Irish family history website, FindMyPast.ie, has launched its Irish Newspapers Collection, making almost 2 million historical Irish newspaper articles available to search on the website. This collection is also accessible on all FindMyPast international sites through a World subscription.
And Findmypast.co.uk has released over 300,000 new Royal Household Staff records. Again, the records are available on all FindMyPast sites.
Ancestry have announced the unveiling of new Birmingham material. An alternative way into the records can be found here.
Know what COPAC is? Have a look here.
A similar cataloguing-type post is here.
Scottish researchers may wish to check this out (old films!). Oh, and this, too (Scottish Postal Service).
Just spotted this: WDYTYA? Magazine Podcasts. And here's more from the latest WDYTYA? TV show.
Special offer from RootsIreland!
A useful-looking source of worldwide genealogy news.
Blogger John D Reid has been busy compiling his 'Rockstar Genealogists' lists - a couple of the more relevant results for the Brits/Irish can be found here and here. John also flags an interesting inheritance story.
The DeceasedOnline blog takes a look at St.Pancras and Islington Cemeteries.
The National Archives are tinkering with their website layout - see here.
Latest GOONS Newsflash.
News for MyHeritage users.
An Irish diaspora TV station?
More Irish stuff from blogger Claire Santry:
Chris Paton brings us some handy items, too:
- New North Yorkshire Archives online bookshop;
- New Burke's Peerage service;
- Register of One-Place Studies (NOT the 'Society', as mentioned last week!).
A crucial - and often overlooked - aspect of family history research from blogger Michael J Leclerc.
Here's your weekly dose of entertaining history links from the Two Nerdy History Girls.
A history crossword.
Usual stuff from the BBC:
- Latest history news;
- Latest Podcast;
- Upcoming history TV/radio.
Forthcoming events:
- Saturday 28th September - Wisbech Family History Day;
- Saturday 28th September - Stamford Book Fair;
- Sunday 29th September - Hants Genealogical Society Open Day, Horndean;
- Sunday 29th September - Aberdeen Book Fair;
- Upcoming Postcard Fairs (please check with organisers before travelling a long way);
- 12th October - IHGS Military Records Day Course;
- National Library of Scotland events (and here);
- SoG October events;
- The BBC's 'Things To Do' page.
And don't forget to keep calling in at the BI-Gen Twitter feed!
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