MISCELLANEOUS GENEALOGICAL STUFF
In alphabetical order (kind of).
Last updated: Tuesday 11 March 2008.
BLACK FAMILY - entries from the parish records of Inveravon, Banffshire and Knockando, Morayshire, Scotland for the surname BLACK. Thanks to Anne Westcott for these.
BLACK FAMILY - entries from Inveravon, Banffshire parish records for the surname BLACK. Thanks to Zandy for these.
BOULCOTT and BOWLCOTT - from the 1881 census index for the British Isles.
ON-LINE CALENDAR - this is soooo handy.
Births and Deaths from the - COSPATRICK - 1858 - 1873.
CRAIG, DEAN AND WRIGHT- Family Reunion – Pokeno New Zealand 1964 for the HELENSLEE centennial
CREW LIST OF THE HMS (HMAV) BOUNTY - 1787 - 1790.
DESCENDANTS OF THE HMAV BOUNTY MUTINEERS WHO MOVED FROM PITCAIRN ISLAND TO NORFOLK ISLAND - 1856
DATE CALCULATOR -Calculates birtdates and ages. Needs downloading first.
EXTRACTS - from Enquire Within Upon Everything (1868). Such gems as;
HINTS FOR CORRECTING THE SCOTCH BROGUE.
HINTS FOR THE CORRECTION OF THE IRISH BROGUE.
HINTS FOR "COCKNEY" SPEAKERS.
FREE GENEALOGICAL CHARTS -You will need Adobe Acrobat to print these. They will print nicely on to A4.
MORE FREE GENEALOGICAL CHARTS -You will need Adobe Acrobat to print these.
List and description of FRENCH POLITICAL AND CRIMINAL EX-PRISONERS per Griffin from New Caledonia to Auckland, New Zealand - February 1880.
As I am a great believer in a laugh a day keeps the quack away try this for some GENEALOGICAL HUMOUR.
GENEALOGICAL HUMOUR - ARE YOU ADDICTED TO GENEALOGY? - A checklist.
GENEALOGICAL HUMOUR - DOUBLE BARRELLED NAMES. - An item from an 1895 newspaper.
GENEALOGICAL HUMOUR - GENEALOGY WISH LIST.
GENEALOGICAL HUMOUR - NAMING THE BABY.
GENEALOGICAL HUMOUR - THE GOOD OLD DAYS - LABOUR LAWS 1852.
GENEALOGICAL HUMOUR - TWELVE STEPS FOR A RECOVERING GENEALOGIST.
GENEALOGICAL HUMOUR - UNUSUAL CAUSES OF DEATH OR SLIP OF THE PEN.
GUTHRIE of Drumsmudden Farm, Ochiltree, Ayrshire to New Zealand. Spare well researched family for sale.
HALIFAX EXPLOSION - 1917.
This has always interested me and I found two great sites giving more information on this Canadian disaster.
- THE HALIFAX EXPLOSION - MARITIME MUSEUM OF THE ATLANTIC SITE.
THE HALIFAX EXPLOSION: 6TH DECEMBER 1917
JACK THE RIPPER - 1888 - LONDON.
Another of my interests. Did victims appear on the 1881 census? Did Jack the Ripper appear on the 1881 census? or the 1891? How did my great-great granny feel as she lived not far away from Whitechapel -albiet on the other side of the Thames?
KIWIS REALLY ARE EVERYWHERE
According to the Bay of Plenty Times of 12 March 2005 those born in New Zealand live;
