The first news was of the launch of the interim database of the Society of Genealogists’ (Sog) Memorial Card Collection. In 2016 and 2019, Phillip Jones donated the collection of cards he had been acquiring from collectors and antique fairs since the early 1990s.
You can run basic searches of the full Memorial Card Collection of 4,500 and 8,500 digital images, and later this year, when it is integrated as part of SoG’s new digital content system, you will be able to do more advanced searches.
It is worth checking the cards in this collection for ancestors or friends of neighbours of members of your family. Cards like these form a useful resource beyond the basic genealogy toolkit of church records, registration certificates, and censuses. Find out more at www.sog.org.uk/ourcollections/featured/memorial-cardsThe second database is a collection of digital images of hand-crafted historical family trees which have been scanned, indexed and then uploaded to SoG’s new Family Tree explorer application called TreeSearch™ – made possible with Art Fund support.