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Ancestry releases Electoral Rolls for London
Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:28

Ancestry have released new data covering the London Electoral Rolls 1835-1965. See

 

http://search.ancestry.co.uk/search/db.aspx?dbid=1795

 

They are name indexed, though like so many scanned documents, the quality of the OCR is bound to vary. I noted that while some Middx records (e.g. for Enfield) are there for the earlier years, they are missing for the more recent period. However, it's a valuable resource allowing you to find addresses in the modern (post censuses) period.
Last Updated on Thursday, 12 January 2012 20:33
 
Events in London
Tuesday, 01 November 2011 00:00

January Events in London

London Metropolitan Archives

Wednesdays 11 and 25 January 2-3pm

Workshop: Focus on Family History

Starting your family history? Learn how to get the most out of our digitised family history resources, including records on Ancestry.co.uk. This workshop is aimed at beginners.

Wednesday 25 January 11am

Use London Metropolitan Archives: Getting Started

TOUR: The Information Area and how to get the best out of the research facilities.

The above events are free.

Book in advance on 020 7332 3851

 

Guildhall Library

Tracing Your Family History: A Ten Week Beginners Course

Starting 18 January

The course is aimed at those who are new to family history and will cover all the basics sources for tracing your family tree.

£84 – you must book in advance.

Telephone 020 7332 1868

Thursday 25 January 2-3pm

Workshop: Digital Resources in Guildhall Library

This event is free; book in advance on 020 7332 1868

 

Guildhall Art Gallery

Thursday 19 January 12.15, 1.15, 2.15 and 3.15pm

Amphitheatre Tour 

Find out how the remains of the amphitheatre were discovered and what life in London was like for the Romans. The tour lasts about 30 minutes. Free.

 

Museum of London: 

9 December 2011 – 10 June 2012

Exhibition: Dickens and London

This exhibition recreates the atmosphere of Victorian London through sound and projections. Paintings, photos, costume and objects will illustrate the works of Dickens and rarely seen manuscripts of Bleak House and David Copperfield, written in the author’s hand, will be on display.  19th century life in London will be examined. Dickens’ own experience of his childhood   (the blacking factory and debtor’s prison) appeared in his stories.

Entry to the museum is free but a charge applies to the exhibition-Adult £8, Concessions £6

See the website for more information

www.museumoflondon.org.uk/london-wall

Last Updated on Tuesday, 03 January 2012 08:27
 
London Family History Centre
Wednesday, 07 September 2011 19:42

London Family History Centre

The London Family History Centre (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints) has temporarily relocated its services from South Kensington to The National Archives in Kew. This move is as a result of building refurbishment and will last for several months. The National Archives’ reading room services will not be affected during this time.

Patrons of the London Family History Centre will be able to use the microfilm collection, which will also be temporarily located at Kew. Film ordering should be completed as usual at: www.londonfhc.org as should group research visits (which will be subject to confirmation of space availability at Kew). The Tuesday talks are planned to start in October, again depending on space availability.

It is estimated that the stay in Kew will last 7-8 months but the exact date will only be available nearer to project completion. If you would like to be informed about the return to Exhibition Road by email, send a message titled ADD ME to: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Please include your name in the body of the message.
 
City Digital Archive
Monday, 13 September 2010 11:51

Those of you who work in the City or want to do research there will be interested to know about the City Digital Archive.

It is located adjacent to Guildhall Library and is open during the Library’s opening hours, Monday – Saturday 09:30-16:45.

Access to the computers is free & printing facilities are available within the Library to users with either a History Card or City of London Libraries Card

The area is self-service and provides access to many resources including some of interest to family historians, including Ancestry and FindMyPast. Also maps, images and Quick Links to other useful sites.
 
Locating London's Past
Monday, 12 December 2011 12:54
I've just become aware of a wonderful new website called Locating London's Past at

http://www.locatinglondon.org/

This website allows you to search a wide body of digital resources relating to early modern and eighteenth-century London, and to map the results on to a fully GIS compliant version of John Rocque's 1746 map.

Records of crime, poor relief, taxation, elections, local administration, plague deaths and archaeological finds can all be searched and mapped on this site.
 
London's largest cemetery now on Deceased Online
Saturday, 04 December 2010 11:01

Over ½m burial and cremation records for north and central London

Burial and cremation records dating from 1854 for the boroughs of Islington and Camden in central north London are now on Deceased Online. Two conjoined cemeteries, St Pancras and Islington, form the largest single cemetery in London and, in burial numbers, the largest in the UK.

Of the 800,000 burial records, approximately 70% of these are available immediately with the remainder to be uploaded within the next 3 to 4 months. The 575,000 records currently available comprise nearly 362,000 for the Islington section between 1854 and 1945 and the remaining 213,000 for the St Pancras section are for 1854 to 1898, and 1905 to 1911. Also available now are 46,500 records from Islington Crematorium which date back to 1937. The 8,500 most recent cremation records will be added in the next few months, together with the remaining cemetery records. 

The cemeteries and crematorium serve a large catchment area across Central and North London and will therefore be a major research resource. The burial records are in the form of scans of registers; grave details indicating all occupants are available immediately for St Pancras Cemetery, and for Islington Cemetery will follow in the near future. The cremation records include scans of registers.

Notable burials include Henry Croft, the original Pearly King; violinist and conductor Sir Eugene Aynsley Goossens, John Hickey (survivor of the charge of the Light Brigade complete with a memorial erected by, among others, Jerome K Jerome); MP and industrialist Alfred Mond, interred in a stunning mausoleum; recipients of the Victoria Cross and hundreds of other war graves; Ford Maddox Brown, the Pre-Raphaelite painter; and Cora Crippen (aka Belle Elmore), alleged victim of Dr Harvey Crippen.

Over the next few months, maps of areas in the cemetery indicating grave locations will be uploaded together with photographs of many notable memorials and headstones.

The Deceased Online database for London is now over 1.1 million including the Borough areas of Islington, Camden, Havering and Merton. Many more records for other areas in London will be added in the near future.

http://www.deceasedonline.com/

 
Last Updated on Saturday, 04 December 2010 11:09
 
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