Saturday, August 26, 2023

New Records on Ancestry

It is always worthwhile checking to see what new records have been added to the database at Ancestry.  Below are some of the recent additions for Australia and the United Kingdom.

Don't forget that you can search the Ancestry database for free at any branch of Campaspe Libraries using our public access PCs or wifi through our subscription to Ancestry Library Edition.

Australia 

  • Victoria, Australia, Petty Session Records, 1854-1922
  • New South Wales, Australia, Immigration Records, 1840-1902
  • Victoria, Australia, Land Registers, 1863-1962
  • Brisbane, Australia Burials and Cremations, 1831-2023
  • Adelaide, Australia Cemetery Collection, 1840-2022
  • Australia, Applications to Enlist in the AIF, 1915-1918

United Kingdom

  • UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Returns of Payment of Army and Other Pensions, 1842-1883
  • Birmingham, England, Birmingham Cemetery and Crematoria Records, 1836-2017
  • Belfast, Antrim, Ireland, Royal Victoria Hospital Register, 1914-1916
  • Ulster, Ireland, Ulster Covenant, 1912
  • UK and Allied Countries, World War II Registers of Prisoners of War and Civilians Held in Singapore, 1942-1945
  • Scotland, Gravestones and Memorials, 1521-2020
  • UK and Allied Countries, World War II Liberated Prisoner of War Questionnaires, 1945-1946
  • Aberdeen, Scotland, Roll of Honour, 1914-1918, 1939-1945
  • Fife, Scotland, Police Records, 1858-1947
  • UK and Allied Countries, World War II Air Combat Reports, 1939-1945
  • Scotland, Postal Directories, 1825-1910
  • Northern Ireland, Valuation Revision Books, 1864-1933
  • Web: Northern Ireland, Freeholders Records, 1662-1839

 

 

Thursday, August 24, 2023

Who Do You Think You Are Magazine

The latest issue of Who Do You Think You Are magazine is now available free online for Campaspe Library members via our subscription to Libby eMagazines.

Inside this month's issue: 

  • Sort your photos We give our verdict on the different online tools for organising and sharing family photographs
  • The end of the census?
 We spoke to the ONS about their plans to modernise the census
  • How to visit local archives What you need to know about visiting local archive services to research your family history
  • The history of women's education
 Discover how our female ancestors fought for the right to learn
  • Family hero Terry Sheppard's ancestors fought in the English and American Civil Wars
  • Caribbean ancestry How to research Caribbean family history online
  • And more...
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