Highlighted as Pick of the Month in the May issue is an online talk on 15 May from the Guild of One Name Studies. It will explain the value of solicitors’ records. Register for the free presentation Where There’s a Will, There’s a Lawyer: using solicitors records for family research at www one-name.org/solicitorrecords/
A reader panel tested Genealogy Websites Ancestry, Findmypast, MyHeritage, and TheGenealogist. Each has pros and cons. The bottom line, hardly surprising, is that Ancestry and Findmypast together lead the pack. MyHeritage, with strength outside Britain, and TheGenealogist trail in a statistical tie.
In his Best Websites column, Jonathan Scott reveals how to track down old photos of your street, your house and even your ancestors online. Lot’s of sites to explore including the London Picture Archive which has more than 250,000 images held by the London Metropolitan Archives and the Guildhall Art Gallery.
There’s lots more. Editor Sarah Williams wouldn’t want me to give too much away, but I’ll just mention another from Jonathan Scott in his Around Britain series, this issue on researching Shropshire forebears.
Does your Canadian public library provide free online access to WDYTYA magazine?
I just downloaded this at work yesterday and read some of it last night…so much good info in this particular issue.