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| + | '''The content of this page has been moved to a new location in the Reference Library which can be accessed via the <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.familytreeforum.com/content.php Home Page]</span> of the forum.''' |
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| − | '''Isle of Wight''' | + | '''Click <span class="plainlinks">[http://www.familytreeforum.com/content.php/63-UK-County-Index here]</span> to be redirected to the new location.''' |
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| − | The island is the smallest county in England.
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| − | Known for its natural beauty, it is home to the Royal Yacht Squadron at Cowes, which hosts the world famous Cowes Week. It was home to poet Alfred Lord Tennyson and Queen Victoria who stayed at her much loved summer residence and final home Osborne House.
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| − | It has a rich maritime history in boat building and sail making, the manufacture of flying boats and the world's first hovercraft. It is also one of the richest fossil locations for dinosaurs, being known as Dinosaur Island.
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| − | ==Resources==
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| − | '''Primary Reference '''
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| − | *[http://www.iwight.com/library/record_office/ '''Isle of Wight Record Office''']
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| − | *[http://website.lineone.net/~hantshistory/ Alan McGowan's Hampshire and Isle of Wight Family History pages]
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| − | *[http://www.isle-of-wight-fhs.co.uk/ Isle Of Wight Family History Society]
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| − | '''Countywide Interest'''
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| − | *[http://freespace.virgin.net/roger.hewitt/iwias/home.htm#general Isle of Wight History Centre]
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| − | *[http://members.lycos.co.uk/s0uthbury/ A Miscellany of Genealogical Information for the Isle of Wight]
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| − | *[http://members.lycos.co.uk/s0uthbury/policemen.htm Isle of Wight Policemen, Mostly 19th Century]
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| − | *[http://freespace.virgin.net/roger.hewitt/iwias/bricks.htm Isle of Wight Brickmaking History]
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| − | *[http://www.invectis.co.uk/iow/index.htm#TOP Isle of Wight Nostalgia]
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| − | '''Specific Town and Village Interest'''
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| − | *[http://www.rydecemetery.org.uk/search.asp Ryde Cemetery Records]
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| − | *[http://rshg.org.uk/ Ryde Social Heritage Group]
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| − | *[http://www.sources.shalfleet.net/shalfleet_parish_records.htm Shalfleet Parish Records]
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| − | *[http://www.sources.shalfleet.net/shalfleet_roll_of_honour.htm Shalfleet Rolls of Honour WW1 & WW2]
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| − | *[http://www.northwoodvillage.org.uk/church/churchburial/default.aspx Northwood Parish Church Burial Database]
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| − | '''Maps and Photographs'''
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| − | *[http://www.postcards.shalfleet.net/ Isle of Wight Historic Postcards]
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| − | *[http://www.1910.wight.info/ Photographs of The Isle of Wight in 1910] Includes some Churches
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| − | *[http://www.southernlife.org.uk/wightind.htm Descriptions and Photographs of Towns and Villages in the Isle of Wight]
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| − | ==Records Office==
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| − | Isle of Wight Register Office<br>
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| − | Northwood House<br>
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| − | Ward Avenue<br>
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| − | Cowes<br>
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| − | Isle of Wight<br>
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| − | PO31 8AZ <br>
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| − | ==Requests for Research and Photographs in this area==
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| − | Please read the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/wiki/index.php/Category:Research_Offers Terms and Conditions] before requesting a lookup.<br>
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| − | A list of members who have volunteered to do Research lookups or take photographs can be found in the [http://www.familytreeforum.com/research-offers/ Research Offers forum] or on the following pages in the Wiki:<br>
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| − | *[[Research Offers: Cemetery]]
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| − | *[[Research Offers: Photograph]]
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| − | *[[Research Offers: Probate]]
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| − | *[[Research Offers: Record Office/Archive]]
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| − | If any member wishes to offer to do lookups or take photographs in a particular location, please leave a message on our [http://www.familytreeforum.com/research-offers/73000-volunteers-needed-records-office-cemetery-lookups-photos.html Volunteers Needed thread].
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