Somerset Medieval Wills Abstracts 1385-1558 on the National Wills Index
This volume contains full abstracts (summaries) to wills for Somerset testators proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. These abstracts contain a complete summary of the details contained within each will and includes all names and places (testators, executors, witnesses and beneficiaries) plus incidental information such as relationships and occupations where found in the original documents.
Monday, June 25, 2012
New ImageViewer on Origins.net!
Over the past few months, we have listened to customer feedback and have developed a new image viewer for Origins.net. This allows easier searching for all users, including those accessing Origins.net from a Mac.
One of the best ways to check out the ImageViewer is to browse the Children’s Employment Commission of 1842.
This huge government publication contains evidence on the employment of children. Evidence is given by interviews with employers, adult workers and children, relating to work and lifestyle conditions. This fascinating and vivid resource provides detailed information on early 19th century social conditions in the manufacturing areas of Great Britain and Ireland.
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Additonal Kent Probate Indexes 1440-1857
Kent probate indexes now available on the National Wills Index include:
- 28,031 wills - West Kent Wills Index, 1440-1857
- 27,812 inventories - Kent inventories 1571-1842.
- Diocese of Canterbury, Archdeaconry Court
- Diocese of Canterbury, Consistory Court
- Diocese of Rochester, Archdeaconry Court
- Diocese of Rochester, Consistory Court
- Peculiar of Cliffe
Kent Probate Indexes 1571-1857 on the National Wills Index
Kent has the largest collection of probate records of any English county but there are as yet no published indexes to much of this material. Indexes to all of these records will become available on the National Wills Index (NWI) in 2012.
The first Kent probate indexes to become available on the NWI include:- 13,413 wills from the Archdeaconry and Consistory Courts of Rochester,
- 27,812 surviving paper inventories of Kent testators.
Middlesex Baptisms Index 1538-1751 on British Origins
Middlesex Baptisms Index 1538-1751 on British Origins
The Middlesex Baptisms dataset records nearly 100,000 baptisms (nearly 300,000 names) in Middlesex and London which are not included with the International Genealogical Index (IGI). In nearly all cases the names of the parents are given, often maiden name, and sometimes details including occupation and birth date.
Middlesex Baptisms Index 1538-1751
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Origins Network Genealogy News: October 2008
* 25% off subscriptions for ONE WEEK only
* NEW search in Origins Store
* NEW records on British Origins
* Children's Employment Commission Part II
* Origins Network Discussion Group
*Dig up your ancestors this Halloween with our frighteningly good offer!
Origins Network is offering a 25% discount on all subscriptions for ONE WEEK only from 31 October - 7 November 2008. To take advantage of this offer, simply enter "HALL2008" in the promotional box on the sign up or checkout pages before paying. Read a first hand account of Halloween in Scotland
* NEW search in Origins Store! Now search over 3000 books and CDs
Over 3000 books and CDs in Origins Store are now searchable, by free text, title, author, ISBN or keyword.These products, sourced from genealogical and historical publishers, are highly valuable for anyone with an interest in Family History Research or for those simply wanting to know more about history or social history in general. Subjects include: Parish Registers, Censuses, Migration, Military, Employment, Wills & Probate, Politics, Local History, Travel & Topography, Directories & Almanacs, Maps, and much more.Type your area of interest into the Origns Store Search box and see what gems may be found! Search or browse Origins Store
* NEW on British Origins! Additional London Apprentice Records plus Yorkshire Wills!
Origins Network has now added more London apprentice records to London Apprenticeship Abstracts 1442-1850. Records of the Livery Companies of London are one of the greatest archival treasures of the world. For the family historian, they can provide an immense amount of genealogical and biographical details on members. This collection now contains over half a million names of apprentices, parents, and masters. We are pleased to announce these records are now available to British Origins and Total Access subscribers. PLUS Additions to York wills indexes A further 34,000 index records, for the years 1842-1853 have been added to the Prerogative & Exchequer Courts of York Probate Index. Hard copies of all these indexed wills can be ordered online.
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* Find out how your ancestors lived in their own words
Children's Employment Commission Part II - 1842 is a government publication containing evidence on the work and lifestyle conditions of children.Evidence was collected from personal interviews with hundreds of children and young adults, as well as parents, employers, clergymen, medical men, magistrates, teachers, and others.This extraordinarily rich and vivid resource gives detailed information on early 19th century social conditions in the manufacturing areas of Great Britain and Ireland.
Browse the report for FREE on Origins Network or Buy the report on CD in Origins Store
* Connect with other Origins Network subscribers
Share ideas, experiences and establish contact with other subscribers via our Origins Network Discussion Group. Membership is free and voluntary. Any member can contact the group and receive emails that other members send to the group. Members can also chat to each other in real time using the web interface.
Find out more about the Discussion Group
* 25% off subscriptions for ONE WEEK only
* NEW search in Origins Store
* NEW records on British Origins
* Children's Employment Commission Part II
* Origins Network Discussion Group
*Dig up your ancestors this Halloween with our frighteningly good offer!
Origins Network is offering a 25% discount on all subscriptions for ONE WEEK only from 31 October - 7 November 2008. To take advantage of this offer, simply enter "HALL2008" in the promotional box on the sign up or checkout pages before paying. Read a first hand account of Halloween in Scotland
* NEW search in Origins Store! Now search over 3000 books and CDs
Over 3000 books and CDs in Origins Store are now searchable, by free text, title, author, ISBN or keyword.These products, sourced from genealogical and historical publishers, are highly valuable for anyone with an interest in Family History Research or for those simply wanting to know more about history or social history in general. Subjects include: Parish Registers, Censuses, Migration, Military, Employment, Wills & Probate, Politics, Local History, Travel & Topography, Directories & Almanacs, Maps, and much more.Type your area of interest into the Origns Store Search box and see what gems may be found! Search or browse Origins Store
* NEW on British Origins! Additional London Apprentice Records plus Yorkshire Wills!
Origins Network has now added more London apprentice records to London Apprenticeship Abstracts 1442-1850. Records of the Livery Companies of London are one of the greatest archival treasures of the world. For the family historian, they can provide an immense amount of genealogical and biographical details on members. This collection now contains over half a million names of apprentices, parents, and masters. We are pleased to announce these records are now available to British Origins and Total Access subscribers. PLUS Additions to York wills indexes A further 34,000 index records, for the years 1842-1853 have been added to the Prerogative & Exchequer Courts of York Probate Index. Hard copies of all these indexed wills can be ordered online.
Click here to Sign up or Try a FREE search on Origins Network
* Find out how your ancestors lived in their own words
Children's Employment Commission Part II - 1842 is a government publication containing evidence on the work and lifestyle conditions of children.Evidence was collected from personal interviews with hundreds of children and young adults, as well as parents, employers, clergymen, medical men, magistrates, teachers, and others.This extraordinarily rich and vivid resource gives detailed information on early 19th century social conditions in the manufacturing areas of Great Britain and Ireland.
Browse the report for FREE on Origins Network or Buy the report on CD in Origins Store
* Connect with other Origins Network subscribers
Share ideas, experiences and establish contact with other subscribers via our Origins Network Discussion Group. Membership is free and voluntary. Any member can contact the group and receive emails that other members send to the group. Members can also chat to each other in real time using the web interface.
Find out more about the Discussion Group
Monday, December 03, 2007
Origins Network expands Store
The greatly enhanced Origins Store now features over 3000 books and CDs, covering a vast range of topics of interest to anyone interested in family or local history or history generally.Either for serious gifts or stocking fillers, visit: www.originsnetwork.com/store/store.aspx to browse through 1000s of products on hundreds of topics!
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Friday, November 30, 2007
The Origins Network is pleased to announce the addition of a new dataset on
British Origins PLUS the updated Origins Store.
Boyd’s Marriage Index - Supplement
While Boyd's Marriage Index is the largest index of pre-1837 English marriages, it is estimated that only 15% of marriages for the period are included.
Cliff Webb has undertaken to "fill in the gaps" for the City of London and Middlesex, to the extent that is possible from surviving records. This "Supplement" is integrated in the British Origins database with Boyd's index records, so that Boyd's Marriage Index and the Supplement may be searched simultaneously.
This is an on-going project. In the first batch of new records for London and Middlesex nearly 96,000 marriages have been indexed (nearly 200,000 names); over 50,000 City of London marriages and 46,000 for Middlesex. These include 3,100 Jewish marriages from Bevis Marks and the Great Synagogues, 3,160 Roman Catholic marriages, and 862 Huguenot marriages.
Please note that the marriages included in the Supplement are not available anywhere else online.
Click here to view number of marriages, periods and parishes/churches in the Supplement
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Origins Network re-launches online Store!
Origins Network is proud to announce the re launch of Origins Store – now featuring over 3000 books and CDs!
Visitors to the store can browse through various categories such as Music, Military, Employment, Church Registers, Immigration, Peerage, Heath, Family Histories and much more! There is huge range of products from social history books such as “The Education and Employment of Girls in Luton, 1874-1924” or the fascinating “Dialects, Proverbs and Word-lore” to the more academic products such as “The Burke's Peerage & Gentry Collection” or “Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches” (published 1846).
Searches can be narrowed down by country and then by area and have been sourced from various reputable genealogical and historical publishers such as Archive CD Books, Boydell & Brewer, The Society of Genealogists, Burke’s Peerage & Gentry, The Borthwick Institute and Eneclann.
All of these products are highly valuable for anyone with an interest in Family History research or for those simply wanting to know more about history or social history in general and there are prices available to suit every pocket!
Visit www.originsnetwork.com/store/store.aspx to browse through our thousands of titles and enjoy getting more out of your family history research!
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British Origins PLUS the updated Origins Store.
Boyd’s Marriage Index - Supplement
While Boyd's Marriage Index is the largest index of pre-1837 English marriages, it is estimated that only 15% of marriages for the period are included.
Cliff Webb has undertaken to "fill in the gaps" for the City of London and Middlesex, to the extent that is possible from surviving records. This "Supplement" is integrated in the British Origins database with Boyd's index records, so that Boyd's Marriage Index and the Supplement may be searched simultaneously.
This is an on-going project. In the first batch of new records for London and Middlesex nearly 96,000 marriages have been indexed (nearly 200,000 names); over 50,000 City of London marriages and 46,000 for Middlesex. These include 3,100 Jewish marriages from Bevis Marks and the Great Synagogues, 3,160 Roman Catholic marriages, and 862 Huguenot marriages.
Please note that the marriages included in the Supplement are not available anywhere else online.
Click here to view number of marriages, periods and parishes/churches in the Supplement
To access all of the Origins Network records, please go to www.originsnetwork.com/signup-info.aspx
Origins Network re-launches online Store!
Origins Network is proud to announce the re launch of Origins Store – now featuring over 3000 books and CDs!
Visitors to the store can browse through various categories such as Music, Military, Employment, Church Registers, Immigration, Peerage, Heath, Family Histories and much more! There is huge range of products from social history books such as “The Education and Employment of Girls in Luton, 1874-1924” or the fascinating “Dialects, Proverbs and Word-lore” to the more academic products such as “The Burke's Peerage & Gentry Collection” or “Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches” (published 1846).
Searches can be narrowed down by country and then by area and have been sourced from various reputable genealogical and historical publishers such as Archive CD Books, Boydell & Brewer, The Society of Genealogists, Burke’s Peerage & Gentry, The Borthwick Institute and Eneclann.
All of these products are highly valuable for anyone with an interest in Family History research or for those simply wanting to know more about history or social history in general and there are prices available to suit every pocket!
Visit www.originsnetwork.com/store/store.aspx to browse through our thousands of titles and enjoy getting more out of your family history research!
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Thursday, November 22, 2007
Free Genealogy Vouchers!
Free Genealogy Vouchers!The Origins Network (www.originsnetwork.com), specialists in British and Irish genealogy, is offering free 24 hour access vouchers for both British and Irish Origins to the first 200 people who sign up!*Visit: http://www.originsnetwork.com/thanksgivingoffer.aspx for more information and details of how to register.
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Free Genealogy Vouchers!
Free Genealogy Vouchers!The Origins Network (www.originsnetwork.com), specialists in British and Irish genealogy, is offering free 24 hour access vouchers for both British and Irish Origins to the first 200 people who sign up!*Visit: http://www.originsnetwork.com/thanksgivingoffer.aspx for more information and details of how to register.
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Wednesday, June 06, 2007
June 2007
This month we are pleased to announce the addition of four new datasets that have been added to the current collections on both British and Irish Origins.
Irish Origins:
1831 Tithe Defaulters – These records are the most important evidence we have of the infamous Tithe War 1831-38. All occupants of land were required to pay an annual tithe (or religious tax) of 10% of the agricultural produce generated by that holding. This money was demanded by landholders, irrespective of their religion, and was paid directly to the official state church, the Anglican (Episcopalian) Church of Ireland.
The 1831 Tithe Defaulters index contains over 29,000 names of people who refused to pay their tithe and so started the Tithe War. The people most affected by the Tithe War are precisely those most affected by emigration and the famine in the next generation. This unique record of names, addresses and occupations provides an important genealogical source for Ireland, especially given the near total destruction of the 1831 census. While Tithe Applotment Books cover more of Ireland they do not record occupations, nor do they have the variety of 'observations' included in this Tithe Defaulters Index.
http://www.originsnetwork.com/help/popup-aboutio-tithe.htm
Transatlantic Migration North America to Britain and Ireland 1858-1870
These records are the only surviving ships' passenger lists for ships returning to Britain and Ireland from North America between 1858 and 1870. Because of the threat of an imminent uprising by Fenians and their supporters in Ireland, the government in Dublin Castle required that the major ports in Britain and Ireland submit their incoming ships' passenger lists to them for scrutiny. Consequently these records were deposited at The National Archives of Ireland and are not available at the UK National Archives.
This Index contains all the details recorded on these documents as well as fully correlated list of ships and details of their voyages. Over 42,000 people are recorded most of whom were of Irish, English or Scottish origins.
http://www.originsnetwork.com/help/popup-aboutio-migration.htm
British Origins:
This month we are pleased to announce the addition of four new datasets that have been added to the current collections on both British and Irish Origins.
Irish Origins:
1831 Tithe Defaulters – These records are the most important evidence we have of the infamous Tithe War 1831-38. All occupants of land were required to pay an annual tithe (or religious tax) of 10% of the agricultural produce generated by that holding. This money was demanded by landholders, irrespective of their religion, and was paid directly to the official state church, the Anglican (Episcopalian) Church of Ireland.
The 1831 Tithe Defaulters index contains over 29,000 names of people who refused to pay their tithe and so started the Tithe War. The people most affected by the Tithe War are precisely those most affected by emigration and the famine in the next generation. This unique record of names, addresses and occupations provides an important genealogical source for Ireland, especially given the near total destruction of the 1831 census. While Tithe Applotment Books cover more of Ireland they do not record occupations, nor do they have the variety of 'observations' included in this Tithe Defaulters Index.
http://www.originsnetwork.com/help/popup-aboutio-tithe.htm
Transatlantic Migration North America to Britain and Ireland 1858-1870
These records are the only surviving ships' passenger lists for ships returning to Britain and Ireland from North America between 1858 and 1870. Because of the threat of an imminent uprising by Fenians and their supporters in Ireland, the government in Dublin Castle required that the major ports in Britain and Ireland submit their incoming ships' passenger lists to them for scrutiny. Consequently these records were deposited at The National Archives of Ireland and are not available at the UK National Archives.
This Index contains all the details recorded on these documents as well as fully correlated list of ships and details of their voyages. Over 42,000 people are recorded most of whom were of Irish, English or Scottish origins.
http://www.originsnetwork.com/help/popup-aboutio-migration.htm
British Origins:
Boyd’s Family Units - The Boyd's London Inhabitants dataset has been extended by the addition of a further 10,000 family sheets, covering more families from the London but also all over Great Britain and elsewhere, including North American families linked to England. The index to new records includes 137,000 names, taking the total to well over half a million names. This collection has been one of the glories of the Society of Genealogists Library, and provides a unique source of information on whole families.
http:www.originsnetwork.com/help/popup-aboutbo-bil.htm
http:www.originsnetwork.com/help/popup-aboutbo-bil.htm
British Origins Library - Children's Employment Commission Part II – FREE!Previously only available for subscribers, the Children's Employment Commission is now free for everyone to view online at British Origins www.britishorigins.com This huge government publication of 1842 contains evidence on the employment of children. Evidence is given by interviews with the employers, adult workers and children, relating to the work and lifestyle conditions. It is an extraordinarily rich and vivid resource of detailed information on early 19th century social conditions in the manufacturing areas of Great Britain and Ireland.
Wednesday, August 02, 2006
Origins Network News: SoG extracts - half price throughout August!
The Origins Network (www.originsnetwork.com) and The Society of Genealogists are offering half price extracts (hardcopies) throughout the month of August. The special offer prices from the 1st-31st August are £5.00GBP for non-SoG members and £4.00GBP for members of the Society of Genealogists.
These documents can be ordered online through British Origins and are available on the following datasets:
Marriage Licence Allegations - Vicar-General Index 1694-1850
Marriage Licence Allegations - Faculty Office Index 1701-1850
Bank of England Will Extracts Index 1717-1845
Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills Index 1750-1800
Trinity House Calendars 1787-1854
Full information about these datasets can be found on www.britishorigins.com
Please go to www.originsnetwork.com to sign up or to login to your account to take advantage of this offer today!
These documents can be ordered online through British Origins and are available on the following datasets:
Marriage Licence Allegations - Vicar-General Index 1694-1850
Marriage Licence Allegations - Faculty Office Index 1701-1850
Bank of England Will Extracts Index 1717-1845
Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills Index 1750-1800
Trinity House Calendars 1787-1854
Full information about these datasets can be found on www.britishorigins.com
Please go to www.originsnetwork.com to sign up or to login to your account to take advantage of this offer today!
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