If you have relatives from England and Wales, the 1939 National Register is a great resource for finding additional information about your family. The Register was compiled in 1939 to collect data which was used to make Identity cards and ration books during World War II. Since England did not compile a census in 1941 and… Read More A Great Resource – England’s 1939 Register
The 1921 England & Wales Census is now online and available exclusively on FindMyPast! Why is this exciting? A new census record provides information such as who is still alive since the last census, new children in a household, a new marriage with children, and so much more. Besides this, the 1921 census provides unique… Read More The 1921 England & Wales Census is Here
Last month (October) FamilySearch added additional free online records. According to FamilySearch, over 14.8 million new indexed family history records and over 400 thousand digital images from around the world were added. New historical records were added from American Samoa, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, England, France, Guatemala, Peru, South Africa, Sweden, Ukraine, Uruguay, Wales… Read More Over 14 Million New Records Added on FamilySearch Last Month
Have you ever struggled to find a record about an ancestor, only to find the reason why was because their name had been indexed incorrectly. In the past, I might have made a note of the error and complained to myself that there should be some way to fix it. I was frustrated because there… Read More Yes, You Can Edit Names on FamilySearch Indexed Records
If you haven’t found that certain source for your relative, don’t give up. It might show up at any time. FamilySearch is continually adding additional free online records. Just last month, in March, over 25 million new indexed family history records from around the world were added. In addition, almost 180,000 new digital images were… Read More 25 Million New Records Added on FamilySearch in March
Last month (February) FamilySearch added additional free online records. According to FamilySearch, over 13 million new indexed family history records from around the world were added. New historical records were added from Argentina, Australia, Colombia, England, France, Italy, Mexico, Russia, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States, which includes California, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Oklahoma,… Read More Over 13 Million New Records Added on FamilySearch Last Month
One of the records that we all hope to find about our ancestors is some kind of death record. These have become more plentiful and available over the last 100 years. But we need to know what we can expect to find in the them and also how accurate that information is. To find whether… Read More Evaluating Death Records
We all know the value of finding obscure records that may help us fill out our family trees. But records are lost every year because of five threats to historical records. FamilySearch is saving memories, historical records, that may be the only remaining witness to an individual’s existence. These irreplaceable documents include birth, christening, marriage,… Read More FamilySearch Helps to Preserve the World’s Archives
Most genealogists know about the missing 1890 U.S. census. If you are new and don’t know what happened: On January 20, 1921, there was a fire in the Commerce Building which damaged many of the records, including the 1890 census. Not everything was destroyed in that fire, but the remains of the records were later… Read More Filling the 1890 Census Gap
It was announced in early August that the complete archive of Ellis Island Records is now online for free at FamilySearch. Ellis Island was the entry point for millions of immigrants to the U.S. The Ellis Island Immigration Station has millions of passenger arrival records. A complete collection of these passenger lists is now available… Read More What’s New at FamilySearch