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August 2021

10 days of English, Welsh & (big time!) Scottish genealogy updates

Below is a summary of new and updated family history record collections for England, Scotland and Wales released by the major genealogy databases over the last 10 days

 

28th May 2021

 

Been a busy time and not had the chance to catch up on my research. Some good news today though! A 10th tranche of records from the Military Service (1916-23) Pensions Collection has been released today by the Military Archives in Dublin: irishgenealogynews.com/2021/05/milita #IrishGenealogy #IrishAncestors

 

6th May 2021

So today I found my great granduncle’s headstone in France, he died in WW1 in 1916. He was in the Royal Dublin Fusilers.

 

 

 

 

 

5th May 2021

Update from  Claire Santry   @Irish_Genealogy

Genealogy records and headstone photographs from five counties were added to the free, online Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives (IGPA) during April. There’s a summary below.

With Lockdowns easing across the island in the next few weeks, many family historians will be heading straight to the reading rooms of libraries and archives for a serious research fix. But for those who’d like a genealogy fix that helps other researchers, and gets your lungs full of fresh air, why not use that much-needed freedom of movement to photograph the headstones of a nearby burial ground?

CLARE Genealogy Archives – Headstones
Inagh Old Graveyard (K-Unknown) (Now complete)

FERMANAGH Genealogy Archives – Headstones
St. Tierneys (R.C.) Part 3

GALWAY Genealogy Archives – Headstones
Moylough Graveyard

KILKENNY Genealogy Archives – Headstones
Owning Old Graveyard (partial)

TIPPERARY Genealogy Archives – Family History
Rev Walter Skehan Notes Vol 43 with QUIRKE partial (PDF)

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5th May 2021

Have been busy with family health the last two weeks and no time for my research….. have so much to investigate. If you need help with your research drop me a line.

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28 April 2021

Post Service Appointments Books, 1831-1969: full of Irish workers

An Ancestry World Archives Project (WAP) — UK Postal Service Appointment Books, 1737-1969 — was recently updated by Ancestry. No description of what’s been updated has been provided, but this seems a suitable opportunity to bring to researchers attention this potentially useful collection for Irish family historians.

22 April 2021

So a trip to the cemetery yesterday to find a headstone of two more relations, not happy about a woman who was there and had a dog not on a lead, the dog was roaming around (not dogs fault) respect should be shown, complaint is going to be made.  Now back to researching!

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I have been busy researching a friends family and crashed against a brick wall. I am not giving up!!!!

Below is a summary of new and updated family history record collections for England, Scotland and Wales released by the major genealogy databases over the last week from Irish Genealogy news website, a wonderful resource. 

It will also be useful to anyone carrying out research in those three nations, regardless of the origin of their ancestors.

www.irishgenealogynews.com

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IRISH GENEALOGY RESOURCE  Mon 12th Apr 2021

A fresh edition of New Irish Genealogy Resources has been published. It follows the same popular and easy-to-use format as all previous editions, providing brief details of all* brand-new and upgraded Irish genealogy records released in the ten years from January 2011 to mid-March 2021.

www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com

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FREE GENEALOGY FORMS FROM FAMILY TREE MAGAZINE  Sat 10th Apr 2021

I have been searching for new sites that help with your genealogy search… I found  Family Tree Magazine,

going to spend some time going through the site hopefully it will be of help, check it out.

www.familytreemagazine.com