April 3, 2018

On the Internet – March 2018

A variety of sources are used to write these articles. I seldom use the information which appears in the glossy family history magazines, since these are often press releases written before the new data is actually available, so can be uncritical and lacking detail. Some websites are suggested to me, and I naturally use the regular announcements made by Ancestry, Findmypast, and other well-known sites...
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March 29, 2018

Members only special deal: Every Ancestor Matters Conference – Bristol

You may already be aware that the “FFHS Every Ancestor Matters Conference” will be held at Bristol Museum’s M Shed on Saturday, 14th April 2018. The normal admission price is £39-50 but Bristol & Avon Family History Society members may attend for the reduced price of £29-50. For more information or to book your place, please click this link specifically for B&AFHS members:https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bafhs-every-ancestor-matters-conference-tickets-43502751902?aff=utm_source=eb_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=new_event_email&utm_term=eventurl_text    
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February 8, 2018
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New burial index – Bunhill Fields, Bristol

Bunhill Fields (Redcross Street, Bristol) Burial Ground Registers 1805-1880 Perform an internet search for “Bunhill Fields” and you are likely see results for the Burial Ground in the London Borough of Islington. However, there is also a Burial Ground of the same name in Redcross Street, Bristol (now the site of St Matthias Public Park). Two recently discovered registers for the Bristol Bunhill Fields Burial Ground have been transcribed and published by our project team and are now available as a downloadable PDF file priced at £5. For further details or to purchase, please visit our shop.  
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December 10, 2017

On the Internet – September 2017

Just after I wrote my previous article, it was announced that North Somerset maps had been added to Know Your Place and that there was now complete coverage for Bristol and the old counties of Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Somerset...
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December 10, 2017

On the Internet – December 2017

About a year ago, the General Register Office launched the provision of new indexes of some births and deaths, and also trialled, for a limited period, the supply of certificates in pdf format at a lower price, something that family historians had been requesting for many years...
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August 11, 2017

New Bristol Burials Index

An index of Bristol municipal burial registers covering Greenbank cemetery (1871 – 1991) was published by BAFHS in 2014 and is available from our website either as a CD or by download. Volume 2 has now been published covering the following cemeteries:-     Avonview (1883-1991) Brislington (1905-1991) Canford (1903-1991) Henbury (1923-1991) Ridgeway Park (1888-1991) Shirehampton (1898-1991) There are more than 145,000 entries. The new CD will be priced at £9 and will be available from 9th September but you can purchase the download now for £7 from our home page :-  click ‘SHOP’ on our main side menu then ‘INTERNET SALES’ from the dropdown menu  
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May 30, 2017

On the Internet – June 2017

Those with Wiltshire ancestry will be pleased to learn that Find My Past have released a set of over 5 million parish records. These include banns as well as baptisms, marriages and burials. Also Know Your Place has recently been expanded to include the whole of the present county of Somerset...
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March 8, 2017

On the Internet – March 2017

After I had written my article for the December 2016 Journal, the General Register Office made an unexpected announcement. Some years ago, the GRO began a project to reindex and digitise its records in order to ensure that the available indexes were as accurate and useful as possible, and to enable the supply of certificates online...
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