There are a number of items tht may be of interest in this newsletter, not all relevant to this list but left in just in case :)) -------- Original Message -------- Subject: IHGS Newsletter 112 Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2010 15:13:51 -0000 The Institute of Heraldic and Genealogical Studies The School of Family History www.ihgs.ac.uk Newsletter No. 112 - November 2010 Welcome to our latest Newsletter! News Practical Family History The last ever issue will be published in December. Its sister magazine Family Tree will continue to be published on a monthly basis. Appeal for Volunteers <http://www.oldweather.org/> Oldweather.org needs volunteers to cover the logbooks of Royal Navy ships - perhaps those your ancestors sailed on - in order to transcribe weather data for climate change research. Cleveland Street Workhouse One of the last surviving workhouse buildings in London - the former Strand workhouse on Cleveland Street - is under imminent treat of demolition. Please consider signing the e-petition against its destruction. For further information on this workhouse and why it is important to save it go to <https://achievements-sb/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.workhouses.org/> http://www.workhouses.org/ (a previous Website Spotlight) from where you can also sign the petition, or go straight to the petition at: <https://achievements-sb/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.gopetition.com/petition/39594.html> http://www.gopetition.com/petition/39594.html Website Updates Welsh Registers to be Released FindMyPast, in collaboration with the Church in Wales, Welsh Archive Services and FamilySearch International to bring 8, 000, 000 parish records dating back to the 1500s to the web. The project is expected to be completed in two years. FindMyPast have released a Second Boer War database including; Official Casualty Rolls, A Gazetteer of the Second Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902, Medal Rolls, Anglo-Boer War Memorials Project, Winifred Scott's Anglo-Boer War Index and Kevin Asplin's rolls for the British cavalry, Imperial Yeomanry, Imperial Yeomanry Hospital, and the Lovat's Scouts and Scottish Horse records. They have also released the 1787 Army List <http://www.archives.lib.ed.ac.uk/students/> Edinburgh Alumni These are now available online at the above link, although the service is not yet complete. <http://gale.cengage.co.uk/images/Clark%20Tudor%20Society.pdf> State Papers Online This website provides access to State Papers Domestic and Foreign, Registers of the Privy Council and State Papers in the British Library amongst others, described as 'an enormous advance in historical research'. Three-quarters complete and covering 1519-1714, it is available for purchase by institutions and not by individuals- but check your local library's subscriptions. One of many useful essays about the papers can be found <http://gale.cengage.co.uk/images/Clark%20Tudor%20Society.pdf> here (pdf). <http://www.prtsoc.org.uk/> Parish Register Transcription Society records now online This non-profit organization has now begun to place its records online- previously they were only available on CD. Credits must be purchased, but surplus money will go to <http://www.rethink.org/> Rethink. These records may include our own Phillimore and Hackman collections which they had previously <http://www.ihgs.ac.uk/shop/index.php/Books/transcripts/Phillimore> made available on disk. <http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/naturalization-1915-1932/index-e.html> Library and Archives Canada update They have launched a new version of their <http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/naturalization-1915-1932/index-e.html> Canadian Naturalization Database for use in finding original naturalization records, with scans where possible. UKBMD update A <http://www.cumbriabmd.org.uk/> Cumbrian Registration website is now open, and although the indexes aren't complete, a breakdown of coverage is available. <https://beta.familysearch.org/> FamilySearch Updates Germany, Ludwigshafen Church Record Extractions and Family Registers: 106,564 browsable digital images Germany, 1890 - Mecklenburg-Schwerin Census: 31,499 additional images Ghana, 1982-1984 - Census: 458,716 browsable digital images Norway, 1875 - Census: 41,701 additional images Puerto Rico, Civil Registration, 1836-2001: 3,763 additional images <http://www.ancestry.co.uk/> Ancestry Update English Civil War period parish registers for London have now been completed so that the indexed and imaged registers now cover Greater London from 1538 to 1980. Earlier records still in existence have also been included. These records were previously available only at the <http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/Corporation/LGNL_Services/Leisure_and_culture/Records_and_archives/> London Metropolitan Archives NEXT COURSE: <http://www.ihgs.ac.uk/courses/day_and_residential_2_wills_and_how_to_read_them.html> Wills and How to Read Them ~ 13th November Wills form a wonderful source for family historians, often proving a relationship where nothing else can. Information about an ancestor's personality can be inferred from bequests and inventories, such as when a humble blacksmith leaves the business to his wife 'to carry out' and funds for each grandchild's education. You can sometimes find out who they disliked! Wills were not only left by the wealthy, but often by any craftsman who had (often highly specialised) tools to bequeath. The sessions on reading wills can also help with older parish registers and other documents. This course (only £37.00) has been confirmed as running so do <http://www.ihgs.ac.uk/courses/day_and_residential_2_wills_and_how_to_read_them.html> book early before places run out. Forthcoming Events November 12 IHGS Correspondence Course Day Tutorial Lectures 7-12 13 <http://www.ihgs.ac.uk/courses/day_and_residential_2_wills_and_how_to_read_them.html> IHGS Day School "Wills and How to Read Them" 2011 February 19 <http://www.ihgs.ac.uk/courses/day_and_residential_12_the_professional_approach.html> IHGS Day School "The Professional Approach" 25-27 Who Do You Think You Are? Live at Olympia March 11-13 Correspondence Course Tutorial Weekend - Beginners to Intermediate 19 <http://www.ihgs.ac.uk/courses/day_and_residential_5_how_to_trace_your_family_history.html> IHGS Day School "How to Trace Your Family History" April 8 <http://www.ihgs.ac.uk/courses/day_and_residential_1_exam_techniques.html> IHGS Day School "Exam Techniques" 8 IHGS Correspondence Course Day Tutorial Advanced and Exam Techniques 9 <http://www.ihgs.ac.uk/courses/day_and_residential_13_family_history_beyond_the_internet.html> IHGS Day School "Family History: Beyond the Internet" May 12-9 <http://www.ihgs.ac.uk/courses/day_and_residential_16_introduction_to_family_history_-_morning_course_-_weekly.html> IHGS Day School "Introduction to Family History - Morning Course - weekly" 14 <http://www.ihgs.ac.uk/courses/day_and_residential_23_heraldry.html> IHGS Day School "Heraldry" June 11 Higher Certificate Examinations 18 Diploma Examinations July 23 Awards and Open Day August 8-12 <http://www.ihgs.ac.uk/courses/day_and_residential_3_tracing_your_family_history.html> IHGS Residential Course "Tracing Your Family History" Bookshop Sale No book of the month this month, instead get 10% off all <http://www.ihgs.ac.uk/shop/index.php> Books, Maps and CDs! Please note the discount will be calculated after the order has been submitted. Did You Know... ...that the body of Charles I was disinterred on its accidental discovery in 1813 and part of it may have been stolen? Sir Henry Halford, physician and first baronet, was described as the 'eel-backed baronet', for while holding a successful practice and serving George III, George IV, William IV and Queen Victoria, he was described as 'vain, cringing to superiors, and haughty to inferiors'. It was said that Halford, who described the King's axed fourth cervical vertebra in close detail (despite his opposition to physically examining patients) in an Account of what Appeared on Opening the Coffin of King Charles I, actually took this bone and displayed it at dinner parties. It has been further claimed that he had it made into a salt cellar but was persuaded to return it by Victoria. On 4th November 1631 Mary of Orange, mother of William III, was born at St James's Palace 1650 William III was born 1677 William III married Mary of York - en route to the Netherlands, they were unrecognised here in Canterbury except by Dean Tillotson, whom they later made Archbishop 1765 Charles Churchill, satirical poet, died 1839 The Newport Rising was the last armed rebellion in mainland Britain 1842 US President Abraham Lincoln married Mary Todd 1852 Count Camillo Benso di Cavour became prime minister of Piedmont- Sardinia, which would soon become Italy 1868 Carolina Otero, La Belle Otero, actress, singer and courtesan, was born 1889 Menelek of Shoa obtained the allegiance of a large majority of Ethiopian nobility on his way to becoming Emperor 1908 Jozef Rotblat, physicist, Nobel laureate and nuclear disarmament campaigner was born 1918 Wilfred Owen, War Poet, died 1918 The German Revolution began 1918 Austria-Hungary surrendered to Italy 1921 Prime Minister Hara Takashi was assassinated in Tokyo 1922 Howard Carter, artist and archaeologist, discovered the steps to the tomb of Tutankhamen 1930 Kate Reid, actress, was born in London 1937 Loretta Swit, 'Hotlips Houlihan', was born in the US 1942 General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel disobeyed a direct order by Hitler by retreating at El Alamein: 'The end of the beginning'. 1956 James Honeyman-Scott, guitarist in 'The Pretenders', was born -------- Original Message ends -------- -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk http://www.savethegurkhas.co.uk/