Norfolk parish records added to FindmyPast

The following records have been added to FindmyPast (www.findmypast.co.uk):

Norfolk Baptisms
Over 76,000 additional records have been added to our collection of Norfolk parish baptisms. The new additions span 1777 to 1990 and cover the parishes of North Creake, Ringland, Southwood, Thornham and Worstead.

Norfolk Banns
Over 33,000 new Norfolk Banns are now available to search. These new additions cover the parishes of Rockland All Saints & St Andrew, Roughton, Snetterton and Yaxham. Banns of marriage are the public announcement in a Christian parish church of a forthcoming marriage. They would be announced on three consecutive Sundays in order to prevent anyone from marrying when there was a legal impediment to them doing so.

Norfolk Marriages
Over 27,000 new records covering the parishes of North Creake, Rockland All Saints & St Andrew, Snetterton, Somerleyton, Southwood, Wacton, Wells next the Sea, Westacre and Worstead. The new additions span the years 1777 to 1984 and will reveal a combination of names, dates and locations related to both the bride and groom.

Norfolk Burials
Search over 15,000 recent additions to our collection of Norfolk Burials covering the parishes of North Creake, Rockland All Saints & St Andrew, Southwood, Wells next the Sea and Worstead. The transcripts and images will list a combination of your ancestors' burial dates, ages and residences at time of death, and their birth years.

British & Irish Newspaper
Since our last update we have added an additional 228,772 pages across ten titles, including one brand new title. The Lennox Herald for Dumbartonshire in Scotland joins 111 other Scottish newspapers in the collection. You can find a list of the titles we have added to in the table below.

Belfast Telegraph - 1979-1983
Cheshire Observer - 1931-1938, 1946, 1948-1949, 1951-1960
Drogheda Argus and Leinster Journal - 1965-1969, 1971-1986, 1988-2005
Drogheda Independent - 1986-1987, 2005
Kerryman - 1986-1987, 2003-2005
Lloyd's List - 1887, 1890, 1892, 1903
Sligo Champion - 1912-1921
Western Mail - 1912, 1919-1923, 1933-1938, 1946-1947, 1952, 1959
Wexford People - 1986, 1994, 2005

(Further details and links at https://blog.findmypast.co.uk/findmypast-friday-2625035188.html)

Chris

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