Ancestry’s collection Radnorshire, Wales, Anglican Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1994 now has 285,581 records with images of the originals linked. That’s ten times the population in the 2011 census!
Original data is from Wales: Archives and Records Council Wales.
BIFHSGO has announced additions to the conference program—Conference Connect and Exhibitor Connect.
Two sessions of Conference Connect will be offered on non-presentation days—Tuesday, 21 September (2–4 p.m. EDT) and Thursday, 23 September (7–9 p.m. EDT). Registrants are invited to visit one of several breakout rooms, each covering a conference theme—Irish records, female ancestors and genetic genealogy—where experienced researchers will be available to share their knowledge and exchange ideas with registrants.
There will also be two sessions of Exhibitor Connect, in which participants can visit breakout rooms hosted by conference exhibitors to learn more about their products and services. The sessions will be held on Wednesday, 22 September (2–3:30 p.m. EDT) and on Saturday, 25 September (10–11:30 a.m. EDT), just before the presentations on those days. No registration is required. You can move between sessions, ask questions or just listen and learn.
For more about the conference visit the website.
That’s right — subtracts — not adds. This time it’s less. Findmypast no longer makes available Canadian (and US) newspapers.
The papers that were available were from newspaperarchive.com, are still available at that subscription site.
Canadian newspapers were one of the few exclusive benefits Findmypast provided by way of Canadian records. Without question FMP is invaluable for the exclusive UK record, is the subscription worthwhile for Canadian research?
The FMP catalogue has 242 datasets when filtered for Canada. Top of the list by number of records is British & Irish Roots Collection with over 63 million records, a little over 11 million when filtered for Canada. Mostly these are duplicated from Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960 and census records, both available as separate FMP titles and available at competitor websites.
The World War 2 Allies Collection has over 15 million records but just over 11 thousand when filtered for Canada. They are mostly from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
This table is a complete list of FMP titles with more than 10,000 Canadian records. Most if not all are to be found elsewhere, many freely available, so is a subscription worthwhile? Now questionable for Canadian research if you have other access.
| Record Set | Canadian Records |
|---|---|
| British & Irish Roots Collection | 11,235,113 |
| Canada Census 1911 | 7,157,334 |
| United States, Canadian Border Crossings | 6,150,580 |
| Passenger Lists Leaving UK 1890-1960 | 5,418,130 |
| Canada Census 1901 | 5,167,206 |
| Canada Census 1891 | 4,539,639 |
| Canada Census 1881 | 4,273,962 |
| Canada Census 1871 | 3,292,788 |
| Canada Census 1861 | 2,764,253 |
| Ontario Birth Index 1860-1920 | 2,076,058 |
| Canadian Headstones Index | 1,881,403 |
| Canada Census 1851 | 1,364,597 |
| Canada Billion Graves Cemetery Index | 1,343,005 |
| British Columbia, Canada, Death Index, 1872-1992 | 994,738 |
| Manitoba Probate Records 1871-1930 Browse | 802,992 |
| New Brunswick, County Deed Registry Books Image Browse | 792,235 |
| British Columbia Estate Files 1859-1949 Browse | 783,176 |
| Ontario, Canada, Federal Census Of 1871 Ontario Index, 1871 | 374,095 |
| Canadian Directories & Almanacs | 356,897 |
| Manitoba Marriage Index | 154,052 |
| Manitoba Birth Index | 143,055 |
| Ontario Genealogical Society Provincial Index | 132,979 |
| Canada, Home Children Immigration Records Index, 1869-1930 | 125,086 |
| Manitoba Death Index | 112,525 |
| Prince Edward Island, Canada, 1891 Census Index, 1891 | 105,373 |
| Prince Edward Island, Canada, 1901 Census Index, 1901 | 104,139 |
| Lower Canada Census 1825 | 74,323 |
| New Brunswick, Canada, Land Petitions Index, 1783-1918 | 66,872 |
| Canada, Saskatchewan Vital Records Birth Index | 64,614 |
| Alberta, Canada, Metis National Council Historical Online Database Index, 1770-1919 | 60,717 |
| Canada, Saskatchewan Vital Records Death Index | 55,302 |
| Lower Canada Census 1842 | 46,467 |
| New Brunswick, Canada, Marriage Bonds Index, 1810-1932 | 41,282 |
| British Columbia, Canada, Birth Registration Index, 1872-1903 | 36,930 |
| British Columbia, Canada, Birth Index, 1854-1903 | 36,602 |
| Canada, Ontario, Oddfellows Life Insurance Applications | 31,167 |
| British Columbia, Canada, Baptism Index, 1772-1888 | 30,942 |
| Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, Estate Index, 1884-1984 | 29,414 |
| Canada, Ontario, Toronto Emigrant Office Records Index | 29,064 |
| Canada, Immigrants To Canada Index, 1750-1854 | 25,353 |
| New Brunswick Birth and Baptism Index 1769-1899 | 25,219 |
| New Brunswick, Canada, Irish Immigrants In The New Brunswick Census Of 1851 and 1861 Index, 1851, 1861 | 21,048 |
| Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada, Estate Index, 1884-1984 | 18,455 |
| World War 2 Allies Collection | 11,376 |
The FMP collection of National School Admission Register transcripts is enhanced with over 9,000 records from Halifax, Yorkshire. With luck, you’ll find the child’s birth date, parent name, address and school name.
Staffordshire Parish Registers expands with “thousands of new baptism, marriage, banns, and burial registers from four parishes in Staffordshire.” There are images of the original registers.
Here are the new totals for those parishes.
| Parish | Baptisms | Marriages | Burials |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caverswall, St Peter | 8,436 | 12,907 | 13,585 |
| Chebsey, All Saints | 1,875 | 1,697 | 1,640 |
| Checkley, St Mary & All Saints | 16,110 | 8,064 | 10,851 |
| Tipton, St Mary | 13,917 | 7,349 | 3,115 |
Most of us aren’t legal eagles. Fortunately, we are being alerted to Ancestry’s information grab by Judy G. Russell, “One big change at Ancestry,” The Legal Genealogist (https://www.legalgenealogist.com/blog : posted 4 Aug 2021).
“In plain English, the rights to use that family photo you posted, that story you wrote and uploaded, that snippet of family history you’ve shared basically now belong to Ancestry. You can continue to use it elsewhere if you wish, since you’re still technically the owner, but you can’t do anything to stop Ancestry from using it any way it wants, forever.”
Did Ancestry give specific warning it was making this change so information could be deleted from their system.? No. Ancestry is acting like the 800lb gorilla on the genealogical block.
The very latest UK title at FamilySearch is United Kingdom, British Royal Navy Ships’ Musters, 1739-1861 with 280,357 transcript records. Find out more about these records, sourced from the UK National Archives via Findmypast, here.
Other additions to FamilySearch UK transcripts this week.
| Collection | Indexed Records |
|---|---|
| England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988 | 84,783 |
| England, Essex Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1971 | 8,854 |
| England, Lancashire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1746-1799 | 4,988 |
| England, Northumberland Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1920 | 4,215 |
| England, Lincolnshire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1574-1885 | 100 |
| England, Hertfordshire, Marriage Bonds, 1682-1837 | 45 |
| England, Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1642-1996 | 25 |
| England, Herefordshire Bishop’s Transcripts, 1583-1898 | 2 |
There are no Canadian additions this week. See the complete list of additions.
Sales on DNA tests come along frequently — the exception being when you really want one to resolve a long-standing issue. That’s the way of the world.
If that’s your situation now you’re in luck. FamilyTreeDNA has summer sale prices on all its products. Check them out at www.familytreedna.com/
While the number of records in Carmarthenshire, Wales, Anglican Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1560-1994 remains at 1,086,426 this update adds images of the original parish registers to the transcriptions.
A 3-minute video from Dr. Spike Gibbs of the LSE
http://www.lse.ac.uk/lse-player?id=eb01116c-106a-4035-8126-2896f9f8e0e5
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 3 August, 2 pm: Virtual Genealogy Drop-In, from Ottawa Branch of OGS and The Ottawa Public Library. https://ottawa.ogs.on.ca/events/.
Tuesday 3 August, 2:30 pm: New York State Censuses: You Won’t Believe What’s Hiding In There! by Jeanette Sheliga for Allen Country Public Library Genealogy Center. https://acpl.libnet.info/event/5421040
Tuesday 3 August. 10 pm: Burying the Body in England by Helen V. Smith for Legacy Family Tree Webinars. https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar_details.php?webinar_id=1604
Wednesday 4 August 2021, 7:30 pm: Surprising stories with the writing of the book “The Lobb Family”, by Alison Lobb for Huron County Branch OGS. https://huron.ogs.on.ca/events/aug-4-huron-co-branch-webinar/
Thursday 5 August, 6:30 pm: Testing Your Relatives’ DNA: What You Can Learn. by Sara Allen by Allen Country Public Library Genealogy Center. https://acpl.libnet.info/event/5421917
Thursday 5 August 7:00 pm: Google Maps for Migration, Brick Walls and Organizing a Trip to Your Ancestor’s Home, by Lianne Kruger for OGS.
https://ogs.on.ca/zoom-meetings/august-webinar-lianne-kruger/
Friday 6 August, 2 pm: Freedmen’s Bureau Labor Contracts, by Bernice Bennett for Legacy Family Tree Webinars.
https://familytreewebinars.com/webinar_details.php?webinar_id=1678
Saturday 7 August, 2 pm: Simcoe County Branch – My Ancestors in the Hudson’s Bay Fur Trade, by Janice Nickerson for Simcoe County Branch OGS
https://simcoe.ogs.on.ca/events/simcoe-county-branch-my-ancestors-in-the-hudsons-bay-fur-trade-with-janice-nickerson/
Coming
19 – 26 September 2021: BIFHSGO Conference. Irish Lines and Female Finds: Exploring Irish records, female ancestors and genetic genealogy. www.bifhsgo2021.ca/.
MyHeritage announces the acquisition of a controlling interest in French genealogy company Filae.
Following the acquisition, Filae’s exclusive historical record collections comprising more than one billion records will be made accessible to MyHeritage users.
The answer to the trivia question about the size of the MyHeritage database will soon need updating!
Read the details in the press release.
