| Genealogy Reviews by Subject |
|---|
| Online Subscription Reviews |
| Genealogy Software Reviews |
| General Genealogy Reviews |
| Census CD Reviews |
| Parish Record and Wills Reviews |
| Military Record Reviews |
| Directory CD Reviews |
| Genealogy Reviews by Publication |
| Ancestors Magazine |
| Family Tree Magazine |
| Practical Family History |
| Family History Monthly |
| Your Family Tree |
| Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine |
| Computing Publications |
| Computeractive Magazine |
| Computer Shopper |
Family History Monthly
 Family History Monthly - www.familyhistorymonthly.comFamily History Monthly is a leading genealogy magazine produced by Diamond Publishing. Click here to subscribe. |
|
|
January 2010 Churchyard Inscriptions of London This book was published in 1910, and contains abstracts of monumental inscriptions from over 50 churches and burial grounds within the historic City of London. READ FULL REVIEW... Christmas 2009 Freemen of the City of York 1272-1759 These registers were originally published in two volumes by The Surtees Society in the late 1890s. Each has its own index, with the volumes containing the names of some 19,900 and 16,600 freemen respectively. READ FULL REVIEW... December 2009 Record of Service of Solicitors and Articled Clerks 1914-1919 This unusual book was published in 1920 by the Solicitors' War Memorial Fund, and lists the solicitors and articles clerks who served in the armed forces during the First World War. READ FULL REVIEW... November 2009 This four DVD set comprises images of the enumerators' books for the 1861 census of Lancashire, and also includes a places index and street indexes to the larger towns and cities. READ FULL REVIEW... October 2009 Scotland, A List of Persons Concerned in the Rebellion 1745-46 Originally published by the Scottish History Society in 1890, this indexed volume contains a brief introduction to the rebellion of 1745 and 1746. It then goes on to list the names of those men - about 2,000 or so - who were involved. READ FULL REVIEW... September 2009 Chatham, Plymouth and Portsmouth Memorial Registers 1914-1921 Originally published in 1924 by the then Imperial War Graves Commission, this book details the memorials that commemorate the 25,563 naval ranks who were lost or buried at sea during the Great War. This represents just over half of the naval dead in the War: the rest died on land and are commemorated in the various WWI cemetaries. READ FULL REVIEW... August 2009 Software Tutotial - RootsMagic UK v4 Platinum Edition Hot from S&N Genealogy Supplies comes RootsMagic version 4 (RM4). It's a lineage-linked family history software database program, developed by the American publisher RootsMagic Inc, from whom you can also buy an American version. You're better off with S&N's offering though because it's been anglicised using a proper (UK) English dictionary, and it also adds S&N to its list of web search pages. READ FULL REVIEW... Who's Who in the British War Mission in the United States of America 1918 The British War Mission in the USA was essentially a delegation of civil servants with responsibility for ensuring the smooth-running of the UK war effort. Different departments within the mission had responsibility for things such as shipping, and for the supply of items as diverse as foodstuffs, aeronautical equipment, timber, artillery including machine guns and small arms, petroleum and gas. READ FULL REVIEW... June 2009 Old Reptonian War Register 1914-1919 This war register was originally published as a book by Repton in 1920. It contains details of its staff and student who served in the army, navy or allied forces during World War I. Examination of the surname index suggests that well over 2,000 individuals are mentioned. READ FULL REVIEW... May 2009 London University Roll of War Service 1914-1919 Originally published in 1921, this contains details of the military service of all Corps' officers, former officers and cadets who were active in the Great War. READ FULL REVIEW... April 2009 Originally published in two volumes in the early 1920's and amounting to nearly 900 pages, this book is said to contain 'True Stories of the Most Glorious Acts of Heroism of the Empire's Soldiers and Sailors during the Great War'. READ FULL REVIEW... March 2009 Irish Wills were usually issued and proved by the Consistorial Court but if the deceased had property of more than £5 in value in another Diocese, then responsibility passed to the Prerogative Court, which was the Supreme Court in Ecclesiastical and Testamentary affairs for all of Ireland. READ FULL REVIEW... Brother's Keeper (BK), one of the oldest family history programs available, looks as fresh now as ever - a polite way of saying its interface is not among the most modern. It is, in fact exceddingly plain and colour-free, but it does provide access to important tools needed by any family history enthusiast. READ FULL REVIEW... February 2009 James Taylor looks at the new version of Ancestry's family history software. Published under licence by Avanquest and released in October to less than a fanfare, Family Tree Maker (FTM) 2009 is Ancestry's latest offering in its family tree software line. READ FULL REVIEW... Who Do You Think You Are? FTM v3 Now published under licence by Avanquest and released in October in serendipitous synchronicity with Series 3 of the eponymous DVD set comes Version 3 of the Who Do You Think You Are? (WDYTYA) software. READ FULL REVIEW... East India Register and Directory 1805 The East India Company was a huge organisation responsible for the British presence and trade with India and Asia until it was dissolved in 1874. READ FULL REVIEW... January 2009 Online expert James Taylor takes a look at the most popular family history software packages and gives his top ten tips for getting the most out of them. Most genealogy database programs offer the same fundamental functionality as each other, especially the mainstream products, where new versions are often used not only to introduce new features of their own but to catch up with the competition. READ FULL REVIEW... Clandestine Marriages in the Chapel and Rules of the Fleet Prison The registers of the chapel of London's Fleet Prison, and of the chapel in its immediate vicinity, record the details of some 250,000 clandestine and irregular marriages that took place in the period between 1690 and 1754. READ FULL REVIEW... Christmas 2008 Website of the Month: TheGenealogist.co.uk Part of the S&N Genealogy Supplies' empire, TheGenealogist is an online records-searching website offering access to genealogical data. Its current collections - new material is being added monthly - include UK censuses, births (including pre-1837) marriages, deaths, land records, military records, directories, parish records, and non-conformist records. READ FULL REVIEW... Would the keen genealogist in your life like some family history software for Christmas? - of course they would. But which is the right one to choose? James Taylor, FHM's online editor, looks at the best five programs on the market and makes some helpful suggestions. READ FULL REVIEW... Indian Army & Civil Service List 1862 This directory details the British officers - both retired and on the active Army List - and civil servants who were serving in India in 1862. READ FULL REVIEW... December 2008 Huguenot Parish Registers 1684-1807: Bristol, Stonehouse, Plymouth, Thorpe-le-Soken This CD contains two books of transcriptions of French refugee church registers originally published by The Huguenot Society of London in 1912. READ FULL REVIEW... November 2008 Dorset Absent Voters' List 1918-1919 The absent voters' list contains details of the electorate who weren't at home at the time of the 1918 general election because they were serving in the military, alongside a supplementary listing of those who missed the 1919 local council elections. READ FULL REVIEW... October 2008 Carnarvon & North Wales 1920/1: Ward & Lock's Illustrated Guide This guide was aimed at tourists who would have taken their holidays in north Wales, and contains extensive details of the area's costal resorts, as well as inland destinations such as Snowdon. READ FULL REVIEW... James Taylor assesses this new version of an old favourite. Version 7 of Legacy has been a long time coming, but it's been worth the wait. We're looking at the Deluxe edition, and among its new features are a mapping facility, improved charts, an easier and more consistent way of recording your sources, a relationship calculator, and much more. READ FULL REVIEW... September 2008 This month: Who's Who Eton 1933 and Commonwealth Probates 1650-1651 READ FULL REVIEW... August 2008 The Family and Local History Handbook 11 These yearbooks have by now garnered quite a following. This is hardly suprising as they are - as Robert says here in this his introduction - the 'essential companions to research'. READ FULL REVIEW... This month: Under the Union Jack 1899-1900 and London 1908 Post Office Directory. READ FULL REVIEW... July 2008 Oxford University Historical register 1220-1900 This was originally published in 1900, and was desribed as 'being a supplement to the Oxford University calendar with an alphabetical record of University honours and distinctions completed to the end of Trinity term 1900'. READ FULL REVIEW... June 2008 London, Bishopsgate St Botolph Parish Records 1558-1753 These transcriptions were originally published in three volumes in the late 19th century, and comprise in excess of 2,100 pages. Precise coverage is: baptisms 1558-1690; marriages 1558-1753; and burials 1558-1752. Each volume is individually indexed. READ FULL REVIEW... May 2008 This directory comprises in excess of 1,600 pages, containing the names and addresses of the 'better class private residents in London'. The three main sections are a street directory, an alphabetical directory - which lists nearly 50,000 residents - and a trades and professional directory. READ FULL REVIEW... London Royal Blue Book - January 1913 This CD contains images of the original GRO indexes to army, marine, regimental, consular and Ionian Islands BMDs. As such, they are likely to prove of particular value to those with ancestors who served in the armed forces. READ FULL REVIEW... March 2008 This book details a poll taken on 30th June 1841 to elect two members to represent the city of Westminster in Parliament. The poll is recorded on a parish by parish basis and alphabetically by surname within those parishes. READ FULL REVIEW... February 2008 Who Do You Think You Are? Deluxe Family Tree Maker 2008 has come under scrutiny, generating mixed feelings - the gains made by the information-packed home screen, the timeline and the potential of the gazetteer and map were offset by the loss of useful chart and report features. This month we turn to the new Who Do You Think You Are? (WDYTYA?) software package, now in version 2. READ FULL REVIEW... Overseas Births, Marriages and Deaths 1916-1940 This CD contains images of the original GRO indexes to army, marine, regimental, consular and Ionian Islands BMDs. As such, they are likely to prove of particular value to those with ancestors who served in the armed forces. READ FULL REVIEW... January 2008 This huge publication of some 3,232 pages was first published by HMSO in two volumes, both of which are included on this CD. They contain names, regiments and ranks of officers on the Active List of the British Army as of August 1918, including infantry, cavalry, artillery, Territorial Army and the like. READ FULL REVIEW... Family Tree Maker (FTM) is now in its 17th manifestation and, aside from the updates it has made to content and packaging, makes two interesting claims for this latest version - that it has been the number one selling family history software for 18 years and that it has undergone a total rewrite of its database engine and interface. READ FULL REVIEW... Christmas 2007 Irish Family History on the Web The third edition of this popular online compantion has been extensively revised amd updated and contains in excess of 2,000 websites, covering both Northern Ireland and the Republic, which are grouped and indexed by subject, institution and place. READ FULL REVIEW... History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland This title was published in four volumes, comprising some 3,000 pages in 1835 - all are reproduced on this CD. The 'commoners' referred to were men enjoying territorial possessions or high official rank, but uninvested with heritable honours. The text catalogues the lineage of hundreds of such families and illustrates them with their coat of arms. READ FULL REVIEW... December 2007 County Families of the United Kingdom 1880 The 20th edition of County Families of the United Kingdom was published in 1880 and was described as the 'Royal Manual of the Titles and Untitled Aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland'. READ FULL REVIEW... Bond of Sacrifice Volume II - January to June 1915 This volume contains biographies of all the officers of the British Army who fell in the first half of 1915. They are organised alphabetically, although preceded by an index on a regimental basis. READ FULL REVIEW... Website of the Month - BMDRegisters.co.uk This new website - a database utilising sources from before compulsary civil registration and potentially featuring six million names - was launched on 14th September as a joint effort by S&N Genealogy Supplies and The National Archives (TNA). It is a great resource for those looking to take their research back before the days of compulsory civil registration, especially if your ancestors non-conformists. Its index can be searched for free. READ FULL REVIEW... November 2007 The Directory of Directors 1936 The 57th edition of The Directory of Directors was published in 1936 by Thomas Skinner & Co. It lists the directors of principal companies whose securities were traded on UK stock markets, giving the name, address and the companies under their directorship. Some 31,000 directors are recorded - many of whom were directors of companies that are still in existence today. READ FULL REVIEW... October 2007 Grantham, Lincolnshire Parish Registers 1562-1632 This volume, originally published in hard copy by the Lincoln Record Society in 1916, contains a transcription of the registers of the Parish Church of St Wulfram in Grantham. READ FULL REVIEW... Whellan's Manchester and Salford 1853 Directory While this is described as a directory of Manchester and Salford, it actually covers an area akin to the post-1974 county of Greater Manchester. Besides the two cities, there are also sections on such major towns as Stockport, Oldham, Rochdale, Bury, Bolton and Wigan, as well as many villages and hamlets. READ FULL REVIEW... September 2007 This three CD set contains original pages from the 1901 census of Wiltshire, which have been digitised from microfiche. All Wiltshire as enumerated is included. The images are supplied with finding aids that include area indexes, and a street index for the town of Swindon. READ FULL REVIEW... August 2007 This directory comprises more than 1,300 pages of information about the theatre and those who worked in it. The section containing biographies of actors, actresses, critics and writers dominates, with the entry for Charles Spencer (Charlie) Chaplin being typical. This tells us that he was born in London on 16th April 1889, gives details of his parents, his marriage and his career, and notes his addresses in Los Angeles. READ FULL REVIEW... London 1926 Post Office Directory A two CD set comprising 2,769 pages of information about the city and districts in its immediate vicinity such as Shepherd's Bush and Tooting. This, the 127th edition, was the first to include telephone numbers. READ FULL REVIEW... July 2007 Paul Gaskell reviews the best of the new releases Included in these reviews are three releases from S&N Genealogy. They are: Baedeker's London and its Environs - Delve into London at the beginning of the 20th century. More... Etonians Who Fought in The World War 1939-1945 - A list of 4,958 Etonians who served in the Second World War. More... Kelly's Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire 1915 Directory - A massive 1,350 pages of information about these counties. More... Brother's Keeper 6 (BK6) is available online now as 'try before you buy' shareware. Once you have paid, you get the current version on CD with a printed manual and an instructional video, and free technical support. The program is under continuous development with minor upgrades available online. READ FULL REVIEW... June 2007 Kelly's Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire 1915 Directory This directory comprises a massive 1,1350 pages of information. Historical and topographical details are given for each town, village and parish, while most pages are devoted to listings of tradesmen and private residents. READ FULL REVIEW... Legacy is much underrated lineage-linked software that doesn't get the exposure it deserves. The interface for each individual shows seven tabbed views, each reflecting different information for the selected person, which all make for easy data entry and navigation. READ FULL REVIEW... May 2007 RootsMagic Family Atlas - Software Review Family Atlas is Windows place-plotting software from RootsMagic, publisher of RootsMagic 3. It works by importing your family files, then geo-coding your ancestral places (allocating latitude and longitude to them) using its integral 3.5 million-name world location database. READ FULL REVIEW... April 2007 Rossall School Directory, Lancashire 1844 - 1882 A thorough tome containing comprehensive information for an eminent Lancashire public school for boys, it contains several detailed lists comprising indexes of boys and masters... READ FULL REVIEW... Ipswich Marriage Licenses 1613 - 1674 A digitally enhanced rendering of documents from the archives of the Archdeaconry of Suffolk, chronicling official marriage licences issued from Ipswich Probate Court in the 17th century. READ FULL REVIEW... February 2007 Official List of Registered Teachers 1917 A PDF copy of the original published volume, this is a complete and searchable list of all teachers who registered with the Teachers Registration Council between 1914 and 1916. READ FULL ARTICLE... New Features at TheGenealogist TheGenealogist now has the largest collection of genuine census transcripts available online. There are complete transcripts of the 1841, 51, 61, 71, 91, and 1901 censuses for England and Wales, with more images uploaded and linked to these transcripts every day. READ FULL ARTICLE... Preserving your Family History with Multimedia This is a beginners' level tutorial on how to digitally preserve and enhance your audio, video and photo records, using common image software and hardware, so you can add them to your family tree software. READ FULL ARTICLE... January 2007 This site has recently added a new Wills and Testaments Index Viewer, and as their census transcription project draws to a close, TheGenealogist is switching focus to the transcription of parish record material. READ FULL ARTICLE... December 2006 A useful pre-WW2 directory to help fill the gaps in your research, the text is fully searchable and printable . READ FULL REVIEW... Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica Published quarterly beginning in 1834, the Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica contains a wide selection of important documents and information. READ FULL REVIEW.. November 2006 In order to expand their range of census data, TheGenealogist has recently licensed the 1901 census. READ FULL ARTICLE... May 2006 Sarah Warwick talks to TheGenealogist.co.uk boss, Nigel Bayley Nigel Bayley knows what family historians want from their computers. Not only is he the managing director of one of the UK's biggest distributors of family history software... but he started out as a family historian himself. READ FULL ARTICLE... April 2006 A useful new field has been added to results of TheGenealogist’s online search of census transcript indexes. READ FULL ARTICLE... February 2006 Visitation of London 1633-1635 and the Lancashire and Cheshire Wills CDs, both now available Lancashire and Cheshire Wills is a series of three CDs covering the periods: 1621-1650, 1660-1680, and 1681-1700. The Visitation of London 1633-1635 contains two volumes ... allow you to find the pedigree and an illustrated coat of arms of any family recorded in...READ FULL ARTICLE... Several improvements have been made to the Advanced Search facilities at TheGenealogist.co.uk. READ FULL ARTICLE... January 2006 Two new CDs from S&N genealogy, a Master Name Index, comprising of 20 million names and the National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland, containing a four volume set on one CD. READ FULL ARTICLE... Christmas 2005 TheGenealogist, the online data service from S&N, has now uploaded complete indexes for the 1841 and 1851 census for London, Lancashire and Yorkshire... READ FULL ARTICLE... Containing the Return of Owners of Land data for the whole of Ireland... READ FULL ARTICLE... War records, local directories, censuses... New London Post Office Directory 1859 CD and Homeland Handbooks, Northampton and Huntingdon... READ FULL ARTICLE... December 2005 Cassell’s Gazetteer of Britain and Ireland A gazetteer can be an excellent research aid, especially when looking for places found on census entries... READ FULL ARTICLE... This is a compilation of 12 individual Parish Register transcript CDs offering excellent value compared to the individual CD prices... READ FULL ARTICLE... November 2005 Four new products from S&N genealogy National Roll of the Great War- Volume 8, Leeds, Imperial Dictionary of Universal Biography and two other new products from S&N genealogy... READ FULL ARTICLE... September 2005 The Genealogist - New subscriptions Completely new pricing structure to their BMD index and The Genealogist web services giving access to a wide variety of material with a single subscription instead of just a single database... READ FULL ARTICLE... New sets of census CDs appear monthly... READ FULL ARTICLE... Homeland Handbooks- Lynton, Lynmouth The Homeland Handbooks were a series of official council tourist guides to everything likely to be of interest to a visitor to the area... READ FULL ARTICLE...
August 2005 The Essential Guide to Researching Your Family History DVD Julian Richards, presenter of BBC's Meet the Ancestors, leads you through the process of researching your family history in this very watchable DVD.. READ FULL ARTICLE... All the Birth Marriage and Death Indexes from 1837 through to 2003 have now been completed... READ FULL ARTICLE... New London Census and Data Website Three new and complete London Census Indexes were seen for the first time at the SOG fair... READ FULL ARTICLE...
July 2005 Online census news - The Genealogist S&N have added much improved search facilities to their online index to the London 1861 census... READ FULL REVIEW... and The History of Signboards - From the Earliest Times to the Present Day New CD releases. READ REVIEWS...
June 2005 Website of the Month: The Genealogist The Genealogist website contains a wide variety of subscription databases. With the exception of the excellent BMD index section, much of the other material available on the website is census related, and as these two sources are of paramount importance to your family history research after the mid-19th century, this is a useful service to explore... READ FULL REVIEW... www.BMDindex.co.uk was awarded the top score in an independent comparative test in the June 2005 issue of Family History Monthly. It was given 95% declared 'best for value, features and general usability'... READ FULL REVIEW...
April 2005 The Essential Guide to Researching Your Family History
This new DVD video takes you step-by-step through the process of researching, recording and presenting your family history... READ FULL REVIEW...
March 2005
Their indexing of the post-1984 data is considerably better than the 1837online version... READ FULL REVIEW... February 2005 RootsMagic Software of the Month There is a review of Roots Magic UK in the February issue of Family History Monthly, out now. Christmas 2004 London 1880 Post Office Directory
...this CD contains the Court and Street directories, with residents listed both alphabetically and by street... READ FULL REVIEW... December 2004
If you are interested in WWI then this weekly magazine, actually published during the war itself, makes a fascinating read... READ FULL REVIEW... This CD contains a transcript of the Baptisms 1634-95 and the Marriages and Burials 1619-95 for the parish church of St Peter, Kirkgate, Leeds... MORE November 2004 National Roll of the Great War — Vol. 1
This is one of a number of new releases related to the First World War published by S&N. The Roll records the names and records of those who served during the 1914-1918 period, including civilians... MORE Kelly's Titled, Landed & Official Classes 1942
Listings of the major land-owning families, with brief details of genealogy, education... READ FULL REVIEW... Kelly's Directory of Derbyshire, Nottingham, Leicestershire and Rutland 1912
A massive and useful directory containing excellent coloured county maps... READ FULL REVIEW... Debrett's Peerage of Ireland and Scotland 1826
Debrett's Peerage of Ireland and Scotland 1826... READ FULL REVIEW... October 2004
This fourth edition of the directory by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies was published in 1902... READ FULL REVIEW...
Many of the graphics didn't show up very well on Stepping Stones original edition of these records, but images are much better on this release... READ FULL REVIEW... Second World War Army, Navy, RAF and Indian Service Staff Deaths
This new series of publications from S&N are based on the General Register Office's overseas birth, marriage and death records... READ FULL REVIEW... Wills in the York Registry 1389-1652 Released to coincide with the recent family history fair this may well help genealogists interested in early Yorkshire ancestors. The disc consists of eleven volumes of wills proved in the Exchequer and Prerogative Courts of York... READ FULL REVIEW... |
|
