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Welcome to Family History UK
Family History UK is the latest FREE UK family tree, genealogy and ancestry community portal website, connecting ancestors and living relatives all over the UK. You can search for your ancestors, Post your Wanted Names (index.php?option=com_content task=view id=49 Itemid=105) - You know those ancestors that just cannot be found - Brickwalls or Wanted Names! We are here to help...
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VE Day May 8th 1945 - Victory
VE Day - End of the war - Rejoice!
After five years, eight months, and five days of massive devastation, the end of the European phase of World War II was celebrated.Victory in Europe was commemorated with celebrations all around the world in recognition of the unconditional surrender of all German forces signed in Reims, France, the previous day.
Rejoicing at...
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V-E Day
On March 7, 1945, the Western Allies—whose chief commanders in the field were Omar N. Bradley and Bernard Law Montgomery—crossed the Rhine after having smashed through the strongly fortified Siegfried Line and overran West Germany. The German collapse came after the meeting (Apr. 25) of the Western and Russian armies at Torgau in Saxony, and after Hitler's death amid the...
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Banns
Banns of marriagea proclamation of intended marriage , repeated three times at weekly intervals in the parish churches of both the bride and bridegroom. To dispense with banns required a marriage licence. Both banns and licences were valid for 3 months.In 1753 , Hardwicke's Marriage Act brought Banns Registers into regular use, sometimes in separate books, sometimes in...
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1911 Census - Online Now!
The records of more than 27 million people in England go online at www.1911census.co.uk today, three years earlier than planned. We here at FHUK - Family History UK website (together with others in the industry) and its FHUK members have previously pressured the government for early release - we can now see the results on www.1911census.co.uk (http://www.1911census.co.uk) .
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1911 CENSUS FOR WALES GOES ONLINE
Find My Past - 1911 CENSUS FOR WALES GOES ONLINE (http://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=2114 id=84137)
* Online access to the records of 2.4 million people living in Wales in 1911
* Major new family history resource
2.4 million people were recorded living in Wales in the census taken on the night of Sunday, 2 April, 1911. Today, after...
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Jewish genealogical records will be made public
Tens of thousands of Jewish genealogical records will be made public
under initiatives by the Manchester Council of Synagogues and the
city's Jewish genealogical society. People will be able to access the
records over the internet through a pay-as-you-view facility.
The genealogical society has released 300 new digital records from the closed Prestwich cemetery.
It is hoped that these will be added to the council...
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Crisis over graveyard maintenance
A conference is taking place to discuss what is described as a crisis in the maintenance of graveyards. English Heritage says Britain has the world's best graveyard heritage, but that gravestones are deteriorating through weathering and vandalism. The meeting in Oxford will discuss how the neglect of the sites also means a decay of their social history....
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The Really, Really, Really Easy Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Your Family Tree
As a hobby, researching genealogy and family history can be fun, rewarding and compelling and these days, everyone seems to want to know about the origins of their family. With recent programmes such as the BBC’s Who Do You Think You Are? and the latest statistics revealing that about 10 million Britons have used...
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FINDMYPAST.COM Launches online Parish Records Collection
Online access to millions of nationwide parish baptism, marriage and burial records pre-dating the civil registration of birth, marriage and deaths UK family history website Find My Past (http://www.awin1.com/awclick.php?mid=2114&id=84137) today announced it is adding the parish records from over 1,000 parishes across Britain to its existing collection of online family history records, offering online access to baptism, marriage and burial...
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