Over 5,000 women joined The Women’s Royal Naval Service during World War One, popularly known as the “Wrens”. These records are now available online for the first time from The National Archives.
Was your great grandmother in the Wrens?
October 9, 2007 at 4:00 am (Genealogy)
Tags: Biography, Genealogy, Military, National Archives, Navy, Search, Wrens
New York Times Content Goes Free
September 22, 2007 at 7:39 am (Genealogy)
Tags: Genealogy, Search
The New York Times Select service ended on September 19, 2007, access to articles (including obituaries, wedding announcements, etc.) will now be free from 1987 forward, as well as everything prior to 1923 (1851-1922) which is in the public domain. Access to the rest of the NY Times archives will still have to be purchased. Articles are normally available as PDF files.
A Custom Genealogy Search Engine
September 3, 2007 at 4:00 am (Genealogy)
Tags: Genealogy, Search
In common with many genealogists I have over the years built up a collection of links to various web sites and individual web pages that I trust. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could have a search engine that just returned results from those sites or pages. Back it 2006, Google released the technology that allows you to do just that.
