Tag Archives: England

London and Surrey, England, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1597-1921 and UK, Victoria Cross Medals, 1857-2007

Posted on April 6, 2012 by

Two big releases from Ancestry – the London and Surrey, England, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1597-1921 and UK, Victoria Cross Medals, 1857-2007. Here’s some blurb from the site: About London and Surrey, England, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1597-1921  http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=2056 This database … Continue reading →

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School registers

Posted on March 3, 2012 by

Ancestry has added School registers, which give an amazing amount of family information. London, England, School Admissions and Discharges, 1840-1911 http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1938 This is a collection of School Admission and Discharges for schools in London. This collection contains more than a million … Continue reading →

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Familysearch – new record sets

Posted on February 26, 2012 by

Familysearch have recently added new record sets. Italy, Sweden, and U.S. Collections Enjoy the Largest Additions FamilySearch added another 30 million new, free records online (16 million indexed names and 14 million browsable images). Totally new collections from Canada, England, Germany, … Continue reading →

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Cornwall on-line Parish Clerks

Posted on February 19, 2012 by

This site provides genealogy information for researchers FREE OF CHARGE Access Parish Index for individual Parish information and the email addresses of OPCs Search the database (C-PROP) of Parish Register transcriptions for all of Cornwall Use other searches for non-conformist records, certificate data, voters … Continue reading →

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New Dorset UK records added to Ancestry

Posted on February 19, 2012 by

In addition to adding London electoral registers a couple of days ago, Ancestry http://www.ancestry.co.uk   has also added electoral registers for Dorset, covering the period 1839-1922. The collection has been sourced from Dorset History Centre. To view the collection visit http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=2167 … Continue reading →

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30 Volumes of diaries

Posted on February 3, 2012 by

http://www.wynnesdiary.com/section_pages/editor/viewer_4.html Wynne’s Diary….Wynne kept a diary from 1895 until 1931…a total of 30 volumes.  Not all the diaries are online but those that are can be accessed through the timeline at the top of this page  http://www.wynnesdiary.com/diary_layout/wynneframeset.html These diaries are … Continue reading →

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Historical Street Archive at the National Archives

Posted on January 13, 2012 by

Image via Wikipedia This wonderful Historical Street Archive search facility offered online by the National Archives  now includes the 1891 census. So if you know a streetname, this list will tell you which census District/page to search for. This is a … Continue reading →

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The Surman Index

Posted on January 10, 2012 by

This is a tremendous website http://surman.english.qmul.ac.uk I have been very fortunate to find 7 useful records from this website  - this is the kind of information I’ve got just from one of them: ‘Number on Index 1883 CROMPTON JAMES Born … Continue reading →

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The Devon (UK) Wills Project

Posted on January 10, 2012 by

The DevonWills Project aims to provide a consolidated index of Devon wills, administrations, and inventories. Its goal is to compensate, as far as possible, for the disastrous loss of Devon wills in World War II. The index will include original … Continue reading →

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EnglandGenWeb

Posted on January 1, 2012 by

  A BritishIslesGenWeb Project Website.  This project is part of the BritishIslesGen Web project section of the WorldGenWeb Project and was created in an effort to help researchers find local resources and reference information. There is a general England mailing list for researchers to … Continue reading →

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