Miscellaneous items I found of interest during the week.
If you enjoyed the previous episode of the Our DNA Journey series with Johnny Vegas and Alex Brooker, you may like this one.
LMA RIP
The London Metropolitan Archives (LMA) is being renamed The London Archives. Will the acronym be TLA, following TNA, or just LA? The three-letter acronym (TLA) is standard.
https://news.cityoflondon.gov.uk/city-archives-ditches-metropolitan-to-end-confusion-over-collections-and-reach-out-to-new-audiences/
New TNA Guides
The National Archives has new guides providing a brief overview of resources that can help trace family history from the UK to its former colonies. They are introductions to the sorts of records held, with links to guides providing more detailed advice on how to find the records in TNA’s collection.
North American ancestors – an overview
FamilyTreeDNA users can now easily transfer their family trees to MyHeritage for free.
https://blog.myheritage.com/2024/07/new-collaboration-with-familytreedna/
Maps
Although not Ancestry’s strength, three new browseable map collections were added on 15 July.
UK, General Map of Great Britain, 1935-1937, an image-only collection of a fourth-edition Ordnance Survey map of Great Britain at a scale of one-quarter inch equals a mile.
UK, Bacon’s Atlases, 1900, images of maps showing details of cities and villages, roads, railroads, and topographical information.
Europe, Cassini Maps, 1800-1960 providing snapshots of Europe, capturing over 150 years of jurisdictions and geographical features.
Thanks to this week’s contributors: Anonymous, Brenda Turner, gail benjafield, Glenn Wright, Karen Heenan-Davies, Lolly Fullerton, Maureen, Teresa, Unknown.
The Our DNA Journey you gave us yesterday so intrigued me I watched this second one with Carr and Holden. I did not know who Holden was but was intrigued by the Carr’s Canadian connection.
It is hugely satisfying as again children taken away and into care to Canada comes through at the end. Thanks ever so!