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Free Newsletters: "Windows® 7 - The Mystery Unveiled
My report card and summary of experiences with the beta version of Windows 7.

This review is not technical, detailed or scientific. My goal was to see if I could install and use Windows 7 with my existing software and hardware. I had some pleasant surprises you will find interesting. Which is best for you? Windows 7, Vista or XP.

Added 10/12/2009"



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Churches in Birmingham UK

Churches and Places of Worship in Birmingham UK: "Prior to the year 1715 Birmingham comprised only one parish; but at that period a portion of the original parish of St Martin was formed into the parish of St Philip.
The population explosion in the town soon meant they couldn't cope with all of the births, marriages and deaths, hence new churches were built at a remarkable rate throughout the 19th century. In 1829 two other districts were formed into the parishes of St George and St Thomas. Some of the new churches were large, others merely subsidiary chapels of the bigger churches. Also England's first Roman Catholic cathedral was built here.

Encumbents would do the rounds of these, performing ceremonies throughout their parish. In 1836 the Birmingham Church Building Society was founded with the aim of erecting 10 new churches in the poorer areas, though due to lack of funds only 5 were actually built. By 1865 another 10 anglican churches had been built, but the following 4 years saw the erection of a further 10 churches, due to the financial aid of the Birmingham Church Extension Society.

Birmingham was a hive of non-conformism in the 18th century. Its most illustrious leader was Joseph Priestley who was at the centre of riots in 1791 which led to some churches being destroyed by fire. Altogether there have been more non-conformist than state churches in the town. The complexity of their history makes the correlation of place of worship to denomination in the list below strictly speaking impossible."

Copenhagen Streets

a really useful index of the streets of Copenhagen and Frederiksberg showing which parish, quarter, and police district to search for relevant records.

Københavnske gader: "København*- & Frederiksberg Kommune til 1925

For ikke at få for mange hits bør der indtastes mindst 3 sammenhængende bogstaver af gade/vejnavnet. Hvis du vil erstatte flere bogstaver, kan man anvende % som wild card. Et enkelt bogstav kan erstattes med _ [underscore].

*Brønshøj Sogn blev i 1901 udskilt af Brønshøj-Rødovre Kommune og indlemmet i Københavns kommune. Samme år blev endvidere Vigerslev, Valby og Kgs. Enghave udskilt af Hvidovre Kommune og indlemmet i kommunen. I 1902 blev hele Sundbyernes Kommune indlemmet i København."

Before the creation of the folkeregister in 1923 Copenhagen Police kept a card index of resident's addresses with childen, occupation, date and place of birth.

This was divided in 1923 with deceased citizens' records being sent to the archives (dødsblade - Google Search)
and those of the living used as the basis of the new Folkeregister

Søg dødsfald 1893 - 1923: "Dødeblade 1893 - 1923
Registerblade udskilt af Københavns* Politis mandtal

Der kan søges på alle kombinationer af fornavne, efternavn og fødselsår. For ikke at få for mange hits bør der indtastes så meget som muligt. Vær dog opmærksom på at stavningen af personnavne kan variere meget. Hvis du vil erstatte flere bogstaver, kan % anvendes som wild card. Et enkelt bogstav kan erstattes med _ [underscore].

*Brønshøj Sogn blev i 1901 udskilt af Brønshøj-Rødovre Kommune og indlemmet i Københavns kommune. Samme år blev endvidere Vigerslev, Valby og Kgs. Enghave udskilt af Hvidovre Kommune og indlemmet i kommunen. I 1902 blev hele Sundbyernes Kommune indlemmet i København. Ved disse indlemmelser fik Københavns Kommune næsten tredoblet sit areal og fik forøget sit indbyggertal fra ca. 360.000 til næsten 400.000. Dødsfald i disse områder er først registreret fra henholdsvis 1901 og 1902."

GenealogyMedia Blog

GenealogyMedia.com: The Blog: "Google Wave is a tremendously powerful platform that will change the way genealogy and family history are done. Users of Wave create 'waves,' which are something between conversations, e-mail messages, collaborative authoring sessions, video and picture sharing, blog authoring, and so many more things.

The key technology involved in Wave, though, that makes it better than every other available product for collaborative authoring is that it allows for near real-time communication. If I send you an e-mail, I have to wait for you to read it. If I write a blog entry, and I'm collaborating with another author, I have to save my draft, then tell them to take a look. Even if I'm 'instant messaging,' I still spend a good portion of the time waiting for a response and staring at a message that say something like, 'So-and-so is typing.' But with Google Wave, I can see my correspondant type at the same time that I'm typing. The conversation is not serial, but parallel -- we are both talking at the same time. It's more like an actual conversation. When we work together on a document, we can each make edits wherever in the document we need to, and this can happen simultaneously as fast as we can type."

Society of Genealogists, London

Society of Genealogists, Family History, Genealogy, Family Names

November Events

7 November 10:30am
Tracing your Medieval Ancestors
A full day course with Dr. Adrian Jobson 30/24 GBP

9 November 10:30am
Genealogy for Librarians & Archivists
A full day course with Else Churchill & Doreen Hopwood 30/24 GBP

11 November 2:00pm
DNA: Heredity and Disease
A one hour lecture with Dr. Geoff Swinfield 5/4 GBP

14 November 10:30am
Adoption and Fostering circa 1850 to 1930
A half day course with Louise Taylor 15/12 GBP

14 November 2:00pm
Careers in Genealogy, Pitfalls for Professionals
A half day course with Michael Gandy 15/12 GBP

18 November 11:00am
Using the Society of Genealogists Library
A one hour talk with the society's librarian, Sue Gibbons. Free of charge.

18 November 2:00pm
My Ancestor was a Tailor
A one hour lecture with Ian Waller 5/4 GBP

25 November 11:00am
Scottish Sources in the Society of Genealogists Library
A one hour lecture with Else Churchill 5/4 GBP

25 November 2:00pm
My Ancestor was a Brushmaker
A one hour lecture with Kenneth Doughty 5/ 4 GBP

Please also note the 18 Nov. visit to The National Archives and the 21 Nov. Family Historian software course are fully booked.


Lori Weinstein
Events co-ordinator
events@sog.org.uk

Tel: 020 7553 3290

Irish Genealogy

Irish Genealogy: "The Central Signposting index (C.S.I) contains over 3 million genealogical records which may help you trace that elusive Irish ancestor. If you are not certain of the county of origin of your ancestor this could help you make a start.

There are currently 3,198,125 records in the database from Armagh, Cavan, Derry, Donegal, Fermanagh, Leitrim, Limerick, Mayo, Sligo, Tyrone & Wexford. Types of record include Birth, Baptism, Marriage, Griffith's Valuation, Tithe Applotments' and 1901 Census returns. Click here for a breakdown of the records.

The C.S.I (Central Signposting Index) will point you to the local county based IFHF genealogy centre that may hold the records you seek. To use the C.S.I please enter your search criteria into the form below and click on 'Search'."

The Kingdom: Bishop hands over records on diocese: "THE Bishop of Kerry, Bill Murphy, will this week oversee the formal handover of Church records to the Department of Arts, Sports and Tourism.

The bishop will officiate as Bertie Kelliher, chairman of the Kerry Genealogical Research Centre, will hand over of the diocesan records of baptism, marriages and deaths to department secretary, Con Haugh, this Tuesday.

The presentation of the digitised records marks the culmination of years of painstaking work by the Kerry Genealogical Research Centre which oversaw the computerisation of around 500,000 Church documents dating from the 1750s.

Kerry County Council, the Trustees of Muckross House, FÁS, the Catholic Church and Church of Ireland backed the project, while the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism directly supported the computerisation of an additional 100,000 Kerry records."

Jia Pu

Jia Pu - Chinese Genealogical Record - An Introduction: "In the history of the Chinese people, there are three important elements that are significant. They are China's history, the local gazette and a clan's genealogy. Amongst these three elements, genealogy has the longest history and is the most influential.

Jia Pu (translated as genealogy record), also known as Zu Pu, is a record of a clan's history and lineage. It documents the origins of the surname, the migration patterns of the clan, the family lineage, the ancestral biography, the story of the locality, etc.

The origin of Jia Pu spans many eras and has been found as early as the Shang Dynasty (1523-1028BC). The family trees of the clans then were written on turtle shells, cow bones and bronze. Prior to the invention of writing, Chinese genealogical information was recorded by tying knots on ropes. Objects such as miniature arrows, shoes, cradle, bronze coins, kneecaps of goats and pigs were tied to the knots to show the number of generations, number of members (male and female), etc. in a family. This information was also verbally passed on to the later generations. Such were the earliest forms of Chinese genealogical record."

and who are using 家谱网 - 穿越时空的家族聚会

Jiapu.com, launched in 2008, hosts more than 3000 Jiapu – Chinese family histories bound in volumes – the earliest being from the 6th century BC and the most recent from the 1940s. The collection has been made available through an exclusive long-term partnership with the Shanghai Library, which holds the largest collection of Chinese family history records in the world. The site is in local language