Genealogy Blog
Welcome to the EFO Genealogy Blog...an eclectic mix of news, views, information, random thoughts, advice, tips, wishes and periodic rants together with anything else we feel to be important for those who are researching within the counties of England!
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Kew - Reading Rooms
Posted: 26/08/10
The reading rooms at Kew will be undergoing some essential redevelopment during autumn 2010. As a result, the Map and Large Document Reading Room will be closed for two weeks. This is scheduled for Tuesday, 30 November to Saturday, 11 December inclusive. More information can be found at: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/news/485.htm
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Liverpool Record Office
Posted: 27/07/10
Further to the our Blog entry of 5 May, it appears that the closure of Liverpool Record Office has been delayed; there is an update on the internet at http://www.liverpool.gov.uk/Leisure_and_culture/Libraries_and_archives/Whats_new/TemporaryCityService.asp.
At the bottom of that page there is a link to a .pdf version of a useful leaflet.
Thank you to Roger Lewry, Federation of Family History Societies (FFHS) for this information who in turn received the update from Liz de Mercado of North Cheshire FHS
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British Library
Posted: 19/05/10
The British Library announced today that they will partner with Brightsolid to digitize up to 40 million pages of newspapers spanning three centuries. Learn more at the British Library Press Room www.bl.uk/news/2010/pressrelease20100519.html
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Kent Archaeological Society
Posted: 19/05/10
STORIES OF ‘THE LOST MEMORIALS OF LOOSE’ ARE NOW ON THE INTERNET:
Records of hundreds of people who lived in Loose, near Maidstone, and adjacent parishes over a period of many centuries are now featured on the Kent Archaeological Society’s website, www.kentarchaeology.org.uk.
The records, in the form of 340 memorial inscriptions (‘MIs’) on gravestones, tablets, tombs and monuments at All Saints’ parish church and Loose Cemetery, were transcribed by Roger Thornburgh, president of the Loose Area History Society (LAHS) and other members who started work on the project more than 20 years ago.
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Somerset Record Office
Posted: 03/05/10
The Somerset Record Office is moving to the new Somerset Heritage Centre, opening in September 2010. A microfiche-only service will run at the Record Office from Tuesday to Friday until 2 July, and visits are by appointment. From 5 July until the autumn, the office will be closed, although staff will answer enquiries by post, phone and email throughout the move for more information go to www1.somerset.gov.uk/archives/.
Article courtesy of: Your Family History, Issue 1, May 2010, (News in Brief, p.6)