Some recent developments from Search engine Google include new ways to find the image you want in an Images search. There are now a number of ways to get a more specific search - a face search, which lets you limit your search results to only images containing faces, photo search, which limits results to images that contain photographic elements, and clip art and line drawings.
Source: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/ 19-12-08
Google books are now including magazine articles as part of the search results.
Monday, December 22, 2008
Thursday, December 18, 2008
New Victorian Probate and Shipping indexes
PROV's volunteers have been busy again this year preparing the next instalment of the outwards immigration index 1887-1896 adding another 290,348 names to the index (total range now 1852 to 1896 with 797,460 outward passengers named). The volunteers are continuing to index the series which ends in 1923.
Volunteers from the Victorian Association of Family History Organisations (VAFHO) and FamilySearch have completed the first stage of a collaborative project with PROV to index probates in Victoria. The first stage 1841-1925 is now online and allows researchers to search for wills and probates by family name, place, occupation and date and then to link to the digitised
image of the will and/or probate file. There are 214,545 names in the index and in 2008 the FamilySearch volunteers digitised 4,724,965 pages of will and probate files which are progressively being made available to the website free of charge.
Both the shipping and probate indexes are available online (see links under New Features) and also via the How Do I? section on the home page.
Source: News from Public Records Office Victoria (eNewsletter)
Volunteers from the Victorian Association of Family History Organisations (VAFHO) and FamilySearch have completed the first stage of a collaborative project with PROV to index probates in Victoria. The first stage 1841-1925 is now online and allows researchers to search for wills and probates by family name, place, occupation and date and then to link to the digitised
image of the will and/or probate file. There are 214,545 names in the index and in 2008 the FamilySearch volunteers digitised 4,724,965 pages of will and probate files which are progressively being made available to the website free of charge.
Both the shipping and probate indexes are available online (see links under New Features) and also via the How Do I? section on the home page.
Source: News from Public Records Office Victoria (eNewsletter)
Monday, December 15, 2008
Free genealogy software
If a family history database program is on your Christmas wishlist, re-consider. There are many programs available which offer FREE downloads so you can try before you buy. In some cases the standard free download may suit your needs.
Check out the following:
RootsMagic There are five programs availalble here. The FREE trials are working copies of the software that allow you to take the program for a spin and get a feel for the interface and feature set. The trials generally have a limitation on the amount of information you can enter and / or a few features disabled.
When you purchase the program you can receive the program on CD through the mail, or can order it as a download so you can unlock the trial and begin using the full program immediately. Any data you have entered in the trial version will be picked up and used by the full version of the program.
In addition, you are invited to be among the first to see and use Roots Magic 4 and participate in the community preview program.
Legacy Family Tree standard edition
Personal Ancestral File is available from Family Search.org
Vist further links on Cyndi's List Free Software
Do you know of one that may not be included in these lists? Please add a comment.
Check out the following:
RootsMagic There are five programs availalble here. The FREE trials are working copies of the software that allow you to take the program for a spin and get a feel for the interface and feature set. The trials generally have a limitation on the amount of information you can enter and / or a few features disabled.
When you purchase the program you can receive the program on CD through the mail, or can order it as a download so you can unlock the trial and begin using the full program immediately. Any data you have entered in the trial version will be picked up and used by the full version of the program.
In addition, you are invited to be among the first to see and use Roots Magic 4 and participate in the community preview program.
Legacy Family Tree standard edition
Personal Ancestral File is available from Family Search.org
Vist further links on Cyndi's List Free Software
Do you know of one that may not be included in these lists? Please add a comment.
Tuesday, December 09, 2008
Pre-release index to Victorian wills
Public Records Office Victoria have released a Pre-release Index to Wills, Probate and Administration Records 1841-1925, the database is currently undergoing pre-release testing and will be available late December 2008. Further details will be available via the PROV website.
An initial surname search will result in information including alternative name, occupation, residence, death date and more.
If the actual document is digitized then it is possible to access it as a PDF image.
If you have success here, it may eliminate the need to purchase a death certificate.
Vist the Pre-release index
An initial surname search will result in information including alternative name, occupation, residence, death date and more.
If the actual document is digitized then it is possible to access it as a PDF image.
If you have success here, it may eliminate the need to purchase a death certificate.
Vist the Pre-release index
Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Old news is good news
Google has recently launched its newspaper archive online. It draws on all sorts of resources, mostly free, but some are subject to subscription fees. This is an ongoing project with discussions with the National Library of Australia for Australian content. (Source: Incite November 2008)
In the meantime bookmark Australian Newspapers Beta which has already significantly increased access to "The Argus" since its launch a few months ago.
In the meantime bookmark Australian Newspapers Beta which has already significantly increased access to "The Argus" since its launch a few months ago.
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