This year I am going to join a number of other family historians (such as Andrew Martin) in publicly setting out some ‘New Year’s resolutions’ – genealogy goals for 2015. On a day-to-day basis I will be carrying on where I left off at the end of 2014, by continuing to check new record sets and other new sources of… Read more »
On Saturday, 26 April 2014, Findmypast (in conjunction with Shropshire Archives) officially launched their Shropshire parish register collections – baptisms, banns, marriages and burials spanning 1538 to 1900. Most of the records had actually gone online just over a week before, and I found them, quite by chance, on the morning of Good Friday. Since then, as you can imagine… Read more »
“Everybody should be included in the census – all people, households and overnight visitors. It is used to help plan and fund services for your community – services like transport, education and health. Please complete your census questionnaire on 27 March 2011, or as soon as possible afterwards.” Source: 2011 census questionnaire. Family historians do not need to be told… Read more »
Abcherley. Etcherley. Alcharley. Otcherley. Atsbutey. Staterley. Atckeriny. McKerley. Atchuley. Wehlrsay. All of these are transcriptions of the surname Atcherley. Source: various online genealogy record sets. Parish registers, census schedules, passenger lists, indexes of birth, marriages and deaths. These and many other sources contain records which are vital for building family trees and for learning about the lives of the people… Read more »
Yesterday I attended Who Do You Think You Are? Live! in London, where I listened to an entertaining and educational talk given by Tony Robinson (best known as Baldrick in the BBC’s Black Adder and as the presenter of Time Team on Channel 4). Perhaps the most memorable quote was an alternative definition of genealogy which someone had given Tony:… Read more »