Issue :	#37
Date :	September 2006
Publisher :	Delyse Brown
e-Mail :	editor@genealogyworld.net
Back Issues:	Archive
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Hello !*FIRST_NAME*!,

'GENEALOGY WORLD' - NEW ITEMS :
            Index on right hand side of page.

Good news regarding post 1890 Passenger Lists:
1837online comment as follows:
"Have you reached a brick wall with your family history research? Do some of your ancestors seem to have completely disappeared? If your ancestors emigrated overseas, 1837online.com's latest online project can help you track them down. In association with the National Archives we are scanning and transcribing the passenger lists from ships departing the UK on long-distance voyages between 1890 and 1960, covering routes to the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India and South Africa, among others."
http://www.1837online.com/index.html

You will be interested to know that Missionaries in S Africa .. Part 1 and Part 2 - by Rosemary Dixon-Smith appears in the Family Tree Magazine (October and November 2006 issues).

Family Tree Magazine has been kind enough to include mention of GENEALOGY WORLD in their UPDATE section in the October 2006 issue of the Magazine.

Gentlemen in Khaki (Anglo-Boer War)
Fresh Fields and Pastures New: British Immigrants in South Africa
both written by Rosemary Dixon-Smith have recently been published by
The Family and Local History Handbook 10th Edition: (ISBN 10: 0 9530297 94 and ISBN 13: 978 0 9530297 9 2) - September 2006
Article topics in the 10th edition include: Coroners Records, Church of England Ministers, British Immigrants in South Africa, Gentlemen in Khaki: The Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902, Life in the Workhouse, Liverpool, Anglo-Jewry, Murderous Females, Weavers, Scottish Ancestry, Army Ancestry, Adoptions, Inventors and Inventions, Northern Ireland Public Record Office, Scottish Irregular Marriages, Maiden Names in Scotland and much more.
To order, go to www.genealogical.co.uk ... Price 12.99 (pounds)

SETTLER CHRONOLOGY:
Inspired by the above article "Fresh Fields and Pastures New" we now have a Settler Chronology for easy reference.
Look for the new Button at the top of the Main Menu.

NATAL
PASSENGER LISTS:
Now available 1886 and 1889 - selected Passenger Lists from the Natal Witness.

ANGLO-ZULU WAR:
Graham Mason has written a new article: Campbell of the Guards.

TRANSCRIPTIONS AND GENERAL SHIPPING LISTS::
Transcriptions sent to us by Ellen Stanton this month are:
Presbyterian Church Records:
Christenings - Grahamstown: 1848-1893
Marriages - Grahamstown: 1849-1896
Marriages - Grahamstown: 1896-1923
Marriages - Newcastle Natal: 1890-1901
Marriages - Newcastle Natal: 1901-1914
Marriages - Newcastle Natal: 1901-1914
Loss of the Drummond Castle - Ellen Stanton transcribes South Africa Magazine July 11 1896
Loss of the Drummond Castle - Ellen Stanton transcribes South Africa Magazine July 18 1896
Loss of the Drummond Castle - Ellen Stanton transcribes South Africa Magazine September 12 1896

HISTORICAL POSTCARDS:
Glynis Millett-Clay shares her marvellous collection of postcards with us .. no less than 122 in total !! Make sure you have a look at this charming collection of memories from yesteryear.
Look for the new Button at the top of the Main Menu.

THE 1820 SETTLERS:
Settler Correspondence
H, K, L, M, N, O and Q have now been transcribed by Sue Mackay and her team.

PUBLICATIONS:
The "Cotton Germans" Of Natal
FROM BRAMSCHE TO NEW GERMANY: THE STORY OF THE BERGTHEIL COLONISTS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS 1848 - 2006 by Walter Volker
This book which is published by Just Done Productions will be available in the third week of September 2006.

Boer War Service Records

The following Boer War service records have recently been transcribed by Rowena Wattrus:
Extracts from National Archives Ref WO 126/35 for the Boer War service records for selected names starting with A for DAMANT'S HORSE (formerly known as RIMINGTON'S GUIDES)
Extracts from National Archives Ref WO 126/35 for the Boer War service records for selected names starting with B for DAMANT'S HORSE (formerly known as RIMINGTON'S GUIDES)
Extracts from National Archives Ref WO 126/35 for the Boer War service records for selected names starting with C for DAMANT'S HORSE (formerly known as RIMINGTON'S GUIDES)
Extracts from National Archives Ref WO 126/38 for the Boer War service records for selected names starting with RAD and STY for DAMANT'S HORSE (formerly known as RIMINGTON'S GUIDES)
Extracts from National Archives Ref WO 126/38 for the Boer War service records for selected names starting between T and Z for DAMANT'S HORSE (formerly known as RIMINGTON'S GUIDES)
Extracts from National Archives Ref WO 126/45 for the Boer War service records for selected names starting between A and C for the EASTERN PROVINCE HORSE
Extracts from National Archives Ref WO 126/45 for the Boer War service records for selected names starting between D and J for the EASTERN PROVINCE HORSE
Extracts from National Archives Ref WO 126/45 for the Boer War service records for selected names starting between K and Z for the EASTERN PROVINCE HORSE
Extracts from National Archives Ref WO 126/45 for the Boer War service records for selected names starting between A and C for the FRENCH'S SCOUTS
Extracts from National Archives Ref WO 126/45 for the Boer War service records for selected names starting between D and K for the FRENCH'S SCOUTS
Extracts from National Archives Ref WO 126/45 for the Boer War service records for selected names starting between L and R for the FRENCH'S SCOUTS
Extracts from National Archives Ref WO 126/45 for the Boer War service records for selected names starting between S and Z for the FRENCH'S SCOUTS
Extracts from National Archives Ref WO 126/121 for the Boer War service records for selected names starting between A and Z for the ROSS BATTERY AND LOCH'S HORSE

NOW SEARCH OVER 600 BOOKS WHICH THE FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY HAS ONLINE
In September 2005 the LDS Family History Library announced that it has begun the process of digitizing and making available on the Internet ALL of the Family History books in their collection. At that time, about 5000 books were available, and they were adding about 100 titles a week. Books out of copyright are being done first.

The images of these Family History books are actually being stored on the electronic servers at Brigham Young University. By going directly to the BYU website to view the images, you are able to full-text searches on each book.

HOW TO FIND THE DIGITIZED IMAGES
Go to the website of the Harold B. Lee Library at BYU:
http://www.lib.byu.edu/
On their home page follow the links
"Find Other Materials/
Then: "Electronic/
Then: "On Line Collections at BYU.

Click on the "Text Collections" tab and select the "Family History Archive" from the list of collections that are displayed. You would then normally want to use the "Search All" feature with the "Search All Text" box checked, although the "Advanced Search" will allow very high-powered searches that will allow certain phrases to be searched for and other words to be used to exclude potential hits.

As you make selections from the "hits" that are displayed, you will need to use the "Click Here To View Item" button near the top of the screen to display the actual image of the page. You can page through the entire document using the index displayed on the left side of the screen. Each page may be printed after being viewed. One interesting sidelight is, when you are at the first web page for the Family History Archive, click on the "Browse the Collection" button. This will display every Family History book that has been digitized and is available in the collection. You can scroll through this list much the same as if you were walking up and down the stacks at the library.

When you first log onto: http://www.lib.byu.edu/
there are many other links to check out, as well as more links on the second page. The "Text Collections" page lists many other books, sources and resources!

The Surname search page is found at this URL:
http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/

Regarding: ancestry.co.uk
At the moment they have 72 million telephone records from 1880 to 1984 for the London, Surrey, Hertfordshire, Essex, Kent and Middlesex area - with the rest of 250 million entries to follow next year!

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