Genealogy Reviews
Family History Monthly
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Family History Monthly is a leading genealogy magazine produced by Diamond Publishing. For subscriptions click here. 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... |
