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1921 ENGLAND AND WALES CENSUS RELEASE DATE CONFIRMED • Findmypast and The National Archives have announced that the 1921 Census of England & Wales will be published online on 6 January 2022

EVERY CHURCH OF ENGLAND GRAVEYARD TO BE DIGITALLY MAPPED • Each grave in every one of England’s 19,000 Church of England graveyards is to be digitally mapped in an ambitious new project that promises to be of great benefit to family historians

Launch of Dr John Burt bursary • The Association of Genealogists and Researchers in Archives (AGRA) has announced the launch of an annual bursary in memory of a much-loved member of the genealogy community

Information on 11.5 billion individuals freely available on FamilySearch as 83-year project is completed • FamilySearch International has announced the completion of a massive project to digitise its collection of millions of rolls of microfilm containing billions of family history records from around the world

1939 Sutton Hoo excavation photos available online for the first time • The full personal collection of photographs taken by school mistresses Mercie Lack and Barbara Wagstaff at the 1939 excavation at Sutton Hoo have been digitised and made available online for the first time

FindMyPast add 32 million names to Electoral Register collection • A collection of 32 million names and 14 million addresses added to FindMyPast will help researchers bridge the gap between the 1911 census and the 1939 Register

463 million family history records for France added to MyHeritage • MyHeritage has announced the release of a significant collection of birth, marriage, death and census records for France, many of which are exclusive to the genealogy website.

FIND YOUR NORFOLK ANCESTORS WITH 1.5M RECORD RELEASE • TheGenealogist has announced the release of a large collection of parish records, in association with Norfolk Record Office

HISTORIC LETTER DISCOVERED AT CITY CENTRE CONSTRUCTION SITE • Employees from Sheffield-based construction firm, Henry Boot Construction, have discovered a letter from 1938 whilst at a site in Sheffield city centre

Privacy policy update at MyHeritage • MyHeritage have released details of an update to their privacy policy, with what they claim is a ‘highly unique’ promise to users

Irish record release from TheGenealogist covering almost 1M individuals • TheGenealogist has just released records of baptisms, marriages and burials from Wexford Catholic Parish Records and new Dublin Will and Grant Books, a release comprising almost one million records

New features announced for version 8 of Roots Magic • The new version of Roots Magic has just been released and UK-based users can look forward to tailored new features to help make the platform easier to use when researching British ancestors

REGISTERING THE FACTS: the secret life of the BMD Registrar • You’ve eagerly torn open the anticipated envelope (or, nowadays, very often downloaded the pdf) to read great granny’s parents’ names or why Great Uncle Fred passed away but what, or rather who, have you ignored? The Registrar. Without the person registering births, marriages and deaths we wouldn’t have this information at all. Who was the faceless figure who signed each certificate?...