Thursday Tidbits

Bigamists, Bastards and Baffling Brick Walls: A Beginner’s
Guide to Discovering Your English Family History.
by Nick Thorne. This is a book notice. I’ve not had a chance to review it yet.

Scientist claims a surprising accent is the ‘most influential in the WORLD

BIFHSGO January Meeting
9 am: How Valuable are Valuation Rolls? by Robert Urquhart
10 am: The Time of Cholera, by Alison Hare
For BIFHSGO.
https://www.bifhsgo.ca/events

MyHeritage Essex Additions
England, Essex Parish Marriages and Banns 1535-1940,
with 3,630,789 entries.
England, Essex Parish Baptisms and Confirmations, 1538-1924, with 6,869,770 entries.
These are transcriptions newly available on MyHeritage. No link images and no source given.

Ancestry adds 1926 Prairie Census of Canada
Transcriptions are now available on Ancestry. Find searchable access to images through the LAC Census Search page.

Ancestry updates North Yorkshire, England, Church of England parish records
The following updates are all with linked images.
Births and Baptisms, 1813-1923 (1,514,098 entries)
Marriages and Banns, 1754-1939 (834,955)
Deaths and Burials, 1813-1998 (419,327)
Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812 (2,744,891)

Seminar: Artificial Intelligence and Family History: The Basics and Beyond
With Steve Little, Mark Thompson, and Andrew Redfern.
Saturday, 1 February 2025, noon until 5:20 PM ET
From the Victoria Genealogical Society, $55 for non-members

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