Launch of the British Newspaper Archive

Today is the launch day for the British Newspaper Archive - www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk - and there‘s lots going on to celebrate this special event!  

The British Newspaper Archive is free to search, so why not visit the website and discover some of the wonderful stories that this digital Sheherazade is waiting to tell the world…

I have already found a few things about both my BECK & BUTLER families. Although it is free to search there is a fee to download.

Millions of pages!

Newspaper Archive

Mundia

Just discovered this site which seems to be  something to do with ancestry.com. Well worth putting a few names in to see what comes up.

Mundia

Free for a few days

Being sick with the 'flu means I am not getting out & about, sorry about last Wednesday. It does mean that I have more time to sit at my computer & find things like this

 

FREE Great War records at Ancestry.co.uk

Until 11.59pm (London time) on Sunday 13th November you can access many of Ancestry's World War 1 records completely free of charge, although you'll need to register at the site if you haven't already done so. My grandfather lied about his age so sometimes putting in all the information you know about a person can be just too much. Good hunting.

Workhouse woes.

Its very sad when we find some ancestors in places like this. In 1911 there were 338 people living here, some of them children including 5 whose mother seems to have died two years previously (I cannot find the father in the census or in any death register).
More pics at The Workhouse......
Here are the staff in the 1911 census

How can someone steal an Oak Tree?

Victorian Crime and Punishment

Thomas Beck (Prison record)
Offence: Stealing an oak tree
Sentence: Acquitted

Talking 'bout Books in November

This one I picked up at Two Rocks Red Cross Op Shop for $3. Working my way through it!

 

These are all books I use for reference when I'm not Googling!

Manchester Family History

Anyone with ancestors in Manchester, England may like to go here.
If you have the time it is worth looking at findmypast.co.uk Blog. All sorts of things here.

Spring Term

WHO DO YOU THINK YOU MIGHT BE

Have you ever wondered about your ancestors, looked at some TV programme & thought ‘that looks easy’ then gone to a computer to find out how you can research your family?  “You just have to start looking”! If you are a beginner it can be daunting – all that information – where do you start! Maybe you have been researching for years but just can’t break down that brick wall. Help is at hand at Yanchep Community Centre & Two Rocks Library. Beginning on Wednesday 26^th October through to 14^th December, Angie Beck will guide you through the forest of information to find your tree. Maybe a convict, an ag lab (agricultural labourer) or a Lord?

At Yanchep Community Centre, from 10.30 – midday you will be able to learn how to use ‘FIND MY PAST’.  For a small fee you can check Migration records, Military records, Parish records & many more documents (mainly UK). In the afternoon from 2pm-4pm at Two Rocks Library Angie will guide you through Ancestry.com. “You don’t have to know what you are looking for… You just have to start looking.”  It can be very confusing if you just put a surname in & then get a million ‘hits’!! There are ways of working out if they belong to your family. 

If you are interested please phone Yanchep Community Centre 9561 2039 or Two Rock Library 9561 1110 to book a place.

If you are wanting more instruction on how to use a computer there are classes at both venues. Yanchep Community Centre on a Thursday & the library on a Monday. Booking is essential as there are a limited number of computers.

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Researching Jewish families

A very interesting web site about the Jewish Community of England.

Anglo-Jewish Miscellanies.