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.
London, Synagogue Seatholders 1904 consists of 6,474 names and addresses of seatholders and officeholders in various Synagogues in Aldgate, City Of London, Dalston, Hackney, Hammersmith, Hampstead, Islington, Marylebone, Paddington, Southwark, Stepney and Stoke Newington.
Asia, Far East Directories & Chronicles 1833-1941 compiled annually from multiple sources, including government agencies and Western companies in China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, The Philippines, Indo-China, Malaysia, Siam, Borneo and The Dutch East Indies. Look for name, occupation and employer for Americans, Canadians, Australians, British and other Westerners as well as information likely to be of interest to residents in the chronicles.
This Saturday, 11 December 2021 enjoy two Ottawa events online and open to all.
At 9 am BIFHSGO’s Holiday Social and Great Moments in Genealogy get underway. Details are at https://www.bifhsgo.ca/events
At 1 pm OGS Ottawa Branch presentation is`They Came on Ships ~ Plotting a Course to Publishing Genealogical Research’, by David Walker. Register here.
In between, depending on where you live, you might be able to squeeze in a visit to a live event (!) the Friends of the Ottawa Public Library Mammoth Book Sale at the City of Ottawa Archives from 10 am to 2 pm. https://www.fopla-aabpo.ca/event/mammoth-book-sale/
On Wednesday four new items were added to Canadiana.
| Title | Publication Date | Identifier |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Canadian Heritage, Canadian Parks Service : Park/subject classification system | 1911-1968 | T-11009 |
| Department of Canadian Heritage, Canadian Parks Service : Park/subject classification system | 1930-1968 | T-11010 |
| Department of Indian Affairs, Headquarters central registry system : thousand series | 1893-1945 | C-12081 |
| James Hargrave and family fonds | 1850-1854 | C-77 |
The most interesting of these may well be the James Hargrave and family fonds. According to his entry in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Throughout his career Hargrave was a prodigious letter writer, corresponding with officers all over the HBC’s vast domains. His draft letter books, which give much detail about the logistics of the trade, reveal his assiduous attempts to satisfy the needs of every district with fairness and economy. His private letters, where he appears as esteemed friend and confidant, constitute the richest surviving record of life in western Canada during the first half of the 19th century. Besides providing valuable commentary on fur trade society with its blend of Indian, British, and French customs, these letters also contain much specific information about the personal lives of many of Hargrave’s contemporaries.
The period 1850-54 saw James Hargrave ending his assignment at York Factory and moving to Sault Ste Marie. Image 3 at Canadiana Héritage summarizes the scope of the contents. It mentions small handwriting and fading of the ink.
After a period with no new or updated records Ancestry follows on yesterday’s Glamorgan Calendar of Prisoners records with two new Australian collections from newspapers, for Hamilton (1860 – 1918), Melbourne (1854 – 2000) and Sydney (1831 – 2001).
Australia, Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-current: 672,360 records.
Australia, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current: 5,756,110 records.
If you have not yet renewed, please go to the web-site, www.bifhsgo.ca and complete your renewal. Online renewal is by PayPal or Credit Card. For assistance with the process, see the “News” page of the website.
If you are unable or unwilling to pay online, you can contact the Membership Director at membership@bifhsgo.ca
MyHeritage has added a Birth Index for the Irish Sea community of the Isle of Man. The 53,316 index records, from civil registration which strated in 1878, include the given name and surname of the child, year of birth and registration district of the birth. The names of the father and mother are not in the index. Data is available to 1920.
These compliment a larger transcript collection of Isle of Man Births and Baptisms.
Isle of Man records are available from other sites as documented at the FamilySearch Wiki.
These 34,072 records are from “Calendars of prisoners tried at Assize Courts and Courts of Quarter Sessions. Cardiff, Wales: Glamorgan Archives: Archifau Morgannwg.”
Records in the collection may include the following information: Person’s name; Any known aliases; Birthdate; Age; Date of trial; Place of trial; Occupation; Criminal charge; Sentence.
Entries are greatest for the first decade, the 1850s have over 18,000 cases. By the 1910s that dropped to 3,000.
Expect to find the name of the victim as well as the accused in the criminal charge; the former is not indexed.
Back in October, I announced I was deleting Facebook. I’ve not gone back. Despite missing family and society posts, I believe it was the right decision. Here’s just one item from ResearchBuzz that reinforces the belief.
“CNN: Facebook sold ads comparing vaccine to Holocaust. “Facebook has sold ads promoting anti-vaccine messages, comparing the US government’s response to Covid-19 to Nazi Germany, casting doubt on the result of the 2020 election, and even pushing political violence. The ads have been run by merchandise companies that have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on Facebook over the last few years.”
Here’s the original CNN post.
This Thursday, 9 December at 2 pm, courtesy of the National Library of Ireland, join artist/folklorist Michael Fortune for a special online presentation where he looks at Christmas from a uniquely Irish perspective. Michael has pioneered the use of digital media and has produced one of the most comprehensive collections of living folklore on film in Ireland to date.
The talk will introduce you to first-hand source customs and traditions found around the country from Christmas mumming plays and carols to the keeping of pieces of straw from the Christmas crib and or burning last year’s Christmas holly.
Book HERE
Project Civil War Bluejackets: Race, Class and Ethnicity in the United States Navy, 1861-1865 will include the creation of newly digitized muster rolls – registers of the officers and men on Union Naval vessels.
118,000 or so common sailors served in the US Civil War for the Union; 30 percent were British or Irish, and 15 percent were African Americans.
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 7 Dec. 2 pm: Virtual Genealogy Drop-In, from Ottawa Branch of OGS and The Ottawa Public Library.
https://ottawa.ogs.on.ca/events/.
Wednesday 8 Dec. 7 pm: Ottawa’s Power : An Energy History of the National Capital Region, by The Bytown Museum.
https://bytownmuseum.com/get-engaged/whats-happening/
Wednesday 8 Dec. 8 pm: Documenting Families or Communities Lost in the Holocaust by Bullets, by Ellen Kowitt for Legacy Family Tree Webinars.
https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar/documenting-families-or-communities-lost-in-the-holocaust-by-bullets/
Thursday 9 Dec. 1 pm: Christmas Carols and Nostalgia, by Jeremy Summerly for Gresham College.
https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/carols-nostalgia
Saturday 11 Dec. 9 am: Holiday Social and Great Moments in Genealogy, by BIFHSGO members.
https://www.bifhsgo.ca/events
Saturday 11 Dec. 1 pm: They Came on Ships ~ Plotting a Course to Publishing Genealogical Research, by David Walker for OGS Ottawa Branch.
https://ottawa.ogs.on.ca/events/they-came-on-ships-ottawa/
Advance Notice
Monday 13 Dec. 7 pm: Ontario Records at Family Search, by Stephen Young for OGS Leeds and Grenville Branch.
