Anglo-Celtic Roots: Winter 2021

To find the new issue, available as a pdf online for BIFHSGO members, I had to clear the cache (Press the keys [Ctrl], [Shift] and [Del]. … then in the new window find “Clear Browser cache”.

The contents are:

Primary or Secondary: Struggling with Sources, by Adrienne Stevenson

Hunting Gathering, by Anne Renwick

We Shall Remember Them: Corporal Johnson MM and Sapper Feathers, by Sheila Dohoo Faure

The Cream of the Crop, by John D Reid

In addition, there are the Editor’s and President’s columns and the membership report, which spills over to a second page.

Last Minute: The Muller Orphan Homes’ Dismissal Books, 1850-1900

At 1 pm ET today, 16 December, Friends of Bristol Museums, Galleries and Archives present a free online talk ‘She is capable but sullen and troublesome’. Analysis of the Muller Orphan Homes’ Dismissal Books, 1850-1900.

 Discover the types of work Muller’s orphans went on to do. Why were some deemed unsuitable for work, and what happened to them?

Speaker Kate Brooks is an Associate Lecturer in Education History at Bath Spa University, currently researching Muller’s Orphan Homes for a PhD.

To book a place for this online talk click here.

Ancestry adds Devon Parish Record Transcriptions

New as of 13 December are transcriptions of parish records of England’s 11th most populous of the original ceremonial counties. They were created from Anglican Parish Registers held at the South West Heritage Trust.

Ancestry’s collections are:

Devon, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812  — 5,701,864 records.

Devon, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1920  — 2,450,290 records.

Devon, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1920 — 1,080,999 records.

Devon, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1920 — 536,763 records.

Ancestry has no images of the original records. They are available at Findmypast and in a somewhat limited collection at FamilySearch.

Family Tree Magazine: January 2022

Here’s the completetable of contents of the January FT issue.

FAMILY HISTORY NEWS. Rachel Bellerby reports on news from the genealogy & history scene Worldwide

THE FUTURE OF FAMILY HISTORY. What might the coming decade have in store for family historians?DrNick Barratt invites us to consider.

DRESS AT THE TIME OF THE 1921 CENSUS. Dress historian Jayne Shrimpton on the clothing worn by men, women and children a century ago.

THE BIGGEST NEWS OF 1923. Survival against the odds. Dr Simon Wills tells of an epic shipwreck and the story that gripped the nation.

TWIGLETS. Gill Shaw sets sail for America in search of her elusive Riboldis.

THE PRINCESS &THE PAINTER’S WIFE. Reader E. Mary White tells of the parish baptism register, on which her ancestor was listed alongside a princess.

ARE YOU READY FOR THE 1921 CENSUS? What are you looking forward to accomplishing in your genealogy year ahead? Check your notes are in order in good time for this massive new record release. Helen Tovey has some tips to refresh your research.

REGISTERING CATHOLIC ESTATES & OTHER CATHOLIC SOURCES. Stuart Raymond looks at the records resulting from several several centuries of Roman Catholic persecution.

WHERE DID OUR ANCESTORS LIVE? FamilyTree Academy tutor David Annal shows us the value of getting to grips with administrative boundaries.

DNA WORKSHOP DNA. Advisor Karen Evans steps up to help a reader, as all is not what it at first seemed (such is family history!)

CELEBRATING SOME HIGHLIGHTS OF 2021, & NEW PROJECT IDEAS FOR 2022. What are you looking forward to accomplishing in your genealogy year ahead?

SPOTLIGHT ON.. THE QUAKER FHS. Ben Beck introduces this specialist family history society.

YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED. Our team of researchers try to unravel some mysteries.

DIARY DATES. Events, real-world and online, to add to your new 2022 diary

SUBSCRIBER CLUB. Offers and more for FT subscribers.

THE WORLD’S A STAGE. Diane Lindsay looks on thee bright side and bids farewell to the old year

This Week’s Online Genealogy Events

Choose from 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.

Tuesday 14 Dec. 2 pm: Virtual Genealogy Drop-In, from Ottawa Branch of OGS and The Ottawa Public Library.
https://ottawa.ogs.on.ca/events/.

Tuesday 14 Dec, 2 pm: Looking Back & Peeking Ahead: 2021 at MyHeritage, by Daniel Horowitz for Legacy Family Tree Webinars,
https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/a-myheritage-webinar-series-webinar/

Tuesday 14 Dec, 2:30 pm: Researching Ship Passenger Lists, by Andy McCarthy for Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center.
https://acpl.libnet.info/event/5834600

Tuesday 14 Dec. 7 pm: Understanding Wikitree, by Wikitree member Sarah for Lambton Branch OGS.
https://lambton.ogs.on.ca/calendar/lambton-branch-understanding-wikitree/

Wednesday 15 Dec. 2 pm: Navigating the NARA Website, by Julie Miller for Legacy Family Tree Webinars.
https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/navigating-the-nara-website/

Wednesday 15 Dec. 7 pm: Cundell Stables: The Last Stable in Lowertown, by Karen Bailey and Marc Aubin for Heritage Ottawa.
https://heritageottawa.org/events/cundell-stables-last-stable-lowertown

Thursday 16 Dec. 8 pm: Toronto Railway Museum Online Lecture: Christmas and the Railways, by the Museum’s historians.
https://ontariohistoricalsociety.ca/event/toronto-railway-museum-online-lecture-christmas-and-the-railways/

Friday 17 Dec, 2 pm: Effective Use of England’s National Archives Website, by Paul Milner for Legacy Family Tree Webinars.
https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/effective-use-of-englands-national-archives-website/

Maybe it’s because of our lobbying

Posted on the Library and Archives Canada webpage.

Gradual increase in services to the public in Ottawa

Starting on January 4, 2022, Library and Archives Canada’s service offerings at our Ottawa service point will gradually increase to include the following:

All collections will now be accessible, including photos, art, maps and plans, audiovisual material, literary and music fonds, preservation collection, rare books, and photo index cards.
The Textual Consultation Room (3rd floor) will now be open four days a week (Tuesday to Friday, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.).
The Special Collections Consultation Room (3rd floor) will be open on Wednesdays, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., and 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Exceptionally, reservations to consult the collections and resources at 395 Wellington Street in Ottawa during the week of January 4, 2022, can be made as of December 13, 2021 (three weeks in advance, rather than the usual two).

Here are more details about the reservation schedule for the next few weeks:

Beginning on December 20, 2021, time slots will be available to reserve for the weeks of January 10 and 17, 2022.
Due to the holiday season, no new appointments will be available on the following two Mondays: December 27, 2021, and January 3, 2022.
The regular reservation schedule (two weeks in advance) will resume on January 10, 2022.
To save your seat, please consult the Book your visit in Ottawa web page.

Visit our Reopening Library and Archives Canada web page for a complete overview of services available and region-specific details.

Let’s hope this good news isn’t Omicronized!

Recent Ancestry updates

In the past few days Find a Grave and newspaper indexes on Ancestry have been updated. Find a Grave added 140,432 index records (1.6%) for Canada since August while the UK and Ireland added 465.364 index records (3.5%).

Title Records
U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current 873,029,013
U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current 165,897,753
Canada, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current 31,483,712
UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current 13,532,786
Global, Find a Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current 12,458,493
Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave Index, 1800s-Current 9,528,642
Canada, Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current 8,669,083
Germany, Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current 1,675,784
Italy, Find a Grave Index, 1800s-Current 238,002
Norway, Find a Grave Index, 1800s-Current 194,340
Sweden, Find a Grave Index, 1800s-Current 141,007
Brazil, Find a Grave Index, 1800s-Current 130,541
Mexico, Find a Grave Index, 1800s-Current 48,771

Military Monday: Second World War Week

Find a huge collection of articles and podcasts on the Second World War in this History Extra special from BBC History Magazine.

https://www.historyextra.com/period/second-world-war/

The topics are: Adolf Hitler, Nazi Germany, The Holocaust, Second World War battles, D-Day, Dunkirk, Winston Churchill, Pearl Harbor, VE Day, The Battle of Britain, The Blitz, Wartime Britain, The Battle of the Atlantic, The global war, The Eastern Front.

Surprise Canadian Records from MyHeritage

When information arrived in an email from Daniel Horowitz of MyHeritage about 359 million additions in a French Historical Records collection I took a quick look for a third cousin twice removed. He was supposed to have been born in France. While I didn’t find him I noticed the records shown weren’t all French; they were in French.

The collection includes 58,114 births/baptisms, 211,983 marriages and 211,983 deaths/burials in Canada. While mostly for Quebec I spotted entries for Atlantic Canada too. There were also US events from Louisiana, Read more about the collection in this MyHeritage blog post.

Daniel also mentioned updates to Sweden, Household Examination Books, 1800–1947 with 13.2 million records added, and to Germany, North Rhine Westphalia (Arnsberg and Münster) Death Index, 1874–1938 with 4.8 million records added.

 

Digitized Irish Newspaper Additions

The British Newspaper Archive is currently working on digitizing Irish newspapers. Papers recently added are:

Kerry People 1902-1914, 1917-1922.
Dublin Weekly News: 1860, 1865, 1870, 1875, 1879-1888.
Lurgan Times: 1879-1885, 1887-1915.
County Tipperary Independent and Tipperary Free Press:1882-1896.
Irish Weekly and Ulster Examiner: 1891-1899, 1901-1926.
Cork Weekly News: 1883-1904, 1906-1907, 1910-1912, 1914-1923 + 1900, 1902 and 1920 coming soon.
Ulster Echo: 1874-1879, 1881-1890, 1897-1908 + 1881, 1886, 1890, 1902 coming soon.
Western People: 1889-1891, 1893-1912.

Additions have been made to Pue’s Occurrences: 1704-1706, 1714.

Findmypast will also have these in its newspaper collection.

Sunday Sundries

Miscellaneous items I found of interest during the week.

Relax with the Jellyfish at Monterey Bay Aquarium

Genealogy After Death
An article from Canada’s History magazine by Paul Jones.

TONI @13 Million
The Ontario Name Index continues to grow. Check it out at https://ogs.on.ca/toni/.

Shade Map
An interactive map that allows you to view the location of shadows from the sun throughout the day.

A Digital Map of Historical New York Offers an Extraordinary Level of Detail

We’ve Living Through the ‘Boring Apocalypse’

Thanks to this week’s contributors.  Ann Burns, Anonymous., Brenda Turner, Gail Roger, John Gilbert, Nancy Frey, Pat Jeffs, Unknown.

TheGenealogist adds North London (Middlesex) Lloyd George Domesday Survey

Over 60,000 new owner and occupier records covering Edmonton, Enfield and Southgate are now added to TheGenealogist‘s exclusive Lloyd George Domesday Survey records.

This continues TheGenealogist’s project based on the IR58 Inland Revenue Valuation Office records which were taken between 1910 and 1915. Other recent London-area additions have included Richmond, Ealing, and Haringey.