Dear Users of the OGI,
I am happy to see the site is getting more use as the word is getting out there thanks to two mentions in Who Do You Think You Are? Magazine (January and April 2021).
In January, the OGI was included in the "50 Hottest Websites" list, a real compliment of the usefulness of the site.
In the April 2021 issue, the OGI was chosen as the Digital Pick Website of the month! (see page 85)
This has come just in time for the new look and feel of the Online Genealogical Index. I hope the site will be a useful tool to all our new users.
There were two new uploads of data, one on 26th and the other 31st March. The grand total is now 409,030 data sets on the site. A data set can be a small collection of headstone transcriptions or tens of thousands of baptism records, for example.
Here is the breakdown of what has been added or updated:
- Archive.org (Suffolk and Essex) - 8 new Parish Register and Memorial Inscription collections
- Birmingham Burial Records - 15 Cemeteries
- Derbyshire FHS Parish Record Indexes - 247 data sets
- EssexandSuffolkSurnames.co.uk - 70 new Parishes
- Findmypast (additions and updates)
- Essex Monumental Inscriptions - 39 cemeteries
- Lincolnshire Monumental Inscriptions - 319 cemeteries
- Norfolk Banns and Marriages - 714 parishes
- Norfolk Baptisms - 713 parishes
- Norfolk Burials - 699 parishes
- FreeReg - 56 new Parish record sets
- Google Books (Suffolk) - 8 Parish Register collections
- Interment.net - 82 new cemeteries
- South Warwickshire FHS Parish Registers and Memorials - 869 data sets
- TINSTAAFL Marriage Project - 8 new parishes
- TINSTAAFL Norfolk Baptisms - 1 new parish
- Warwickshire BMD at hunimex.com - 36 new Parish Registers
All these items were gathered in less than a week so it shows that when you seek, you will find! So many more items to review and update so the OGI will grow for many years to come.
I would love to hear from you so please feel free to leave comments on this blog or send me a message from the site directly.
Thank you for your enthusiasm and for spreading the word about the site.
Until the next update,
Tim Manners
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