Tithe Maps now available for Northumberland
TheGenealogist announced the following on 25th December 2015: TheGenealogist has now completed the launch of searchable Tithe Maps and Schedules for England and Wales with the release of more maps […]
ScotlandsPeople – indexes now free
[Thanks to Pat Storey on Northumbria list for this]. One of the improvements to the revised Scotland’s People website is that you can now search the indexes, including the Old […]
GRO – extended search fields
The General Register Office (GRO) has extended their search form for births so that you can now include the mother’s maiden name. Applies to records pre-1915. You need to register […]
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 […]
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 […]