This Legacy Family Tree Webinars presentation, given on Wednesday, was followed by Geoff Rasmussen applying the techniques to a search in his family tree. Highly recommended for the search tips. It was mentioned that some of the collections included on Full-Text Search can only be accessed at FamilySearch Centres or affiliate libraries. If you know which they are, please add a comment.
WDYTYA? Magazine June 2025
The feature articles in the issue are:
Get More from Social Media, by Kelly Cornwell’
Finding the Forgotten, identifying the 1,300 lost victims of Germany’s First World War air raids, by Ian Castle,
Surviving the Slums: Bethan Watts outlines the harsh realities of Victorian slums.
Also, Jonathan Scott reviews the most useful sites to uncover the lives of London Ancestors.
MyHeritage adds Phillimore Marriage Registers
It’s surprising to find that MyHeritage hasn’t had this valuable published resource all along. The 2,179,315 entries, from 1538 to 1837, include images of the original publications. Phillimore includes entries from 1,500 parishes across 29 English counties. Northern counties and London parishes have less comprehensive coverage.
Portsmouth Ancestry?
Just added to FamilySearch:
Hampshire, Portsmouth, Baptisms, 1538-1940, 541,243 records
Hampshire, Portsmouth, Burials, 1538-1926, 313,413 records
Hampshire, Portsmouth, Marriages, 1537-1930, 393,944 records.
These are sourced from the Portsmouth History Centre. Images are only available at FamilySearch Centres and affiliate libraries.
Full-text Search Ontario Additions
Two Canadian collections are recent additions at FamilySearch Full-text Search
Canada, Ontario, Biographies, from 1964 to 1976, with 23,725 records.
Canada, Ontario, Others, 1996, with 135,494 records.
Don’t take the date 1996 seriously. The collection is a mixed bag with some entries dating back to the 18th century.