Just got back from the first day of WDYTYA at Olympia and I’m shattered so this is just a quick post to let you know about two new data products launched today.
- The Federation of Family History Societies has launched Version 3 of their National Burial Index for England and Wales. This new edition includes the data from the first and second editions plus a further 5 million entries to bring the total to over 18 million records. 9,100 burial locations in 50 counties are indexed.
- Ancestry has launched the Alien Arrivals and Alien Entry Books for the UK.
- The Alien Entry Books cover correspondence and other documents from the Home Office and the Aliens Office for 1794-1921 the originals of which are held in Class HO5 at The National Archives. There are un-indexed, you simply browse through the images.
- The Alien Arrivals records have been indexed or you can browse them by port of entry. They cover the periods 1810-1811 and 1826-1869 and are digitised from Classes FO 83/21-22: Lists of aliens arriving at English ports, August 1810-May 1811; HO 2: Certificates of alien arrivals, 1836-1852; HO 3: Returns of alien passengers, July 1836-December 1869 and CUST 102/393-396 Accounts of aliens arriving at London (July-November 1826) and Gravesend (October 1826-August 1837) from The National Archives. You should be able to find the alien’s name, age, profession and country of origin together with their port and date of arrival, and where they exist, certificate number.
Have fun!
Sheena