Who Do You Think You Are Live Conference Handouts Free

In the US & Canada, when one thinks of WDYTYA, you think of the US TV show.  In the UK, besides there being a TV show, there is also an associated conference held called Who Do You Think You Are? Live 

Since many of us have not nor will not ever attend this conference, it’s great that select presentation handouts are available online.

This link is to an archive of WDYTYA? Live Speakers’ Handouts (created by the Society of Genealogists) for conferences held in 2014 & 2015.  These are FREE to access and it’s a great collection of topics and not just about UK research!

Ancestry UK free for Easter Weekend

from the Geneabloggers website

FREE ACCESS EASTER WEEKEND! Free access to Ancestry.uk starting today through Monday, April 6th. For those of you in the US who don’t have a World subscription, this might be a good way to access those UK records. Visit http://ancestry.co.uk for more information.

Hope you find a relative or two!

The British Newspaper Archive reaches 9 million pages

There are now 9 million historical newspaper pages to explore at The British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) after the website reached a major milestone this week. 

Product Director Ian Tester commented, ‘We’re thrilled to have reached 9 million pages and have already started chasing the next big milestone. Customers tell us that they’re making amazing discoveries every day, whether they’re researching their family history, the First World War or the history of their local area. Our focus on local titles means that you can find stories from all around the UK and with the recent addition of more Irish titles, we’re becoming a more useful resource all the time’.

The British Newspaper Archive has grown massively since it was launched in November 2011. 282 British and Irish newspaper titles are now online, covering 1710-1954.

45 newspaper titles added so far this year

Thousands of pages are added every week, so coverage will just keep getting better. More than 2 million pages and 45 new titles have been added to The British Newspaper Archive so far this year, including the Daily Mirror, Daily Record, Dublin Monitor, Lancashire Evening Post, London Evening Standard and Sports Argus.

Register for free at www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/account/register to receive monthly updates about what’s being added to the website.

Vote for the newspapers you’d like to see online

Is there something you’d like The British Newspaper Archive to digitise? You can now suggest titles and vote for other people’s suggestions on the website’s feedback forum:http://help-and-advice.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/forums/243704-newspapers-we-should-add-next

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The British Newspaper Archive is a partnership project between the British Library and Findmypast. From November 2011 to 2021, up to 40 million pages from historical newspapers across the UK and Ireland (spanning the period 1700 to 1954) will be uploaded to www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.

The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It provides world class information services to the academic, business, research and scientific communities and offers unparalleled access to the world’s largest and most comprehensive research collection.