The 1939 National Identity Card Database
February 14, 2010 by Luxegen Genealogy and Family History
Filed under England, Genealogy Databases, Scotland, UK & Ireland, Wales, genealogy
Census Substitute
Those of us researching in England, Wales or Scotland will be interested in the recent release of the 1939 National Identity Card Database.
The 1939 National Identity Card Survey was undertaken at the outbreak of the Second World War and took place on National Registration Day Friday September 29th, 1939. The details collected for each [...]
Examples of Listings in the British Isles
October 18, 2008 by Luxegen Genealogy and Family History
Filed under Dr. Chapman Part II, England, genealogy
In my last post I talked about the listings of early British Census and why they were collected, as outlined by Dr. Colin R Chapman in a talk I attended at our local Family History Society. He also talked about where the lists were compiled. This included:
-Country, principality, Province
-Counties
-Ridings, Sokes (called Baronies in Ireland)
-Hundreds, [...]
Early British Census -1086 to 1841
October 18, 2008 by Luxegen Genealogy and Family History
Filed under Dr Chapman Part I, England, genealogy
I attended a series of interesting talks by Dr. Colin R Chapman today sponsored by the Alberta Family History Society. For those who may not know, Colin Chapman is a well respected UK genealogist with 14 or more genealogical publications and a wealth of knowledge. One of the talks was “Genealogy in Early British Census [...]
