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From: "Rob Thompson" <>
Subject: GENUKI FAMILY HISTORY NEWS 62
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2001 22:33:59 +0100


GENUKI Family History News
No 62

30 July 2001

Hello, and welcome to this weeks issue of GENUKI Family History News

AT the end of last week I was fortunate enough to visit the SoG in London,
for the first time since it’s refurbishment. It is looking very different
from when I worked there! The building is looking much smarter, the library
layout is much more user friendly, with a bank of computers and fiches
readers downstairs in a pleasant environment. The shelving in the middle and
upper libraries has been replaced with much more flexible metal shelving
which will help with space. The bookshop is much improved, and the reception
area seems much more user friendly. As Else Churchill, the Genealogy Officer
pointed out to me there are still improvements to be made, mainly in signage
and the lift being made to work, but overall I think they are to be
congratulated in making the best use of the current space. The main aim must
have been to make the building more user friendly, and they have achieved
this well. There is even air conditioning on two floors, which in our
current heat wave must be most appreciated!

Archives in Focus (http://www.hmc.gov.uk/focus), a new website
of the Historical Manuscripts Commission (HMC) has recently been
launched. Archives in Focus aims to provide an accessible introduction to
archives in the UK for those with no previous experience of using them. The
site includes a section on family history research, which looks at commonly
used sources, explains how resources at HMC can be used and provides links
to
other sites and a bibliography of published sources. There is also a
Noticeboard section which includes details of family history conferences and
other events, and of courses and other events of relevance to family
historians.

HMC would be pleased to receive comments on the site and
details of any events being held which we could publicise in the Noticeboard
section. Please e-mail us: , or write: Historical
Manuscripts
Commission, Quality House, Quality Court, Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1HP.

New Books & CDs

S & N genealogy supplies have released more of there parish registers on cd.
A Great series, which seems to be expanding very quickly.

I spotted the following in the SoG On Lien bookshop (www.sog.org.uk), and
they are also available direct form the suppliers and many other
genealogical suppliers

Berkshire Parish Registers Vols 1-2
Dorset Parish Registers Vols 1-7
London Parish Registers Vols 1-9
Suffolk Parish Registers Vols 1-
Yorkshire Parish Registers Vols 1-4

Full details of each CD Rom are available on the SoG Bookshop Website

Certificates

Continuing the recent feature this weeks unwanted certificate is the birth
certificate of William, son of William HARRIS (labourer) and Mary WOODWARD,
born 11 August 1846, in the Finchley District of Barnet, in the County of
Middlesex, in England.

If this is of use to you in your own personal research, drop me a line at
and I will put you in touch with the
current holder

Meanwhile, if you have a certificate you don’t need that may be of use to
someone else then drop me a line, and we will advertise it in an upcoming
newsletter.

Webpage reviews

http://www.ar-dachy.demon.co.uk/indexpage.html
The website of St Combs in Aberdeenshire. This website contains a fairly
useful selection of information, including census transcriptions from
1841-1891 and a history of the village and its development. There is quite a
lot of background information on the site, so if your ancestors came from
this vicinity you will be able to find out lots about their life and
families. You will however, have to put up with a fairly gaudy colour scheme
and a few flashy graphics that serve little purpose other than to slow down
the download.

http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Workshop/2299/pilots.html
Was your ancestor a Pilot? This is a statement that nowadays could be
misconstrued, but this website deals with the earlier pilots - those that
guided ships into a harbour. This particular website is a listing of
Aberdeen Pilots 1854-1910. They are transcribed, by year, from sources in
the
Guildhall Library in London. The website is nice and simple to use, although
the yellow background can affect your eyes after a little while. It is a
shame there is no name index, but a little bit of searching may just get
what you were looking for

http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/directories/cambridge/main.htm
Whilst having a browse around I found this database on the Ancestry.com site
- it is a searchable database of Cambridge University Alumni from 1291 to
1900, with biographical detail when it is possible. This could be a very
useful database, and is very easy to use.

Upcoming Events

Saturday 4th August sees the Powys FHS Family History Fair at the Pavilion
Conference Centre in Llandrindod Wells. Exhibitors include the local
societies and the Gwent Record Office

My Ancestors were Civil Servants

A half-day course with
Alan Ruston
Saturday 4th August 2001 at 2.00pm, at the SoG London

This lecture covers the evolution of the civil service, the departments and
offices in which they worked. Sources for the family historian,
highlighting the material held by the Society of Genealogists.

August 11th sees the Heartland Family History Fair, organised by Nuneaton
and North Warwickshire FHS. This is being held at Atherstone Memorial Hall,
Atherstone. Admission is 2 UKP


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

The following are recent changes to the GENUKI pages:

Staffordshire
Links/pages added/amended: 1861 Black Country Census Transcriptions pages;
North Staffordshire Methodist Heritage Pages; Staffordshire parish registers
in the National Burial Index (NBI); Staffordshire Marriage Index &
Staffordshire Burial Index; Staffordshire Parish Registers Contained in the
British Vital Records Index (Vri); Prisons in Staffordshire page; Hospitals
in the County of Stafford page; Staffordshire Asylums page; The
Staffordshire Brigade at Wulverghem April to June 1915.; Staffordshire's
Territorials and the Assault on the Hohenzollern Redoubt 13th October 1915.;
Orphanages in the County of Stafford page; Staffordshire Poor Law Unions and
Workhouses page; [Biddulph] Biddulph website; [Bilston] Bilston Online;
[Burntwood] Burntwood History Website; [Darlaston] All Saints; [Darlaston]
St George; [Darlaston] St Lawrence; [Darlaston] Churchwardens of St Lawrence
Church, Darlaston from 1615 to 1886; [Tipton] St John; [Tipton] St Mark
(Ocker Hill); [Tipton] St Matthew; [Wednesbury] St Bartholomew; [Wednesbury]
Churchwardens of St Bartholomew Church, Wednesbury from 1561 to 1717;
[Wednesbury] St James; [Wednesbury] St John; [Wednesbury] Burials: Surnames
A to C; [Wednesbury] Burials: Surnames D to H; [Wednesbury] Burials:
Surnames I to P; [Wednesbury] Burials: Surnames R to Z; [Wednesbury] St
Paul, Wood Green; [Wednesbury] All Saints, Moxley; [Wednesfield] Wednesfield
St Thomas Registers; [West Bromwich] Good Shepherd; [West Bromwich] St John;
[West Bromwich] St Peter; [Willenhall] The Lock Museum Pages; [Willenhall]
Willenhall St Giles Registers; [Wolverhampton] War Memorials of
Wolverhampton.

Cambridgeshire
Links/pages added/amended: Railway Ancestors Family History Society; Medical
Connections for the County; [Arrington] men and women on the Wimpole &
Arrington war memorial; [Arrington] Wimpole Hall; [Doddington] First Pupils,
1789, at Lionel Walden School; [Orwell] 1881 Census; [Orwell] Church of St.
Andrew; [Orwell] The Marriage Register of the Parish of Orwell from 1653 to
1837; [Orwell] The Orwell Historical Photographic Section of the Orwell
Website; [Orwell] 19th Century Emigration from Orwell; [Wimpole] St Andrew's
Churchyard burial records (Old Wimpole Cemetery); [Wimpole] The church of
St. Andrew; [Wimpole] list of Rectors of St Andrew, Wimpole 1591-1949;
[Wimpole] Transcriptions of the registers for Wimpole for baptisms,
marriages and burials 1560-1863; [Wimpole] photographic archive for Wimpole.

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 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
I am always particularly keen to hear of
new publications or websites for me to look at

Have A Good Week

Rob

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