Genealogy Websitesgalore #33

ARTICLE http://blog.familytreemagazine.com/insider/Effort+Underway+To+Open+1926+Irish+Census.aspx Effort underway to open 1926 Irish Census.

ARTICLE http://blog.familytreemagazine.com/insider/GeneTree+Adds+YDNA+Testing.aspx Gene Tree adds Y DNA testing.

ARTICLE http://blog.familytreemagazine.com/insider/FamilySearch+Team+To+Make+England+And+Wales+Census+Indexes+Free.aspx
CA http://genealogy.about.com/od/canada/a/census.htm?nl=1

ENG MAPS LONDON
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/hitch/gendocs/lon-str.html Victorian Street Index http://web.archive.org/web/20050310013734/http://members.aol.com/WHall95037/london.html Lost London Streets ( no longer on the web but accessible through the archiver) http://www.btinternet.com/~rayment/general/road_name_changes/14_4E_Inner_London_Streets_Districts.html Inner London Street changes http://archivemaps.com/mapco/index.htm http://oldlondonmaps.com/index.html http://www.mappalondon.com/ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nmfa/Maps/pocket_atlas_and_guide_to_london/paagtl1900index.html Old Maps of London ( and elsewhere)

ENG NEWSPAPERS
http://www.bl.uk/collections/newspapers.html The British Library Newspaper section has started to put some 19th century periodicals online.

ENG POLL BOOKS
http://www.british-genealogy.com/resources/info/pollbooks.html
For Electoral Registers (or Register of Electors) see http://www.bl.uk/collections/social/spis_er.html (they list those entitled to vote for a given period)
For Poll books you almost need to know the person was in a given place to determine if he is the right man

FAMILY HISTORY ONLINE
http://www.familyhistoryonline.net/ A fee-based site that lets you search records compiled by family history societies in England, Wales and Australia. The 67 million records now available include parish registers, memorial inscriptions, censuses, poor law documents and more. (See a breakdown by place under the Databases menu.)

FINDMYPAST.COM
New Parish Records Collection Findmypast.com, in association with the Federation of Family History Societies (FFHS), is proud to announce the launch of its Parish Records Collection. You now have access to over 15 million parish records, dating from 1538 – 2.7 million of these are brand new to findmypast.com.
For several years family history societies nationwide have been painstakingly transcribing parish records in their locality. This collection is the fruit of their combined labours, bringing a comprehensive database online with widespread coverage.
The Parish Records Collection offers an unprecedented level of access to millions of rare records. We've combined our existing parish record sets – records from the National Burial Index and the City of London Burial Index – within the new section and added a host of brand new ones. These new additions – over 2.7 million of them – comprise both indexes and, in cases, full parish register transcriptions. The latter, in particular, offer a goldmine of genealogical detail. http://www.findmypast.com/parish-records-collection-search-start.action?redef=0&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=fmp_email&utm_term=reg&utm_content=100708&utm_campaign=parish_records_collection
FLASH DRIVE GENEALOGY
http://genealogycompass.com/special-features/flash-drive-genealogy.html
IRL New census records added to Irish Genealogical Online Record Search System The Irish Family History Foundation's Online Research Service (ORS) are pleased to announce the availability of the Sligo census records for 1901 and the Cavan census records for 1901 and 1911. See the sources list for full details.
https://brsgenealogy.com/sligo/login.php?viewIndex=1&redirect_url=quis.php&set=yes https://brsgenealogy.com/cavan/login.php?viewIndex=1&redirect_url=quis.php&set=yes Remember that you can purchase and spend your credit at any of the IFHF online centres. Please check our interactive map to see which centres are currently live. http://ifhf.brsgenealogy.com/map.php?&set=yes
If you have any questions or comments please check the Census FAQ and if this does not provide an answer, then do not hesitate to contact us. IFHF

IRL
http://ifhf.brsgenealogy.com/index.php?&set=yes
New Census records added to Irish Genealogical Online Record Search System The Irish Family History Foundation's Online Research Service (ORS) are pleased to announce the availability of the census records for 1901 and 1911 for Galway West and Galway East, and the 1901 census data for Kildare. See the respective sources list for full details. https://brsgenealogy.com/galwaywest/login.php?viewIndex=1&redirect_url=quis.php&set=yes https://brsgenealogy.com/galwayeast/login.php?viewIndex=1&redirect_url=quis.php&set=yes https://brsgenealogy.com/kildare/login.php?viewIndex=1&redirect_url=quis.php&set=yes
This bring the total number of records searchable online to over 13 million.
Remember that you can purchase and spend your credit at any of the IFHF online centres.
Please check our interactive map to see which centres are currently live. If you have any questions or comments please check the Census FAQ and if this does not provide an answer, then do not hesitate to contact us. IFHF

IRL http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com Irish Genealogy Toolkit Advice for beginner and intermediate family historians researching their Irish ancestors, history and heritage.

LEGACY NZ MEETINGS
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To Legacy Family Tree Users - NZ Legacy Users Group

INVITATION TO MEETINGS
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AUCKLAND MEETING - Saturday 16 August 08 Venue is the room at the NZSG, 159 Queens Road, Panmure, Auckland. The agenda is:
1 A welcome to all and especially to new users.
2 A few pointers for new users - we will cover some fundamental issues - the need for sourcing and how the template system works, the source clipboard, where to put miscellaneous notes, discipline with locations - that sort of thing.
3 Run through the new features of Legacy version 7 - will demonstrate how some of them work and any subsequent discussion. Jan likes being able to edit the places for each person from the location list. However she would rather put her own places in - doesn't seem to like their way!!!
4 Boyd has done some work on tidying up his sources and how they print out. He will show this and then lead discussion of changes in the program layout on some screens and will raise issues that some folk won't have encountered yet. What do you think about the new sourcing templates? Discuss what to put in the fields.
5 Changes to the backup system and a trap arising from this can be covered.
6 We will mention the Legacy UG forum for those who d
7 Technical corner (topics for collective input - add your thoughts and experiences, questions etc after a general introduction from the front):
8 Questions and help with Legacy problems.
9 ... and anything else that comes up.
Auckland Meeting (as usual) 6:00 pm through to 10:00 pm. Meeting to start by 6:30 pm. $5.00 (to cover costs). Tea/coffee/biscuits available. Boyd Miller will be convening the meeting. Any responses for this meeting to Brett Robinson, amrbmclr@ihug.co.nz. *
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NORTH AUCKLAND MEETING - Wednesday 20 August 08 The first meeting of this group was held on Wednesday 30 July 08 and was attended by 6 people. There were 2 more who were away in Australia and sent apologies. The convenor of the group is Alan Jenner (ajenner@ihug.co.nz) and in view of the interest shown it was decided to hold another meeting on Wednesday 20 August 08. These are informal meetings and it is hoped meetings will be held at least once a month. Meeting detail by contacting Colin Forster 09 428 5492, or Alan Jenner 09 426 4166. Further detail will be published as it comes to hand.
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HAMILTON MEETING - Sunday 28 September 08 (advance notice - this is next month) The first meeting of a Hamilton Legacy Users Group was held in Hamilton on Sunday afternoon, 27 July 2008. This meeting successfully launched the group, with about 22 in attendance (plus drivers). The meeting had been called by Margaret Couch, and she led discussion about the group and future meetings. The viability of a Legacy group in Hamilton was not in doubt with such a good response, and it was agreed to continue meeting two-monthly. The next meeting will be held on Sunday 28 September 08. Meetings will be held at University Lodge seminar room, Hillcrest, Hamilton. The building is on the University of Waikato campus, on Knighton Road, opposite a small block of shops and between Gates 2a and 2b. There is a small car park at the Lodge and a larger one at Gate 2b. An interactive map is online http://www.waikato.ac.nz/contacts/map/ - look for either University Lodge or UL3 (the seminar room is behind UL3). The meetings will be held at 1:00 - 3:30 pm on the forth Sunday of the odd months, at 1:00 - 3:30 pm (ish). All welcome - new and experienced users of all versions of the programme. Tea and coffee will be available with a gold coin to cover expenses. For further information about this group contact Margaret Couch, telephone 07 855 8043, 027 242 0998 (couchm@wave.co.nz).

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KAPITI MEETING - Saturday 30 August 08 The Kapiti group is an "informal" one. Anyone with an interest in the Legacy programme can attend the meetings. There is a small door charge, rather than subscriptions, to cover the cost of the hire of the hall, tea and coffee, etc. Bring your laptop if you have one. The next meeting of the Kapiti New Zealand Legacy Users Group will be held on Saturday 30 August 08. The meeting will be in the Masonic Hall, Tararua Street (off Hinemoa Street), Paraparaumu. Cost is $3.00. Doors open at 12:30 pm and the meeting starts at 2 pm, to finish just before 4:30 pm. Tea and coffee available before and after the meeting. All levels of knowledge catered for, from beginners to experts. Any enquires to the contact person Gerald Twiss (via e-mail) gero@ihug.co.nz or phone 021 151 6714. Further detail will be published as it comes to hand. **********************************************************************

 

NZ
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ashleigh/ http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ashleigh/obituaries-Inquests/1938.May.Obituaries.Inquests.Christchurch.Press..html http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~ashleigh/1870-1908/1938.May.Christchurch.Press.Snippets.html Obituaries & Inquests and the Snippets of the month of May 1938 from the Christchurch Press. The snippets include anything I thought would be of interest to family historians e.g. this month, under the Obituaries column there are example below, please email me for a newspaper copy of anything you would like. I took over 400 photographs for the month of May, writing down the date and name of every photo as I took it, then typing them all up.They make fascinating reading. Now I am starting on June
Beverley Evans Christchurch NZ

NZ From NZ Mailing List I felt I should let people know that the best place in Dunedin to go for passenger shipping is the Otago Settlers Museum. They have newspaper indexes for shipping called NIPS (Newspaper Index to Passenger Shipping). Also among their collections is the following:
1. The Early Settlers 1848 - 1850 - Indexes are held of the passenger lists of the first fourteen ships to Otago outlines by Dr. Hocken in 1898. These have been updated and enlarged.
2. Assisted Immigrants to Port Chalmers 1848 - 1869 - an official list published of all people who had part or all of their passage to Otago paid for by the Provincial Government since 1848 and who still owed some of this money. List gives the passengers' name, ship, date of arrival and amount of money owing. Further lists were published three years later - Assisted immigrants to Port Chalmers 1856-1872 and Bluff 1863 – 186
3. Otago Provincial Government Gazette Lists of Assisted Passengers 1869 - 1875 - These indexes cover some of the passengers assisted by the Otago Provincial Government in the early 1870s. It is worth noting that lists of passengers published in the Otago Gazette for the ships listed below, which arrived 1869 -1871, give the previous residential address of passengers: 1869 - Timaru, James Nicol Fleming, Queen Bee, Jessie Readman, William Lindsay. 1870 - Achilles, E.P. Bouverie, Leucardia, James Nicol Fleming, Robert Henderson, Warrior Queen, Agnes Muir. 1871 - Wild Deer, Shun Lee, Carrick Castle, James Nicol Fleming, E.P., Bouverie, May Queen, Peter Denny, Christian McAusland, City of Dunedin, Margaret Galbraith, Jessie Readman.
4. New Zealand Shipping Company Paying Passengers to Port Chalmers and Bluff 1875 - 1893 (on microfiche) - Indexed list of paying passengers to Otago who came on vessels owned by the New Zealand Shipping Company. The Alexander Turnbull Library in Wellington holds the originals.
5. Index to Paying Passengers to Otago per the Patrick Henderson Shipping Company (Glasgow) 1871 - 1880 (on microfiche)- An index to passenger lists held in Glasgow and copies of which are held by the Hocken Collections, Dunedin.
6. Otago/Southland Assisted Passengers (OSAP) 1872 - 1888. - These lists are transcripts of all the surviving passenger lists for assisted immigration to the region by the central government in this period.
The original lists are held by Archives New Zealand in Wellington. Between what is held there and in the Hocken Collections (please note it is no longer called the Hocken Library) there is a good coverage of shipping into Dunedin. Otago Settlers Museum Located: 31 Queens Gardens, Dunedin Postal Address: P.O. Box 566, Dunedin Telephone: (03) 477.5052 Fax: (03) 477.2727 Archivist: Jill Haley Opening Hours: Research Department. Monday - Friday 10 am - 1 pm except public holidays.

NZ
http://www.geocities.com/galtm/
Rollo Arnold New Zealand Historian Articles by Rollo Arnold who studied 19th century migration to New Zealand from both England and Australia. Also articles about NZ society in the 19th century.

ST HELENA ISLAND
Address for records from St Helena Island – Payment details are as follows: Send a cheque made payable to the Office of the Chief Secretary for Twenty One Pounds (one Pound is for handling fee) The address is as follows
MISS LACOSTA MCDANIEL
Custodian of Records
The Archives The Castle
ST HELENA ISLAND STHL 1ZZ

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The link for www.mappalondon.com points to a different website.