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Global Genealogy eNewsletter
Everything For The Family Historian!
Volume 12 - Issue 09 11 June 2009 |
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This issue includes:
- New Books
- New Articles
- Upcoming Events
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New Books
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BOOK - Tracing Your Textile Ancestors in England & Wales
By: Vivian Teesdale
Vivien Teasdale's concise and informative guide to the textile industry will be absorbing reading for anyone who wants to learn about its history or to research the career of an ancestor who was a textile worker. In a clear and accessible way she takes readers through the technical, economic and social aspects of the story. She gives a graphic account of the extraordinary growth of the industry in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and of its decline in the twentieth. In the process she covers the themes and issues that family and local historians will need to understand in order to pursue their research.
ISBN 184415870-5 More information
BOOK - Tracing Your Police Ancestors, A Guide For Family Historians [in England & Wales]
By: Stephen Wade
Tracing Your Police Ancestors will help you locate and research officers who served in any of the police forces of England and Wales from the creation of the Metropolitan Police by Sir Robert Peel in 1829. Assuming that the reader has no prior knowledge of how or where to look for such information, Stephen Wade explains and describes the various archives and records and provides a discussion of other sources. Case studies are used to show how an individual officer's career may be traced and understood from this research. He also explains the range of secondary sources open to the family or local historian, many of which offer a broader account of the social and cultural history of the British police forces.
ISBN 184415878-0 More information
BOOK - Tracing British Battalions on the Somme
By: Ray Westlake
Almost a century has passed since the Battle of the Somme was fought, yet interest in this, the bloodiest battle of the First World War, has never waned. Ray Westlake has collated all the information so painstakingly gathered, to produce a comprehensive compendium of the exact movements of every battalion involved in the battle. This book is invaluable not only to researchers but to all those visiting the battlefield and anxious to trace the movements of their forbears who served in the British battalions.
ISBN 184415885-3 More information
BOOK - Historical Atlas of Peterborough County, Ontario
Published by 5th Line Press.
Following a style popular in the post Civil-War United States, 28 historical atlases were produced for counties across Canada between 1875 and 1885. Interestingly, no atlas for Peterborough County was published during this period. To address this lapse, during 2008-2009 the publisher assembled a team of illustrators and in the tradition of the 1870s, travelled the roads of Peterborough County knocking on doors, inviting individuals and organizations to participate as Patrons in this new edition of the atlas. Represented are their farms, families, homes, and businesses accented with stories penned by the Patrons themselves, all preserved for future generations. The Historical Atlas of Peterborough County conveys a great story and establishes a published record of the history of Peterborough County.
ISBN 0-9739129-5-2 More information
BOOK - The Stones of Edwardsburgh [Grenville County, Ontario]
By Sandra H. Robertson and Bonnie Gaylord, Editor
The Stones of Edwardsburgh is nicely produced book about the stone houses and other stone structures in the township. The author takes the reader on a journey though Edwardsburgh Township concession roads, identifying and providing historical sketches on each of the stone homes, farms and buildings that survive. Buildings located on properties on Concessions 1 through 9, plus buildings in Spencerville and Cardinal are included. Black and white photographs illustrate each historical description.
ISBN 0-921876-33-5 More information
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New Articles
New Archives of Ontario Restricts Research Hours
By Kathy Orr and Ruth Burkholder. The Archives of Ontario has moved to a wonderful new state of the art archives building. We now have the proper facilities to access and research our history but many people are unaware that with the move we now have restricted hours of operation. Read on to see what you can do to help reverse the reduction of hours.
Who really owned Britain - was it your forbears?
By: Rick Roberts. Britain's Victorian [1873] "Doomsday Book" released online today. The first ever complete collection of fully searchable Landowner returns is published online today for England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland circa 1873. These fascinating Returns provide the name and address of every Owner and their holding in acres, rods and poles, with the estimated yearly rental valuation of all holdings over 1 acre. Some leaseholders are also included.
FamilySearch Expands Canadian Census Collection
By Paul Nauta. Four pre-1900 censuses available for free online. FamilySearch, in partnership with Ancestry.ca and the Libraries and Archives Canada (LAC), announced today the addition of the 1851, 1861, and 1871 Canada Census indexes to its online collection. The new indexes can be searched for free at FamilySearch.org. Over a fourth of all Canadians struggle to trace their roots past 100 years. Having the indexes to all of the pre-1900 Canadian censuses online will make it much easier for Canadians to extend their understanding of their family's history.
Brenda Dougall Merriman Wins 2009 NGS Book Award
By: Rick Roberts. Brenda Dougall Merriman has won the National Genealogical Society Award for Excellence: Genealogical Methods & Sources, 2009 for her recent book United Empire Loyalists, A Guide to Researching Loyalist Ancestors in Upper Canada. The award was announced at the May 2009 Annual Convention of the National Genealogical Society in Raleigh, North Carolina.
United Empire Loyalists Landing at Adolphustown
By Brian Tackaberry UE. The Bay of Quinte Branch of the United Empire Loyalists Association of Canada (UELAC) will be marking the 225th Anniversary of the Landing of the United Empire Loyalists at Adolphustown, Ontario and the eventual establishment of the Province of Ontario. It is on the site of the United Empire Loyalist Heritage Centre and Park that the Loyalists landed on 16 June 1784. Mark your calendar for Saturday June 13, 2009
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Upcoming Events
Plan a Day-Trip - Loyalist Landing Day at Adolphustown, Ontario June 13
Global Genealogy will be exhibiting this Saturday (9am - 4pm) at the "Loyalist Landing" in Adolphustown, Ontario. A terrific outdoors day with United Empire Loyalist and American Revolution re-enactors, music, food, picnics and much, much more! It is always a fun event. However this year there are even more activities planned to celebrate the 225 anniversary of the first Landing of the Loyalsits at Adolphustown. Held in a lush park setting on the water, there will be lots of entertainment for the whole family. Check out the details on our Upcoming Events page.
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