23rd December 2009
We have added to our PCC Wills and probate records. The wills are searchable by name, year of will, year of probate, area and profession. The search results also show the image of the original record. We now have over 100 year's worth of wills available. This will shortly be expanded to cover all years.
18th December 2009
MAJOR NEW RELEASE
We have now added Births, Marriages and Deaths onboard ships to our Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Records
These are registers compiled from ships' official logs of births, deaths and marriages of passengers at sea by the Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen (RGSS) and its predecessor. The records range from 1854 to 1908 and include over 150,000 individuals, complete with images and full transcript.
BT 158 - Registers compiled from ships' official logs of births, deaths and marriages of passengers at sea (1854-1908)
BT 159 - Registers of deaths at sea of British nationals (1875-1888)
BT 160 – Registers of births at sea of British nationals (1875-1891)
17th December 2009
We have added over 390,000 individuals to our transcript for London, expanding our coverage and bringing the total to over 475,000 individuals. These records include the marriage record for Samuel Pepys (recorded as Samuell Peps), and the burial record for Sir Walter Raleigh (recorded with surname Rawleigh). The London records now cover:
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NEW: We have added to our Roll of Honour Transcript The Victoria Cross and Distinguished Service Order records 1857-1923. This online database includes nearly 25,000 biographical records of officers, non-commissioned officers and men of his Majesty's naval, military and air forces who have been awarded these decorations from the time of their institution, with descriptions of the deeds and services which won the distinctions and with many biographical, and other, details.
11th December 2009
NEW: We have added new data to our School, College & University Registers section. These include records within the following schools:
Our School Registers cover the year range 1264-1949.
2nd December 2009
We have added over 30,000 records to our PCC Wills and probate records. This brings the total number of records to over 570,000. The wills are searchable by name, year of will, year of probate, area and profession. The search results also show the image of the original record. We now have over 100 year's worth of wills available. This will shortly be expanded to cover all years.
23rd November 2009
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19th November 2009
Our current year range of the registers 1264-1949
13th November 2009
We have added over 24,000 individuals to our transcript for Worcestershire, expanding our coverage and bringing the total to over 455,000 individuals. With years ranging from:
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12th November 2009
We have added over 80,000 records to our PCC Wills and probate records. This brings the total number of records to over 540,000. The wills are searchable by name, year of will, year of probate, area and profession. The search results also show theimage of the original record. We now have 100 year's worth of wills available. This will shortly be expanded to cover all years.
6th November 2009
NEW: We have added to our Roll of Honour Transcript the Chatham, Plymouth and Portsmouth Memorial Register 1914-1921. This online database includes over 25,000 Biographical records of Officers and men of the Royal Navy who were lost at sea and were not recorded in any cemetery or on any battlefield.
The memorials were erected at the three Home Ports which are the Manning Ports of the Royal Navy. As well as carry the names of the dead, they also serve as a “Sea-mark” or “Leading-mark” for ships entering the ports.
These printed Registers contain more detailed descriptions than are shown on the panels on the memorials. Each biography contains information on Name, Rank, Ship, Age, date of death, immediate family including address and photos.
3rd November 2009
MAJOR NEW RELEASE
Today we have added Irish Directories:
Directories are both a research tool and a valuable insight into the lives of your ancestors.
28th October 2009
MAJOR NEW RELEASE
Records from the General Register Office: Miscellaneous Foreign Returns, 1831-1964 (RG 32) have been added to the online service.
The records contain documents relating to births, baptisms, marriages, deaths and burials abroad, and on British as well as foreign ships, of British subjects, nationals of the colonies, the Commonwealth and countries under British jurisdiction. Events affecting some foreign nationals are also included. Records consist mainly of certificates issued by foreign registration authorities and copies of entries kept by incumbents of English churches and missions, chaplains and burial authorities. Many are in local languages and these have been translated for this service. The records also contain documents sent voluntarily by individuals to the Registrar General.
For the Second World War period some notifications of deaths of members of the British armed services, prisoners of war, civilians, internees and deaths through aircraft lost in flight are included.
The records covering deaths in Japanese and German prison internment camps include executions.
The son and grandchildren of Lord Lytton who wrote "the pen is mightier than the sword" feature in the records. His son, Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton Secretary to The British Embassy at Vienna and became Viceroy of British India from 1876 to 1880. His granddaughter’s baptism, Constance Georgina Bulwer-Lytton, is recorded in the records; she became a suffragette who carved a V (for Votes for women) over heart while in prison.
20th October 2009
We have added 80,000 records to our PCC Wills and probate records. This brings the total number of records to over 460,000. The wills are searchable by name, year of will, year of probate, area and profession. The search results also show the image of the original record. We now have nearly 100 year's worth of wills available. This will shortly be expanded to cover all years.
14th October 2009
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9th October 2009
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7th October 2009
5th October 2009
We have added over 25,000 records, with images, to our Overseas Marine Deaths transcript, bringing the total number of records to over 210,000. This transcription covers the deaths of those aboard British registered vessels.
2nd October 2009
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25th September 2009
MAJOR NEW RELEASE
We have added RG36 Registers and Returns of Births, Marriages and Deaths in the Protectorates etc of Africa and Asia Covering dates 1895-1965 to our Non-Conformist Records which contains notifications of birth, marriage and deathforwarded by officials responsible for civil registration under administrative ordinances in Nyasaland, Kenya, Somaliland, Uganda, Sudan, Palestine, Sarawak, Malaya, including Johore and Selangor, and British North Borneo.
NEW RELEASE: Look under our Census Transcript section as We have completed our Norfolk 1881 Census Full Transcript with nearly 440,000 records available to search, and view, with images. We have also added, under our Census Transcript section, our Herefordshire 1881 Census Full Transcript with nearly 120,000 records available to search, and view, with images.
This completes our 1881 Census Transcript for England
Look under our Census Transcript section as We have completed our Glamorgan 1881 Census Full Transcript with nearly 515,000 records available to search, and view, with images. We have also added, under our Census Transcript section, our Monmouthshire 1881 Census Full Transcript with nearly 235,000 records available to search, and view, with images.
This completes our 1881 Census Transcript for Wales
10th September 2009
NEW: We have now added our transcript for Durham with over 22,500 individuals. With years ranging from 1569 - 1812:
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Also Northumberland Parish Registers have been added to the Parish Records (Printed Books) section on the site with years ranging from 1572 - 1812 including the parishes of Alnham, Beadnell, Berwick -upon-Tweed, Bothal, Hebburn, Chatton, Edlingham, Eglingham, Halton, Ingram, Lesbur, Meldon, St. Nicholas Cathedral (Newcastle-upon-Tyne), Tynemouth & Whalton.
9th September 2009
NEW RELEASE: Look under our Census Transcript section as We have completed our Derbyshire 1881 Census Full Transcript with over 385,000 records available to search, and view, with images.
7th September 2009
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4th September 2009
We have added to our PCC Wills and probate records. The wills are searchable by name, year of will, year of probate, area and profession. The search results also show the image of the original record. We now have nearly 100 year's worth of wills available. This will shortly be expanded to cover all years.
1st September 2009
NEW RELEASE: Look under our Census Transcript section as We have completed our Carnarvonshire 1881 Census Full Transcript with nearly 125,000 records available to search, and view, with images.
28th August 2009
We have added over 200,000 records, with images, to our overseas BMD record set. Bringing the total of records to over 1,200,000. This transcript covers the births, marriages and deaths of British Service Personnel throughout the world. The data set now includes:
25th August 2009
NEW RELEASE: Look under our Census Transcript section as We have completed our Worcestershire 1881 Census Full Transcript with nearly 385,000 records available to search, and view, with images.
21st August 2009
NEW RELEASE: Look under our Census Transcript section as We have completed our Carmarthenshire 1881 Census Full Transcript with over 110,000 records available to search, and view, with images.
19th August 2009
NEW RELEASE: Look under our Census Transcript section as We have completed our Oxfordshire 1881 Census Full Transcript with over 180,000 records available to search, and view, with images.
17th August 2009
NEW RELEASE: Look under our Census Transcript section as We have completed our Cardiganshire 1881 Census Full Transcript with over 95,000 records available to search, and view, with images.
14th August 2009
MAJOR NEW RELEASE
We have added RG34: Miscellaneous Foreign Marriage Returns, 1826-1921 to our Non-Conformist Records which contains marriage certificates issued by foreign registration authorities and churches, copies of entries in the registers kept by British embassies, incumbents of English churches and chaplains, notification of marriages of servicemen during service abroad, and documents deposited for safekeeping. This new record sets allows access to 38,000 individuals, complete with images and full transcript, complete with mini family tree.
13th August 2009
NEW RELEASE: Look under our Census Transcript section as We have completed our Shropshire 1881 Census Full Transcript with over 265,000 records available to search, and view, with images.
We have also added to our PCC Wills and probate records. The wills are searchable by name, year of will, year of probate, area and profession. The search results also show the image of the original record. This will shortly be expanded to cover all years.
7th August 2009
NEW RELEASE: Look under our Census Transcript section as We have completed our Nottinghamshire 1881 Census Full Transcript with nearly 440,000 records available to search, and view, with images.
3rd August 2009
30th July 2009
NEW RELEASE: Look under our Census Transcript section as We have completed our Suffolk 1881 Census Full Transcript with over 350,000 records available to search, and view, with images.
29th July 2009
NEW RELEASE: Look under our Census Transcript section as We have completed our Pembrokeshire 1881 Census Full Transcript with nearly 85,000 records available to search, and view, with images.
24th July 2009
NEW RELEASE: Look under our Census Transcript section as We have completed our Brecknockshire 1881 Census Full Transcript with nearly 55,000 records available to search, and view, with images.
We have also added, under our Census Transcript section, our Anglesey 1881 Census Full Transcript with over 35,000 records available to search, and view, with images.
22nd July 2009
NEW: We have added more Buckinghamshire & Oxfordshire data to Circa 1911. This new section contains data from 1911 and surrounding years.
NEW: We have also added the following Southern directories:
Directories are both a research tool and a valuable insight into the lives of your ancestors.
21st July 2009
NEW RELEASE: Look under our Census Transcript section as We have completed our Cambridgeshire 1881 Census Full Transcript with over 190,000 records available to search, and view, with images.
We have also added, under our Census Transcript section, our Bedfordshire 1881 Census Full Transcript with nearly 155,000 records available to search, and view, with images.
17th July 2009
NEW RELEASE: Look under our Census Transcript section as We have completed our Denbighshire 1881 Census Full Transcript with over 110,000 records available to search, and view, with images.
We have also added, under our Census Transcript section, our Montgomeryshire 1881 Census Full Transcript with over 75,000 records available to search, and view, with images.
16th July 2009
NEW RELEASE: Look under our Census Transcript section as We have completed our Buckinghamshire 1881 Census Full Transcript with over 155,000 records available to search, and view, with images.
15th July 2009
We have added to our PCC Wills and probate records. The wills are searchable by name, year of will, year of probate, area and profession. The search results also show the image of the original record. This will shortly be expanded to cover all years.
13th July 2009
We have added nearly 27,000 individuals to complete our 1812 - 1849 Baptism Transcript for Worcestershire, expanding our coverage and bringing the total to over 430,000 individuals. With years ranging from:
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10th July 2009
NEW RELEASE: Look under our Census Transcript section as We have completed our Warwickshire 1881 Census Full Transcript with over 730,000 records available to search, and view, with images.
8th July 2009
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NEW: We have also added our transcript for Hertfordshire with over 26,000 individuals. With years ranging from 1538 - 1837:
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7th July 2009
We have added nearly 30,000 individuals to our transcript for Worcestershire, expanding our coverage and bringing the total to over 400,000 individuals. With years ranging from:
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3rd July 2009
NEW: We have added more London data to Circa 1911. This new section contains data from 1911 and surrounding years.
NEW: We have also added the following London directories:
Directories are both a research tool and a valuable insight into the lives of your ancestors.
2nd July 2009
NEW RELEASE: Look under our Census Transcript section as We have completed our Merionethshire 1881 Census Full Transcript with nearly 70,000 records available to search, and view, with images.
We have also added, under our Census Transcript section, our Flintshire 1881 Census Full Transcript with over 45,000 records available to search, and view, with images.
30th June 2009
NEW RELEASE: Look under our Census Transcript section as We have completed our Huntingsonshire & Rutland 1881 Census Full Transcript with over 75,000 records available to search, and view, with images.
25th June 2009
NEW RELEASE: Look under our Census Transcript section as We have completed our Lincolnshire 1881 Census Full Transcript with over 460,000 records available to search, and view, with images.
We have also added, under our Census Transcript section, our Westmorland 1881 Census Full Transcript with nearly 65,000 records available to search, and view, with images.
23rd June 2009
NEW RELEASE: Look under our Census Transcript section as We have completed our Gloucestershire 1881 Census Full Transcript with nearly 525,000 records available to search, and view, with images.
22nd June 2009
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NEW: We have also added our transcript for Cheshire with over 33,000 individuals. With years ranging from 1557 - 1837:
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19th June 2009
NEW RELEASE: Look under our Census Transcript section as We have completed our Surrey 1881 Census Full Transcript with nearly 460,000 records available to search, and view, with images.
18th June 2009
16th June 2009
We have added nearly 17,000 individuals to our transcript for Worcestershire, expanding our coverage and bringing the total to over 375,000 individuals. With years ranging from:
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12th June 2009
We have added to our PCC Wills and probate records. The wills are searchable by name, year of will, year of probate, area and profession. The search results also show the image of the original record. This will shortly be expanded to cover all years.
5th June 2009
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NEW: We have also added our transcript for Hampshire with over 135,000 individuals. With years ranging from 1485 - 1837:
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4th June 2009
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NEW: We have also added our transcript for Buckinghamshire with nearly 90,000 individuals. With years ranging from 1538 - 1908 :
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2nd June 2009
NEW RELEASE: Look under our Census Transcript section as We have completed our Dorset 1881 Census Full Transcript with nearly 185,000 records available to search, and view, with images.
29th May 2009
NEW RELEASE: Look under our Census Transcript section as We have completed our Cumberland 1881 Census Full Transcript with over 250,000 records available to search, and view, with images.
We have also added, under our Census Transcript section, our Radnorshire 1881 Census Full Transcript with nearly 20,000 records available to search, and view, with images.
28th May 2009
We have added nearly 55,000 individuals to our transcript for Worcestershire, expanding our coverage and bringing the total to nearly 360,000 individuals. With years ranging from:
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27th May 2009
NEW RELEASE: Look under our Census Transcript section as We have completed our Cornwall 1881 Census Full Transcript with over 325,000 records available to search, and view, with images.
We have also added, under our Census Transcript section, our Isle of Man 1881 Census Full Transcript with nearly 55,000 records available to search, and view, with images.
26th May 2009
NEW RELEASE: Look under our Census Transcript section as We have completed our Staffordshire 1881 Census Full Transcript with over 1,000,000 records available to search, and view, with images.
We have also added, under our Census Transcript section, our Northamptonshire 1881 Census Full Transcript with nearly 280,000 records available to search, and view, with images.
9th April 2009
NEW RELEASE: Look under our Census Transcript section as we have completed our Somerset 1881 Census Full Transcript. The number of records available to search, and view, is nearly 500,000 with images.
We have also added to our PCC Wills and probate records. The wills are searchable by name, year of will, year of probate, area and profession. The search results also show the image of the original record. This will shortly be expanded to cover all years.
3rd April 2009
We have also added nearly 35,000 individuals to our transcript for Worcestershire, expanding our coverage and bringing the total to nearly 305,000 individuals. With years ranging from:
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2nd April 2009
We have added nearly 22,000 records, with images, to our overseas BMD record set. Bringing the total of records to nearly 1,000,000. This transcript covers the births, marriages and deaths of British Service Personnel throughout the world. The new data includes:
1st April 2009
NEW RELEASE: Look under our Census Transcript section as We have completed our Northumberland 1881 Census Full Transcript with nearly 430,000 records available to search, and view, with images.
31st March 2009
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27th March 2009
We have added to our PCC Wills and probate records. The wills are searchable by name, year of will, year of probate, area and profession. The search results also show the image of the original record. This will shortly be expanded to cover all years.
26th March 2009
We have added over 30,000 records, with images, to our overseas BMD record set. Bringing the total of records to nearly 1,000,000. This transcript covers the births, marriages and deaths of British Service Personnel throughout the world. The new data includes:
NEW: We have added the following Midland directories:
Directories are both a research tool and a valuable insight into the lives of your ancestors.
25th March 2009
We have also added nearly 2,000 individuals to our transcript for Worcestershire, expanding our coverage and bringing the total to over 270,000 individuals. With years ranging from:
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23rd March 2009
NEW RELEASE: Look under our Census Transcript section as We have completed our Middlesex 1881 Census Full Transcript with over 380,000 records available to search, and view, with images.
11th March 2009
NEW RELEASE: Look under our Census Transcript section as We have completed our Leicestershire 1881 Census Full Transcript with over 325,000 records available to search, and view, with images.
10th March 2009
NEW: We have added the following Northern directories:
Directories are both a research tool and a valuable insight into the lives of your ancestors.
9th March 2009
We have added nearly 12,500 individuals to our transcript for Worcestershire, expanding our coverage and bringing the total to nearly 270,000 individuals. With years ranging from:
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We have also added to our PCC Wills and probate records. The wills are searchable by name, year of will, year of probate, area and profession. The search results also show the image of the original record. This will shortly be expanded to cover all years.
5th March 2009
NEW RELEASE: Look under our Census Transcript section as We have completed our Devon 1881 Census Full Transcript with over 600,000 records available to search, and view, with images.
27th February 2009
MAJOR NEW RELEASE
We have added RG33: Foreign Registers & Returns 1627-1960 to our Non-Conformist Records which contains Overseas Birth, Marriage, Death and Burial of British Subjects including those onboard ships. Also Lundy Island Devon. Original registers, notebooks and copies of entries in registers kept by incumbents of English churches and missions, British embassies and legations etc. This new record sets allows access to 100,000 individuals, complete with images and full transcript, complete with mini family tree.
26th February 2009
NEW RELEASE: Look under our Census Transcript section as we have completed our Durham 1881 Census Full Transcript. The number of records available to search, and view, is over 860,000 with images.
Also look under our Census Transcript section as we have completed our Berkshire 1881 Census Full Transcript. The number of records available to search, and view, is nearly 250,000 with images.
We have also added to our PCC Wills and probate records. The wills are searchable by name, year of will, year of probate, area and profession. The search results also show the image of the original record. This will shortly be expanded to cover all years.
20th February 2009
We have added to our PCC Wills and probate records. The wills are searchable by name, year of will, year of probate, area and profession. The search results also show the image of the original record. This will shortly be expanded to cover all years.
19th February 2009
We have also added nearly 10,000 individuals to our Transcript for Kent, expanding our coverage and bringing the total to over 500,000 individuals. These new records are Bishop's Transcripts. These are useful as they can provide record's that may not exist in the parish registers. With years ranging from:
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16th February 2009
10th February 2009
4th February 2009
MAJOR NEW RELEASE
Look for our new section School, College & University. This new section contains data from Popular Institutions. We currently have registers for Aberdeen, Berkshire (inc. Eton), Cambridge, Cumberland, Devon, Essex, Glasgow, Gloucestershire, Lancashire, London, Middlesex, Oxford, Shropshire, Surrey, Sussex, Warwickshire, Yorkshire and Teacher Lists.
30th January 2009
28th January 2009
27th January 2009
MAJOR NEW RELEASE
Today we have added the both Scottish & Welsh Directories:
Directories are both a research tool and a valuable insight into the lives of your ancestors.
22nd January 2009
We have added nearly 63,000 individuals to our transcript for Worcestershire, expanding our coverage and bringing the total to nearly 230,000 individuals. With years ranging from:
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We have also added the following Southern Directories:
Directories are both a research tool and a valuable insight into the lives of your ancestors.
20th January 2009
NEW: We have added Cheshire data to Circa 1911. This new section contains data from 1911 and surrounding years.
NEW: We have also added the following Midlands directories:
Directories are both a research tool and a valuable insight into the lives of your ancestors.
19th January 2009
We have expanded our Lancashire data to Circa 1911. This new section contains data from 1911 and surrounding years.
NEW: We have also added the following Northern directories:
Directories are both a research tool and a valuable insight into the lives of your ancestors.
16th January 2009
NEW: We have added Dorset & Wiltshire data to Circa 1911, we have also expanded our Gloucestershire data. This new section contains data from 1911 and surrounding years.
We have also added the following Southern Directories:
We have also added to our PCC Wills and probate records. The wills are searchable by name, year of will, year of probate, area and profession. The search results also show the image of the original record. This will shortly be expanded to cover all years.
15th January 2009
NEW: We have added Hampshire & Essex data to Circa 1911. This new section contains data from 1911 and surrounding years.
We have also added the following directories:
Southern
Midlands
London
Directories are both a research tool and a valuable insight into the lives of your ancestors.
14th January 2009
MAJOR NEW RELEASE
Look for our new section Circa 1911. This new section contains data from 1911 and surrounding years. We currently have London, Lancashire, Gloucestershire, Berkshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, Suffolk, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Rutland data.
12th January 2009
NEW: Look under the Specialist Records Section as we have added to our Army Lists:
our Army Lists now range from 1806 to 1938.
We have also added to our PCC Wills and probate records. The wills are searchable by name, year of will, year of probate, area and profession. The search results also show the image of the original record. This will shortly be expanded to cover all years.
9th January 2009
We have also added to our Navy Lists:
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