nzsghamilton newsUsed with permission. ********************* nzsghamilton news No 27 4th July 2004 AUS First Families 2001 http://www.firstfamilies2001.net.au/welcome.htm AUS We are pleased to advise that there is a new free Australian search engine and directory dedicated to genealogy and history. Our objective is to provide an extensive resource of Australian and related International sites. We will list not only popular sites, but those that are a bit obscure and hard to find which may contain missing pieces of information valuable to the researcher. In addition, we offer a free submission service to all, and encourage family tree, personal pages and other genealogy related web sites. The search engine Search Whatever Australia is at: http://www.searchwhateveraustralia.com.au AUS http://www.archivecdbooks.com.au Archive CD Books Australia Publishing unique Australian products rare books, newspapers, magazines and other resources in an easy to use CD format AUS NSW Photo Gallery of NSW Railway Officers, Employees, Stations & Locations http://home.iprimus.com.au/bexleyboy/digital/index.html AUS VIC Cemeteries & Cemetery Trusts in Victoria http://www.health.vic.gov.au/cemeteries/victoria.htm DNA http://www.dnatestingcentre.co.uk/features/dna-test.php?c=link DNA Test DNA Bioscience is focused on bringing the ease of paternity testing and other DNA services to the UK and the rest of Europe. DNA Bioscience provides a range of secure, reliable services into many diverse sectors. ENG The 192 web site has just put a search function on its website for the the 2004 Electoral Roll for England I think, may be the rest of the UK. It gives three years of Electoral Roll information, useful if folk have moved during that time. One can pay for searches by buying Credits or buy the CD which can be ordered online. One does need to pay a little but for those of us who live Down under¹, its cheaper than an airfare to get Up and over¹. It does have a FREE search facility as well which can give some info. http://www.192.com/peoplesearch.cfm?er=2004 ENG BMD http://images.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/choose.pl FREE. 1837 to 1910 only. "In order to add to the service that we already provide to the genealogical community, FreeBMD has today made its scanned images of the GRO index (previously available only to transcribers) available to the general public. Prior to this move, viewing the indexes was only possible at libraries or on pay-per-view internet sites. Whilst FreeBMD doesn't yet have a complete set of images, the nearly 700,000 images that we do have represent a good proportion of the indexes from 1837 to 1910, and we hope that people will find the facility useful. The initial interface is somewhat crude, but further enhancements to this new area of the site are planned, and we will announce them as they happen." ENG CENSUS The following motion was tabled in the House of Commons on 22 March 2004 by Alistair Carmichael MP and already has the support of at lest 84 MP's. That is about 1 in 6 of all back bench MP's That this House notes that the average closure period for pre-1911 UK decennial population census records is 80 years; that informants were not guaranteed that the 1911 Census records would be closed for 100 years; that the release of the 1911 Census Online for England and Wales in 2004/5 would be likely to generate between £10m and £40m in revenue before the scheduled release date of 2012; and urges the Lord Chancellor and the Registrar General to use their existing powers, under section 5(1) of the Public Records Act 1958, to arrange for the early release of the 1911 Census Online, thus making the most of a golden opportunity to generate very substantial income between 2004 and 2012 from those records and facilitating genealogical research worldwide. (Early Day Motion 871) To let us know that you want the English, Scottish or Welsh 1911 Censuses released in 2004/5, just send an email (including your full postal address) under the subject 1911 CENSUS RELEASE to carmichaela@parliament.uk; brian.adam.msp@scottish.parliament.uk; denis.mccready@clara.co.uk Our MP's and MSP's are overworked and understaffed so please do not expect to receive a reply. I can assure you that your comments will be noted but we are unlikely to be able to acknowledge the e-mails we receive. Do e-mail one of the above MP's who are fighting the good fight in Parliament on your behalf to get the 1911 Census released sooner rather than waiting until 2012. The above was noted in the Suffolk Roots Journal (June 2004) and was courtesy of Ipswich's MP Chris Mole. If you would like to see the early release of the UK 1911 census please email as described above. ENG ESS http://www.bygone-ancestors.com Bygone Ancestors ESSEX Family Research Service. ENG HAM An interesting photographic project for Hampshire, http://www.hants.gov.uk/record-office/photo/ ENG LAN http://users.bigpond.net.au/bunter/bury_parish.htm Parish of Bury, Lancashire A collection of information useful to folks researching ancestors from the Parish of Bury, Lancashire, England. ENG MILITARY Most military records for the UK are stored at Kew. They have an online catalogue at http://www.catalogue.nationalarchives.gov.uk/default.asp ENG PLACE NAMES Gazetteer of British Place Names Contains the ancient or geographical County of over 50,000 place names in Britain along with modern administrative areas information. Gazetteer of British Place Names From the Association of British Counties. IRL Irish Family History Foundation If you are looking for your Irish Roots you have come to the right place. Here you will find your gateway to discovering all about your Irish ancestry, roots, genealogy and family history from anywhere in Ireland. The Irish Family History Foundation covers the 32 counties of Ireland, North, South, East and West. Bru Boru Heritage Centre (South Tipperary) Carlow Research Centre Cavan Research Centre Clare Heritage and Genealogical Centre County Armagh Genealogy - Armagh Ancestry County Cork - Mallow Heritage Centre County Derry or Londonderry Genealogy Centre County Roscommon Heritage and Genealogy Society County Sligo Heritage and Genealogy Centre Donegal Ancestry in County Donegal Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Heritage Society Dun na Si Heritage Centre - Westmeath East Galway Family History Society Fingal Heritage Group, County Dublin Heritage World (Fermanagh and Tyrone) Kildare Heritage and Genealogy Company Kilkenney Ancestry Killarney Genealogical Centre Laois & Offaly Family History Research Centre Leitrim Genealogy Centre Limerick Regional Archives Longford Research Centre Mayo Family History Centres Meath Heritage Centre Meath - Louth Family Research Centre Monaghan Research Centre Tipperary North Family Research Centre Waterford Heritage Genealogy Waterford Research Centre Wexford Genealogy Centre West Galway Family History Society Wicklow Family History Centre IRL Ulster Historical Foundation ~ For Counties Antrim & Down. IRL www.irishgenealogy.ie/gravestones http://www.historyfromheadstones.com/ IRL Here is a link to the Irish Film & Television Network Filmography: http://www.iftn.ie/filmography/index4.htm As you'll see, there are hundreds of titles, all of which link to synopses. While I can't personally think of any titles about the Scots-Irish from 1600-1900, if any exist you can find them here. IRL MAPS Civil Parish Maps for Ulster The Civil Parishes of County Antrim The Civil Parishes of County Armagh The Civil Parishes of County Cavan The Civil Parishes of County Donegal The Civil Parishes of County Down The Civil Parishes of County Fermanagh The Civil Parishes of County Londonderry The Civil Parishes of County Monaghan The Civil Parishes of County Tyrone IRL TYR http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cotyroneireland/index1.html This site is the online community for people with research in Co. Tyrone. A simple website, but one with fantastic resources. Transcripts of 1766 & 1834 censuses, births and Roman Catholic births in Coagh, Church photographs and a large array pertaining to Churches all over the County, including baptism and financial records. MAILING LIST New Mailing List NZ-MEMORIES-L-request@rootsweb.com NETHERLANDS http://hennekam.opweb.nl/?page=engels.html Genealogical and missing people research in the Netherlands Search for birth, marriage or death certificates of your ancestors in Holland. Also search for missing relatives or friends in (only) Dutch archives. For people who want to recover the ties with friends and family, which were lost in the past. PHOTOS http://hometown.aol.com/rkslperez/remakes.html FREE Photo Restoration Restore old and vintage photos for your family history scrapbooks.. for FREE!. SCT Scotland - Counties Index Aberdeenshire Angus Argyll Ayrshire Banffshire Berwickshire Bute Caithness Clackmannanshire Dumfriesshire Dumbartonshire East Lothian Fife Inverness Kincardineshire Kinross-shire Kirkcudbrightshire Lanarkshire Midlothian Moray Nairnshire Orkney Peebleshire Perthshire Renfrewshire Ross & Cromarty Roxburghshire Selkirkshire Shetland Stirlingshire Sutherland West Lothian Wigtownshire SOFTWARE Genealogy Software Roundup http://genealogy.about.com/cs/genealogysoftware/a/software_2.htm UK CERTIFICATES Research UK Birth, Marriage and Death Certificates from England and Wales for the years 1837- 2004 Payment can be made by Visa, Mastercard or Switch http://www.gro-certificates.co.uk/ UK CERTIFICATES http://www.genealogypro.com/tfitzgerald/ Complete Genealogy Research Services for the United Kingdom, Ireland and New Zealand USA http://hometown.aol.com/carmelhistory/myhomepage/NYS1908.html Engineering New York This site lists New York State Engineering employees in 1908. If you think of the massive migration of families from all over Europe, all filtering through New York at this time, then you can see why any list of 2,000 employees, including many casual labourers, is a potential goldmine for family historians. There are women in this list also. WLS Anglesey Breconshire Caernarvonshire Cardiganshire Carmarthenshire Denbighshire Flintshire Glamorgan Merionethshire Monmouthshire Montgomeryshire Pembrokeshire Radnorshire " Family is our beginning and our end. It is who we are and why we are. Amid its roots we can find an understanding of the problems our world has inherited, and amid the intertwining of its branches we can see hope for a better world in the generations to come." ---Elizabeth Shown Mills, dedication to "Isle of Canes," 2004 New Zealand Society of Genealogists – Hamilton Branch http://www.nzsghamilton.co.nz Contact address for subscribing to nzsghamilton news nzsghamiltonnews@ihug.co.nz Bryan A Curran Hamilton, New Zealand