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Therese Lynch, Diploma of Family History, UTAS
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Therese Lynch
- Oct 14, 2021
- 2 min
MyHeritage releases 463 million French records of births, deaths, marriages and two censuses
Following its purchase of Filae, MyHeritage has lived up to its promise of making that company's historical French records available on its site. Yesterday My Heritage released the first tranche of 463 million historical records from Filae. They cover births, marriages, deaths, and two censuses from the 18th, 19th and early 20th century. MyHeritage's blog stated the collections cover nearly every department in France and include a high-quality index of the transcribed reco
Therese Lynch
- Aug 3, 2021
- 1 min
New County Kerry records at RootsIreland
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
Therese Lynch
- Jul 29, 2021
- 3 min
Millions of new Scottish family history records released at Findmypast
Family history database giant, Findmypast, has just released an absolute bonanza of Scottish records with 10.7 million new Scottish baptism, marriage and burial records covering 450 years of Scottish history dating back to 1561. [Sponsored] Since 2019, Findmypast has added over 200 million new records from across Scotland. The company reports that when combined with their existing collection, this latest release establishes it as the leader in Scottish genealogy records with
Therese Lynch
- Jun 9, 2021
- 1 min
Findmypast for beginners : "Get Started in 15 minutes" : free online videos
So you have signed up to Findmypast. Now what? If you have ever felt a little unsure or asked yourself "How do I use the software?" then Findmypast's Bitesize videos are designed to help get you started and feel confident in researching your family history. [Sponsored] Bitesize videos We all seem to be time-poor these days so Findmypast has cleverly developed three short videos, each of less than five minutes duration (hence the term Bitesize) for the following topics: How
Therese Lynch
- May 9, 2021
- 1 min
20% discount on any Findmypast subscription - 10 to 15 May 2021 - only through FriendsofFindmypast
Following on from their weekend of free access to UK census records, Findmypast has allowed Your Family Genealogist to offer a 20% discount off any one month or twelve month subscription. This discount is only available from a small handful of Global Ambassadors through the FriendsofFindmypast program (of which Your Family Genealogist is a member). You will need to be quick though. This special offer is only valid from 10 to 15 May 2021. Disclosure I am a Findmypast Global Am
Therese Lynch
- Apr 29, 2021
- 2 min
Free access to UK Census Records at Findmypast 30 April - 3 May 2021
Take advantage of Findmypast's free access this weekend to all UK Census records i.e. 1841-1911. [Sponsored] There's no time to be lost and given my readers come from all over the world, I've provided a link to the correct landing page in four different countries for your convenience. Australia https://www.findmypast.com.au/page/free-access Ireland https://www.findmypast.ie/page/free-access UK https://www.findmypast.co.uk/page/free-access USA https://www.findmypast.co
Therese Lynch
- Apr 23, 2021
- 2 min
Australian Military Commemorative Rolls & Rolls Of Honour plus Queensland Soldier Portraits
Anzac week is a busy time for Your Family Genealogist. So much so that I forgot to post about Findmypast's new resource for researching Australian military ancestors. According to Findmypast, the Military Commemorative Rolls & Rolls Of Honour are extracted from a growing list of sources which are searchable in one place for the first time. The collection currently includes records from: The Australian Imperial Expeditionary Forces Roll of Honour; The Australian War Memorial
Therese Lynch
- Apr 2, 2021
- 1 min
Ancestry's free access to all their historical record collections during Easter 2021
Ancestry is providing family historians with a generous genealogical gift this Easter in the form of free access to its entire collection of 21 billion historical records until 11.59 pm on Monday, 5 April 2021. Note: the free access is for ancestry.co.uk NOT ancestry.com or ancestry.com.au or other of their international websites. However, in my experience, it won't make any difference whether you go to the UK version of the website even if you're located in Australia, NZ,
Therese Lynch
- Apr 2, 2021
- 2 min
Findmypast's crop of new records this week
It's Findmypast Friday and this week the genealogy giant has released new records from the USA, England, Wales, Northern Ireland, plus details of Royal Air Force and Commonwealth personnel mentioned in dispatches during the Second World War. Following is a list of the new or updated record sets. [Sponsored] Philadelphia Roman Catholic Baptisms & Marriages Records from the year 1921 were added for the Philadelphia Archdiocese including: Baptisms: 46,967 new records; and
Therese Lynch
- Mar 22, 2021
- 3 min
Royal Navy and Royal Marines Wills 1786-1882 : online and free during Covid-19 lockdown
Did your ancestor serve in the Royal Navy or Royal Marines between 1786 and 1882? If so, it is possible his last will and testament is online at the UK National Archives' ADM 48 collection. The wills belong to naval warrant officers and ratings as well as Royal Marines' other ranks. They were written on standard forms and individuals only had to fill in the blank spaces. Serving in the Royal Navy and Royal Marines could be a dangerous profession, particularly during war ti
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