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From: "Rob Thompson" <>
Subject: GENUKI FAMILY HISTORY NEWS 59
Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2001 18:26:49 +0100


GENUKI Family History News
No 59

8 July 2001

Hi Everyone, and welcome to this 59th GENUKI Family History News

I have mentioned in a previous newsletter the excellent Gloucestershire
Record Office website. They have now added an online catalogue database to
their already substantial site. This can be found at
http://archives.gloscc.gov.uk

I have also already mentioned the EXCITING GENEALOGY website previously, and
discussed a date finding program. Well thy have added to their site since my
review a free downloadable DOS program which will achieve this function for
you – finding the days for past dates. Their website can be found at
www.exciting.fsnet.co.uk/genealogy

I was sad to see in a recent announcement that Brenda Smith has decided to
give up her administrative work for the Federation of Family History
Societies. Brenda has always been a wonderfully welcoming face for me,
whenever I attended events she was always there! And I owe her a big favour
for finding my wife and I the best restaurant in Cheshire! I personally
would like to wish Brenda well for the future, and hope we will still see
her around!
In the same email it was announced that Audrey Collins has been co-opted on
the Federations executive in place of David Holman who has had to resign for
work reasons

NEW BOOKS

Irish Ancestry: A Beginners Guide
3rd Edition
Bill Davis
Published by the Federation of Family History Societies
ISBN: 1 86006 133 8, 166 pages
Price: £6.95

Third edition of this book, previously titled; An Introduction to Irish
Research. This is a comprehensive and well written introduction to Irish
Research, which is useful for many family historians. The book covers all
the essentials for Irish research, including the many ways in which
research in this area is different from UK research, such as Townland
indexes and Griffiths valuations which are unique to Ireland.. An invaluable
book really, and well worth having the latest edition.

Londoners’ Occupations: A Genealogical Guide
2nd Edition
Stuart Raymond
Published by the Federation of Family History Societies
ISBN: 1 86006 129 X, 72 pages
Price: £5.50

A List of sources published to aid you in your search for a particular
occupation, this title has been thoroughly revised for this second edition.
The lists sources alphabetically by profession so is easy to use, and has a
good name and place index.

WEBSITE REVIEWS

http://www.lightinfantry.org/
A website revolving around histories and details of the British Light
Infantry Regiments, offering details of battle honours, commanding officers,
honours, and many other historical details, including a sketchy list of
persons killed in each regiment in WW1. This obviously relies on submissions
and is far from complete, as is much of the information on the site. However
the site is definitely very interesting and could well develop into a super
little resource

http://genea-logos.bizhosting.com/wisbech/
A very interesting site, based on the genealogy of Wisbech, and the
surrounding areas. There is an incomplete marriage index, and a general
Wisbech index of names, as well as geographical and historical information
about the area. The marriage index is about 15 percent of the marriages at
present but seems to be growing. The general index is full of names and
seemingly very good records. However my gripe with the site would very much
be that although it is reasonably easy to navigate it is not always
perfectly obvious how to proceed. Also there are an above average number of
pop up screens and advertisements making it a bit gaudy on the eye. However
a useful site if you have interests in this area

http://www.netcentral.co.uk/steveb/maps/index.htm
A really nicely put together site, with minimal effort needed to find what
you want, this site has a collection of 65 maps of Stoke on Trent and the
Potteries, from early eighteenth century to the present. A great resource,
and OK yes the maps take a little while to download, but are quicker than
many other images of comparable size. The maps range from maps of the
general area, to individual work, and cemetery plots to street maps. Well
well worth a look

NEW ON GENFAIR (www.genfair.co.uk)

Wiltshire Census Productions have now issued Volume 12 of their 1851 Census
transcriptions covering the parishes of Bishopstrow, Boyton, Brixton
Deverill, Chapmanslade, Chitterne All Saints, Chitterne St Mary, Codford St
Mary, Codford St Peter, Corsley, Crockerton, Heytesbury, Hill Deverill,
Horningsham, Imber, Knook, Longbridge Deverill, Norton Bavant, Sherrington,
Stockton, Sutton Veny, Upton Lovell, Upton Scudamore, Warminster and
Warminster Workhouse.

Gillian Rickard has issued a Supplement to Part 2 of her Kent Settlement
(Poor Law) Records - A Guide and Catalogue. See the Family History Research
in Kent stand at GENfair.

The Good Web Guide to Genealogy is now available at a Summer Special Offer
price for a limited period only.

The first publication on CD by West Surrey FHS is their Surrey Poor Law
Index and Calendar. This contains over 84,000 entries (including Place
Names) and a Calendar of all known Poor Law Records for Non-Metropolitan
Surrey. See page 4 of their GENfair stand.

Pontefract FHS have now published transcriptions of the baptism register of
the parish of Whitwood Mere and marriage registers for Ackworth and
Normanton. Another new booklet on their GENfair stand is the Monumental
Inscriptions of Ledsham.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Powys FHS will be holding their third Family & Local History Fair on August
4th at The Pavilion Conference Centre, Spa Road, Llandrindod Wells, Powys
LD1 5EY, Wales . This is open form 10am until 4pm

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
all Lancashire this week - there were lots of additions to this section!!

Lancashire
Links/pages added/amended: Lancashire Record Office; Lancashire County
libraries; Addresses and Telephone Nos of Local Libraries; Cumbria Record
Office, Barrow in Furness; Cumbria Record Office; Roman Catholic Archdiocese
of Liverpool; Quaker Records in Lancashire; Convicts Transported to
Australia; Cumbria Surnames List; Archive of Messages to the LANCSGEN List;
Lancashire Surnames; Lancaster Castle and Its Prison; Yates' map of
Lancashire in 1786; G. Hennet's map of Lancashire in 1829; [Accrington]
Pictures of Accrington; [Accrington] History of Accrington; [Fleetwood]
Fishing from Fleetwood, and in Morecambe Bay; [Ireby] More Information;
[Ireby] Baines's Directory 1822; [Lancaster] Census Records, and Indexes for
Lancaster; [Langho] Census Records, and Indexes for Langho; [Larbreck with
Little Eccleston] Census Record and Indexes for Larbreck with Little
Eccleston; [Lathom] Census Record and Indexes for Lathom; [Layton with
Warbreck] Census Record and Indexes for Layton with Warbreck; [Leagram]
Census Record and Indexes for Leagram; [Leck] Census Record and Indexes for
Leck; [Lees] Census Record and Indexes for Lees; [Leigh] Census Record and
Indexes for Leigh; [Levenshulme] Census Record and Indexes for Levenshulme;
[Leyland] Census Record and Indexes for Leyland; [Lindale] Census Record and
Indexes for Lindale; [Little Bolton] Census Record and Indexes for Little
Bolton; [Little Bowland] Census Record and Indexes for Little Bowland;
[Little Crosby] Census Record and Indexes for Little Crosby; [Little
Harwood] Census Record and Indexes for Little Harwood; [Little Heaton]
Census Record and Indexes for Little Heaton; [Little Hoole] Census Record
and Indexes for Little Hoole; [Little Hulton] Census Record and Indexes for
Little Hulton; [Little Lever] Census Record and Indexes for Little Lever;
[Little Woolton] Census Record and Indexes for Little Woolton;
[Littleborough] Census Record and Indexes for Littleborough; [Liverpool]
Census Record and Indexes for Liverpool; [Livesey] Census Record and Indexes
for Livesey; [Longridge] Census Record and Indexes for Longridge; [Longton]
Census Record and Indexes for Longton; [Longworth] Census Record and Indexes
for Longworth; [Lostock] Census Record and Indexes for Lostock; [Lower
Allithwaite] Census Record and Indexes for Lower Allithwaite; [Lower Booths]
Census Record and Indexes for LowerBooths; [Lower Darwen] Census Record and
Indexes for Lower Darwen; [Lower Holker] Census Record and Indexes for Lower
Holker; [Lowick] Census Record and Indexes for Lowick; [Lowton] Census
Record and Indexes for Lowton; [Lund] Census Record and Indexes for Lund;
[Lunt] Census Record and Indexes for Lunt; [Lydiate] Census Record and
Indexes for Lydiate; [Manchester] Census Record and Indexes for Manchester;
[Manchester] Manchester Central Library; [Maghull] Census Record and Indexes
for Maghull; [Mansriggs] Census Record and Indexes for Mansriggs; [Marton]
Census Record and Indexes for Marton; [Mawdesley] Census Record and Indexes
for Mawdesley; [Mearley] Census Record and Indexes for Mearley; [Medlar with
Wesham] Census Record and Indexes for Medlar with Wesham; [Melling in
Halsall] Census Record and Indexes for Melling in Halsall; [Melling in
Lonsdale] Census Record and Indexes for Melling with Wrayton; [Mellor]
Census Record and Indexes for Mellor; [Middle Hulton] Census Record and
Indexes for Middle Hulton; [Middleton] Census Record and Indexes for
Middleton; [Milnrow] Census Record and Indexes for Milnrow; [Mitton] Census
Record and Indexes for Little Mitton; [Moss Side] Census Record and Indexes
for Moss Side; [Mossley] Census Record and Indexes for Mossley; [Moston]
Census Record and Indexes for Moston; [Much Hoole] Census Record and Indexes
for Much Hoole; [Much Woolton] Census Record and Indexes for Much Woolton;
[Musbury] Census Record and Indexes for Musbury; [Myerscough] Census Record
and Indexes for Myerscough; [Nateby] Census Record and Indexes for Nateby;
[Nether Wyresdale] Census Record and Indexes for Nether Wyresdale;
[NetherKellett] Census Record and Indexes for Nether Kellett; [Netherton]
Census Record and Indexes for Netherton; [Newchurch in Culcheth] Census
Record and Indexes for Newchurch in Culcheth; [Newchurch in Pendle] Census
Record and Indexes for Newchurch in Pendle; [Newchurch in Rossendale] Census
Record and Indexes for Newchurch in Rossendale; [Newsham] Census Record and
Indexes for Newsham; [Newton Heath] Census Record and Indexes for Newton
Heath; [Newton with Scales] Census Record and Indexes for Newton with
Scales; [North Meols] Census Record and Indexes for North Meols; [Old Laund]
Census Record and Indexes for Old Laund Booth; [Oldham] Census Record and
Indexes for Oldham; [Openshaw] Census Record and Indexes for Openshaw;
[Ormskirk] Census Record and Indexes for Ormskirk; [Orrell (Sefton)] Census
Record and Indexes for Orrell; [Orrell (Wigan)] Census Record and Indexes
for Orrell; [Osmotherley] Census Record and Indexes for Osmotherley;
[Oswaldtwistle] Census Record and Indexes for Oswaldtwistle; [Out Rawcliffe]
Census Record and Indexes for Out Rawcliffe; [Over Hulton] Census Record and
Indexes for Over Hulton; [Over Kellett] Census Record and Indexes for Over
Kellett; [Over Wyresdale] Census Record and Indexes for Over Wyresdale;
[Overton] Census Record and Indexes for Overton; [Padiham] Census Record and
Indexes for Padiham; [Parbold] Census Record and Indexes for Parbold; [Parr]
Census Record and Indexes for Parr; [Pemberton] Census Record and Indexes
for Pemberton; [Pendlebury] Salford; [Pendlebury] Census Record and Indexes
for Pendlebury; [Pendleton (Salford)] Census Record and Indexes for
Pendleton; [Pendleton (Salford)] Brunswick Chapel baptisms, 1814-1837;
[Pendleton (near Clitheroe)] Census Record and Indexes for Pendleton;
[Penketh] Census Record and Indexes for Penketh; [Pennington] Census Record
and Indexes for Pennington; [Penwortham] Census Record and Indexes for
Penwortham; [Pilkington] Census Record and Indexes for Pilkington; [Pilling]
Census Record and Indexes for Pilling; [Pilsworth] Census Record and Indexes
for Pilsworth; [Pleasington] Census Record and Indexes for Pleasington;
[Poulton Le Sands] Census Record and Indexes for Poulton le Sands; [Poulton
With Fearnhead] Warrington; [Poulton With Fearnhead] Census Record and
Indexes for Poulton with Fearnhead; [Preston] Census Record and Indexes for
Preston; [Priest Hutton] Census Record and Indexes for Priest Hutton;
[Tyldesley with Shakerley] Tyldesley and District Historical Society;
[Westby with Plumpton] Census Record and Indexes for Westby with Plumpton;
[Woolston and Martincroft] Census Record and Indexes for Woolston and
Martincroft

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

I have been asked by a reader in Australia about cost effective ways of
obtaining money orders, or UK currency that can be sent by post, as this is
something I have no experience of maybe somebody out there knows a good
way??

Well that’s all for another week – I hope there has been something for your
interests in this issue –if not why not suggest something for me to reviews
or mention! You can always drop me a line to


Have A Good Week

Rob

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