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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The states of Texas, Ohio, and Iowa were added to the U.S. 1920 Census at FamilySearch’s Record Search pilot. Spanish researchers will enjoy new civil registration images for the provinces of Cadiz, Granada, Malaga, Spain, from 1837–1870.

Over 500,000 new digital images were added to the Brazil Catholic Church Records Collection. These birth, marriage, and death records are from the states of Bahia, Menas Gerais, Paraná, Pará, Pernambuco, and Sao Paolo.

Over 400,000 Massachusetts marriage records were added for the period 1906 to 1915, and Catholic baptismal records were added for the Distrito Federal of Mexico.

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