The following are some of the new collections included in this week’s Findmypast Fridays: 25 new British Newspaper Titles Over 90,000 additions to Wiltshire Baptisms, 1530-1886 Over 9,000 additional Royal Artillery Honours & Awards Additional Baptisms, Marriages and Burials from North West Kent
Month: February 2015
FamilySearch updates 19 Feb 2015
These are the new and updated collections from FamilySearch this week. Brazil, Pernambuco, Civil Registration, 1804-2014 18 Feb 2015 New York, Naturalization Index (Soundex), 1792-1906 13 Feb 2015 Russia, Lutheran Church Book Duplicates, 1833-1885 13 Feb 2015 Illinois, Soldier burial places, 1774-1974 13 Feb 2015 United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of the Commissioner,1865-1872 12 Feb 2015
52 Ancestors (2015) #7 Ivy May Harley
My grandmother, Ivy May Harley, was born 6 September 1890 in South Melbourne. A few years after she was born, the family moved to land her father had selected in the Kilcunda district of Gippsland. In 1912, a young man from Tarnagulla, John Ernest Whimpey, came to work on the railway at Kilcunda. Was it… Continue reading 52 Ancestors (2015) #7 Ivy May Harley
Ancestry updates 16 Feb 2015
The following are the Recently added and updated collections at ancestry.com.au this week. UPDATED Lübeck, Germany, Census, 1851 (in German) 12/02/2015 NEW Mühldorf, Germany, Deeds, 1300-1873 (in German) 12/02/2015 NEW Mühldorf am Inn, Germany, Index Cards, 1201-1928 (in German) 12/02/2015 UPDATED Lübeck, Germany, Births, 1811-1875 (in German) 12/02/2015 UPDATED Lübeck, Germany, Personal Index Cards, 1300s-1850 (in German) 12/02/2015 UPDATED… Continue reading Ancestry updates 16 Feb 2015
52 Ancestors (2014) #35 Thomas Arthur Willis
This week I’ve decided to choose an ancestor on my children’s father’s side of the family, and have chosen his grandfather, Thomas Arthur Willis. Thomas was born 24 January 1900 at Sydney Flat, Victoria, Australia. He was the son of Thomas Willis, a farmer, and Elizabeth Hansen. (Thomas Arthur Willis, birth certificate no. 2805 (1900),… Continue reading 52 Ancestors (2014) #35 Thomas Arthur Willis
Findmypast Fridays 13 Feb 2015
The following are some of the new collections included in this week's Findmypast Fridays: New South Wales Will Books, 1800-1952 - only available on Findmypast Baptisms, Marriages and Burials from Bristol, England, 1644-1939 Over 75 million US Travel and Immigration Records Over 11 million US Census and Substitute Records
FamilySearch updates 12 Feb 2015
These are the new and updated collections from FamilySearch this week. Brazil, Pernambuco, Civil Registration, 1804-2014 *11 Feb 2015 California, San Diego Passenger Lists, 1904-1952 *10 Feb 2015 New York, Rouses Point and Waddington Crew Lists, 1954-1956 *10 Feb 2015 Maine, Crew List Arriving at Eastport, 1949-1958 *10 Feb 2015 New York, New York, Index to Vessels,… Continue reading FamilySearch updates 12 Feb 2015
52 Ancestors (2015) #6 John Leete
The topic for this week was "so far away", and my ancestor this week is John Leete, born about 1500 and died 25 Dec 1551, from Eversdon, Cambridgeshire. I decided on the furthest away in time, as I had already done a post on the furthest away in distance (William Edward Ball, born in Sweden,… Continue reading 52 Ancestors (2015) #6 John Leete
Ancestry updates 9 Feb 2015
The following are the Recently added and updated collections at ancestry.com.au this week. UPDATED London, England, Selected Rate Books, 1684-1907 5/02/2015 NEW Hartford, Connecticut, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1957-1962 5/02/2015 UPDATED 1911 Census of Canada 5/02/2015 NEW New York, Abstracts of National Guard Service in WWI, 1917-1919 4/02/2015 UPDATED Jefferson County, Ohio, Court Records, 1797-1951 4/02/2015 UPDATED 1891 England… Continue reading Ancestry updates 9 Feb 2015
52 Ancestors (2014) #34 Henry Palmer Marr
This week my ancestor is my great grandfather, Henry Palmer Marr. Henry was born 1 Jun 1859 at Maryborough, Victoria, Australia. He was still living in the area in 1883, when he married Mary Reeves, at her parents' house in Craigie, on the 25 October. At this time, his rank or profession was listed as… Continue reading 52 Ancestors (2014) #34 Henry Palmer Marr
