Hello all. Here is the latest 1837online newsletter. This is strictly for
your information only. I have used this site for 1861 census but it is a
personal choice that every genealogist must make.
Regards
Donna King
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Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 7:18 AM
Subject:
1837online.com August Newsletter
* 1861 Census Now Complete
* National Family History Fair
* We Want to Hear Your Stories
* Ask the Expert - Latest Questions and Answers
* Expiry of Units
* Maintenance to the Website
* Did You Know...?
* How Did We Get Our Name?
1861 Census Now Complete
We are pleased to tell you that you can now search the COMPLETE 1861
census on
1837online.com as we have just added the final ten
counties/locations. To complete the set we have uploaded the data for the
following counties:
Anglesey
Radnorshire
Flintshire
Rutlandshire
We have also added data for:
Jersey
Guernsey
Isle of Man
Finally, if you are interested in tracing your naval ancestors you can
also search
the 1861 census records titled:
Shipping at Sea
Royal Navy at Sea
British Ships at Home
National Family History Fair
On Saturday 10 September, the National Family History Fair will be taking
place in
Gateshead. The fair has been hugely popular over the last few
years, with over three thousand people visiting from locations across the
country as well as exhibitors from family history societies, to software
providers, the National Archives and the Family Records Centre. If you wish
to attend the event, the details are below:
Time: 10.00am - 4.30pm
Address: Gateshead International Stadium, Neilson Road, Gateshead, NE10
0EF
Ticket price: 3.00 GBP for adults and accompanying children under 15 get
in free
1837online.com is sponsoring the event and we look forward to meeting as
many of
you as possible.
For further details about the event, including a full list of exhibitors,
please
click here:
http://www.nationalfamilyhistoryfair.com
We Want to Hear Your Stories
Have you uncovered any skeletons in your closet or unearthed any family
secrets
using 1837online.com? Have you traced the history of your house and
discovered interesting facts about its former occupants? If so, we would
love to hear your stories.
Please send an email to casestudies(a)1837online.com and we may feature your
story on
our website, in our newsletter or within our press releases.
Please make sure you include the following information in your email:
Name
Daytime contact number
Email address
Location
Age
Brief description of story
Ask the Expert - Latest Questions and Answers
The latest 'Ask the Expert' questions and answers have just been posted on
1837online.com. Genealogy expert Dr. Nick Barratt, from TV's 'Who Do You
Think You Are?', has answered another 10 questions on topics such as prison
records, army records, Irish genealogy, Maltese ancestry, mysterious deaths
and passenger lists. Check to see if your question has been answered!
Expiry units
We hope you are pleased with the new expiry times for your
1837online.com units.
Don't forget when you make your next purchase that the time frame in
which your units expire is now longer, e.g. rather than 5 GBP worth of units
expiring after 45 days, we have now extended this to 90 days. A full list
of the extended time frames is below:
50 units for 5 GBP now expire after 90 days (instead of 45)
111 units for 10 GBP now expire after 90 days (instead of 60)
176 units for 15 GBP now expire after 120 days (instead of 90)
313 units for 25 GBP now expire after 365 days (instead of 120)
810 units for 60 GBP still expire after 365 days
2400 units for 120 GBP still expire after 365 days
Maintenance to the Website
In recent weeks you may have experienced
1837online.com working slightly
slower
than normal. This is due to some essential maintenance that we are
making to the website in order to improve the overall performance. We are
always committed to providing you with the best quality website and we
therefore hope you can be patient with the maintenance over the next few
weeks.
Did you know...?
There are many curious and interesting names in the 1861 census. Some of
the
interesting names we have discovered are Mickey Mouse, May Ball and
Donald Duck. There are even two siblings whose first names are Harriet
Beecher S* and Napoleon Bonaparte!
How did we get the name 1837online.com?
Are you curious about our name? When we launched our website just over two
years
ago, we started with the complete set of civil registration records
(births, marriages and deaths or BMD's), for England and Wales. Civil
registration started in England and Wales in 1837, the same year Queen
Victoria came to the throne; hence the name -
1837online.com.
Enjoy your family history research!
Kind regards,
Julie Pease
Membership Services
1837online.com
* Harriet Beecher Stowe was the famous author of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin',
written in 1852.