Ancestry Research

Image via Wikipedia There are a wealth of free resources online used by genealogists - here is a small selection: www.freebmd.org.uk for some birth, marriage and death records in England and Wales . www.familysearch.org for selected parish records . www.rootsweb.com for genealogy chat and all kinds of relevant information. Remember that none of these is going to hold all of the records that you want.Also, at some stage you will eventually need to pay for some things such as birth, marriage and death certificates . Most people use computer software to hold their family tree details and produce nice looking charts. In a forthcoming post I will look at some of the software packages available. In the meantime, why not check out the three sites above as they are an excellent place to start. Related articles by Zemanta Discover Your Roots (lifescript.com) Family Tree Help! Free e-Book Teaches You How to Research and Fill in Your Family Tree Template (prweb.com) Ne...

Image via Wikipedia Colchester has an excellent library and has excellent resources for anyone researching heir family history . If you are unable to visit Colchester and would like me to do research on your behalf I can provide this service at a very reasonable rate of £15/hr. If you wish me to travel to locations in Essex for the purpose of taking photographs and doing research 'in the field' then there would be an additional charge of 45p/mile. I would then email and post to you anywhere in the world free of charge any materials and photographs I had gathered together. If you are interested in this service please email initially at "s.daleATntlworld.com" Steven Related articles by Zemanta Ancestry.com Acquiring iArchives For $27 Million (paidcontent.org) "History & Genealogy: Online Databases: Ancestry.com to Acquire Footnote.com (iArchives)" and related posts (web.resourceshelf.com) No plan to replace towns bus station (chelmsfo...

Image via Wikipedia The 1911 census is a record of everyone who lived in England and Wales in 1911. It provides a unique snapshot of the lives of your ancestors. www.1911census.co.uk brings this vast resource to you online, so that you can search the census simply and quickly to discover how your family lived in the past. www.1911census.co.uk is the official census website, in association with The National Archives . You can now subscribe to the 1911 census  on the site www.findmypast.co.uk . The 1911 census is complete The 1911 census is complete – all remaining records have been added, and so have the RG78 enumerator’s summary book pages. Records for the Islands of Alderney , Guernsey , Isle of Man, Jersey and Sark, troops stationed in overseas military bases , and crew serving on Royal Navy ships are now ready for you to search. Find Britain’s soldiers and sailors all over the globe In 1911 the British Empire was nearing the peak of its powers. The empire, whic...

Image via Wikipedia It is always pleasing when someone takes the time to write a comment on one's postings. When this happens the comments are always moderated and if they are decent, in English and make sense they are likely to be published. However, any comments that have links to other sites are always checked out first and if found to be links to sites containing spyware , trojans, offensive material or spam they will not be accepted. I may even, in certain circumstances, report the commentator to Google and in extreme circumstances (links to pornographic or racist sites for example) report them to the authorities. Sadly, the vast majority of comments these days on all blogs are not suitable for publishing . However, please don't let that put you off if you are a genuine commentator. I check each comment and make my mind up by first reading the comment and checking any links it contains, so if you have something worth saying then it may very well be published! Rel...

Cottage in Caton in Littledale where my ancestors the Becks lived I am a Mac user and though there are some very good Family History programs for the Mac, I was attracted by Family Tree Maker 2010 for several reasons. It included a 6-month ancestry.co.uk Essentials Membership as part of the package - a fantastic deal and saving over £65! It's advertised as the No. 1 selling family history software It's a UK version It came with various other deals including 25% off MyCanvas Printed Books and Posters Savings on Arrowfile Genealogy Albums and Acid Free Archival Pages , worth up to £44 It comes with the trusted Ancestry.co.uk branding - hence the free 6-months membership. As I already had a membership with them that had lapsed and was ready to edit my family tree again and see what new leads they had discovered this was what sealed the deal for me. So, it was with great anticipation that I installed the software on my Mac - using Parallels Desktop to run it in Wind...

Image via Wikipedia Colchester is where we have lived now for 13 years now, though I lived in Norwich before for about 2 years, before which I lived in Hackney, London for 10 years and originally I am from Lancashire. Colchester is Britain's oldest recorded town and it has a lot of history to it, much of it evident in the surrounding buildings etc. In particular, it has an extensive Roman wall and a Norman Castle (actually its just the Keep - the largest in Europe ) as well as Dutch Quarter and evidence locally of the Celts in a network of defensive dykes. So there is plenty to see if you are visiting Colchester and in particular the Castle is where most visitors end up, but fortunately they are let out of the dungeons at the end of their tour! A brief history of the Castle:   The Castle is located just off the town's main high street in a lovely park with remains of the Roman walls still evident. Here is what the Castle Museum says about the Castle: Colchester ...