Saturday, June 19, 2021

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- What Did Your Father Leave You?

 Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: 

 It's Saturday Night again - 

time for some more Genealogy Fun!!



Here is your assignment if you choose to play along (cue the Mission Impossible music, please!):

1) It's Father's Day in the USA on Sunday, so let's talk about our fathers.  


2)  Your father probably lived a complete life, and you probably have memories of him.  What memories and attitudes did he "leave" you with?

3)  Tell us about it in your own blog post, in a comment on this post, or in a Facebook post.


Here's mine:

My father was Frederick Walton Seaver, Jr. (1911-1983). He married Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) in 1942. I was the eldest son of three sons. What did he leave me with?

a) A competitive spirit and nature. As a child, I played baseball, football, ping pong, board games, word games, etc. I was encouraged by my parents even though I wasn't very big or good at them. Beating my father at ping pong at age 15 was an achievement. I gravitated to watching, keeping score and coaching (Little League, Bobby Sox softball) when I couldn't compete physically.

b) A love of my local sports teams. My father was a Boston Red Sox and Boston Celtics fan his whole life since he was from Massachusetts. I have been a San Diego Padres fan since 1953 (minor league, then major league in 1969) and have had season tickets for over 25 years. I've been a Chargers fan since 1961 when they came to San Diego, even though they went to Los Angeles in 2017. I've been a San Diego State Aztecs fan since 1961 when I enrolled there.  It's hard being a fan when your team doesn't win very often.

c) A work ethic. "If you're going to do a job, do it well, be on time, act responsibly." I studied, I learned, I applied my knowledge, I learned more, I became skilled at my job, I helped others. My father's job was being a Prudential life insurance agent. He had a big account book of policies that he managed out of a local office. He went door-to-door in his "debit" (geographical area - Pacific Beach) selling life insurance, and then followed up every year with each customer to collect the next "premium" (yearly payment). He worked at home in his office almost every day making phone calls and adding information to his account book.  He did it well.

d) He provided for his family. It was never a lot, but it was enough. He never owned a house, my mother didn't work outside the home after 1945, but we were fed, clothed, educated, and loved.  We took several driving vacations up and down California - mainly to bowling tournaments.  

e)  A wonderful New England ancestry, which I have researched for over 33 years and found that he was descended from Mayflower passengers, European royalty, immigrants, soldiers, farmers, shopkeepers, and landowners.  Almost all of them were successful in life - they worked hard, raised and supported families, overcame hardships, etc.  I have tried to emulate them.  

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Copyright (c) 2021, Randall J. Seaver

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Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 12 to 18 June 2021

The following record collections were listed on the Recently Added and Updated List on Ancestry.com during the period from  12 to 18 June 2021:

The ADDED and Updated record collections are:

Indiana, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1798-1999; indexed records with record images, Updated 6/17/2021

Georgia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992; indexed records with record images, Updated 6/17/2021

New Jersey, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1739-1991; indexed records with record images, Updated 6/17/2021

Maine, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1584-1999; indexed records with record images, Updated 6/17/2021

North Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998; indexed records with record images, Updated 6/17/2021

Iowa, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1758-1997; indexed records with record images, Updated 6/17/2021

Arkansas, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1818-1998; indexed records with record images, Updated 6/17/2021

Massachusetts, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991; indexed records with record images, Updated 6/17/2021

South Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980; indexed records with record images, Updated 6/17/2021

Kentucky, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989; indexed records with record images, Updated 6/17/2021

Texas, U.S., Wills and Probate Record, 1833-1974; indexed records with record images, Updated 6/17/2021

North Dakota and South Dakota, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1878-1928; indexed records with record images, Updated 6/17/2021

Delaware, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1676-1971; indexed records with record images, Updated 6/16/2021

Westminster, London, England, Cemetery Registers, 1855-1990; indexed records with record images, ADDED 6/16/2021

Ireland, Jameson Distillery Staff Wage and Employment Books, 1862-1969; indexed records with record images, ADDED 6/16/2021

Andrew and Cole Counties, Missouri, U.S., Probate Records, 1826-1945; indexed records with record images, Updated 6/15/2021

Ireland, Casey Collection Indexes, 1545-1960; indexed records with record images, ADDED 6/14/2021

Cardiganshire, Wales, Anglican Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1633-1993; indexed records with record images, Updated 6/14/2021

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The complete Ancestry.com Card Catalog is at   http://search.ancestry.com/search/CardCatalog.aspx.  

By my count, there were 3 NEW collections ADDED this past week, per the list above.  There are now 33,001 collections available as of 18 June, an increase of  4 from last week.   

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Disclosure: I have a complimentary all-access subscription from Ancestry.com, for which I am thankful. Ancestry.com has provided material considerations for travel expenses to meetings, and has hosted events and meals that I have attended in Salt Lake City, in past years.

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Copyright (c) 2021, Randall J. Seaver

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Added and Updated FamilySearch.org Record Collections - Week of 12 to 18 June 2021

I am trying to keep up with the new and updated record collections at FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list) every week.

As of 18 June 2021, there are 2,994 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 1 from last week):

The new and updated collections this week from FamilySearch are:

--- Collections Added   ---

*  Finland, Passport Registers, 1900-1920  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4139415); 8,709 indexed records with 8,709 record images, ADDED 16-Jun-2021

--- Collections Updated ---

New Jersey, Death Index, 1901-1903; 1916-1929   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2843410); 262,669 indexed records with 2,222 record images (was 262,529 records with 2,221 images), UPDATED 12-Jun-2021
Utah, County Marriages, 1871-1941       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1803977); 460,099 indexed records with 124,465 record images (was 459,556 records with 124,465 images), UPDATED 18-Jun-2021
South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1478678); 471,843 indexed records with 45,728 record images (was 466,009 records with 45,728 images), UPDATED 18-Jun-2021
Hungary Civil Registration, 1895-1980   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1452460); 1,569,575 indexed records with 5,864,285 record images (was 1,553,401 records with 5,864,285 images), UPDATED 16-Jun-2021
Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3479702); 505,528 indexed records with 215,243 record images (was 499,365 records with 212,685 images), UPDATED 18-Jun-2021

Peru, Catholic Church Records, 1603-1992        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1877097); 3,977,007 indexed records with 4,192,353 record images (was 2,763,986 records with 4,192,353 images), UPDATED 18-Jun-2021
Denmark, Military Conscription Rolls, 1789-1792 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2243379); 177,700 indexed records with 9,228 record images (was 176,653 records with 9,228 images), UPDATED 17-Jun-2021
Norway Census, 1900     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3744863); 2,260,720 indexed records with 390,969 record images (was 2,260,720 records with 390,969 images), UPDATED 15-Jun-2021
Alaska, WWII Statement of Service Records, 1948-1949    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4138678); 8,638 indexed records with 8,621 record images (was 8,524 records with 8,507 images), UPDATED 15-Jun-2021
England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3734475); 2,312,666 indexed records with 156,078 record images (was 2,241,221 records with 152,161 images), UPDATED 18-Jun-2021

Austria, Vienna Population Cards, 1850-1896     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1404451); 598,792 indexed records with 185,801 record images (was 598,792 records with 188,034 images), UPDATED 16-Jun-2021
Hungary, Jewish Vital Records Index, 1800-1945  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1787825); 58,981 indexed records with 1,272 record images (was 56,995 records with 1,272 images), UPDATED 16-Jun-2021
Chile, Catholic Church Records, 1710-1928       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3405096); 1,597,772 indexed records with 202,546 record images (was 1,597,772 records with 202,546 images), UPDATED 18-Jun-2021
El Salvador Catholic Church Records, 1655-1977  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1919582); 972,597 indexed records with 592,191 record images (was 962,296 records with 592,191 images), UPDATED 18-Jun-2021
Czech Republic, Church Books, 1552-1981 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1804263); 213,590 indexed records with 4,668,489 record images (was 211,793 records with 4,668,489 images), UPDATED 18-Jun-2021

Spain, Province of La Coruña, Municipal Records, 1648-1941      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2015359); 862,949 indexed records with 258,646 record images (was 855,141 records with 258,646 images), UPDATED 16-Jun-2021
Louisiana, Orleans Parish, State Museum Historical Center, Cemetery Records, 1805-1944  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4234528); 222,233 indexed records with 206,154 record images (was 221,118 records with 205,214 images), UPDATED 17-Jun-2021
Tuvalu, Vital Records, 1866-1979        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3875191); 7,191 indexed records with 1,293 record images (was 5,455 records with 616 images), UPDATED 18-Jun-2021
England, Hertfordshire, Marriage Bonds, 1682-1837       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4149578); 7,897 indexed records with 7,887 record images (was 6,068 records with 6,060 images), UPDATED 18-Jun-2021
England, Lincolnshire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1574-1885        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4149576); 72,522 indexed records with 13,876 record images (was 72,289 records with 13,643 images), UPDATED 18-Jun-2021

England, Lancashire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1746-1799  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4149574); 9,160 indexed records with 9,157 record images (was 7,793 records with 7,791 images), UPDATED 18-Jun-2021
Brazil, SĂŁo Paulo, Immigration Cards, 1902-1980 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2140223); 2,319,342 indexed records with 4,039,657 record images (was 2,319,342 records with 4,039,657 images), UPDATED 18-Jun-2021
Samoa, Vital Records, 1846-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4016424); 16,437 indexed records with 44,076 record images (was 16,417 records with 42,718 images), UPDATED 18-Jun-2021
Kiribati, Vital Records, 1890-1991      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3756784); 9,757 indexed records with 3,707 record images (was 8,132 records with 842 images), UPDATED 18-Jun-2021
England, Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1642-1996       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3648679); 134,069 indexed records with 49,447 record images (was 133,638 records with 49,365 images), UPDATED 18-Jun-2021

South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1468076); 715,308 indexed records with 355,318 record images (was 703,100 records with 355,318 images), UPDATED 18-Jun-2021
France, RhĂ´ne, Military Registration Cards, 1865-1932   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3007175); 376,019 indexed records with 375,124 record images (was 363,754 records with 321,700 images), UPDATED 14-Jun-2021
Canada, Ontario Tax Assessment Rolls, 1834-1899 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4130007); 975,342 indexed records with 47,007 record images (was 537,802 records with 25,482 images), UPDATED 15-Jun-2021
United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2333694); 30,047,337 indexed records with 46,885,461 record images (was 30,047,337 records with 46,885,461 images), UPDATED 18-Jun-2021
Uruguay Civil Registration, 1879-1930   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837849); Index only (276,036 records), no images (was 274,215 records with 0 images), UPDATED 18-Jun-2021

England, Northumberland Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1920       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3648677); 127,357 indexed records with 14,909 record images (was 121,206 records with 14,394 images), UPDATED 18-Jun-2021
South Africa, KwaZulu Natal, Vital Records, 1868-1976   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3511741); 367,454 indexed records with 355,679 record images (was 357,514 records with 346,121 images), UPDATED 18-Jun-2021
Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Civil Registration, 1811-1950       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2020117); 1,599,527 indexed records with 6,635,049 record images (was 1,582,953 records with 6,635,049 images), UPDATED 14-Jun-2021
Georgia, Military Discharge Records, ca.1890 - ca.1966  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4113736); 37,711 indexed records with 47,134 record images (was 37,711 records with 40,376 images), UPDATED 15-Jun-2021
Florida, Military Discharge Records, ca.1837 - ca.1970  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4114268); 9,641 indexed records with 6,480 record images (was 9,107 records with 6,303 images), UPDATED 16-Jun-2021

France, Calvados, Military Registration Cards, 1867-1921        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2815120); 142,657 indexed records with 125,628 record images (was 128,984 records with 113,950 images), UPDATED 14-Jun-2021
Croatia, Delnice Deanery Catholic Church Books, 1571-1926       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1875189); 226,545 indexed records with 3,485 record images (was 223,226 records with 3,485 images), UPDATED 18-Jun-2021
Maine, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1990 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2040046); 180,641 indexed records with 207,883 record images (was 178,854 records with 207,883 images), UPDATED 18-Jun-2021
France, SaĂ´ne-et-Loire, Parish and Civil Registration, 1530-1892        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2840171); 7,217,748 indexed records with 1,970,228 record images (was 7,217,348 records with 1,970,166 images), UPDATED 17-Jun-2021
Papua New Guinea, Birth Records, 1888-2004      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3757740); 75,371 indexed records with 47,610 record images (was 75,363 records with 47,604 images), UPDATED 16-Jun-2021

England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3155913); 1,544,854 indexed records with 115,056 record images (was 1,543,952 records with 115,025 images), UPDATED 18-Jun-2021
Brazil, Paraná, Civil Registration, 1852-1996   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016194); 1,875,407 indexed records with 1,689,031 record images (was 1,857,870 records with 1,689,031 images), UPDATED 17-Jun-2021
Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016197); 463,214 indexed records with 1,038,133 record images (was 461,860 records with 1,038,133 images), UPDATED 18-Jun-2021
Finland, Tax Lists, 1809-1915   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2704794); 509,118 indexed records with 5,853 record images (was 492,176 records with 6,078 images), UPDATED 14-Jun-2021
Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2060668); 3,292,227 indexed records with 2,513,517 record images (was 3,243,329 records with 2,513,517 images), UPDATED 15-Jun-2021

Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records, 1600-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2704829); 39,636,623 indexed records with 39,636,623 record images (was 38,581,421 records with 38,581,421 images), UPDATED 17-Jun-2021
England, Essex Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1971 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3584542); 135,721 indexed records with 13,979 record images (was 133,593 records with 13,734 images), UPDATED 18-Jun-2021
Michigan, Saginaw County, Biographical Card File, ca. 1830-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3733440); 1,941 indexed records with 21,305 record images (was 1,941 records with 20,709 images), UPDATED 16-Jun-2021
England, Surrey Marriages Bonds and Licenses, 1536-1992 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4147975); 779 indexed records with 516 record images (was 213 records with 142 images), UPDATED 18-Jun-2021
Peru, Diocese of Huaraz, Catholic Church Records, 1641-2016     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2787829); 295,763 indexed records with 127,096 record images (was 255,168 records with 121,280 images), UPDATED 16-Jun-2021

Zambia, Archdiocese of Lusaka, Church Records, 1950-2015        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3736255); 217,039 indexed records with 17,759 record images (was 209,776 records with 17,305 images), UPDATED 18-Jun-2021

--- Collections with new images ---

Uruguay, Passenger Lists, 1888-1980     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2691993); 3,641,119 indexed records with 157,673 record images (was 3,641,119 records with 152,255 images), last updated 19-Nov-2020
Sweden, Stockholm City Archives, Index to Church Records, 1546-1927     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2057674); 1,082,152 indexed records with 71,712 record images (was 1,082,152 records with 71,708 images), last updated 01-Jun-2021
Germany, Saxony, Church Book Indexes, 1500-1900 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2399108); 105,976 indexed records with 52,986 record images (was 105,976 records with 31,763 images), last updated 03-Jun-2021
Paraguay, Military Records, 1870-1965   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2506770); 66,147 indexed records with 65,123 record images (was 66,147 records with 64,130 images), last updated 24-May-2021
New York, Church Records, 1660-1954     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2787817); 127,105 indexed records with 6,354 record images (was 127,105 records with 6,339 images), last updated 07-Apr-2021

Hawaii, Collector of Customs, Ships' Passenger Manifests, 1843-1900     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3463100); 527,525 indexed records with 226,446 record images (was 527,525 records with 221,803 images), last updated 06-Nov-2020

--- Collections with images removed ---

Germany, Paderborn, Catholic Church Records, 1653-1875  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3219562); 2,352,574 indexed records with 266,163 record images (was 2,352,574 records with 266,792 images), last updated 18-Nov-2020
Iowa, Military Discharge Records, ca.1862 - ca.1976     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4114270); 183,862 indexed records with 55,648 record images (was 183,862 records with 56,142 images), last updated 01-Jun-2021
Austria, Carinthia, Gurk Diocese, Catholic Church Records, 1527-1986    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2718009); 205,797 indexed records with 30,041 record images (was 205,797 records with 46,258 images), last updated 09-Jun-2021
New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1865-1957 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3662227); 5,213,556 indexed records with 44,202 record images (was 5,213,556 records with 54,527 images), last updated 10-Jun-2021
Denmark, Ă…rhus Municipal Census, 1918   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3748257); 71,316 indexed records with 3,000 record images (was 71,316 records with 5,052 images), last updated 19-May-2021

South Carolina, Charleston District, Bill of sales of Negro slaves, 1774-1872   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3463015); 247,184 indexed records with 6,704 record images (was 247,184 records with 6,913 images), last updated 24-Mar-2021
England, Cambridgeshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1538-1983 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1465708); 912,811 indexed records with 109,147 record images (was 912,811 records with 109,223 images), last updated 25-May-2021
Germany, Rhineland, Diocese of Trier, Catholic Church Records, 1704-1957        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790268); 2,967,130 indexed records with 304,033 record images (was 2,967,130 records with 307,298 images), last updated 03-Nov-2020
French Polynesia, Civil Registration, 1780-1999 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2549721); 63,709 indexed records with 69,421 record images (was 63,709 records with 69,559 images), last updated 02-Jun-2021
Arizona, Various County Divorce Records, 1877-1937      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3734469); 61,611 indexed records with 61,425 record images (was 61,611 records with 61,480 images), last updated 11-Jun-2021

Washington, County Death Registers, 1881-1979   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3438698); 68,327 indexed records with 622 record images (was 68,327 records with 986 images), last updated 10-Jun-2021
United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2968245); 6,931,032 indexed records with 5,599,369 record images (was 6,931,032 records with 5,610,978 images), last updated 09-Aug-2019

--- Collections with records removed ---

United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2199956); Index only (875,610,396 records), no images (was 875,610,403 records with 0 images), last updated 19-Aug-2020

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My friend and SDGS colleague, Marshall, provides this list to me from a program he wrote that compares the current FamilySearch record collections list to the previous week's list.

In order to select a specific record collection on FamilySearch, go to   https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list and use the "Filter by collection name" feature in the upper left-hand corner and use keywords (e.g. "church england") to find collections with those keywords.

Each one of the collections listed above has a Research Wiki page (use the "Learn more" link). It would be very useful if the Wiki page for each collection listed the dates for when the collection was added as a new collection and the dates for major updates also.

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Friday, June 18, 2021

Genealogy News and Education Bytes -- Friday, 18 June 2021

Welcome to Genealogy News and Education Bytes, posted on Tuesday afternoon and Friday afternoon, where we try to highlight the most important genealogy and family history news and education items that came across our desktop since the last issue.    


1)  News Articles:

 


2)  New or Updated Record Collections:



3)  Genealogy Education -- Conferences and Institutes

*  THE Genealogy Show - Virtual (25-26 June 2021)



4)  Genealogy Education - Seminars, Webinars and Online Classes (times are US Pacific):




*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 23 June, 11 a.m.:  Angel Island's Immigrants from 80 Countries: Stories from the West Coast Counterpart to Ellis Island, by Grant Din

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 22 June, 11 a.m.:  Top tips for reviewing Smart Matches™ and Record Matches, by Daniel Horowitz


*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  New England’s ‘Seventh State’: Life along the coast, by B.J. Jamieson

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:   Online Sources for Scottish Genealogy Research, by Christine Woodcock

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Tech Zone -- What do MyHeritage AutoClusters Tell Me?, by Paul Woodbury

5)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:



6)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube and Facebook):



*  BYU Family History Library:  Discovering Your Ancestors in Wales - James Tanner

*  Cheri Hudson Passey:  GenFriends: Paternal Heirlooms





*  Genealogy TV:  How to Use WikiTree

*  Lisa Louise Cooke's Genealogy Gems:  Source Citation for Genealogy - Elevenses with Lisa Episode 60





7)  Did you miss the last post in this series -  Genealogy News and Education Bytes - 15 June 2021?

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Copyright (c) 2021, Randall J. Seaver

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Findmypast Friday: Over 800,000 new Crime, Prisons & Punishment records and mugshots available to search

 I received this from Findmypast this morning:

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Findmypast Friday: Over 800,000 new Crime, Prisons & Punishment records and mugshots available to search

Leading family history website Findmypast.co.uk has just published over 800,000 newly digitised crime records in association with The National Archives. Findmypast’s Crime, Prisons and Punishment collection is now the largest searchable archive of British crime records available anywhere online, containing over 6.6 million records.

The new additions span the years 1784-1939 and include registers of inmates from infamous prisons including Pentonville, Wormwood Scrubs, Millbank and Newgate as well as governor’s journals, trial records, lists of visitors, men in solitary confinement, baptisms at women’s prisons and more.

The full list of series added in this latest update includes;
  • Pentonville (prison registers, minute books)
  • Gibraltar Prison (visitor's book, journal of proceedings)
  • Chatham Prison, Kent (Register of Prisons)
  • Portsmouth Prison (Index of working parties)
  • Wormwood (Index of working parties, register of prisoners under separate confinement)
  • Wormwood Scrubs (index of working parties)
  • Millbank Prison (book of questions)
  • Newgate (list of prisoners; chaplain, surgeons and sheriff visits)
  • Bedford Gaol (governor's journal)
  • Lindsey Gaol (Visiting committee)
  • Liverpool Gaol (calendar of trials and quarter sessions)
  • Reading Gaol (entry book of pardons of prisoners, visiting justices)
  • Lancaster Gaol (Register of Debtors and Plaintiffs)
  • Oxford Gail (Gaoler's journal)
Also included are over 1000 new mugshots taken at Pentonville in 1876. To explore original mugshots, search the MEPO 6, PCOM 2 and PCOM 4 series.



Containing all manner of documents from a variety of Government departments, including the Home Office, Prison Commission, Metropolitan Police, Central Criminal Court (also known as the Old Bailey), treasury and the Admiralty, the collection covers criminal cases, goals, hulks, prisons, criminal calendars and more.

Spanning 165 years of the British Justice system, they reveal many ordinary and extraordinary stories of criminals, victims and law enforcers from the Georgian highway robber, the Victorian murderer and the Edwardian thief, to the common rural poacher, unemployed petty food thief and the early trade unionist.

Researchers will find physical descriptions, photographs, whether their ancestor was executed or transported, details of their offence, sentencing, imprisonment and official correspondence about their case.

The full Crime, Prisons and Punishment 1770 – 1935 collection includes 22 series from the National Archives at Kew, recording the intimate details of millions of victims and villains, beginning with judges' recommendations for or against pardons, petitions through which criminals and their families could offer mitigating circumstances and grounds for mercy, and later, licenses containing everything from previous convictions to the state of a prisoner's health.

These latest additions have also been added to Findmypast’s browsable collection, allowing you to delve through the original documents page-by-page.

Westminster Parish Records

Unearthed using this week’s new crime records, Findmypast have also added hundreds of baptisms and burials that took place in Westminster Penitentiary to their collection of Westminster Parish records.



An 1823 burial register from Westminster Penitentiary. View the full record.

Most of the new prison baptisms are for adult inmates, although some do record the details of children born to female prisoners or staff.

Newspapers

Two new publications join the Findmypast Archive this week along with substantial updates to six existing titles. Online for the first time are:
While thousands of pages have been added to:
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