Research request (lookups)

Please use this form to request research to be carried out on your behalf. Members are entitled to four free lookups in each membership year. Lookups are defined as one name […]

Historic Irish Civil Records

Historic Irish Civil Records are now available. [Thanks to John Stobbs for reporting this] Heather Humphreys T.D. Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs and Leo Varadkar T.D. […]

Military Lists at National Library of Scotland

The National Library of Scotland has released scanned images of British Military lists. These give details of officers who served during the First and Second World Wars. The British Army […]

e-Newsletter

The e-Newsletter supplements the traditional Journal, and is published four times a year, between the the traditional Journal, in mid-January, mid-April, mid-July, and mid-October. Back issues Issue 39 – January […]

Historic Maps at National Library of Scotland

[Thanks to Colin Chater on Northumbria list for this]. The National Library of Scotland has scanned maps as high-resolution, colour, zoomable images. The maps date between 1560 and 1964 and […]

Scottish Valuation Rolls for 1930

ScotlandsPeople have just announced: Over 2.5 million indexed names are now available. Fully searchable by name and address, the new records provide a window into the lives of every owner, […]

Illustrated Chronicle – images from World War 1

Newcastle City Library has just announced: Launching of 11,000 images from the Illustrated Chronicle on flickr. These are images that were sent in to the Illustrated Chronicle by family or […]

1939 Register (England and Wales)

Findmypast, in association with The National Archives, have just announced: Today, the newly digitised records of the 1939 Register are online. Dubbed ‘The Wartime Domesday Book’, The 1939 Register is […]

Scottish Valuation Rolls for 1855

ScotlandsPeople have just announced: We’re delighted to announce that the Valuation Rolls for 1855 have just been added to the ScotlandsPeople website. The new records are FREE to search until […]

National School Admission Registers 1870-1914

FindMyPast have recently reported: New records from 25 archives and over 3,600 schools from across England have been added to the National School Admission Registers & Log-Books 1870-1914 collection. The […]