Tag Archives: The National Archives

This week’s crème de la crème — May 1, 2026

Posted on May 2, 2026 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsPunjabi Patrika : Local Newspapers as Windows into the Past by Minghui Zhou on Digitizers’ Blog. New Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) website launched by Chris Paton on Scottish GENES. … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — January 25, 2025

Posted on January 25, 2025 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog postsLegislative Acts and Ontario Genealogy by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. MyHeritage Names & Stories in Newspapers from OldNews.com for Canada and the UK by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections. … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — June 3, 2023

Posted on June 3, 2023 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blog posts1931 Census of Canada – A Release Fiasco? by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. 540 Free Online Historical Photo Archives from Canada by Kenneth R. Marks on The Ancestor Hunt. … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — January 9, 2021

Posted on January 9, 2021 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. BlogsMillions of Free Scanned Church Records from Moscow Posted Online by Vera Miller on Find Lost Russian & Ukrainian Family. Dutch Genealogy News for December 2020 by Yvette Hoitink on Dutch Genealogy. TNA … Continue reading →

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Use The National Archives’ converter to find out your ancestors’ buying power

Posted on February 13, 2019 by Gail Dever

On November 18, 1841, a warrant was issued for the arrest of an 18-year-old agricultural labourer from a large and very poor family in Occold in Suffolk, England. He was accused of “feloniously” stealing a box of money from the … Continue reading →

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‘Introducing 19th-century paupers’ letters’ webinar on YouTube

Posted on January 25, 2019 by Gail Dever

If you missed the live broadcast of The National Archives’ 30-minute webinar, Introducing 19th-century paupers’ letters, presented by Dr Peter Jones from the University of Leicester, you can now watch it on YouTube.  

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TNA wants stories about your suffrage ancestors in the UK

Posted on December 8, 2017 by Gail Dever

In preparation for the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in February 2018, The National Archives (TNA) in Kew, England is asking the public to share stories of their suffrage ancestors: • Did your ancestor have a distant suffrage connection? • … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — November 22, 2014

Posted on November 22, 2014 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Fichier Origine by Sandra Goodwin on Maple Stars and Stripes. Franco-American research from New Hampshire and Adrien Ringuette genealogy book collection gift to Centre Franco-Americain by Juliana L’Heureux on The Franco-American … Continue reading →

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TNA to create a Twitter flashmob for Explore Your Archive week

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Gail Dever

To generate a buzz and interest in its Explore Your Archive campaign, The National Archives (TNA) wants to create an online flashmob on Twitter from November 10 to 16, 2014. While this is a UK and Ireland-based initiative, people around … Continue reading →

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This week’s crème de la crème — August 16, 2014

Posted on August 16, 2014 by Gail Dever

Some of the bijoux I discovered this week. Blogs Upper Canada Land Petitions at LAC and 1871 Census of Canada and Other Schedules by Ken McKinlay on Family Tree Knots. Finding Loyalist Petition Papers on Library and Archives Canada (LAC) … Continue reading →

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