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Title: Local Studies, Swindon Libraries
Post by: james05 on Thursday 24 April 14 08:44 BST (UK)
Popped into a Swindon library  :) only to find still subscribing to find my past, disappointing for me personally, wait and see for next year.
jim
Title: Re: Local Studies, Swindon Libraries
Post by: james05 on Thursday 07 April 16 13:11 BST (UK)
Any chance you have subscribed to Ancestry this year, thankyou
Title: Re: Local Studies, Swindon Libraries
Post by: rosie99 on Thursday 07 April 16 14:17 BST (UK)
Why not contact them direct

http://www.swindon.gov.uk/info/20026/libraries/302/search_local_history_and_genealogy_records

email address near bottom of page
Title: Re: Local Studies, Swindon Libraries
Post by: dawnsh on Thursday 07 April 16 14:42 BST (UK)
Apparently they have!

http://www.swindon.gov.uk/info/20026/libraries/284/access_the_24-hour_online_library_resources
Title: Re: Local Studies, Swindon Libraries
Post by: smudwhisk on Tuesday 26 April 16 15:31 BST (UK)
Probably not surprising in light of this - http://www.wshc.eu/home/news/item/digitisation-of-parish-registers.html. ;D
Title: Re: Local Studies, Swindon Libraries
Post by: rosie99 on Tuesday 26 April 16 15:37 BST (UK)
That is good news, we will just have to be patient.   :)
Title: Re: Local Studies, Swindon Libraries
Post by: smudwhisk on Tuesday 26 April 16 15:51 BST (UK)
Very true Rosie.

With three separate direct ancestral lines in Wiltshire, one of which has been a major brickwall for years, I shall be looking forward to them appearing online. ;D
Title: Re: Local Studies, Swindon Libraries
Post by: dawnsh on Tuesday 26 April 16 16:44 BST (UK)
That is good news, we will just have to be patient.   :)

very patient  :-\

I remember when Ancestry started digitising the LMA collection, it took about 18 months from announcement to going live.

Although released in 2009, the collection is still not complete.

But still good news
Title: Re: Local Studies, Swindon Libraries
Post by: smudwhisk on Tuesday 26 April 16 16:51 BST (UK)
True Dawn, I doubt we'll see anything until the middle of next year at the earliest, but its good news none the less.

From memory, it took them about 14 months to get the post1813 Baptism and Burial PRs for Northamptonshire online, from the time I saw online a confirmation that the contract had been awarded (but don't know exactly when they started digitising the records) and another 12 months for the remaining records to get launched.

Just wish they would revist the LMA and sort out all the missing registers.  I doubt though that is ever going to happen. :-X
Title: Re: Local Studies, Swindon Libraries
Post by: rosie99 on Wednesday 27 April 16 16:40 BST (UK)
That is good news, we will just have to be patient.   :)

very patient  :-\


I can be.   ;D