tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-49741107804910535662024-03-12T17:34:08.561-07:00Genealogy GazetteWelcome to the Genealogy Gazette - postings relating to genealogy with local, national and international interest. News about websites often with free searchable databases with access to information to help with your family research. I hope you will find the postings interesting, informative and helpful.
Please feel free to leave a comment on any posting and to follow this blog.Mike Kostiukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10205891677468760233noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4974110780491053566.post-9744215462931138312012-02-13T13:18:00.000-08:002012-02-13T13:18:10.396-08:00Date an Old Photograph<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is a really useful site for information and help on dating old family photographs. Roger Vaughan has a picture library and many sites that can be accessed from links on this site. His photograph collection is mainly Victorian and Edwardian.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There is also a section on dating an old photograph. Very useful to the Family Historian when researching old family albums.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.rogerco.freeserve.co.uk/"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://www.rogerco.freeserve.co.uk/</span></a>Mike Kostiukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10205891677468760233noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4974110780491053566.post-77637395692480195622011-06-16T07:15:00.000-07:002011-06-16T07:20:47.960-07:00London Metropolitan Police database - www.policeorders.co.uk<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">If you had relatives who served in London’s Metropolitan Police Service this is a useful site. The records started on the formation of the Metropolitan Police in 1829 with well over 500,000 entries up until 1945. <span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">These records do not include the<span style="color: navy;"> </span>City of London Police or British Transport police.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">What the database does hold are records of officers joining or leaving the force, transfers, death or pensioned from service and the issue of medals from the Metropolitan Police. You can also see the Divisions with names of the police stations as well as a chronological list of all the Police Commissioners and Home Secretaries from 1829 to the present.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">There is also a useful photo section showing the epaulettes showing the badges of rank (useful if researching photographs of police uniforms)</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">This is an ideal source of information for the genealogist/family historian who had family members who served in the Metropolitan Police Force. These records can be sourced at the National Archives.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">A search can also be undertaken by <a href="http://www.policeorders.co.uk/">http://www.policeorders.co.uk/</a> for a small charge by emailing your details to </span><span style="color: navy; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><a href="mailto:searches@policeorders.co.uk"><span style="color: blue;">searches@policeorders.co.uk</span></a></span><br />
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<span style="color: navy; font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://www.familytreefolk.co.uk/">http://www.familytreefolk.co.uk/</a></span></span>Mike Kostiukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10205891677468760233noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4974110780491053566.post-4112047953798111722011-06-04T07:26:00.001-07:002011-06-04T07:26:47.531-07:00FreeBMD – Useful Search Tip<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Many of you probably use FreeBMD for searching for family registrations for births, marriages and deaths but here is a little know useful “extra” tip to use in your research.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Select All Types then enter a + sign and the SURNAME in the First Name field and leave the surname blank.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">You will then get a list of registrations where the surname has been used as a middle name or on occasion the first name. It does work better with the more unusual surnames.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Example:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">One name I research is Scoltock. If I select All Types, enter +Scoltock in the First name field and leave the surname blank I get 10 instances where the Scoltock name has been used as a middle name 3 births, 3 marriages and 4 deaths.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">This can be extremely revealing when piecing together your family tree.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">So try it yourself using my example above then any of the surnames you are researching and see what you come up with.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Also remember to store your certificates in acid free pockets see </span><a href="http://www.familytreefolk.co.uk/page_11048.html"><span style="font-family: Arial;">http://www.familytreefolk.co.uk/page_11048.html</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">FreeBMD website </span><a href="http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl"><span style="font-family: Arial;">http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Mike</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Family Tree Folk </span></div>Mike Kostiukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10205891677468760233noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4974110780491053566.post-83936434495307533052011-05-19T02:16:00.000-07:002011-05-19T02:20:19.019-07:00Preserving your research for future generations<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Many people starting family history are given some original certificates - a grandparent’s marriage certificate, their own birth certificate, a parent's birth certificate. Some older certificates are longer than the current A4 page size and can be extremely fragile, particularly if decades old. Many have unfortunately been folded and need to be opened and stored flat</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">To stop them deteriorating and store them in the best condition possible you need to always archive acid free. Acid free archival materials are widely used by record offices, archivists and the legal profession and are now also very popular with family historians. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Instead of keeping your certificates folded in an envelope - or worse still, in a cheap PVC polypocket (this accelerates the ageing process with plasticisers acting on the paper, and strips the ink from the document), put them in acid free polypockets that allow them to be straight and unfolded. The acid free sleeves will prevent further yellowing and disintegration of the paper, and will stop accidental damage by handling. Always use Polypropylene or Polyester pockets.</span></span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQY7YhmcgzcsepbBUbHXm6gIMstFfiYjmlLcyfsyV-CfFtipqc6zf6oEimIU1iTG8aeDT1D44ASKpS0yeS-Clzq-ZyTW25-ZfaPmURn1FPnyJVMeY31d3JweWaDAuUSrmxhLpqS5ELbC1V/s1600/A4+Certificate+Pockets.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="221" j8="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQY7YhmcgzcsepbBUbHXm6gIMstFfiYjmlLcyfsyV-CfFtipqc6zf6oEimIU1iTG8aeDT1D44ASKpS0yeS-Clzq-ZyTW25-ZfaPmURn1FPnyJVMeY31d3JweWaDAuUSrmxhLpqS5ELbC1V/s320/A4+Certificate+Pockets.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Storing your origin</span></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">al certificates in acid free pockets in a certificate binder keeps them flat and safe and away from light. They are clearly visible through the clear polypropylene or polyester and can still be used for reference as required. As well as the long certificate binder, binders for A4 landscape certificates are also available. These are useful if you only have the newer style certificates, which are all now supplied by the General Registry Office as A4 sheets. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Using acid free card inserts allows two certificates to be stored in each acid free sleeve and prevents the certificates touching. It also stiffens the acid free pocket and provides an attractive background to the certificate.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">After all the hard work in researching and collecting all your personal family history research what next? Obviously you make copies and backup all your data otherwise you may lose years of time consuming work. As we move further and further into updated electronic storage possibilities it has become far easier to collect store and easily retrieve your family records.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">However what about all the original documents, certificates, photographs and memorabilia? The long term preservation of these items along with your written family history needs to be correctly stored if you want your work to pass down your future generations. The following ten tips should be adopted to ensure the longevity of storage.<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">1)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Use acid free paper to hand write or print your research including all copies. Most modern inkjet printers have acid free ink but check with your manufacturer and avoid compatible ink cartridges, some of which can be suspect with harmful additives. If you hand write any of your research as well as acid free paper you need to use acid free ink pens. These pens are also safe to write on the backs of photographs. Archival acid free paper used with an acid free ink should give up to 200 years of preservation from fading and deterioration. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">2)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Store all your original documents, certificates, photographs and memorabilia in clear inert acid free pockets. These should be archival polypropylene or the more expensive ultra clear polyester used by professional archivists. Avoid the use of PVC pockets which have plasticisers which migrate into documents and photographs causing permanent damage.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">3)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Interleave these documents with acid free card which as well as giving further protection also keeps the items apart and adds stability to further safeguard them from damage.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">4)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Place any small items of memorabilia in small acid free enclosure pockets.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">5)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Any torn and damaged documents should be repaired with acid free clear polyester repair tape which uses inert polyester with an acid free adhesive.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">6)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Use acid free glue or double sided tape to stick any items onto acid free card to ensure no deterioration over time from the adhesive. If you want to remove photos and other items use acid free photo corners or “V” mount strips.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">7)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Wrap items such as family bibles and lace and fabrics in acid free tissue paper and store in acid free storage boxes.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">8)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Archival cotton gloves should be used to handle really old and delicate documents and photographs. This is often enforced at Archive Offices so why not at home?</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">9)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Place all these in a quality binder for a professional presentation in chronological order of all the data.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">10)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Finally store all this away from sunlight, damp and humid conditions, all of which can damage even the best preserved stored research!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">If you have any questions about safe repair, preservation or archiving you can</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">email me at </span><a href="mailto:mike@familytreefolk.co.uk"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">mike@familytreefolk.co.uk</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Or visit my website for advice and genealogy products </span><a href="http://www.familytreefolk.co.uk/"><span style="font-family: Arial;">www.familytreefolk.co.uk</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Mike Kostiuk</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; text-indent: -36pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Family Tree Folk</span></div>Mike Kostiukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10205891677468760233noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4974110780491053566.post-23506357786334705762011-05-05T23:18:00.000-07:002011-05-05T23:18:55.419-07:00The Genealogist's Resource for Interpreting Causes of Death<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Found this website compiled by Rudy Schmidt which is of great use to any genealogist and family historian often baffled by causes of death found on a death certificate or other document.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana;">It is a comprehensive searchable database in alphabetical order with a glossary of archaic medical terms, diseases and causes of death. It also features some original images of certificates and other documents.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Glossary of Archaic Medical Terms, Diseases and Causes of Death</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Antiquus Morbus is a collection of archaic medical terms and their old and modern definitions. The primary focus of this web site is to help decipher the Causes of Death found on Mortality Lists, Certificates of Death and Church Death Records from the 19th century and earlier. This web site will be updated often and as new information is received. My intention is to collect and record old medical terms in all European languages. The English and German lists are the most extensive to date. </span><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mike</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Family Tree Folk</span></div>Mike Kostiukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10205891677468760233noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4974110780491053566.post-9240317818947091502011-01-26T06:34:00.000-08:002011-01-26T06:34:27.683-08:00Napoleonic Ancestors<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">If you have ancestors in the Napoleonic Wars you may find this post interesting and helpful in finding more online information on ancestors who served in them.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The conflict between Britain and France ran from 1803 to 1815. Although the French defeat at the Battle of Waterloo on 18<sup>th</sup> June 1815 was regarded as the end of the wars the conflict continued in small pockets. Even Napoleon’s abdication on the 22<sup>nd</sup> June did not cease the hostilities with Napoleon still clinging to the hope he could win. Sporadic <span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">warfare continued along the eastern borders and on the outskirts of Paris until the signing of a cease-fire on 4th July 1815. On 15th July, Napoleon finally surrendered himself to the British squadron at Rochefort.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">To find detailed useful information on the Napoleonic wars, battles, campaigns visit:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="http://www.historyofwar.org/subject_napoleon.html"><span style="font-family: Arial;">http://www.historyofwar.org/subject_napoleon.html</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><a href="http://www.britishbattles.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial;">http://www.britishbattles.com/</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><a href="http://www.peninsularwar.org/penwar_e.htm"><span style="font-family: Arial;">http://www.peninsularwar.org/penwar_e.htm</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><a href="http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval.html"><span style="font-family: Arial;">http://www.pbenyon.plus.com/Naval.html</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">You can also find names of those who served at The National Archives</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Soldier’s documents from 1760 until 1854 can be found in WO 97/1-1271 and searched by name. Also discharge documents usually relating to pensions from 1782 until 1833 in WO 121.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Visit: </span><a href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Mike</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Family Tree Folk</span></div>Mike Kostiukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10205891677468760233noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4974110780491053566.post-51379671478186511032011-01-06T05:57:00.000-08:002011-01-06T06:04:21.359-08:00Finding your ancestors home – Modern “Domesday”<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Although the 1911 census is the most comprehensive census to date with useful information to the family historian a lesser known survey was taken at the same time. This survey known as the “Domesday Books” can provide far more information where your ancestors lived.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">In the UK in 1911 a valuation of property was carried out and sometimes referred to as “Lloyd-George’s Domesday”. A new tax imposed under the Finance Act 1909 -1910 called Incremental Value Duty was to counter rising property values. This was so that all properties were re assessed and when sold or inherited this additional tax could be imposed on any increase in value.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The records of this survey were known by the name of the parish and provided:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial;">Domesday Books</span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">These were registers of every property (or hereditament) within each Valuation District. Every property was given a number and individual record. The numbering in each parish was not set geographically so the use of Ordinance Survey maps would be needed.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The information given is the number of assessment, number of Poor Rate, the Christian names and Surnames of the owners (with their residences) and a description of the property. Also given is the gross annual value and rateable value.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial;">Working Plans and Record Plans</span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Working Plans were used by the valuers to make a revised assessment based on earlier valuations by the Inland Revenue or Guardians of the Poor. These are generally found at local Archive Offices.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Record Plans are found in TNA (The National Archives) followed the Working Plans and contain additional information such as new housing developments and sale prices.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial;">Field Books</span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">These were created after the Domesday Books and often show changes that occurred between 1910 and 1915. They also can contain additional information obtained from the owners or tenants and record sales. This information can provide a great deal of information on two double pages for each property.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Name and address of owner (if they were executors of a will it would also contain the name of the testator)</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Changes of tenants between 1910 and 1920</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Rent, rates, taxes and insurance (and by whom it was paid)</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Construction of the property (brick, tile, slate etc)</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Room by room description of the house, garden and land if a farm</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Valuers judgement on condition of property</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">A simple plan on squared paper showing outbuildings and livestock etc</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Business information for shops and public houses (even providing the turnover of ale by the inn!)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The National Archives TNA </span><a href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">www.nationalarchives.gov.uk</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"> hold - </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Domesday Books for London & Westminster under IR91</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Record Plans under IR121 to IR135</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Field Books under IR58</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Local Archives will hold relevant Domesday Books and Working Plans for local parishes.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">The Finance Act in 1909 -1910 applied to all the UK so Scottish records will be found at the National Archives of Scotland (NAS) <a href="http://www.nas.gov.uk/"><span style="color: blue;">www.nas.gov.uk</span></a> and the Irish records at the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) <a href="http://www.proni.gov.uk/"><span style="color: blue;">www.proni.gov.uk</span></a></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Mike</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">Family Tree Folk</span>Mike Kostiukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10205891677468760233noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4974110780491053566.post-33642929922174242592010-12-22T13:51:00.000-08:002010-12-22T13:51:17.419-08:00Sharing BMD information<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl"><img border="0" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3JG5tWUO3biHELV8f_BWNj2aBgGM4zfFscokj1JOiuZsE5QJc7RiDjzSoH91KnOa1Og1o04S2rJ6tinY0ETi8KjRmpJ_vMyqp9w7e8kzMNI6M6BNCIBaeWraYErGN7Z0lrMJpJVPWCTYX/s1600/Stamp.gif" /></a></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The really useful free BMD site </span><a href="http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl"><span style="font-family: Arial;">http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"> to obtain the GRO reference for birth, marriage and death certificates has an often unknown free feature. “add a postem”</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">This is where individuals can “donate” and “view” information about a certificate. If everyone who purchased a certificate at £9.25 put the details on a postem it would be accessible to others. Of course most people would want to obtain the certificate but it would help fill in gaps on distant ancestors.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">If you see an envelope next to the entry someone has added details which you can access. If you wish to post details: </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">First click on the red INFO symbol next to the entry </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFLHhxqJeWlwbDAO2wsOBs9ajuZAvPz0jvo4ITabUIvaC-16Y0v7SLfc1E9VR4DPw-IYrYbdrmU41tAmgUZXLwZWm23A3_J5FQ_JgN-Of5O21rG28LnOZW3lj-EwHp2AfN5GMHnTbFNvSA/s1600/btnInfo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" n4="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFLHhxqJeWlwbDAO2wsOBs9ajuZAvPz0jvo4ITabUIvaC-16Y0v7SLfc1E9VR4DPw-IYrYbdrmU41tAmgUZXLwZWm23A3_J5FQ_JgN-Of5O21rG28LnOZW3lj-EwHp2AfN5GMHnTbFNvSA/s1600/btnInfo.gif" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">and then click “add a postem” which reveals a text box of up to 250 characters. Then click “create”. This will post an envelope next to the entry later for others to access.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">This would help so many people in their research and also avoid the possibility of ordering the wrong certificate. If everyone filled these in for the certificates they held it would be an extremely cost effective way of conducting preliminary research for your family tree.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Mike</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Family Tree Folk</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://www.familytreefolk.co.uk/">http://www.familytreefolk.co.uk/</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div>Mike Kostiukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10205891677468760233noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4974110780491053566.post-5467045615201283242010-12-16T02:16:00.000-08:002010-12-16T08:45:16.047-08:00What information is on a UK census?<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"></span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Each of the census returns from 1841 has a varying level of useful information for the family historian. The first useful census was the 1841 with limited detail but this requirement for additional information developed every decade and continues to do so. The last released census of 1911 provides so much additional information compared to the 1841.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">So what does each census offer?</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1841 (June 6<sup>th</sup>)</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Address:</b> often quite vague with just the name of the street or village</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Name & Age:</b> those over 15 years of age were rounded down to the nearest 5 years</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sex, Occupation & if born in the county: </b>this only gave you a Yes or Scotland, Ireland or foreign parts</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1851 (March 30<sup>th</sup>)</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Address, Name, Relation to Head of Household</b> (Head, wife, son, daughter, nephew, visitor, lodger etc)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Marital Status: </b>(married, unmarried, widow or widower)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Age, Sex, Rank, Profession or Occupation, Where Born</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Whether blind or deaf and dumb</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1861 (April 7<sup>th</sup>)</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The same as 1851</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1871 (April 2<sup>nd</sup>)</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The same as 1851 and 1861 but with the addition in the last column asking if the individual is <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">blind, deaf and dumb </b>an <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">imbecile or idiot </b>or a <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">lunatic</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1881 (April 3<sup>rd</sup>)</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The same as 1871</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1891 (April 5<sup>th</sup>)</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">In addition to the 1881 census householders were now asked </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">How many rooms </b>in the house were occupied and if individuals were</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Employer, employed or neither</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">The Welsh census also asked <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Language spoken</b> Welsh, English or both</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1901 (March 31<sup>st</sup>)</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">In addition to the 1891 census the additional question was asked of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">whether they worked at home</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">1911 (April 2<sup>nd</sup>)</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">There were major additions and changes to the 1911 census and this was the first census that was filled in by someone in the household. This person also had to sign the form so it shows the handwriting and signature of your ancestor.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">In addition to the questions on the 1901 census women were asked to declare</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The number of complete years their current marriage had lasted</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The number of children born alive </b>within this marriage</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The number of children still living</b> and how many <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">had died</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">People were also asked</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The industry in which they worked</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Number of rooms occupied</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><strong>Ageat which deafness, blindness or other infirmity began</strong> (however this information is currently blanked out until 2012)</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Mike</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Family Tree Folk</div></div>Mike Kostiukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10205891677468760233noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4974110780491053566.post-40598176783776150642010-12-07T09:53:00.001-08:002010-12-07T09:53:23.259-08:00Rossbret Institutions<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">This website is a free online gazetteer and has a mass of useful information to the family historian. It contains details of British institutions such as asylums, hospitals, dispensaries, workhouses, almshouses and orphanages.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">There is also an interesting section on occupations and a group of images that can be viewed of certain buildings. In the main it is more useful for England as the information for Scotland and Wales is not as comprehensive. The level of detail in some instances is quite informative. The site can be searched by using the access menu on the left of the page. This can be narrowed down by country and county.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Unfortunately the site has not been continually updated since 2008 but since April 2000 has had nearly seven million visitors.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><a href="http://www.institutions.org.uk/index.html"><span style="font-family: Arial;">http://www.institutions.org.uk/index.html</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Mike</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Family Tree Folk</span></div>Mike Kostiukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10205891677468760233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4974110780491053566.post-51663969693079946442010-11-28T11:05:00.000-08:002010-11-29T05:30:20.300-08:00India Office Records<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJyEaIed-1wsdojD-qx3jthyHC4khjT7y248h6dnbCXD-kz185Zd8t5ZaXU423tt6Uxwn7vjmOqDIkmu6Mls5wZswDpC7k5KymcQy-iigfMzll4Qk-wD6BFNkq2MQhyuLAsh2c5hg_Hfbm/s1600/Map+of+India.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJyEaIed-1wsdojD-qx3jthyHC4khjT7y248h6dnbCXD-kz185Zd8t5ZaXU423tt6Uxwn7vjmOqDIkmu6Mls5wZswDpC7k5KymcQy-iigfMzll4Qk-wD6BFNkq2MQhyuLAsh2c5hg_Hfbm/s320/Map+of+India.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Have you ancestors who may have served in India? The India Office Records website contains a free database of archival records. These are extremely informative and useful to any family historian looking for details of ancestors who may have served there. Records date from 1600 to 1948 although not complete they are being added to. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The database contains records from:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">East India Company (1600-1858)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Board of Control (1784-1858)</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">India Office (1858-1947)</span></li>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Burma Office (1937-1948)</span></li>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">East India House, Leadenhall Street, London c.1817 (now demolished)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Records include births, baptisms, marriages, deaths, burials and biographical notes.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">These include people who may have worked or served in the following occupations:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><ul style="margin-top: 0cm;"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Civil servants</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Military personnel</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Mariners</span></span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Chaplains</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Railway workers</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Law officers</span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Non-official inhabitants such as merchants and planters, free mariners and missionaries</span></span></li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Contains an A-Z Dictionary and Glossary of abbreviations which are quite extensive and extremely useful when undertaking your research into ancestors in India.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><a href="http://indiafamily.bl.uk/">http://indiafamily.bl.uk/</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Mike</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Family Tree Folk</span></div>Mike Kostiukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10205891677468760233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4974110780491053566.post-82818526191394671352010-11-22T09:58:00.000-08:002010-11-22T09:58:44.359-08:00Friends of Dundee City Archives<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">If you have ancestors from Dundee this site is full of free searchable information.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Friends of Dundee City Archives is an organisation that was established in 1989 to help and support the archivists by the purchase and preservation of old documents.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">It contains searchable databases on the following:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Methodist Baptisms (Wesleyan Register of Baptisms – Dundee) 1785 – 1898</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Howff Graveyard Burials (over 80,000 records)</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Vehicle Registrations, owners and licences 1911 – 1952</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Index of Poor Registers</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Dundee War Memorials and Roll of Honour</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">In addition to the above searchable databases there is so much more to access and view for anyone researching Dundee and ancestors who may have resided there.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Visit:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><a href="http://www.fdca.org.uk/FDCASiteMap1.html"><span style="font-family: Arial;">http://www.fdca.org.uk/FDCASiteMap1.html</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Mike</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Family Tree Folk</span></div>Mike Kostiukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10205891677468760233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4974110780491053566.post-66640982173881757512010-11-17T03:02:00.000-08:002010-11-17T03:02:23.328-08:00HHARP – Historic Hospital Admission Records Project - Children as patients<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">A useful database of 19<sup>th</sup> century children’s hospital records providing an insight into Victorian and Edwardian healthcare. This free site (after registration) gives access to almost 120,000 individual admission records between 1852 and 1914. Detailed history of the hospitals with many images and allowing you to locate patients by a name search.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">In many instances you can view and download the original handwritten admission case notes which can result in a number of pages providing so much information to family historians.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I found an ancestor admitted on the 22<sup>nd</sup> March 1871 to Great Ormond Street Hospital when she was aged just 5 years old. I managed to download and print three pages of informative hand written notes.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The hospitals included so far are three London Hospitals:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #231f20; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Hospital for Sick Children at Great Ormond Street</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #231f20; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Evelina Hospital</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #231f20; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Alexandra Hospital for Children with Hip Disease</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #231f20; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Royal Glasgow Sick Children’s Hospital</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #231f20; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Glasgow hospital records cover the period from 1883 when the hospital was opened until 1903 and gives information on the health of Glasgow’s poor children.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="color: #231f20; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"><a href="http://hharp.org/"><span style="font-family: Arial;">http://hharp.org/</span></a></span></div>Mike Kostiukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10205891677468760233noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4974110780491053566.post-61922865882094532562010-11-12T06:10:00.000-08:002010-11-12T06:23:48.291-08:00Cause Papers<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The Cause Papers database is a searchable catalogue of more than 14,000 cause papers relating to cases heard between 1300 and 1858 in the Church Courts of the diocese of York. These cover in the main Yorkshire but do extend beyond to other counties.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">The Borthwick Institute holds the original records which are the most extensive of their kind in the UK. These can be extremely useful in your research.</span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><a href="http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/causepapers/index.jsp">http://www.hrionline.ac.uk/causepapers/index.jsp</a></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">An example case of Grace Allenson c. Charles Allenson, 1676 below by Joanne Bailey (the author) makes for interesting reading</span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Joanne Bailey, Cause Papers in the Diocesan Courts of the Archbishopric of York </span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;"></span> </span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN;">22 October 2008</span>Mike Kostiukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10205891677468760233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4974110780491053566.post-79871830345768812602010-11-11T01:47:00.000-08:002010-11-11T01:48:56.299-08:00Emigrant Ancestors<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Following on from my previous post below about immigrant ancestors with some useful websites this post now looks at emigrant ancestors.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">If you have been unable to locate a missing ancestor on a UK census it may well be that they left these shores to find a better life, by assisted passage schemes or forced migration. It is interesting to note that passports have been in existence since the 15<sup>th</sup> century. However it was not until 1914 when migration from the UK came under stricter control with the outbreak of WWI that they became a requirement.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Emigrant passenger lists from 1890 – 1960 with over 24 million records can be found at </span><a href="http://www.ancestorsonboard.com/#search_now"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Arial;">http://www.ancestorsonboard.com/#search_now</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Some other useful websites to search are:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Ellis Island for emigrants entering the USA from 1892 with over 700,000 entries. This is a free and searchable website however you need to register for free to access the manifest images.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><a href="http://www.ellisisland.org/"><span style="font-family: Arial;">http://www.ellisisland.org/</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Library and Archive Canada has a free searchable database. Between 1869 and 1930 over 100,000 children were sent to Canada from Great Britain.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><a href="http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/home-children/001015-100.01-e.php"><span style="font-family: Arial;">http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/home-children/001015-100.01-e.php</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Convicts to Australia. Free searchable database of convicts and convict ships arriving in New South Wales from 1788 to 1849, Western Australia from 1850 to 1868.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><a href="http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/index.html"><span style="font-family: Arial;">http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/convicts/index.html</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Ships List carries a huge amount of useful information as well as passenger lists for the USA, Canada, Australia and South Africa.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><a href="http://www.theshipslist.com/index.html"><span style="font-family: Arial;">http://www.theshipslist.com/index.html</span></a></div>Mike Kostiukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10205891677468760233noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4974110780491053566.post-21308459630867280172010-11-08T06:22:00.000-08:002010-11-08T06:22:21.098-08:00Immigrant Ancestors<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Many migrants have been landing on British shores for centuries from the early invaders through to merchants, slaves, refugees and workers.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Many immigrants did so fleeing religious persecution or war such as the Jewish refugees in World War II or earlier with the Huguenots in the 17<sup>th</sup> century. The Aliens Act in 1836 forced legislation to record each migrant arrival giving the date of arrival, port of entry, name and occupation. This often meant an abundance of written records until the individual went through the “naturalisation” programme and became a citizen and entitled to more rights. Many of these records are becoming available to search online.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Ancestry.co.uk and The National Archives are popular sites to visit but there are lesser known and useful websites. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Two useful websites to search are: </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><a href="http://www.movinghere.org.uk/search/default.asp"><span style="font-family: Arial;">http://www.movinghere.org.uk/search/default.asp</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Moving Here website is searchable and original documents can be viewed and downloaded</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><a href="http://www.immigrantships.net/"><span style="font-family: Arial;">http://www.immigrantships.net/</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild website can be searched by port of arrival or departure with over 11,000 passenger manifests</span></div>Mike Kostiukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10205891677468760233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4974110780491053566.post-42023317057056140732010-11-01T12:04:00.000-07:002010-11-01T12:04:43.902-07:00A 1570 census of the Poor in Norwich<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Information back in the 16<sup>th</sup> century is not easy to find but if you had ancestors in Norwich, Norfolk, England you may find this link to a census taken in 1570 of over 800 poorer residents of the city. These residents were all located in the wards around the wonderful castle of Norwich which was built in 1067. The magnificent keep was added in 1120 and still remains today.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Recorded with details of their families, residence and employment. The data was first transcribed from the original documents and analysed in detail by John F Pound in the 1960’s and published on paper by the Public Record Society. The data was converted into electronic form by Paul Welbank in 1999.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Use the following link to access Paul's website:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><a href="http://www.welbank.net/norwich/1570/1570name.html"><span style="font-family: Arial;">http://www.welbank.net/norwich/1570/1570name.html</span></a></div>Mike Kostiukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10205891677468760233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4974110780491053566.post-86874892618442131552010-10-30T07:54:00.000-07:002010-10-30T07:54:19.533-07:00Researching Family History in Ireland<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Any genealogist who has tried to research their ancestry in Ireland will realise it is not always easy and often encounter many problems in finding online information.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">A free and useful searchable site for Ireland for the 1901 and 1911 census with access to the original returns can be found here:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><a href="http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/"><span style="font-family: Arial;">http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/search/</span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Another very useful free online site to visit is the Public Records Office of Northern Ireland based in Belfast. The PRONI website has online digitised archives fully searchable.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">When you find an entry you are interested in, you can then view a digital image of the original document. The following are currently available:</span></div><ul type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><a href="http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/search_the_archives/ulster_covenant.htm" title="Ulster Covenant"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Ulster Covenant</span></span></a></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><a href="http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/search_the_archives/freeholders_records.htm" title="Freeholders Records"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Freeholders' Lists</span></span></a></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><a href="http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/search_the_archives/street_directories.htm" title="Street Directories"><span style="color: windowtext; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Street Directories</span></span></a></li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">A project is nearly complete to index and digitise 1858 - c1900 wills from the District Probate Registries of Armagh, Belfast and Londonderry.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">PRONI can be found here: <a href="http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/search_the_archives.htm">http://www.proni.gov.uk/index/search_the_archives.htm</a></span>Mike Kostiukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10205891677468760233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4974110780491053566.post-66140320436403104632010-10-26T07:56:00.000-07:002010-10-26T07:56:11.115-07:00Research using Inquest Records<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial;">Research using Inquest Records</span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Whenever you visit a record office it is always worth checking if they hold any old surviving inquest records. The parish where your ancestors lived can hold valuable information on inquests not just from the deceased but also details of the jurymen, innkeepers (where often the inquest was held) or proprietors of other establishments.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">There may also be witness statements recorded in the inquest record. So as you can see your ancestor could possibly turn up in an inquest – not necessarily the corpse!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">When an inquest verdict results in the case being taken to trial due to a possible criminal act then follow this up with criminal records too. Although all the information recorded at the inquest will be repeated often additional information comes to light. Another important point to make is although the jury at the inquest may deliver a verdict this could be completely different at the criminal hearing.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><u><span style="font-family: Arial;">A number of common Inquest Verdict Terms </span></u></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Visitation of God</b> – sudden deaths often unexplained or possibly heart attacks and strokes.</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mishap/Casual/Misfortune</b> – usually used for an accidental death</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Natural Causes/ Natural Death</b> – a long standing illness such as cholera, TB, smallpox etc</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Murder or Manslaughter</span></b></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Justifiable Homicide</b>- generally a self defence verdict</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Suicide *</b>see note below</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Inclemency of the weather</b> – exposure to the elements</span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Want of the Necessities of Life</b> – usually referring to a death by starvation</span></li>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">When the jurors were unable to determine the cause of death at an inquest they passed an open verdict with terms like “Found Dead” or “Died from a fall from a Horse.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">*</b>Suicide – interesting facts</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">If a suicide verdict was returned the jury had to decide if the person was deemed sane at the time. Persons committing suicide who were classified as a lunatic strangely enough were allowed a full church rites burial in consecrated ground.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">If they were deemed to have “all their faculties” however they were given the verdict of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">felo de se (self murder).</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">A <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">felo de se</i> until 1823 was buried at a crossroads and usually had a wooden stake driven into the body! Better to be insane!!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">After 1823 they allowed a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">felo de se</i> to be buried in a churchyard but only between the hours of 9pm and midnight and with no burial service conducted. Also until 1871 the Crown laid claim to all the suicide’s property which had to be forfeit. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>Mike Kostiukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10205891677468760233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4974110780491053566.post-20098810804370834572010-10-25T07:19:00.000-07:002010-10-26T00:15:48.140-07:00Information from Family Photographs<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">We will all have a box of old family photographs handed down or left by our ancestors. It is unfortunately rare to find our ancestors have written any details on the photographs with the date, where it was taken and the names of the people on it.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">This is a lesson we all need to learn for our current photograph collection. However ensure you write the details using an acid free pen as this ink will not fade or damage the photographs. You can also buy an acid free pen that can be used safely on the front as well as the back.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">See </span><a href="http://www.familytreefolk.co.uk/page_11103.html"><span style="font-family: Arial;">http://www.familytreefolk.co.uk/page_11103.html</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">However all is not lost. Even if you can identify the people on the photograph estimating the date can still be undertaken by clues:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 39pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">The approximate ages of any children in the photograph (far easier to estimate than adults)</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 39pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Clothes or uniforms the people are wearing</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 39pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Buildings or location landmarks</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 39pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Cars or other transport can offer approximate years</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 39pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Really useful if the photograph has details of the photographer stamped on the back</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 39pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">The type of paper and process used to develop the photograph</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 3pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 3pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">For close examination of photographs use a Photo Magnifier.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 3pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 3pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">See </span><a href="http://www.familytreefolk.co.uk/page_11130.html"><span style="font-family: Arial;">http://www.familytreefolk.co.uk/page_11130.html</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial;"> <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 3pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 3pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The following site is useful for helping to indentify Victorian and Edwardian photographs<span style="color: white; font-size: medium;"> </span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">Finally Street Trade Directories will help you locate photographers who have stamped the photographs. By looking through the years you can see what years they were in business.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 3pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 3pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">See my blog article below with a link to Trade Directories.</span></div>Mike Kostiukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10205891677468760233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4974110780491053566.post-29056111248700322732010-10-23T00:17:00.001-07:002010-10-23T00:21:18.783-07:00Trade Directories with searchable database<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Trade Directories can be another really useful source of information for tracing our ancestors and their occupations and trades.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The first London directory appeared as early as 1677, Birmingham was 1763, Glasgow 1783. Many individuals across the UK started to compile and put into print Trade Directories including some of the better known ones – <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Slater, Pigot and Kelly</b>. These often came out more than once a year during their popular period. One problem however being by the time they were compiled and printed they were often already out of date.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">For example in a 1859 directory your ancestor listed at an address probably meant he was there in 1857/8. Often some of the information can be a bit suspect so tread with caution on what you may find.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">To view a number of these directories free of charge and also the ability to print and download the original pages you can visit the University of Leicester who ran a project digitising these.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">They have English and Welsh directories for the years 1750 to 1919.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Visit </span><a href="http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/index.asp"><span style="font-family: Arial;">http://www.historicaldirectories.org/hd/index.asp</span></a></div>Mike Kostiukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10205891677468760233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4974110780491053566.post-76921777166025331852010-10-22T06:09:00.000-07:002010-10-22T06:20:06.425-07:00The 8 Bastardy Documents for Family History<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">In the mid 18<sup>th</sup> century with the Industrial Revolution illegitimacy began to rise sharply with around 3 in every 100 births in 1750. By the early 19<sup>th</sup> century this had risen to nearly 7 in every 100 births. Changes in social attitudes reversed this trend in the early 20<sup>th</sup> century when illegitimacy fell to around 4 in every 100.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">This rise in illegitimacy called for a wealth of records to be created mostly by the local parish and stored in the County Record Offices. The Old Poor Law instructed the local parish churchwarden and the overseer of the poor to force a pregnant unmarried mother to identify the father. This was due to the increased burden that could fall onto the parish.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">This was known as the Bastardy Examination but there are eight documents which can help to find the father of an illegitimate child.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><strong>Bastardy Examination</strong> – the mothers information on the identity of the father</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><strong>Notice of Application for a Bastardy Order</strong> – sent to the accused father ordering him to appear before the Quarter Sessions</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><strong>Bastardy Recognizance</strong> – like a bail bond instructing the believed father to appear at the Quarter Sessions</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><strong>Bastardy Warrant</strong> – orders for the apprehension of the believed father of the child</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><strong>Bastardy Summons</strong> – instructs the local constable to bring the man in front of the court</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><strong>Bastardy Order</strong> – this highlights who is to pay what</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><strong>Bastardy Certificate</strong> – this certifies that the father has paid what was due and releases him from the Bastardy Recognizance</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 36pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><strong>Bastardy Bond</strong> – this is a promise by a bondsman to pay the parish any costs incurred by the father.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">A good place to search is the National Archives <a href="http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a">www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a</a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><span style="font-family: "Arial", "sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">By entering ‘bastardy’ in the search as the key word if will produce a list of all the relevant records held by various archives in some counties.</span></div>Mike Kostiukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10205891677468760233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4974110780491053566.post-10555250330009490772010-10-20T06:44:00.000-07:002010-10-20T06:45:59.857-07:00York County Gaol with searchable database<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Opened in 1705 York County Gaol was classed as the most stately prison ever built, both internally as well as the wonderful magnificent architectural exterior. It closed at the end of the 19th century and is now York Castle Museum.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOq7a69Q8Qf31Et1nayshLETjQIoWrl7hQ7aorDbL_EKGSmniLHcQ2fCvemJAzod22PzipU_shVRhM-U8vOMedYZFgeEq13j9nv9sTejfth7de2lIQBQsl953xf2ZzEGUjL6YW4LTP02cD/s1600/170px-York_Castle_Museum.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOq7a69Q8Qf31Et1nayshLETjQIoWrl7hQ7aorDbL_EKGSmniLHcQ2fCvemJAzod22PzipU_shVRhM-U8vOMedYZFgeEq13j9nv9sTejfth7de2lIQBQsl953xf2ZzEGUjL6YW4LTP02cD/s1600/170px-York_Castle_Museum.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Fully searchable database free for thousands of prisoners </span></span>incarcerated there during the 18<sup>th</sup> and 19<sup>th</sup> centuries. A great resource for family historians to help track down their convict ancestors and victims of crime.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The most famous prisoner imprisoned there was the highwayman Dick Turpin. He spent his last 6 months in York prison before being hanged in 1739 for horse stealing.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Gives details including dates and places of birth, occupations and detail of crimes and debts – both for perpetrators and their victims of: </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Criminals transported to America between 1704 and 1775.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Criminals executed between 1710 and 1889</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Insolvent debtors between 1710 and 1813</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><a href="http://www.yorkcastleprison.org.uk/home.html"><span style="font-family: Arial;">http://www.yorkcastleprison.org.uk/home.html</span></a></span></div>Mike Kostiukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10205891677468760233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4974110780491053566.post-1717261686074759862010-10-18T06:17:00.000-07:002010-10-18T06:17:50.753-07:00A list of treasured possessions for Family History research<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">I always promote the safe preservation and use of archival products for family memorabilia passed down having seen so many instances of poor storage and presentation. Ensure you do this correctly using acid free products.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">However this posting is to highlight what memorabilia could be useful to further your research. Often these only come to light after a family death or a house move and can either be the starting point of your research or fill in a lot of gaps.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 39pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Certificates (birth, marriage, death, adoption, baptism and confirmation)</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 39pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Memorial cards</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 39pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photographs and drawings</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 39pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Correspondence (letters, postcards)</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 39pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Scrapbooks</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 39pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Family bibles/prayer books, diaries</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 39pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">House or business account books (invoices, receipts)</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 39pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Passports, identity cards</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 39pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Ration books, war letters, medals, badges</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 39pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Membership books (clubs and organisations)</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 39pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Examination or school leaving certificates and school reports</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 39pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Old newspapers/cuttings</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 39pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Insurance policies</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 39pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Wills and legal documents</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 3pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 3pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">For more information on correct storage and preservation products visit</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt 3pt; mso-add-space: auto;"><br />
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</div>Mike Kostiukhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10205891677468760233noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4974110780491053566.post-12246484279944934762010-10-17T09:36:00.000-07:002010-10-17T09:36:16.946-07:00Have you placed your valuable research in clear PVC sleeves? Oh No!<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Widely found and used to store documents and other memorabilia, PVC clear plastic pockets are a definite NO to any family historian. The number of people who approach me at Family History Fairs with old and fragile original family documents (certificates, wills etc) in PVC pockets is astonishing. What is more surprising is they are not aware of the long term damage PVC can cause to their precious documents.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">PVC has plasticisers added that make the PVC soft and pliable. These plasticisers over time migrate into the document and destroy the print and also eat into the paper. You will have seen examples of this when you try to remove a long term stored document and the PVC pocket is sticky and has some of the print transferred from the paper onto the plastic.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">The archival way of storing your documents is to use acid free inert clear PP (Polypropylene) or PET (Polyester) pockets. These two are widely used by professional archivists to ensure safe storage of valuable documents and memorabilia. PP is by far the most common type used mainly because of availability and the lower price. The benefit of using PET (used by more professional bodies) is the ultra clarity and generally more lightweight gauge of pocket.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">If you want more information on archival pockets see <a href="http://www.familytreefolk.co.uk/page_11048.html">http://www.familytreefolk.co.uk/page_11048.html</a></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;"><br />
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