New on Ancestry Library

New records of more than 55,000 convicts transported to Australia in the 18th and 19th centuries are now available online via Ancestry.

These include the convict registers of conditional and absolute pardons 1791 to 1846, and the New South Wales certificates of freedom 1827 to 18.

You may be able to access Ancestry Library online for free at your local library. Check with them for details.

BeGrand

A new community site for grandparents has just launched. BeGrand aims to give information and advice about being a grandparent.

Signing up means you can share ideas and join conversations with other grandparents and get live online help if needed.

Added to cyberLibrary – Older People

Military records

A new section on finding military records has been added to the Family History Section.

cyberLibrary – Military records

For lovers of crime fiction

Stop You’re Killing Me is a perfect website for all fans of crime fiction. It includes information on over 2,900 authors along with lists of their books both series and non-series.

Added to cyberLibrary – Books.

New site added – Turn2Us

Turn2Us offers free and confidential information on welfare benefits, grants and other financial help. Includes a benefits checker and grant search database.

Added to the cyberLibrary – Credit crunch.

Parent’s Guide to Money

Provided by the FSA, the Parent’s Guide to Money has a number of useful resources including leaflets and calculators to help parents plan, budget, save, borrow and claim.

Added to:
cyberLibrary – Parenting
cyberLibrary – Money
cyberLibrary – Credit Crunch

Children’s book sites

I’ve just added a couple of book review websites you may find useful

Reading Matters – Children’s book reviews. Includes an interactive bookchooser.

The Bookbag – An eclectic collection of book reviews covering a wide range of fiction, non-fiction and children’s books.

Added to children’s books.

New partner

A new partner library has recently joined the cyberLibrary.

Welcome to the Guille Alles library in Guernsey.

Student Funding

StudentCashPoint has information on all types of student funding including grants, loans, bursaries, scholarships and awards.

Added to cyberLibrary – Funding

Gramophone Archive

Every issue of the Gramophone classical music magazine from 1923 has been scanned and digitised and put online.

You can choose to search the whole archive or browse each issue.

It’s all free, but you will need to register.

Gramophone Archive

Added to the cyberLibrary: Classical music.