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19 February 2017

FREE Access to Ancestry UK Records Through 20 February 2017

FREE Access to Ancestry UK Records Through 20 February 2017

Researching UK ancestors? Check out these databases for FREE between now and Monday via this link.

What included record collection most intrigued you?

Editor’s Note: Apologies for the delay in posting this. Though I had heard the FREE access was coming, I couldn't find the appropriate Ancestry page referring to the sale and I gave up. I didn’t want to lead you astray! I was away from my computer, enjoying the sunshine, and doing non-genealogical stuff yesterday, and today finally stumbled across the appropriate landing page. Enjoy the remaining time with the FREE access, though, I'll be out enjoying the sunshine again!

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03 November 2015

FREE Index ($ to access found records) -- FindMyPast Releases 1939 Register

Findmypast has just made available the so-called 1939 Register. You can search the index for FREE though it does cost (separate from any other Findmypast subscription or pay option) to access the actual data and related information.

This is an important record because the 1931 census of England and Wales was destroyed by fire in 1942, there was no 1941 census taken and the 1951 census survives though won’t be available until 2052 due to the 100-year closure rule established after the 1911 census.

This is personally interesting for me as this is the first time my mother would show up with her parents as she was born in 1937. I did search on my grandfather, when I couldn’t find my mother, and found the household. Interestingly, the household is shown with the head of household (my grandfather -- John R Fountain), 1 other (should be my grandmother) and 1 locked individual (should be my mother). This is because the listed individuals have to have surpassed the one hundred year and one day mark in order for the information to be made public. Since exact birth dates are part of the collected information, as individuals achieve this milestone, their information will become available.

In my case, since my mother is deceased, there is “supposed” to be a mechanism available where if I provide proof that she is deceased, access can then be granted. As soon as I know more about this option, I’ll add that info to this post. Once I unlock my mom, I’ll then go looking for my then still-living great grandparents and other family members.

Want to learn more about these records and their digitization? Check out these resources:

+ BBC Magazine article, Plugging genealogy's 30-year gap

+ Introducing the 1939 Register, video from Findmypast on the digitization process

+ Introductory video on using the database from Findmypast

+ Facebook Page for 1939 Register (a convenient platform to use to get questions answered)

+ General information about “The 1939 National Identify Card” via 1911Census.org.uk

Did you make a great find?

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23 October 2014

Who are the Welsh? Mass genetic testing to find out nation's ancestry

An interesting project is underway ...

CymruDNAWales will carry out an unprecedented mass survey of Wales’s ancestry to trace the origins of its people – back beyond written records to the end of the last ice age around 9,000BC when colossal glacial shifts gouged out our landscape and allowed the first immigrants to settle here.

You can learn more here.

Apparently a similar project was undertaken in 2012 in Scotland.

I am familiar with The Genographic Project ... “advanced DNA analysis and worked with indigenous communities to help answer fundamental questions about where humans originated and how we came to populate the Earth.”

I also remember reading, Faroe Islands Aim to Sequence Genes of Entire Country. This project was undertaken with a health focus and the future use of genomic medicine.

It will be interesting to see where these projects go and what they learn.

Are there other mass survey DNA projects that have taken place or are occurring now to identify the deep ancestry of a particular locale or people?

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25 August 2014

Good News -- Mother's names to now be added to marriage certificates in England and Wales!

England marriage certificate of my parents, Richard Alfred Acey + Margaret Joyce Fountain, 1958.
Notice that only the fathers are listed!
(Copyright 2014 Diane L Richard)

Since Queen Victoria’s time 1830’s—marriage certificates in England and Wales included only the names of the father of the bride and groom—not the mothers. Scotland and Wales already include mother’s names. In fact when civil registration was introduced in Scotland in 1855 mothers' names were on marriage certificates from day one!

Due to a petition gathering - with nearly 70,000 names and over 100 members of Parliament this will now be changed to include mothers’ names on marriage records. One hundred years ago women were the “property” of their father’s which probably explains why only the father’s names were included. This “rights” an historical wrong against women and for future researchers to learn about their ancestors.

To learn more see: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-28844124. Prime Minister Cameron said: "It's high time the system was updated."

The link above includes a few videos that discuss the history, the petition, and interviews the person behind the petition: Ailsa Burkimsher Sadler.

Source: IAJGS Public Records Access Alert via Jan Meisels Allen, Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee, via Jan Alpert (Past President NGS)

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