The UK Statistics Authority welcomes the Government’s decision to proceed with the existing plans for the 2011 Census in England and Wales, set out in an answer by the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Rt. Hon. Francis Maude MP, to a Written Parliamentary Question.
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94 years to the day since thousands of men died at the Battle of Fromelles, the last of 250 First World War soldiers, recently discovered in communal graves, was today laid to rest in a new, purpose-built, Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery.
The national census due to take place in 2011 could be the last of its kind.The BBC understands that the government is examining other ways of measuring population and other statistics than the survey of all homes every 10 years.
via BBC News – National census in 2011 could be last of its kind.
A combination of genetics and archaeology has helped scientists identify 94 of 250 soldiers buried in a mass grave in France
With the first UK ‘walk-in’ DNA Testing facility now open, DNA Diagnostic Centre UK confirms large numbers of families are being re-united through DNA immigration testing services.
A DNA test could pinpoint the roots of a persons family to within a few miles, according to a new study.Edinburgh University experts found genetic testing can detect the origins of people from a rural area to within five miles of their family home.
A simple DNA test could pinpoint the roots of a person’s family to within a few miles, according to a new study.
Sixty percent of Americans (183 million) have ancestors who lived in America during the Revolutionary War, according to Ancestry.com, the world’s largest online family history resource. This and other estimations regarding how present-day Americans relate to this country’s founding are being made available to celebrate today’s launch on Ancestry.com of one of the premier collections of Revolutionary War records.
Records detail the British soldiers who were killed, wounded, captured or died of disease during the Second Boer War – online today at Ancestry.co.uk. Boer War was fought between the British Empire and Dutch settlers in South Africa | Collection features more than 55,000 records of deaths, injuries and captures | Details soldiers ‘missing’ from the 1901 Census because they were fighting overseas. (PRWeb Jun 25, 2010)
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/boer-war-casualty-lists/1901-census-records/prweb4181364.htm
Roll of Honour details the military careers of Gateshead’s First World War soldiers – published online at Ancestry.co.uk today. Collection features over 4,000 photographs of soldiers | Includes original newspaper clippings of acts of bravery and sacrifice. (PRWeb Jun 25, 2010)
Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/gateshead-roll-of-honour/ww1-army-service-records/prweb4181314.htm
