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Isle of Wight Family History Society
| 16 December 2011 |
Di Harding Award |
The entries for the Di Harding Award have now been judged and the results announced.
Full details can be found on the Di Harding Award page.
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| 8 December 2011 |
BMD Indexes - Births |
We have now added the remaining Birth Index entries for 2008 to 2010 to the BMD Indexes. This completes our planned work on all the Civil Registration Indexes
from 1837 - 2010, with just a few Marriages from recent years still to record, where the Registers are still "open" at the venue, and these will be
covered in due course. Many thanks to all the Volunteers who have contributed to the success of this, our flagship offering on the website !
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| 5 December 2011 |
Journals 1 - 100 on CD-ROM |
We have scanned all our Journals 1 - 100 (Winter 1985 to Feb 2011), converted them into Searchable PDFs, and Indexes have been prepared. The Journals are available online to
Members, or can be purchased on CD-ROM. For details see Books, CDs etc. Thanks to those Members who contributed to the scanning, PDF conversion, indexing and preparaton of the
online and CD-ROM versions, including Andrew Main, Peter Spencer and Geoff Allan.
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| 30 November 2011 |
BMD Indexes - Marriages |
We have now added the remaining Marriage Index entries for 2001 to 2010 to the BMD Indexes. This completes our planned work on the Marriages,
with just 3 years worth of Births to bring this project to a conclusion. There are a few Marriages from recent years still to record, where the Registers are still "open" at the venue, and these will be
covered in due course. Many thanks to all the Volunteers who have contributed to the success of this, our flagship offering on the website !
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| 25 November 2011 |
BMD Indexes - Deaths |
We have now added the remaining Death Index entries for 2009 to 2010 to the BMD Indexes. This completes our planned work on the Deaths, with just 3 years worth of Births
and 10 years worth of Marriages to bring this project to a conclusion. Many thanks to all the Volunteers who have contributed to the success of this, our flagship offering on the website !
Our Chairman gives these simple statistics: there were 3,304 deaths in 2009-2010 registered in the closed registers (ie: 4.53 per day), with an average age at death of over 80
(there’s hope for us all!). There were no less than 37 centenarians (alas only 3 of these were male) – with two people living to 106 years old!
Only 3 babies died before their first birthday (approximately one in one thousand).
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| November 2011 |
Church Burials Index |
We have now added the entries for Calbourne : All Saints Churchyards (transcriptions from the Monumental Inscriptions).
Thanks to Di Hayter for the transcriptions, which have added nearly 500 records (not presented in this way before)
to the Index.
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| October 2011 |
BMD System changes |
We are continuing to enhance the information held on the Marriage records. The decade 1991-2000 has now been completed and work has commenced on 2001-2010 Marriages. Many of the recent Registers are still at the Churches as they are not returned to the
Registar until they are full, so this makes our task a little more difficult. We also plan to complete Births and Death to 2010 in due course.
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| August 2011 |
BMD System changes |
We are continuing to enhance the information held on the Marriage records. The decade 1981-1990 has now been completed and work has commenced on 1991-2000 Marriages. Many of the recent Registers are still at the Churches as they are not returned to the
Registar until they are full, so this makes our task a little more difficult.
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| July 2011 |
BMD System changes |
We are continuing to enhance the information held on the Marriage records. The decade 1971-1980 has now been completed and work has commenced on 1981-1990 Marriages.
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| July 2011 |
"Make Contact" feature added to website |
As an addition to the "Help Wanted" page, we have added a "Make Contact" feature for anyone wishing to make contact with other researchers,
but whose requests do not fit in to the "Help Wanted" format. See the new
Help Wanted / Make Contact pages for details. |
| June 2011 |
BMD System changes |
We are continuing to enhance the information held on the Marriage records. The decade 1961-1970 has now been completed and work has commenced on 1971-1980 Marriages.
A limited number of BMD announcements from the Isle of Wight Observer in the
latter part of the 19th Century has been added to the BMD Indexes, and we are continuing with this project. |
| 15 May 2011 |
Committee changes |
Sharon BEDDARD joins the Committee, taking on the Membership Secretary role from Jon MATTHEWS. We wish her well in this role, and thanks to Jon for all the sterling work he has done over the years. |
| 28 April 2011 |
BMD System changes |
We have now added Birth index records for the years 2003 to 2007 inclusive. |
| April 2011 |
BMD System changes |
We are continuing to enhance the information held on the Marriage records. The decade 1951-1960 has now been completed and work has commenced on 1961-1970 Marriages. There are plans to add Birth Index entries from 2003 - 2008. |
| March 2011 |
BMD System changes |
We are continuing to enhance the information held on the Marriage records. The decade 1941-1950 has now been completed and work has commenced on 1951-1960 Marriages. There are plans to add Birth Index entries from 2003 - 2008. |
Isle of Wight
| February 2012 |
Binstead and Ashey Cemeteries Surveys |
Ryde Social Heritage Group have now placed their maps of Binstead and Ashey Cemeteries on their website to go with the records of burials in those cemeteries.
See www.rshg.org.uk for details. |
| July 2011 |
Obituary - Christine Dowland |
“Christine Dowland, who was deputy county archivist at this office for just over ten years from 1995-2005, died at the end of June, after a short illness.
Christine lived in Havant and commuted by the Southsea-Ryde hovercraft to the Island daily. Whatever the weather she would arrive unfailingly on time: only the suspension of all cross-Solent services by Wight Link and Hovertravel would defeat her. She was able to make appreciable inroads into our backlog of cataloguing, giving priority to those collections most likely to be of use to family historians. As well as producing catalogues of high quality, she helped to make the collections more accessible by pioneering the Record Office website. She ensured that the site was easy to navigate, well-illustrated, and full of relevant information. The work that she undertook was greatly appreciated. She became the Record Office’s expert on the impact of the Data Protection Act and the Freedom of information Act. This involved giving advice to many Isle of Wight Council departments on Records Management, helping to ensure the permanent preservation of the next generation of archives.
Christine had previously worked in Gwent, and after leaving the Island went on to act as the Records Manager for the University of Portsmouth.
She will be greatly missed.” - Richard Smout, Isle of Wight Heritage Service Manager, Isle of Wight County Record Office
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| April 2011 |
BMD Certificates - online ordering |
It is now possible to order Isle of Wight registered Birth, Marriage, Death and Civil Partnership Certificates online. This should be particularly helpful to overseas researchers.
See IW Council Online Forms for details. |
| March 2011 |
St Thomas's Churchyard Ryde, Binstead and Ashey Cemeteries Surveys |
Ryde Social Heritage Group, having almost completed their survey of Ryde Cemetery, have extended their remit and are now surveying burials in St Thomas's Churchyard, Ryde,
and Binstead and Ashey Cemeteries.
See www.rshg.org.uk for details. |
United Kingdom
| 29 November 2011 |
British Library Newspapers Online |
The service has now gone live at http://www1.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/. Note that this is a subscription based offering - It's £79.95 for unlimited annual access. At the moment the
only Isle of Wight newspaper covered is the IW Observer from 1853 - 1900 (with some gaps). |
| September 2011 |
UK Merchant Navy records 1918-1941 |
Findmypast has released digitised copies of Merchant Navy record cards (TNA Class CR1/2/3) - see http://www.findmypast.co.uk/content/search-menu/education-and-work for details. These
provide a valuable means of searching for any relatives who served in the Merchant Navy between the two wrld wars of the 20th century. |
| August 2011 |
UK Militia Records 1806 - 1905 |
Findmypast has released digitised copies of Militia Attestation papers (TNA Class WO96) - see http://www.findmypast.co.uk/content/search-menu/armed-forces-and-conflict for details. These
provide a valuable means of searching for any relatives who became part time soldiers in the 19th and early 20th centuries. |
| August 2011 |
Post Office Appointments and Railway Records |
Ancestry has released two major series of records from these sources - see www.ancestry.co.uk for details. These
provide a valuable means of searching for any relatives who worked in these industries. |
| March 2011 |
1911 Scottish Census |
The 1911 Scottish Census (Enumerators' Returns) will be released to the public on 5 April. The returns will be available to researchers at the ScotlandsPeople Centre in Edinburgh,
and online at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk There will be a charge for using this service.
Unlike the England and Wales 1911 Census the Householders' Returns are not available, having been destroyed. |
| March 2011 |
1910 Land Tax Valuations for London |
Ancestry has released a series of records from the London Land Tax Valuation surveys. See www.ancestry.co.uk for details. These
provide a possible alternative to find ancestors who may not have featured in the 1911 Census. |
| March 2011 |
Scottish Post Office directories |
The National Library of Scotland has made 287 historic Scottish Post Office Directories available for free,
online at www.nls.uk/family-history/directories/post-office |
| March 2011 |
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland |
The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI) opens its new office in Belfast's Titanic Quarter on 30 March 2011. See www.proni.gov.uk for details. |
International
| March 2011 |
New South Wales Tickets of Leave 1824-1967 |
Ancestry has released a series of records which record British convicts transported to Australia. See www.ancestry.co.uk for details. |
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