We have just added two key collections to the world’s largest online collection of Australian convict records. For Australians exploring convict history, the NSW Convict Indents, 1788-1842 provides the ideal starting point, as all convicts on ships transported to Australia were listed in an indent. Details such as name, trial date/location, and sentence are available, with Read More
We have just completed the second part of our 1911 England and Wales Census transcriptions with records covering London, Lancashire, Yorkshire and 17 other counties now fully searchable. Last month we released searchable records for Wales, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. With this latest addition, we have concentrated on England’s busiest areas to help you Read More
We have just launched two new historical record collections which offer a peek into daily life aboard Australia-bound English convict ships. These collections are journals that were penned by ships’ medical officers, who were required to keep a record of all patients, treatments and outcomes during a sea voyage. UK Royal Navy Medical Journals, 1815-17 Read More
We have good news for our members who have Irish ancestors! We have just released millions of new Irish vital records, making it easier to trace your family history on the Emerald Isle. You’ll find new Irish Catholic parish records from the 18th and 19th centuries including Catholic Parish Baptisms, 1742-1881, Catholic Parish Marriages and Banns, 1742-1884 and Catholic Read More
AUTHORED BY RUSSELL JAMES (FROM ANCESTRY.CO.UK) We’re pleased to announce that we’ve completed the first stage of our 1911 UK Census release. Any of our members can log in to the site right now, and browse the scanned record images from all over England, Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man. If you’ve Read More
This is a collection of depasturing licenses for individual farmers, from the government of New South Wales, between 1837 and 1851. These licenses permitted settlers to graze stock on Crown lands. They also allowed grazing to happen “beyond the limits of location” (meaning the 19 counties that included Sydney and the settled area surrounding it), Read More
In honour of Black History Month in the US, Ancestry recently launched more than 250,000 new historical records documenting early African American family history. The new collections span more than a century and contain important details about the lives of African Americans who bravely fought in the US Civil War, document the transportation of slaves Read More
As you may be aware, we recently released more than 20 million images of New Zealand Historical Records in the Anne Brommell Collection. New Zealand Electoral Rolls 1853-1981 contains millions of records collected over a period of more than 125 years. The rolls were compiled during general and provincial election years and include the names Read More
In a world-first, New Zealanders now have access to more than 20 million family history records that cover 140 years of New Zealand’s early history from 1842 to 1981. The six major historical collections – the New Zealand Electoral Rolls 1853-1981, Canterbury Provincial Rolls 1868-1874, Jury Lists 1842-1862, Māori Voter and Electoral Rolls 1908 & Read More
We’re excited to announce the launch of New South Wales Gaol Description and Entrance Books 1818-1930. Just in time for Christmas, this collection reveals details of more than 25,000 prisoners from New South Wales prisons, many of which have now closed and are being used as museums or schools. The collection also contains an estimated Read More