That Moment in Time: June 2015

Monday, June 29, 2015

FOURTH BLOGIVERSARY

FOURTH BLOGIVERSARY

30TH JUNE, 2015

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and sharing many Moments In Time...

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Saturday, June 27, 2015

FRIDAY FOSSICKING JUNE 26 2015

FRIDAY FOSSICKING

Walter Withers

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Apologies for the slight delay, I've been on rather a long drive....

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Over 308,000 new Irish newspaper articles

Workhouse admission and discharge registers from Sligo, Ireland

Baptisms, marriages and burials from Southfleet in North West Kent, England

To coincide with the Australian launch of TV drama Banished, this week’s Findmypast Friday brings you an exciting range of new records for tracing your own convict ancestors. Find out where they came from, the ships they travelled on and what became of them.

A range of Australian convict records, 1786-1867

Over 188,000 convict ship records, 1786-1849

Registers of convicts' applications to marry in New South Wales, 1825-1851

Convict conditional and absolute pardons, 1791-1867

Victoria prison registers, 1855-1960 – female prisoners added

For a closer look at FMP'S convict collections, visit their dedicated page now.

That should keep you busy for the rest of the week ... more great additions next week.

Friday, June 19, 2015

FRIDAY FOSSICKING JUNE 19, 2015

FRIDAY FOSSICKING

Walter Withers

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* IRISH FAMILY HISTORY FOUNDATION

New Catholic baptismal records for Belfast

We are pleased to announce the addition of almost 9,000 new Catholic baptismal records! These records from Sacred Heart Belfast, St Mary's Belfast and St Vincent de Paul Belfast cover the years 1890 to 1930. Click the link below for more details...

County Antrim Sources

These baptismal records are of great use for family history research, containing the names and address of the parents and the names of the sponsors. The entries often contain details of the later marriage of the child; in a number of instances this event took place outside of Ireland, in Britain, Canada, New Zealand or the United States.

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Over 70,000 additional Prisoner of War records - includes Waterloo

Over 2.8 million new British newspaper articles

Baptisms, marriages and burials from St Andrew’s Church of Scotland in Gibraltar

Congregation records from St Andrew’s Church of Scotland in Gibraltar

British Army Pensioners, Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Ireland, 1783-1822

1871 Worldwide British Army Index: British Army Other Ranks & Locations

General Correspondence of the Record and Pension Office, 1889-1904

New South Wales Roll of Honour

Friday, June 12, 2015

FRIDAY FOSSICKING JUNE12, 2015

FRIDAY FOSSICKING

Walter Withers

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Image additions to the PERiodical Source Index (PERSI)

Hue & Cry Index, 1797-1810

Over 16,000 additional marriages from Kent, England

The ability to browse existing parish registers from Staffordshire, England

* IRISH FAMILY HISTORY FOUNDATION

8,000 baptismal, marriage death records available for CO WEXFORD

Contact Derry Genealogist

Brian Mitchell, genealogist with Derry City and Strabane District Council offers a free genealogy advisory service, to anyone tracing their roots in North West Ireland. To find out more click this link: http://derry.rootsireland.ie/derry-contact.php

If you have any questions please check our Help section and if this does not provide an answer, then you may contact us or one of the county centres.

Friday, June 5, 2015

SUPER SATURDAYS .NSW TRANSCRIPTS Reduced Price

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Where can I get help with my Family History Research?

As NSW BDM Transcription agents, we get a lot of requests for assistance with many aspects of family history research that are beyond the scope of the service we provide transcribing NSW Birth, Death and Marriage certificates.

So, the question remains: where can you go to get help with Family History research? Read More .....