The following is an announcement from Findmypast: The spotlight is on Derbyshire this week, with hundreds of thousands of new parish records from across the county. We’ve also updated newspapers from England, Wales, and Ireland. If you have ancestors from the Midlands county of Derbyshire, then this is the week for you. We’ve added 450,00 …
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Mug Books – A Great Genealogical Resource
August 11, 2023 Have you ever heard of mug books? I don’t mean the ones that cops have witnesses comb through in search of a perp on television. I mean the kind that genealogists use to help them flesh out their family history. Mug books were never called that when they were published in …
Names of Thousands of Adopted Scots Children Disclosed on Genealogy Website
Safety and privacy fears were raised after a mum found details of adoptions dating back more than 100 years on the Scotland’s People site. The names of thousands of Scots who were adopted as children were available on a genealogy website, it has emerged. Safety and privacy fears were raised after a mum found details of adoptions …