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Memories of the Darwin Bombing
From Brad Argent, Content Director at Ancestry.com.au
This Sunday, February 19th, marks the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Darwin. I asked my nan, Nita (shown in the photo above), what she remembered of the day.
At the time of the bombing – just two days after her 23rd birthday – she was pregnant with my mother… Read more
Famous faces in the 1930 US Census
What do funny man Mel Brooks, quizmaster Bob Dyer, and Winifred Patty Christensen all have in common? They’re all in the 1930 US Census.
Many of you will be familiar with actor and producer Mel Brooks (born Melvin Kaminsky in 1926) and you can see him appearing in the 1930 US Census (shown below), living at 365 South… Read more
300,000 new Warwickshire records now available
If you have family from Warwickshire, England you may well find them in one of 300,000 new Warwickshire records we added this week.
Some records in these collections pre date 1837, making them particularly useful in finding people before civil registration began. Some records actually date back to 1564 (shown in the image above).
One interesting new… Read more
New Convict Collections – Just In Time for Australia Day!
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 later… Read more
130 Years of London Electoral Registers Released Today!
AUTHORED BY RUSSELL JAMES (ANCESTRY.CO.UK)
Our NEW London, England, Electoral Registers, 1835-1965, take you back through the history of Britain and London’s democratic system. More than that, they let you trace your English ancestors’ movements between census years and well into the 20th century, giving you far greater precision in your timeline of their lives.
Electoral registers listed… Read more
Remembering our Heroes Past
In honour of Remembrance Day, we are giving free access to select military records from Australia, New Zealand, the UK and Canada.
The collections will be free to search from 11-13 November, allowing Australians and New Zealanders the opportunity to discover information about their ancestors who served during the Great War.
Many Ancestry.com.au members have discovered extraordinary military stories in… Read more
4 Million New UK Parish Records Now Online
We have just added 4 million historic UK parish records online, enabling family historians to delve further back in their British history than ever before.
The new records feature baptisms, marriages and burials, which took place in Dorset and Warwickshire between 1511 and 1997, and have been added to what is now the largest collection of digitised… Read more
Scurvy, Seasickness and Scorpion Bites: Royal Navy Medical Journals
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 and UK… Read more
New Irish Birth, Marriage and Death Indexes
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 Parish… Read more
British Occupation Records
Butcher, baker or candlestick maker? What your ancestor did to make a living is an important part of their history and your family tree. You can discover your ancestors’ occupations with our new occupation records from Britain. You can examine your ancestors’ work in more detail and see how it affected the rest of their… Read more
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