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TNA RN Service records
This from the National Archives website - it appears that they have extended the coverage of RN service records: 08 January The records of seamen who joined the Royal Navy between 1853 and 1923 can now be searched and downloaded from Documents Online, The National Archives' digital records service. While many of the records from the Registers of Seamen's Services (ADM 188) and the Continuous Service engagement books (ADM 139) have previously been digitised, we have only recently completed the collection by releasing the final batch of files (ADM 139/221 - 1027) online. This means that over 680,000 records on Royal Naval seaman are now available to search and download.
National Archives Online Census Records
The National Archives, Bishop Street, Dublin 6, have introduced an important new website of the 1911 Dublin Census Returns. The free-to-access website, which contains the digital equivalent of more than 4,000 reels of microfilm and 3.5 million images, allows useres to search for individuals by name, with each original household form giving records of a person's education , religion, profession, literacy, Irish-language proficiency and place of birth. The website currently contains records for Dublin only, but those for the rest of the country will be available next year. Census records from the 1821 to 1851 were destroyed in an explosion at the Four Courts, Dublin in 1922. Census records from the latter half of the 19th century are thought to have been pulped for recycling due to paper shortaged during the first World War...