April - 2018

45 Last minute Christmas gift ideas for the Family Historian and Genealogist in your life : From zero cost to over the top

Honour your ancestors in Victoria’s Name a Place program

Free Access Alert: Newspapers.com free Access until 19 February 2024!

Ten Favourite Genealogy Blogs for your Christmas holiday reading

50 Christmas gift ideas for the Genealogist in your life : From zero cost to over the top

The Irish in England and Wales in the 1921 Census

Find Pre-1841 genealogy information at the Early British Census Project

Findmypast make changes to sharing permissions

MyHeritage releases 463 million French records of births, deaths, marriages and two censuses

WW2 records transfer to UK National Archives from Ministry of Defence

How to Use Family Tree Maker to delete pictures in bulk from Ancestry.com family trees

New County Kerry records at RootsIreland

Millions of new Scottish family history records released at Findmypast

Get paid $100 for participating in Findmypast's market research study

Jameson Distillery Dublin : Employment records 1862-1969

Free Access to American Civil War records at Fold3 until 18 July 2021

Findmypast for beginners : "Get Started in 15 minutes" : free online videos

Court of Petty Session Records : Prosecution and litigation in the 19th century

FamilySearch HQ - Free Family History Library Look Up Service

20% discount on any Findmypast subscription - 10 to 15 May 2021 - only through FriendsofFindmypast

Free access to UK Census Records at Findmypast 30 April - 3 May 2021

Australian Military Commemorative Rolls & Rolls Of Honour plus Queensland Soldier Portraits

Beyond the service record : 11 resources to research your Australian WW1 military family history

Ancestry's free access to all their historical record collections during Easter 2021

Findmypast's crop of new records this week

Royal Navy and Royal Marines Wills 1786-1882 : online and free during Covid-19 lockdown

Findmypast Irish newspaper collection answered questions about my grandfather's murder

A foot in two Irish counties : Cross border research

British Royal Households : Employee and Tradesmen Records online : 1660-1924

Eleven Resources for Researching Chinese Australian ancestors

Did your Ancestor work for the Victorian Railways?

Another year's Irish BDM records released

Royal Navy : Deaths on board 1893-1950 - Online and free

At last, a convict in the family

Annual update of the UK's 1939 Register at Findmypast

Your Family Genealogist is now a Findmypast Global Ambassador

Ten Genealogy Blogs for your Christmas holiday reading

Need a last minute Christmas gift for your Genealogist?

Myer Melbourne Christmas Windows - an annual tradition for 65 years

40 gift ideas for the Genealogist in your life : From zero cost to over the top

WW1 Merchant Navy Crew Lists - Online and Free

Irish in the British Army : soldiers' records online and free at the National Army Museum

Free Access to FindMyPast military records 5-12 November 2020

RootsTech 2021 - Totally Online and free

Pathé News and Reuters Historical Collection - Untapped Records for the Genealogist

Family History Writing : Learn from one of the best : Carol Baxter : Online and Free (if you're

Photo Enhancer : Another awesome photographic tool from My Heritage

German WW2 military killed-in-action 1939-1948 records - New Ancestry release

Free remote access to Ancestry and the Gale News Archive at National Library of Australia

10 reasons to add Sydney City Council Archives to your genealogy toolkit

3 free photo websites to use in your family history activities

Therese Lynch

Apr 29, 20183 min read

3 free photo websites to use in your family history activities

Level : All Time to read : 3 mins Need some relevant pictures to make a Family History story or genealogy presentation more engaging? Is...

Get paid for your voluntary transcribing work

Therese Lynch

Apr 23, 20182 min read

Get paid for your voluntary transcribing work

Level : Intermediate Time to read : 2 mins As discussed in a previous Blog article, many of us volunteer to transcribe records in order...

ANZAC Day - my family's proud history of military service

Therese Lynch

Apr 20, 20183 min read

ANZAC Day - my family's proud history of military service

Level : Basic Time to Read : 2 mins With Anzac Day commemorations on 25 April, I’m proud to say that my family has a long history of...

Genealogy website of the week - The Irish Schools Collection

Therese Lynch

Apr 13, 20182 min read

Genealogy website of the week - The Irish Schools Collection

My website of the week is The Schools Collection in Ireland. Were your parents or grandparents among the 50,000 young children from...

Readers’ choice - You choose 3 topics for me to write about

Therese Lynch

Apr 12, 20181 min read

Readers’ choice - You choose 3 topics for me to write about

Level : All Time to read : 1 min Have you ever thought I wish someone would write about the topics I’m interested in? Well, today I’m...

The Irish Famine Eviction Project - Voluntary research needed

Therese Lynch

Apr 11, 20182 min read

The Irish Famine Eviction Project - Voluntary research needed

I recently came across The Irish Famine Eviction Project which caught my attention as a worthy online volunteering opportunity. It...

4 sources for German WW1 military research

Therese Lynch

Apr 10, 20183 min read

4 sources for German WW1 military research

Level : Advanced Time to read : 4 mins During World War 1 (WW1) German casualties totalled more than 7 million people killed, wounded,...

Therese Lynch

Apr 2, 20182 min read

Website of the week - DNA Painter

Level – Advanced Time to read – 3 mins This week's most memorable website is DNA Painter. The free web-based tool is designed primarily...

Papers Past - New Zealand's free and online historical newspaper archive

Therese Lynch

Apr 1, 20181 min read

Papers Past - New Zealand's free and online historical newspaper archive

A key online resource for New Zealand family history research is Papers Past, a digital online archive for millions of pages New Zealand...

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