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Ancestry

Ancestry now has a full-text search feature, which allows you to search within transcribed documents using keywords. Similar to FamilySearch's advanced search, it focuses on OCR-processed records and can be accessed via the Search menu.

• Arolsen Concentration Camp

Ancestry

• London, England, University College London Student Records, 1828-1954
• East Yorkshire, England, School Admission Registers, 1846-1924
• Victoria, Australia, Apprentice History Cards, 1913-1976
• Côtes-d'Armor, France, Births, Marriages, and

Ancestry

• UK, Council of Legal Education Examination Records, 1861-1949
• UK, Military Service Records, 1939-1959. 2 million service records for British infantry service members discharged as over age between 1939 and 1959
• Suffolk, Gaol Records, 1791-1878
• Westminster,

Police Gazettes are a critical resource for anyone researching criminal history, as well as family historians who are researching an ancestor who may have been on the wrong side of the law. In many cases, they provide the best starting point for such research, before moving on to check if there are more detailed

The State Records Office is often asked if there are existing photographs of convicts sent to Western Australia. While convicts were not photographed during transportation to WA or upon arrival, photography was still in its early stages in the mid-1800s. However, there are existing photographs of a number of convicts who were later reconvicted

Ancestry

• Doncaster and Surrounding Area, Yorkshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1558-1812
• Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1925
• Doncaster, Yorkshire, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1950
• Doncaster,

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• UK, Death Notices, 1980-2022
• UK and Allies, Far East Prisoner of War Portraits, 1939-1945
• Ireland, Midleton Distillery Barley Purchase Books, 1825-1834
• Ireland, Church of Ireland Land Tenure Index, 1878
• Australia, Queensland, Police

Ancestry

• Birmingham, England, Electoral Registers, 1833-1972;
• Suffolk, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
• Suffolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1924
• Suffolk, England, Church of England Marriages

Ancestry

• Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1950
• Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1924
• Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, England, Church of England Deaths

Ancestry

• Birmingham, England, Petty Session Registers, 1892-1923
• London, England, University College Hospital and Middlesex Student Records, 1828-1945
• Australia, Victoria, Crown Land Licenses, 1853 and 1856
• Australia, New South Wales, Penrith, Valuation