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Wednesday, 11 December 2024

Your Scottish Archive catalogue launches

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Although I am still down under in Australia, this is too big a development to wait to talk about until I get home!  The new Your Scottish Ar...
Thursday, 7 November 2024

TheGenealogist releases new military records

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From TheGenealogist ( www.thegenealogist.co.uk ):  New Release of Military Records Celebrating Our Armed Forces Search over half a million n...
Wednesday, 6 November 2024

Free access to FindmyPast for Remembrance Day commemorations

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From FindmyPast ( www.findmypast.co.uk ): Uncover forgotten wartime stories with free access to Findmypast this Remembrance Day •    Researc...
Saturday, 2 November 2024

Ancestry releases five UK themed Second World War databases

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Ancestry ( www.ancestry.co.uk ) has released five new UK themed World War 2 databases: UK, World War II Photographs, 1939-1945 https://www.a...

Ancestry adds new Irish based paupers database

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Ancestry has added the following dataset: Ireland, Paupers in Workhouses Who Were Born in England, Wales, or Scotland, 1863 https://www.ance...

Pre-order my new book Researching Ancestral Crisis in Ireland

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I'm delighted to say that my new book is now available for pre-order from Pen and Sword at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Researching-A...
Tuesday, 29 October 2024

Free access to MyHeritage's death records collections for Hallowe'en

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From October 29th to November 1st 2024, MyHeritage ( www.myheritage.com ) is offering free access to its death, burial, cemetery, and obitua...

ScotlandsPeople adds Barlinnie Prison records

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The ScotlandsPeople website ( www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk ) has added 180,000 records of admissions to Barlinnie Prison, Glasgow, from 1882-1...
Saturday, 26 October 2024

FindmyPast's appalling subscription rates restructure

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FindmyPast ( www.findmypast.co.uk ) has restructured its pricing mechanism to offer two new subscription packages, which are likely to infur...

Ulster Historical Foundations adds new records to database

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The Ulster Historical Foundation ( https://ulsterhistoricalfoundation.com ) has added 14,000 new records to its database, comprised of the f...