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[ 19 Jan 2012 ]

  New 1911 transcripts released

MAJOR NEW RELEASE:

We have now released full transcripts for three more counties!

• Cornwall - over 360,000 records
• Worcestershire - over 560,000 records
• Devon - over 710,000 records

The release of these three counties brings the total number of records to over 28 million, and starts bringing the 1911 census project to a close. The last counties will become available in the next few months. These census records, only available to Diamond subscribers, have been integrated into our existing search tools, so you can access the transcripts using our House and Street search, Keyword Master search and Family Forename search.

[ 18 Jan 2012 ]

  Birth Transcripts 1930-2005

We have now added over 6.2 million birth transcripts, bringing the total number of birth records to over 60.8 million. We have added these records to a new tool that lets you search across all our Birth, Marriage and Death transcripts with built in SmartSearch technology, automatically showing partners full name where available, and enabling you find potential parents from a birth, potential children to a marriage and potential birth records from a death record.

[ 23 Dec 2011 ]

  Essex 1911 Census now complete

MAJOR NEW RELEASE: Over 1,300,000 records records have been added to our Diamond Premium subscription. The transcripts provide more detail than any previous census and the images on TheGenealogist are twice the resolution than have been available online before for 1911.
Our 1911 census allows you to use the new GRO marriage link. The records have been integrated into our existing search tools, so you can access the transcripts using our House and Street search, Keyword Master search and Family Forename search.

We now have over 27 million 1911 records online.

[ 19 Dec 2011 ]

  New Additions for Diamond Subscribers

Illustrated London News You can now search this weekly newspaper from 1842 up to 1850. Each issue is bookmarked by article and is easily searchable. They contain many announcements of Births, Marriages, Deaths, Obituaries, Wills & Bequests.

Parish Records We have added the following Parish Records to our Diamond subscription: Cambridgeshire, Orwell Parish Register 1560-1653 Shropshire, St. Chad's in Shrewsbury 1616-1812

Visitations We have added the following visitations to our Diamond subscription: The Visitations of Suffolk 1561,1577,1612 Visitation of Norfolk 1664 A-L

Poll Books We have added the following poll books to our Diamond subscription: Suffolk, Poll for the Knights of the Shire 1830

Directories We have added the following directories to our Diamond subscription: Cambridge, Norfolk and Suffolk Deacons Court Guide and County Blue Book 1892

School Registers We have added the following school registers to our Diamond subscription: The Fettes College Register, Edinburgh 1870-1922

[ 16 Dec 2011 ]

  More 1911 Census Transcripts now available!

MAJOR NEW RELEASE: We have added over 4.3 million records to our 1911 census transcripts. These cover ten new counties and are available on our Diamond Premium subscription. The latest counties added are:

• Bedfordshire
• Cambridgeshire
• Cheshire
• Derbyshire
• Leicestershire
• Northamptonshire
• Nottinghamshire
• Shropshire
• Suffolk
• Wiltshire

[ 09 Dec 2011 ]

  New 1911 transcripts released

MAJOR NEW RELEASE:

We have just added over a million 1911 census transcripts for Diamond Subscribers, bringing the total to over 22 million records. The following counties have just been released:

• Bedfordshire (197,345 records)
• Cambridgeshire (223,936 records)
• Suffolk (380,968 records)
• Wiltshire (276,343 records)

[ 02 Dec 2011 ]

  New Church Registers

MAJOR NEW RELEASE:

We have just released more baptisms, marriages and burials

• Huguenot Parish Records - Bristol, Stonehouse, Plymouth, Thorpe-le-Soken 1684-1807
• Huguenot Society Registers of Southampton 1567-1779
• Huguenot Parish Registers of Portarlington, Ireland 1694 -1816
• Canon Frome Parish Registers 1680-1812
• Sarnesfield Registers 1660-1897
• Doddington-Pigot Parish Records 1562-1812
• Horncastle Parish Registers 1559-1777
• Grantham Parish Registers 1562-1632
• Lincoln Marriage Licences 1598 – 1628
• Coleby Parish Registers 1561-1812
• Haydor Parish Registers 1559-1660

[ 02 Dec 2011 ]

  New Telephone Directories

Although I wouldn't try dialing the numbers to find your ancestors they are a great way of tracing people post 1911.

• March 1940, Bournemouth Telephone Directory
• September 1939, Chelmsford Telephone Directory
• September 1939, Colchester Telephone Directory
• September 1939, Hertford, Bishop's Stortford and District Telephone Directory
• March 1940, Isle of Wight Telephone Directory
• September 1939, Ipswich Telephone Directory
• October 1939, Nottingham, Leicester and Derby, Classified Telephone Directory
• March 1940, Portsmouth Telephone Directory
• March 1939, Reading Telephone Directory
• September 1939, Southend Telephone Directory
• March 1940, Southampton, Salisbury and Winchester Telephone Directory
• September 1939, Surrey, Dorking Local Telephone Directory

[ 01 Dec 2011 ]

  New 1911 Census Counties Released

MAJOR NEW RELEASE:

We have just added over five million records for Diamond Subscribers

• Yorkshire
• Herefordshire
• Lincolnshire
• Hampshire
• Dorset
• Berkshire

[ 01 Dec 2011 ]

  New Gold and Diamond Content

MAJOR NEW RELEASE:

Trace your ancestors in our new directories:

• Cambridgeshire, Kelly's Directory, 1925
• Huntingdonshire, Kelly's Directory, 1906
• Kelly's Essex Post Office Directory 1878
• Kelly's Hertfordshire Post Office Directory 1878
• Shrewsbury Kelly's Directory 1940
• Pigot's Durham Directory, 1834
• Pigot's Northumberland Directory, 1834
• Pigot's Yorkshire Directory, 1834
• Kelly's Berkshire Directory, 1939
• Kelly's Buckinghamshire Directory, 1939
• Kelly's Oxfordshire Directory, 1939
• Birmingham Post Office Directory 1850
• Worcestershire Post Office Directory 1850
• Kelly's Buckinghamshire Directory 1877
• Kelly's Northamptonshire Directory, 1898
• Kelly's Suffolk Directory, 1892
• Kelly's Bedfordshire Directory, 1903
• Kelly's Cheshire Directory, 1923
• Kelly's Plymouth Directory, 1937
• Littlebury's Herefordshire Directory & Gazetteer, 1876-1877
• Pigot's Herefordshire Directory, 1844
• Kelly's Lincolnshire Directory, 1930
• Kelly's Herefordshire Directory, 1934

[ 15 Nov 2011 ]

  Oxfordshire 1911 Census now complete

MAJOR NEW RELEASE: Over 198,000 records records have been added to our Diamond Premium subscription. The transcripts provide more detail than any previous census and the images on TheGenealogist are twice the resolution than have been available online before for 1911.
Our 1911 census allows you to use the new GRO marriage link. The records have been integrated into our existing search tools, so you can access the transcripts using our House and Street search, Keyword Master search and Family Forename search.

We now have over 15 million 1911 records online.

[ 11 Nov 2011 ]

  Honouring the fallen

As we remember those who fought and fell in the Great War, TheGenealogist is adding millions of new military records to help you discover the role your ancestor played in the conflict.

Records Include:

MAJOR RELEASE - World War 1 Casualty Lists containing a weekly list of casualties from 7th August 1917 to 2nd April 1918.  The records include name, rank and number with details of where they enlisted or home town.  These records are available to all Gold and Diamond subscribers

Many more Army, Navy and Air Force Lists and new Rolls of Honour for our Gold and Diamond subscribers.

Great War Memorial Registers, Navy and Military Despatches, and the publication ‘The Great War - History of the World-Wide Conflict’ are all now available to Diamond subscribers.

Click here for full details of records added to Gold subscriptions and a full breakdown of the extensive military collection on TheGenealogist

[ 03 Nov 2011 ]

  Lancashire, Surrey & Middlesex 1911 Census now complete

MAJOR NEW RELEASE:

We have added over 6.6 million records to our Diamond Premium subscription.

The 1911 counties allow you to use the new GRO marriage link and have high resolution images. They can also be searched using the Family Forename Search, House and Street search and the Keyword Master search.

We now have over 14.6 million 1911 records online.

[ 17 Oct 2011 ]

  1911 Census Marriage Matching

For the first time you can now find marriages from the 1911 census with just one click of the mouse.

TheGenealogist.co.uk uses the extra detail given in the 1911 census, this census gives how many years a couple have been married and this is automatically linked by our system to the relevant marriage transcripts on our site showing the marriage details in the GRO records.

The spouse’s name was not recorded on entries prior to 1912, but our SmartSearch technology shows you relevant partners.

From the Family View or Household View use the Marriage Finder icon or links under 'Marriage Status' or 'Years Married'.

[ 14 Oct 2011 ]

  Catholic Records

MAJOR NEW RELEASE:

We have released the following Catholic Records, which have been added to the Parish Registers (Printed Books) section of our website:

• Catholic Mission Registers:
  • St Peter's, Winchester 1731-1826
  • Cowdray, Easebourne and Midhurst 1745-1837
  • Pethir 1758-1818
  • Bellingham, Northumberland 1794-1837
• Catholic Registers of Cheam, Surrey 1755-1788
• Catholic Registers of Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire 1786-1843
• Catholic Registers of Holywell, Flintshire 1698-1829
• Catholic Registers of Nidd Hall, N.R. of York 1780-1823
• Catholic Registers of Llanarth, Monmouthshire 1781-1838
• Catholic Registers of St. Joseph's Chapel, Trenchard Street, Bristol 1777-1808
• Catholic Registers of Robert Hall and Hornby, Co. Lancaster 1757-1851
• The Catholic Registers of York Bar Convent Chapel 1771-1826
• Catholic Registers of Courtfield in the Parish of Welsh Bicknor, Monmouthshire 1773-1832
• Catholic Registers of Britwell-Prior, Oxfordshire 1765-1788
• Catholic Registers of Isleworth, Middlesex 1746-1835
• Catholic Registers of Newport, Shropshire 1785-1846
• Catholic Registers of Culcheth, Lancashire 1791-1825
• Catholic Registers of Southworth Hall, Lancashire 1795-1827
• Catholic Registers of Danby, West Witton and Leyburn, Yorkshire 1742-1880
• Registers of Fr. Thomas Worthington, Kept in Lancashire 1713-17
• Registers of the Rev. Pierce Parry at Claxby, Lincolnshire, and Oscott, Warwickshire 1755-1766

[ 10 Oct 2011 ]

  Kent 1911 Census now complete

MAJOR NEW RELEASE: Over 1 million records records have been added to our Diamond Premium subscription. The transcripts provide more detail than any previous census and the images on TheGenealogist are twice the resolution than have been available online before for 1911. The records have been integrated into our existing search tools, so you can access the transcripts using our House and Street search, Keyword Master search and Family Forename search.

We now have over 8 million 1911 records online.

[ 06 Oct 2011 ]

  Worcestershire Parish Record Transcripts

We have added over 14,000 individuals to our Parish Transcripts for Worcestershire in partnership with Malvern Family History Society, expanding our coverage and bringing the total to over 847,000 individuals. With years ranging from:

• Baptisms: 1700-1849

Click Here to view our full coverage of Parish Record Transcripts

[ 24 Sep 2011 ]

  14 More 1911 Census Counties Live!

MAJOR NEW RELEASE: Wales

We have now added over 2.3 million records to our Diamond Premium subscription, releasing all 13 counties for Wales! The transcripts provide more detail than any previous census and the images on TheGenealogist are twice the resolution than have been available online before for 1911. The records have been integrated into our existing search tools, House and Street search, Keyword Master search and Family Forename search.

The Counties include:-

• Anglesey
• Brecknockshire
• Caernarvonshire
• Cardiganshire
• Carmarthenshire
• Denbighshire
• Flintshire
• Glamorganshire
• Merionethshire
• Monmouthshire
• Montgomeryshire
• Pembrokeshire
• Radnorshire

We have also released the complete Huntingdonshire 1911 Census, with over 48,000 records. We now have approximately 8 million 1911 records online.

[ 24 Sep 2011 ]

  Browse the 1911 Census Online

MAJOR NEW RELEASE: 75% of the 1911 Census images online

For those of you eager to see the census for your area we have indexed the images by County and Parish corresponding to the registration area. You can then choose the Enumeration District number and the page you would like to look at. There is a step-by-step guide on how to use the 1911 Census image viewer within our research guide.

This is not for the faint hearted as there can be a lot of images to view in urban areas. If you are unsure of the page or ED number, you can simply start at the beginning and work your way through the images. We have 49 out of the 62 counties available, with the rest to follow shortly.

[ 07 Sep 2011 ]

  New Books

We have expanded our range of books:

Parish Records

• Durham, St Mary in Durham Parish Records 1559-1812
• Herefordshire, Ledbury Parish Registers 1556-1576
• Kent, Rochester Cathedral Registers 1657-1837

Poll Books

• Durham, City of Durham Poll at Contested Election 1853
• Durham, County of Durham Poll of Northern Division 1837
• Gloucestershire, Bristol Poll Book 1830
• Gloucestershire, Bristol Poll Book for the General Election 1812
• Monmouthshire, Monmouth Borough Poll Book 1852

Military Records

• Gloucestershire, Stroud District and its Part in The Great War 1914-1919

School Registers

• Gloucestershire, Old Wycliffians 1882-1926

We have also added a Court & Criminal Records section which contains:

• Worcestershire County Records - Calendar of the Quarter Sessions 1591-1643