A freshly-transcribed version of the 1881 Census for Scotland is now available at Find My Past. For full details and the relevant link see here. And, as far as I'm aware, you can still get 10% off the membership rates for FMP by using the promotion code NEWYEAR12 - or if that doesn't work try STFTW12 (until 31st January - try the site out here).
FMP have also released additional records for the county of Cheshire - see here.
DeceasedOnline have come forward with more releases - this time from the Scottish Highlands.
The February issue of Family History Monthly is now available.
Pen & Sword Books have issued another 'offers' bulletin.
And finally, news-wise, I will give you the next announcement (via the FFHS's Roger Lewry) in full...
The following announcement has been received from the Ancestral Tourism Partnership:
Dr Nick Barratt will be among speakers at the Archives, Digitization and Heritage Tourism Workshop taking place at The Centre for the Historical Record, Kingston University, London 2.30 - 5.30pm on Wednesday, 22 February 2012. This innovative workshop aims to facilitate discussion and dissemination of information about the latest digital developments in the field of archives and heritage that are designed to increase public use and awareness of historic records and to encourage more people to visit local repositories and sites of historic interest. It will be of particular interest to archive, museum and heritage professionals, local councils keen to promote heritage and tourism in their area, and anyone interested in public history, local history and family history. Everyone is welcome and entrance is free but places are limited so please reserve your seat online (http://number8glass.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=dd1d56a1060255e3c02857d1b&id=2ae699084b&e=b2cded504a). This link will also provide more information about the scope of the workshop. For more information please contact Dr Nicola Phillips, The Centre for the Historical Record at: n.philllips@kingston.ac.uk or 020 8417 2895.
WEBSITES
The 3rd anniversary of GeneaBloggers has just passed - which gives me an excuse to direct you to a neat little post on the worthy set-up, here.
Fell across the MemoryBistro website on Twitter, and thought it was worth a mention. Doesn't appear to have launched yet, but looks like an interesting concept.
ARTICLES
The Family Recorder blog has two recent articles of interest. Firstly, there's a piece on Free Online Genealogy Tools; then there's an item on an unusual, and often ridiculed, occupation - the 'monthly nurse'.
MEDIA NEWS
TWITTER BITS
- 'Napoleonland' theme park (from @74guns via @2nerdyhistgirls);
- 1984-85 Miners' Strike (from @heritagehistory);
- Dublin City Book Fair on 22nd (from @findmypastIE);
- Early Photography (from @Amateur_Casual);
- Wolverhampton events (from @WolvesArchives);
- 1960s London footage (from @peter_watts);
- Pram fashions - fantastic! (from @BritishPathe).
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