Best of British Genealogy – 31st March 2012

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It’s been a bumper week for new online data, including:

Findmypast have released the first of their datasets from Westminster Archives, Westminster Parish Records
Deceased Online have added some Cheshire Cemetery Records
Origins have added Kent Probate Indexes to the National Wills Index
Ancestry have added Surrey Marriage Bonds and Allegations and Victoria Cross Medals
Family Search have added new records of baptisms and marriages to their English and Scottish collections, and new baptism records to their Welsh collections, along with many international records – see full details in Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter

I read Chris Paton’s British Genes daily, for fast, reliable updates on UK genealogy news. This week he posted British GENES – one thousandth post!, wow!

British genealogy blogs I have enjoyed reading this week include:

Postcard Friendship Friday on Anglers Rest – I always enjoy visiting Julie’s blog, the diversity of her posts means I often end up clicking through to other interesting sites – this is a good example
James Blanch in Soho and The Blanch surname in the Westminster parish records on Past Lives
Mick Southwick includes a useful list of genealogy fairs and events taking place this weekend in his post FH Events Taking Off! at BI-Gen
also at BI-Gen Michael Sharpe writes on the subject of Time to Bring Vitality to Our Vital Records in Something for the Weekend 3

This week I also read…

Organizing Family Photos in 8 Easy Steps by Lynn Palermo at the Armchair Genealogist. Unfortunately my photo collection looks a lot like Lynn’s, I plan on taking inspiration from her post to improve the situation!

I have posted this week about…

my plans to improve my use of TMG in Part 1: Tag Types and TMG Utility, and in answer to a reader’s question Ask Nick – I Can’t Find the Death Certificate!

I would like to thank Randy at Genea-Musings for mentioning my posts in recent weeks, he writes the ultimate round-up post, Best of the Genea-Blogs, including a round-up of round-ups!

If I have missed out any of your favourite UK genealogy blogs this week, let me know below!

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