New English Genealogy Resources Available

The Origins Network announces new exclusive online access to British Militia and 1871 census records at www.britishorigins.com, plus a new British Image Gallery, all available on www.originsnetwork.com

(PRWEB) December 31, 2004 -- The Origins Network, specialists in British and Irish genealogy, are proud to announce the addition of valuable English genealogy records, plus a British Origins Image Gallery containing rich illustrations and photographs, a key tool to genealogical research, all available at www.britishorigins.com

In total, nearly 400,000 new names from the Surrey 1871 census, along with the Suffolk and Middlesex Militia records are now available exclusively to British Origins subscribers.

Regarding the British Origins Image Gallery, founder Ian Galbraith commented: The initial British Origins Image collections are the first of many rare and we hope, interesting images and pictures depicting life in Britain in the 18th and 19th Centuries."

New English genealogy collections available at www.britishorigins.com:
•British Origins Image Gallery. Initial collections include Costumes in England, Coaching Days & Ways, Something for Everyone, The Universal Pocket Companion, England & Wales Gazetteer Maps and the Pictorial Description of Great Britain & Ireland. All include high quality images and illustrations from the 18th and 19th centuries.
•British Militia Records -- Suffolk and Middlesex. Over 29,000 new Militia records covering Suffolk and Middlesex counties; available exclusively on British Origins
•Suffolk Regiment & Suffolk Royal Garrison Artillery. Index of attestations for 3,450 recruits to the Suffolk Regiment and 2,170 recruits to the Suffolk Royal Garrison Artillery, 1887 to 1908. 24% of militia also recruited from Cambridgeshire.
•Middlesex Regiment -- Attestations Index for 11,500 recruits. Covers 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th Battalions of the Middlesex Regiment, for the period 1860 to 1901
•1871 England & Wales Census -- Surrey (ex Metro) records. Over 364,000 names from the 1871 Census records for Surrey.

About The Origins Network (www.originsnetwork.com)
The Origins Network (formerly Origins.net), specialists in British and Irish genealogy, has been recognized as the ultimate Web resource [for genealogy] in the British Isles" (Family Tree Magazine). British Origins and Irish Origins offer access to definitive genealogical data and image collections for researching family history online.

Based in the UK, and partnered with primary content providers in Britain and Ireland, the Origins Network is the only major online genealogy resource concentrating on Britain and Ireland. Due to the Origins Networks unique position as partners to the major cultural and genealogical institutions in Britain and Ireland, including the Society of Genealogists, Eneclann, Ltd., and the National Library of Ireland, most British and Irish Origins datasets are not available anywhere else on the internet.

As the first company to put official vital genealogy records online, the Origins Network continues to pioneer the technology of online genealogical record search and retrieval. NameXtm, a proprietary name-matching tool which powers searches on British Origins, Irish Origins and Origin Search, is the most powerful name variant technology available. Origin Search is a unique free genealogy search engine available at www.originsearch.com

For all enquiries, please contact:
Jane Hewitt -- Origins Network -- www.originsnetwork.com -- jane@origins.net
12 Greenhill Rents, London, UK EC1M 6BN -- phone: +44 (0)207 2516117

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