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Daily Archives: February 2, 2012
Colonial administration files
The UK Foreign Office is to transfer many overseas colonial administration files to the National Archives – from its website at http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/publications-and-documents/colonial-administration/: The Foreign Office will be making available to the public a large collection of files from former British … Continue reading
Freereg, FreeUKGEN, FreeCEN and FreeBMD
I’ve written before about Freereg http://www.freereg.org.uk/ but wanted to remind people about the sheer volume of records that can now be searched there and on the associated sites. The FreeREG database contains 3,298,045 Marriages, 9,153,460 Baptisms and 6,303,253 Burials. On Wed 1 Feb … Continue reading
British Settlers in Natal 1824 – 1857
Since the 1960s historian Shelagh O’Byrne Spencer has been compiling biographies of the first wave of British settlers (the term ‘British’ encompasses English, Irish, Scottish and Welsh). Her project covers the approximately 2800 settlers that came to Natal, South Africa between … Continue reading
Posted in Research web sites
Tagged British Settlers, Genealogy, Natal South Africa, South Africa
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List of Unclaimed Bona Vacantia Estates
I’m often asked for details of the website used by the Heir Hunters on British TV programmes. You can access it at http://www.bonavacantia.gov.uk/output/estates-list.aspx which gives an excellent explanation of how the system works. The list details estates referred from 1 January 1997 onwards … Continue reading
Posted in Research web sites
Tagged Administration of Estates Act 1925, Genealogy, Heir Hunters
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CUMPSTON, JAMES M. – Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: Private, Company D, 91st Ohio Infantry. Place and date: At Shenandoah Valley Campaign, August to November 1864. Entered service at: ?. Birth: Galia County, Ohio. Date of issue: Unknown. Citation: Capture of flag. This data was extracted … Continue reading
Posted in Cumpston people, Research web sites
Tagged Genealogy, Guild of One Name Studies, History, Medal of Honor, Military, Ohio, Ohio Infantry, United States, Veterans
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