----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Thompson" <rob_caribbean@yahoo.co.uk> To: <UK-FAMILYHISTORYNEWS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 4:46 PM Subject: GENUKI Family History News 82 > GENUKI Family History News > No 82 > > 21st January 2002 > > Hi Everyone and welcome to this 82nd GENUKI Family > History News > > Thanks first to Phil Degan who pointed out my non > deliberate error last week. People queuing in the past > for the census at St Catherine's House would indeed > have been in the wrong place, quite how that slipped > in I am not sure - it should have, of course , been > Chancery Lane, which was even more cramped > > Warwickshire County Record Office have asked if the > following > details could be brought to the attention of anyone > who is planning > to visit there in the foreseeable future:- > > ACCESS DURING MAJOR BUILDING WORKS > > PHASE 1 (12 FEBRUARY-JULY 2002) > > The Record Office will soon be embarking on a £2 > million rebuilding > scheme, funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, > Warwickshire County > Council and The Friends of the Record Office, to > provide 90% more > archive storage space, double the number of seats, new > reception and > IT areas and a public refreshment room. > > Phase 1 is expected to start on 12th February and the > Record Office > car park will in effect be turned into a building > site. There will > be no parking along the drive, and the present car > park will be > occupied by the contractor's huts and equipment. > > We very much regret that VISITORS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO > BRING THEIR > CARS, MOTOR CYCLES OR BICYCLES TO THE RECORD OFFICE. > Public access > will only be on possible on foot, and even then you > may be asked to > wait by the contractors if deliveries are being made. > > Please follow notices or instructions from the > contractors or Record > Office staff as these will be issued in the interests > of safety. > > We will do all we can to enable disabled people to > have access but > it is essential that anyone with a disability should > contact us in > advance so that we can discuss their needs. > > A map showing public car parks in Warwick is available > on request. > > During phase 1 the Record Office will continue to be > open as usual: > Tuesday-Thursday 9.0-5.30, Friday 9.0-5.0 and Saturday > mornings > 9.0-12.30. (Closed on Mondays). > > PHASE 2 (JULY 2002-MARCH 2003) > > >From July 2002 the Record Office at Priory Park will > close > completely and a reduced service using microfilm, > microfiche, CD ROM > and Internet sources (but no original documents) will > operate in > Warwick Library until the new Record Office re-opens > in Priory Park > in spring 2003. Further details to follow. > > New Books & CDs > > NEW CD RELEASES FROM ARCHIVE CD BOOKS > =============== > * Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire 1870 > Every place in Worcestershire is described > see Worcestershire directories page > > * Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire 1940 > An extremely comprehensive directory of > Worcestershire in 1940 > see Worcestershire directories page > > * Kelly's Directory of Worcestershire 1912 > A very comprehensive 512 page directory > see Worcestershire directories page > > * Kelly's Directory of Warwickshire 1940 > A huge directory covering Warwickshire. > see Warwickshire directories page > > * The Book of Manchester & Salford (BMA) 1829 > Contains descriptions of the history of Manchester & > Salford, > its development, people and industries. > see Lancashire History page > > * 1857 History, Gazetteer and Directory of Derbyshire > - F White > One of the most comprehensive directories ever > produced > for Derbyshire, with 996 pages. > see Derbyshire directories page > > * Directory and Gazetteer of Staffordshire with Dudley > 1861 > A very large and particularly comprehensive > directory > see Staffordshire directories page > > The easiest "launch" page to visit to see those is the > "Latest > Releases" > web page at: > http://www.rod-neep.co.uk/books/new/ > > The Society of Genealogists Bookshop is now stocking > many of the Archive CD products, some of which are > already online, I am told many more will follow. > > Certificates > > BIRTH > HOBBS, David John, son of James & Hannah, 16 May 1848, > Grays, Essex > HUBBARD, John, son of John and Martha, 22 October > 1886, Nuneaton > POWELL, Thomas, son of Thomas and Anne, 2 August 1837, > Pembroke > > MARRIAGE > ADAMS Thomas & ROWE Ellen Rosina, City of London 1893 > > If this is of use to you in your own personal > research, drop me a line > At Rob@galethompson.freeserve.co.uk and I will put you > in touch with the > current holder > Meanwhile, if you have a certificate you don't need > that may > be of use to someone else then drop me a line, and we > will advertise it > in an upcoming newsletter . > > Webpage reviews > > http://www.bufvc.ac.uk/databases/newsreels/staff_old/index.html > This website will no doubt only be of limited use to a > small number of people, but is worth a mention anyway. > It is a database of newsreel staff, including editors, > cameramen and sound recordists, working for a variety > of organisations including Pathe and British Movietone > amongst others. There are brief details on some, and > more detailed biographies of others, but you will have > to be very lucky to get one of those. Obviously the > records are all twentieth century, but plenty go back > to 1910. It is a nice website, well organised and easy > to use, and a good example of how an interest in one > particular occupation could help genealogists. > > http://www.fowc.i12.com/home.html > The website of the Friends of Wardsend Cemetery in > Sheffield. The website includes brief details of the > cemetery and it's residents and information about the > group itself. The site is a little over heavy on > graphics and slow to load, but could well be > interesting if family lived in this area of Sheffield. > Also contains details of events and membership of the > group. > > http://www.hull.ac.uk/lib/archives/quaker/ > The site of the Yorkshire Quaker Heritage Project. > This website will help you to locate records of > meetings and documents relating to Quaker's in > Yorkshire. The online databases are not finished yet, > there is a tempting carrot of a name index which is > not yet available. The location search is very useful > though, and if you have an interest in Quaker history, > or Quaker ancestry you will find details of the > project very interesting > > Forthcoming Events > > > Tickets for the SOG Family History Fair in London in > May are available to buy online at the SoG bookshop > (www.sog.org.uk) There are also more details about > this key event in our family history calendar! > > Where does your family fit in? Local history for > family historians. > > > When a family's history is unravelled, the story of > successive > generations can also tell us a great deal about > places. Some families > stayed in the same village or town for many > generations- most moved, > over both > long and short distances. What kept them in one place > or tempted them > to > move? Did their decisions depend on opportunities to > make a living? > Were they tied to a place by kinship? And did they > move because of > marriage, service, or even family quarrels? > > Broadening the focus to local history is often a > logical step > for many of those who are researching their family's > history. Local history, as it is practised in the > Centre for Local > History at the > University of Leicester, studies people in their > landscapes. Through > the > courses at Leicester you can investigate how the > inhabitants saw their > surroundings, and you can appreciate their loyalties > towards their > village, town or region. The courses on landscape > history show how > people reacted to their environment, and moulded the > countryside for > their own purposes. The courses on local societies > investigate > communities, the inequalities of wealth and status, > and beliefs and > cultures. A large number have, indeed, enrolled on the > course to find a > context > for their family's history. Many of the students in > the Leicester > Centre for Local History > have come back to formal education after some years. > The courses can be > taken part > time (including evening study), and there is a > friendly and supportive > atmosphere. > > If you want to find out more about the course, do look > at our large > suite of web pages at: > http://www.le.ac.uk/elh/ > and send for a brochure (e-mail elhinfo@le.ac.uk) or > ring 0116 2522762 > to talk to one > of us. > > . > How to use the (NEW) Library Catalogue on Computer > by the Society's Librarian > Wednesday 23rd January 2002 at 2.00pm, SoG, London > > This tutorial will include a demonstration of the new > Windows software > and > is intended to show both the basics and some refined > ways of searching > the > catalogue. > > Cost: £4.00 or £3.20 (members) > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > 400 Million Names - The FamilySearch Database > by Jeanne Bunting & John Hanson > Wednesday 30th January 2002 at 2.00pm, SoG London > > This course will cover the LDS FamilySearch suite of > programs on CD-ROM > (which includes the IGI, Ancestral File, Salt Lake > City Library > Catalogue > etc) with passing references to the version available > on the Internet. > You > will be shown how to search the various modules, some > of the pitfalls, > how > to save and/or print the data obtained in both > genealogy and general > purpose programes. Reference will also be > made to obtaining source references for records > obtained from the > British > Isles Vital Records Index on CD-ROM. > > Cost: £7.00 or £5.60 (members) > > You can find a listing of upcoming > events, > and links to respective websites on the GENEVA site > (part of GENUKI) at > :http://users.ox.ac.uk/~malcolm/genuki/geneva/ > > New on Genfair > > Volume 19 of the 1851 Census for Wiltshire is a > transcription on microfiche of the parishes of > Bratton, Bulkington, Dilton Marsh, East Coulston, > Edington, Great Hinton, Heywood, Keevil, North > Bradley, Southwick, Steeple Ashton, West Ashton and > Westbury. See the GENfair stand of Wiltshire Census > Productions. > > Bradford FHS have published the 2001 Supplements to > their Directory of Members' Interests in print and > microfiche formats > > New from Powys FHS are 1861 Census transcriptions for > Registration SubDistrict of Hay in Breconshire and the > Districts of Knighton and Presteigne which cover about > 30 Radnorshire parishes. There is also a CD covering > the whole of Radnorshire, indexed and with "as > enumerated" transcripts of the 1861 Census. > > Suffolk FHS have published The Diary of John Kirby > Moore of Badley 1821-1882. Researched and written by > Mike Durrant, this book is the occasional diary of a > Suffolk gentleman farmer who lived at Badley, Suffolk, > for 91 years. > > The FHS of Cheshire have added the MIs of Woodchurch > to their microfiche series of monumental inscriptions > > GENfair is an online Family History Fair and > Genenalogy Bookshop, where > you will find over 15,000 items for sale, mainly the > publications of > over > 60 UK Family History Societies. You can find Genfair > at > www.genfair.com. > > New on GENUKI > > Bedfordshire Links/Pages added/amended : > [Yelden]Yielding; [Yelden] The Church of St. Mary; > [Yelden] The > Wesleyan Chapel Herewas Rebuilt in 1884; [Yelden] > Yelden War Memorial; [Yelden]Genweb Bedfordshire > Contains a Descriptive Page About Yelden. > > West Riding Links/Pages added/amended: > [Ilkley] All Saints Church;[Ilkley] All Saints Church; > [Ilkley] St. Margaret's Church; [Ilkley] The Baptist > Church;[Ilkley] The Methodist and U.R.C. Church; > [Ilkley] The Roman Catholic Church; [Ilkley] The > Quaker's Meeting house; [Ilkley] St. John the > Evangelist's Church, Ben Rhydding; [Ilkley] St. John > the Evangelist's Church, Ben Rhydding; [Ilkley] The > Methodist Church, Ben Rhydding;[Keighley] St. > Andrew's, The Shared Church, Keighley; [Keighley]St. > John The Evangelist's Church, Ingrow; [Keighley] > Christ Church, Oakworth;[Keighley] Christ Church, > Oakworth; [Keighley] St. Joseph's Church;[Keighley] > All Saints' Church, Highfield; [Keighley] All Saints' > Church, Highfield; [Keighley] The New Church; > [Keighley] The Apostolic Church;[Keighley] The > Assemblies of God Church; [Keighley] The Methodist > Church;[Keighley] The Methodist Church, Wesley place; > [Keighley] The Spiritualists' Church, Herbert Street; > [Keighley] St. Anne's Roman Catholic > Church;[Keighley] Our Lady of Victories Roman Catholic > Church; > [Keighley] Christ the King Roman Catholic Church; > [Keighley] St. Mark's Church, Utley;[Keighley] St. > John's Church, Newsholme; [Kettlewell] View > 2;[Kildwick] St.James' Church, Silsden; [Kildwick] St. > John the > Evangelist's Church, Cononley; [Kildwick] The Baptist > Chapel, Cononley; [Kildwick] Holy Trinity Church, > Cowling; [Kildwick] The Roman Catholic Church, > Crosshills;[Kildwick] All Saints' Church, Glusburn; > [Kildwick] The Baptist Church, Glusburn; [Kildwick] > The Methodist Church, Silsden; [Kildwick] The Roman > Catholic Church, Silsden; [Kildwick] The Methodist > Church, Steeton;[Kildwick] St. Mary's Church, Low > Bradley; [Kildwick] The Methodist Church, Low Bradley; > [Kildwick] Pigot's Directory; [Kildwick] History and > Geography1834; [Kippax] The Church of St. Mary the > Less, Allerton; [Kippax]The Methodist Church, > Allerton; [Kippax] The Roman Catholic Church, > Allerton;[Kippax] The Inter-denominational Mission > Hall, Allerton; [Kirk Deighton]All Saints' Church; > [Kirk Sandal] The Church of the Good Shepherd;[Kirkby > Malhamdale] St. Michael's Church; [Kirkby Malhamdale] > St. Michael's Church;[Kirkby Malhamdale] The Methodist > Church, Airton; [Kirkby Overblow] > All Saints' Church; [Kirkby Overblow] The Church of > St. John the > Evangelist,North Rigton; [Kirkby Overblow] St. Peter's > Church, > Sicklinghall;[Kirkby Overblow] The Roman Catholic > Church, Sicklinghall; [Kirkby Overblow]Churches of > Yorkshire; [Kirkheaton] Trades and > Professions1834;[Kirkheaton] History and Geography > 1834; [Knaresborough] Trades and Professions 1837; > [Knaresborough] White's 1837 Gazetteer, History and > Directory; [Leathley] The Old Methodist Church; > [Ledsham] All Saints'Church; [Ledsham] All Saints' > Church; [Ledsham] St. James's Church, Fairburn; > [Linton] St. Michael and All Angels' Church; [Linton] > St.Michael and All Angels' Church; [Linton] St. > Peter's Church, Hebden; [Linton]The Methodist Church, > Hebden; [Linton] The Methodist Church, > Grassington;[Linton] The Congregational Church, > Grassington; [Linton] TheRoman Catholic Church, > Grassington; [Linton] The Methodist Church, > Threshfield; [LongPreston] St. Mary's Church; [Long > Preston] St. Aidan's Church, Hellifield;[Low Bentham] > St. Margaret's Church, High Bentham; [Low Bentham] The > Methodist Church, High Bentham; [Low Bentham] The > Roman Catholic Church, High Bentham; [Low Bentham] St. > Leonard's Church, Chapel le Dale;[Low Bentham] St. > John the Baptist's Church; [Low Bentham] St. John the > Baptist's Church; [Low Bentham] The Methodist Church > > Lancashire Links/Pages added/amended: > [Ireby] St. Oswald's Church; [Ireby] All Saints' > Church; [Ireby] The Methodist Church;[Ireby] The > Methodist Church (ex Wesleyan); [Liverpool]Liverpool > Photographers; [Lytham] Lytham St.Annes Civic Society; > [Oldham]Oldham workhouse; [Sharples] Census Records, > and Indexes for Sharples;[Silverdale]Census Records, > and Indexes for Silverdale; [Southport] Census > Records, and Indexes for Southport; [Stalybridge] > Stalybridge Trade Directory 1825;[Stand] Census > Records, and Indexes for Stand > > Wiltshire Links/Pages added/amended: > [Ham] Map of the area;[Hankerton] Map of the area; > [Hannington] Map of the area; [Hardenhuish] Map of the > area; [Heddington] Map of the area; > [Heytesbury] Map of the area;[Highway] Map of the > area; [Highworth] Map of the area; [Hill Deverill] Map > of the area; [Hilmarton] Map of the area; [Hilperton] > Map of the area;[Hindon] Map of the area; > [Hippenscombe] Map of the area; [Holt]Map of the area; > [Homington] Map of the area; [Horningsham] Map of the > area; [Huish]Map of the area; [Hullavington] Map of > the area; [Hungerford] Map of the area; [Idmiston] Map > of the area; [Imber] Map of the area; [Inglesham] > Map of the area; [Keevil] Map of the area; [Kingston > Deverill] Map of > The area;[Kington St Michael] Map of the area; [Knook] > Map of the area > > Public Record Office Links/Pages added/amended: > Family History in England and Wales; Family History in > > England and Wales; Farm Survey, National 1940-1943; > Feet of Fines (Land Conveyances, 1182-1833);Foreign > Office from 1782; Foreign Office: Card Index, > 1906-1910; Foreign Office: Card Index, 1910-1919; > French Lands of the English Kings; French Revolution; > Genealogy before Parish Registers; Government Gazettes > of the British Empire and Commonwealth; Health between > the Wars: 1919-1939; Hearth Tax; Home Front: Second > World War; Home Office Correspondence: 1839-1949;How > to Interpret Death Duty Registers; How to Read Roman > Numerals; Immigrants; Indonesia Since 1945; > Inquisitions Post Mortem, HenryIII-Charles I: > Landholders and Their Heirs; Intelligence Records in > the PRO; International Organisations: 20th century > Europe; Internees: First and Second World Wars; > Inventions: Patents and Specification; Ireland: Roger > Casement; Irish Genealogy; Jacobite Risings; King's > Bench (Crown Side)Records 1675-1875; King's Bench > Criminal Trials: 1675-1899; Labour, Records of the > Ministry of Labour; League of Nations; Letters and > Papers of > Henry VIII; Lunacy and the State; Lunatic Asylums; > Manor and Other Local Court Rolls, 13th Century-1922; > Manorial Records in the PRO; Maps and Plans: Foreign, > Colonial and Dominions; Maps in the PRO; Marines, > Royal: Further Areas of Research; Marines, Royal: How > to Find a Division; Marines, Royal: Officers' Service > Records; Marines, Royal: Other Ranks' Service Records > > GENUKI's Home Page - > http://www.genuki.org.uk/GENUKI's Listings > of:Family history Societies - > http://www.genuki.org.uk/Societies/ > Genealogy Mailing > Lists-http://www.genuki.org.uk/indexes/MailingLists.html > > Surname > Lists-http://www.genuki.org.uk/indexes/SurnamesLists. > > And finally... > > Well that's all for another week, hope this newsletter > has been of interest to you, as usual I look forward > to any suggestions, comments or news you might have > > Have a good week > > Rob > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To subscribe to Family History News send a message > containing the word > subscribe to > UK-FAMILYHISTORYNEWS-L-request@Rootsweb.com. > Subscription > is > free > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To find out more about the newsletter, or view the > archive see > http://www.genuki.org.uk/news/ > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The contents of this newsletter are copyright by Rob > Thompson and > GENUKI > > You may redistribute all or part of the news sections > but please > mention the > source. 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