Irish Birth, Death and Marriage Records Online

Doe you have Irish ancestry?  Then there is some good news for you!  Millions of Irish civil registration records have been released online free of charge via IrishGenealogy.ie, providing details about births, marriages and deaths registered in the country dating back to the mid-19th century.
While basic indexes to the records have been available through the state-run genealogy site for some time, users can now view scans of the full register entries online, meaning we can access information previously only seen when we paid to order a certificate.
Due to privacy restrictions, birth records from the past 100 years, marriage records from the past 75 years and death records from the past 50 years are not available.  According to the website, the years covered by the release of the historic records of Births, Marriages and Deaths are:
Births: 1864 to 1915
Marriages: 1882 to 1940
Deaths: 1891 to 1965
They also note that the General Register Office are currently working on updating further records of Marriages dating back to 1845 and Deaths dating back to 1864.  These will be included in future updates to the website.

UK & Ireland Nursing Registers, 1898-1968

Recently launched records on Ancestry.com allow you to search for your nursing ancestors.  Details include each nurse's name (including maiden name if available and appropriate) and registration date and number.  Additional information such as home address, date and place of qualification and other details may be included also. 

The Ancestry website states that "This collection consists of a number of different registers from diverse organisations. Prior to1921 registers of nurses were kept locally, by hospitals and nursing organisations. These included Burdett’s Directories from 1898 and the Royal College of Nursing (1916-1923).
In 1921 the General Nursing Councils (GNC) were established; one for England and Wales, one for Scotland and one for Ireland. The register of nurses was first published in 1922. The publication of the registers ended in 1968. These registers are held by the Royal College of Nursing Library and Archive Service, the largest specialist nursing collection in Europe.
The Royal College of Nursing was founded in 1916 and successfully campaigned for the state registration of nurses. It continues as a professional member organisation and the voice of nursing to this day."

Remember Campaspe Library subscribes to Ancestry Library Edition, which is free to use in all our libraries using our public computers of wi-fi.

Ireland Police Gazettes, 1861-1893

Ancestry has added thousands of Irish police gazettes to its database.

The Irish Police Gazettes collection contains printed publications used for communication among members of the police force in Ireland between 1861 and 1893. It contains information on wanted criminals, crimes committed, criminals who had been apprehended, and missing persons.

The collection can be searched by:

• Name
• Birth year
• Publication year
• Event year
• Event location
• Event Type
• Role in Crime
• Conviction Place

You can also browse the collection by year and read the various articles and descriptions.

Historic Stirling Poor Relief Records

Stirling Council Archives has uploaded indexes to the Poor Relief records it holds for 14 local parishes : Aberfoyle, Balfron, Balquhidder, Buchanan, Callander, Drymen, Fintry, Gargunnock, Killearn, Kippen, Logie, St Ninians, Stirling and Strathblane.  Various records were kept regarding the local poor, including records of applications, registers of the poor and parish minutes.   Available as PDF files, the searchable documents can reveal the full name of the person who applied for relief, along with their place of origin, marital status and occupation.
Original records, held by the archives, can provide additional information about those who can be found in the indexes.  Visit the Stirling Council Archives for more information, or to see what other treasures they have available.

Collage : The London Picture Archive

Collage: The London Picture Archive offers access to a wealth of photographs, prints, drawings and posters from London, available via an interactive map showing the locations that they depict.  This database of pictures not only includes images of famous landmarks, but ordinary streets and residential buildings that are no longer in existence.

Managed by London Metropolitan Archives (LMA), it provides free online access to over 250,000 images of London from the collections at LMA and Guildhall Art Gallery.  The whole of Greater London is covered, as are the adjoining counties, and the images provide an extraordinary record of London and its people from the fifteenth century to the present day. Some of the many highlights include photographs of Victorian London; the sixteenth century ‘Agas’ map of London; Hollar’s stunning panorama from 1647; beautifully designed twentieth century posters for London’s tramways; the Cross and Tibbs photographs of Second World War damage to the City of London and the collections formerly held at the Guildhall Print Room.

The site regularly adds new content from the LMA collections - they estimate that there are around 2 million photos, prints, drawings and maps in their strong rooms. So, if you can’t find what you’re looking, check back soon!