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From: "Rob Thompson" <>
Subject: GENUKI Family History News 57
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 19:24:28 +0100


GENUKI Family History News
No 57

24th June 2001

Hi Everyone, and welcome to this 57th GENUKI Family History News

I received the following message from Stuart Raymond this week, which
deserves wider circulating:

I am in the process of compiling a directory of 'Irish Family History on the
Web', as a companion volume for my 'Family History on the Web: a directory
for England & Wales' (which is now in its 3rd printing!) The web, as we all
know, can be a valuable resource for genealogists, but it can also be very
frustrating, with very poor search engines throwing up thousands of
irrelevant references, badly designed gateways, and sometimes great
difficulty in finding the particular site required. I hope that my directory
will enable users to go directly to the sites they need. I have trawled
through numerous gateways and link pages to identify all of the major and
many of the less important sites; however, it is likely that you and your
readers will know of sites that I may have missed - particularly those that
are not listed on any search engine or gateway. I would be grateful for any
information on such sites, bearing in mind that I will not be listing sites
devoted to specific families/surnames. And if anyone would like a copy when
the book is published, let me know that too.

You can contact Stuart at:

It has been announced this week that the FHS of Cheshire were this years
winners of the FFHS Web Awards , with their website at :
http://www.fhsc.org.uk/

This years runners up were:
2nd, Alberta Genealogical Society
3rd, East of London FHS
4th, Watkins FHS
5th, Gwent FHS
6th, Norfolk FHS Internet Branch
7th, Maryborough District FHS

The description of the award and criteria are
at:http://www.ffhs.org.uk/Societies/Awards/Web2001.htm

New Books & CD’s
There are two new titles from Flyleaf Press in Ireland: Irish Church
Records: 2nd Edition Their history, availability and use in family and local
history research Ed. James G. Ryan. Available in Hardback:
(ISBN0-9539974-0-5) and Paperback: (ISBN 0-9539974-1-3) 207 pages; 35 b/w
illustrations; fully indexed Also 'Sources for Irish Families - A listing of
books and articles on the history of Irish families' Compiled by James
G.Ryan Both these books should be available from your usual genealogical
Supplier

Webpage reviews
http://www.adrh96.ukgateway.net/village.htm
A great little website run by the Alderbury and Whaddon Local History
research Group. The site contains lots and lots of interesting information
about these villages (near Salisbury) and their history, including quite a
few pictures, which are small enough to load successfully. There are also
details of current projects and the groups publications

http://www.conwy.gov.uk/English/2council/library_information_archives/archse
rvices/Ec3.html
A Simple, yet effective guide to the collections of the Conwy Archives
service. There is little else on this site other than a list of records, but
it is quick and easy to find whether what you are looking for is there. The
site is simple to navigate and clear and easy on the eye, so you can find
the necessary information without too much searching.

http://www.sutcomberecords.co.uk/
A Site dedicated to Sutcombe in North Devon. A really fantastic site, with
records ranging from Monumental Inscriptions, Trade Directories, Tithe
Records and lots more besides. Although on the negative side the site had a
few large graphics that were a bit tedious to open, the information was good
and valid stuff for local and family historians alike. In fact for anyone
interested in Devon villages, or rural life in previous centuries the site
will be very interesting. Even if your ancestors came from a different part
of the south west you might find the site an interesting insight into their
lives, even if no genealogical worth. Overall a fantastic site.

New on Genfair
Powys FHS have a couple of new booklets on their stand at GENfair: Firstly a
full transcript surname index of the 1841 Census for Defynnog Hundred,
Breconshire, covering the parishes of Llanfaes, Callwen, Glyntawe, Crai,
Glynn, Maescar, Defynnog, Senny, Llansbyddyd, Penpont, Llywel, Penderyn,
Ystradfellte and Ystradgynlais. It is in two parts covering surnames A-J and
K-Y respectively. Powys FHS have also published a booklet of monumental
inscriptions of St Edwards Parish Church, Knighton in Radnorshire

Sussex FHG have further 1841 Census Index fiches for sale covering Burwash,
Ticehurst & Etchingham (Vol 6) and Pevensey, Westham, Willingdon, Jevington,
Folkington, Wilmington, Eastbourne, Eastdean, Friston, Seaford, Westdean,
Litlington, Lullington & Alfriston (Volume 7). They also have a fiche of
Seaford St Leonards & War Memorial MIs and an 1851 Census Index fiche for
the Brighton area covering Hove, Preston, Patcham, West Blatchington,
Hangleton, Portslade, Aldrington, Southwick, Old Shoreham. Finally they have
a fiche of Settlement Orders and Cases from Sussex Quarter Sessions and an
Index of Victims and Criminals from East Sussex Quarter Sessions

Felixstowe FHS have published a microfiche surname index to the 1891 Census
of Colneis Peninsula which includes the parishes of Felixstowe, Walton,
Trimley St. Mary, Trimley St. Martin, Kirton, Falkenham, Levington, Nacton,
Brightwell, Martlesham, Bucklesham, Newbourn, Hemley and Waldringfield.

Cornish Forefathers have added two more parish register transcriptions to
their series on 3.5 inch discs. They are the baptism registers for Withiel
and Constantine

Upcoming Events
The SoG in London is holding a talk on Internet for Genealogy on June 30th.

Next weekend (1st July) sees the Hillingdon FHS Family History Fair which I
mentioned in issue 56

July 7th sees the return of the ever popular South West Family History Fair
in Weston Super Mare. At this time I do not have a venue or opening times
for this, so if anyone can help me on this I will put out a message again
next week. The event though is usually a big one with plenty of exhibitors,
including all the major Societies of the area and all the major commercial
companies involved in Family History

You can find a listing of upcoming events, and links to respective websites
on the GENEVA site (part of GENUKI) at
:http://users.ox.ac.uk/~malcolm/genuki/geneva/

New on GENUKI
Wales
Links/pages added/amemded: Manuscripts; Family History; Digital Mirror:
Treasures; Contact information; All Wales Lookup Exchange; Graveyard Welsh;
FreeCEN Project; National Library of Wales; Welsh Master Mariners and
Mates.; Welsh Coal Mines; School Photographs.

West Riding
Links/pages added/amemded: [Ackworth] Kelly's Directory 1927; [Arksey]
History and Geography 1834; [Aston] Rotherham FHS; [Batley] Cenotaph,
Gildersome; [Bradford] Index of Surnames in "Pen and Pencil Pictures of Old
Bradford"; [Bradford] Photographs of the Bradford area; [Bradford]
Photographs of the Haworth area; [Bradford] Trades and Professions 1834;
[Calverley] 1851 Census for Pudsey; [Calverley] War Memorial, Calverley;
[Calverley] Cenotaph; [Dewsbury] History and Geography 1834; [Dewsbury]
Trades and Professions 1834; [Doncaster] History and Geography 1834;
[Doncaster] Trades and Professions 1834; [Halifax] Trades and Professions
1834; [Halifax] History and Geography 1834; [Harewood] Trades and
Professions 1834; [Harewood] History and Geography 1834; [Kirkburton]
Photographs of the Holmfirth Area; [Kirkby Overblow] All Saints' Church;
[Knaresborough] Trades and Professions 1834; [Knaresborough] History and
Geography 1834; [Knaresborough] Photographs of the Knaresborough Area;
[Leeds] Photographs of the Leeds Area; [Low Bentham] Photographs of the
Ingleton Area; [Pannal] History and Geography 1834; [Sandal Magna] History
of the parish of Sandal Magna; [Sheffield] Eric Youle's Homepages;
[Sheffield] Sheffield's Traditional Heritage Museum; [Sheffield] Selection
of Maps; [Sherburn in Elmet] Roll of Honour 1914-1918; [Skipton] Dole Board;
[Skipton] British Directory; [Skipton] Universal British Directory;
[Skipton] Sylvester Petyt and his Charity; [Snaith] War Memorial; [Snaith]
Trades and Professions 1834; [Snaith] History and Geography 1834;
[Thornhill] History and Geography 1834; [Thornton in Lonsdale] Lancashire
Record Office; [Ulleskelf] War Memorial; [Wakefield] Laycock, Volunteer and
Albion Yards; [Wakefield] History of Wakefield.

Limerick
Links/pages added/amemded: Limerick Archives; Land Valuation Office;
Tipperary Heritage Unit; Archdiocese of Cashel & Emly; Civil Parishes;
Limerick/Clare Resources; Limerick Mailing List; Irish Times - Limerick
Genealogical Resources; Limerick Genweb; The Limerick Leader; The Limerick
Post Newspaper; Limerick.

Carmarthenshire
Links/pages added/amemded: Graveyard Welsh; National Library of Wales; A
Description of the county of Carmarthenshire; All Wales Lookup Exchange;
[Llandeilo Fawr] Carreg Cennen Castle--a photograph; [Llandybie] Cwmgors and
Gwaun-cae-gurwen; [Llanelli] Photos of Modern Llanelli; [Llansawel]
Extractfrom History of Llansawel, Carmarthenshire; [Llanybydder] Index to
History of Aberduar Church. Kent Links/pages added/amemded: Sussex-Plus.

Warwickshire
Links/pages added/amemded: Cemeteries and Crematoria; [Birmingham]
Birmingham Repertory Theatre.

Durham
Links/pages added/amemded: Durham Victoria County History. Northamptonshire
Links/pages added/amemded: [Ashton (by Roade)] Ashton Roots Reunion - April
2002.

Derbyshire
Links/pages added/amemded: Find Your Derbyshire Library; The Francis Frith
Collection; Local History Essays; The Wolley Manuscripts; Medical Heritage
of Great Britain; Lunacy in 19th Century Derbyshire; Derbyshire Probate
Records Online; FURNESS Wills and Admonitions, 1858-1903; New Additions;
Gazetteer of Markets and Fairs in England and Wales to 1516; Derbyshire
Record Society Publications; Derbyshire Hearth Tax Assessments, 1662-70; A
Derbyshire Armory; Sutton-cum-Duckmanton Parish Register, 1662-1837; 'The
Greatest Brewery in the World'. A History of Bass, Ratcliff & Gretton; A
Seventeenth-Century Scarsdale Miscellany; Eyam Parish Register, 1630-1700;
Derbyshire Tithe Files 1836-50; The Derbyshire Returns to the 1851 Religious
Census; Minutes of the Chesterfield Canal Company, 1771-80; Sion Chapel,
Ashbourne. Letters and Papers, 1801-17; Derbyshire Wills proved in the
Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 1393-1578; The Rolls of the 1281 Derbyshire
Eyre; Chesterfield Wills and Inventories, 1604-1650; [Ashford in the Water]
Census Records - Downloads; [Ashford in the Water] Pedigrees and People;
[Ashford in the Water] Derbyshire GENUKI Service Providers; [Ashover]
Baptisms, Marriages and Burials at All Saints' Church; [Ashover] Ordering
Information; [Baslow] History & Gazetteer of Derbyshire; [Blackwell by
Alfreton] Blackwell Miners Welfare Football Club; [Bolsover] Review of "True
Brit" (Adventures of Peter Fidler); [Butterley] Review of "Benjamin Outram"
(a biography); [Calver] History & Gazetteer of Derbyshire; [Chesterfield]
Publications; [Chesterfield] Chesterfield Wills and Inventories, 1521-1603;
[Chesterfield] Chesterfield Wills and Inventories, 1604-1650; [Curbar]
History & Gazetteer of Derbyshire; [Edensor] Walk the Ages; [Eyam] Map
showing location; [Eyam] 1841 Census Transcript; [Eyam] Prince Arthur;
[Eyam] Crown Copyright; [Eyam Woodlands] 1841; Flagg; [Foolow] History &
Gazetteer of Derbyshire; [Froggatt] History & Gazetteer of Derbyshire;
[Grindleford] War Memorial; [Grindleford] Naval & Military Press Ltd;
[Grindleford] War Memorial Photograph; [Grindleford] Unveiling and
Dedication of the War Memorial; [Hassop] Eyre Family Index, England; [Hope]
Surnames List; [Hope] The Ayars Family Historical Association; [Hope]
Sources of the life of Robert Ayars; [Hope] David Blackwell's work; [Little
Hucklow] Little Hucklow; [Little Hucklow] Ye Olde Bulls Head; [Longstone]
The Longstones; [Melbourne] Melbourne, Derbyshire; [Nether Padley] 1841;
[Rowland] History & Gazetteer of Derbyshire; Sheldon; [Stoke] 1841; [Stoney
Middleton] War Memorial; [Stoney Middleton] 1841; [Taddington] Taddington;
[Ticknall] Ticknall, Derby; Trusley; [Trusley] Lyson's Directory 1817.

Mailing Lists
Links added to details of: CHURCHMEN-UK; KOREAN-WAR; RAILWAY-UK;
ENG-DUR-AUCKLAND; ENG-DUR-SHILDON; ENG-DUR-SUNDERLAND; ENG-GLOS-FOREST-DEAN;
ENG-KENT-NWKFHS-COMP; ENG-LANCS-PRESTON; ENG-LANCS-YORKS; ENG-MANCHESTER;
ENG-BANBURY-AREA; ENG-SOMERSET; ENG-SFK-STOWMARKET; ENG-WILTSHIRE;
ENG-LANCS-YORKS; ENG-YORKSHIRE; ENG-YKS-DEWSBURY;
Genealogy-Convicts-Irish-Australia; SCT-BERWICK; SCT-ROXBURGH; SCT-SELKIRK;
WALES-LOCAL-HISTORY.

Hertfordshire
Links/pages added/amemded: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies; Herts
Archives and Local Studies Library (Hals) Index Summary; [Hertford] Hertford
War Memorial.

Denbighshire
Links/pages added/amemded: [Wrexham / Wrecsam] Museum; [Wrexham / Wrecsam]
Library and Arts Centre.

Flintshire
Links/pages added/amemded: [Llanasa] Llanasa Village web site.

Kirkcudbrightshire
Links/pages added/amemded: Dumfriesshire & Galloway Natural History and
Antiquarian Society.

Wigtownshire
Links/pages added/amemded: Dumfriesshire & Galloway Natural History and
Antiquarian Society; Dumfries & Galloway Family History Society.

Fife
Links/pages added/amemded: [Forgan] Maiden Surnames of Mothers in Forgan
OPRs.

Ayrshire
Links/pages added/amemded: Parish Map; [Stair] Stair Church Website. Bute
Links/pages added/amemded: Largs and North Ayrshire FHS.

Sussex
Links/pages added/amemded: Sussex Look-up Exchange. Worcestershire
Links/pages added/amended: 1861 Census.

Caithness
Links/pages added/amemded: Aberdeen & North East Scotland Family History
Society.

Leicestershire
Links/pages added/amemded: [Ashby De La Zouch] Ashby-de-la-Zouch Union;
[Barrow upon Soar] Barrow on Soar Union; [Blaby] Blaby Union; [Hinckley]
Hinckley Union; [Leicester] Leicester Union; [Lutterworth] Lutterworth
Workhouse; [Market Bosworth] Market Bosworth Union; [Melton Mowbray]
Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society

Huntingdonshire
Links/pages added/amemded: [Great Gidding] Map of the area; [Great Gidding]
The Giddings; [Little Gidding] Map of the area.

GENUKI Home Page
Links/pages added/amemded: Ruesch International;
http://www.foreignmoney.com; http://www.c2it.com; UK-FAMILY HISTORY NEWS -
Newsletter; Roots Surname List.

GENUKI's Home Page - http://www.genuki.org.uk/
GENUKI's Listings of:Family history Societies -
http://www.genuki.org.uk/Societies/ Genealogy Mailing Lists -
http://www.genuki.org.uk/indexes/MailingLists.html Surname Lists -
http://www.genuki.org.uk/indexes/SurnamesLists.html
GENUKI's Frequently Asked Questions File -
http://www.cs.ncl.ac.uk/genuki/faq.html

And finally…
Well, that’s it for this week, hope there was something of use to you in
this issue

If you have sent me an email in the last couple of weeks and have not yet
had a response, please be patient. I try as hard as possible to reply to all
my emails but we have the builders in at present, which has meant great
upheaval in the house, and less time to get on my machine. But please do
keep sending in suggestions, news and any other information you think would
be interested to us all

Have a good week

Rob

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