Fold3 adds London Gazette notices from 1939-1945

From Fold3.com (www.fold3.com):

We are pleased to announce a new collection of UK records on Fold3®. The UK, London Gazette WWII Military Notices 1939-1945 contains 1.3 million indexed records for service members found in the Military Notice sections or supplements of the London Gazette newspaper.

The London Gazette is Britain’s oldest continuously published newspaper. It is the authoritative source of government news and publishes notices related to elections, Royal proclamations and other declarations, appointments to public office, and more. Issues of the Gazette also include notices on military matters. This new collection consists of a searchable index of service members and the awards or mentions they received in the Gazette during the WWII years of 1939-1945. These notices include military awards or commendations, reports of people leaving service due to illness, appointments, promotions, and other military matters.

For further details visit https://blog.fold3.com/new-collection-of-military-notices-from-the-london-gazette/

Chris

My new book Tracing Your Irish Ancestors Through Land Records is now available to buy at https://bit.ly/IrishLandRecords. Also available - Sharing Your Family History Online, Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed), and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records - to purchase, please visit https://bit.ly/ChrisPatonPSbooks. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.

Gazette article details current Scottish legal rights on inheritance

The Gazette (www.thegazette.co.uk) published an article on December 14th 2020 by Susan Batchelor of Brodies LLP entitled What are your legal rights in Scotland for inheritance?, which may be of interest. 

I've covered historic inheritance for genealogists in my book Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records, but this article details the current provisions as set out in Scots Law today. 

 (With thanks to The Gazette at @TheGazetteUK)

Chris

Pre-order my next book, Sharing Your Family History Online, at https://bit.ly/SharingFamHist. My book Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 is also out, as are Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Irish1 and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scotland1. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.

Edinburgh, Belfast, Dublin and London Gazettes join FindmyPast

FindmyPast (www.findmypast.co.uk) has added some major new newspaper sets to its site this week - although to access them you will need a Pro subscription:

London Gazette 1665-2018
Taken from the official UK government newspaper, unlock over 350 years of fascinating London stories in almost 34 million new records.

Scotland, Edinburgh Gazette 1797-2018
The Edinburgh Gazette is the Official Newspaper of Record for Scotland. In it, you can explore over 220 years of Scottish history and over 4 million individual records.

Ireland, Belfast Gazette 1922-2018
Delve into a nearly century of Northern Irish newspaper stories including business notices and the Queen’s annual honours lists in the Belfast Gazette.

Ireland, Dublin Gazette 1750-1800
Step back into 18th-century Ireland with records covering 50 years of news from the British government at Dublin Castle.

Together, these four Gazette collections bring a staggering 39 million new records to Findmypast this week.

Further details and links are available at https://www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/gazettes

Comment: going by the year range, the Dublin Gazette collection looks like that held by the Oireachtas library in Dublin, which I first blogged about being available online in 2015 (see http://britishgenes.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-dublin-gazette-from-1750-1800-is.html). The other Gazette editions are available also freely at www.thegazette.co.uk, but the search screen on FindmyPast looks to be a much less pain free experience! Without a Pro subscription, a basic search will still provide a date for a hit, so you can then consult the original at the Gazette website. The Dublin Gazette is a bit more of a pain, as you need to download the file from the Oireachtas library website, and they tend to be fairly large, although they are keyword searchable.

Don't forget that Iris Oifigiuil, the Dublin Gazette's replacement in the Repubic of Ireland after partition, is available online at www.irisoifigiuil.ie for issues from 2002-2020.

NB: Incidentally, a quick note of thanks to Gerry Quinn (@GerryQuinn10), who has pointed out an error on the FindmyPast Scottish Catholic records - the Sacred Heart Church in Bridgeton, Glasgow, is listed under Dunbartonshire when it should be Lanarkshire - hopefully FMP can amend soon.

Chris

My next 5 week Scottish Research Online course starts August 31st - see https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=102. My book Tracing Your Scottish Family History on the Internet, at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scottish2 is now out, also available are Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Irish1 and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records at http://bit.ly/ChrisPaton-Scotland1. Further news published daily on The Scottish GENES Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.