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Google News is launching an initiative to make more old newspapers accessible and searchable online by partnering with newspaper publishers to digitize millions of pages of news archives.
Not only will you be able to search these newspapers, you'll also be able to browse through them exactly as they were printed -- photographs, headlines, articles, advertisements and all.
One of the papers the “Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph“, is actually the oldest newspaper in North America—history buffs, take note: it has been publishing continuously for more than 244 years.
The data base like Google Books can be searched for free but I bet that there will be costs built in somehow.
The Fleet Registers or irregular marriage registers of 17th and 18th century London held by TNA, have been digitized and indexed. Fleet marriages which occurred between 1667 and 1777 are estimated to account for up-to a third of the marriages that happened in the country during their peak.
According to the announcement there are about 800,000 people named in the marriage records and about 2400 people mentioned in baptismal records. This makes it a substantial set of records that cover that period. A proportion of these will be duplicates due to the nature of the way these are recorded in different documents.
The records can be freely searched online by visiting the official National Archives Non-Conformist site at www.BMDregisters.co.uk Payment is required to look at the full details or image of the original documents.
Canadian Passenger Lists: 1865-1935 @ Ancestry.ca
has now launched online the indexed official collection of Canadian ship records - the Canadian Passenger Lists: 1865-1935. There is a launch event in Toronto on Tuesday Sept.16. It has been a long time coming. You will need to be careful with the lists. They were taken from microfilm that was done in the 1950’s. The lists can be difficult to read and there are a number of transcription errors caused probably because of the difficulty of making out some of the names. Nevertheless this is welcome news for genealogists and historians.
WBruce
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Not only will you be able to search these newspapers, you'll also be able to browse through them exactly as they were printed -- photographs, headlines, articles, advertisements and all.
One of the papers the “Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph“, is actually the oldest newspaper in North America—history buffs, take note: it has been publishing continuously for more than 244 years.
The data base like Google Books can be searched for free but I bet that there will be costs built in somehow.
The Fleet Registers or irregular marriage registers of 17th and 18th century London held by TNA, have been digitized and indexed. Fleet marriages which occurred between 1667 and 1777 are estimated to account for up-to a third of the marriages that happened in the country during their peak.
According to the announcement there are about 800,000 people named in the marriage records and about 2400 people mentioned in baptismal records. This makes it a substantial set of records that cover that period. A proportion of these will be duplicates due to the nature of the way these are recorded in different documents.
The records can be freely searched online by visiting the official National Archives Non-Conformist site at www.BMDregisters.co.uk Payment is required to look at the full details or image of the original documents.
Canadian Passenger Lists: 1865-1935 @ Ancestry.ca
WBruce
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Please do so from a link on our blog or Looking 4 Kin as this helps towards covering the costs of operating the site and chat.
Genealogy Chat
Please drop in and visit us in Looking 4 Kin Genealogy Chat, open 24 / 7 at http://www.looking4kin.com/chat.html
The next genealogy chat session is waiting for you to join in and get comfortably settled.
Come on in and discuss your family history, talk about your ancestors, or tell us where your brick wall is in your family tree.
Looking 4 Kin Genealogy Chat is open 24 hours a day, 7 days week, 365 days a year for you to discuss your family history.
Our genealogy chat room is moderated with volunteers, to ensure a safe chat experience.
Be sure to visit the main site while there Looking 4 Kin Genealogy Links & Chat
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