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Findmypast, the Glossary

Findmypast is a UK-based online genealogy service owned, since 2007, by British company DC Thomson.^[1]

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British genealogy websites
Companies based in the London Borough of Hackney

Advertiser-funded programming

Advertiser-funded programming (AFP) is a recent term applied to a break away from the modern model of television funding in place since the early 1960s.

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British Library

The British Library is a research library in London that is the national library of the United Kingdom.

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Canada

Canada is a country in North America.

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Coincident full censuses have taken place in the different jurisdictions of the United Kingdom every ten years since 1801, with the exceptions of 1941 (during the Second World War), Ireland in 1921/Northern Ireland in 1931, and Scotland in 2021.

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Chris Hollins (broadcaster)

Christopher Jonathan Hollins (born 20 March 1971) is an English journalist, presenter and TV personality.

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DC Thomson

DC Thomson is a media company based in Dundee, Scotland.

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Electronic publishing

Electronic publishing (also referred to as e-publishing, digital publishing, or online publishing) includes the digital publication of e-books, digital magazines, and the development of digital libraries and catalogues.

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Family Tree (magazine)

Family Tree Magazine is a publication about genealogy and family history published by Yankee Publishing, Inc. in Blue Ash, Ohio and Dublin, New Hampshire.

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FamilySearch

FamilySearch is a nonprofit organization and website offering genealogical records, education, and software.

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Federation of Family History Societies

The Federation of Family History Societies, also known as The Federation, is a United Kingdom-based charitable organisation.

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FreeBMD

FreeBMD is a website which coordinates and provides free transcriptions of the indexes to births, marriages and deaths (BMD) held by the General Register Office for England and Wales (GRO). Findmypast and FreeBMD are British genealogy websites.

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Genealogy

Genealogy is the study of families, family history, and the tracing of their lineages.

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General Register Office

General Register Office or General Registry Office (GRO) is the name given to the civil registry in the United Kingdom, many other Commonwealth nations and Ireland.

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Imperial War Museum

Imperial War Museums (IWM), is a British national museum.

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Limited company

In a limited company, the liability of members or subscribers of the company is limited to what they have invested or guaranteed to the company.

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Living DNA

Living DNA is a UK-based company that specialises in DNA testing and analysis whose head office is in the UK with facilities in the USA and Denmark. Findmypast and Living DNA are British genealogy websites and Companies established in 2003.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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Microform

A microform is a scaled-down reproduction of a document, typically either photographic film or paper, made for the purposes of transmission, storage, reading, and printing.

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National Archives of Ireland

The National Archives of Ireland (Cartlann Náisiúnta na hÉireann) is the official repository for the state records of Ireland.

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National Registration Act 1939

The National Registration Act 1939 (2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 91) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom.

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Online service provider

An online service provider (OSP) can, for example, be an Internet service provider, an email provider, a news provider (press), an entertainment provider (music, movies), a search engine, an e-commerce site, an online banking site, a health site, an official government site, social media, a wiki, or a Usenet newsgroup.

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Probate research

Probate research deals with finding heirs and proving their right to an inheritance.

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Rebranding

Rebranding is a marketing strategy in which a new name, term, symbol, design, concept or combination thereof is created for an established brand with the intention of developing a new, differentiated identity in the minds of consumers, investors, competitors, and other stakeholders.

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Republic of Ireland

Ireland (Éire), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a country in north-western Europe consisting of 26 of the 32 counties of the island of Ireland.

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Society of Genealogists

The Society of Genealogists (SoG) is a UK-based educational charity, founded in 1911Fowler, S., School of Advanced Study, University of London.

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is the largest Latter Day Saint denomination, tracing its roots to its founding by Joseph Smith during the Second Great Awakening.

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The King's Awards for Enterprise

The King's Awards for Enterprise, previously known as The Queen's Award for Enterprise, is an awards programme for British businesses and other organizations who excel at international trade, innovation, sustainable development or promoting opportunity (through social mobility).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Findmypast

Also known as Find My Past, FindMyPast.co.uk, Mocavo, Mocavo.com, Tamsin Todd, Title Research Group Ltd, Www.findmypast.co.uk.

Findmypast, the Glossary

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See also

British genealogy websites

Companies based in the London Borough of Hackney

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