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Findmypast Adds Norfolk, Churchyard Graves and Memorials Image Browse

This first tranche of grave and memorial photographs from churchyards in Norfolk consists of 47,278 images from 290 cemeteries. They are the work of Norfolk resident Louise Cocker.

This is a browse collection so not searchable by personal name. With just 3 images from Appleton and Southrepps Burial Ground that’s not much of an issue. The media number of images per cemetery is 140 and you need to read the names of the monument, frequently weathered. The largest number of images is 1,497 from Aylsham Cemetery.

Here’s the complete list

Place Cemetery Image count
Acle Acle Cemetery 432
Alby Alby 130
Aldborough Aldborough 389
Alderford Alderford 99
Antingham Antingham 256
Appleton Appleton 3
Ashby Ashby 181
Ashmanhaugh Ashmanhaugh 110
Attlebridge Attlebridge 94
Aylmerton Aylmerton 325
Aylsham Aylsham Cemetery 1479
Baconsthorpe Baconsthorpe 205
Baconsthorpe Baconsthorpe Cemetery 67
Bagthorpe Bagthorpe 52
Bale Bale 176
Banningham Banningham 198
Barmer Barmer 23
Barney Barney 236
Barningham Winter Barningham Winter 114
Bawdeswell Bawdeswell 108
Bawdeswell Bawdeswell Cemetery 173
Beeston St Lawrence Beeston St Lawrence 114
Beetley Beetley 208
Beighton Beighton 193
Belaugh Belaugh 94
Belaugh Belaugh Cemetery 23
Bessingham Bessingham 80
Billingford (Near Dereham) Billingford (Near Dereham) 205
Billockby Billockby 37
Bintree Bintree 251
Bircham Newton Bircham Newton 43
Bircham Tofts Bircham Tofts (Ruin) 7
Bixley Bixley 57
Blickling Blickling 324
Blickling Blickling Cemetery 69
Bodham Bodham 269
Booton Booton 128
Bracon Ash Bracon Ash 228
Bradfield Bradfield 122
Bradfield Bradfield Congregational Chapel 118
Bramerton Bramerton 211
Brampton Brampton 148
Brancaster Brancaster Cemetery 320
Brandiston Brandiston 66
Brandon Parva Brandon Parva 134
Braydeston Braydeston 158
Briningham Briningham 170
Brisley Brisley 246
Brundall Brundall Cemetery 201
Brunstead Brunstead 136
Buckenham Buckenham 83
Burgh Castle Burgh Castle Cemetery 76
Burgh Near Aylsham Burgh Near Aylsham,Norfolk 86
Burgh Parva Burgh Parva 222
Burnham Sutton Burnham Sutton Ruins 4
Buxton Buxton 594
Bylaugh Bylaugh 84
Caister Caister Jewish Cemetery 11
Calthorpe Calthorpe 109
Cantley Cantley 249
Carleton St Peter Carleton St Peter 101
Cawston Cawston 238
Cawston Cawston Cemetery 440
Claxton Claxton 148
Cockthorpe Cockthorpe 48
Colney Norwich Colney Norwich 137
Costessey Costessey Cemetery 337
Cromer Cromer Old Town Chapel Cemetery 308
Dilham Dilham,Norfolk 222
Docking Docking Cemetery 31
Downham Market Downham Market 169
Dunton Dunton 84
Earlham Norwich Earlham Norwich 179
East Barsham East Barsham 175
East Bilney East Bilney 148
East Rudham East Rudham 109
East Rudham East Rudham Cemetery 258
East Somerton East Somerton 5
Easton Easton 263
Edgefield Edgefield 335
Edgefield Edgefield Ruins 65
Edingthorpe Edingthorpe 133
Elsing Elsing 242
Felbrigg Felbrigg 137
Felthorpe Felthorpe 246
Field Dalling Field Dalling 281
Fishley Fishley 60
Foxley Foxley 144
Framingham Earl Framingham Earl 269
Framingham Pigot Framingham Pigot 288
Freethorpe Freethorpe 233
Frettenham Frettenham 215
Fulmodeston Fulmodeston 75
Fulmodeston Fulmodeston Ruin 56
Garvestone Garvestone 268
Gillingham All Saints Gillingham All Saints Ruin 171
Gimingham Gimingham 200
Gimingham Gimingham Cemetery 137
Glandford Glandford 85
Great Hautbois Great Hautbois(St. Theobald)Norfolk 111
Great Plumstead Great Plumstead 244
Great Ryburgh Great Ryburgh 196
Great Snoring Great Snoring 211
Great Witchingham Great Witchingham 251
Great Yarmouth Great Yarmouth Colby Gate Burial Ground 11
Great Yarmouth Great Yarmouth Dissenters Graveyard 8
Great Yarmouth Jewish Great Yarmouth Jewish Cemetery 23
Greater Burnley Greater Burnley 66
Gressenhall Gressenhall,Norfolk 439
Guestwick Guestwick 94
Gunton Gunton 56
Hainford Hainford 209
Hargham Hargham 51
Hassingham Hassingham 101
Haveringland Haveringland 112
Helhoughton Helhoughton Cemetery 85
Hempstead Near Happisburgh Hempstead Near Happisburgh 119
Hempstead(Near Holt) Hempstead(Near Holt)Norfolk 155
Hempton Hempton 16
Hevingham Hevingham 591
Heydon Heydon 224
Hindolveston Hindolveston (New Church) St George 16
Hoe Hoe,Norfolk 136
Horningtoft Horningtoft 116
Horsey Horsey 181
Horsham St Faiths Horsham St Faiths Cemetery 232
Houghton St Giles Houghton St Giles Chapel of Reconciliation 113
Houghton St Giles Houghton St Giles Slipper and Holy Spirit Chapels 18
Hunworth Hunworth 111
Ingham Ingham 375
Ingworth Ingworth 154
Irstead Irstead 145
Kettlestone Kettlestone 139
Kimberley Kimberley 185
Kirstead Kirstead 151
Lammas Lammas 215
Langham Langham 239
Langley Langley 152
Langley Langley Old Chapel 47
Lessingham Lessingham 141
Letheringsett Letheringsett 191
Letheringsett Letheringsett Cemetery 48
Limpenhoe Limpenhoe 171
Little Barningham Little Barningham 83
Little Massingham Little Massingham 196
Little Melton Little Melton 272
Little Snoring Little Snoring 157
Little Witchingham Little Witchingham 22
Longham Longham 248
Mannington Mannington 16
Marlingford Marlingford 224
Marsham Marsham 358
Matlaske Matlaske 89
Mautby Mautby 190
Melton Constable Melton Constable 156
Metton Metton 80
Morton on the Hill Morton on the Hill 76
Moulton St Mary Moulton St Mary 117
Narford Narford 87
Neatishead Baptist Neatishead Baptist 142
Necton Necton Cemetery 108
New Buckenham New Buckenham Cemetery 254
Newton by Castle Acre Newton by Castle Acre 78
North Barningham North Barningham 22
North Barsham North Barsham 66
North Burlingham St Andrew North Burlingham St Andrew 224
North Burlingham St Peter North Burlingham St Peter 52
Norwich Old Tabernacle Site Norwich Old Tabernacle Site 6
Norwich Quakers Norwich Quakers Burial Ground 168
Norwich St Bartholomew Norwich St Bartholomew Ruin 16
Norwich St George Colegate Norwich Norwich St George Colegate Norwich 132
Norwich St George Tombland Norwich St George Tombland 86
Norwich St Giles Norwich St Giles 107
Norwich St Gregory Norwich St Gregory 22
Norwich St Martin At Palace Norwich St Martin At Palace 67
Norwich St Peter Mancroft Norwich St Peter Mancroft 216
Norwich,St Clement,Colegate Norwich,St Clement,Colegate,Norfolk 51
Norwich,St Edmund,Fishergate Norwich,St Edmund,Fishergate,Norfolk 12
Old Catton Old Catton Cemetery 132
Oulton Oulton 225
Oulton Congregational Chapel Oulton Congregational Chapel 39
Oxnead Oxnead 64
Oxwick Oxwick 27
Panxworth Panxworth 40
Paston Paston 267
Plumstead Plumstead 94
Potter Heigham Potter Heigham 473
Rackheath Rackheath 196
Raf Coltishall-Scottow Raf Coltishall-Scottow Cemetery 244
Reepham Reepham Cemetery 738
Reepham & Kerdiston Reepham & Kerdiston Cemetery 82
Repps with Bastwick Repps with Bastwick 268
Ridlington Ridlington 123
Ringland Ringland 191
Rougham Rougham 179
Roughton Roughton 260
Runhall Runhall 122
Runham Runham 190
Salle Salle 189
Saxlingham Saxlingham 104
Sco Ruston Sco Ruston 51
Scottow Scottow 198
Sharrington Sharrington 133
Shereford Shereford 81
Sheringham Sheringham 25
Shipdham Shipdham 301
Sidestrand Sidestrand 182
Sisland Sisland 87
Skeyton Skeyton 191
Sloley Sloley 240
Smallburgh Smallburgh,Norfolk 228
South Acre South Acre 73
Southrepps Southrepps Burial Ground 3
Southwood Southwood Ruins 13
Spixworth Spixworth 260
Sporle Sporle 513
Sprowston,Norwich Sprowston,Norwich 344
Stalham New Stalham New Cemetery 253
Stibbard Stibbard 251
Stiffkey Stiffkey 354
Stockton Stockton 133
Stody Stody 113
Stratton St Michael Stratton St Michael 243
Stratton Strawless Stratton Strawless 245
Suffield Suffield 177
Surlingham,St Saviour Surlingham,St Saviour (Ruin) 7
Sustead Sustead 112
Swafield Swafield 138
Swannington Swannington 168
Swanton Abbott Swanton Abbott 285
Swanton Morley Swanton Morley Cemetery 78
Swanton Novers Swanton Novers 209
Tatterford Tatterford 101
Tattersett Tattersett 58
Themelthorpe Themelthorpe 47
Thompson Thompson 247
Thornage Thornage 279
Thorpe Market Thorpe Market 209
Thorpe-Next-Haddiscoe Thorpe-Next-Haddiscoe 100
Threxton Threxton 84
Thrigby Thrigby 76
Thurgarton Thurgarton 125
Thurne Thurne 209
Thurning Thurning 152
Thursford Thursford 73
Thursford Thursford Cemetery 113
Thuxton Thuxton 102
Thwaite(Near Alby) Thwaite(Near Alby) 117
Titchwell Titchwell 149
Tivetshall St Mary Tivetshall St Mary Ruin 123
Trimingham Trimingham 238
Trowse Trowse Cemetery 186
Tunstall Tunstall Ruins 36
Tunstead Tunstead 348
Tuttington Tuttington 136
Twyford Twyford 133
Walcott Walcott 235
Walsingham (Little) Walsingham(Little) Anglican Shine 93
Walsingham (Little) Walsingham(Little) Guild of All Souls 11
Walsingham (Little) Walsingham(Little) Methodist 9
Walsingham (Little) Walsingham(Little) the Annunciation 12
Warham All Saints Warham All Saints 158
Warham St Mary Warham St Mary 152
Waterden Waterden 39
Waxham Waxham 110
Weasenham St Peter Weasenham St Peter 215
Welborne Welborne 185
Wells Next the Sea Wells Next the Sea Old Cemetery 390
Wells Quakers Wells Quakers 28
West Barsham West Barsham 66
West Beckham(Ruins) West Beckham(Ruins)Norfolk 111
West Caister West Caister 10
West Raynham West Raynham Ruins 47
West Somerton West Somerton 251
Westwick Westwick 152
Weybourne Weybourne Cemetery 280
Whinburgh Whinburgh 166
Whissonsett Whissonsett 461
Wickhampton Wickhampton 117
Wicklewood Wicklewood 299
Wickmere Wickmere 200
Wiggenhall St Peter Wiggenhall St Peter 19
Wighton Wighton 191
Wighton Wighton Cemetery 72
Witton Near Walsham Witton Near Walsham 205
Wood Dalling Wood Dalling 241
Worstead Worstead 265
Worstead Worstead Cemetery 239
Worthing Worthing 106
Wroxham Wroxham Cemetery Norfok 149

With 540 parishes and more cemeteries in Norfolk, there are plenty more to come!

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Findmypast.com 20% Discount

Most people who research UK ancestry find unique databases on findmypast.com/. It has all the same databases as findmypast.co.uk, ones you won’t find elsewhere. A FMP subscription also gives access to the complete collection of British newspapers in the British Newspaper Archive.

If you’d like to try it there’s an opportunity to save 20% on subscriptions to findmypast.com ending on Saturday 15 May. 

The discount is for new and returning (lapsed) subscribers only. 

findmypast.com

 

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London Remembers

For Wednesday’s BIFHSGO London SIG meeting on Zoom we had suggested searching a topic of interest on London Remembers.  The aim of the website is to document all the memorials in London. That’s the plaques, monuments, statues, fountains, etc, that commemorate a person, an event, a building.
It has 210 mentions for Canada, 109 for Canadian, 122 Montreal, 13 Ottawa, 183 Toronto, 7 Winnipeg, 2 Saskatoon, 0 Calgary, 41 Vancouver – most related to the sinking of the SS Vancouver. 

Does your community have a website that aims to capture all memorials? If so please post a link in the comments.

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Ancestry Updates Modern Death Indexes

As mentioned on 2 April, Ancestry was getting behind Findmypast and MyHeritage in their modern UK death indexes. As of 10 May Ancestry has:

England and Wales, Death Index, 1989-2019  with 5,486,849 records. That’s an update from 191,625 to 337,640 index records for 2019 and from 184,548  to 267,155 records for 2018.

Scotland and Northern Ireland, Death Index, 1989-2020 now has 752,902 records.

These are transcriptions typically giving name, gender, age, birth date, last residence, postal code district, and death date from civic records and funeral homes, published with data from GreyPower Deceased Data compiled by Wilmington Millennium.

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FamilySearch Updates

Here are the latest updated catalogue entries for UK and Ireland (although there are none for Ireland or Scotland)

Title Records Last Updated
England, Hertfordshire, Marriage Bonds, 1682-1837 3,637 May 11, 2021
England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988 1,967,944 May 11, 2021
England, Herefordshire Bishop’s Transcripts, 1583-1898 1,449,492 May 11, 2021
England, Northumberland Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1920 100,093 May 11, 2021
England, Lancashire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1746-1799 3,392 May 11, 2021
England, Essex Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1971 106,912 May 10, 2021
England, Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1642-1996 133,122 May 10, 2021
England, Lincolnshire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1574-1885 71,717 May 10, 2021
Wales, Marriage Bonds, 1650-1900 207,779 May 3, 2021
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More on Identification of the remains of Warrant Officer John Gregory

Thanks to two helpful readers I was able to get a view of the recent article in Polar Record reporting on the DNA identification a Frankin Expedition crew member.
Y-DNA was extracted from a molar found at site NgLj-3 at Erebus Bay, King William Island, identified on a map here on page 10.
There was a perfect STR match at all 19 markers with a person identified genealogically as a descendant of John Gregory. Unsurprisingly, using Witt Athey’s Predictor the Y-haplogroup is R1b.
Most markers are exactly on the modal number of repeats. The largest deviation is for DYS576 which is 4 below the modal and occurs in less than 1% of samples according to https://yhrd.org/tools/marker/DYS576.
The paper estimates the odds are 47,030 more likely that there is a paternal relationship than not.
Mitochondrial DNA is also mentioned but no quantitative results given. Nor are results, even haplogroups given for other Y-DNA analysis.
The article also includes a facial reconstruction previously published here based on a skull, not on DNA.

 

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Free Irish Presentations from Ireland

Too late to be included in the regular weekly event listing are these free Irish presentations online via Irish Genealogy News.

Wednesday 12 May: Ireland in Flanders: Men from the island of Ireland during the First World, with Piet Chielens, director of the In Flanders Fields Museum in Ypres. Host: Public Record Office of Northern Ireland. All welcome. Free. 3pm ET. Need to register.

Thursday 13 May: From Turmoil to Truce: Photographs of the War of Independence, an online tour. Host: National Library of Ireland Photographic Archive. 6am ET. Free. All welcome. Need to book.

Thursday 13 May: Recovering the Voices of West Cork in the American Civil War, with Dr Damien Shiels. Host: Dúchas Clonakilty Heritage. An online lecture, starting at 3:30pm ET. Free. All welcome. Need to register. Details.

Thursday 13 May: Online book launch: Shadows from the Trenches – Veterans of the Great War and the Irish Revolution by Emmanuel Destenay. In conversation with Professor William Murphy. Host: UCD Press. 2pm ET. All welcome. Need to register.

Friday 14 May: From Speed to the OS: Surveying the Streets through the Irish Historic Towns Atlas, with Sarah Gearty. Host: Carti Cymru 2021 symposium (12-14 May), National Library of Wales. Free but need tickets. 8am ET. Online.

Saturday 15 May: Emigrants and Exiles, the East Galway Story, a day conference. A range of speakers composed of descendants and academics will gather virtually across the diaspora to share their stories and the stories of their communities. Host: Trasna na Tíre. On Zoom. 6am ET. Free. Download programme pdf. Registration.

 

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Census Day

Tuesday 11 May 2021 —
Happy Census Day in Canada.

Whether you got the short or long-form, remember that the return will only be used for statistical purposes for 92 years. I recommend making a copy of your return and keeping it with your family records.

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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. Assume registration in advance is required; check so you’re not disappointed.

Tuesday 11 May, 2 pm:  Virtual Genealogy Drop-In, from Ottawa Branch of OGS and The Ottawa Public Library. https://ottawa.ogs.on.ca/events/.

Tuesday 11 May, 2 pm: Latest updates to MyHeritage Genetic Groups, by Daniel Horowitz for MyHeritage. https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar_details.php?webinar_id=1692

Tuesday 11 May, 2:30 pm:  Find Your American Ancestor Using Canadian Records, by Kathryn Lake Hogan for Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. https://acpl.libnet.info/event/5087318

Tuesday 11 May, 7 pm: Finding Our Female Ancestors, by Cindi Moynahan-Foreman for Essex Branch OGS. https://essex.ogs.on.ca/events/essexoa-may-presentation/

Wednesday 12 May, 11 am: Monthly Genealogy Q&A with Myko Clelland for Findmypast. https://www.facebook.com/findmypast

Wednesday 12 May, 8pm: DNA Downer: Strategies for Dealing with DNA Fatigue, by Blaine Bettinger for Legacy Family Tree Webinars. https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar_details.php?webinar_id=1627

Thursday 13 May, 6:30 pm: Reverse Genealogy: Finding Cousins and Chasing the Living, by Nicka Smith for Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. https://acpl.libnet.info/event/5087326

Thursday 13 May, 7 pm: Findmypast, what’s new and how to get more information, by Jen Baldwin of Findmypast for Lambton Branch OGS. https://lambton.ogs.on.ca/calendar/lambton-branch-findmypass-what-new-and-how-to-get-more-information-with-jen-baldwin/

Friday 14 May, 7 pm: Life Transitions Cemetery Video Series, by James MacNeil for Kent Branch OGS. https://kent.ogs.on.ca/events/life-transitions-cemetery-video-series/

Saturday 15 May, 10 am: Kingston Frontenac Public Library: Around the Room in 40 Bookmarks, by Joanne Stanbridge for Kingston Branch OGS. https://kingston.ogs.on.ca/

LOOKING AHEAD

4 — 6 June 2021: OGS Conference. conference.ogs.on.ca 

19 – 26 September 2021: BIFHSGO Conference. Irish Lines and Female Finds: Exploring Irish records, female ancestors and genetic genealogy. www.bifhsgo2021.ca/.