(1) New sites http://www.ulsterancestree.com Ulster Ancestree Genealogy Research A specialist ancestral research service for those tracing their ancestors from the Province of Ulster. http://home.att.net/~wexlababe/table_of_contents.htm Interesting Irish URL http://members.aol.com/glostersfodean/index.html Gloucestershire Regiment (Glosters) Back Badge Club Regimental Association, Forest of Dean Branch,Gloucestershire of the former Gloucestershire Regiment. Now titled 'The Royal Gloucestershire Berkshire and Wiltshire Regimental Association'. http://www.thinblueline.org.uk/ The Thin Blue Line SUSSEX POLICE. http://circusfolk.freeservers.com The Circus-Folk Genealogy Resource Page Many of us have vague histories of ancestors and relatives who traveled with the Circus and shows of the past. This web is an effort to bring together more of us looking for specific information about these shows and more importantly clues about our own family history. Primarily United States resources. http://www.nullus-anxietas.com/nzafmp/ The New Zealand Armed Forces Memorial Project A project to record all New Zealand Military Service Personnel in a free online data base. http://www.nullus-anxietas.com/taniwha/memorials/ausnzl.htm Memorial Inscriptions To record the names of Australian and New Zealand Service men/women on war memorials in Australia and New Zealand. We don't mean the Australian War Memorial or the New Zealand War Memorial but rather all those memorials that are found outside of these. We would like to include names that you would find in RSL and RSA clubs, school halls, sports clubs as well as the typical town memorial. http://www.dola.wa.gov.au/home.nsf/LinkDocuments/Frame+-+Products+and+Servic es Department of Land Administration WA - historical searching service As the Land Registry for Western Australia, DOLA has ownership records dating back to the beginning of the settlement of the State. (2) Copyright. A reply to a question that might interest others. A site that librarians rely on for copyright information is www.copyright.org.au. There may be something there, or they may be able to send you off in the right direction. From my own experience with records from state archives and collections, these authorities seem to always be happy to grant copyright permission for personal, non-commercial publications. (3) The Stratford Branch NZSG now have a website www.stratfordgenealogy.homestead.com it is still being developed and resources etc will be added as time permits. (4) For those with Irish heritage Meryl Yost of Tasmania put together a little St Patrick's Day page at http://www.vision.net.au/~tashistory/home/irish.htm (5) Launch of English Origins We are pleased to announce that we have now launched English Origins (www.englishorigins.com) with the co-operation of the Society of Genealogists, which has allowed exclusive Internet access to a number of their valuable collections. Please visit: http://www.origins.net/EnglishOriginsPR.html to view our Press release. The new site works in much the same way as Scots Origins, but access is £6 (about $8) for 48 hours not 24. Within this time period, users will be able to view and download 150 records with the option to purchase more 'credits' and time if necessary. Hard copies of the source materials can be ordered online for £10 (about $14) as on the Scots Origins site. Users will also be able to take advantage of the FREE surname search before registering. This is to allow customers to determine whether there are any records that will be of interest to them before committing themselves to the £6 search fee. The English Origins database currently includes over one million names, covering the period 1568 to 1850, and including the datasets listed below. These datasets provide rich genealogical and biographical details and also allow you to locate otherwise inaccessible source documents. · Vicar General Marriage Licence Allegations Index, 1694-1850 · Faculty Office Marriage Licence Allegations Index, 1701-1850 · Bank of England Wills Extracts Index, 1717-1845 · London City Apprenticeship Indexes, 1568-1850 · London Consistory Court Depositions Index, 1700-1713 Other records, which will be added to the collection over the course of 2001, include: · Boyd's Marriage Index, over 6 million records - The Cambridge records will be available online within the next few weeks. · Apprentices of Great Britain: 1710-1774; over 600,000 records · Boyd's Inhabitants of London: 14th-19th centuries; 60,000 families · Boyd's London Burials: 50,000 names · Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills: 1750-1800; 333,000 records Bryan A Curran Hamilton, NZ http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/nzsoghamilton/