Month: August 2022

“Join Charlotte Marchant, Military Collections Researcher at The (UK) National Archives, as she takes us through some of the key records which The National Archives holds relating to women’s service.

With a particular focus on the First World War, this webinar will look at a range of women, including nurses, in the British Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force, up to the year 1920.”

Although the webinar isn’t until Tuesday 6 September, 9 am ET,  spaces are limited. I’ve experienced not being able to register for TNA webinars a few days before, so reserve your place well in advance.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/researching-your-family-history-womens-service-in-the-armed-forces-tickets-350479793497

The following 14 digital microfilms have been added so far this month. Those toward the bottom of the list are likely of greater interest to the family historian.

Title	Publication Date	Identifier	URL
Department of Canadian Heritage, Canadian Parks Service : Park/subject classification system	1954-1962	T14250	https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t14250/1
Department of Canadian Heritage, Canadian Parks Service : Park/subject classification system	1961-1962	T14251	https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t14251/1
Department of Canadian Heritage, Canadian Parks Service : Park/subject classification system	1962-1965	T-14252	https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t14252/1
Department of Canadian Heritage, Canadian Parks Service : Park/subject classification system	1959-1967	T-14253	https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t14253/1
Department of Canadian Heritage, Canadian Parks Service : Park/subject classification system	1954-1967	T-14254	https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t14254/1
Department of Transport : Civil aircraft registration, inspection and operation files, block 5008, 1920-1986	1951-1967	T-7970	https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t7970/1
Department of Transport : Civil aircraft registration, inspection and operation files, block 5008, 1920-1987	1964-1970	T-7997	https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t7997/1
Department of Transport : Civil aircraft registration, inspection and operation files, block 5008, 1920-1988	1968-1985	T-8429	https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t8429/1
Department of Transport : Civil aircraft registration, inspection and operation files, block 5008, 1920-1989	1974-1986	T-11688	https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t11688/1
Lower Canada Land Papers	1766-1842	C-2553	https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c2553/1
Treaties and surrenders	1876-1897	T-9940	https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_t9940/1
Western land grants	1920	C-6649	https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c6649/1
Western land grants	1905	C-6117	https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c6117/1
Western land grants	1917-1930	C-6492	https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_c6492/1

From The Scotsman; when war broke out in Ukraine, it was not only the troops who mobilised – but the librarians too.

“Within days, libraries across the country had set up initiatives to supply books to citizens sheltering in underground Metro stations, had created centres for refugees displaced within Ukraine in library buildings and diversified to set up to act as hubs to supply military equipment and essentials to the hastily-formed army.”

https://www.scotsman.com/news/world/how-ukraines-librarians-mobilised-to-fight-the-russian-culture-war-3796419

Miscellaneous items I found of interest during the week.

Improving your online experience: What to expect at LAC’s new online home

The Transformation of Historical Research in the Digital Age
by Ian Milligan, a history professor at the University of Waterloo.
This open access monograph from Cambridge University Press reflects on how “almost all aspects of the historian’s research workflow have been transformed by digital technology. In other words, all historians – not just Digital Historians – are implicated in this shift. The Transformation of Historical Research in the Digital Age equips historians to be self-conscious practitioners by making these shifts explicit and exploring their long-term impact.”
As family historians are historians, the perspective in this publication is relevant to genealogy.

The one and only Stanley Unwin

Thanks to this week’s contributors: Anonymous, Leighann Neilson, Tara Calishain, Teresa, and Unknown.

This collection of 103,914 transcripts, new to MyHeritage, contains burial and cremation records from Birmingham from 1874 onwards. Records typically include the name of the deceased, year of birth, residence, date of death, and date and place of burial.

The collection is free on MyHeritage as it’s added from https://birminghamburialrecords.co.uk/ which lists over 1.5 million records with a minimal index giving just name, month and year of burial and cemetery. Further information from Birmingham Council costs £10 for a digital download.

Cemeteries included from the Birmingham Council site are Brandwood End, Handsworth, Key Hill, Kings Norton, Lodge Hill, Quinton, Sutton Coldfield, Sutton New Hall, Warstone, Witton and Yardley, with crematoria records when available.

This collection of 189,878 transcript records contains burials and cremations from the Tameside borough of Greater Manchester, England from 1860 onwards. Records typically include the name of the deceased, year of birth, residence, date of death, and date and place of burial.

Cemeteries included are Ashton, Audenshaw, Denton, Droyslden, Dukinfield, Hyde, Mossley, and Mottram.

The collection is free on MyHeritage as it’s added from http://web.tameside.gov.uk/BACAS/. where clicking on the final column of a result of interest will show others in the same grave.

Images of microfilmed copies of handwritten Roman Catholic parish registers that date before 1910 are now available. The collection is for the Archdiocese of Toronto: the City of Toronto; the regional municipalities of Peel, York and Durham; and Simcoe County. The burial registers for St. Paul’s Basilica, as well as St. Michael’s cemetery up to 1910 are also included. Start the search at https://www.archtoronto.org/en/outreach/archdiocesan-blog/archdiocesan/new-digital-archive-highlights-parish-histories/

While they’re not name indexed you’ll likely find the Ontario registration on Ancestry, or free at FamilySearch where there’s also a broader range of browseable Ontario Roman Catholic Church Records.

Focus this week is on Waterford,  Ireland.

Waterford, Dungarvan Town Commissioners Records
New and exclusive to Findmypast, these records cover the years 1851-1922. The Town Commission was responsible for government activities such as road maintenance, housing,
and regulating markets. Within the records, you might discover details about finances or occupation. Around 47,000 transcripts and original images make up this collection.

Poor Law Union Board of Guardians Minute Books
Exclusive to Findmypast, the additional Waterford records number around 38,000 for a total of 432,041 records. Find information between 1837 and 1922 on marriages in the workhouse, emigration assistance, or money owed. The number of records peaks for the 10 years around 1890. Be sure to check the original images for extra detail.

Queensland
The week’s additions also include around 33,000 new funeral notices for Queensland added into existing, exclusive collection, covering the years 1973-2003.

The first in a series of promo-videos by speakers at the four-part BIFHSGO conference — 28 September–2 October 2022.

Here is the complete list of 132 additions and updates in the past month for England, Scotland and Wales in the newspapers.com collection. Many are for the 1990s and require a Publishers Extra premium subscription. Added titles are bolded.

Title	Location	Pages	Years
Grimsby Evening Telegraph	Grimsby, Humberside, England	133,622	1939–1999
The Chronicle	Nantwich, Cheshire, England	18,315	1994–1999
Birmingham Evening Mail	Birmingham, West Midlands, England	262,995	1967–1999
Evening Post	Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England	252,618	1939–1999
Kent and Sussex Courier	Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England	111,036	1873–1993
Tunbridge Wells Courier	Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England	5,525	1993–1995
Surrey Mirror	Reigate, Surrey, England	16,500	1986–1995
The Guardian	London, Greater London, England	1,100,158	1821–2022
Billingham Herald and Post	Billingham, Cleveland, England	4,779	1994–1995
The Independent	London, Greater London, England	1,025,342	1986–2022
Evening Standard	London, Greater London, England	2,363,823	1897–2022
Northants Herald and Post	Northampton, Northamptonshire, England	19,140	1990–1993
The People	London, London, England	51,766	1986–1998
Stanmore Observer	Harrow, London, England	32,586	1987–1993
Rugeley Mercury	Rugeley, Staffordshire, England	20,338	1889–1994
The Long Eaton Advertiser and Ilkeston and Erewash Weekly News	Long Eaton, Derbyshire, England	21,010	1882–1954
The Southport Visiter	Southport, Merseyside, England	49,923	1865–1993
Evening Despatch	Birmingham, West Midlands, England	115,040	1907–1955
Birmingham Evening Despatch	Birmingham, West Midlands, England	10,180	1902–1907
Lichfield and Rugeley Chase Post	Lichfield, Staffordshire, England	3,140	1990–1991
The Post	Lichfield, Staffordshire, England	4,760	1991–1992
Evening Post	Bristol, Avon, England	4,034	1993–1999
Sleaford Target	Sleaford, Lincolnshire, England	8,035	1991–1993
Birmingham Evening Mail and Despatch	Birmingham, West Midlands, England	41,847	1960–1967
Cambridge Evening News	Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England	195,828	1888–1999
The Staines Informer	Staines, Surrey, England	36,764	1986–1994
Peterborough Herald and Post	Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England	11,859	1989–1992
Peterborough Standard	Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England	52,812	1931–1989
Solihull Times	Solihull, West Midlands, England	36,921	1992–1999
Thanet Times	Margate, Kent, England	26,352	1975–1993
Hertfordshire Mercury	Hertford, Hertfordshire, England	15,193	1991–1993
The Uxbridge Informer	Hillingdon, London, England	25,296	1986–1995
Sutton Coldfield Observer	Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England	12,622	1991–1995
Stafford Post	Stafford, Staffordshire, England	9,412	1989–1993
Solihull News	Solihull, West Midlands, England	54,576	1987–1999
Ripley Express	Ripley, Derbyshire, England	11,592	1989–1993
The Ealing and Southall Informer	Ealing, London, England	2,718	1991–1993
Huddersfield Daily Examiner	Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England	170,911	1871–1999
Wembley and Kingsbury Leader	Brent, London, England	8,172	1988–1993
News: Chatham, Rochester, Gillingham	Chatham, Kent, England	12,382	1990–1993
Leatherhead Advertiser	Leatherhead, Surrey, England	14,755	1986–1993
Oadby and Wigston Mail	Oadby, Leicestershire, England	23,353	1988–1999
Maghull Star	Maghull, Merseyside, England	4,723	1991–1993
Surrey-Hants Star	Aldershot, Hampshire, England	14,883	1986–1993
Formby Times	Formby, Merseyside, England	32,063	1967–1995
The Birmingham Mail	Birmingham, West Midlands, England	89,066	1939–1963
Burton Mail	Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England	174,634	1912–1999
Sevenoaks Chronicle	Sevenoaks, Kent, England	22,697	1986–1993
Folkestone Herald	Folkestone, Kent, England	31,544	1986–1995
Rossendale Free Press	Rawtenstall, Lancashire, England	21,316	1889–1995
Horley Mirror: Incorporating Horley Advertiser and County Post	Horley, Surrey, England	19,029	1986–1994
Faversham Times	Faversham, Kent, England	16,348	1989–1995
Cheshunt and Waltham Mercury	Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England	76,458	1986–1999
The Ruislip and Northwood Informer	Hillingdon, London, England	937	1995
The Harrow and Northwood Informer	Harrow, London, England	11,535	1986–1993
Haltemprice and East Yorkshire Advertiser	Haltemprice, Humberside, England	1,201	1995
Haltemprice Advertiser	Haltemprice, Humberside, England	1,517	1993–1995
Sunday Mercury	Birmingham, West Midlands, England	158,700	1932–1999
Isle of Thanet Gazette	Margate, Kent, England	14,659	1987–1994
Burntwood Chase Post	Cannock, Staffordshire, England	19,711	1989–1994
Burntwood Post	Cannock, Staffordshire, England	1,644	1994
Staffordshire Newsletter	Stafford, Staffordshire, England	22,725	1993–1999
Gainsborough Target	Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England	6,904	1991–1993
The Sunday People	London, London, England	12,224	1998–1999
Birmingham Metronews	Birmingham, West Midlands, England	1,0	1993
Metro News	Birmingham, West Midlands, England	8,369	1991–1993
Harlow Star	Harlow, Essex, England	16,938	1988–1993
Stockport Times	Stockport, Greater Manchester, England	7,128	1989–1993
Dorking Advertiser	Dorking, Surrey, England	19,243	1986–1993
Plymouth Extra	Plymouth, Devon, England	13,595	1987–1993
Wokingham Times	Wokingham, Berkshire, England	52,564	1931–1999
Liverpool Mercury, etc.	Liverpool, Merseyside, England	119,803	1811–1900
The Birmingham Post	Birmingham, West Midlands, England	223,123	1964–1999
Erdington News	Birmingham, West Midlands, England	4,414	1911–1950
Macclesfield Express	Macclesfield, Cheshire, England	6,976	1997–1999
The Herts and Essex Observer	Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, England	126,671	1862–1999
Accrington Observer	Accrington, Lancashire, England	18,539	1887–1995
Heartland Evening News: the Voice of Nuneaton, Hinckley, Bedworth and Atherstone	Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England	53,107	1992–1999
Surrey Herald	Chertsey, Surrey, England	29,097	1986–1993
Surrey Herald	Chertsey, Surrey, England	24,826	1986–1993
Crosby Herald	Crosby, Merseyside, England	20,190	1986–1993
St. Neots Town Crier	St. Neots, Cambridgeshire, England	14,677	1990–1999
Holderness Advertiser	Hull, Humberside, England	1,328	1993
The Ormskirk Advertiser, etc.	Ormskirk, Lancashire, England	30,209	1855–1992
Caterham Mirror	Caterham, Surrey, England	19,487	1950–1993
The Sutton Coldfield News	Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, England	29,257	1900–1993
East Cleveland and North Yorks Herald and Post	Redcar, Cleveland, England	10,878	1989–1993
Cheltenham News	Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England	8,654	1986–1993
Surrey Times and County Express	Guildford, Surrey, England	12,905	1893–1918
The Birmingham Weekly Post	Birmingham, West Midlands, England	6,238	1877–1954
Stockport Express Advertiser	Stockport, Greater Manchester, England	20,865	1989–1993
The Tamworth Herald, etc.	Tamworth, Staffordshire, England	95,603	1870–1999
Atherstone Herald	Atherstone, Warwickshire, England	64,649	1886–1999
The Coleshill Chronicle, etc.	Coleshill, Warwickshire, England	45,632	1874–1999
Chronicle	Crewe, Cheshire, England	16,968	1994–1999
East Grinstead Observer	East Grinstead, West Sussex, England	24,555	1892–1993
Uttoxeter Newsletter	Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England	23,310	1987–1993
Beverley Advertiser	Beverley, Humberside, England	3,424	1992–1993
The Richmond and Twickenham Informer	Richmond upon Thames, London, England	31,307	1986–1999
Winsford Chronicle	Winsford, Cheshire, England	53,711	1964–1999
The Middlewich Chronicle	Middlewich, Cheshire, England	833	1988–1999
Hertfordshire Mercury	Hertford, Hertfordshire, England	105,700	1868–1999
Bedworth Echo	Bedworth, Warwickshire, England	30,217	1979–1999
Skelmersdale Advertiser	Skelmersdale, Lancashire, England	1,184	1987–1991
Hinckley Times	Hinckley, Leicestershire, England	63,175	1984–1999
Walton and Weybridge Informer	Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England	30,702	1986–1993
Chronicle	Chester, Cheshire, England	32,538	1993–1999
Whitstable Times	Whitstable, Kent, England	39,855	1960–1993
Huntingdon Town Crier	Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, England	25,399	1993–1999
Ellesmere Port Pioneer	Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, England	31,601	1950–1999
Ealing and Acton Gazette	Ealing, London, England	34,584	1989–1999
Loughborough Echo	Loughborough, Leicestershire, England	59,890	1912–1999
Long Eaton Advertiser	Long Eaton, Derbyshire, England	37,608	1971–1999
The Derby Express	Derby, Derbyshire, England	39,506	1986–1999
Loughborough Mail	Loughborough, Leicestershire, England	20,562	1987–1999
Gloucester News	Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England	11,101	1986–1993
Runcorn Weekly News	Runcorn, Cheshire, England	67,911	1963–1999
Ashbourne News Telegraph	Ashbourne, Derbyshire, England	33,378	1903–1999
Hinckley Herald	Hinckley, Leicestershire, England	764	1993
Ruislip and Northwood Gazette	Hillingdon, London, England	23,737	1986–1993
Hinckley Herald and Post	Hinckley, Leicestershire, England	1,152	1992–1993
Southall Gazette	Ealing, London, England	58,876	1974–1999
Bucks Examiner	Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England	109,494	1906–1999
Paisley Daily Express	Paisley, Strathclyde, Scotland	82,317	1877–1999
Dumfries and Galloway Standard	Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland	17,605	1987–1994
The Strathearn Herald	Crieff, Tayside, Scotland	39,189	1860–1994
Stirling Observer	Stirling, Central Region, Scotland	11,681	1986–1994
Daily Record	Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland	262,322	1901–1999
Irvine Herald and Kilwinning Chronicle	Irvine, Strathclyde, Scotland	40,187	1986–1995
Llanelli Star	Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, Wales	10,461	1986–1994
Rhondda Leader	Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan, Wales	5,721	1987–1995
The North Wales Weekly News	Colwyn Bay, Clwyd, Wales	94,138	1905–1993

Here are the articles featured on the magazine front cover.

PARISH REGISTERS Jonathan Scott presents our six-page region-by-region guide to the essential websites for digitised parish registers, including the best free resources.

DANCE HALLS
Caroline Roberts visits the dance halls where many of our relations tripped the light fantastic on a night out.

RESEARCH ADVICE
Peter Higginbotham reveals how to make the most of the surviving records if, like Who Do You Think You Are? star Anna Maxwell Martin, you have a relative who was raised in a children’s.home or orphanage.

BEST WEBSITES
We round up the best sites for historic maps that wil provide key information about your ancestor’s home.

TECH TIPS
Nick Peers explains how to use a huge online archive to research your forebear’s service in the First World War.

RECORD MASTERCLASS
Simon Wills shares expert advice for following a naval ancestor’s career with Royal Navy ships’ musters.

EUREKA MOMENT
Danny Parrott explains how he followed his ltalian great great grandfather’s trail to the Vatican Apostolic Archive

FAMILY HERO
“My great uncle Angus Bruton Wilson served in Churchill’s secret army,” says Anna Wilson.

AROUND BRITAIN
Our complete guide to genealogical records online and in the archives for researching roots in West Sussex.

You’re fortunate if someone in your family tree is amongst the 59,221 name indexed in this collection. You get to see an image of the original one-page service file sourced from ADM 337 at The (UK) National Archives linked to the index.

These volunteers were clerks, bakers, labourers … not seafarers by trade, but they wanted to serve their country in the navy in the event of war.

MyHeritage has the same records, and a few more,  59,784.

Findmypast includes these in a more extensive British Royal Naval Reserve 1899-1930 collection which includes those in ADM 240 as well as ADM 337 for a total 81,544 records.

The records are handwritten and include abbreviations for which there is no guide, even that at TNA.