USK WW1 AND WW2 MEMORIAL

Roll of Honour - Monmouthshire - Usk:

"WATKINS, ALFRED HENRY

Ordinary Seaman, HMS Somali, Royal Navy. Died 24th September 1942. No known grave. Commemorated on the Portsmouth Naval Memorial." [my father]

The monument is in the churchyard of the Priory Church of St Mary. USK GWENT. It takes the form of a cross atop a three-step plinth. The front of the monument is close to the metal railings which form the boundary of the churchyard.

Source: GENEALOGE | 20 Nov 2009 | 2:57 pm

København stadsarkivet lukket

Copenhagen City archives are closed on the following days:-

Som tidligere annonceret holder stadsarkivet lukket på følgende dage:

Tirsdag d. 1. december og tirsdag og onsdag d. 15-16. december 2009.

Den første skyldes at vi holder store oprydningsdag. I den forbindelse takker vi jer for jeres overbærenhed i forbindelse med rodet og støjen som skyldes istandsættelse og lokalerne på første sal. Lidt falder dog af til publikum. Vi har fået lovning på at gulvet på læsesalen bliver vasket og poleret.

De to sidste dage skyldes det kommende klima-topmøde.
Nu er det desværre sådan, at det ikke slut med de besøgendes trængsler i den forbindelse

Mandag d. 7 og mandag d. 14. december lukker læsesalen kl. 12. Dette skyldes at forhuset skal lukkes grundet sikkerhedstjek.

Vi beklager meget dette.

Nu slutter det jo ikke med dette. Fredag d. 18. december lukker læsesalen igen tidligt, nemlig klokken 13.00. Grunden hertil er hverken sikkerhedsmæssig eller klimapolitisk, men det faktum, at julen nærmer sig og dermed også julefrokosterne.

Venlig hilsen
Lars Peter Jørgensen

- from my email.

Source: GENEALOGE | 20 Nov 2009 | 11:36 am

Home Children posting from M. Diane Rogers

M. Diane Rogers is the blogger responsible for the blog, CanadaGenealogy, or, 'Jane's Your Aunt' Her recent posting on Home Children is a wealth of information and is a great resource to turn to if, like her, you're related to a Home Child. Her post from Monday, November 16th is titled, Canada's Home Children - Still Waiting for Recognition and can be accessed by clicking here. As for the books

Source: Librarians Helping Canadian Genealogists Climb Family Trees | 19 Nov 2009 | 6:00 pm

OVER 1.8 MILLION NATIVE AMERICAN RECORDS RELEASED ON FOOTNOTE.COM

-Original records dating back to early 1700s become available on the Internet for the first time-Lindon, UT – November 19, 2009 – Footnote.com announced today the release of their latest interactive collection of historical records: the Native American collection. Working together with the National Archives and Allen County Library, Footnote.com has created a unique collection that will help

Source: Olive Tree Genealogy Blog | 19 Nov 2009 | 3:13 pm

FamilySearch Record Search pilot

FamilySearch Record Search pilot

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None of this would be possible without the great contributions of many online FamilySearch volunteers. These individuals donate the time and talent needed to make these collections freely available to FamilySearch patrons. Find out more about volunteering at FamilySearchIndexing.org. Thank you
by email from Pauk Nauta

Source: GENEALOGE | 19 Nov 2009 | 12:49 am

Also, Is My Cousin's Cousin Famous?

Google's autocomplete feature tells us what people are searching for: relatives who are famous, celebrated, and/or genocidal.Those who Googled "am I related to this person" were, of course, holding up pictures of Hitler.

Source: The Genealogue | 18 Nov 2009 | 10:23 pm

Census of Canada, 1891 Now Online!

The 1891 Census of Canada has now been digitized and is available online at Library and Archives Canada. What's even better, the images of the Census are included! Click here to search, and Happy Hunting!

Source: Librarians Helping Canadian Genealogists Climb Family Trees | 18 Nov 2009 | 5:49 pm

French-Canadian Newspapers: 1808-1919

Taken directly from the Library and Archives website:French-Canadian Newspapers: An Essential Historical Source (1808-1919) presents selected French-language newspapers from across Canada, in a digitized, fully-searchable format. These newspapers form the Library and Archives Canada (LAC) collection of first, final and special editions of French-Canadian newspapers.To learn more about this

Source: Librarians Helping Canadian Genealogists Climb Family Trees | 18 Nov 2009 | 5:36 pm

Welsh genealogy

BBC - BBC One Programmes - Coming Home: "Actress Michelle Collins traces her grandfather's tragic life as a professional boxer."

this excellent video is only available to people with british ISPs

Source: GENEALOGE | 18 Nov 2009 | 8:59 am

Glamorgan Record Office

Glamorgan Record Office:
"The new GLAMORGAN ARCHIVES building has been completed 8 weeks ahead of schedule. Moving the collection has begun and is expected to take at least 3 months to complete

Searchrooms in the Glamorgan Building, Cathays Park, the home of the Glamorgan Record Office for the last 70 years will finally close on Christmas Eve, 24 December 2009. GLAMORGAN ARCHIVES opens to the public on its new site in early 2010; further details will be announced and posted on this website as they become known."

Source: GENEALOGE | 17 Nov 2009 | 2:56 pm