europe and the Mediterranean Sea. Some BT 27 records are available to download … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, England, Genealogy, Ireland, Passenger, passenger lists, Scotland, Wales
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Emigration – The UK National Archives
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/research-guides/emigration.htm This guide to finding out about emigrants from Britain includes: information about emigration to North America, Australia and New Zealand information about child emigration, including the emigration of pauper children a section on finding aids to help you search … Continue reading
World War II Unit Histories
http://www.unithistories.com/ this website gives a huge amount of history about individuals in the war. It aims to give a full spectrum of data on World War II fighting units, including details on organization, commanders, and literature. Image via Wikipedia If you … Continue reading
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Tagged Army, Division (military), Genealogy, Government, Infantry, Military, World War II
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Excellent page of links to WWI and WWII graves
http://www.inmemories.com/links.htm Do take a look at this website http://www.inmemories.com/index.htm which has hundreds of photos of graves across Europe from both Wars. The page of links is especially good and worth a browse.
