In the spring 2010 Kith & Kin Martyn asked for ideas for talks in the future. Any help on taking photographs of archive documents would be ideal for me and others too who have a selection hard to reads due to camera shake etc. Any one else have a set of these pictures?

Has anyone any information on Richard Lee DOB 1867 who lived @ 275 Clifton Road Rugby about 1893, he was married to Elizabeth DOB abt 1870 think they had about 6 children between 1892 to 1910.

I am looking for information on John PARKER baptised in St Andrews Church, Rugby on 29/11/1798. His parents were William and Louisa PARKER and they married in St Andrews Church on 20/2/1792. I believe he may be my 3 x great grandfather but need to prove it so any information would be greatly appreciated.

Many thanks,
Sheelagh Keast
Membership no. 506

The following, which I believe will be of interest to many members, is extracted from:
The Weekly Genealogist (New England Historic Genealogy Society)
Vol. 14, No. 12
Whole #523
March 23, 2011
Edited by Michael J. Leclerc and Valerie Beaudrault.

"Research Recommendations: Mocavo.com
by Michael J. Leclerc

... Last week saw the launch of a new website designed to take the best features of Google and make them easier to use for genealogical research. Cliff Shaw, CEO and founder of Mocavo, has a long track record of creating valuable products for genealogists. The GenForum message boards (now available on Genealogy.com), GenCircles.com, and Family Tree Legends software are just some of his significant contributions to the field.

Mocavo.com is the world’s largest free genealogy search engine. It provides access to free genealogy content on the web. Mocavo indexes publicly accessible websites and sends searchers directly to the sites. It is a great way to do one-stop searching of websites like the Internet Archives, Find a Grave, state archives and historical societies, Ellis Island, and more.

The best thing about Mocavo is that it specifically targets genealogical websites, automatically removing extraneous results (like Facebook pages, etc.) that appear in Google searches. This function is extremely helpful, especially when researching a very common name. While there are times I wish to cast a wide net with a Google search, it is very nice to have a search engine that filters out all of that noise for me.

For the best results, put names in quotes. Mocavo will automatically search for instances of “firstname lastname,” “lastname, firstname,” and even “firstname middlename lastname.” You can do “or” searches (looking for this “or” that) by utilizing the pipe symbol |. The | is usually above the Enter key on an American computer keyboard. Similarly, you can omit certain words by using the minus sign (or dash).

While I found many results I have already seen on Google, I have been overjoyed to see the results limited to genealogy results only. In researching my book on the descendants of Josiah Franklin, I’m sure you can imagine how many non-genealogical sites make mention of Benjamin Franklin!

The site is currently very centered on North American materials, but this is starting to change. Materials from GenUKI are available, and the Ireland Genealogy Project just announced that their materials will soon be indexed and available through Mocavo.

Mocavo is always looking for new information to index, and users can suggest websites for the site to index. Everything from large archives and websites to individual family blogs have been indexed, bringing additional traffic to many sites. Unfortunately, a few groups, such as USGenWeb, have restricted access to Mocavo’s indexing, and these materials are unavailable. While it is understandable why groups with gated access (such as Ancestry.com, AmericanAncestors.org, and FamilySearch.org) have not been indexed, it is difficult to understand that those with free and open accessibility would not want to provide greater access to their materials. Mocavo is totally free for users, and does not pretend to own any of the content; it only makes it easier for users to find information. Even more perplexing is that USGenWeb, for example, while precluding access from Mocavo, freely allows Google’s indexer to crawl the site and bring users in. One would think that they would want more genealogy-specific users to find them.

Mocavo.com is an excellent addition to the genealogical researcher’s toolkit. I’m certain it will only become increasingly valuable (and popular) as more sites are indexed and users discover how tremendously useful this resource is."

Marriage Cert Lawrence Andrews age 24 & Iris Lilian Davenport age 20 Rugby 1949. contact member 385.

Since the trip on 13th May to TNA/LMA/LDS has been cancelled due to lack of interest, we suggest that members use this forum to contact other members to arrange joint trips.
Therefore:
If you are travelling by car to any of the London repositries and have spare seats, you can advertise here.
If you want to visit London you can leave a message asking for a lift.

To start the ball rolling, I am looking for a seat to TNA or two to LMA. Contact the webmaster if you can help.

I have only been able to research my Liggins family ancestors back to my 3 x great grandfather, John Liggins who married Ann Bromwich at Holy Trinity Church, Churchover in 1775. The register says "Bachelor of this parish" but I have not been able to find a record of his baptism there or in any of the other local register films that are held at the Rugby Library.

My 2 x great grandfather, William Liggins was baptised in St Andrew's church Rugby in 1791 although census records show that he lived in Churchover from at least 1841 until his death. However, his parents, Ann and John appear to have continued living in Rugby as Ann was buried in St Andrew's in 1810 and John in 1815. John's age is shown as about 66, so he was born c1749. I would be very grateful if anyone, in their researching comes across the baptism of a John Liggins around 1750-ish who might just be my ancestor, who could let me know please!