Latest News on what is happening in Family History This news page is written by Celia Heritage and brings you the latest information on what is happening in the world of Family History. Celia Heritage is a professional genealogist and lecturer in Family History and we would like to thank her for her contribution to our website news and information section. February 23rd 2012 Here is a review of some of the latest family history Internet releases between November and the beginning of February this year. What's New in Family History February 2012 It's been a fairly quiet year so far for new internet releases but no doubt there will be some announcements about new databases at the Who Do You Think You Are show at Olympia this weekend. In the meantime here are some of the latest releases. If you are coming to the show there are lots of workshops to attend as well as interesting family history stalls. I will giving a talk entitled "I've Lost My Ancestor Before 1837 - Where Did He Come From?" at 3pm on Sunday 26 February in the WDYTYA theatre. So if you are there on the Sunday please come along and support me. You can obtain workshop tickets on the day or in advance when you book a show ticket online here . Internet Releases Findmypast have recently added the following records: Transcripts of the 1861 and 1891 Scottish Census Many new parish registers for Lincolnshire between 1699 and 1838 Thames Watermen and Lightermen Records which includes: - The Company of Watermen & Lightermen of the River Thames binding records 1692-1949 , The Company of Watermen & Lightermen of the River Thames reassignments 1688-1908: a list of apprentices who were reassigned from one master to another – 12,410 records, including information about both masters and apprentices
- Thomas Doggett Coat & Badge, a record of all known competitors who rowed in this annual race
- Corporation of Trinity House: a register of licences granted to ex-mariners to work as watermen on the River Thames 1829-1864 – 90 records
- London Dockland Baptismal Collection which includes St Dunstan, Stepney 1668 -1679 and Christchurch, Spitalfields 1843 - 1875
- Military Nurses 1856 - 1940 contains the service records of hundreds of nurses who served with the following : the Army Nursing Service, Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service, Royal Hospital Chelsea Nurses, Scottish Women's Hospital, World War II Military Nurses.
- The Manchester Police Index contains records of Manchester police officers from 1812 to 1941 while Prestwich Asylum Admissions includes details of male and female admissions to the Prestwich asylum from January 1851 to March 1901 and will tell you a person's age, occupation, religion, number of children and how they came to be admitted. Some later records have a photograph too.
Meanwhile it's new Cheshire Collection will provide anyone with ancestors in this area with a very substantial database to work from, including parish registers and bishops transcripts of the 16th to 20th centuries, marriage license bonds and allegations, workhouse registers from 1781 to 1910, as well as 20th century electoral rolls. The Genealogist has completed their transcriptions of the 1911 census for Oxfordshire, Surrey, Lancashire, Middlesex, Gloucestershire, Norfolk, Somerset, Cornwall, Worcestershire, Devon and the Channel Islands. They have also added baptisms for most of the parishes in the city of Worcester dating from 1813 onwards and for Worcester St Albans (Baptisms) 1754-1812. These are in collaboration with the Malvern Family History Society. Ancestry has released Dorset baptisms, marriages and burials going back to the 16th century and a new 'parish page' featuring parish records by region. It has also added the Silver War Badge Records 1914–1920 database. This provides information about servicemen who were discharged from the Army due to illness or wounds received. The badges were given so that they would not be accused of shirking army duty and the database will provide you with details their rank, service dates, unit and why they were discharged. Scotlandspeople have added Census Street Lists for the main towns and cities in Scotland for every census year. These free-to-view books are an excellent research tool and can be used to locate streets and find which enumeration books cover a particular area. In most instances the registration district is also provided. This is an excellent resource for finding who lived at a particular address without searching on a name. To view the census street lists click here. Celia Heritage Heritage Family History | 
