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Tag Archives: ScotlandsPeople
This week’s crème de la crème — September 7, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsIncredible database eases searches for small Russian towns and villages by Vera Miller on Finding Lost Russian & Ukrainian Families. Dutch Genealogy News for September 2024 by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy. … Continue reading
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Tagged Australia, civil war, DNA, family history writing, mtDNA, Netherlands, Russia, Scotland, ScotlandsPeople, WATO, writing, WWI, Y-DNA
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ScotlandsPeople’s new website to be revealed soon
On September 3, ScotlandsPeople will launch a new logo and “refreshed” website. The redesigned site is expected to make records more accessible. According to ScotlandsPeople, searching their records will be simpler and quicker. From September 3, you’ll be able to … Continue reading
This week’s crème de la crème — August 10, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsMyHeritage Adds England & Wales, Probate and Administration Registrations 1996-2023 and Welcome The London Archives by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. Visiting the Lincolnshire Archives: Tips for Genealogists, part 3 by … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, clubs, England, FamilyTreeDNA, legacy, London Archives, Michigan, newspapers, ScotlandsPeople, societies, Wales
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This week’s crème de la crème — June 29, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsScotlandsPeople releases new batch of church courts records by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES. Virtual Record Treasury of Ireland: 1922 Fire – Anniversary gifts for genies: Part I by Claire Santry … Continue reading
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Tagged AncestryDNA, Ireland, kirk sessions, maps, photos, Scotland, ScotlandsPeople, YouTube
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This week’s crème de la crème — January 27, 2024
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsFamilySearch Catalog Update and Ontario Foul Ups by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. ScotlandsPeople annual records update and Scottish and Irish directories included in new TheGenealogist release by Chris Paton … Continue reading
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Tagged AI, British Newspaper Archive, DNA, FamilySearch, Findmypast, Internet Archive, newspapers, Northern Ireland, photos, Scotland, ScotlandsPeople, social history, TheGenealogist, transcribing
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This week’s crème de la crème — August 12, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsHow to conduct a census – in 1931 by Sara Chatfield on Library and Archives Canada Blog. How Accurate Is Ancestry’s Handwriting Recognition Technology? and FamilySearch experimental search of handwritten wills and deeds … Continue reading
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Tagged 1931 Canada Census, Ancestry, blogs, English, FamilySearch, Ireland, photos, Scotland, ScotlandsPeople, TheGenealogist
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This week’s crème de la crème — February 18, 2023
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs postsVarious search tool improvements on ScotlandsPeople currently being worked on by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES. Civil War Resource: Grand Army of the Republic Records by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches … Continue reading
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Tagged civil war, DNA, eBay, family history writing, France, military, Scotland, ScotlandsPeople, United States, US civil war, writing
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This week’s crème de la crème — December 17, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsScotlandsPeople continues to sort out the bugs and The National Records of Scotland needs to reset its relationship with its user base by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES. Where the bodies … Continue reading
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Tagged DNA, FamilySearch, Findmypast, France, Holocaust, methodology, Poland, Scotland, ScotlandsPeople, societies
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This week’s crème de la crème — December 3, 2022
Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsInheritance Interrupted: Estate files during WWI by Jane E. MacNamara on Where the story takes me. Revised LAC Home Children Research Guide and FamilySearch adds Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1740-1900 by … Continue reading
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Tagged British Home Children, Canada, DNA, England, family history writing, FamilySearch, Ireland, obituaries, Scotland, ScotlandsPeople, writing, WWI
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1921 census now available on ScotlandsPeople
Today, the 1921 Scotland census will be opened for the first time and made available on the ScotlandsPeople website and ScotlandsPeople Centres. There are 4.8 million individual records. These records provide a glimpse of what life was like for people in 1921 … Continue reading
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