The total number of pages online is 66,153,059, an increase from 63,867,119 last month.

This month 181 papers had pages added (65 in the previous month). There were no new titles. Dates range from 1775 to 1999.

The 32 newspapers with more than 10,000 pages added are:

TITLE	DATE RANGE
Lincolnshire Free Press	1871, 1874, 1878-1880, 1951-1987, 1989-1999
Manchester Evening News	1980-1981, 1995, 1998
Daily Malta Chronicle and Garrison Gazette	1896-1904, 1909-1918
Walsall Observer	1973-1979, 1981-1982, 1984-1987, 1994-1996
Buckinghamshire Advertiser	1922, 1924-1947, 1949, 1952-1954, 1956, 1986-1987, 1994-1995, 1998
Western Daily Press	1997, 1999
Bristol Evening Post	1979, 1998
Eastern Evening News	1956-1959, 1962
Hoylake & West Kirby News	1987, 1990, 1992-1994, 1996-1997, 1999
Lincolnshire Echo	1986, 1990, 1996
Bristol Times and Mirror	1912-1920
Wembley Observer	1990, 1993, 1995, 1998-1999
Wales on Sunday	1993-1998
Dunmow Observer	1991-1993, 1996, 1999
South Wales Echo	1999
Bournemouth Daily Echo	1974-1975
Greenford & Northolt Gazette	1977-1981, 1983-1984, 1986-1987, 1995
Derby Daily Telegraph	1996-1997
Newquay Express and Cornwall County Chronicle	1923-1954
Staines & Egham News	1992-1996, 1999
Coventry Evening Telegraph	1981, 1985, 1991-1993, 1996-1999
Liverpool Daily Post (Welsh Edition)	1994-1995
Isle of Thanet Gazette	1892, 1991-1992, 1995-1997
Billericay Gazette	1991-1992, 1998-1999
Acton Gazette	1940-1950, 1952-1958, 1960-1966
Pontypridd Observer	1964-1967, 1969-1977
Llanelli Star	1993, 1995, 1998-1999
Middlesex Chronicle	1964-1965, 1967-1968, 1973-1976, 1978-1981, 1983-1985
Herne Bay Times	1990-1991, 1993-1995, 1999
Shepton Mallet Journal	1976-1980, 1986-1987
Rutherglen Reformer	1986, 1991-1993, 1996
Northwich Chronicle	1988, 1997, 1999

This free collection of 711,220 tramscript records, new to MyHeritage, contains PEI birth and baptism records of individuals born from the year 1702. Records typically include the name of the child, date and place of birth, date and place of baptism, the name of the church, the names of the parents, including mother’s maiden name, and the name of the clergy who performed the baptism. 

You might also want to check the Ancestry collection Prince Edward Island, Baptism Index, 1788-1943, and the PEI Archives database at https://www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/service/search-public-archives-material-online

Now available on Ancestry, the annual update to collections from the Provincial Archives of Alberta.

Alberta, Canada, Births Index, 1870-1900, 12,493 records
Alberta, Canada, Marriages Index, 1898-1944, 414,893 records
Alberta, Canada, Deaths Index, 1870-1970, 622,259 records

The index provides Name, Death Date, Death Place: and Registration Number. Digital copies of the actual registration may be ordered from the Provincial Archives for email delivery for $5.25.

Also amongst a slew of other additions,  updates to information extracted from marriage announcements found on Newspapers.com™ 

U.S., Newspapers.com™ Marriage Index, 1800s-current, 302,448,403 records
Australia and New Zealand, Newspapers.com™ Marriage Index, 1800s-current, 713,187 records
Canada, Newspapers.com™ Marriage Index, 1800s-current, 8,573,724 records
UK and Ireland, Newspapers.com™ Marriage Index, 1800s-current, 7,442,038 records.

The 1926 Paris, France census, with 2,803,687 records which became available on MyHeritage on 26 March, includes 749 people born in Canada, 599 from Ireland (Irlande, ou Eire) and 14,022 from Royaume-Uni (UK).

The 2,666,857 in the 1936 Paris census include 514 born in Canada, 424 for Ireland, and 8,003 from the UK.

Searches return transcriptions with name, gender, birth year, birthplace, and residence with possible mention of other family members in the residence.

Each entry is linked to an image of the original record, displayed below the transcript, with additional information. You may not see it. If so click on the arrow to advance the image, then back and it will likely appear.

These collections compiled from newspapers and other sources were updated on 23 March adding entries since 13 December 2022. Note that the total for the UK and Ireland Ancestry advertized in December was an error.

Title	Years	March 2023	December 2022	April 2022
Canada Obituary Collection	1898-Current	11,274,559	11,091,760	10,878,408
U.S. Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection	1847-Current	117,021,110	112,820,031	101,800,384
U.S. Obituary Collection	1930-Current	203,005,196	202,415,958	198,633,254
UK and Ireland Obituary Index	2004-Current	6,838,079	1,448,328	6,700,836

About 25,000 new entries are added to this spreadsheet database accessible through railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk

Check it out if a railway worker in your family tree in Britain and Ireland was involved in an accident from the late 1880s to 1939.

The sheet contains details of 20,963 railway worker accidents investigated by the state, 1900 – 15 and 1921 – 1939.  There are 6,515 Union Death Claims, 1889 – 1919; 3,437 Union Disablement Claims, 1889 – 1920; 1.241 Union Fatal Compensataion Claims, 1889 – 1920; 1,329 Union Inquests, 1908 – 1920;  7,172 non-Fatal Compensation Claims, 1889 – 1919; Union Orphan Fund Claims, 1888 – 1919; 2.472 ASRS Legal Claims, 1901 – 1905: and 641 Claims to the GER Benevolent Fund, 1913 – 1923.

Here’s an example of an entry unlikely to have been passed along as a family story.

1903 Jan 10
Walter
Annison
M(ale)
40
Yarmouth,
Vauxhall
Norfolk
England
Lampman
Great Eastern Railway
11:00
Injury: Crush
Little finger of left hand injured
Caught between vehicles
Engine and 5 carriages being coupled. While carriages at rest Annison climbed on 3rd carriage to remove the side and tail lamps. Shunter needed engine to steady back in order to couple carriages just at time Annison was alighting from carriage. His little finger got between the buffers.
William Mowser, shunter
Annison knew carriages would be standing at platform for 6 hours, therefore there had been no need to climb on carriage when he did.
Mishap due to his own want of caution.
12:00
02:00
J J Hornby
Returns of Accidents and Casualties as reported to the Board of Trade by the several railway companies in the United Kingdom during the three months ending 31 March 1903 Appendix C. Reports of Sub-Inspectors A Ford and JJ Hornby on accidents to Railway Servants and other Persons employed on railway premises Cd.1687 1903 Mar 31 116

Choose from selected free online events in the next five days. All times are ET except as noted. Those in red are Canadian, bolded if local to Ottawa or recommended. Assume registration in advance is required; check so you’re not disappointed. Additional mainly US events are listed at https://conferencekeeper.org/virtual.

TUESDAY 28 March

2 pm: New Developments of MyHeritage DNA, by Gal Zrihen for Legacy Family Tree Webinars and MyHeritage.
https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/new-developments-of-myheritage-dna/

2:30pm: The People of Belfast, by Aidan Campbell for Belfast Branch, North of Ireland Family History Society.
https://www.nifhs.org/event/the-people-of-belfast-aidan-campbell-belfast-branch-hybrid-meeting/

7 pm: Outside the Gate: the true story of a British Home Child in Canada. by Carol Newall for OGS Wellington County Branch.
https://wellington.ogs.on.ca/upcoming-events/

WEDNESDAY 29 March

10 am: Women’s Lives and Writings: Online Resources for Everyone, by National Library of Scotland staff.
https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/womens-lives-and-writings-online-resources-for-everyone-tickets-547475793837

2pm: Top 10 Tips for Genealogists on Social Media, by Marie Cappart for Legacy Family Tree Webinars.
https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/top-10-tips-for-genealogists-on-social-media/

7 pm: Bytown 1847, Élisabeth Bruyère & the Irish Famine refugees, by Michael McBane for Ottawa Historical Society.
https://www.historicalsocietyottawa.ca/activities/events/eventdetail/88/16,17,19,21/bytown-1847

THURSDAY 30 March

2 pm: Behind Old Ireland in Colour, by John Breslin for Public Record Office of Northern Ireland.
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/behind-old-ireland-in-colour-tickets-553099654957

FRIDAY 31 March

SATURDAY 1 April

11 am: Begotten By Fornication: Illegitimacy Records in England and Wales, by Helen Smith for International Society for British Genealogy and Family History.
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAtde-orTwtH9eFE-aNjBQG_o5qpxq3XkeF

2 pm: Headmasters and Sheriffs: 170 Years of Simcoe County History Told by One House, by Su Murdoch for OGS Simcoe County Branch.
https://simcoe.ogs.on.ca/events/simcoe-county-branch-headmasters-and-sheriffs-170-years-of-simcoe-county-history-told-by-one-house-with-su-murdoch/

The latest HistoryExtra Podcast episode includes an extract from an interview with Zack White on Did the Duke of Wellington really call his troops the “scum of the Earth”?

From a longer interview on discipline in Wellington’s armies, it details the most common crimes and punishments in the armies of the Duke of Wellington and his contemporaries, considering whether the effective imposition of discipline helped the British and their allies finally defeat Napoleon on the battlefield of Waterloo.

Likely much would be relevant to the British army in the War of 1812. White’s The Napoleonic Wars Podcast (aka The Napoelonicist), includes episodes recorded since last November on The Legacy of the War of 1812, Impressment in the War of 1812, Women in the War of 1812, Naval Discipline in the War of 1812, Most significant battle of the War of 1812, West India Regiments in the War of 1812, and Native Americans in the War of 1812.

Thoughts following Ottawan Saturday’s mega-doubleheader.

Irish Family History Research Day, organized by BIFHSGO, saw about 100 people in The Chamber at Ben Franklin Place in what, by all accounts, was a successful event. Even before the first presentation, people lined up to buy the books for sale when I snuck in to take the photo even though not registered. Many were taking advantage of one-on-one consultations with the speakers, and obviously enjoying the opportunity to get reacquainted with friends pre-pandemic.

I did register for the OGS Ottawa Branch Gene-o-Rama on the basis of the availablty of recorded presentations and handouts post-event. I’m told Ken McKinlay gave an excellent presentation on Ontario land records which was not so crammed with content that one was overwhelmed. A contact also mention the newspaper site elphind.com, a one-stop site to search Trove (Australia), Chronicling America (USA) and abot 30 other sites.

Locally we now have Ottawa Public Library Genealogy Day to look forward to on 1 May – more soon – and the annual BIFHSGO conference, online, 28-29 October with theme Scotland.

 

 

Miscellaneous items I found of interest during the week.

RadioGPT brings AI to the airwaves

Dan Gardner on AI and the Value of Imagination

Ottawa Valley Irish
A family history blog & genealogy database

The Irish-Canadian Podcast

Renewal of the Canadian Museum Policy

What’s in Beethoven’s Genome?

Roz McCutcheon R. I. P.
Noting the passing of a powerhouse of Irish genealogy, Roz McCutcheon (22nd March 1947-21st March 2023). She was a speaker on the Registry of Deeds, her pet project, at the 2021 BIFHSGO conference.

Thanks to this week’s contributors: Ann Burns, Anonymous, Bonnie, Brenda Turner, Glenn Wright, Nick Mcdonald, Teresa, Unknown

 

British Army, Local Armed Forces’ Enrolment Forms, Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902
This all-new set contains transcriptions for 64,888 enrolment forms from the Anglo-Boer War, which was fought between the British Empire and the Boer Republic in South Africa between 1899 and 1902.

Although the content of the records varies slightly depending on which enrolment form was used in each case, this set provides the name, age, nationality and trade of each soldier, as well as his regiment, regimental number and place of enlistment.

A physical description of each soldier, and next of kin and their address, are also stated in these records. This provides valuable insight into each individual’s family and background.

The collection includes 786 “Canadian Scouts.”

British Army, East Surrey Regiment 1899-1919
This week, 41,023 records, original image and the transcription, are added to this existing set. Detailing the fighting lives of the soldiers in the East Surrey Regiment, these records offer insight into ancestors who fought in the Anglo-Boer War and the First World War. You’ll typically find the full name, regiment, regimental number, year of birth, and birthplace in these records. There are a range of different record types contained within this set, including medals, orders and rank and file index. Always check the original record image for additional information.

British Army, Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment 1901-1918
85,011 records, original record images and a transcriptions have been added to this set. Included are 1918 Prisoners of War, Register of Recruits 1914-1917 and Boer War Medals 1901-1903. Expect to learn the name, regiment, regimental number, rank, birthplace and birth year. Always check the original record image for additional information.

TheGenealogist has linked the tithe maps for the Welsh counties of Brecknockshire, Cardiganshire, Denbighshire, Flintshire, and Monmouthshire, to the Map Explorer™. For the first time, subscribers can now use these Welsh tithe maps, georeferenced to various historical and modern maps.

See how the area has developed from Victorian times to the modern day. Nick Thorne’s article Tracing a House in the Monmouthshire tithes to modern-day looks at a house called, The Hendre, situated in Rockfield, in the civil parish of Llangattock-Vibon-Avel, some 4 miles north-west of the town of Monmouth