Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Canada. Show all posts
Thursday, December 10, 2015
Search the World War I Canadian Expeditionary Force Database
Do you have family members who went to Canada before World War I ?
Library and Archives Canada have created a new database of records of the World War I Canadian Expeditionary Force.
Initially, Canada offered 25,000 soldiers for service overseas but that grew during the war to 619,636, of whom, 424,589 served in Europe.
Volunteers were questioned at the place of enlistment to complete the two-sided Attestation papers which included the recruit's name and address, next-of-kin, date and place of birth, occupation, previous military service, and distinguishing physical characteristics, and their signature.
Conscripted men completed a far simpler one-sided form which included their name, date of recruitment, and compliance with requirements for registration. Officers completed a one-sided form called the Officers' Declaration Paper.
Search the World War I Canadian Expeditionary Force database.
Friday, April 13, 2012
Struck Iceberg ... Sinking Fast
100 years ago tonight, the Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg.
More than 1500 people (men, women and children) died as a result; most within minutes of hypothermia in icy water.
The English National Archives is offering a Titanic chat session each day from 2pm to 4pm (British Summer Time) on 17th, 18th, 19th April.
It's worth looking at their Titanic exhibition where there is a free search, too;
at their Titanic Image Showcase of related images
and listening to a 37 minute podcast about the Titanic.
The Library and Archives Canada have a Titanic image gallery on Flickr.
More info on Wikipedia's Titanic article as well as many other sites.
Our latest volume, Coldingham Monumental Inscriptions has been published.
Read our Kith & Kin column every week in the Border Telegraph and Peeblesshire News newspapers.
More than 1500 people (men, women and children) died as a result; most within minutes of hypothermia in icy water.
The English National Archives is offering a Titanic chat session each day from 2pm to 4pm (British Summer Time) on 17th, 18th, 19th April.
It's worth looking at their Titanic exhibition where there is a free search, too;
at their Titanic Image Showcase of related images
and listening to a 37 minute podcast about the Titanic.
The Library and Archives Canada have a Titanic image gallery on Flickr.
More info on Wikipedia's Titanic article as well as many other sites.
Our latest volume, Coldingham Monumental Inscriptions has been published.
Read our Kith & Kin column every week in the Border Telegraph and Peeblesshire News newspapers.
Monday, May 3, 2010
300 Million New Names Online
Family Search have announced that over 300 million new names have been added, creating or updating more than 150 new collections of records.
Can that be right ? It seems unbelievably large. Even 300,000 would be a lot.
The records can be found at FamilySearch’s Record Search pilot.
Whatever it is, it's good news for all of us.
The collections updated include
Happy searching !
If you want to volunteer to help Family Search, you can do that at FamilySearchIndexing.org. If you would rather help closer to home, please go to our Contacts page and send us a message, choosing the contact type Offers of Help.
To comment on this article, please click the 'comments' link below.
Can that be right ? It seems unbelievably large. Even 300,000 would be a lot.
The records can be found at FamilySearch’s Record Search pilot.
Whatever it is, it's good news for all of us.
The collections updated include
- Australia Deaths and Burials, 1816—1980
- Canada Births and Baptisms, 1661—1959
- Canada Deaths and Burials, 1664—1955
- Canada Marriages, 1661—1949
- British Columbia Death Registrations, 1872—1986
- British Columbia Marriage Registrations, 1859—1932
- New Brunswick Births, 1819—1899
- Nova Scotia Births, 1702—1896
- Nova Scotia Marriages, 1711—1909
- Ontario Births, 1779—1899
- Ontario Marriages, 1800—1910
- Quebec Births, 1662—1898
- Gibraltar Marriages, 1879—1918
- Gibraltar Births and Baptisms, 1704—1876
- Great Britain Deaths and Burials, 1778—1988
- Great Britain Marriages, 1797—1988
- Channel Islands Births and Baptisms, 1820—1907
- Isle of Man Births and Baptisms, 1821—1911
- Isle of Man Deaths and Burials, 1844—1911
- Isle of Man Marriages, 1849—1911
- Wales, Births and Baptisms, 1586—1907
- Wales, Deaths and Burials, 1586—1885
- Wales, Marriages, 1541—1900
- Ireland Deaths, 1864—1870
- India Births and Baptisms, 1800—1945
- India Deaths and Burials, 1800—1945
- India Marriages, 1800—1945
Happy searching !
If you want to volunteer to help Family Search, you can do that at FamilySearchIndexing.org. If you would rather help closer to home, please go to our Contacts page and send us a message, choosing the contact type Offers of Help.
To comment on this article, please click the 'comments' link below.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Criminal Ancestors
Last Sunday's programme, the fourth episode of the new 'Digging up Your Roots', which is broadcast on 92-95 FM every Sunday at midday until 21 February was about criminal ancestors.
If you have a question to ask, write to: Digging Up Your Roots, BBC Radio Scotland, Beechgrove Terrace, Aberdeen, AB15 5ZT or email them at diggingupyourroots@bbc.co.uk .
If you missed this, it is available as a podcast.
In 1827 and 1828, the notorious William Burke and William Hare carried out a series of murders and sold the bodies to a medical school. Helen MacDougal, Burke's bidie-in, claimed she knew nothing about the murders. When the case came to court on Christmas eve 1828, Burke was convicted, but Helen's verdict was Not Proven.
Later on, Helen was possibly killed by millworkers at Deanston, after she was unmasked as Burke's accomplice.
Lots more detail about them which you can hear in the podcast.
Jane Stark was a one woman crimewave in the late 19th century, housebreaking, affairs, drunkenness. She died in 1899. The information from NHS records was that she was a hawker and had been run over by a lorry and died an hour and a half after admission. The local press reported that she had been run over by a North British railway truck after stepping out in front of it while she was drunk. Poor Relief records came into play when Jane went to prison and her children went first to a shelter and later to an industrial school.
The National Archives of Scotland has prison records from 1657. Most useful are the admission registers which show name, age, height (in feet and inches for men; low, middle, or tall for women), birthplace, residence, marital status, occupation, crime, the court, sentence, dates admitted and released, and photos (mostly of criminal lunatics) from the 1880s. There are also records of prison staff, and governors' journals.
Apparently any child born in North prison, Glasgow was entitled to a farthing (a quarter of an old penny) for life from Glasgow Council. A year's farthings (365) would be 7 shillings and 7 pence farthing (£0.38).
They also mentioned a book by William Seivwright, a preacher reader in Perth prison, which details prison life.
Also see Black Sheep Ancestors, which has details of insane asylums, executions, and prisons in Britain, Canada, and the USA.
British Library Online can be used to view newspapers. It is a subscription site, but many universities provide free access to staff and students.
One listener wanted to know more about a her great uncle in Canada, who she thought had killed his wife's lover, and they found some information in Library and Archives Canada.
Another listener wanted to know about Huguenot ancestors - there are records at the Huguenot Library in London.
There was a quite a lot on Kirk Session records too.
Next Sunday's programme will be about military matters, including a prisoner of war, a daring Battle of Britain pilot, and a unique tribute to a Black Watch soldier.
To comment on this article, please click the 'comments' link below.
If you have a question to ask, write to: Digging Up Your Roots, BBC Radio Scotland, Beechgrove Terrace, Aberdeen, AB15 5ZT or email them at diggingupyourroots@bbc.co.uk .
If you missed this, it is available as a podcast.
In 1827 and 1828, the notorious William Burke and William Hare carried out a series of murders and sold the bodies to a medical school. Helen MacDougal, Burke's bidie-in, claimed she knew nothing about the murders. When the case came to court on Christmas eve 1828, Burke was convicted, but Helen's verdict was Not Proven.
Later on, Helen was possibly killed by millworkers at Deanston, after she was unmasked as Burke's accomplice.
Lots more detail about them which you can hear in the podcast.
Jane Stark was a one woman crimewave in the late 19th century, housebreaking, affairs, drunkenness. She died in 1899. The information from NHS records was that she was a hawker and had been run over by a lorry and died an hour and a half after admission. The local press reported that she had been run over by a North British railway truck after stepping out in front of it while she was drunk. Poor Relief records came into play when Jane went to prison and her children went first to a shelter and later to an industrial school.
The National Archives of Scotland has prison records from 1657. Most useful are the admission registers which show name, age, height (in feet and inches for men; low, middle, or tall for women), birthplace, residence, marital status, occupation, crime, the court, sentence, dates admitted and released, and photos (mostly of criminal lunatics) from the 1880s. There are also records of prison staff, and governors' journals.
Apparently any child born in North prison, Glasgow was entitled to a farthing (a quarter of an old penny) for life from Glasgow Council. A year's farthings (365) would be 7 shillings and 7 pence farthing (£0.38).
They also mentioned a book by William Seivwright, a preacher reader in Perth prison, which details prison life.
Also see Black Sheep Ancestors, which has details of insane asylums, executions, and prisons in Britain, Canada, and the USA.
British Library Online can be used to view newspapers. It is a subscription site, but many universities provide free access to staff and students.
One listener wanted to know more about a her great uncle in Canada, who she thought had killed his wife's lover, and they found some information in Library and Archives Canada.
Another listener wanted to know about Huguenot ancestors - there are records at the Huguenot Library in London.
There was a quite a lot on Kirk Session records too.
Next Sunday's programme will be about military matters, including a prisoner of war, a daring Battle of Britain pilot, and a unique tribute to a Black Watch soldier.
To comment on this article, please click the 'comments' link below.
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