June 2011 - Genes Reunited Blog

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Yorkshire Family History Fair 2011


Published in Genes Reunited Blog on 27 Jun 2011 12:36 : yorkshire family history fair events : 1 comment : 2192 views

On Friday 24th June three members of the Genes Reunited Team set off to York from London Kings Cross station. We were really looking forward to attending the Yorkshire Family History Fair for the first time. We arrived at York racecourse late afternoon and started setting up our stand. We were situated on the Mezzanine along with The National Archives and local county record offices. We had a fantastic view over the entire race course! Once we were all happy with the stand and had checked that all the computers were working we set off to explore York by night. We had a lovely walk through the city, down the Shambles, a beautiful medieval street and to the Minster, York’s Gothic Cathedral. The Minster was founded in 627 and apparently is one of the largest of its kind in Northern Europe. The full title of the Minster is, The Cathedral and Metropolitical Church of St Peter in York. At night it is completely lit up with spot lights making it look even more striking.


Passenger Lists Now Available


Published in Genes Reunited Blog on 22 Jun 2011 16:27 : passenger lists : 1 comment : 13258 views

From today members can now view passenger lists which include those who departed British ports for long-distance voyages across the world from 1890 to 1960.