dave owens california usa All posts by this member
| 61 of 68 Wed 23rd May 2018 7:12pm Member: Joined Aug 2010 Total posts:61
On 5th Apr 2014 3:48pm, mcsporran said:
I recommend trying familysearch.org rather than either findmypast or ancestry. For one thing it's free, but depending on what part of the world your interest lies, it often has better coverage. And if you store your family tree there it won't be removed when you no longer subscribe, future generations will benefit from your research without having to pay them to see what you provided for free. Their granite mountain storage facility should enable your family history information to survive even a nuclear war!
Edited by member, 5th Apr 2014 3:55 pm
Do you have to be a member of the church to join this site because every time I try to enter the word they tell you to, it will not let me sign on. |
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mcsporran Coventry & Cebu All posts by this member
| 62 of 68 Thu 24th May 2018 8:03am Member: Joined Oct 2013 Total posts:449
Since writing that, they no longer allow searches unless you have an account. You don't have to be a member of the church though to sign up and it's still free.
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Annewiggy Tamworth All posts by this member
| 63 of 68 Thu 24th May 2018 11:45am Member: Joined Jan 2013 Total posts:1782
We are lucky that the LDS still enable us to access their records free and it is available online. When I first started doing family trees in the 1980's (to keep my brain working after I left work to have kids!) everything had to be sent for or a visit to a local record office was neccessary. The IGI was available from the Latter Day Saints but you had to pay for them to be printed out and you sent for a name in a county. In the end I treated myself to a second hand microfiche reader and sets of microfilm copies for Warwickshire, Staffordshire and several surrounding counties, which were for all the births and marriages in those counties. Sometimes it is easier to look through the name of a family you are researching and spot things. I still have these so if I can look up anything I am quite happy to. Incidentally the first family tree software I used was "Brothers Keeper" which was also free from the LDS. Don't forget that the IGI is only an index for the original parish register or bishop's transcript. You can't beat looking at the original document, sometimes more information is available on there and just knowing that your ancestors were there were the information was written. Ancestry do have the original documents for Warwickshire online. |
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member
| 64 of 68 Sat 25th Apr 2020 6:05pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5149
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Helen F Warrington All posts by this member
| 65 of 68 Sun 26th Apr 2020 9:54pm Moderator: Joined Mar 2013 Total posts:2454
Thanks MR |
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member
| 66 of 68 Sat 2nd May 2020 5:54pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5149
British Museum Makes 1.9 Million Images Available for Free
"The British Museum has all sorts of photographs available and many of them may interest genealogists. The odds of having a photograph of your ancestors are slim, but you may find historic photographs of the town or other local areas where ancestors lived as well as photographs of military units, landmarks, clothing, and even the Admonitions Scroll made in China over 1600 years ago.
"The British Museum has revamped its online collections database, making over 1.9 million photos of its collection available for free online under a Creative Commons license. (That license allows free non-commercial use of the photographs.)
"Under the new agreement the majority of the 1.9 million images are being made available for anyone to use for free under a Creative Commons 4.0 license. Users no longer need to register to use these photographs, and can now download them directly from the British Museum.
"Details may be found at https://bit.ly/2YiBW1k“
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member
| 67 of 68 Tue 5th May 2020 9:32pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5149
Who Do You Think You Are has announced that Ancestry celebrates the 75th anniversary of VE Day with free access from 4 to 10 May. UK records include census and parish records, military records, and the 1939 Register.
Start searching here. Registration is required. |
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Midland Red Cherwell All posts by this member
| 68 of 68 Sat 16th May 2020 1:13pm Moderator: Joined Jan 2010 Total posts:5149
The Oxford Surnames Dictionary usually retails at £400 but until 21st of this month it has been released from a paywall. Giving many derivatives and the type of surname eg genitive, locative, occupational etc
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