Thursday 4 November 2021

November already?

Dear Fellow OGI-ers,

I was informed by some users that knowing if a place is spelled with or without dashes makes it hard to find the listed datasets.   I have, therefore, begun to add duplicate entries with alternate place spellings.  Hence a boost of 10,000 in the site total datasets today.


There are 3,668 new additions to help with your research.

Here are the details.

  • Ancestry - Shropshire Parish Registers - 1,565 data sets
  • Cheshire Civil Registration Marriages - 39 new data sets
  • FamilySearch.org - Shropshire Parish Registers - 967 data sets
  • Findagrave - 3 new cemeteries
  • Findmypast - Roman Catholic Marriages - 8 new data sets
  • Findmypast - Shropshire Parish Registers - 967 data sets
  • FreeReg - 31 new Gloucestershire data sets
  • Geneanet Cemeteries - 44 new cemeteries
  • Gravestone Photos - 6 new cemeteries
  • Lancashire Online Parish Clerks - 15 new data sets
  • OPC Dorset - 7 new data sets
  • TINSTAAFL Marriages - 14 new parishes
  • TINSTAAFL Norfolk Baptisms - 2 new parishes
As you can see, a good month for Shropshire researchers!  

A lot of new data is coming to the public forum thanks to amazing projects run nationwide.  I will continue to add links to all useful resources for your benefit.

Thanks again to those who donate towards the site costs.  Every pound helps.  Please consider helping if you feel you are getting a good service.   

Until the next update,

Tim Manners