The UK National Archives announced on 17 August that the Ministry of Defence (MOD) has started transferring 10 million British military personnel records to Kew for their permanent retention. The scope of the record transfer is Army, Navy and Air Force records for individuals born up to and including 1939. With so many records involved, the plan is to transfer them in batches and it is expected to take six years to complete the transfer. The records include approximately 50

If you are among the many genealogists who object to aspects of Ancestry.com's recent change in their Terms and Conditions you are not alone. If you use Family Tree Maker (FTM) to sync information between your computer and Ancestry.com then you can use it to quickly and easily do a bulk delete of media you have uploaded to Ancestry. Changes to Ancestry.com's Terms and Conditions On 3 August 2021, Ancestry announced changes to its Terms and Conditions wherein they claimed a pe

New Irish records online are always welcome especially when they are pre-1800. RootsIreland has released 21,000 Catholic baptism and marriage records for County Kerry. They are: Causeway baptisms 1783-1900 and Abbeydorney marriages 1836-1900. To search these and other County Kerry records, click here for the correct landing page. Although RootsIreland is a subscription site, they are free to search and pay to view. For example, I searched for John Lynch in County Kerry born