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Ancestry

Nottinghamshire Parish Registers

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Service Records, 1903-1922

U.S. Southern Baptist Church Records, 1750-1899

U.S. Washington,

The Irish Group are returning to Unit4 at May St for the last meeting of 2022 which will be our Brick-wall workshop where the group will have the opportunity to discuss any problems in their family history research. 

What is a brick-wall? Every family historian comes across an ancestor that they cant identify or for whom they cant

Am I the only person who didn’t know that the files that hang in a filing cabinet are called “Vertical Files”?  Just one of the things I have learned while browsing through our Library collections at May Street.  More importantly, I’ve actually found out what treasures can be un-earthed in the Vertical Files. 

Links that I thought were interesting.

Hackers can unlock Honda cars remotely in Rolling-PWN attacks

This year marks the 80th anniversary of the date women of the Australian Women's Army Service (AWAS) first arrived on Rottnest Island.  They were followed by other branches of the services including the Women’s Royal

Ancestry

Worcestershire, Parish Registers

York Parish Registers

Carmarthenshire and Bangor, Wills Index Cards, 1885-1941

Scotland, National War Memorial Index,

Using our recently updated London Guide, Peter Hamersley took us through some really useful resources to help us with our London research. 

These resources and more, are available to download from the County Guides section of this page.

News about Technology

New Vytal Chrome extension hides location info that your VPN can't

The National Archives of Australia has received funding to undertake large scale digitisation of World War II service records.  As records are digitised, the digital copies will be added to Recordsearch.  You can find updated information