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| UT Divorces 1997-2016 FindMyPast.com |
** New US – FindMyPast has released a collection of Utah divorce records spanning the years 1997 to 2016. Access is by subscription, or free in the AIGS library. | 14 November 2016 |
| ME WW1 Draftees 1917-19 FamilySearch.org |
** New US – FamilySearch.org has created a new indexed record collection of Maine World War I draft registration cards, spanning the years from 1917 to 1919. Access is free. | 14 November 2016 |
| NH Rev. War Records 1675-1835 FamilySearch.org |
** New US – FamilySearch has expanded their collection of New Hampshire Revolutionary War records. Spanning from 1675[!] to 1835, the records in this collection consist of muster rolls, tax books, oaths of allegiance, pension rolls, pension applications and officer account books. Access is free. | 14 November 2016 |
| NC Rev. War Pay Vouchers 1779-82 FamilySearch.org |
** New US – FamilySearch.org has indexed some Revolutionary War pay vouchers from North Carolina. Spanning the period from 1779 to 1782. Pay vouchers were issued in lieu of cash and were paid both to soldiers and to people who provided supplies to the army. Access is free. | 14 November 2016 |
| FL Marriages 1830-1957 FamilySearch.org |
** New US – FamilySearch.org has created a new collection of Florida marriage records spanning the years from 1830 to 1957. Access is free. | 14 November 2016 |
| NYC 1890 Police Census FamilySearch.org |
** New US – FamilySearch.org has indexed an additional 1.5 million names in the New York City police census of 1890. Apparently, the New York City government felt that the federal census of the city in 1890 had undercounted the number of inhabitants of the city, so they decided to conduct its own census using the police as enumerators. As it turns out, the New York City police census managed to count 13% more people than the federal census of the same year. Access is free. | 14 November 2016 |
| NYC Directories 1849-1923 NYPL.org |
** New US – The New York Public Library is in the process of digitizing 137 years of New York City directories. The first batch from 1849/50 through to 1923 have already been digitized and put online. Access is free. | 14 November 2016 |
| KY African-American Marriages UKY.edu |
** New US – The University of Kentucky Libraries and the Fayette County Clerk’s office have put online a collection of early African American marriage indexes from Fayette County. The books date from 1866 to 1882 and from 1958 to 1968. Work is underway to transcribe the indexes. Access is free. | 14 November 2016 |
| US Ancestral Records TheGenealogist.co.uk |
** New US – TheGenealogist is expanding into US ancestral records. Some of the highlights include Social Security Death Records (1935 to 2014), the 1940 US census and immigration records of some 600,000 Irish citizens who arrived in New York between 1846 and 1851. Access to these new collections is by subscription, and free in the AIGS library. | 14 November 2016 |
| NYC Marriage Index 1950-95 NYCMarriageIndex.com |
** New US – The website Reclaim the Records has been successful in obtaining more free genealogy records. They have created a website called NYC Marriage Index that has marriage licenses for New York City spanning from 1950 to 1995. Access is free. | 14 November 2016 |
| Victorian Inquest Papers FamilySearch.org |
** New Australia – FamilySearch.org has put online an intriguing collection of court inquest papers from the state of Victoria. Access is free. | 14 November 2016 |
| Mendoza Parish Records FamilySearch.org |
** New Argentina – FamilySearch.org has created a collection of Catholic Church parish records from the province of Mendoza, Argentina. Access is free. | 14 November 2016 |
| Workhouse Registers 1837-1929 FindMyPast.com |
** New Wales – FindMyPast has put online a collection of workhouse registers from the Abergavenny workhouse and spans the years from 1837 to 1929. Access is by subscription, or free in the AIGS library. | 14 November 2016 |
| Monmouthshire Voters 1832-89 FindMyPast.com |
** New Wales – FindMyPast has put online a large collection of electoral rolls from Monmouthshire, Wales, spanning the years from 1832 to 1889. Please note that during this time, the only eligible voters were adult male landowners. Access is by subscription, or free in the AIGS library. | 14 November 2016 |
| More Dublin Registers FindMyPast.com |
** New Ireland – FindMyPast has added 10 new publications to their collection of Dublin registers. Access is by subscription, or free in the AIGS library. | 14 November 2016 |
| More Irish Newspapers FindMyPast.com |
** New Ireland – FindMyPast has added 1.7 million newspaper articles to their historic Irish newspaper collection. Access is by subscription, or free in the AIGS library. | 14 November 2016 |
| They'll Never Take Our Freedom! ScotlandsPlaces.gov.uk |
** New Scotland – The Scottish website ScotlandsPlaces has switched from being a subscription website to one that is completely free. The site organizes genealogy records by county. Pick a county and it will provide a list of all the free genealogy records for that region. And the whole point, of course, is that access is free. | 14 November 2016 |
| 1901 Canada Census FindMyPast.com or BAC-LAC.gc.ca |
** New Canada – FindMyPast has put online the 1901 Canada Census. This census was the first Canadian census that asked questions on religion, place of birth and citizenship. Access is by subscription, or free in the AIGS library.
Alternatively, you can search this census for free by going directly to the Library and Archives of Canada website, which also provides a digital image of the original census form. |
14 November 2016 |
| Limburg Civil Registrations 1798-1906 FamilySearch.org |
** New Belgium – FamilySearch.org continues to add more images and translate more records from their collection of civil registration records from Limburg, Belgium, spanning the years 1798 to 1906. Most of the records in this collection are in Dutch, although some are in French. Access is free. | 14 November 2016 |
| Voices of WWI BBC.co.uk |
World – Whilst there are no longer any living veterans of WW1, their voices live on, in recordings held by the BBC and by the Imperial War Museum - which you can hear in a series of radio programmes that are now available online. | 5 October 2016 |
| England's Immigrants EnglandsImmigrants.com |
England – The England's Immigrants 1330-1550 website is a database containing over 64,000 names of people known to have migrated to England between 1330 and 1550. The site contains a search facility as well as the ability to browse the names and refine by date, nationality, origin and more. | 5 October 2016 |
| Clergy and Lay Ministers TheGenealogist.com |
England – TheGenealogist has released a series of lists from books detailing clergy and lay members of various religions primarily in England but also Scotland, Wales, Canada and New Zealand. Access is by subscription, or free in the AIGS library. | 5 October 2016 |
| New Archive Milestone BritishNewspaperArchive.co.uk |
England – The British Newspaper Archive has reached the milestone of 15 million digitized pages online. Access is by subscription, or free in the AIGS library. | 5 October 2016 |
| Lincolnshire Parish Records FindMyPast.com |
England – FindMyPast has updated their Lincolnshire parish record collection. There are now 4.4 million records in the collection. Access is by subscription, or free in the AIGS library. | 5 October 2016 |
| N Warwickshire Parish Records FHS-online.co.uk TheGenealogist.co.uk |
England – TheGenealogist has added new parish records from North Warwickshire, around the town of Nuneaton. Included are some 300,000 baptisms, 90,000 marriages and 60,000 burial records. The date range depends on the parish, but generally goes from 1813 to 1911. Access is by subscription or free in the AIGS library. This collection was released in partnership with the Nuneaton & North Warwickshire FHS. It can also be accessed through the Family History Societies Online website for a modest fee. The family history societies get 100% of the income from this website. | 5 October 2016 |
| London PO Directories FindMyPast.com |
England – FindMyPast has put online the 1842, 1851 and 1861 London Post Office directories. At the moment, these directories are not searchable by keyword, but their contents are listed alphabetically by surname. Access is by subscription, or free in the AIGS library. | 5 October 2016 |
| WWII British Service Casualties FindMyPast.com |
England – FindMyPast has put online War Office records covering British Army casualty lists from WWII. These lists cover soldiers and nurses who were reported as killed in action, wounded, prisoner of war, missing, died of wounds, involved in accidents or who had fallen dangerously ill. The collection covers the various theatres of war. It also includes soldiers who were killed or seriously injured at overseas stations outside the main theatres of war. Access is by subscription, or free in the AIGS library. | 5 October 2016 |
| New Scots Forum TalkingScot.com |
Scotland – Talking Scot is a meeting place for people with an interest in Scottish genealogy, history and culture. It includes a forum, gallery to share images and documents, and links for Scottish research. | 5 October 2016 |
| Glasgow Electoral Registers Ancestry.co.uk |
Scotland – Ancestry.co.uk have added Glasgow electoral registers from 1857 to 1962, listing the names and residences of people who are eligible to vote. Please note that for this collection, "eligible to vote" in Scotland (and thus your ancestors' presence on the register) means: • Up to 1918 - male landowners over 21. • 1918 onward - men over 21 and some women (typically landowners) over 30. • 1928 onward - men and women over 21. Access is by subscription, or free in the AIGS library. |
5 October 2016 |
| Irish Genealogy IrishAncestors.ie |
Ireland –The Irish Genealogist (TIG) comprises thousands of articles relating to Irish genealogy. A free online Names Index to TIG is available. This database of names links directly to articles from TIG matching their search criteria. Volume 11 covering the years from 1998 to 2005 has been released. Searching the database is completely free and any references to articles in volume 10 are also free. However, access to articles appearing in volume 11 is restricted to IGRS members only. Volumes 1-8 are on the computers in the AIGS library. | 5 October 2016 |
| Irish Vital Records IrishGenealogy.ie |
Ireland – Irish Birth, Marriage, and Death Records are now online: Births over 100 years ago, Marriages over 75 years ago and Deaths over 50 years ago of the General Register Office (GRO), are now available. | 5 October 2016 |
| National Archives of Ireland NationalArchives.ie |
Ireland – FindMyPast has added several key new Irish genealogy record sets from the National Archives of Ireland, including wills and indexes, marriage license bonds, Catholic conversion rolls, shipping crew lists and land valuation records. These records have now been added to the National Archives of Ireland website. Access is free. | 5 October 2016 |
| Irish Wills 1858-1920 FindMyPast.com |
Ireland – FindMyPast in concert with the National Archives of Ireland has added a collection of Irish wills. Known as the Original Will Registers, it contains a register of Irish wills from 1858 to 1920. There are some 181,000 wills in this collection, which was formed from books created by local district courts. The collection includes wills from Northern Ireland up to 1917. This collection is to remain free to search forever. | 5 October 2016 |
| Irish Merchant Navy Crews FindMyPast.com |
Ireland – FindMyPast in concert with the National Archives of Ireland has published Irish merchant navy crew lists from 1863 to 1921. What is interesting about these crew lists is that it contains names of sailors from other countries who served on Irish vessels. Sailors from Norway and America are also well represented in this collection, which is to remain free to search forever. | 5 October 2016 |
| Qualification & Convert Rolls FindMyPast.com |
Ireland – FindMyPast has put online an interesting and somewhat unique collection of Catholic qualification and convert rolls. These are basically Irish Catholics who swore loyalty to the British Crown or who converted from Catholicism to Protestantism. This collection spans the years from 1701 to 1845. There are some 50,000 records in this collection, which is to remain free to search forever. | 5 October 2016 |
| Laredo, TX Arrivals 1903-29 FamilySearch.org |
US – FamilySearch.org has started a new collection of Laredo, Texas index of arrivals records. These are mainly Mexican immigrants who passed into the United States at Laredo. The 615,000-odd names in this collection span the years from 1903 to 1929. Access is free. | 5 October 2016 |
| Schleswig-Holstein BDM's 1874-1983 FamilySearch.org |
Germany – FamilySearch.org has created a new indexed record collection of civil records from the district of Schleswig-Holstein. The 135,000 records in this collection span the years 1874 to 1983 and consist of birth, marriage and official death records. Access is free. | 5 October 2016 |
| Hungarian Civil Records 1895-1980 FamilySearch.org |
Hungary – FamilySearch.org has added an additional 50,000 civil registration records from Hungary. These records span the years from 1895 to 1980. The records can be searched by first name and last name. Access is free. | 5 October 2016 |
| 1911 Danish Census FamilySearch.org |
Denmark – FamilySearch.org has put online the name index for the 1911 Danish census. Note that three different forms were used in this census: one for Copenhagen, one for other cities and one for rural areas. This collection can be searched by first name and last name. Access is free. | 5 October 2016 |
| Tracing Scandinavians Scandinavian Genealogy |
Scandinavia – Find out how to trace Scandinavian ancestors, and try a DNA test that may show thousands of relations. | 5 October 2016 |
| Genomic Testing Survey GeniOz.net.au |
Australia – An Australian Research Council-funded study about public perceptions and views on personal genomic testing is running a survey online and would like more responses from Australians, and from the rest of the world too. | 2 August 2016 |
| The Prosecution Project ProsecutionProject.Griffith.edu.au |
Australia – The Prosecution Project is investigating the history of the criminal trial in Australia. It will also tell us much about Australian history – how people lived, how they behaved, how they dealt with conflict and tragedy, how legal and political institutions responded to crime and its consequences. | 2 August 2016 |
| More Tasmanian Records 1839-1938 FamilySearch.org |
Australia – FamilySearch.org has indexed an additional 70,000 civil registration records from Tasmania. These records span the years from 1839 to 1938. Access is free. | 2 August 2016 |
| Auckland Burials 1886-1948 FamilySearch.org |
New Zealand – FamilySearch.org has indexed roughly 27,000 burial records from Waikumete Cemetery in Auckland, spanning the years from 1886 to 1948. Access is free. | 2 August 2016 |
| NH Births 1901-1915 FamilySearch.org |
US – FamilySearch.org has indexed 106,000 New Hampshire birth certificates spanning the years from 1901 to 1915. Access is free. | 2 August 2016 |
| Jewish Aid Disbursements Archives.JDC.org |
US – The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) maintains an archive that contain records of people who have received aid from JDC over the years. The core holdings contain records of displaced persons from World War II. Access is free. | 2 August 2016 |
| More US Marriages FindMyPast.com |
US – FindMyPast has released another tranche of US marriage records. This contains some 10 million marriage records primarily from Indiana, Illinois, New York, Maine and Pennsylvania. Access to this collection is free in the AIGS library. | 2 August 2016 |
| AR Confederate Pensions 1891-1939 FamilySearch.org |
US – FamilySearch.org has indexed some 172,000 Arkansas ex-Confederate pension records. These records date from 1891 to 1939. Access is free. | 2 August 2016 |
| Early RI Court Records RIHS.org |
US – Early Rhode Island Court Records now available online: The Rhode Island Historical Society has digitized its most important collections related to the colonial Rhode Island judicial system: “Colonial Justice: Preserving and Digitising Early Rhode Island Court Records.” Selected records from the courts of Providence County, Kent County, and what was known as Kings County. Access is free. | 2 August 2016 |
| Freed Slaves DiscoverFreedmen.org |
US – The Freedmen’s Bureau Project: A project to index the records of 4 million freed African-American slaves is now complete and available online. | 2 August 2016 |
| Staten Is. Newspapers 1886-1910 NYPL.org |
US – Staten Island Historical Newspapers now online: More than 9,000 pages from The Richmond County Advance have been posted online, covering the years 1886 to 1910. | 2 August 2016 |
| St John, NB Burials 1889-1919 FamilySearch.org |
Canada – FamilySearch.org has created a new browsable image collection of Saint John, New Brunswick burial permits dating from 1889 to 1919. The images are organized by date. Access is free. | 2 August 2016 |
| Victoria, BC Newspapers 1858-1950 BritishColonist.ca |
ACanada – The website BritishColonist.ca has increased their online collection of historic newspapers from Victoria, British Columbia. The collection spans the years from 1858 to 1950. The Times Colonist is the oldest newspaper in Western Canada. Access is free. | 2 August 2016 |
| Canadian Headstones CanadianHeadstones.com |
Canada – CanadianHeadstones.com exceeds 1.5 million records: CH is a free archive of headstone photographs. | 2 August 2016 |
| Peterborough Directories from 1858 Archive.org |
Canada – City Directories of Peterborough, Ontario are now online: A collection of 115 Peterborough city and county directories, dating back to 1858, have been digitised. | 2 August 2016 |
| Slaves in the Americas Vanderbilt.edu |
South America – Vanderbilt University has established a website devoted to digitizing and preserving documents related to enslaved Africans and Afro-descended peoples in the Americas. (Ecclesiastical & Secular Sources for Slave Societies.) Most of the documents on the website relate to Brazil and Colombia, with some covering Cuba and Spanish Florida. Access is free. | 2 August 2016 |
| Oldham, Lancs., Burials 1797-2004 FamilySearch.org |
UK – FamilySearch.org has put online the cemetery registers from Oldham, Lancashire. This collection covers the following cemeteries: Hollinwood, Failsworth, Royton, Crompton, Chadderton, Lees and Greenacres, spanning the years from 1797 to 2004. Access is free. | 2 August 2016 |
| Westminster Burials FindMyPast.com |
UK – FindMyPast has added new burial records from Westminster. In total some 520,000 burial records have been added. Access to this collection is free in the AIGS library. | 2 August 2016 |
| Battle of Jutland Servicemen FindMyPast.com |
UK – FindMyPast has added British Royal Navy and Royal Marine records related to the 1916 Battle of Jutland. Access to this collection is free in the AIGS library. | 2 August 2016 |
| More Yorkshire Marriages FindMyPast.com |
England – FindMyPast has increased the size of their Yorkshire parish record collection. An additional 1.4 million marriage have been added to the collection. Access to this collection is free in the AIGS library. | 2 August 2016 |
| Lancashire BMDs LancashireBMD.org.uk |
England – The website Lancashire BMD continues to add new Lancashire genealogy records at a steady pace. In total, the website has 9.8 million birth records, 4.5 million marriage records and 5.8 million death records. Access is free. | 2 August 2016 |
| Devon Prison Records 1832-1919 FindMyPast.com |
England – FindMyPast has released a collection of prison records from Plymouth, Devon. Access to this collection is free in the AIGS library. | 2 August 2016 |
| Early British Phone Books TheGenealogist.co.uk |
England and Wales – TheGenealogist has released a few early British telephone directories. Access to this collection is free in the AIGS library. | 2 August 2016 |
| Welsh Almanac Collection llgc.org.uk |
Wales – Welsh Almanac Collection online: The National Library of Wales has digitised and placed online a large collection of almanacs. If you have Welsh ancestry and if you also read Welsh, you will want to look at the Welsh Almanac Collection. | 2 August 2016 |
| Register of Corrected Entries ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk |
Scotland – Scotland's system of civil registration is different from the English system, and one of the differences is the Register of Corrected Entries. The ScotlandsPeople website recently published a helpful guide to this register. | 2 August 2016 |
| More Early Irish Marriages IrishAncestors.ie |
Ireland – Early Irish Marriage Index reaches 80,000 records. Several thousand more records have been added to the Irish Genealogical Research Society’s Early Irish Marriage Index. | 2 August 2016 |
| French conscription records 1867-1940 FamilySearch.org |
France – FamilySearch.org has created a new collection of military conscription records from Saône-et-Loire, France, spanning the years from 1867 to 1940. Note that for legal/privacy reasons, only people born more than 120 years ago will be found in the listings. Access is free. | 2 August 2016 |
| Rome civil records 1863-1930 FamilySearch.org |
Italy – FamilySearch.org has launched an image collection of civil registration records from the Rome region. This new collection spans the years from 1863 to 1930. Access is free. | 2 August 2016 |
| Belgian civil records 1621-1914 FamilySearch.org |
Belgium – FamilySearch.org has recently indexed a number of Belgium civil registration records. The largest new addition comes from Liège. It spans the years from 1621 to 1914. Access is free. | 2 August 2016 |
| Immigrants and Donors Genealogy.org |
Israel – The Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA) continues to add interesting new genealogy record sets to their collection. The latest additions include: lists of women and children in 1942 authorized to enter Palestine from Germany, Czechoslovakia, Romania, Latvia, Hungary, Holland, Lithuania and Poland; lists of immigrants from Hungary to Palestine in 1947 and lists of donors who sent care parcels to Jews in Poland immediately after WWII. The IGRA website is available in both Hebrew and English. The link takes you to the page that describes how the whole process works. Access is free after registration | 2 August 2016 |
| Lesotho Church Records 1874-1983 FamilySearch.org |
South Africa – FamilySearch.org has created a new image collection of church records from the Lesotho Evangelical Church in South Africa (LECSA). This collection spans the years from 1874 to 1983. Access to the collection is free. | 2 August 2016 |
| Paraguay Church Records 1754-2015 FamilySearch.org |
Paraguay – FamilySearch.org continues to expand their collection of family records from South America. The latest addition is from Paraguay. These are Catholic Church records from 1754 to 2015. Access is free. | 2 August 2016 |
| WWII Service Records Ancestry.co.uk |
Australia – Ancestry has released a new collection of Australian WWII military service records. Access is by subscription, or free in the AIGS Library. Please note that in order to access the full original service file, a request must be made to the National Archives of Australia. If you are not already an Ancestry subscriber, you may find it easier to click here to go directly to the National Archives website. | 3 May 2016 |
| Queensland Births & Marriages FindMyPast.com |
Australia – FindMyPast Australia has put Queensland birth records spanning the years 1829 to 1919 and marriage records from 1829 to 1939 online. Queensland was part of New South Wales until 1859, and registration of births were not mandatory in Australia until March 1856. These are transcripts; copies of the original record are available from the Queensland government. Access is by subscription or free in the AIGS Library. | 3 May 2016 |
| Yorkshire BDMs 1832-1921 Calderdale.gov.uk |
England – 394,000 names from birth, death, and marriage announcements published in the Halifax Guardian between 1832 & 1921 are online and the indexes can be downloaded in PDF format, | 3 May 2016 |
| More British Newspapers FindMyPast.com |
England – FindMyPast has added to their British Newspaper collection. The latest update includes more articles from some of the larger cities, such as the Birmingham Daily Gazette, the Sheffield Independent and the Newcastle Evening Chronicle. Access is by subscription or free in the AIGS Library. | 3 May 2016 |
| Service Pensions 1704-1934 FindMyPast.com |
England – FindMyPast has put online a collection of British Royal Navy & Royal Marines pension records, spanning the years from 1704 to 1934. The information contained in each record varies depending on the time period. Access is by subscription or free in the AIGS Library. | 3 May 2016 |
| Essex Parish Records 1512-2005 TheGenealogist.co.uk |
England – TheGenealogist has put online 900,000 new Essex parish records. These are primarily baptism, marriage and burial records. This brings their collection of Essex parish records to some 2.5 million. The records span the years from 1512 to 2005. Access is by subscription or free in the AIGS Library. | 3 May 2016 |
| More Dorset Parish Records FindMyPast.com |
England – FindMyPast has added to their collection of Dorset parish records, it now contains some 390,000 Dorset baptism records, some 650,000 marriage records and some 380,000 burial records. Access is by subscription, or free in the AIGS Library. | 3 May 2016 |
| Overhaul for Free Website genuki.org.uk |
UK and Ireland – The popular website Genuki (one of the top free genealogy websites in the UK) is going through a major overhaul. After 21 years, the website is working towards improving the user experience. Details can be found on the Genuki news page. | 3 May 2016 |
| Irish Newspapers 1708-1955 FindMyPast.com |
Ireland – FindMyPast’s Irish newspaper collection now contains 115 different titles spanning the years from 1708 to 1955. In total, there are 20 million searchable articles. Access is by subscription, or free in the AIGS Library. | 3 May 2016 |
| Stories of Irish Ancestors IrishAncestors.ie |
Ireland – The Irish Genealogical Research Society through their website Irish Ancestors has launched a new initiative to capture the personal stories of Irish-born ancestors. If you have an interesting tale to tell about one of your Irish ancestors, then this is the place to do it. | 3 May 2016 |
| Quaker Records Since Mid-1600s FindMyPast.com |
Ireland – FindMyPast has put online Quaker birth, death and marriage records going back as far as the mid-1600s. Also included are Quaker school records, migration records and congregational records. There are 28,000 birth records alone. Access is by subscription or free in the AIGS Library. | 3 May 2016 |
| Scottish Chapbooks online blog.nls.uk |
Scotland – Scottish Chapbooks are Online: More than 3,000 Scottish chapbooks are available in the National Library of Scotland’s online Digital Gallery, under the heading “Chapbooks printed in Scotland”. | 3 May 2016 |
| NYC Marriages 1908-1929 Archive.org |
United States – The New York City Marriage Index 1908-1929 Goes Online: The index to the New York City Clerk’s Office marriage records for 1908-1929 is now online and open for public use. The index is free. | 3 May 2016 |
| Hebrew Naming and Headstones youtube.com |
Jewish Genealogy – Video - Hebrew Naming and How to Read Hebrew Headstones: This video will help you find valuable information, whether you can read Hebrew or not. You can access 16 short instructional youtube videos, | 3 May 2016 |
| Obsolete Job Titles homepage.ntlworld.com |
Ranks, Professions, Occupations and Trades – This web site features hundreds of obsolete job titles that may be found in old documents and even census records. | 3 May 2016 |
| School registers 1870-1914 FindMyPast.com |
England – FindMyPast has added 527,000 records to their collection of national school admission registers, spanning the years from 1870 to 1914 and containing school admission records, log books, school visitor lists and other lists associated with the daily activities of a school. Access is by subscription. | 12 April 2016 |
| Cemetery Records DeceasedOnline.com |
England – Deceased Online will be adding the cemetery and crematorium records from the Calderdale Council in West Yorkshire. These records encompass seven cemeteries. The records for Brighouse Cemetery and the Halifax General Cemetery have already gone online. The records go back as far as 1842. They have also added cemetery records from East Staffordshire. The two new cemeteries are Stapenhill and Rolleston. The records date from 1866 to 1997.Access is by subscription. | 12 April 2016 |
| British WWII PoWs TheGenealogist.co.uk |
England – TheGenealogist has added over 150,000 WWII Prisoner of War records to their military collection. These are British military personnel held in German prisoner of war camps from 1939 to 1945. Access is by subscription. | 12 April 2016 |
| WWI Service Women NationalArchives.gov.uk |
England – Researching Women in the First World War - From nursing to the navy, records are available online for a range of service women. | 12 April 2016 |
| Yorkshire Probate 1521-1858 Ancestry.co.uk |
England – Historic Yorkshire Probate Records Are Now Online, written between 1521 and 1858 offering an insight for those looking for details of how their ancestors passed on their wealth and a snapshot of social history. Access by subscription. | 12 April 2016 |
| Archbishops’ Registers 1225-1650 ArchbishopsRegisters.York.ac.uk |
England – York’s Archbishops’ Registers Revealed 1225-1650 - The available records include 21,647 high quality images of 45 Archbishops’ Registers. | 12 April 2016 |
| Bishop’s Transcripts 1558-1887 FamilySearch.org |
England – FamilySearch has added Devon Bishop’s Transcripts 1558-1887. This collection contains Bishop's transcripts from 1558-1887. The records were filmed at the Devon Record Office. | 12 April 2016 |
| Cemetery Registers 1797-2004 FamilySearch.org |
England – FamilySearch has added Lancashire Oldham Cemetery Registers 1797-2004 This collection contains cemetery registers from Hollinwood, Failsworth, Royton, Crompton, Chadderton, Lees, and Greenacres cemeteries in Oldham. Most registers contain, name, address, date of death, date of burial and burial location. | 12 April 2016 |
| Irish Parish Records FindMyPast.com |
Ireland – FindMyPast has decided for the moment to make their collection of ten million Irish Roman Catholic parish records available for free. Parish records are important in Ireland because of the number of lost/destroyed/missing census records. These are baptism, marriage and burial records that can be searched by first name, last name, year and location. | 12 April 2016 |
| Irish Parish Records [ AIGS Library ] |
Ireland – Ancestry Adds the Largest Collection of Irish Catholic Parish Records Launched Online. The Catholic Parish Registers 1655-1915 collection includes baptism, marriage, burial and confirmation records from more than 1,000 parishes, and over 3,500 registers, in Ireland. This is the first time that the collection has been indexed with the original images linked online. Available for free at the AIGS library. | 12 April 2016 |
| Irish Research Records FromIreland.net |
Ireland – A Very Useful and Free Website for Irish Research - millions of free records, including: gravestone records, gravestone photographs, 1901 census records, 1911 census records, 1931 trade directory records, birth records, marriage records, death records, Lewis’ topographical records, Griffith’s valuation records, and much more. | 12 April 2016 |
| Revenue Police Records 1830-57 FindMyPast.com |
Ireland – FindMyPast has released an interesting collection of Irish Revenue Police records. The Irish Revenue Police were formed to combat bootlegging and illegal distillation of alcohol from the years 1830 to 1857. This record set consists of some 37,000 records of the men who served with the force. Access is by subscription. | 12 April 2016 |
| Records of the Troubles Ancestry.co.uk |
Ireland – Ancestry has put online two collections of records from the UK National Archives related to the Irish independence struggle. The first collection consists of court martial papers from 1916 to 1922 related to events that began with the Easter uprising of 24 April 1916. The second collection consists of intelligence profiles collected by the Dublin Metropolitan Police and the Royal Irish Constabulary of people suspected of being disloyal to the British Crown. Access to both collections is by subscription. | 12 April 2016 |
| 1930 Valuation Rolls ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk |
Scotland – The website ScotlandsPeople has released the 1930 valuation rolls for Scotland. The 1930 valuation roll contains some 2.5 million names and provides a glimpse into Scottish life between the two world wars. Access is by subscription. | 12 April 2016 |
| WWII PoWs of Japan FamilySearch.org |
United States – FamilySearch has added - World War II Prisoners of War 1941-1945 Index of military personnel and civilians who were prisoners of the Japanese during World War II, acquired from the National Archives "Access to Archival Databases" (AAD). | 12 April 2016 |
| Newspapers and Yearbooks Caro.PLoud.net |
United States – The Caro public library in Michigan has digitized and put online historic copies of the local newspaper The Tuscola County Advertiser (1868 to 1943), as well as the local high school yearbooks for the years 1922 to 2006. Caro is located northeast of Flint, Michigan. Access is free. | 12 April 2016 |
| W A BDM Indexes FindMyPast.com |
Australia – FindMyPast have just put online Western Australian birth, death and marriage indexes. Please note that Western Australia began keeping civil records of births, deaths and marriages starting from 1 September 1841. Prior to that date, it is necessary to consult church records. Access is by subscription. | 12 April 2016 |
| Dutch BDM's from 1811 MyHeritage.com |
Netherlands - MyHeritage Adds More Than 5 Million Dutch Records to SuperSearch from the Rotterdam City Archives. The three collections: Rotterdam, Netherlands, Death Index, 1811-1960; Birth Index, 1811-1913; and Marriage Index, 1811-1935. | 12 April 2016 |
| Billion Graves Updates BillionGraves.com |
Various - Over 3.2 million records have been added to the Billion Graves Cemetery Index collection, including over 2.8 million additions for the United States; over 821,000 for Canada; over 272,000 for Australia; over 92,000 for England; over 29,000 for New Zealand; over 25,000 for Scotland; over 4,000 for Ireland; and over 3,000 for Wales. | 12 April 2016 |
| Parish Chest Records 1556-1950 FindMyPast.com |
England – FindMyPast has released a collection they call Devon, Plymouth and West Devon Parish Chest Records, an eclectic mix of documents including such things as the levying of taxes, the selection of juries and even pew rentals within a given church, spanning the years 1556 to 1950. Access is by subscription. | 13 March 2016 |
| Norfolk County Records FindMyPast.com |
England – FindMyPast has added a variety of Norfolk County baptism, marriage and burial records. The records seem to go back as far as 400 years ago. Each record consists of a transcript plus an image of the original record. Access is by subscription. | 13 March 2016 |
| British Merchant Seamen 1918-41 FindMyPast.com |
England – FindMyPast has added over 240,000 records to their British Merchant Seamen collection. Spanning the years from 1918 to 1941 these records are essentially index cards that the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen used between the two wars to track merchant seamen who served on British merchant vessels. Access is by subscription. | 13 March 2016 |
| WW1 Conscription Appeals NationalArchives.gov.uk |
UK – 10 Feb 2016 marked 100 years since the beginning of conscription for the WW1 in Britain. You can search the collection of Middlesex conscription appeal records (MH 47) in the National Archives and download them for free. | 13 March 2016 |
| 1,000,000 Transcribed Records DiscoverFreedmen.org |
US – FamilySearch.org in concert with the Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society (AAHGS) and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture have announced that the project to transcribe the Freedmen’s Bureau records has reached the important milestone of one million transcribed records. | 13 March 2016 |
| Idaho Births & Deaths FamilySearch.org |
US – FamilySearch.org has created new collections of Idaho birth indexes (1861 to 1911) and death indexes (1938 to 1961). These records come from the Idaho Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics. | 13 March 2016 |
| Poughkeepsie NY Papers Newspapers.com |
US – Newspapers.com (an Ancestry company) has digitized and put online historic newspapers from Poughkeepsie, New York. Access is by subscription. | 13 March 2016 |
| Cook County IL Deaths FamilySearch.org |
US – FamilySearch.org has indexed an additional 3.7 million Cook County, Illinois death records. These records date from 1878 to 1994 and excludes the city of Chicago records. Access is free. | 13 March 2016 |
| Kansas Marriages 1855-1911 FamilySearch.org |
US – FamilySearch.org has indexed an additional 312,000 marriage records from various counties in Kansas. These county marriage records span the years from 1855 to 1911. Access is free. | 13 March 2016 |
| US Marriages 1650-2010 FindMyPast.com |
US – FindMyPast has released 33 million historic US marriage records spanning the years 1650 to 2010. The records are being released in partnership with FamilySearch. Eventually, this collection will consist of some 100 million records. Each record includes a transcript plus images of the original documents. Access is by subscription. | 13 March 2016 |
| New Online Database OldCanadaRoad.org |
Canada – Old Canada Road Historical Society Launches Online Database: This new resource includes more than 1,000 records, including photographs. The online catalogue is available. | 13 March 2016 |
| Alberta Land Records ABGenealogy.ca |
Canada – The Alberta Genealogical Society contains some 520,000 entries dating from as early as 1870 to as late as the 1950s. Most of the records are essentially indexes and pointers to land records held at the Provincial Archives of Alberta. The index, however, provides sufficient information to be able to narrow down the location of your ancestor’s farm. Access is free. | 13 March 2016 |
| Irish Naming Patterns eneclann.ie |
Ireland – Genealogists place a great importance on the naming patterns within a family, as they can give us clues as to the names of the paternal and maternal grandparents. However, children were often named after a saint if they were born on or close to that saint’s day. | 13 March 2016 |
| Irish Surnames [podcast] eneclann.ie |
Ireland – Irish Surnames a Family Heirloom: The majority of Irish surnames can be traced back to the 1500s, and many even earlier. In Ireland, family names were first 'set down' in the 900s. Many surnames can be linked to even older political units – kinship groups and tribes. You can listen to a podcast. | 13 March 2016 |
| NZ Registered Teachers 1906 FindMyPast.com |
New Zealand – FindMyPast has put online a small but important collection of New Zealand registered teachers for the year 1906. The collection is from an official government list of some 4,000 teachers and includes the teacher’s name, gender, district position, school name and level of qualification. Access is by subscription. | 13 March 2016 |
| Welsh Newspapers FindMyPast.com |
Wales – FindMyPast has added 6.4 million new articles to their historic British newspaper collection. The latest addition includes 19 new titles from Wales. Access is by subscription. | 13 March 2016 |
| Liberian Marriages 1941-74 FamilySearch.org |
Liberia – FamilySearch.org has a new collection of Liberian marriage records, spanning the years from 1941 to 1974. These records come from the National Archives in Monrovia, Liberia and consist of marriage applications, marriage licenses, marriage returns and various other types of documents that certify marriage. Access is free. | 13 March 2016 |
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New PROV Records prov.vic.gov.au |
Victoria – As of 1st January, hundreds of records relating to Victoria’s history have been made public as part of their rolling annual opening of officially closed records. Browse for the full list of newly opened files. | 1 February 2016 |
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Indiana Newspapers library.in.gov |
USA – The Indiana State Library continues to add digitized newspapers to their Hoosier State Chronicles website. The collection contains over 100,000 issues and some 780,000 pages from many small-town newspapers across Indiana. Access is free. | 1 February 2016 |
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Alaska vital records 1816-1959 FamilySearch.org |
USA – FamilySearch.org has created a new collection of Alaskan vital records. Spanning the years from 1816 to 1959. About 57,000 records have been indexed and put online, with more expected to come. Access is free. | 1 February 2016 |
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English/Welsh Tithe Maps TheGenealogist.co.uk |
UK – TheGenealogist has put online a complete collection of parish tithe maps and schedules for both England and Wales. Access is by subscription, and is available in the AIGS library. | 1 February 2016 |
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Norfolk County Parish Records TheGenealogist.co.uk |
UK – TheGenealogist has released over 3.6 million parish records from Norfolk County. The link provides access to the complete list of parishes and dates that are covered by this release. Access is by subscription, and is available in the AIGS library. | 1 February 2016 |
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More Isle of Man Records FindMyPast.com |
UK – FindMyPast has made an addition to their collection of Isle of Man records, including new birth and baptism records (1600-2010), new marriage records (1598-1979) and new burial records (1598-2011). Access is by subscription, and is available in the AIGS library. | 1 February 2016 |
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Plymouth & W Devon Electoral Rolls FindMyPast.com |
UK – FindMyPast has released a collection of Plymouth and West Devon electoral registers. Spanning the years 1780 to 1983 and consisting of parish and parliamentary electoral rolls, electoral registers and lists of county voters. Access is by subscription, and is available in the AIGS library. | 1 February 2016 |
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Udine Civil Records FamilySearch.org |
Italy – FamilySearch.org has indexed an additional 252,000 civil registration records from the state archive in Udine. These records span the time period from 1806 to 1815 and 1871 to 1911. Access is free. | 1 February 2016 |
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Church Records 1576-2014 FamilySearch.org |
Colombia – FamilySearch.org has added 1.4 million more indexed records from Colombia. These are Catholic Church records that span the years from 1576 to 2014. These records include primarily baptisms, confirmations, marriages and deaths. Access is free. | 1 February 2016 |
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Dutch Reformed Church Records 1838-1991 FamilySearch.org |
Southern Africa – FamilySearch.org has created a new image collection of records from the registers of the South Africa Netherdutch Reformed Church that covers various areas of South Africa, Angola, Kenya, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. These records span the years from 1838 to 1991. The records are in both Afrikaan and English. Access is free. | 1 February 2016 |
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Soldiers' Wills NationalArchives.ie |
Ireland – The National Archives of Ireland holds a collection of the wills of Irish soldiers who died while serving in the British Army. Most of these date from WWI but there is a small number from the late 19th Century and the South African War, 1899-1902. The documents have been digitised by the National Archives and are now available free online. | 1 February 2016 |
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Qld Car Registrations 1923 qld.gov.au |
Queensland – Cars registered in Queensland in 1923. | 4 January 2016 |
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NSW Census 1891 FamilySearch.org |
New South Wales - FamilySearch.org has indexed an additional 326,000 records from the 1891 New South Wales census. | 4 January 2016 |
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W A Almanacs 1849-89 slwa.wordpress.com |
Western Australia – The State Library of Western Australia has made available almanacs spanning the years from 1849 to 1889. | 4 January 2016 |
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Property Description Changes dnrm.qld.gov.au |
Queensland – The Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines has advised that it will be removing references to Parishes and Counties in land transactions, as this information is redundant for the unique identification of land. This will affect forms submitted to the department, and some products and datasets obtained from the department e.g. title searches. | 4 January 2016 |
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New Findmypast records search.findmypast.co.uk |
Various – The following records are now available via subscription, or free at the AIGS library: Staffordshire, Dioceses of Lichfield and Coventry Wills and Probate (1521-1860); British Army Muster Rolls, 84th Foot (1808-1818); British Army Muster Rolls, 60th Foot (1879-1882); Victorian Mental Health Institutions; Hampshire, Portsmouth Electoral Registers (1835-1873); Leicestershire Baptisms and Burials; and Devon, Plymouth Plague Rate (1626-1629). |
4 January 2016 |
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WWI soldier records BAC-LAC.gc.ca |
Canada – Library and Archives Canada (LAC) announce solid progress in digitizing and putting online Canadian World War I soldier records; these are the detailed service files of each Canadian soldier who served in the war. Access is free. | 16 December 2015 |
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Immigrant Servants 1899-1949 BAC-LAC.gc.ca |
Canada – LAC has launched a new database called Immigrants to Canada: Porters and Domestics 1899 – 1949. This database contains reference to some 8,600 individuals who came to Canada as porters or domestics between 1899 and 1949. Access is free. | 16 December 2015 |
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Naturalizations 1915-44 BAC-LAC.gc.ca |
Canada – LAC has extended their database of naturalization records, which now covers the years from 1915 to 1944, with work ongoing to extend its scope to 1951. Access is free. | 16 December 2015 |
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Tatar church records 1721-1939 FamilySearch.org |
Russia – FamilySearch.org has added some 900,000 images to their collection of Russian Tatarstan church books. These are images of births, baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials performed by priests of the Russian Orthodox Church in the Republic of Tatarstan, in the Volga region of Russia. The records span the years from 1721 to 1939. Access is free. | 16 December 2015 |
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Forli Civil Registrations FamilySearch.org |
Italy – FamilySearch.org has created a new collection of images of civil registration (birth, marriage and death) records from the State Archives of Forli, spanning the years from 1800 to 1815 and 1866 to 1930. Access is free. | 16 December 2015 |
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WAAC Records 1917-20 FamilySearch.org |
England – FamilySearch.org has indexed some 160,000 records or the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) records from 1917 to 1920. These are detailed service records on the some 7,000 women who joined WAAC. Each file contains name, date and place of birth, residence, marital status, number of children, occupation, age and date of enlistment. These records can be searched by first name and last name. Access is free. | 16 December 2015 |
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Electoral Registers 1832-1932 FindMyPast.com |
England & Wales – FindMyPast has put online nearly 10,000 volumes of English and Welsh electoral registers. These registers contain the names of eligible voters from various voting districts, they span the years from 1832 to 1932. At the moment, the registers cannot be searched by name. Instead, it is possible to locate the register book by searching by year, constituency and county. Access is by subscription. | 16 December 2015 |
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Military Service Appeal Tribunal ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk |
Scotland – Military Service Appeal Tribunal records are available on ScotlandsPeople. Users may search index entries relating to the Appeal cases of 5,820 men seeking exemption from military service between 1916 and 1918. Fully searchable by name, address, grounds, and occupation. Because these records were supposedly destroyed after 1921, Noel Clark cautions that this database may be incomplete. |
16 December 2015 |
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