Morning all, Here are the latest records to be added to the Lancashire Online Parish Clerks website:  http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/indexw.html The Search Engine has been updated to include all the records shown below. 7 June 2013 Baptisms 1585 to 1719 and Marriages 1586 to 1718 from the Church of St Paul in the Parish of Caton New transcripts from the Original Parish Registers Marriages 1874 to 1900 from the Parish of Cockerham Marriages 1915 to 1958 from Ebenezer Primitive Methodist Chapel in the Parish of Dukinfield Baptisms and Burials 1660 to 1689 and Marriages 1661 to 1689 from the Church of St Helen, in the Parish of Garstang Marriages 1843 to 1883 from the Church of St Anne in the City of Lancaster Burials 1813 to 1847 from the Church of St John the Baptist in the Parish of Lees (or Hey) Marriages 1856 to 1857 from St John in the Town of Preston Marriages 1670 to 754 and Burials 1669 to 1782 from the Church of St Mary the Virgin in the Parish of Rufford These transcripts from the Parish Register replace a previous partial transcription of the registers for Marriages 1702-1726 and Burials 1695-1727 6 June 2013 Baptisms 1849 to 1856 from the Roman Catholic Church of St Ann in the Parish of Ashton under Lyne Burials 1767 to 1778 from the Church of St Thomas, in the District of Heaton Norris, Manchester Baptisms 1869 to 1876 from the Church of St Aidan, Kirkdale, Liverpool Banns 1941 to 1960 from the Church of St Athanasius, Kirkdale, Liverpool Baptisms 1836 to 1843 and 1855 to 1859 from the Church of St Mary, Kirkdale, Liverpool Marriages 1840 to 1842 and 1852 to 1854 from the Church of St Mary in the City of Manchester Baptisms 1912 to 1954 from Stamford Rd Wesleyan Methodist in the Parish of Mossley Baptisms 1723 to 1755 from All Saints, in the District of Newton Heath, Manchester Burials 1834 to 1841 from the Church of St Mary the Virgin, in the Parish of Radcliffe Burials 1854 to 1877 from the Church of St Thomas, in the Parish of Radcliffe Marriages 1843 to 1874 from the Church of St Barnabas, Toxteth, Liverpool Baptisms 1945 to 1948 from the Church of St John the Baptist, Toxteth, Liverpool Baptisms 1793 to 1798 from the Church of St Leonard in the Parish of Walton le Dale Regards, Sally

Hello all, Today's visit to the OPC website found the following databases have been added: http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/whatsnew.html 4 June 2013 Baptisms 1922 to 1972 from the Church of St James and St Elizabeth, Bickershaw, in the Parish of Abram Marriages 1961 to 1966 from the Church of St John the Evangelist, Hindley Green, in the Parish of Hindley Burials 1955 to 1964 from Holy Trinity, in the Parish of Horwich Baptisms 1893 to 1911 from the Church of St George, in the Town of Wigan Marriages 1870 to 1878 and 1905 to 1915 from St Thomas, in the Town of Wigan The search engine has been updated to include the above records when using the search facility. Regards, Sally

The Bolton branch of the Manchester & Lancashire Family History Society (MLFHS) will hold its next meeting on Wednesday June 5th 2013. "We have Alan Hayhurst , a local historian, giving us a light hearted look at a few Lancashire crimes and criminals, adding one or two surprising facts about some local murders of the past, and how one particular murder was exhumed!! "All welcome. The venue is Bolton Cricket Club, Bishops Road, Farnworth BL3 2JB, and starts at 7.30pm. "A Help Desk will be available afterwards to assist private research. "All enquiries to Barbara Owen Secretary on 01204 309515"

Morning all, May has started off as a busy month for the transcribers at the OPC project :o) Here's the list of records that have been added to the site: http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/indexw.html Also the search engine has been updated to include all records that are shown below. 4 May 2013 Marriages 1905 to 1913 from the Roman Catholic Church of St Ann in the Parish of Ashton under Lyne Baptisms 1833 to 1861 and 1908 to 1958 and Marriages 1846 to 1911 from Stamford St Wesleyan Methodist in the Parish of Ashton under Lyne Baptisms 1779 to 1812 and Burials 1779 to 1802 from the Church of St Thomas, in the District of Heaton Norris, Manchester Baptisms 1834 from the Collegiate Church (Cathedral), in the City of Manchester Marriages 1842 to 1845 from the Church of St Mary in the City of Manchester Marriages 1895 to 1903 from the Roman Catholic Church of St William in the City of Manchester Marriages 1922 to 1930 from the Stowell Memorial Church, Weaste Marriages 1881 to 1894 from the Church of St Paul, Southport Burials 1783 to 1792 from the Church of St Leonard in the Parish of Walton le Dale Marriages 1943 to 1954 from St Stephen, in the Town of Wigan 3 May 2013 Marriages 1872 to 1873 from the Church of St Paul, Blackburn Completes the Register of Marriages for 1866 to 1873 Baptisms 1872 to 1881 and Marriages 1887 to 1899 from All Saints, in the district of Nova Scotia, Blackburn Graves 1888 to 2011 from the Church of St James, in the Parish of Briercliffe Marriages 1848 to 1880 from the Church of St John the Baptist in the Parish of Burscough Baptisms 1844 to 1882, Marriages 1849 to 1874 and Burials 1729 to 1739 and 1837 to 1862 from the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Bury Marriages 1859 to 1900 from the Church of St Catherine, Abercromby Square, Liverpool Baptisms 1725 to 1765 from the Church of St Mary, Oldham Marriages 1859 to 1860 from St John in the Town of Preston Baptisms 1953 to 1984 from the Church of St Bride, Toxteth, Liverpool Baptisms 1941 to 1947 from the Church of St Mary the Virgin, West Derby, Liverpool 1 May 2013 Baptisms 1905 to 1922 from the Church of St James and St Elizabeth, Bickershaw, in the Parish of Abram Marriages 1931 to 1940 from the Roman Catholic Church of St Aloysius, in the District of Ardwick, Manchester Baptisms 1881 to 1919 from Hanover United Methodist Free Church, Bolton Marriages 1798 to 1812, 1818 to 1824 and 1829 to 1833 from the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Deane Baptisms 1890 to 1900 from the Church of Holy Trinity (now St Peter), Over Darwen Burials 1959 to 2013 from the Church of St Cuthbert, Over Darwen Baptisms 1814 to 1859 and Marriages 1928 to 1942 from the Church of St George, in the Town of Wigan Marriages 1930 to 1943 from St Stephen, in the Town of Wigan Marriages 1878 to 1888 from St Thomas, in the Town of Wigan Regards, Sally

Hello all, Today's visit to the Lancashire Online Parish Clerk website found the following databases have been added:  http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/indexw.html The search engine has been updated to include the following databases. 25 April 2013 Marriages 1874 to 1885 from the Church of St St Stephen, Audenshaw Baptisms 1843 to 1893 from the Church of St Catherine, Barton upon Irwell Banns 1857 to 1869 from the Church of St Augustine, Everton Baptisms 1921 to 1948 from the Church of St Mary, in the district of Hale, Liverpool Baptisms 1769 to 1778 from the Church of St Thomas, in the District of Heaton Norris, Manchester Marriages 1959 to 1975 from Christ Church in the District of Kensington, Liverpool Marriages 1836 to 1837 from the Church of St John the Evangelist, in the district of Knotty Ash, Liverpool Marriages 1859 to 1930 from the Church of St Our Lady and St Columba, Liverpool Marriages 1845 to 1847 from the Church of St Mary in the City of Manchester Baptisms 1901 to 1904 from the Roman Catholic Church of St William in the City of Manchester Marriages and Burials 1800 to 1804 from the Church of St Leonard in the Parish of Middleton Marriages 1935 to 1952 from Stamford Rd Wesleyan Methodist in the Parish of Mossley Marriages 1900 to 1902 from the Church of St Cyprian, Ordsall Burials 1935 to 1968 from the Church of St Thomas, Pendleton Marriages 1851 to 1852 from St John in the Town of Preston Baptisms 1762 to 1773 from the Parish of Ribchester Baptisms 1876 to 1892 from Holy Rood, Swinton Marriages 1959 to 1980 from the Church of St Mary, Wavertree, Liverpool Marriages 1793 to 1798 from the Church of St Leonard in the Parish of Walton le Dale Regards, Sally

Bolton Family History Society AGM and May Meeting, Wednesday, May 1st at 7:30pm John Cowell, the Lancashire historian from the Greater Manchester Jewish Genealogical Society, will be giving a talk about the history of the Bolton Jewish Community, and their legacy in the local drapery, tailoring, glazier, bicycle manufacturers, money lenders, jewellers, medical professions, amongst other trades and professions (even a Nobel Prize winner). This will be preceded by the annual General Meeting which will last about 15 minutes. Nominations are invited for vacancies on the committee. The venue is Bolton Cricket Club, Green Lane/Bishops Road, Farnworth BL3 2JB and the date Wednesday May 1st at 7.30pm. As always a help desk will be available afterwards to assist private researchers. All welcome. For more information and more details please contact Barbara Owen, Secretary, 01204 309515.

Morning all, This mornings visit to the OPC website has found the following databases have been added: http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/indexw.html 23 April 2013 Burials 1856 to 1870 and 1895 to 1920 from the Roman Catholic Church of Brownedge Saint Mary in the Parish of Bamber Bridge Baptisms 1868 to 1881 from Bowker’s Row United Methodist Free Church, Bolton le Moors Baptisms 1838 to 1881 from Hanover Street Refugees’ Wesleyan Chapel, Bolton le Moors Marriages 1912 to 1932 from Moor Lane Primitive Methodist Church, Bolton le Moors Marriages 1903 to 1923 from Queen Street Primitive Methodist in the Parish of Farnworth with Kearsley Baptisms 1885 to 1963 and Marriages 1902 to 1938 from Starcliffe Methodist Church, Great Lever Baptisms 1813 to 1858 from the Church of St Luke, Heywood Replaces records from the Bishop's Transcripts for the period 1829 to 1844 Baptisms 1836 to 1870 from the Roman Catholic Church of St Mary in the Township of Osbaldeston   Burials 1897 to 1901 from Rawtenstall Cemetery, Rawtenstall in Rossendale Baptisms 1798 to 1805 and Burials 1785 to 1805 from the Church of St Paul, Royton Marriages 1932 to 1969 from the Church of St Andrew in the Town of Wigan Regards, Sally

For those with ENTWISTLE interests: An obituary for Thomas ENTWISTLE b. 1862 Blackburn was recently posted to the ENTWISTLE message board. The post can be read at http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.entwistle/183/mb.ashx Lynne

Hello all, The latest visit to the Lancs OPC website found that the following records have been added:  http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/indexw.html 16 April 2013 Marriages 1900 to 1915 from Church of the Holy Trinity in the Parish of Ashton in Makerfield Baptisms 1920 to 1980 and 2001 to 2012, Banns 1995 to 2012, Marriages 1931 to 1939 and 1947 to 1985 and Burials 1894 to 1952 from the Church of St James, in the Parish of Briercliffe * Search updated to provide two new features Exact Name Match restricts the list of matching variants to those that match the spelling on the form. Search Churches in radius extends the matches from the chosen church to all other churches within the specified radius. The search engine will currently return matches from all collections on the website. Regards, Sally

Hello Tim My apologies for not answering sooner. Unless the article on the reverse contains some unique information or words, it would seem the easiest search would be for the CHIPPENDALE article on a newspaper archive site. If you go to http://www.cyndislist.com/uk/eng/newspapers/ you'll find a fairly long list of available archives. Somewhere in the mess we call our office I have a booklet that lists newspapers published in England and the archives that hold copies of those papers. When/if I can put my hands on that I'll post the information is contains with reference to Blackburn newspapers. Kind regards, Lynne tim sharples <tim@taberd.freeserve.co.uk> wrote: >Hi Lynne > >I hope you don't mind me contacting you but I haven't used mailing lists before and am unsure of how to ask a question. I'm trying to trace an article concerning my Great Grandfather, probably in 1901 or thereabouts. He sent several articles to the Blackburn Weekly Telegraph (1904) and Darwen News (1901) and I have copies of all those which were known about. However, I have a part cutting which doesn't belong to any of those which I have and I am mystified! > >On the reverse of the cutting is an article congratulating a Mr & Mrs Chippendale on their Golden Wedding, he was a member of the Lancashire Association of Sunday Schools Unions That's only clue I have except that the subject matter is similar to that in the 1901 articles. > >I realise that it's a big ask but I wonder if you would be able to give me some pointers as to a way forward please. > >Thanks > >Tim Sharples

Hi Lynne I hope you don't mind me contacting you but I haven't used mailing lists before and am unsure of how to ask a question. I'm trying to trace an article concerning my Great Grandfather, probably in 1901 or thereabouts. He sent several articles to the Blackburn Weekly Telegraph (1904) and Darwen News (1901) and I have copies of all those which were known about. However, I have a part cutting which doesn't belong to any of those which I have and I am mystified! On the reverse of the cutting is an article congratulating a Mr & Mrs Chippendale on their Golden Wedding, he was a member of the Lancashire Association of Sunday Schools Unions That's only clue I have except that the subject matter is similar to that in the 1901 articles. I realise that it's a big ask but I wonder if you would be able to give me some pointers as to a way forward please. Thanks Tim Sharples ======================================== Message Received: Apr 14 2013, 12:01 AM From: "Lynne" To: Cc: Subject: [BLACKBURN] Preston's Inns, Taverns and Beerhouses Steve Halliwell has created a very interesting website, Preston's Inns, Taverns and Beerhouses, which can be viewed at http://pubsinpreston.blogspot.co.uk Says Steve: "This website is the product of a project that was born in about the year 2000. The original plan was, from an entirely logistical perspective, to limit the research to the boundaries of the old Preston borough, and to restrict the research to the period prior to 1900. I determined to identify all the hotels, inns, taverns and beer-houses that had existed in the area. The remit (to myself) was to establish exactly where each premises were situated, to trace a photograph or other image of each of the premises, and to gather together anecdotal material relative to them. "The exercise quickly moved on to the inclusion of the names of those who ran them and when, together with details of the relevant Census returns. The recent availability of on-line newspaper search facilities has enlarged the availability of anecdotal evidence and material immensely. "All in all, what began as a modest project, has turned into quite a success, with all the information gleaned available on the website, that has attracted nearly 120,000 page views in just 12 months. Additional material has been received, generally from descendants of those mentioned on the website. Those descendants are now scattered worldwide, and have been extremely generous in sharing their family's past with me - information that can only come from the family. "The project has now moved on to include the period beyond 1900, and is still very much a work in progress. Any contributions will be welcome, with due credit given as to where the information came from. "I do hope you enjoy reading about a part of Preston's social past, and I hope that it encourages others to undertake a similar exercise in their own areas." My apologies to Steve for taking so very long in passing this information along to all of you. Lynne :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. Other people can learn from them! Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No fees! See http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Genealogical_Materials/GEN-MAT-UKI.html :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LAN-BLACKBURN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Steve Halliwell has created a very interesting website, Preston's Inns, Taverns and Beerhouses, which can be viewed at http://pubsinpreston.blogspot.co.uk Says Steve: "This website is the product of a project that was born in about the year 2000. The original plan was, from an entirely logistical perspective, to limit the research to the boundaries of the old Preston borough, and to restrict the research to the period prior to 1900. I determined to identify all the hotels, inns, taverns and beer-houses that had existed in the area. The remit (to myself) was to establish exactly where each premises were situated, to trace a photograph or other image of each of the premises, and to gather together anecdotal material relative to them. "The exercise quickly moved on to the inclusion of the names of those who ran them and when, together with details of the relevant Census returns. The recent availability of on-line newspaper search facilities has enlarged the availability of anecdotal evidence and material immensely. "All in all, what began as a modest project, has turned into quite a success, with all the information gleaned available on the website, that has attracted nearly 120,000 page views in just 12 months. Additional material has been received, generally from descendants of those mentioned on the website. Those descendants are now scattered worldwide, and have been extremely generous in sharing their family's past with me - information that can only come from the family. "The project has now moved on to include the period beyond 1900, and is still very much a work in progress. Any contributions will be welcome, with due credit given as to where the information came from. "I do hope you enjoy reading about a part of Preston's social past, and I hope that it encourages others to undertake a similar exercise in their own areas." My apologies to Steve for taking so very long in passing this information along to all of you. Lynne

Forwarded on behalf of Dr Ian K Bloor: The Next Meeting of The Blo(o)r(e) Society The next Open Meeting of The Blo(o)r(e) Society is to be held on Saturday, May 4th, 2013, at The Church Hall of St Mark's, next to 211, Basford Park Road, Basford, Stoke-on-Trent, ST5 0PG. Anyone interested in Blo(o)r(e) Family History will be Welcome. Members of the Committee, and other stalwarts of the Society will be there, ready to help visitors, from about 10am until about 5pm. We'll be bringing a wide variety of research tools, and we will be happy to use our expertise to help you to start, to re-start, or to continue your own exploration of your Blo(o)r(e) Family History. As an added incentive, there will be Tea, Coffee, Juice and biscuits to help your concentration, and we can keep children amused too. It may be worth mentioning that you don't have to be called Blo(o)r(e) to get through the door. In fact, less than half of our members are called Blo(o)r(e), and at least four of them don't seem to have any Blo(o)r(e)s in their Family Trees. If you would like to know more, contact Ian Bloor on 01270 811 260 or visit www.bloor.org The Blo(o)r(e) Society sprang into life in 1996, as a One-Name genealogical research group looking into the origins of Bloors, Bloores and Blores in North Staffordshire. We fairly quickly realised that some Blewers and Blowers were also part of the 'clan', and we're aware of at least one family who are listed as Bloors in censuses in Stoke-on-Trent, but became Blewers after they moved to Birmingham, and eventually appear as Bluers in censuses in Scotland. We had our first meeting at the Epworth Street Methodist Church, in Stoke, and we've had Open Meetings every year since then, mostly in and around Stoke-on-Trent, but occasionally further afield: but not much further afield, because 50% of the Blo(o)r(e)s in Britain, live within 50 miles of Stoke Station. The other 50% are spread all over the surface of the Earth, and we have links with Blo(o)r(e) descendants on every continent except Antarctica. We've spent that last 17 years gathering information about Blo(o)r(e) ancestors from the 334 Blo(o)r(e) descendants who have joined the Society, and from about the same number who haven't joined. Most of this information has been checked, and re-checked, and sifted and sorted by our team of expert family historians, and now forms the basis for our collection of more than 80 separate Blo(o)r(e) family trees. A few of these trees go back into the 17th Century, more back into the 18th Century, and the rest back into the 19th Century. Our task now is to try to link these trees together, to try to identify the true earliest known ancestors of each group, while we keep gathering more information, and fitting living Blo(o)r(e) descendants into existing trees or, which is even more exciting, discovering Blo(o)r(e)s who belong to a currently unknown Blo(o)r(e) tree. The technique that is allowing us to establish probably links between our trees is the use of DNA analysis. Y-chromosome DNA is passed down, basically unchanged, from father to son, and so on, which means that, apart from random, small changes that occur from time to time, I have the same Y-chromosome 'signature' as my father, his father, his father, his father, and so on back for a long, long time. My brothers (should) have the same DNA signature, and my male cousins should have the same signature. In fact any male descended from my earliest known ancestor should have the same DNA as my father gave to me. Using DNA samples from males from some of our Blo(o)r(e) trees, we have been able to identify several groups of trees where the Y-chromosome DNA is very similar, or actually identical, meaning that thr trees in each group are highly likely to have a single common ancestor – although this ancestor may have lived several hundred years ago, perhaps even before there are any records to identify exactly who he was. Nevertheless, this is what we are trying to do. One of the consequences of all our research, is that we discover interesting facts about interesting Blo(o)r(e)s, some of them famous, or infamous for one reason or another, but many interesting simply because they have left records of their 'normal', 'hum-drum', 'everyday' lives, in the form of letters, photographs or notebooks that have survived all the 'rubbish disposal', clearing up after funerals, and house-moves that so often mean that family 'gems' are lost for ever. One of our objectives, as a Society, is "to chronicle the lives of every Blo(o)r(e) that has ever lived"- a task that I can only imagine being completed in the distant future. But we have made a start. If you know someone who has a Blo(o)r(e) in their tree – please tell them about the Meeting.

Morning all, Paul Dixon, from the marvellous Lancashire OPC, has sent me an update to changes that have been made to the search engine facility on the website: "I have introduced two new features to Search, "Exact Name Match" and "Search Churches in radius". Previously, entering a name would produce all matches to that name and variants. First you may have noticed that the range of names that create a match has been extended, so now it should be possible to get a match from most of the spellings that occur in the registers. Having got a match with all variants displayed, placing a tick in the exact match box should cause it to return only those entries where the spelling matches that entered in the search form. The radius search is a little more flexible than whole parish or county, it allows you to match all entries at establishments within a given radius of the selected church. This does require a church to be selected to give the centre point on which that radius is based. It will not work on whole parish or whole county as there is no reference point for that radius. Enter a whole number and select for either miles or kilometres. It will not accept distances above 90 miles or 150 km."  These excellent new features are already in operation for records that were last loaded onto the site - so any searches made by the engine will return results from all the databases that are available on the system. Many thanks, Paul! Here are the latest registers to be added to the site: http://www.lan-opc.org.uk/indexw.html 10 April 2013 Baptisms 1887 to 1891, Banns 1833 to 1841 and Marriages 1921 to 1956 from the Church of St Peter in the Parish of Burnley This completes the Register of Baptisms for 1885 to 1891 Baptisms 1879 to 1893 from the Church of St John the Baptist, in the Parish of Burnley Banns 1922 to 1932 from the Church of St Stephen in the Parish of Burnley Marriages 1661 to 1694 from the Parish of Cockerham Baptisms 1872 to 1879 from St Thomas, Eccleston, in the Parish of St Helens Burials 1904 to 2012 from Wheatley Lane Inghamite, in the Parish of Fence in Pendle Marriages 1870 to 1875 from the Church of the Holy Trinity in the Parish of Habergham Eaves Baptisms 1842 to 1873 and Banns 1799 to 1812 from the Church of St Mary, in the district of Hale, Liverpool Graves 1849 to 1993 from the Independent Chapel, Little Lever Baptisms 1860 to 1861, 1863 to 1864 and 1865 to 1866 and Marriages 1818 to 1821 from the Church of St Peter, Liverpool Baptisms 1903 to 1914 from St Ignatius, Ordsall Baptisms 1858 to 1872 from the Church of St George, Pendleton Marriages 1919 to 1930 from Christ Church, Salford Baptisms 1927 to 1932 from the Church of St John the Baptist, Toxteth, Liverpool Baptisms 1830 to 1832 from the Roman Catholic Church of St Patrick, Toxteth, Liverpool Baptisms 1907 to 1914 from the Church of St James the Great, Waterfoot in Rossendale Baptisms 1891 to 1901 from the Church of St Jude the Apostle, West Derby, Liverpool Baptisms 18903 to 1915 from the Church of All Saints, Weaste Baptisms 1896 to 1903 from the Church of St Luke, Weaste 3 April 2013 Marriages 1845 to 1900 from Church of the Holy Trinity in the Parish of Ashton in Makerfield Regards, Sally

The Oldham Branch of the Manchester & Lancashire FHS will hold their April meeting on Saturday, April 13, at 2 pm at Gallery Oldham, Education Suite, Oldham Cultural Quarter, Greaves Street, Oldham OL1 1AL. Rod Melton will be talking about Oldham Burials. The talk will cover the recorded burials in Oldham`s religious burial grounds, and the setting up of the municipal burial grounds. There is a small charge to attend this meeting. See http://www.oldham.mlfhs.org.uk/ for more information.

On 03/04/2013 17:38, familyhistory wrote : > On 03/04/2013 14:48, Lynne wrote : >> FamilySearch.org has added 19,206,333 images to its United Kingdom, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920 >> >> Browsable digital images: 19,206,333 >> >> This is a new image collection and it doesn't appear that any of it has been indexed yet. >> >> https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2125045 >> >> >> >> > And when you get down to wanting to view an image it tells you it can > only be viewed at a Family History Centre or by "Signed-In Members of > Supporting Organisations" whatever they are. > Well, it appears like you could see the images by creating a LDS account. Except that when you do and sign in if you work your way down to where it should display images you get a message "Image not Available". I'm guessing we need to wait a week or so while they sort out the glitches. --- Bob C http://www.bccy.org.uk and http://extra.bccy.org.uk

On 03/04/2013 14:48, Lynne wrote : > FamilySearch.org has added 19,206,333 images to its United Kingdom, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920 > > Browsable digital images: 19,206,333 > > This is a new image collection and it doesn't appear that any of it has been indexed yet. > > https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2125045 > > > > And when you get down to wanting to view an image it tells you it can only be viewed at a Family History Centre or by "Signed-In Members of Supporting Organisations" whatever they are. -- Bob C http://www.bccy.org.uk and http://extra.bccy.org.uk

Hi Bob I'm hoping that once the records are indexed we will be able to view them on FamilySearch.org. When (if!) I find out more I'll let you know. Kind regards, Lynne >> And when you get down to wanting to view an image it tells you it can >> only be viewed at a Family History Centre or by "Signed-In Members of >> Supporting Organisations" whatever they are. >> >Well, it appears like you could see the images by creating a LDS >account. Except that when you do and sign in if you work your way >down to where it should display images you get a message "Image not >Available". > >I'm guessing we need to wait a week or so while they sort out the glitches. > >--- >Bob C >http://www.bccy.org.uk and >http://extra.bccy.org.uk > > > >:-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > >Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. >Other people can learn from them! > >Buy or sell family research items on the GEN-MAT-UKI mailing list. No fees! >See http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Genealogical_Materials/GEN-MAT-UKI.html > > >:-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: :-+-: > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LAN-BLACKBURN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Additions from our friends at Lancashire BMD: 21 March 2013 Added 21,589 Births for Manchester RD comprising: Ardwick (1907-1909); Hulme (1906-1911) Amended 15,983 Births for West Lancashire RD to include mother's maiden name, comprising: Aughton (1837-1954) Added 23,584 Deaths for Oldham RD comprising: Crompton & Royton (1928-1931); Chadderton (1921-1931); Crompton (1921-1928); Royton (1923-1928); Saddleworth (1921-1931); Springhead (1927-1936); Oldham First (1936-1951) Added 6,487 Marriages for Manchester RD comprising: Manchester Register Office or Registrar Attended (1948-1950) Added 769 Marriages for Blackburn RD comprising: Blackburn Register Office or Registrar Attended (1975-1976) 3 April 2013 Added 2,106 Marriages for St. Helens RD comprising: Emanuel, Newton in Makerfield (1844-1990) Added 16,184 Marriages for Wigan and Leigh RD comprising: St. Elizabeth, Aspull (1951-1975); St. Thomas, Wigan (1951-1970); St. Paul, Goose Green (1951-1975); St. David, Haigh (1951-1974); All Saints, Hindley (1951-1975); St. Peter, Hindley (1951-1975); St. John, Hindley Green (1951-1975); St. Matthew, Highfield (1951-1975); Christ Church, Ince (1951-1975); St. Mary, Ince (1951-1976); St. John, Abram (1951-1975); St. Thomas, Ashton in Makerfield (1951-1975); St. Peter, Bryn (1951-1975); Ince Register Office or Registrar Attended (1951-1966); Wigan, Register Office or Registrar Attended (1951-1966) ~ ~ ~ ~ Cheshire BMD and Yorkshire BMD have also been updated. Many thanks to all responsible! Search for your ancestors in Lancashire at http://www.lancashirebmd.org.uk or use the multi-region search at http://www.ukbmdsearch.org.uk/ Happy searching! Lynne

FamilySearch.org has added 19,206,333 images to its United Kingdom, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920 Browsable digital images: 19,206,333 This is a new image collection and it doesn't appear that any of it has been indexed yet. https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2125045