The subscription site UKPressOnline (www.ukpressonline.co.uk/ukpressonline/) has added digitised editions of the Daily Express from April 24, 1900 onwards, joining the Daily Mirror, which has been online for over a year. Editions of the Sunday Express and the Daily Star are also available from 2000 onwards, though expect to see these online in the future with earlier coverage.
(With thanks to the Anglo-Celtic Connections blog.)
Chris
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Wednesday, 16 December 2009
Monday, 14 December 2009
FindmyPast - URL change
From FindmyPast:
We are writing to you to let you know of a small change to our service. As a UK-based family history website specialising in UK records, we have decided to change the name of the website - findmypast.com will soon become findmypast.co.uk.
From later this week, you will start to see our new name appear when you visit. It will take a while for our name to change completely, so don't be surprised if you continue to see references to findmypast.com for the next few weeks. We hope to have everything complete by New Year.
You will need to add the new name to your bookmarks, but apart from that, you should not notice any changes. The findmypast.com name will continue to work in your browser: you will automatically be taken to findmypast.co.uk.
We have tried to make the change as simple as possible, and most people who use the 'Keep me signed in' option will get automatically signed in to findmypast.co.uk. However, there may be a few people who find that they are signed out when you visit.
If you are, don't worry. Just go to the 'Sign in' page, tick the 'Keep me signed in' box again and you'll be signed in as normal from that point. If you have forgottten your password, simply use the 'forgotten password' feature and a new one will be sent to your email address.
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Customer Support Team, who will be happy to help.
Chris
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We are writing to you to let you know of a small change to our service. As a UK-based family history website specialising in UK records, we have decided to change the name of the website - findmypast.com will soon become findmypast.co.uk.
From later this week, you will start to see our new name appear when you visit. It will take a while for our name to change completely, so don't be surprised if you continue to see references to findmypast.com for the next few weeks. We hope to have everything complete by New Year.
You will need to add the new name to your bookmarks, but apart from that, you should not notice any changes. The findmypast.com name will continue to work in your browser: you will automatically be taken to findmypast.co.uk.
We have tried to make the change as simple as possible, and most people who use the 'Keep me signed in' option will get automatically signed in to findmypast.co.uk. However, there may be a few people who find that they are signed out when you visit.
If you are, don't worry. Just go to the 'Sign in' page, tick the 'Keep me signed in' box again and you'll be signed in as normal from that point. If you have forgottten your password, simply use the 'forgotten password' feature and a new one will be sent to your email address.
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Customer Support Team, who will be happy to help.
Chris
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Scottish Television searches for missing people
A new STV series is looking for contributors:
Lorraine Kelly and Scottish Television are looking at cases across the UK involving mothers who’ve disappeared. We’re working with the charity Missing People, and we’ll be putting out appeals for information on the programme.
We’d also like to speak to people who were adopted. Are you looking for your birth mother? Were you even abandoned as a child?
If you have a story to tell, and you’d like our help, please get in touch:
Contact Becky on 0207 535 7270 or John on 0207 535 7276
Chris
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Lorraine Kelly and Scottish Television are looking at cases across the UK involving mothers who’ve disappeared. We’re working with the charity Missing People, and we’ll be putting out appeals for information on the programme.
We’d also like to speak to people who were adopted. Are you looking for your birth mother? Were you even abandoned as a child?
If you have a story to tell, and you’d like our help, please get in touch:
Contact Becky on 0207 535 7270 or John on 0207 535 7276
Chris
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Friday, 11 December 2009
Burke and Hare website
All you need to know about the murders of sixteen people by Edinburgh based Burke and Hare in the eartly 19th century can be found at http://burkeandhare.com.
Chris
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Chris
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Professional genealogical problem solving and research
http://twitter.com/ChrisMPaton
National Library of Scotland annual review 2008-09
The National Library of Scotland has published its annual review online at www.nls.uk/about/publications/annualreview/2008-2009/index.html.
Included in the report is a two minute video interview with Gill Hamilton about the facility's new online search system (http://digital.nls.uk) and with Annette Hagan and Lee Hibbard, who outline their collaboration with the Internet Archive Digital project, including a demonstration on the digitisation of several Gaelic holdings. A summary of various online social networking facilities is also available at www.nls.uk/about/social-networking/index.html. Other discussions include NLS projects that I've never heard of, such as the Medical History of British India site at www.nls.uk/indiapapers.
Well worth reading!
Chris
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Included in the report is a two minute video interview with Gill Hamilton about the facility's new online search system (http://digital.nls.uk) and with Annette Hagan and Lee Hibbard, who outline their collaboration with the Internet Archive Digital project, including a demonstration on the digitisation of several Gaelic holdings. A summary of various online social networking facilities is also available at www.nls.uk/about/social-networking/index.html. Other discussions include NLS projects that I've never heard of, such as the Medical History of British India site at www.nls.uk/indiapapers.
Well worth reading!
Chris
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Free access to overseas British BMD indexes
Sometimes muggins here misses things! For some time I have known that the overseas British BMD records for 1761-1981 have been available on the FindmyPast.com subscription site, but I have just discovered that they can be accessed completely free of charge at FamilyRelatives.com (www.familyrelatives.com), including links to view the original register images for each entry.
The collection contains:
GRO Air Births Indices
GRO Air Deaths Indices
GRO Air Deaths: Missing Persons Indices
GRO Army Births Indices
GRO Army Chaplain Birth Indices
GRO Army Chaplain Death Indices
GRO Army Death Indices
GRO Army Marriages Within Brit.Lines
GRO Article 6 and Article 18 Marriages
GRO Births Abroad Indices
GRO Chaplains returns Marriages Indices
GRO Consul Marriages
GRO Consular Birth Indices
GRO Consular Death Indices
GRO Deaths Abroad Indices
GRO High Commission Death Indices
GRO High Commission Death Indices up to 1955
GRO Index Army Marriages
GRO Ionian Islands Chaplains Returns Births
GRO Ionian Islands Chaplains Returns Deaths
GRO Ionian Islands Chaplains Returns Marriages
GRO Ionian Islands Chaplains Civil Registration of Births
GRO Ionian Islands Chaplains Civil Registration of Marriages
GRO Ionian Islands Military Register of Births
GRO List of Army Registers
GRO Marine Births Indices
GRO Marine Deaths Indices
GRO Marriages Abroad
GRO Natal and South African Forces Deaths
GRO Regimental Births Indices
GRO Regimental Births Indices (suppl)
GRO Service Department Marriages
GRO Service Department Death Indices
GRO UK High Commission Birth Indices pre-1956
GRO UK High Commission Birth Indices up to and including 1981
GRO UK High Commission Marriages
It's not often I get completely blown away by an offering from an online supplier, but this is a major collection of useful records for all of those with British based relatives overseas. A serious thumbs up for FamilyRelatives on this one!
Chris
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The collection contains:
GRO Air Births Indices
GRO Air Deaths Indices
GRO Air Deaths: Missing Persons Indices
GRO Army Births Indices
GRO Army Chaplain Birth Indices
GRO Army Chaplain Death Indices
GRO Army Death Indices
GRO Army Marriages Within Brit.Lines
GRO Article 6 and Article 18 Marriages
GRO Births Abroad Indices
GRO Chaplains returns Marriages Indices
GRO Consul Marriages
GRO Consular Birth Indices
GRO Consular Death Indices
GRO Deaths Abroad Indices
GRO High Commission Death Indices
GRO High Commission Death Indices up to 1955
GRO Index Army Marriages
GRO Ionian Islands Chaplains Returns Births
GRO Ionian Islands Chaplains Returns Deaths
GRO Ionian Islands Chaplains Returns Marriages
GRO Ionian Islands Chaplains Civil Registration of Births
GRO Ionian Islands Chaplains Civil Registration of Marriages
GRO Ionian Islands Military Register of Births
GRO List of Army Registers
GRO Marine Births Indices
GRO Marine Deaths Indices
GRO Marriages Abroad
GRO Natal and South African Forces Deaths
GRO Regimental Births Indices
GRO Regimental Births Indices (suppl)
GRO Service Department Marriages
GRO Service Department Death Indices
GRO UK High Commission Birth Indices pre-1956
GRO UK High Commission Birth Indices up to and including 1981
GRO UK High Commission Marriages
It's not often I get completely blown away by an offering from an online supplier, but this is a major collection of useful records for all of those with British based relatives overseas. A serious thumbs up for FamilyRelatives on this one!
Chris
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RAF Kinloss tartan
A new tartan has been registered for RAF Kinloss. From the Scottish Register of Tartans website:
The RAF Kinloss Tartan may only be worn by personnel associated with RAF Kinloss, specifically military, civilian and contractors’ staff directly employed by units or companies on the station. In addition, local organisations with ties to RAF Kinloss such as the Kinloss Rugby Club and Kinloss Scouting and Guiding organisations may use the tartan with the approval of the Station Commander.
The design can be viewed at www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=10120.
The idea of restrictions on the wearing of a tartan is worth exploring a bit. I looked up the small print on the website (OK, it's a whopping big page entitled Guidance!), and here is what is offered:
Restrictions
Traditionally owners of tartans have sometimes wished to impose restrictions on the wearing/use and production of their tartan. If you wish, you may express your preferences here, however the Keeper cannot be held responsible for enforcing any such restrictions.
Do you wish to restrict the wearing/use of this tartan?
Owners of tartans have sometimes expressed a wish to restrict their wearing/use to particular groups or individuals e.g. in the case of a Clan/Family tartan. Please note that although your wishes will be published in the Register, no rights can be conferred by the expression of these preferences. The Keeper accepts no responsibility for the enforcement of these preferences. For further information or to register a design right in the UK, please visit the UK Intellectual Property Office at www.ipo.gov.uk.
Do you wish to restrict who can weave this tartan
You may express a preference here to limit weaving of your tartan to a specific supplier. The Keeper accepts no responsibility for the enforcement of this preference. Should you wish to limit weaving to a particular company you should consider registering a design right with the appropriate Intellectual Property Office.
There is no law in the country about what you can and cannot wear. However, the application of a design to a product without the consent of the designer is basically a breach of copyright on that design.
So you actually can wear any design of tartan you wish, but you cannot commercially exploit someone else's design. Whether you wish to walk past the personnel of RAF Kinloss dressed in their tartan is quite another matter though! :)
Chris
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The RAF Kinloss Tartan may only be worn by personnel associated with RAF Kinloss, specifically military, civilian and contractors’ staff directly employed by units or companies on the station. In addition, local organisations with ties to RAF Kinloss such as the Kinloss Rugby Club and Kinloss Scouting and Guiding organisations may use the tartan with the approval of the Station Commander.
The design can be viewed at www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=10120.
The idea of restrictions on the wearing of a tartan is worth exploring a bit. I looked up the small print on the website (OK, it's a whopping big page entitled Guidance!), and here is what is offered:
Restrictions
Traditionally owners of tartans have sometimes wished to impose restrictions on the wearing/use and production of their tartan. If you wish, you may express your preferences here, however the Keeper cannot be held responsible for enforcing any such restrictions.
Do you wish to restrict the wearing/use of this tartan?
Owners of tartans have sometimes expressed a wish to restrict their wearing/use to particular groups or individuals e.g. in the case of a Clan/Family tartan. Please note that although your wishes will be published in the Register, no rights can be conferred by the expression of these preferences. The Keeper accepts no responsibility for the enforcement of these preferences. For further information or to register a design right in the UK, please visit the UK Intellectual Property Office at www.ipo.gov.uk.
Do you wish to restrict who can weave this tartan
You may express a preference here to limit weaving of your tartan to a specific supplier. The Keeper accepts no responsibility for the enforcement of this preference. Should you wish to limit weaving to a particular company you should consider registering a design right with the appropriate Intellectual Property Office.
There is no law in the country about what you can and cannot wear. However, the application of a design to a product without the consent of the designer is basically a breach of copyright on that design.
So you actually can wear any design of tartan you wish, but you cannot commercially exploit someone else's design. Whether you wish to walk past the personnel of RAF Kinloss dressed in their tartan is quite another matter though! :)
Chris
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Thursday, 10 December 2009
Moneydie 1832 electoral roll
Colin Mayall from Caledonian Connections has uploaded a transcription of the 1832 electoral roll for the Perthshire parish of Moneydie to his website at http://caledonianconnections.com/Moneydie.aspx. This brings to fourteen the total number of Perthshire parishes now served with the records, and there are more to come.
Nice one...!
Chris
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Nice one...!
Chris
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NHSIC will not appeal 1939 census ruling
The National Health Service Information Centre has just confirmed with me that it will not be appealing against the recent decision of the Information Commissioner to allow access to information for those now deceased who were recorded in the English and Welsh 1939 emergency census, created for the purposes of national registration at the start of the Second World War (see 1939 NHS 'census' to be made available in England and Wales and 1939 update - the decision). The service is currently looking into options on how to procede with providing the relevant access.
Ironically, Guy Etchells, who made the initial Freedom of Information Enquiry that led to the decision is now launching an appeal to see if information on the living recorded with both the census and the register can also be released, believing that the Information Commissioner may have misdirected himself - so lots still to report on this in due course!
UPDATE: Guy Etchells has uploaded a transcript of the information he has obtained from his FOI request, which shows the details that one might expect from a successful application - it can be viewed at http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~framland/census/1939NatReg.htm
Chris
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Ironically, Guy Etchells, who made the initial Freedom of Information Enquiry that led to the decision is now launching an appeal to see if information on the living recorded with both the census and the register can also be released, believing that the Information Commissioner may have misdirected himself - so lots still to report on this in due course!
UPDATE: Guy Etchells has uploaded a transcript of the information he has obtained from his FOI request, which shows the details that one might expect from a successful application - it can be viewed at http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~framland/census/1939NatReg.htm
Chris
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Wednesday, 9 December 2009
Canadian passenger lists - Ocean Arrivals 1919-24
The Canadian based Ancestry.ca site has completed its Canadian passenger lists with the upload of Ocean Arrivals 1919-24, bering ing the total to 8 million records between 1865-1935.
For more on the story visit the Society of Genealogists website at www.societyofgenealogists.com/canadian-passenger-lists.
Chris
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For more on the story visit the Society of Genealogists website at www.societyofgenealogists.com/canadian-passenger-lists.
Chris
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Professional genealogical problem solving and research
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