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Jennyalogy Podcast Show Notes
February 2015
Book of the Month
This month's featured book is A New Genealogical Atlas of Ireland, Brian Mitchell (2nd
edition). It is available from many online bookshops.
Papers Past
Papers Past is the newspaper site of the National Library of
Ireland, with access to over 45 million newspaper articles from 93 different
New Zealand newspapers, and more are being added all the time. It is located at
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast.
RootsTech
Some of the RootsTech sessions were recorded and can be
watched online.
Bedlam Burials
The Bedlam Burial Ground register, developed as the result
of the discovery of 3000 skeletons during the construction of the London
Crossrail can be found at this website.
Irish birth and
marriage indexes
The Early Irish Birth Index and Early Irish Marriage
index can be found on the website of the Irish Genealogical Research Society. Choose the "Resources" tab at www.irishancestors.ie and then choose "Unique Resources".
Cork births, marriages & deaths
The McDonnell's
Index of Births, Marriages and Deaths, which includes bmd announcements
published in The Constitution and Cork Advertiser newspaper from 1828 to 1830 on
http://CorkPastAndPresent.ie The Cork Constitution is not currently included in any of the big online
newspaper databases.
New Copy of Magna
Carta Found
The full story of the new copy of the Magna Carta that has
been found can be read here.
Spain planned to
invade Australia
The full article about how Spain had planned to invade
Australia in the 1790s is available here.
Coming up
14th Australasian Congress on Genealogy and
Heraldry in Canberra 26-30 March
WYDTYA – Birmingham 16-18 April
NSW & ACT Association of Family History Societies
Conference, Port Macquarie 11-13 September
