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Newspapers as sources

Van Cooten Voices Posted on May 17, 2009 by rodneyMay 17, 2009

In a previous item I referred to the Australian Newspapers on line project. There are a number of other resources that I have encountered in my research. The first I would like to mention is the transcription of Guyana colonial … Continue reading →

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Australian Newspapers on line

Van Cooten Voices Posted on January 20, 2009 by rodneyJanuary 20, 2009

The National Library of Australia released in December 2008 the first stage of their project to digitise out of copyright newspapers. They are creating a free online service that will enable full-text searching of newspaper articles. This is a really fantastic project, … Continue reading →

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Annie Jones

Van Cooten Voices Posted on February 27, 2008 by rodneyDecember 15, 2008

Someone contacted me recently trying to determine if he was connected to the Annie Jones lurking in the Van Cooten tree. The information I had for her was sparse, so the contact prompted me to do a little more research. … Continue reading →

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The Value of Old Money

Van Cooten Voices Posted on January 7, 2008 by rodneyJanuary 7, 2008

In working out the equivalent value in today’s money of the legacies that Anna Maria left, I found the Measuring Worth site. Very useful for gaining some idea of equivalent values of money, but also a little confusing as the different … Continue reading →

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Deciphering old handwriting

Van Cooten Voices Posted on January 6, 2008 by rodneyJanuary 6, 2008

The handwriting in Anna Maria Van Cooten’s will was fairly hard to decipher. The copy I received was a register copy, and thus it was written in a copyist’s script, rather than Anna Maria’s handwriting. There’s a really good site … Continue reading →

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Physician reveal thyself!

Van Cooten Voices Posted on November 5, 2007 by rodneyNovember 5, 2007

I’ve mentioned before that John Van Cooten was a physician. There are a variety of sources of biographical information on medical practitioners in England, but I will focus on those that are relevant to find out more about John Van … Continue reading →

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Trawling Google Books

Van Cooten Voices Posted on October 24, 2007 by rodneyOctober 24, 2007

Google Books contains a surprising mine of genealogical information, particularly when searching for a relatively uncommon name like “Van Cooten”. I occasionally check Google Books to see what might pop up. For full text books in the references below, search … Continue reading →

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Both ends of the voyage to Canada

Van Cooten Voices Posted on October 16, 2007 by rodneyJanuary 22, 2020

The Genealogical Society of Victoria Library provides members free access to findmypast.com – a commercial site specialising in British family history records, including complete birth, marriage and death records for England and Wales from 1837 to 2004, fully transcribed census … Continue reading →

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FreeBMD

Van Cooten Voices Posted on July 28, 2007 by rodneyJanuary 22, 2020

I referred to FreeBMD in the previous post. FreeBMD is an ongoing project, the aim of which is to transcribe the Civil Registration index of births, marriages and deaths for England and Wales, and to provide free Internet access to … Continue reading →

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Utrecht Archives

Van Cooten Voices Posted on July 25, 2007 by rodneyJanuary 22, 2020

The Utrecht Archives contains many online resources. In particular is the database of extracts and digitised images of certificates of notaries who resided in the city Utrecht. The database contains over 167,500 extracts for the period 1663-1783, all having digitised … Continue reading →

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