The BNA Team will be attending a FREE family history fair at Discovery Point, Dundee, on Friday 5 April 2013, from 10am to 4pm. As Discovery Point is where Captain Scott’s ship, RRS Discovery is berthed, we’re looking forward to visiting this historical location. Organised by Angus Heritage, a number of other archive organisations will be present at ‘Tayroots’. So far, the line-up includes ScotlandsPeople, the Scottish Local History Forum, Angus Archives, Aberdeen City Archives, Tay Valley Family History, Aberdeen …
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We enjoyed learning about the family history of John Barnes in this week’s episode of ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ The programme highlighted the fascinating life of John’s grandfather, Frank Hill, who played a leading role in Jamaica’s struggle for independence – so the programme was an excellent mix of genealogy and political history. As Frank Hill was a journalist (and playwright), the programme featured dozens of clippings from historical newspapers that were published in Jamaica. Indeed, if you …
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If you happen to be in the Glamorgan area on Saturday 13 October 2012, then you might like to attend the Family History Fair that is taking place in Merthyr Tydfil. The event takes place at the town’s Leisure Centre, admission is FREE (with free parking, too!), and it runs from 10am to 4pm. – www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wlsglfhs/openday12.htm
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As many visitors to the BNA website are family historians, we thought we’d post some info about the West Surrey Family History Society Open Day and Fair, which takes place on Saturday 3 November 2012. The Fair contains a grand line-up of genealogy experts, who will be offering free tips and advice on how best to build your ancestral family tree. There will also be HelpDesks for people who are looking to trace their Scottish and Irish ancestors. The event …
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‘Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again…’ As part of Angus Heritage Week, the BNA Team will be attending a family history event at Hospitalfield House in Arbroath. Since we love attending events in glamorous houses (e.g. Pemberley, Satis House, Manderley et al…) we’re very much looking forward to visiting the gothic paradise of Hospitalfield House. Also attending the event will be ScotlandsPeople, Angus Archives, Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives, and the Tay Valley History Society. Guest speakers …
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The Anglo-Scottish Family History Society is holding a meeting in Manchester on Saturday 21 July, from 2pm to 3.30pm. At the meeting, people will share their knowledge about which websites they find most useful for their family history research. The meeting will be held in the Research Room at Clayton House at 59 Piccadilly in Manchester. – www.mlfhs.org.uk
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When you are viewing a newspaper page . . . 1. Select the article of interest 2. Select ‘Edit Article Text’ form the left hand side options 3. Click ‘Show Article Text’ (green/blue button below the article text in the left column) 4. A popup (blue) will then show with the heading, ‘Article text, suitable for copy and paste’ 5. You can then copy and paste the OCR text for personal use I hope this helps! More tips coming …
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Unfortunately, currently we only have the option to print whole pages. This can be a little frustrating as the original image is scaled down to print in your home printer (usually A4) so will make it quite tricky to read! I have a few tips for you. . . The best way to retrieve a readable copy of a particular article at the moment is to: 1. Rather than selecting ‘Print’, choose to ‘Download’ the newspaper page image from the …
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As we have quite a number of website visitors abd Facebook followers from Australia, we thought it’d be worth mentioning the Australasian Congress on Genealogy and Heraldry that’s taking place in Adelaide from 28 to 31 March 2012. There is an impressive line-up of international family history experts attending the Congress, so it promises to be quite an event. Although the BNA is not officially attending this event, we will have a ‘partial stand there’. So you can pick up a copy …
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TIP: Searching for a name? If you are looking for a specific forename/surname combination, a company name or any other multiple ordered word searches we suggest using Phrase search in the advanced form. This will bring you the most relevant results (well, the most specific!). Why? This is because the search engine looks for the word coordinates which are closest together on a given page or in an article (rather than just giving you separate instances of those words). You can also carry …