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Visit the Upcoming Online Family History Show
The following announcement was written by the organizers of the Online Family History Show:
While, in these unprecedented times, we are not going to be able to meet as usual at York in England during this month for the customary Family History Show at the racecourse, the good news is that we are still going to be able to safely enjoy access to many of the usual features of the show. The Family History Show has announced that it will be coming to you as an online event on the 20th of June featuring a wide range of virtual stalls from family history societies to archives and genealogical suppliers.
The online event gives benefits other than safety, those from distant shores and those that have disabilities that make it difficult to attend, can now visit with relative ease.
The Family History Show – Online will, mirroring the format of the very successful live shows, feature an online lecture theatre, the popular ‘Ask the expert’ area – where you can put questions forward to their specialists – as well as a whole host of stalls where you can ask for advice as well as buy genealogical products.
Q&A Expert Session
Attendees are invited to submit questions via the website and a selection will be put forward to the panel in a multiuser Zoom session that is streamed on a linked video channel for the show.
To make this online experience as useful to family historians as attending the physical show would have been, you can “visit” a stall in the virtual exhibition hall. With over 85 present there will be a wide variety of societies and companies.
Built into the website is the ability to talk to some of the stallholders by text, audio or video from the comfort of your own home. With this facility, you can ask them for advice regarding their family history society/business and also purchase from their online stall various downloadable and physical products to help you with your research.
In the virtual lecture theatre, there will also be the chance to watch talks premiered on the show’s Youtube channel from the same expert lecturers who would have been at the physical event and are on the ‘Ask the Expert’ panel. These presentations will cover a wide variety of family history topics.
Tickets to attend the online Family History Show are available for just £5.50 each. All ticket holders will also receive a digital Goody Bag worth over £10 on the day.
To find out more about The Family History Show – Online, and buy your ticket visit https://thefamilyhistoryshow.com/online/
Added and Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org – Week of 27 October to 2 November 2019
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Colour Tithe Maps for Warwickshire added to TheGenealogist
The following announcement was written by the folks at TheGenealogist:
TheGenealogist has just released additional sets of Colour Tithe Maps to join the previously available greyscale maps in their National Tithe Records collection. This release for Warwickshire is of high-resolution colour digitised maps which will provide the family historian with highly detailed maps sourced from both The National Archives as well as the Warwick County Record Office.
Researchers searching for owners or occupiers of Warwickshire land surveyed in the 19th century for the Tithe Commutation Act 1836 now have a choice of plans linked to the fully searchable apportionment schedules. Subscribers to TheGenealogist’s Diamond membership can select to view The National Archives’ grayscale maps, The National Archives’ colour map, or the Warwickshire Record Office colour maps when using the Tithe & Landowner records for this county. The Warwickshire Record Office maps are, in many cases, less faded and more vibrant in their colours having had less wear and tear than the alternatives.
Colour Tithe Map of Wasperton, Warwickshire
The new data includes colour tithe maps showing plots of land covering the years from 1837 to 1855 with some much later plans where there was an altered apportionment recorded.
These tagged colour maps join the previously released apportionment record books, national greyscale maps and colour maps for Rutland, Huntingdonshire, Buckinghamshire, City of York, Middlesex, Northumberland, Surrey, Westmorland, and the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire.
The National Tithe Records collection gives the family history researcher the ability to search by name and keyword (for example parish or county) to look for all levels of society from large estate owners to occupiers of tiny plots such as a cottage or a cowshed.
Read the article, Warwickshire Colour Tithe Records discovers the house that went to America, at:
https://www.thegenealogist.co.uk/featuredarticles/2019/warwickshire-colour-tithe-records-discovers-the-house-that-went-to-america-1198/
About TheGenealogist
TheGenealogist is an award-winning online family history website, who put a wealth of information at the fingertips of family historians. Their approach is to bring hard to use physical records to life online with easy to use interfaces such as their Tithe and newly released Lloyd George Domesday collections.
TheGenealogist’s innovative SmartSearch technology links records together to help you find your ancestors more easily. TheGenealogist is one of the leading providers of online family history records. Along with the standard Birth, Marriage, Death and Census records, they also have significant collections of Parish and Nonconformist records, PCC Will Records, Irish Records, Military records, Occupations, Newspaper record collections amongst many others.
TheGenealogist uses the latest technology to help you bring your family history to life. Use TheGenealogist to find your ancestors today!
About The National Archives
The National Archives is one of the world’s most valuable resources for research and an independent research organisation in its own right. As the official archive and publisher for the UK government, and England and Wales they are the guardians of some of the UK’s most iconic national documents, dating back over 1,000 years. Their role is to collect and secure the future of the government record, both digital and physical, to preserve it for generations to come, and to make it as accessible and available as possible.
The National Archives brings together the skills and specialisms needed to conserve some of the oldest historic documents as well as leading digital archive practices to manage and preserve government information past, present and future.
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ http://www.legislation.gov.uk/
Added and Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org – Week of 22 to 28 September 2019
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Added and Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org – Week of 11 to 17 August 2019
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New Records on FamilySearch from May 2019
The following announcement was written by FamilySearch:
FamilySearch expanded its free online archives in May of 2019 with almost 14 million new indexed family history records from all over the world. Over 387,000 new digital images were added as well. New historical records were added from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Cape Verde, England, France, Italy, Nicaragua, Peru, Poland, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, the Ukraine, and the United States, which includes Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah,and Washington. United States records also include Confederate Officers Card Indexes, Native American Eastern Cherokee Indian Reservation Rolls, and Obituaries from the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia. FamilySearch also added digital images from Alaska, BillionGraves,and Spain.
Find your ancestors using these free archives online, including birth, marriage, death, and church records. Millions of new genealogy records are added each month to make your search easier.
| Country | Collection | Indexed Records | Digital Images | Comments |
| Argentina | Argentina, Corrientes, Civil Registration, 1880-1930 | 37,753 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| Argentina | Argentina, Corrientes, Catholic Church Records, 1734-1977 | 72 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| Australia | Australia, South Australia, School Admission Registers, 1873-1985 | 1,717 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| Australia | Australia, South Australia, Will and Probate Records | 3,229 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| Brazil | Brazil, São Paulo, Civil Registration, 1925-1995 | 207,754 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| Brazil | Brazil, São Paulo, Civil Registration, 1925-1995 | 1,848,685 | 0 | New indexed records collection |
| Canada | Canadian Headstones | 1,882,916 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| Canada | Canada, Nova Scotia, Records of Aliens pre-examined at Halifax, 1923-1933 | 16,175 | 0 | New indexed records collection |
| Cape Verde | Cape Verde, Catholic Church Records, 1787-1957 | 9,631 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| England | England, Hampshire Parish Registers, 1538-1980 | 40 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| England | England, Northamptonshire, Non-conformist Records, 1840-1894 | 3,020 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| France | France, Vienne, Census, 1836 | 3,362 | 0 | New indexed records collection |
| Italy | Italy, Trento, Diocesi di Trento, Catholic Church Records, 1548-1937 | 33,197 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| Nicaragua | Nicaragua Civil Registration, 1809-2013 | 59,266 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| Other | BillionGraves Index | 338,467 | 338,467 | Added indexed records and images to an existing collection |
| Peru | Peru, Amazonas, Civil Registration, 1935-1999 | 5,618 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| Peru | Peru, Lima, Civil Registration, 1874-1996 | 123,377 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| Poland | Poland, Radom Roman Catholic Church Books, 1587-1966 | 13,835 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| Scotland | Scotland Census, 1901 | 4,437,987 | 0 | New indexed records collection |
| South Africa | South Africa, Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1846-1950 | 1,547 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| Spain | Spain, Soldier Personal Service Files, 1835-1940 | 0 | 48,650 | Added images to an existing collection |
| Ukraine | Ukraine, Kyiv Orthodox Consistory Church Book Duplicates, 1734-1930 | 438,196 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United Kingdom | Great Britain, War Office Registers, 1772-1935 | 309,802 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Alabama, Southern Claims Commission Approved Claims, 1871-1880 | 5,248 | 0 | New indexed records collection |
| United States | Alabama, World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919 | 1,058 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Alaska, Pioneer Home discharge index, 1913-1958 | 3,973 | 0 | New indexed records collection |
| United States | Alaska, Vital Records, 1816-1959 | 0 | 92 | Added images to an existing collection |
| United States | Arizona, Mesa LDS Family History Center, Obituary Index, 1959-2014 | 852,446 | 0 | New indexed records collection |
| United States | California, Pioneer Migration Index, Compiled 1906-1935 | 241 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Delaware, World War I Servicemen Records, 1917-1919 | 5 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1920 | 10 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Kansas, Gove County Enumeration Books and List of Residents, 1909-1950 | 1,703 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Mississippi, World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919 | 528 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Missouri, Confederate Pension Applications and Soldiers Home Applications, 1911-1938 | 368 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Montana, Rosebud County Records, 1878-2011 | 108 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Montana, Sanders County Records, 1866-2010 | 10 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | New Jersey, Jersey City, Holy Name Cemetery, Card Index of Interment, 1849-1984 | 42,736 | 0 | New indexed records collection |
| United States | New York State Census, 1905 | 30,556 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Ohio Tax Records, 1800-1850 | 1,670,429 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Ohio, Columbus, Union Cemetery, Burial Records, ca. 1878-1980 | 54,081 | 0 | New indexed records collection |
| United States | Ohio, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1977 | 145 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Ohio, World War I Statement of Service Cards, 1914-1919 | 1,420 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Ohio, World War I, Enrollment Cards, 1914-1918 | 230,784 | 0 | New indexed records collection |
| United States | Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1936 | 165,566 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Oregon, Yamhill County Records, 1857-1963 | 82 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Board of Health Birth Return Records, 1908-1911 | 9,198 | 0 | New indexed records collection |
| United States | Texas, Cooke County, Deeds, 1895-1924 | 1,738 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Texas, El Paso Alien Arrivals, 1909-1924 | 6,722 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Texas, Gonzales County, Birth Records, 1878-1945 | 74,466 | 0 | New indexed records collection |
| United States | Texas, Gonzales County, School Records, 1910-1970 | 447,043 | 0 | New indexed records collection |
| United States | Texas, Swisher County Records, 1879-2012 | 70 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | United States Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865 | 104,563 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | United States, Florida, Index to Alien Arrivals by Airplane at Miami, 1930-1942 | 183 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | United States, Native American, Eastern Cherokee Indian Reservation Rolls, 1848-1970 | 9 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012 | 374,380 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Utah, Salt Lake County, Enrolled Militia, 1895 | 8,901 | 0 | New indexed records collection |
| United States | Utah, World War I Army Servicemen Records Abstracts, 1914-1918 | 18,884 | 0 | New indexed records collection |
| United States | Utah, World War II Index to Army Veterans of Utah, 1939-1945 | 42,317 | 0 | New indexed records collection |
| United States | Washington, Pierce County Marriage Returns, 1891-1938 | 378 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
| United States | Washington, World War I Veteran’s Compensation Fund Application Records, 1921-1925 | 258 | 0 | Added indexed records to an existing collection |
Serfin’ U.S.A. with Benjamin Franklin
Yesterday I examined the facts and logic of a recent USA Today opinion essay, “Killing the Electoral College Means Rural Americans Would Be Serfs” by Trent England. I found them unconvincing.
The portions of the essay that invoke history are more alarmist and equally slipshod. England writes:
…history shows that city dwellers have a nasty habit of taking advantage of their country cousins. Greeks enslaved whole masses of rural people, known as helots. Medieval Europe had feudalism. The Russians had their serfs.
That’s laughable, and not just because this conception of world history appears to be confined to the western half of Eurasia.
Before the Industrial Revolution, the overwhelming proportion of people in all large societies worked in agriculture. Cities were relatively small. Urban elites didn’t just head out to the countryside and enslave the people they found there. Rather, local strongmen forced the bulk of their neighbors to work the fields for them in exchange for protection. Only over time did elite families take urban dwellings as well, and only later did urban traders turn themselves into country aristocrats.
Notably, England doesn’t discuss the U.S. of A.’s own history of enslaving and oppressing people to make them work on agricultural production. In the ante-bellum period and then in the Jim Crow era, the Electoral College preserved the power of the local elites who maintained and benefited from that exploitation. Nobody looking at U.S. history should think that the Electoral College system has protected the rural Americans who actually did the work.
“The idea that every vote should count equally is attractive,” England writes. Yes, that’s why his state of Oklahoma and every other counts votes equally for local elections. I have yet to see proponents of the national Electoral College demand a similar system for their own states. The U.S. Supreme Court has even ruled that state and local elections must be based on the principle of “one person, one vote.”
England goes on:
But a quote often attributed to Benjamin Franklin famously reminds us that democracy can be “two wolves and a lamb voting on what’s for lunch.” (City dwellers who think that meat comes from the grocery store might not understand why this is such a big problem for the lamb.)
England snidely suggests that “city dwellers” don’t know where meat comes from, but really he destroys his claim to speak for rural America by treating “two wolves and a lamb” as the norm.
There are more than 5,000,000 sheep in America and fewer than 25,000 wolves. Lambs would be well off in a “one animal, one vote” democracy where sheep could easily outvote wolves. The only time wolves outnumber sheep is when they maneuver to create that situation for their own advantage. Likewise, politicians worried about losing fair votes manipulate electoral districts (gerrymandering) or cling to an old imbalanced system (the Electoral College).
Franklin never made that mistake about wolves and sheep because Franklin never said what England quotes him as saying. The line appears nowhere in the Franklin Papers at Founders Online. Wikiquote not only notes that lack of a credible source but also how the word “lunch” appeared well after Franklin’s lifetime. England’s phrase “a quote often attributed to” hints that he recognized how unreliable this attribution was but decided to use it anyway because it served his purposes.
Likewise, the present Electoral College system continues to serve the purposes of some Americans, so they’ll use any argument to make it appear to be fair, logical, or beneficial. But those arguments melt on scrutiny.
Plus Edition Newsletter Has Been Sent
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A notice of the latest EOGN Plus Edition newsletter was sent to you a few minutes ago. Here are the articles in this week’s Plus Edition newsletter:
(+) What is the Purpose of a Genealogy Program?
Ancestry.com is under Fire as new DNA Algorithm Drastically Changes the Ethnicity of Some Users
Follow-up: Ancestry.com is under Fire as new DNA Algorithm Drastically Changes the Ethnicity of Some Users
See Long Hidden Historic Photos of the Gritty, Compelling Lives of Tough Maine Fishermen
Archival Grant Opportunity: Historical and Archival Records Care Grants in Pennsylvania
Churchyards become Lawns in Sweden as Tombstones are typically Removed after 25 Years
Multnomah County (Oregon) Estates, Wills and Guardianship Abstracts 1852-1901, 1904, 1908 are Available from the Genealogical Forum of Oregon
New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of April 29, 2019
New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday
Donn Devine, R.I.P.
Prediction: The Dead Will Take Over Facebook in the Next 50 Years
Press Release: New Records Reveal Those Imprisoned for Debt in England
Press Release: SLIG Announces New Scholarship Opportunities
Press Release: The Genealogy Squad Facebook Group Announced
Leonardo’s Hair to be DNA Tested
American Ancestors and New England Historic Genealogical Society Present Lifetime Achievement Award to Dan Rather
A Genealogy Cartoon about Queen Victoria and Her Relatives
It is the First Day of the Month: Back Up Your Genealogy Files
Recent Updates to the Calendar of Genealogy Events
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Genealogy News Bytes – 26 April 2019
Some of the genealogy news items across my desktop the last three days include:
1) News Articles:
* Ancestry’s IPO Talk Shows How Consumer DNA Testing Has Matured
* Friday Finds 26 April 2019
3) Genealogy Education – Webinars:
* GeneaWebinars Calendar
* Upcoming Family Tree Webinar – Tuesday, 30 April 7 p.m. PDT: English Parish Records: More than Hatch, Match and Dispatch, by Helen V. Smith
* Upcoming Family Tree Webinar – Wednesday, 1 May 11 a.m. PDT: How to Use Autosomal DNA to Resolve Historical Paternity Cases, by Ugo Perego
* Archived Family Tree Webinar: Comparing the Genealogy Giants: Ancestry.com, FamilySearch, Findmypast and MyHeritage 2019 edition, by Sunny Morton
* Archived Family Tree Webinar: How I Built My Own Brick Wall,by Rebecca Whitford Koford
* Archived Family Tree Webinar: Finding Your 17th Century Ancestors in England, by Paul Milner
* Archived Family Tree Webinar: England’s Quarter Sessions Records, by Paul Milner
* Archived Family Tree Webinar: Making Sense of the English Census, by Paul Milner
* Fisher’s Top Tips Podcast: #65 – Marking Your Pictures
7) DNA Success Stories
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