Contents
of newsletters published in 2012-2014
25th
December 2014
Half-price subscriptions at Findmypast ENDS NEW YEAR'S DAY
Win a FREE one year subscription to Deceased Online EXCLUSIVE
New Year Competition: WIN UP TO £150 IN CASH!!
Free access to Ancestry's ENDED
Save £50 on Ancestry Premium membership ENDS NEW YEAR'S EVE
Reconstructing your ancestors' DNA
Last chance to save on DNA tests ENDS NEW YEAR'S EVE
Masterclass: Extending your tree beyond 1911
Finding living relatives in the Electoral Roll
Half-price subscriptions to British Newspaper Archive
Search Valuation Rolls free at ScotlandsPeople
England & Wales wills after 1858: latest news
House of Lords discuss electronic BMD certificates
How Kathie knocked down a 'brick wall'
1871 Worldwide British Army Index
The 'Deaf and Dumb Wedding' of 1940
Charles Dickens had his own postbox
Your Family Tree taken over - but by whom?
12th
December 2014
Family Historian version 6 JUST RELEASED
Win a Findmypast World subscription! EXCLUSIVE
LostCousins Christmas Competition
Do you know your A.R.S. from your L.O.? Army abbreviations revealed
The Five Mile Act of 1665 - non-conformists in the late 17th century
South African parish registers
Jamaica birth registrations at Ancestry
Findmypast add 31 million marriages from FamilySearch
How do you read this newsletter?
Save 20% on photo restoration EXCLUSIVE OFFER
Fascinating photos taken by first lady press photographer
Fatal road accident on Friday 13th becomes picture postcard
World's fattest man dies at 44
Scottish Valuation Rolls for 1925
Irish Petty Sessions records now complete
Do you live in the European Union?
Kindle books may go up in price on 1st January
5th
December 2014
Irish registers will be free online
Trade Union records at Findmypast OUT TODAY
Findmypast add 60 million FamilySearch baptisms
Half-price subscriptions at Genes Reunited ENDS FRIDAY
Richard III DNA poses new mystery
Family Tree DNA offer continues, whilst 23andme launch in UK
Are you descended from Edward III?
Graham's Dad meets the King & Queen
How to find pre-1858 wills for England & Wales
Probate Service changes will help most of us
27th
November 2014
National Archives misfiles census EXCLUSIVE
Save 50% at Genes Reunited EXCLUSIVE
When 'brick walls' are a good thing
Extra information in parish registers
Advanced search techniques: surnames
Poor law records newly indexed
Was that 1913 picture 'Photoshopped'?
Adopted ancestors: latest news
Decision time? Big discounts on DNA tests
Bad news - FamilySearch to discontinue copy images
Mental health records to go online
Ancestry launches Lunacy Patients Admission Registers
Google belatedly follow our example
What a coincidence - or was it?
15th
November 2014
LATEST NEWS: Devon parish registers go online
Illegitimate soldier finally honoured after a century
Save 90% on a 1 month Findmypast Local subscription ENDS WEDNESDAY
Getting the most out of Ancestry & Findmypast
How to search a website using Google
Essex Ancestors doubles online wills
Check your Irish entries with My AncestorsBETA
Britain From Above completes historic collection
Save 20% on photo restoration/repair
Genealogy in the Sunshine - March 2015
6th
November 2014
Free weekend at Findmypast ENDS NOON MONDAY
Irish certificate scam – don’t be fooled
LostCousins is FREE this weekend ENDS TUESDAY
Census reference checking gadget proves popular
Read all about it! Half price newspapers at British Newspaper Archive
Empress of Ireland - your stories
When truth can be stranger than fiction
3 days free OR 73 days free – you choose ENDS TODAY
29th
October 2014
Get a £50 John Lewis voucher with a World subscription ENDS MONDAY
The history of the John Lewis Partnership
Online wills from 1858 onwards?
Home Office comes in for more criticism
What are piece numbers and folio numbers?
British Newspapers Archive reaches 9 million mark
£1 for 1 month at the British Newspaper Archive ENDS FRIDAY
The Improbable Life & Times of Eliza Fairchild
Save 20% on photo restoration/repair
Review: Dickens's Victorian London
Stop Press UPDATED
16th
October 2014
Create your own Who Do You Think You Are? story
Last chance to book your place in the sun?
Liverpool crew lists dock at Ancestry
Apprentices sign up at Findmypast
Probate Service online: follow-up
Will Passport Office shake-up affect GRO?
Finding locations in early 19th century London
Britain from Above adds to aerial photo collection
Historic Radio Times listings from 1923-2009
DNA - Eve's closest relative turns up in Africa
Did the Bayeux Tapestry get it wrong?
Remembering the 'forgotten Belgians'
Is there a doctor in your tree?
Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland
Cohabitation and Non-Marital Births 1600-2012
The Empress of Ireland - a forgotten disaster
French soldier's room unchanged after 96 years
2nd
October 2014
Findmypast First promises exclusive benefits
Yorkshire records start arriving at findmypast
Half-price Genes Reunited subscriptions ENDS MONDAY
Ancestry discover Dickens in debtors prison
Probate index for 1996 onwards goes online
1875 Valuation Rolls at Scotlandspeople
Bank of England offers mortgages - in 1824
Unusual 19th century views of London
Birmingham Rate Books launch at Ancestry
German parish registers to go online?
Change in intestacy rules could help genealogists
Relatives of adopted adults now able to trace family tree
A generous helping of genealogical mysteries
Help yourself to a LostCousins leaflet
Genealogy in the Sunshine 2015
16th
September 2014
Half-price Genes Reunited subscriptions EXCLUSIVE
FREE THIS WEEKEND: Ancestry & LostCousins ENDS SUNDAY/MONDAY
Genealogy in the Sunshine - March 2015
Can you read this? What about this?
Your cousins are dying to hear from you
Has Jack the Ripper really been identified using DNA?
British Newspaper Archive offer subscriptions for under £50
Amazing English & Welsh maps at the National Library of Scotland
2nd
September 2014
Big savings on Y-DNA tests ENDS WEDNESDAY
What an amazing discovery can tell us about the censuses
Lost manuscript found after 45 years
Dorset couple celebrate their 80th wedding anniversary!
WW1 PoW records: further information
Some of the more unusual pictures from the Great War
WW1 officers' records now searchable online
Medway casualty index goes live
Do you have an Anderson shelter in your garden?
The history of the United Kingdom
Searching for Scottish cousins
Have you been invited to join the forum?
The Lost Ancestor - and other genealogical mysteries
Professional Genealogists put to the Test
21st
August 2014
FREE THIS WEEKEND: Ancestry & LostCousins
£1 offer continues at findmypast ENDS 31ST AUGUST
Do you have Scottish ancestors?
'Equality' decision makes mockery of the GRO
Royal Marines marriage registers go online
Gretna Green still attracting lovers
Neanderthals DID get on with humans after all
British Newspaper Archive offer 40% off ENDS TUESDAY
Summer savings on genealogy magazines ENDING SOON
Is Britain a Christian country?
11th
August 2014
The Great War: "What did you do in the war, mummy?"
Red Cross WW1 Prisoner-of-War records go online
Military Medals at The Genealogist
WW1 film clips online at the Imperial War Museum
'Mons Mary' - a war horse comes home
WW1 mystery: Who killed Private John Parr?
Dorset Quarter Sessions Order Books now at Ancestry
2021 Census to go ahead: government finally agree
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
What do all those symbols mean?
Do you live in the US? Save 20% with AncestryDNA
DNA project to make UK world leader?
Save 20% on Genes Reunited subscriptions
30th
July 2014
12 months for under £50 - the amazing Findmypast offer ENDS THURSDAY
Finding your way around the new site
WW1 remembrance database goes live
How one man's vision led to the creation of WWI's War Graves
Lives of the First World War: update
Did your WW1 hero wear a helmet?
Last chance to save 20% on photo restoration ENDS TUESDAY
British Newspaper Archive adds 1 million pages
Did your ancestor work for Guinness?
Ancestry.com offer free DNA tests to new US subscribers
Newsletter
- 23rd July 2014
Get a 12 month findmypast subscription for under £50! ENDS SOON
Irish BMD indexes - too good to be true
Naturalization records at Ancestry
Staffordshire parish registers online: 2.8 million entries
Masterclass: searching parish registers at findmypast
55,000 Wiltshire baptisms go online today
Online trees - not such a bad thing?
Do your cousins seem like friends (and what about your spouse)?
Save 20% on photo restoration EXCLUSIVE OFFER
Save an extra 30% on Your Family Tree subscriptions
The Victorian ladies who limped
12th
July 2014
Read all about it - for just £1
Was this boy cricketer really an orphan?
Are BMD certificates going up again?
Ireland offers enhanced GRO indexes
Will your MP support BMD changes?
City of London buries graveyard information
What would you say to your ancestor?
Instant success of Y-DNA matching
'The Times' offers free findmypast access
Pictures of D-Day - then and now
WW1 campaign medal rolls transcribed for the first time
Great War medals saved for family
National Archives seeks feedback on new Discovery
The dangers of online trees: follow-up
Genealogy in the Sunshine - 2015
28th June 2014
Findmypast offer alternative to football
Ancestry index millions of extra names from WW1 records
Electoral register dispute settled
Who Do You Think You Are? Live moves in 2015
Origins & Mocavo bought by findmypast
Genes Reunited introduce 1 month subscription
French "Sherlock Holmes" anticipated LostCousins system
Interesting events at the Society of Genealogists
Millions more Lancashire records online
Icelanders hang on to their genes
Irish petty sessions collection continues to grow
Findmypast well on the way to target
Late registration of deaths prompts letter to PM
18th
June 2014
Ancestry offer: 4 months for just £20 ENDS SUNDAY
Key resources: a quick guide to Ancestry's main record collections
Using Ancestry to find 'lost cousins'
LostCousins member solves dustbin baby mystery with DNA test
Using DNA to knock down 'brick walls' #2
Have you ever browsed your chromosomes?
Missing from the Queen's Speech?
If I don't come home - letters from D-Day
11th
June 2014
How are passport delays and the GRO connected?
Corrections on BMD certificates
Masterclass: Extending your tree beyond 1911
Children's Homes website goes live
Making records accessible - and preventing their destruction
Western Front Association overwhelmed by lookup requests
Was your ancestor a PoW in WW1?
Red Cross to make WW1 records available from August
Tony Robinson's WDYTYA presentation
Can we visualize our ancestors from their DNA?
The cheapest ever Family Finder test
Using DNA to knock down 'brick walls'
98 children - but still unmarried
Over 4 million Devon records go online
My ancestor was a licensed victualler
29th
May 2014
Findmypast find thousands of missing WW1 army records
Masterclass: how to find a missing spouse between 1837-1911
How are you reading this newsletter?
Surrey Land Tax records go online
Merchant Seamen & Royal Naval Reserve
Soldiers' wills at Scotlandspeople
Books that may be of interest....
British Newspaper Archive now has over 8 million pages
Convict pardons added to New South Wales database
Charles Booth's London poverty survey
The curious case of Mrs Peckett
7th
May 2014
10th Birthday celebrated in style
Is GPS DNA tracking too good to be true?
DNA riddle - dead woman commits murder
Who did Lewis Lister Peckett marry?
Ancestry adds West Yorkshire criminal records
Surviving Irish census records available free
Irish Registrar General's reports from 1864 onwards are now online
Britain's oldest town dates back 10,000 years!
Hunter-gathers and farmers didn't mix
Pre-1858 Gloucestershire wills at Ancestry
Longest-separated twins meet after 78 years
Lives of First World War to introduce subscriptions
Planning to visit the National Archives in Kew?
Save £11 on family history e-course
How do you know what to believe?
Would you like a title, my Lord?
29th
April 2014
It's our 10th Birthday - so LostCousins is completely FREE! ENDS 6TH MAY
New Getting Started guides now online
Restore your expired ScotlandsPeople credits ENDS WEDNESDAY
Have you been invited to join the LostCousins Forum?
Using the findmypast feedback forum
Shropshire registers arrive - and they're in colour!
Norfolk Poor Law records online at Ancestry
Vaccination registers - hidden gems
New TV documentary examines the East India Company WEDNESDAY
The German Kings Who Made Britain THURSDAY
Why was it called the Domesday Book?
Distinguishing marks: follow-up
Retouching and repairing photographs
Worried about the Heartbleed bug?
Britain from Above adds more historic aerial photos
British Pathé joins the YouTube generation
Are you related to Edward Diamond Jubilee Day?
17th
April 2014
Easter offer: save £5 at Genes Reunited ENDS MONDAY
Ancestry.co.uk offer free access to 1901 & 1911 Censuses ENDS MONDAY
2021 Census still under threat?
Post-1858 wills to cost 66% more
Budget could lead to Ancestry price hike
Ancestry add Manchester non-conformist records
Top genealogist backs BMD petition
London Gazette site update causes problems
Findmypast's new site - mismanaged or misunderstood?
How to get the best from findmypast
Shropshire parish registers online soon
Land Registry publishes 1862 registers
My ancestors were... not on the census!
Historical directories free online
Why did people fear the Victorian workhouse?
British Library's extensive World War 1 resources
Did your military ancestor have "distinguishing marks"?
British Newspaper Archive slashes cost of monthly subscription
5th
April 2014
Genealogy in the Sunshine - the first of many?
Settlement examinations and removal orders
LDS members to get free access to Ancestry & findmypast
Tithe records online at The Genealogist
Save £20 on a Diamond subscription to The Genealogist
1939 National Register to be published
Historic BMD registers petition strikes the right note
Northern Ireland BMD records now available online
Refuse collector saves WW1 photos from oblivion
Canadian WW1 service records to go online
Last chance to get a free photo repair
12th
March 2014
National Archives reduce online charges again
Could Australian records help you trace your English ancestors?
Ancestry finally kill off Old Search
ScotlandsPlaces add Inhabited House Tax Rolls 1778-98
More Irish Will Calendars online THURSDAY
Ancestry add Irish Catholic registers
Railway employees and the Great War
WW1 on TV this week THURSDAY & FRIDAY
Modern times: three-parent children on the horizon
Mother gives birth using false identity
Resurgence of scarlet fever hits the headlines
27
February 2014
Who Do You Think You Are? Live photos now online
There IS such a thing as a free lunch ENDS TUESDAY
When at first you don't succeed....
Newspaper articles turn up in the strangest places
Using the Freedom of Information Act
Better information means better care
Whole genome sequencing for $1000?
London photos and musicals about maps
English expressions from the Great War
17th
February 2014
Your chance to meet a real-life Princess
Findmypast slash prices, introduce monthly subs
1859: drug overdose kills 9 month-old child
Fire at the National Archives in Kew
200,000 pages added at Welsh Newspapers Online
ScotlandsPeople release 1885 Valuation Rolls
West Yorkshire 1910 Tax Valuation online
Northern Ireland BMD registers online very soon
Richard III's DNA to be sequenced
Human footprints from 800,000 years ago washed up
3rd
February 2014
Key target reached - well done!
How did 12 million letters a week reach WW1 soldiers?
Do you have Scottish ancestors?
Are half the Stewarts in Britain really descended from royalty?
Documentary: "Births, Deaths and Marriages" STARTS TUESDAY
British India: findmypast put 2.5 million records online
Society of Genealogists to waive joining fee at WDYTYA? Live
Did you take the Ancestry Challenge?
London: more interesting pictures
Traffic accidents in 19th century London
These are a few of my favourite things...
Question of the week: "Can a minor be an executor?"
Review: "The Westbrook Affair"
Email hijackers are more than a nuisance
22
January 2014
Ancestry Challenge: your starter for £20 ENDS MONDAY
The Lost Boys: tracking down sons (and daughters) who died as infants
Over 100,000 historic images now available free online
When did National Service end?
Netherlands newspapers free online
Should the 1921 Census be released early?
15th
January 2014
Getting the most from Ancestry
Findmypast keeping quiet about Staffordshire records?
Choosing between Ancestry and findmypast
Which are the correct census references?
All change at record offices as 2014 begins
Red Cross to digitize Great War volunteer records
Composite photos of San Francisco span a century
Interview: Michael Sharpe EXCLUSIVE
1st
January 2014 v.2
Ancestry UK offer 25% discount to new subscribers ENDS TUESDAY
2021 Census responses support our case
Irish probate records free online
Ireland-Australia transportation database
Scotlandspeople release new BMD registers
Last chance to save on findmypast subscriptions ENDS MONDAY
Forum to be officially launched in 2014
Has a new human species been found?
Ancestry.com offers discounted DNA tests ENDS SUNDAY
Do you fancy being buried at sea?
1842 Commission reveals child hardships
17th
December 2013
Save 15% on findmypast.co.uk subscriptions ENDS SOON
Home Office minister hints at GRO changes?
Adoption law to change - thanks to LostCousins member
Rate books go online at findmypast
Surrey and West Yorkshire Electoral Registers at Ancestry
Norfolk Register of Electors at FamilySearch
Roman scrolls outlast 1931 Census
How much do we really know about the census?
Save on WDYTYA tickets with Ancestry
Jamaican genealogy site is now completely free
Last chance to save on DNA tests
Can your actions affect your descendants' behaviour?
23
November 2013
Christmas arrives early - thanks to findmypast EXCLUSIVE
Personal accounts of World War 1 to be digitised
A story of sacrifices and coincidences
Health records for London from 1848-1973 online
3.7m photographs of the UK online
Will Richard III get a mediæval reburial?
DNA tests reduced for Christmas
Scottish records on view in Kilmarnock
Time to give your verdict on the 2021 Census
10
November 2013
Online will service coming soon?
Competition results: did you win an Ancestry Premium subscription?
Free military records at Ancestry ENDS TUESDAY
Australian BMD records free at findmypast
Royal Statistical Society slams death registration procedure
It's not just cricket.... COMPETITION
All-star line-up for Genealogy in the Sunshine
Genealogy magazine launches forum app
Tickets for WDYTYA Live go on sale
Amazing 3D reconstruction of 17th century London
School records to be digitised
Scottish Valuation Rolls for 1920 go online
2 million Irish petty sessions records added
Index to British and Irish newspapers
British Newspaper Archive passes 7 million mark
Are you researching your spouse's ancestors?
Abandoned baby named after dog
24th
October 2013
Your chance to win a FREE Ancestry Premium membership
Electoral Register changes cause confusion EXCLUSIVE
Searching the electoral register
View Scottish BMD registers free - in London!
Place-Names of Wales project launches
Was King Charles I really buried in Hertfordshire?
Calendar conundrums continue to confuse
South African records back online soon
1921 Canada census "nearly indexed"
Older fathers project: have you joined yet?
Deceased Online adds records from disused cemeteries
Marriage licences, allegations, and bonds
"This is your captain speaking....."
Interview: Stephen Molyneux EXCLUSIVE
Genealogy in the Sunshine: latest
11
October 2013
GRO planned to destroy 1861 Census
Birmingham parish registers: clarification
What exactly is happening to Ancestry's prices?
Free 1911 Census ends on Monday
Suffragettes and the census: follow-up
Living Ohio man is legally dead
Canada immigration records at FamilySearch
Calendar conundrum: the solution
Don't expect instant results from DNA tests
New location for GRO Ireland research centre
Review: The Marriage Certificate
Genealogy in the Sunshine: update
Could a power failure cut down your family tree?
24th
September 2013
Ancestry.co.uk - shock price increases BREAKING NEWS
2021 Census consultation launches
Did your ancestor work in the Royal Household?
GRO: Royal Commission agrees with us
Why won't the GRO update their indexes?
Suffragettes and the 1911 Census
Last chance to save at findmypast ENDS MONDAY
Ancestry add Birmingham parish registers
Irish newspapers online - nearly 2 million articles
You won’t find Fido at findmypast
Interview: Gordon Honeycombe EXCLUSIVE
Genealogy in the Sunshine: latest news
Can you solve a calendar conundrum?
11th
September 2013
GRO intransigence is nothing new
The early years of civil registration
Sussex parish records at FamilySearch
Ancestry update New Search to include Old Search features
Findmypast discount offer continues EXCLUSIVE
"Britain on Film" series restarts
Scots picking up Cockney accent!
The groom was a Lemmon, the witness an Almond
There's one born every minute.....
Ancestry borrows from Peter to pay Paul
Helen's aunt is the 3rd oldest person in Britain
How many living relatives do you have?
My Match Potential just went up
30
August 2013
Free migration records ENDS MONDAY
Soldiers' wills and last letters home
Good news: findmypast discount offer extended
Disappearing inventor - the mystery deepens
Did your ancestor help to found the Football Association?
Lost Dambusters faces revealed
Britain from the air: 1919-1953 aerial photos
Have you downloaded Family Tree Analyzer?
22
August 2013
LostCousins is totally FREE for the holiday weekend
Staying in touch with your cousins
Family Tree Analyzer works wonders
The mystery of the missing inventor
Millions of school records coming to findmypast
Save 10% at findmypast.co.uk ENDS SOON
Good news and bad news at Ancestry
County Archives Record Network
More information about the 1921 Census of Canada
8
August 2013
125 million newspaper articles go online
Save 10% on findmypast.co.uk subscriptions EXCLUSIVE
Clandestine marriages revealed at Ancestry
Prince George's birth certificate surprise
Did your ancestors have more sons than daughters?
Japanese quake boosts the number of female births
Britain on Film reveals gender imbalance
Derek - the British Genghis Khan
Wool you find ancestors in the Sheep Returns?
Canada 1921 Census goes online
Society of Genealogists has 12 million names online
1790 Survey of the High Roads from London
Is there a difference between Ancestry and Starbucks?
30th
July 2013
Barnardo's to scrap priceless photo archive?
Free access to England & Wales 1911 census
Last chance to save at Genes Reunited ENDS THURSDAY
Irish certificates: clarification
Australia: National Family History Month
Royal Australian Air Force casualty database
Name variants at findmypast - pitfalls and pluses
God helps those who help themselves
Your Match Potential has gone up!
2012/13 death rates higher than expected
Church closures coming to an end
17th
July 2013
World War 1 flying records to be digitised
2 million more Hertfordshire records online
Irish 'certificates' now available over email
West Yorkshire burials and cremations online
New Zealand Family History Fair
Want to know what's new at Ancestry?
Errors in online trees: continued
12 months for the price of 6 at Genes Reunited EXCLUSIVE
Does researching your tree make you happier?
Book Sale at the National Archives - save up to 70%
Where are all the 90 year-olds?
1
July 2013
Is the UK Census going - or simply changing?
Missing baptism? Try June 1837
Ancestry to kill off Old Search
1.2 million more Welsh records at findmypast
Can the EU stop us researching our ancestors?
False rumours spook Canadian genealogists
Does Prince William really have Indian ancestry?
Social class is inherited from grandparents say researchers
Recycling of graves in London cemeteries
Genealogy in the Sunshine: update
20th
June 2013
Last chance to save 10% on findmypast subscriptions ENDS SOON
Ancestry add Surrey parish registers
Lincolnshire parish registers online at findmypast
Problems with online trees - have you been affected?
New South Wales wills to go online
Canada: is the 1921 Census about to be released?
Ireland: hopes of early release of 1926 Census dashed
Tracing Your Irish History on the Internet
Can you claim an Arctic Star medal or Bomber Command clasp?
Debate over the future of the UK census continues
Ancestry errors - the saga continues
Findmypast advert embarrassment
Could you be replaced by a computer?
New TV series: Secrets from the Workhouse
Nearly 7 million newspaper pages at findmypast
1st
June 2013
The future of the UK Census EXCLUSIVE
How would you improve the National Archives website?
1895 Valuation Rolls live at Scotlandspeople
Good news! Findmypast offer extended EXCLUSIVE
450,000 new parish records at findmypast
Early colour movie shows London in 1927
Reprobate relative reportedly rides round recklessly
Researching your military ancestors GUEST AUTHOR
23rd
May 2013
Ancestry fix 733,809 errors EXCLUSIVE
Is FamilySearch any more reliable?
What's your 'Match Potential'?
LostCousins member witnesses fire
Brain training for genealogists
The inventive Rector of Runwell
Findmypast offer ENDS 31ST MAY
Hackers continue to cause distress
12th
May 2013
Save 10% on all findmypast.co.uk subscriptions
Twin studies reveal connections between Europeans
Have you ever met your 'lost cousins'?
Fire at the National Library of Wales
City of London Cemetery: grave risks for ancestors
Brighton burial records disappearing
Correcting errors on certificates
Ancestry data problems cause confusion
Up to 1 million Facebook accounts at risk
25th
April 2013
Come to our 9th Birthday party
Bring your friends and relatives
Save on DNA tests ENDS TUESDAY
Tracing your ancestors through death records
Who will inherit your online accounts?
Online archives of the Imperial War Museum
War memorial to be corrected after nearly a century
Searching for living relatives
Door to door challenge: solution
8
April 2013
Last chance to save at findmypast ENDS THURSDAY
GRO still stuck in the 19th century
Have you claimed your free LostCousins subscription?
Coming soon: a new way to make breakthroughs
Facebook clues can reveal your secrets
Policeman's helmet bears 1897 bloodstain
DNA discovery rewrites human history
Railway uncovers 14th century burial ground
29
March 2013
Save 10% on findmypast subscriptions
Free access to the 1901 and 1911 Censuses ENDS MONDAY
2 million East Kent parish records officially released
500,000 Wiltshire marriages online
6.5 million newspaper pages now online
Manor Park cemetery records complete
Confusion as Kent newspaper goes online
Get copies of register entries - free!
One member's guide to self-publishing
Scanning documents on the move
13
March 2013
Is DNA testing of any value to genealogists?
Search for living relatives at findmypast
Reserved occupations in World War 2
Era editor was member's ancestor
Do you have ancestors from Kent?
2 million more Westminster records online now
Finding your London ancestors in workhouse records
Did your ancestors own slaves?
Problems with Ancestry's New Search
Email scams hit family historians
3
March 2013
New Zealand census finally goes ahead
Kent registers indexed at findmypast
A million more London Poor Law records at Ancestry
Hillingdon Archives closing for 9 months (at least)
More details on Yorkshire records
Digging into the crime records
You DON'T want to find your ancestors here....
Were you at the Show last week?
Highlights from past newsletters: April 2005
A funny thing happened on the way to the forum
The Beginner's Guide to Forums
23 February 2013
Show report: Who Do You Think You
Are? Live
Crime records online now at
findmypast
Genes Reunited offers 15% discount
National Library of Wales to digitise
newspapers
Yorkshire records to be digitised
Hertfordshire parish registers online
at last
Visiting the graves of my ancestors
Manor Park Cemetery over-run by
brambles
Second source for information on
entertainers
Birthday Book challenge goes online
Car crash reveals time capsule
Palaeography: the study of old
handwriting
Ancestry change cancellation
procedure
8 February 2013
Coming soon.... the LostCousins forum!
Ancestry add Manchester registers
Scotland Valuation Rolls for 1905 now
online
Millions more Irish court records online
Hertfordshire register delays frustrate researchers
Not going to the Who Do You Think You Are show?
Was that marriage illegal, criminal, or both?
Facebook spoof highlights concerns
Undercover cops "used identities
of dead children"
DNA chip could help detectives
King Richard III - what does the
discovery mean for you and me?
Could graveyard destruction be a good thing?
Giant genes sought in Northern Ireland
I've danced with a man, who's danced
with a girl...
Deceased Online add East London records
Birthday Book challenge still unsolved
Last chance to download guide to
South African research
100 year-old man is still working
Trying to find an article? Now it's easy....
25 Jan 2013
Offers expiring in the next few days
Ireland DOUBLES certificate prices
Divorce records online at Ancestry
Findmypast add Irish BMD indexes
Book review: Birth, Marriage
& Death Records
Top South African site to close
English wills from US sources?
Scottish cemetery inscriptions
Your cousins are dying to hear from
you
Birthday Book - the final clues
12 January 2013
Child migration scandal on film
Ancestry add passenger lists
1890-1960
Have you claimed your free credits?
Last chance to get a free upgrade
Do you believe what's in the newspapers?
Birthday Book - the final chapter
1st January 2013
New Year resolutions for family
historians
Good news - findmypast offer extended
Free credits offer also extended
Three days left to save at Family
Tree DNA
Was Queen Victoria a good mother?
Earl of Essex's legacy lives on
Preserving your family's
history
25th December 2012
Remember to claim your free LostCousins subscription
Finding a Box of Family Letters
Woman to marry twin sister's murderer
Scottish site offers scanned images
High speed scanner - a book a minute!
Northern Ireland BMD prices rise
Essex completes online register collection
Last chance to save on DNA tests
19 December 2012
Findmypast Christmas offer
We all have hundreds of DNA flaws
Radio Times from 1923-2009 digitised
World War 2 Christmas cards delivered after 70 years
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16 April 2012
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