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==Access some subscription websites with a Library Card==
*There are a number of websites including ''Eighteenth Century Collections Online'' (ECCO), ''House of Commons Parliamentary Papers'', ''The [London] Times Digital Archive 1785-1985'', ''The Illustrated London News 1842-2003'', ''19th Century UK Periodicals'' and other newspaper sites, ''JSTOR'' (many journals), which may help you in your research, where access is restricted . Card holders of participating Libraries including the following National Libraries (noting there is generally a residential requirement) [https://auth.nls.uk/ldc/ Scotland], [http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=otherresourcesa-z Wales], [http://www.nla.gov.au/app/eresources/list/licenced/e Australia], [http://www2.sl.nsw.gov.au/databases/athome.cfm State Library of NSW], and many University Libraries can access some, or all of these websites, generally remotely on their own computers. Many of these websites including ECCO may also be [httphttps://wwwelectronicresources.bl.uk/eresourcessfxlcl41/dbstptitlesaz/eresourcesa.html londb accessed from the British Library Reading Rooms] and the [http://www.nli.ie/en/eresources.aspx National Library of Ireland] Reading Room. Also see [[Subscription websites-online newspapers, journals and directories]]
*In England, a Borough or County Library Card may enable you to access ''The Times'' '''remotely'''<ref>Acknown et al. [https://www.greatwarforum.org/topic/257396-the-times-on-line/ The Times On-Line] ''Great War Forum'' 17 January 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2020.</ref> but probably not other historical newspaper sites. However, enquire what is available to you both from your local library and the libraries of surrounding boroughs as what is on offer can differ widely and membership requirements are usually easily met. Popular choices available online include ''The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' and ''Who's Who & Who Was Who''. Other subscription sites may be available from terminals in the library itself e.g. ''Ancestry'' - this may sound restrictive but, if you already subscribe at a base level, may be useful for consultation when you want to look up a source restricted to premium subscribers.
:As an example, [httphttps://www.suffolklibraries.co.uk/informationreference-resources/ library Suffolk Libraries] shows the databases available to the users of the more than 40 local libraries of Suffolk County Council. Ancestry and findmypast are available but must be accessed in a local library, while other databases are available on home computers.
:Many larger local libraries in Australia provide access for residents, to websites such as Ancestry and findmypast.
===Access some articles in the JSTOR subscription website for free===
JSTOR is a not-for-profit organisation which provides access to scholarly journals, primary sources, and books. <br>In addition to access through the British Library, or through some library cards, (such as those issued by the National Libraries of Scotland, Wales and Australia) -enquire at your local library as to what is available, some items may be accessed for free, on your home computer, up to six items from the archive every month. More details are in the article [https://support.jstor.org/hc/en-us/articles/115004760028-MyJSTOR-How-to-Register-Get-Free-Access-to-Content How to register & get free access to content]. Note that until December 31, 2020 during covid restrictions the '''free limit has increased to 100 per month''', and this remains the situation currently (March 2023).<br>[http://www.jstor.org/action/showJournals Browse] the titles of the Journals and books available in the JSTOR website. Includes a Search facility. Note however, that previously not all articles were available under the free scheme, and this is probably the current situation. <br> An example of an article available is [http://www.jstor.org/stable/2599322 "Real Incomes of the British Middle Class, 1760-1850: The Experience of Clerks at the East India Company"] by H. M. Boot ''The Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 52, No. 4 (Nov., 1999), pp. 638-668
==Access an obsolete website in the Wayback Machine at ''archive.org''==*Go to http://www.archive.org/web/web.php and type in the website link [URL] you require in "Browse History".:See the Wayback Machine explained in the video [https://www.familysearch.org/rootstech/rtc2021/session/navigating-the-internet-archive Navigating the Internet Archive] by Alexis Rossi from 2021 RootsTech, FamilySearch. Direct [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCcRM0Z72GA YouTube video].
*A helpful website which has closed is ''regiments.org'', here is the [http://web.archive.org/web/20080116090419/http://www.regiments.org/ archived site at January 2008]. This is the [http://web.archive.org/web/20080108080429/www.regiments.org/regiments/index.htm Regiments page], the [http://web.archive.org/web/20080118041521/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/lists/bargxrefn.htm Numeric list of British Army Regiments page] and the [http://web.archive.org/web/20071218044939/www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/lists/ba1881.htm British Army 1881 Regiments page]; [http://web.archive.org/web/20071107112918/www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/lists/iargts.htm An overview of the South Asian Armies page], [http://web.archive.org/web/20070910202651/www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/lists/iargxref.htm Alphabetic Index,South Asia page] and [http://web.archive.org/web/20070910202221/www.regiments.org/regiments/southasia/lists/iargxrefn.htm Numeric index, South Asia page]
===Capture a web page in the Wayback Machine at ''archive.org''===
*Perhaps you may want to “capture a web page as it appears now for use as a trusted citation in the future”. For example, you may want to save a web page which has a family history reference. Use this archive.org link and select [https://archive.org/web/web.php#forum Save Page Now]
:Does not apply to all websites. Read the [https://archive.org/about/faqs.php#The_Wayback_Machine FAQs: /The Wayback Machine] for more details of the types of webites which cannot be archived.
==Find the meaning of words used in India==
*[[Hobson Jobson | ''Hobson-Jobson: the Anglo-Indian dictionary'']] by Henry Yule, Arthur Coke Burnell, William Crooke . published by Wordsworth Editions, 1996.
*''The Oriental Interpreter and Treasury of East India Knowledge: A Companion to "The Hand-book of British India."'' by Joachim Hayward Stocqueler 1848, [http://books.google.com/books?id=cLsOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1 Full View Google Books]
*[http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00glossary/index.html#index Early Modern India: a Select Glossary] from [http://www.columbia.edu/itc/mealac/pritchett/00fwp/ South Asia study resources compiled by Frances Pritchett, Columbia University]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130127010330/http://www.tapmal.com/anglo/site/pg/vocab A-I Vocabulary: A lexicon of long-forgotten Anglo-Indian words] www.tapmal.com, now an archived webpage
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20091027093430/http://geocities.com/faskew/Colonial/Glossary/ColGlossary.htm Askew's Glossary of
Victorian Colonial Terminology] includes a section on 'British Colonial Military Terms and Soldier Slang' and 'India and the Northwest Frontier'. Now an archived website.
*[https://archive.org/details/language-of-the-camp/mode/2up ''Dictionary: Language of the Camp. Army Hindustani and Other Soldier Slang''] by Charles Tustin Kamps 2022. Archive.org
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=j5NeAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA179 A description of coins, weights and measures in use in Madras c 1832]. The terms for weights are pollum, vis, maund, candy, and for grain puddy or seer, marcal and kallum. For cloth, terms are mollum or cubit. Page 179 ''The Travels of Rabbi David D'Beth Hillel: From Jerusalem, Through Arabia, Koordistan, Part of Persia, and India to Madras'' by Rabbi David D'Beth Hillel 1832 Google Books.
:[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=6LwIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 ''The Anglo-Hindoostanee Handbook; or, Stranger’s Self-Interpreter and Guide to Colloquial and General Intercourse with the Natives of India'']1850 Google Books. [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=6LwIAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP17 Contents] Includes Vocabulary, Monetary System, Weights, Linear Measures etc.
*For some quantities used in recipes, see [[Food and Drink]].
*''A Glossary of Judicial and Revenue Terms''. See [[Dictionaries online]]
===Convert a date which has used the Bengali Calendar===
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali_calender Bengali Calendar] Wikipedia
:Source: B.E. Dadachanji. ''History of Indian Currency and Exchange'', 3rd enlarged ed. (Bombay: D.B. Taraporevala Sons & Co, 1934), p. 15.
:Note: This book is available [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.228670 Archive.org version], together with the [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.217960 1927 edition Archive.org version], both mirrors from Digital Library of India.
*"In 1899 it was fixed at 1s. 4d [16 pence] and in 1927 at 1s. 6d. [18 pence]".<ref>[https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.$b637408?urlappend=%3Bseq=8 Unnumbered page (Digital page 8)] ''The East India Company’s Arsenals and Manufactories'' by Brigadier-General H. A. Young, Director of Ordnance Factories in India 1917-1920, published 1937. HathiTrust Digital Library.</ref>
==Translate from another language , including Latin, into English=====Baptismal, Marriage , Burial and Burial Will records===
*[https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Genealogical_Word_Lists Genealogical Word Lists] FamilySearch Wiki. Various countries.
*Use [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Main_Page Wiktionary, the free dictionary]. Alternatively, Google using the search term Wiktionary. As an example, if you want to know the meaning of the Latin word consueverunt use the search terms consueverunt latin Wiktionary.<ref>RealMac. [https://web.archive.org/web/20180509225809/https://getsatisfaction.com/familysearch/topics/translation-needed#reply_19330980 Translation needed] 17 February 2018. FamilySearch Forum hosted on GetSatisfaction. Retrieved 17 February 2018, now archived.</ref> *[http://www.opcdorset.org/fordingtondorset/Files/Glossary.html Dorchester & Fordington Glossary]. Index of Terms used in 17th & 18th Century Wills, Inventories and other Documents. Includes Latin terms and Latin versions of Christian names. Some of the Glossary is specific to a UK geographical region, however there is much general information.*Also see the Fibiwiki page [[:Category:Non-British Ancestors|Non-British Ancestors]]. The page [[French]] also contains some Latin resources.
===General===
*Perhaps you have found a webpage which is not in English. You can obtain a computer produced translation of non English wording using [httphttps://translate.google.com Google Translate], or some browsers such as Google Chrome have an automatic option to translate webpages. If you don't use Chrome, you can also enter a website URL (link) to Google Translate, and the entire webpage will be translated (although there may be errors).*Another translation option is [https://www.deepl.com/translator DeepL Translator] which some consider more accurate than Google.
==Find out the meaning of an archaic medical term ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20171127223251/http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wakefield/definitions/defmedic.html Old Medical terms for use by Genealogists] Rootsweb page, archived.
*Heatstroke was also known as sunstroke, and occasionally as insolation or siriasis.
*[http://www.wolfbane.com/icd/index.html International Classification of Diseases] for death certificates. Data from 1900 currently (2023/01). wolfbane.com
*''A Dictionary of Medical Science'' by Robley Dunglison. Varying titles over time. Most editions contain the wording "Carefully revised and greatly enlarged" (or similar).
:[https://archive.org/details/62650260RX1.nlm.nih.gov/page/n3/mode/2up 1833], [https://archive.org/details/101567857.nlm.nih.gov 2nd edition, 1839], [https://archive.org/details/101515233.nlm.nih.gov 3rd edition, 1842], [https://archive.org/details/101515227.nlm.nih.gov 4th edition, 1844], [https://archive.org/details/101515242.nlm.nih.gov 5th edition 1845], [https://archive.org/details/101515244.nlm.nih.gov 6th edition, 1846], [https://archive.org/details/101515252.nlm.nih.gov 7th edition 1848], [https://archive.org/details/101515261.nlm.nih.gov 1857], [https://archive.org/details/medicallexicondi00dung 1860], [https://archive.org/details/medicallexicondi00dunguoft 1866], [https://archive.org/details/llecondi00dung 1868], [https://archive.org/details/2medicallexicond00dunguoft 1874], [https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofmedi1893dung 21st edition 1893], [https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofmedi1903dung 23rd edition 1903] All Archive.org.
:There are a few additional editions on [https://archive.org/search.php?query=title%3A%28%22dictionary+of+medical+science%22+%29&sort=date Archive.org], currently all were published in the 1850s.
*''Appleton's Medical Dictionary'' [https://archive.org/details/b21690315/page/n7/mode/2up 1904], [https://archive.org/details/appletonsmedical00jell/page/n7/mode/2up 1915], [https://archive.org/details/appletonsmedica00jell/page/n5/mode/2up 1916] Archive.org
==Find out the meaning of an archaic occupation ==
*[https://www.familyresearcher.co.uk/glossary/Dictionary-of-Old-Occupations-Index.html Dictionary of Old Occupations: A-Z Index] familyresearcher.co.uk
*[http://www.worldthroughthelens.com/family-history/old-occupations.php Obscure Old English Census Occupations] worldthroughthelens.com
*[http://www.census1891.com/occupations-a.php London Census 1891 Transcription] A collection of the occupations or job descriptions of the people living in London in the 1890's. census1891.com
*[http://doot.spub.co.uk/index.php ''A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921''] by Ministry of Labour HMSO 1927. doot.spub.co.uk. Also available on [https://archive.org/details/DictionaryOfOccupationalTerms Archive.org]
*FamilySearch Wiki pages:
:[https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Category:England_Occupations Category:England Occupations] This is the most extensive page; [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Category:Ireland_Occupations Category:Ireland Occupations]; [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Category:Scotland_Occupations Category:Scotland Occupations]; [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Category:Wales_Occupations Category:Wales Occupations].
*In both the British and Indian Armies, the word/occupation provisioner means "a supplier of victuals or supplies to an army, sutler..."<ref>Balmer, Nick.
[https://web.archive.org/web/20201018224237/https://groups.io/g/india-british-raj/message/306 Meaning of Provisioner] ''India British Raj History (groups.io)'' October 5, 2020, archived.</ref>
==Interpret personal name abbreviations used in records==
*[https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/Abbreviations_Lists_for_Personal_Names_(English) Abbreviations Lists for Personal Names (English)] FamilySearch Wiki
:[https://community.familysearch.org/en/discussion/comment/202835#Comment_202835 Images of some old handwritten abbreviation examples] by John Empoliti. Click on images and open in new window to engage or [https://us.v-cdn.net/6032564/uploads/attachments/0683A000007SxXBQA0_Given%20Name%20Handwriting%20Abbreviations%20-%20mostly.jpg direct link]. From FamilySearch Community topic "I do not know what to do with name abbreviations".
==Read inscriptions at a cemetery==
* YouTube videos by Pumpkintown Primitives, David Gillespie
==TechTips==
*Videos of [https://www.rootstechfamilysearch.org/video-archive?cid=bl-fsup-8281 [Videos<nowiki>]<rootstech/nowiki>: Past Sessions of RootsTech from 2015for 2022 and 2021] to 2019 (at time of posting2022 April). rootstech FamilySearch website.orgPrior years are no longer available, due to the belief the sessions were out of date on the technology being taught. Rootstech is the [[FamilySearch]] annual conference. Contains videos relating to Apps etc.*[https://familysearch.org/blog/en/techtips FamilySearch TechTips Blog Archives] FamilySearch website. Use the Blog Search.
*[https://familysearch.org/blog/en/consumer-professional-photo-editing-software/#comment-27059 Comments] by Sherry Morgan April 30, 2013 FamilySearch website. "I use photo editing software for documents as much as for restoring photos and one can do some decent work with a free program called Irfanview. I use it frequently at our Family History Center after scanning microfilm or microfiche to clean up or an all over brighten or darken and contrast to better define old handwriting".
*[https://www.savefamilyphotos.com/2016/03/02/did-you-make-this-common-mistake-when-scanning-your-family-photos-heres-how-to-fix-it/#comment-990 "Did You Make This Common Mistake When Scanning Your Family Photos? (Here’s How To Fix It!)"] by Thomas Watson and Craig Collett 2 March 2016. savefamilyphotos.com. How to add metadata, or information about your photos to scans of family photos.
===Scan and edit a document using OCR (Optical Character Recognition)===
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131116042700/http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/14595/ocr-anything-with-onenote-2007-and-2010/ OCR anything with OneNote 2007 and 2010]. howtogeek.com. OneNote 2010 is included with all edition of Microsoft Office 2010 except for Starter edition. OneNote 2007 is included with Office 2007 Home and Student, Enterprise, and Ultimate.
==Books=====Search for a Library which holds a book you want to read===
*[http://www.worldcat.org Worldcat.org].
*[https://discover.libraryhub.jisc.ac.uk/search Library Hub Discover] Search a database of 169 [at 2020/10/14] UK and Irish academic, national & specialist library catalogues. An expansion of the previous Copac and SUNCAT services. Includes a keyword search.
*[http://trove.nla.gov.au/ Trove] for Australia. (National Library of Australia)
===Search for books on a particular topic===* See the Library Hub Discover Search above.
*[http://www.royalhistoricalsociety.org/respubs.php Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH)], previously called the Royal Historical Society Bibliography on British History may be of use if you are researching a particular topic and wish to find books written about the topic. As an example, entering East India Company produced over a thousand results, mainly books and articles written in the last forty years. This is now accessed through a subscription service, but is available free at the [[British Library]] as part of the [http://www.bl.uk/eresources/dbstptitles/eresourcesb.html#B Electronic databases available in the Library's Reading Rooms]
===Search for an author's real name===
*''A Dictionary of the Anonymous and Pseudonymous Literature of Great Britain'' by Samuel Halkett and James Laing. 1882-1888.
:[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofanon01halkuoft Volume 1] [https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofanon02halkuoft Vol 2], [https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofanon03halkuoft Vol 3], [https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofanon04halkuoft Vol 4]. All Archive.org
:''Dictionary of Anonymous and Pseudonymous English Literature''. New and enlarged editions based on the previously mentioned volumes, by James Kennedy, W A Smith and A F Johnson, 7 volumes 1926-1934. Volumes 8 and 9 by Dennis E Rhodes and Anna E C Simoni.
:[https://archive.org/details/b31359681_0001/page/n5/mode/2up Vol 1 A-C] (Book title); [https://archive.org/details/b31359681_0002/page/n5/mode/2up Vol 2 D-G]; [https://archive.org/details/b31359681_0003/page/n5/mode/2up Vol 3 H-L]; [https://archive.org/details/b31359681_0004/page/n5/mode/2up Vol 4 M-P], [https://archive.org/details/b31359681_0005/page/n5/mode/2up Vol 5 Q-S]; [https://archive.org/details/b31359681_0006/page/n7/mode/2up Vol 6 T- Y]; [https://archive.org/details/b31359681_0007/page/n7/mode/2up Vol 7 Index [of authors<nowiki>]</nowiki> and 2nd Supplement], [https://archive.org/details/b31359681_0007/page/306/mode/2up 2nd Index]; [https://archive.org/details/b31359681_0008/page/n7/mode/2up Vol 8 1900-1950] 1956; [https://archive.org/details/b31359681_0005/page/n5/mode/2up Vol 9 additions for all periods to 1950] 1962. All Archive.org.
*[https://archive.org/details/dictionaryofpseu00atki/page/n5/mode/2up ''Dictionary of pseudonyms and pen-names : a selection of popular modern writers in English''] by Frank Atkinson 1975. Archive.org Books to Borrow.
*''Handbook of pseudonyms and personal nicknames. First Supplement'' by Harold S Sharp 1975.[https://archive.org/details/handbookofpseudo0000shar/mode/2up ''Volume I A-J''] [https://archive.org/details/handbookofpseudo0002shar ''Volume II K-Z''] Archive.org Books to Borrow.
*''Who was who among English and European authors 1931-1949'' published 1978. Gale Composite Biographical Dictionary Series Number 2.
:[https://archive.org/details/whowaswhoamongen0001unse/page/n3/mode/2up ''Volume 1 A-F''], [https://archive.org/details/whowaswhoamongen0002unse/page/n3/mode/2up ''Volume 2 G-M''], [https://archive.org/details/whowaswhoamongen0003unse/page/n3/mode/2up ''Volume 3 N-Z''] Archive.org Books to Borrow. Includes pseudonyms and other author details.
==Copy Information from Full View Google Books==
Refer [[Google Books]]
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