The 2021 UK Census is available now on FindMyPast! But there is one pretty big catch. The census is not included in any of their membership plans and will only be available pay-per-view.
You can search the census for free (meaning it will say whether or not they have a record matching your search terms), however, you can’t view the image or the transcript …
read moreAt the start of October, I saw several references to National Family History Month and I decided to research its origins. I made an interesting discovery...there is no National Family History Month.
I saw references to National Family History Month on several reputable websites. Some articles were from this year, some were from past years. This rumor is fairly widespread with bloggers, genealogical companies …
read moreA couple of months ago, I was in a cemetery looking for a tombstone of a white person. But I came to realize that I was in a black church cemetery. The person died in 1939, during a time when most churches were segregated. I needed to be at the cemetery for the church that was historically white, but I wasn’t. So how did …
read morePrior to the Registration Act of 1836, the responsibility of maintaining English birth records fell primarily on churches. A method of documenting births to be held in a centralized location, apart from the church, was deemed necessary. With the creation of the Registration Act of 1836, the General Register Office (GRO) in London was established to maintain the birth records in England and Wales, no …
read moreWhen reading genealogy articles or reports, sometimes I like to look up the references. Occasionally, online links provided in the citation no longer work. But all is not lost! The Wayback Machine stores old versions of many webpages.
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Karen Kowallis, MEd, AG® is an Accredited Genealogist® with a passion for learning, teaching, and researching.