Showing posts with label Databases and Repositories. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Databases and Repositories. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Saturday, October 2, 2010
Irish Census Strays - North of Ireland Family History Society
North of Ireland Family History Society
The term 'Census Strays' refers to people who are born in one place whose name crops up in a census in another place. In this case the listing is of people who are recorded in English censuses as being born in Ireland. The information has been collected from a number of sources and comprises the person's surname, first name, relationship within house, marital status, age, occupation, place of birth, census year and address at time of census. In a number of records additional information is provided, the source of the record and who recorded it, and occasionally there is some useful extra information provided in a note.
This section of our website contains details of over 15,000 records of persons living in households with one or more people of Irish origin. People sent these strays to us from the UK and the rest of the world. The records have been reproduced exactly as received from the many contributors so the spelling of names and places is as submitted. Please note that it has not been possible to check the reliability of this information.
Some abbreviations used by contributors are as follows: NNT Nottinghamshire, NBL Northumberland, DBY Derbyshire, NDFHS Northumberland and Durham FHS, and YKS Yorkshire.
Many thanks are due to the North of Ireland Family History Society members who recorded the Strays manually and then input the data to computer and website. Their hard work and dedication are much appreciated. They are listed here alphabetically: Richard Burns, Cyndy Cotton, David Deane, Phyllis Hancox, Yvonne Hobson, Harry Hunter, Flora Jackson, John Jackson, Jeanne Jordan, Gordon Lowry, Ernest Mulligan and Rosemary Sibbett.
The information is presented in a table in the following order.
Friday, October 1, 2010
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Irish Genealogy Church Records Search
Irish Genealogy
Under the second phase, which was launched on 16th June 2010 by Mary Hanafin TD, Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport and the Archbishop of Dublin, The Most Rev. Dr. John R.W. Neill, the remaining Church of Ireland records of Dublin City, County Kerry and County Carlow have been added. Also a subset of the Roman Catholic parishes in the Diocese of Cork & Ross has also been added. In addition to these records, digital images of the originals of these church records are also available to view on this website.
Work is progressing on the completion of the Dublin City Roman Catholic records and the South & West Cork Roman Catholic Records. The release of further records for online access will proceed on a phased basis. Please refer to the update of progress section in this website for news of upcoming releases.
About the Church Records Project
What church records are available online?
Under the first phase of the project, church records for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kerry were made available as were a subset of the Church of Ireland parishes in Kerry. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Kerry includes parishes in western and north-western areas of County Cork. The church records for a subset of the Roman Catholic and Church of Ireland parishes in Dublin City were also available as were a small number of Presbyterian records relating to a congregation in Lucan.Under the second phase, which was launched on 16th June 2010 by Mary Hanafin TD, Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport and the Archbishop of Dublin, The Most Rev. Dr. John R.W. Neill, the remaining Church of Ireland records of Dublin City, County Kerry and County Carlow have been added. Also a subset of the Roman Catholic parishes in the Diocese of Cork & Ross has also been added. In addition to these records, digital images of the originals of these church records are also available to view on this website.
Work is progressing on the completion of the Dublin City Roman Catholic records and the South & West Cork Roman Catholic Records. The release of further records for online access will proceed on a phased basis. Please refer to the update of progress section in this website for news of upcoming releases.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920 - Ancestry.co.uk
British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920 - Ancestry.co.uk
Source Information
Ancestry.com. British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
Original data:
Original data:
War Office: Soldiers’ Documents, First World War ‘Burnt Documents’ (Microfilm Copies); (The National Archives Microfilm Publication WO363); Records created or inherited by the War Office, Armed Forces, Judge Advocate General, and related bodies; The National Archives of the UK (TNA), Kew, Surrey, England.
The National Archives give no warranty as to the accuracy, completeness or fitness for the purpose of the information provided. Images may be used only for purposes of research, private study or education. Applications for any other use should be made to The National Archives Image Library, Kew, Richmond, Surrey TW9 4DU, Tel: 020 8392 5225. Fax: 020 8392 5266.
About British Army WWI Service Records, 1914-1920
Approximately 5 million men served in the British Army in World War One (WWI). This database contains the surviving service records of non-commissioned officers and other ranks who served in WWI and did not re-enlist in the Army prior to World War II. With the final release, this database now contains the entire service records collection.
These records contain a variety of forms, including:
- Attestation forms - the form completed by the individual on enlistment
- Medical history forms
- Casualty forms
- Disability statements
- Regimental conduct sheets
- Awards
- Proceedings on Discharge
- Cover for Discharge Documents
- Index Cards
Information available in these records includes:
- Name of soldier
- Age
- Birthplace
- Occupation
- Marital status
- Regimental number
- Date of attestation
- Physical description
Historical Background:
The British Army World War One Service Records are War Office (WO) records also known as the WO363 records and the ‘Burnt Documents.’ In 1940 there was a World War Two bombing raid on the War Office in London where the records were held. During this raid, a large portion (approximately 60 per cent) of the 6.5 million records was destroyed by fire. The surviving service records have become known as the ‘Burnt Documents’.
Although many of these records suffered water damage following the bombing raid, all surviving service and pension records were microfilmed by The National Archives, where both collections are held, as part of a major TNA conservation project.
Tips and Notes:
- Some records may have been stored and/or filmed in incorrect alphabetical order.
- Some records may appear to be out of order due to a misspelling or misreading of the name.
- Some soldiers did not record their first names; some of them only used initials, and others used nicknames or diminutive names.
England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906 - Ancestry.co.uk
England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906 - Ancestry.co.uk:
Source Information
Ancestry.com. England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.
Original data: Genealogical Society of Utah. British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd Edition. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, copyright 2002. Used by permission.
About England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906
This database contains information extracted from birth and christening records from various counties in England and Wales. The records date from 1530 to 1906. The records included in this database do not represent all localities in England and Wales and for any given area, coverage (both records within a year and total year range) may not be complete. Some parishes and counties are more complete than others.
There are some records for individuals of British origin born in foreign countries. These records have been indexed under London as that is where the original record collection containing these records is located.
Information extracted includes:
Name
Gender
Birth date
Christening date
Christening age
Christening place
Death date
Parents’ names
Grandparents’ names
Related Database:
England & Wales Marriages, 1530-1906"
Original data: Genealogical Society of Utah. British Isles Vital Records Index, 2nd Edition. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, copyright 2002. Used by permission.
About England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906
This database contains information extracted from birth and christening records from various counties in England and Wales. The records date from 1530 to 1906. The records included in this database do not represent all localities in England and Wales and for any given area, coverage (both records within a year and total year range) may not be complete. Some parishes and counties are more complete than others.
There are some records for individuals of British origin born in foreign countries. These records have been indexed under London as that is where the original record collection containing these records is located.
Information extracted includes:
Name
Gender
Birth date
Christening date
Christening age
Christening place
Death date
Parents’ names
Grandparents’ names
Related Database:
England & Wales Marriages, 1530-1906"
Ireland, Famine Relief Commission Papers, 1844-1847 - Ancestry.co.uk
Ireland, Famine Relief Commission Papers, 1844-1847 - Ancestry.co.uk
Source Information
Ancestry.com. Ireland, Famine Relief Commission Papers, 1844-1847 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Original data:
- Famine Relief Commission Papers, 1845–1847. RFLC3/1, Incoming Letters: Numerical Sub-series. The National Archives of Ireland, Dublin Ireland.
- Famine Relief Commission Papers, 1845–1847. RFLC3/2, Incoming Letters: Baronial Sub-series. The National Archives of Ireland, Dublin Ireland.
About Ireland, Famine Relief Commission Papers, 1844-1847
Historical Background:
Blight appeared among the Irish potato crop in September 1845, blackening leaves and finally spreading to the potatoes themselves. Many of Ireland’s poor depended wholly on the potato for food, and when crop failures combined with a host of political, social and economic factors which remain the subject of historical debate, hunger and malnutrition were followed by disease and death. In less than a decade, as many as a million Irish people would die, and even more would emigrate. More than a century and a half later, the country’s population had still not returned to pre-Famine levels.
The temporary Relief Commission was formed in November 1845 to oversee relief efforts, distribute food, collect information, and advise the government on the famine, the people, and aid efforts. Members of the Commission represented government departments, including the constabulary, coast guard, poor law commission, army, and board of works. The commission would be reorganized and disbanded in 1846 and then formed again in February 1847. Relief efforts would include importing corn, public works, soup kitchens, and workhouses.
About This Collection:
This database consists of two sub-series of Famine Relief Commission records held by the National Archives of Ireland.
The Baronial Sub-Series makes up the largest portion of the Relief Commission records. It consists of letters and other documents received by the Commission primarily from September 1846 through April 1847, though some earlier documents have been integrated into the collection. The Numerical Sub-Series consists of letters received by the Commission from November 1845 through August 1846, with a few dated up until May 1847.
These letters and other documents came from members of local relief committees, lieutenants of counties, clergy, and other citizens, and they touch on a broad spectrum of issues: reports on local food prices and relief efforts, requests for funds, lists of subscribers who had (or had failed) to donate to relief funds, queries about work projects or seed corn, names of committee members, even a recipe for rice and oatmeal “stirabout” one organization had used to feed the hungry and claims to be able to predict outbreaks of blight or snippets from the Bible a concerned citizen thought related to the crisis.
Between these two series, these records contain more than 10,000 names and provide an intimate view on a defining moment in modern Irish history.
British Phone Books, 1880-1984 - Ancestry.co.uk
British Phone Books, 1880-1984 - Ancestry.co.uk
Source Information
Ancestry.com. British Phone Books, 1880-1984 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Original data: British phone books 1880-1984 from the collection held by BT Archives. Images reproduced by courtesy of BT Archives, London, England.
About British Phone Books, 1880-1984
This collection contains British phone books published between 1880, the year after the public telephone service was introduced to the UK, and 1984, from the historic phone book collection held by BT Archives. The database currently contains 1780 phone books and provides near full county coverage for England as well as containing substantial records for Scotland, Ireland, and Wales.
About Phone Books:
The largest section of the phone book, and generally the most significant for family historians, is the alphabetical listings or directory. The alphabetical listings typically contain the following details:
Surname of person (usually the head of household) or name of business
Address
Exchange (up to 1968)
Telephone Number
Phone books also contain an introduction of useful local and operational information. Located at the front of the book these pages may contain lists of abbreviations used, contact information for important government agencies, instructions on how to make long distance calls, explanations of the exchanges and their coverage, or other necessary information in order to use the phone book and telephone equipment. The introduction is not searchable and can only be seen by using the browse function.
Advertisements for local businesses occasionally appear at the tops and bottoms of the alphabetical listings pages, as well as on full separate pages designated as such. Advertisements cannot be searched independently but can be seen by selecting the image of the phone book following searching for a name in close alphabetical proximity or by using the browse function.
Why use Phone Books?
Phone books are very useful for pinpointing individuals in a particular place and time. While censuses were only conducted once every ten years, phone books were published around every one to two years, creating in essence, an almost year by year record of individuals' geographic locations and movements. This makes it possible to locate many individuals in between census years and especially to find family members during years in which censuses are not currently available to the public. For reference, the latest viewable UK census is 1901, and will remain so until early 2012 when the 1911 census can be released.
Phone books are also very telling of an individual's economic and social status since telephone ownership is a prerequisite to an individual's inclusion within this collection. Early subscribers to the telephone service were typically large businesses or the well-to-do. Telephone ownership gradually increased, reflected by a corresponding growth in the size and number of phone books, and from the second quarter of the twentieth century became more commonly adopted by domestic subscribers.
While the alphabetical listings in the phone book will likely be of most interest to researchers, if your ancestor owned a business the advertisement section might also be of interest. There you may learn the location of and type of goods and services sold or offered by the business. This may lead you to additional research in occupational records.
BT actively supports the preservation of Britain's communications heritage. BT has published its commitment in its Heritage Policy (see www.bt.com/archives) and its Connected Earth initiative enables the exploration of communications past, present and future both online (atwww.connected-earth.com) and via a network of partner museums around the UK.
Source Information
Ancestry.com. British Phone Books, 1880-1984 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.
Original data: British phone books 1880-1984 from the collection held by BT Archives. Images reproduced by courtesy of BT Archives, London, England.
About British Phone Books, 1880-1984
This collection contains British phone books published between 1880, the year after the public telephone service was introduced to the UK, and 1984, from the historic phone book collection held by BT Archives. The database currently contains 1780 phone books and provides near full county coverage for England as well as containing substantial records for Scotland, Ireland, and Wales.
About Phone Books:
The largest section of the phone book, and generally the most significant for family historians, is the alphabetical listings or directory. The alphabetical listings typically contain the following details:
Surname of person (usually the head of household) or name of business
Address
Exchange (up to 1968)
Telephone Number
Phone books also contain an introduction of useful local and operational information. Located at the front of the book these pages may contain lists of abbreviations used, contact information for important government agencies, instructions on how to make long distance calls, explanations of the exchanges and their coverage, or other necessary information in order to use the phone book and telephone equipment. The introduction is not searchable and can only be seen by using the browse function.
Advertisements for local businesses occasionally appear at the tops and bottoms of the alphabetical listings pages, as well as on full separate pages designated as such. Advertisements cannot be searched independently but can be seen by selecting the image of the phone book following searching for a name in close alphabetical proximity or by using the browse function.
Why use Phone Books?
Phone books are very useful for pinpointing individuals in a particular place and time. While censuses were only conducted once every ten years, phone books were published around every one to two years, creating in essence, an almost year by year record of individuals' geographic locations and movements. This makes it possible to locate many individuals in between census years and especially to find family members during years in which censuses are not currently available to the public. For reference, the latest viewable UK census is 1901, and will remain so until early 2012 when the 1911 census can be released.
Phone books are also very telling of an individual's economic and social status since telephone ownership is a prerequisite to an individual's inclusion within this collection. Early subscribers to the telephone service were typically large businesses or the well-to-do. Telephone ownership gradually increased, reflected by a corresponding growth in the size and number of phone books, and from the second quarter of the twentieth century became more commonly adopted by domestic subscribers.
While the alphabetical listings in the phone book will likely be of most interest to researchers, if your ancestor owned a business the advertisement section might also be of interest. There you may learn the location of and type of goods and services sold or offered by the business. This may lead you to additional research in occupational records.
BT actively supports the preservation of Britain's communications heritage. BT has published its commitment in its Heritage Policy (see www.bt.com/archives) and its Connected Earth initiative enables the exploration of communications past, present and future both online (atwww.connected-earth.com) and via a network of partner museums around the UK.
England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 - Ancestry.co.uk
England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 - Ancestry.co.uk
About England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892This database contains criminal registers from England and Wales for the years 1791-1892. The criminal registers are a listing of individuals charged with crime. The registers provide information about the charged individual, their trial, and sentence (if convicted) or other outcome. Information listed may include:
Name of criminal
Age
Birthplace (not often listed after 1802)
Crime
When and where tried
Sentence (death, transportation, imprisonment, acquittal, etc.)
Where and when received
Date of execution or release
By whom committed, to whom delivered
Information obtained from these registers may be able to lead you to other records. For example, if you have a date and place of trial, you will know when and where to search for court records. Other criminal records to consult include:
Calendar of Prisoners
Prison Registers
Court records such as depositions, indictments, and case files
Warrants, including pardons, reprieves, and transfers of prisoners
Transportation records
For more information about these other records, where they’re located, and how to search them, consult The National Archives (TNA) online research guide publication, “Tracing 19th and 20th Century Criminals”, available at www.nationalarchives.gov.uk.
About England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892This database contains criminal registers from England and Wales for the years 1791-1892. The criminal registers are a listing of individuals charged with crime. The registers provide information about the charged individual, their trial, and sentence (if convicted) or other outcome. Information listed may include:
Name of criminal
Age
Birthplace (not often listed after 1802)
Crime
When and where tried
Sentence (death, transportation, imprisonment, acquittal, etc.)
Where and when received
Date of execution or release
By whom committed, to whom delivered
Information obtained from these registers may be able to lead you to other records. For example, if you have a date and place of trial, you will know when and where to search for court records. Other criminal records to consult include:
Calendar of Prisoners
Prison Registers
Court records such as depositions, indictments, and case files
Warrants, including pardons, reprieves, and transfers of prisoners
Transportation records
For more information about these other records, where they’re located, and how to search them, consult The National Archives (TNA) online research guide publication, “Tracing 19th and 20th Century Criminals”, available at www.nationalarchives.gov.uk.
Census records | The National Archives
Census records | The National Archives
Summary of UK and Ireland censuses available online
Summary of UK and Ireland censuses available online
Ulster Covenant Search
Ulster Covenant
The archive of the Ulster Unionist Council, held by the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI), contains just under half a million original signatures and addresses of the men who, on 28 September 1912, signed the Ulster Covenant, and of the women who signed the parallel Declaration. In total, the Covenant was signed by 237,368 men, and the Declaration by 234,046 women.
The archive of the Ulster Unionist Council, held by the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI), contains just under half a million original signatures and addresses of the men who, on 28 September 1912, signed the Ulster Covenant, and of the women who signed the parallel Declaration. In total, the Covenant was signed by 237,368 men, and the Declaration by 234,046 women.
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