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News - February 2010

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Parish Records

A further 18,285 Parish Records have been aded to the database since our previous update. Plus a number of records have been compared with the Bishops Transcripts and updated with any additional information which was not in the Parish Registers.

New Additions, February 2010

An up-to-date list of transcribed records consists of all the parish records which have been transcribed and what records are currently in progress of being transcribed.

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Forest of Dean Inquests

The number of transcribed Inquest keeps on growing. Check out the names of nearly 400 additions we have added to see if any of your relations are amongst them.

November 1898 - February 1905

The Forest of Dean Inquest database is an abstract of minute books that have been transcribed from the original records which are held at Gloucestershire Archives. read more...

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Photo Gallery

New Additions

Check out the Photo Gallery where you can view a huge collection of old photographs of people and places of the Forest of Dean.

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Documents and Articles

New Additions

A number of interesting Documents and Articles including

Coleford Company of Rifle Volunteers
My Who Do You Think You Are? Moment
Dr M L Bangara of Cinderford.

  • eBooks
  • Miscellaneous Documents
  • Newspaper Clippings
  • Stories and Articless
  • Wills & Adoms
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Variations in the Spelling of a Surname

Most of us would have come across a remark like, "that is not my family as the surname is spelled DAVIES, our family name is spelled DAVIS".

When you are tracing ancestors, one of the most common problems you will come across is the variations in the spelling of a surname. Here are some of the reasons why this happens.
read more...

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