Guest post: Who do you think you are?

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Guest contributor: Marie Hickey
For those of you who follow the TV programme Who do you think you are? you may be interested to know that the Australian series is currently showing on UKTV. Unfortunately, Prime have no plans to screen this series but are planning to show the American series in 2010. The Australian series is available on DVD at
http://shop.abc.net.au/browse/product.asp?productid=751840

Ever wondered about the bits which seem to be missing from the programmes? You can view some of the previously unseen footage at
http://www.bbcwhodoyouthinkyouaremagazine.com/
Click on "about the series" and choose the celebrity whose footage you wish to see. To the right of the text you should see a box which includes "unseen footage". Click on this and watch to your heart's content.

If your ancestor lived in the York area and it was possible that they may have been incarcerated in the Castle prison then this database may be for you. It has three sections and a good explanation of the database is on the site:

Chinese Digital Community

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Auckland City Libraries and the New Zealand Chinese Association Auckland Inc. have collaborated to develop the first New Zealand Chinese digital community website.
 
This new initiative is being launched at the Rising Dragons, Soaring Bananas International Conference on 18 July at 3.30pm and 19 July at 8.30am at the University of Auckland Business School.
The Chinese Community is full of rich, everyday stories which resonate with people from all walks of life. This is a landmark project which will ensure Chinese New Zealand stories are kept alive forever.
 
The Chinese Digital Community http://chinesecommunity.org.nz/ hopes to create connections within the Chinese community and assist with bridging the gap between generations of Chinese New Zealanders. Users of the website can upload family history, photographs, videos and stories about life in New Zealand.

Chinese Digital Community homepage.
 
 
A series of workshops are being held across Auckland to show people how to use the site and upload information. Click below for further information, and to book for these workshops

Guest post: New Barnado's archive service

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Guest contributor: Marie Hickey

Children's charity Barnado's has launched a new family history service, offering people the chance to access records of the thousands of children cared for by the organisation since the early 1870s.

An initial search to determine whether your forbear was a Barnado's child costs 15 pounds, with additional charges of twenty to eighty-five pounds to acquire copies of documents or photographs.

A full history package (where available) includes contextual information, a handwritten admission history, a handwritten ledger of correspondence with family and friends, employment records, a photograph of them and of their Barnado's home.

For further information visit the Who do you think you are? magazine website at
http://www.bbcwhodoyouthinkyouare.com/news.php

1911 Census online
http://www.1911census.co.uk/

Great news, the census is now complete - all remaining records have been added. These include Guernsey, Isle of Man, the Islands of Alderney, Jersey and Sark and also troops stationed in overseas military bases, and crew serving on Royal Navy ships.