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PROFILE OF ANCESTRY CO. UK WEBSITE

March 21, 2011 By admin
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Family Tree

Ancestry.co.uk is a genealogy website the world leader in the field of internet genealogy. It is a subscription based service that assists its members in tracing their ancestry. This includes access to extensive databases help with constructing their family tree and facilities enabling them to communicate with one another.

Ancestry.co.uk offers a free online family tree which allows the member to trace relatives, create connections and quickly share personal information. There are over 400 million individuals on the “Ancestry World Tree” which expands daily as more data is added. Users can post photos of people, stories audio files and comments on message boards. An extensive range of genealogical forms: ancestral charts, a research calendar and source summaries are also available for download.   

The website’s focus is on the United Kingdom and Ireland inclusive of the IOM and the Channel Islands. Its hundreds of databases contain archive materials, including census, BMD, military records, immigration records, directories and much more. To which has recently been added WW1 service and pension records as well as the 1901 census. The latter contains a wealth of information plugging many previous gaps. A user can also gain access to the complete collection of US census records, passenger and ship lists and a huge database of military records.

Ancestry.co.uk offers several grades of annual membership to meet the different demands of the researcher. The UK essentials subscription is £83.40, UK premium £107.40 and world membership £155.40. There are also monthly and pay-per-view options starting at £6.99. Ancestry.co.uk offers a 14 day free trial period prior to making 12 month commitment.

The website is simple to use and well supported by its databases, has a FAQ page, email contact and a UK call centre. Just enter a name and wait to see the results. Ancestry made easy!

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HOW THE SLAVE TRADE AND THE ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE TRADE ACT, AFFECTED ENGLISH HERITAGE?

March 1, 2011 By admin
Slave Shackle

Slave Shackle

In March 1807 the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act was passed by parliament. This constituted a hugely important piece humanitarian legislation which made it illegal for British ships to transport slaves. The trade arose because the colonies in Americas and the Caribbean required slave labour to work on the tobacco, sugar and cotton plantations. In some Caribbean territories slave abolition did not actually come into effect until as late 1833.

Indeed Britain had been in the forefront this enormous commercial enterprise since the 16th century, one of the largest forced migrations in human history. It is a tragic fact that British ships easily carried more Africans across the Atlantic than those of any other maritime nation. The long term impact of this participation has frequently been deliberately disguised. 

The slave trade and slave abolition left a permanent legacy in many British towns and cities such as Liverpool, Hull and of course Bristol. Much of the profit from the slave trade was reinvested in new industrial enterprises, in the development of municipal buildings as well as lucrative private real estate. Today there exist a wealth of connections between these unsavoury activities, abolitionists such as Sir William Wilberforce and many of the 400 properties now in the hands of English Heritage.

To mark the bicentenary English Heritage investigated the historical background of all of its buildings dating from between 1600 and 1840. This resulted in the publication of a “Sites of Memory” Guide and revised general descriptions to highlight these links. The objective was to recognise the important role that slavery played in the country’s economic development. In essence, to acknowledge both the suffering caused and the previously undervalued contribution of minorities.

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A DESCRIPTION OF THE GENES REUNITED WEBSITE. HOW IT WORKS AND WHY IT WAS DEVELOPED?

February 26, 2011 By admin
Genes Reunited

Genes Reunited

“Genes Reunited” is a genealogical website with 9 million members that provides a set of tools and resources to assist individuals, who want to find family and research their ancestors. The first step is to register and create a home page, initiating the process of constructing a family tree. This is done by utilising the builder programme, which facilitates the display of much detailed personal information, private photographs and videos.

The site affords access to extensive resources such as BMD, British census statistics and data relating to military and overseas records. It also proffers advice on research methods, on Irish and Scottish sources, parish registers and records prior to 1837. There is a useful search and cross referencing system, as well as a community forum, where people can post requests or make general comments. The database contains up to 700,000 names and includes a facility for linking different family trees online. It is quite easy to communicate directly with other members through the contact centre. These are all valuable features which can help people to find family or other relations.      

The entire service is subject to a complex membership structure of standard £9.95, gold £34.95 and platinum £64.95 each for a six month period. It also operates a “pay as you go” system of credits for non subscribers and standard users. In practice this means that the individual’s access to resources and to other members is significantly restricted.

“Friends Reunited” the parent site was founded as a means of reuniting former friends, in particular “old school pals.” “Genes Reunited” is simply a continuation and extension of this idea to the study of genealogy.

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HOW TO DEVELOP A FAMILY TREE, RESOURCES AVAILABLE AND HOW TO USE THEM?

February 14, 2011 By admin

It has in recent years become an increasingly popular hobby to research and develop family trees. These graphic representations of direct and distant ancestors can vary greatly in complexity.

The place to start is with your immediate relatives and friends in order to trace family connections or branches. Draw up a list of known family members, including parents, grand parents, uncles, aunts and cousins. This is done by gathering and recording in a log book as much detailed information as possible. It should include the relevant dates and places of all births, deaths and marriages.

The next step is to check and cross reference these with the actual documents which are available at the various local public registries and in parish registers. This can be supplemented by a wealth of resources located in local archives, libraries, museums, courthouses and of course the internet. For instance the UKcensusOnline.com covers the period 1841-1911 and is free to name search. The objective here should be to fill in gaps in your knowledge base and to develop potential lines of enquiry.    

There are also a whole host of commercial family research sites. These include: FindMyPast.co.uk/BMD; Ancestry.co.uk; GenesReunited.co.uk and the Ancestor-detective.co.uk to name just a few. They all offer a variety of services and resources some free and some which are subject to a charge or membership fee.   

Once the necessary information has been acquired it needs to be collated, assessed and then displayed in a meaningful context. The most common method is by family trees or pedigree charts. Although there are other options such as descendant sheets while a few choose to incorporate it within a genealogical biography.

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Learn Ancestory At Ancestory.co.uk

February 9, 2011 By admin

Every person wants to know where he or she has come from. The passing down of genes and traits that makes one who he or she is today is always a nice endeavour to pursue. Finding out your roots can be the way to figuring out your present. And that is the reason why the study of genealogy and family ancestry is a project that is worth undertaking.

Ancestory or ancestry is a topic that can take you to so many places. It brings you in contact with all the necessary information that you need to uncover so that you can understand your life better. Ancestory.co.uk is a website that will help you realise that properly.

Ancestory.co.uk is equipped with the knowledge that would be important to any soul that is interested in learning about the things that govern all aspects of ancestory or ancestry. Whether you want to find out about your genetic makeup, your hereditary characteristics, or your family history, you can get something that would make you appreciate checking out the site.

Why Ancestory Is Something You Need To Know About
History. This world runs on the motors of appreciation of the past, fuelled by stories of old. The world’s history is a good thing to take to heart, as we can be more sure, that way, that the mistakes that have been committed would no longer plague us, at present, or in the future. Ancestory or ancestry studies would help us realise where our forefathers have gone wrong, and therefore what we should not anymore repeat.

Connection. Sometimes, we all feel adrift, uncertain of where we stand in the scheme of things. Ancestory.co.uk and learning about ancestory or ancestry would give us the needed sense of connection. It would provide us with the feeling of belongingness, and the feeling that we are where we should be. More importantly, we would find more reasons to continue believing that we have a place in the world.

Context. Understanding, at times, entails knowing the situational factors that contributed to the happening of a certain thing. Ancestory (or ancestry) delivers the need for context. The affairs of the world are not easy to grasp, if you lack the proper understanding of the contexts through which they happened.

Intergenerational. Finding out about our forefathers would help us appreciate what they have done. In the same way, we’d learn to do things that have higher chances of making our future family proud.

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All About The Slave Trade And The English Heritage

January 22, 2011 By admin

In the 1790s, the overwhelming impact brought about by the transatlantic slave trade was greatly felt across Britain, even beyond the slaving ports of London, Bristol and Liverpool. Undeniably, there were some people who lobbied for the slave abolition and others who benefited from the trade. It is, after all one of the largest forced migrations of human beings worldwide and had a major effect on the history of Europe, Americas and Africa. It was the enslavement and transportation, primarily of African people, to the colonies of the Western hemisphere that occurred in and around the Atlantic Ocean and had a great effect to the English heritage.

Most enslaved people were shipped to North and South America and were made to labour on the coffee, cocoa and cotton plantations. Others were made to work in gold and silver mines, in rice fields, the construction industry, timber and shipping. Some were put in houses to become servants.

The main concern during this time were economics and making more money. The wealth acquired during that time was invested back into British public buildings and country estates. Although some proponents of slave trade argue that the slave trade did not contribute much on the British economy stating that it only augmented 5% of the total economic status, it  is  still very evident that the slave trade paved way for Britain’s becoming a capitalist, thus making the English heritage a lineage of wealthy but unjust people.

A bill stating that it is against the law for any British person to capture and transport slaves was passed by the House of Commons in 1805 -  but the House of Lords blocked it. Lord Grenville persuaded the House of Lords though to accept the bill and made a speech where he noted that the trade was “contrary to the principles of justice, humanity and sound policy”. He said that the trade should have been abolished a long time ago. When the vote was taken the Abolition of the Slave Trade bill was passed in the House of Lords by 41 votes to 20. But there was not really a slave abolition until it was made illegal on 1833.

The English heritage was tainted with this era of slave trade and even after the slave abolition. The mindset of the people has become biased towards the black-skinned people. Originally, the slave trade was developed not from a racist, rather from an economic stance. However stereotypes of black subordination and white supremacy have become rampant leaving in the minds of the people that the white race is of the better race. Here, racism was developed.

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GenesReunited.co.uk – Find Out More

January 18, 2011 By admin

Lately, the boom of genes reunited websites is just noticeable. It seems like there are million of people all around the world getting curious about their family history, look for a possible family member and find family tree information. They are all into genealogy or the science of researching about families and the tracing of their lineages and history

Genes reunited websites allow people to search for millions of names stored in a database and in family trees too and help you discover your ancestors. Doing your research with the aid of these sites may help you uncover family history too. It is a great tool to find family members, history and all other information related to your family.

Since genes reunited websites are flourishing now, let us take a closer look on how do these amazing websites work. To start off, enter all of the information you already know into the input boxes found in the site. Simply put, start from what you know and use it to find what you do not know.

It is also a good idea to get your family involved, speak to your relatives to see if they can give you any more information about your family history to help you complete the task. Then, search the family trees on the website and see if anyone else out there trying to find the same family as you.

You may also use historical records to find detailed information of ancestors living hundreds of years ago. Just make sure that you will get the correct files and verify if the information stated there are accurate. The information you can get from those sites may help in one way or another in building your family tree.

As the popular adage says, “Necessity is the mother of invention”, the same is true with genes reunited websites. Genes reunited websites are developed mainly because there is a huge number of people who are out to find family members and relatives, even the distant ones to complete the family tree.

Members of genes reunited websites are eager to testify how much help it did for them. They say the site made way for them to meet cousins who were fostered and adopted by other surrogate parents and that they never knew they existed until they came upon the majestic pages of genes reunited websites. Others have shared that it became a way not only for their family be complete, but their lives as well.

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How To Develop Your Family Tree Online

January 11, 2011 By admin

It’s funny how sometimes you bump upon somebody, exchange a few words and eventually find out that the two of you are related by blood. In cases like this, you end up wondering how many relatives you haven’t met yet and if there is a possibility you can trace family members even those who have already passed away. All that it takes are good research skills, accurate documents and even family research sites, too.

With this dilemma, you should consider researching and doing your family tree. It might not be simply just a walk in the park as you have to unravel long-forgotten memories and relive the memoirs of relatives who have passed away a long time ago, but if you complete the task, the difficulty will be worth it. Family trees would really help you reunite with your family members or get acquainted with strangers that have the same blood just as yours running in their veins. 

Doing the family tree means starting from yourself. You should list down all the things about you, even the trivial ones.  Don’t skip over things that you take for granted and write it all down. Just so you know, what you record will become part of a record for future generations and they will want to know as much about you as they can. Things like  full name, nicknames, date of birth, marriages, divorces, and children (with their dates of birth) should be listed down. It will also help to include education, hobbies, work, military service, or any kind of accomplishments. In the future, it would be easier to research through family research sites if there are many information available. 

Then, you have to do a research on your relatives. It is ideal to start with the oldest member of the family and inquire them about family histories. They have many stories which can help you trace family members, for sure. You should list down your questions beforehand so that you won’t miss a thing. Perhaps, your relatives provide you with conflicting dates but you can have things figured out as you progress in your research. You will be seeking other documents that will confirm or refute their information.

Good research skills go hand in hand with accurate records and they are the key tools to trace family members and complete a family tree, aided with family research sites. When these things go together, the family tree will be made successfully and you’ll easily recognize a relative the next time you bump into her or him.

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