The document summarizes information from a U3A Genealogy group meeting. It discusses costs for birth, marriage, and death certificates remaining the same in 2012/13. It also discusses FamilySearch improving its ability to digitize genealogical records, capturing 10 new digital images per second. Finally, it outlines a meeting of several genealogy group leaders in Northamptonshire to exchange ideas and information.

1. U3A Genealogy
March 20th 2012

2. Cost of BMD Certificates
So you have successfully used FreeBMD and
got the required information. You want to
order the certificate concerned.
Good News!
The Government Records Office is holding
the price of birth / marriage / death
certificates at £9.25 in 2012/13, even though
the price of certificates from local register
offices will be going up by 11% from £9 to
£10 (excluding postage) from 1st April.

3. Family Search
Since 2006, FamilySearch has dramatically
improved its ability to scan and convert microfilmed
records into digital images. In addition, more than
185 digital camera crews are now at work
throughout the world, capturing images six days a
week. Between microfilm digital conversions and
new field captures, FamilySearch now creates an
average of 10 new digital images every second of
every day and publishes them at familysearch.org
within a matter of weeks.

4. NNFHG meeting
• Meeting of Genealogy Group Leaders from a
number of U3A organisations across
Northants
• Exchange ideas and information on group
structures, presentation materials, speakers,
interesting websites, blogs, etc
• Established mailing list for ongoing exchange,
plus future meetings

5. NNFHG meeting
• Kettering Ray Bradbury
• Brixworth Philip Pomeroy
• Ise Valley Jill Dee
• Towcester Judith Laslett
• Wellingborough 1 Ann Stegall
+ Me!
• Wellingborough 2 Lynn Burkhart
• Northampton 1 Mo Sherwood
• Northampton 2 Pauline Riley
• Northampton 3 Dave Willington
• Oundle Marilyn Jenner

6. Census New relatives BMD
Information Information Information
Genes Reunited
Known Relatives
Information
Ask them
Your
Information
Find it
Other Sources Yourself Parish
Of Registers
Information Information

7. About 1840
LDS Microfiche Ancestry.co.uk
CENSUSES LDS 1881
Findmypast.com
PARISH FreeBMD
RECORDS Ancestry
CIVIL BMD
Findmypast.com
RECORDS
UKBMD
LDS Family Search Local BMD
sites
GENES REUNITED
GENUKI , FHS, GOONS, ETC
GOOGLE, ROOTSWEB and OTHER LISTS

9. New Records on Ancestry
West Yorkshire
• Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1512-1812
• Marriages and Banns 1813-1921
• Deaths and Burials 1813-1985
• Births and Baptisms 1813-1906
• Confirmations
1859-1915

10. Recent Records on Ancestry
• Warwickshire Militia 1776-1825
• Warwickshire Bastardy Orders 1816-39
• Warwickshire Land Tax 1773-1830
• Warwick Cemetery Burial Slips 1859-1968
• London Schools Records 1840-1911
840 schools
• The Belfast Newsletter 1738-1925
200,000 pages

11. Recent records on findmypast
• Scotland 1891 census (no images)
• Thames Watermen / Lightermen ocupational
records (100,000 records)
• 40,000 Lincolnshire Parish marriage records
covering 1699-1838
• 359,000 new Merchant Navy Seamen records
for the period 1835-1857 (1918-1941 records
added in 2011)

12. New records on findmypast
• Royal Artillery Military Medals 1916-93
16,500 medals
• Royal Artillery Honours & Awards 1939-46
21,400 awards
• Manchester City (Pals) Batallions from WWI
11,000 records
• Manchester Roll of Honour records WWI
63,000 names

13. The Genealogist
• I saw a presentation on The Genealogist at
the Northampton Family History Centre
several weeks ago.
• I decided to take a Diamond subscription at a
“show” discount, with a plan to stop my
Ancestry subscription at the next renewal
time and use the Library Ancestry edition
• Due to the issues referred to above, I have
only now started to look at The Genealogist

14. The Genealogist
• Who Do You Think You Are Magazine have published two
comparison features over the last two years.
• The Genealogist has proven to give the best value for money
and the widest range of data.
• The Genealogist was popular for value, content and ease of
navigation, as well as its impressive range of functions and
features.
• "The Gold subscription is excellent value for money" Nick -
Value for money [WDYTYA Magazine January 2012]

15. The Genealogist
• "The Genealogist has a strong census search tool to help you
locate ancestors more easily" Claire - Ease of use [WDYTYA
Magazine January 2012]
• "The street search tool for census records is superb." Nick -
Navigation [WDYTYA Magazine January 2012]
• "Trees are quick and easy to build on the site, and the
results are particularly visually attractive." Jenny - Family
Tree Builder [WDYTYA Magazine January 2012]
• I'm really impressed by the extra features, ...Transcripts
were better than some other sites" Raymond - Features &
Quality [WDYTYA Magazine October 2009]

16. The Genealogist
• "An excellent selection - Channel Isles, Census, Non
Conformist BMDs, quality transcripts and a facility to report
errors, I liked the census search by county and year, I found
several ancestors. But The Genealogist.co.uk's more
advanced content - particularly the huge number of
databases made it top of the class. Within 30 minutes I had
found 1,2 and 3 x grandparents using the master search of
all databases" Marjorie - Content [WDYTYA Magazine
October 2009]
• "3 of the 5 reviewers rated TheGenealogist.co.uk as their no
1 site and the site was voted 'Best For Value' overall."
Overall Result - [WDYTYA Magazine October 2009]

17. So.........
I hope to give you a walk
through all aspects of
using The Genealogist at
our April meeting...