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Somerset & Dorset
Family History Society
Family History Society
How can we help you? We will help you to find documented facts about the lives of your former family members which will unlock doors to your own personal family story. Although we do specialise in Somerset and Dorset and have extensive records from our two counties, our experienced Research Volunteers have skills which can help you trace your family roots, regardless of where they might have originated.
Our Family History Centre is at Broadway House, Peter St, Yeovil BA20 1PN. Find out more about how we can help with your research and the facilities we have to offer.
Timeline PhotosWe’re pleased to confirm that we will be giving everyone free access to our digitised collections very soon, but it’s taking our amazing digital team a bit of time to make it happen.
They’re facing similar challenges to the rest of the world with regard to connecting to our various technical systems while working from home, and many of them are also juggling childcare duties. Stay tuned for an update soon!
EDIT: To clarify, we’re referring to digitised collections that are available on our website (and usually chargeable) – at this stage, this doesn’t extend to our collections on other sites.
British History Online makes all research content free to individual users - On History
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We've added 200 extra volumes of primary research content to the free access area of British History Online. All 1280 volumes in the BHO collection are now available free for personal users.If you’ve been wondering what one-place studies are all about, how’s a good time to find out. You can read the latest journal of the Society for One-Place Studies here ☺️As our contribution to busting the boredom of isolation, we've made the latest issue of our members' journal Destinations freely available to ALL fans of #FamilyHistory, #LocalHistory and the pursuit that unites them, #OnePlaceStudies. Enjoy—and please share this post! is.gd/DestinationsMar20
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MyHeritage In Color™ is Now Free and Unlimited for One Month! - MyHeritage Blog
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Starting today we are unlocking MyHeritage In Color™ for unlimited use to give people who are isolated at home a fun way to pass the time and enjoy genealogy. Colorized photos can be shared with the...For a good guide to TNA's digitised records see Research Guides for Online Collections. TNA is working to make the records which normally cost £3.50 to download, free. No change to those available from 3rd party websites (Ancestry etc). https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/help-with-your-research/research-guides/?letter=&search=&research-category=online #OnePlaceWednesday
Anyone fancy doing some transcribing for @UkNatArchives ?
We are currently seeking volunteers for remote working to recreate crew lists of Royal Navy ships for the First World War by transcribing service records. The work will contribute to an online resource hosted by @RMGreenwich https://bit.ly/2QNhvF9 #homeworking #volunteers
Right then! We are back, all set up #WFH and ready to answer your enquires about MOA. Our Mass Observers are busy recording their experience of #Convid19uk. If you are interested in joining them you can sign up to be an Observer here: http://www.massobs.org.uk/write-for-us
NEW BLOG POST!
Ahead of what would have been #DorsetHistoryDay, we take a look at where #Dorset features in our data, including some accidents & how local historians might use our resources.
http://www.railwayaccidents.port.ac.uk/dorsets-railway-accidents/
@DorsetArchives @TheSDFHS @SwanRailway @JonSmallwood
