The big news this week is the buy-out of Geni.com by MyHeritage - get it from the horse's mouth here. There's also some equally big news about additional funding for MyHeritage. And MyHeritage's CEO gives his views on developments here.
FindMyPast have released new records pertaining to Doncaster.
And FindMyPast Ireland have added another massive wave of entries to their Petty Sessions records for 1850-1910. See the announcement here, then follow the link for more info (including the identity of the 'new' records). Oh, and here's something else which has just popped up for Irish researchers.
Episode 12 of 'The Family History Show' is now available - including a visit to Essex Record Office.
The British Newspaper Archive celebrates its first birthday by hitting the 6 million page mark. BTW, recently added titles can be found here.
There's yet another (slightly early) release of Peter Calver's Lost Cousins Newsletter. As ever, there are some excellent links and pointers contained therein ... which I'm not going to tell you about so that you are forced to follow the link!
DeceasedOnline have added to their record collection for Bolton. There's a related blog post here.
The National Archives' slow shift from the 30-year to the 20-year rule as regards the release of public records is covered simply and effectively here (note the link at the foot of the piece).
The Christmas issue of WDYTYA? Magazine is now available.
And here's the latest update from Parish Chest.
If you're a regular visitor to PRONI then you may be interested in their end-of-year Digest.
Here are a few Christmas offers from BooksIreland.
Those of you interested in the history of London/Essex may wish to have a look at this important new online resource.
Here's an interesting post on the history of the famous Bronte family.
And, OK, so it seems to be a piece of purely US news, but here's a big development as regards Ancestry and newspaper records.
The usual Friday stuff from the BBC's HistoryExtra website...
- Forthcoming history TV & radio;
- Latest Podcast;
- The week's 'History Headlines' ... well, they should be appearing here sometime today!
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