Findmypast launch Catholic Heritage Archive
Findmypast have announced the creation of the Roman Catholic Heritage Archive in early February last which aims to digitise the historic recordsof the Catholic Church in the United States, Britain and Ireland. They have released three million exclusive records including sacramental registers for the Archdioceses of Philadelphis from 1757 bto 1916 as well as for […]
The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland published online data on name frequencies available
The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland Over 45,000 entries Go to http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199677764.001.0001/acref-9780199677764 This huge new dictionary is the ultimate reference work on family names of the UK, covering English, Scottish, Welsh, Irish, Cornish, and immigrant surnames. It includes every surname that currently has more than 100 bearers, and those that had […]
ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk – the official government / National Records of Scotland genealogy index/images portal – has relaunched
ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk – the official government / National Records of Scotland genealogy index/images portal – has relaunched. A major change is that it is now free to search indexes, and you only pay to download images. There's a search form on the home page that lets you search across all records in one go. Searching […]
New search facilities on UK GRO indexes
The UK GRO indexes can now be searched at https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/certificates/indexes_search.asp for births and deaths up to 1957. The search facility has the bonus that the result gives the mother's maiden name for births pre-1911, and the age at death pre-1865, which were not previously given. Searches are restricted to 5 year […]
County Wicklow origins in Shillelagh and Ballinacor baronies
The Third Quarter issue of the Irish Roots magazine has an article on the Coollattin Papers from the Earls Fitzwilliam estate of that name. They consist of Famine Emigration Books, Lists of Land Occupiers and the 1842 Estate Maps. I noticed a reference to John Donoghoe from the townland of Ballyrahan. In 1827 he was […]