Genealogy news from England
I was so excited to read the news about these historical records going online in 2009. I came to a standstill while researching the family name. It is difficult finding small parish records, and looking through wills to find new branches in the family tree.
This is a copy of the BBC news today:
Historical records to go online
The copy of a 1297 version of Magna Carta auctioned in the US
The first records are expected to go online in early 2009
A collection of historical records covering 500 years of London’s history is to go online.
The London Metropolitan Archive and Guildhall Library Manuscripts date from the early 16th Century to 2006.
Owned by the City of London, they include parish records, school records, electoral registers, lists of workhouse labourers and wills
The first records are expected to be launched in early 2009 on the website Ancestry.co.uk.
Those records will include parish records from more than 10,000 Greater London parish registers of baptisms, marriages and burials, dating from the 1530s to the 20th Century.
London school admissions from 843 schools, dating from the early Victorian times to 1911, will also be made available initially.
It is hoped the records will help people trying to trace the roots of ancestors who lived in or passed through London at some point in time.
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This is great news for people whose ancestors originated from London, England.
Filed under: Uncategorized, Copus genealogy on September 4th, 2008
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