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The "Who Do You Think You Are Live" event at
Olympia was the busiest family history fair yet. If you attended, I hope
you enjoyed it as much as we did. Getting your feedback is always our main
aim. We have already made some changes to the look of the interface of
TheGenealogist to help you get
the most out of the site.
Our free Genealogy Tutorials were packed and we got
very good feedback from attendees.
We have already started planning 2011 and are sponsoring
the SoG Family History Show section for the third year.
The show saw the launch of TreeView 2, a free-to-use
online family tree application, millions of records being
added to TheGenealogist.co.uk including a large section
of Parish Records, Wills and yet more records of the British
overseas. The third edition of the National Burial Index
with nearly 20 million records was also launched at the
show and is available from stock.
The article this month is by Joanne Smith and is about
how her family history research led to a great holiday and
exciting discoveries. "For many reasons it was the
best holiday I've ever taken and all down to an initial
casual search of the non-conformist records on TheGenealogist.co.uk."
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The
records below are all now included as part of the Gold Personal
Premium Subsciption, which you can purchase
here
Buckinghamshire Parish Record Transcript
 We have added nearly 15,000 individuals to our
transcript for
Buckinghamshire, expanding our coverage
and bringing the total to over
100,000 individuals.
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Worcestershire Parish Record Transcript
 With the latest records added there are
now over 500,000 individuals.
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Durham Parish Record Transcript
 We have added nearly 55,000 individuals
to the parish records of Durham, expanding our
coverage and bringing the total to over
75,000 individuals.
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Overseas BMDs
 We have added nearly 770,000 records, with
images to our overseas BMD
record set bringing the total number of records to nearly
2,000,000. This transcript
covers the births, marriages
and deaths of British Service
Personnel throughout the world. The data set now
includes:
- Marine Births: 1837-1965
- Army Births & Registers, Marriages &
Deaths:
1747-1980
- Air Births, Deaths & Missing Persons:
1947-1965
- Consular Births, Marriages & Deaths:
1849-1965
- High Commission Births, Marriages & Deaths:
1899-1966
- Informal Certificates of Births at Sea:
1839-1867
- Ionian Island Births, Marriages & Deaths:
1818-1864
- Births, Marriages & Deaths Abroad:
1966-1994
- Regimental Births: 1761-1997
- Article 6/18 Marriages: 1955-1965
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London Parish Record Transcript
 We have added over 880,000 individuals
to our transcript for London, expanding our
coverage and bringing the total to over
1,350,000 individuals.
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PCC Wills Index and Images
 We have added to our PCC Wills and
probate records, bringing the total number of
records to over 610,000. The
wills are searchable by name,
year of will, year of
probate, area and profession. The
search results also show the image of the
original record. We now have over 100
year's worth of wills available. This will shortly
be expanded to cover all years.
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"Best Value" as quoted in Who Do You Think You Are
Magazine
A new Starter
Package is now available at TheGenealogist. This package
is on special offer at £29.95 for a limited time, and
includes:
- Unlimited* access to our award-winning complete Birth, Marriage and
Death records index for England and Wales
- Unlimited* access to our Census transcripts for 1841 to 1901
- Unlimited* access to our Rolls of Honour
- Build your family tree online with TreeView
- Our unique surname distribution mapping facility will enable you to
display a colour-coded printable map of any surname.
- Meet fellow researches in the forum to share stories and help search for
your ancestors.
* Fair use policy applies
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TreeView has now been rewritten from the top down and has a
brand new interface encompassing some great new features.
TreeView is now, more than ever, like a genealogical software package, with
its own custom interface, letting you easily edit a person's record by
simply clicking on it. Any edit you save is instantly shown on the tree.
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New features include:
- "Full Tree" view - view all your relatives in one tree!
- Multiple Trees mean you can have a tree for each family
- Search across millions of records from other TreeView users
- Attach records from TheGenealogist
- Online photo library
Go to www.TheGenealogist.co.uk/tree to see the new TreeView!
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This Third Edition is expected to be even more popular than
earlier editions. Entries have increased by more than 5 million to over 18.4
million burial records taken from Anglican parish; non-conformist; Quaker;
Roman Catholic & cemetery burial registers throughout England &
Wales.
Information includes (if found in the original record):
- forename & surnames
- date of burial (from 1538 - present day)
- age
- details of place where the event was recorded; pre-1832 county
- the recording society, group or individual
Click here to order the new NBI - National Burials Index Third Edition
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UK Events
East Anglia Family History Fair
28th March
ST. ANDREWS HALL, St. Andrews Plain, Norwich, NR3 1AU
10am-4pm
Stockport Town Hall Family History Fair
11th April
STOCKPORT TOWN HALL, Wellington Road South, Stockport, SK1 3XE
10am-4pm
Gloucestershire FHS Open Day & Family History Fair
17th April
THE CRYPT SCHOOL, Podsmead Road, Tuffley, Gloucester.
10am-4pm
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Our free genealogy talks were a great sucess, packed to the brim with
standing room only. Topics included:
Breaking down your brickwalls using our unique tools and data
- Mark Bayley
How to resolve problems in your research using TheGenealogist.co.uk. Search
strategies including family forename searches. Unique data sets including
Non-Conformist records and Fleet marriages.
If you would like us to visit your society and present this talk,
please contact us.
  
Reporting and charting using RootsMagic - Nigel Bayley & David
Bayley
A look at how to Research, Record and Report using the latest version of
this award
winning package.
If you would like us to visit your society and present this talk,
please contact us.
“Ey up mi duck!” - John Titford
A history of British accents and dialects. Would you have understood your
ancestors
when they spoke? An in-depth look at the development of the English language
and its
accents and dialects, complete with examples from around the country and
snippets of
Anglo-Saxon, Chaucer and Shakespeare.
Barking up the wrong tree - John Titford
A series of cautionary tales for family historians, each designed to show
how easy it is
to make wrong assumptions or to draw inaccurate conclusions - in short, to
bark up the
wrong family tree. The focus will be on British genealogical sources, but
the examples
presented here will be based upon the presenter’s experience
as a professional genealogist working for clients on both
sides of the Atlantic.
John Titford at a book signing session on the S&N stand signed
his recently published the Penguin Dictionary of British
Surnames. This is a useful and fascinating guide to the
surnames that offer a unique insight into the place of origin,
the occupations - and even the personality traits - of our
ancestors. Detailed and informative, this dictionary covers
the widest range of British surnames and is essential reading
for anyone intrigued by the story of their name and by the
history of their family.
To celebrate the release of his new book, the first 3 customers who
order the Penguin Dictionary of British
Surnames will recieve a hand-signed version by John himself. To order your
copy click here. |
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by Joanne Smith
"At the end of 2009 my husband and I visited
Britain and made the journey to the Yorkshire moors, where we were able to
visit many of the addresses I had discovered in relation to the Baker family
and other Quaker branches.
Thanks to the information I found I have been able to make contact with other
family members who have added further to my knowledge of the individuals in
my family tree.
For many reasons it was the best holiday I've ever taken and all down to an
initial casual search of the non-conformist records on TheGenealogist.co.uk."
 Click here to read the full article at TheGenealogist.co.uk.
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