As well as adding 85,000 records to the 1939 National Identity Register for England and Wales, FindmyPast (www.findmypast.co.uk) has also added the following records this week:
British Armed Forces, First World War Soldiers' Medical Records
More than 21,000 additional records have been added to the collection. This fascinating National Archives’ collection allows you to discover when and where servicemen were wounded, the nature of their injuries, where they were treated and notes on their recovery as well as details relating to their service.
The records in this series are a representative selection of the original collection. The records include admission and discharge registers from hospitals and casualty clearing stations, field ambulances, an ambulance train and a hospital ship.
United States, National Veterans Cemetery Index
Explore more than 1.8 million transcripts covering over a century of veterans who fought in various conflicts, from the American Civil War and the two world wars through to the Afghanistan war. Each result will reveal a variety of details relating to the deceased’s life, family and military service. Transcripts may include birth years, death years, service, rank, death date, home town, burial place, father’s name and spouse.
British & Irish Newspaper Update
With over 195,000 new pages recently added, there are a variety of new and updated titles available to search, including:
New Titles
· Western Evening Herald covering the years 1895, 1900-1920, 1922-1924
· Newtownards Chronicle & Co. Down Observer covering the years 1873-1874
· Warrington Advertiser the years 1865, 1877, 1879, 1884, 1887, 1889
Updated Titles
· South Wales Gazette covering the years 1903 & 1961
· Newcastle Evening Chronicle covering 1926
· Daily Review (Edinburgh) covering the years 1884 and 1886
· Witness (Edinburgh) covering the years 1842-1845, 1848, 1854, 1861
Further details and collection links at https://www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/new-1939-register-entries-and-military-records
Chris
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Friday, 10 January 2020
Sunday, 29 December 2019
December additions to British Newspaper Archive
The latest releases over the last 30 days on the British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk):
Truth
1904-1905, 1908-1909, 1911-1924
Western Evening Herald
1895, 1900-1920, 1922-1924
Smethwick Telephone
1884-1888, 1890-1896, 1898-1909, 1911-1931
Sport (Dublin)
1897-1924, 1926-1928, 1930-1931
Aberdeen Weekly News
1879-1886, 1888-1892
Witness (Edinburgh)
1842-1845, 1848, 1854, 1861
Daily Review (Edinburgh)
1884, 1886
Newtownards Chronicle & Co. Down Observer
1873-1874
Liberty
1894-1896
Warrington Evening Post
1877, 1879
Warrington Standard and Lancashire and Cheshire Advertiser
1859
Warrington Advertiser
1865, 1877, 1879, 1884, 1887, 1889
Warrington Daily Guardian
1891
South Wales Gazette
1888, 1890-1893, 1895, 1899-1969
Christian News
1849, 1852, 1854-1856, 1858, 1868
Warrington Times
1859
Newcastle Evening Chronicle
1926
Musselburgh News
1939
Rochdale Observer
1871-1896, 1898-1899, 1910
Leven Advertiser & Wemyss Gazette
1897-1924, 1928-1939
Ayrshire Post
1882-1889
Stirling Observer
1871, 1874-1877, 1879-1892
Hawick Express
1876, 1879-1884, 1886-1891
Eskdale and Liddesdale Advertiser
1882-1883, 1885-1889
Arbroath Herald and Advertiser for the Montrose Burghs
1956-1959
Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough
1908-1909, 1913, 1919
Irvine Herald
1881, 1883-1884, 1886, 1888-1889
Dundee Weekly News
1886
Surrey Advertiser
1873
Galloway News and Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser
1879-1886, 1889-1891
Highland News
1883, 1900-1902
Cheshire Observer
1950
Mid-Lothian Journal
1884-1931
Midlothian Advertiser
1906-1949
Leith Burghs Pilot
1875, 1879-1891, 1900-1902
Caithness Courier
1875-1876, 1878, 1880-1881, 1883-1892
Western Mail
1901, 1907-1910
Oxford Journal
1901-1911
Ashby-de-la-Zouch Gazette
1876, 1878-1888
Mansfield & Sutton Recorder
1981-1984
Newcastle Journal
1927-1928
Heywood Advertiser
1855, 1865-1867, 1885, 1894, 1897, 1960-1973
Fife News
1879-1880, 1888-1889
North Briton
1862, 1865, 1873, 1875, 1877-1879
Fishing Gazette
1877-1879, 1882-1887, 1899-1900
Kilmarnock Herald and North Ayrshire Gazette
1912, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922-1923, 1927
Northern Chronicle and General Advertiser for the North of Scotland
1906
Hammersmith & Shepherds Bush Gazette
1964, 1967-1968, 1982-1984
Kensington Post
1977
Chris
Order Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483. and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Scottish-Ancestry-through-Church-and-State-Records-Paperback/p/16848. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
Truth
1904-1905, 1908-1909, 1911-1924
Western Evening Herald
1895, 1900-1920, 1922-1924
Smethwick Telephone
1884-1888, 1890-1896, 1898-1909, 1911-1931
Sport (Dublin)
1897-1924, 1926-1928, 1930-1931
Aberdeen Weekly News
1879-1886, 1888-1892
Witness (Edinburgh)
1842-1845, 1848, 1854, 1861
Daily Review (Edinburgh)
1884, 1886
Newtownards Chronicle & Co. Down Observer
1873-1874
Liberty
1894-1896
Warrington Evening Post
1877, 1879
Warrington Standard and Lancashire and Cheshire Advertiser
1859
Warrington Advertiser
1865, 1877, 1879, 1884, 1887, 1889
Warrington Daily Guardian
1891
South Wales Gazette
1888, 1890-1893, 1895, 1899-1969
Christian News
1849, 1852, 1854-1856, 1858, 1868
Warrington Times
1859
Newcastle Evening Chronicle
1926
Musselburgh News
1939
Rochdale Observer
1871-1896, 1898-1899, 1910
Leven Advertiser & Wemyss Gazette
1897-1924, 1928-1939
Ayrshire Post
1882-1889
Stirling Observer
1871, 1874-1877, 1879-1892
Hawick Express
1876, 1879-1884, 1886-1891
Eskdale and Liddesdale Advertiser
1882-1883, 1885-1889
Arbroath Herald and Advertiser for the Montrose Burghs
1956-1959
Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough
1908-1909, 1913, 1919
Irvine Herald
1881, 1883-1884, 1886, 1888-1889
Dundee Weekly News
1886
Surrey Advertiser
1873
Galloway News and Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser
1879-1886, 1889-1891
Highland News
1883, 1900-1902
Cheshire Observer
1950
Mid-Lothian Journal
1884-1931
Midlothian Advertiser
1906-1949
Leith Burghs Pilot
1875, 1879-1891, 1900-1902
Caithness Courier
1875-1876, 1878, 1880-1881, 1883-1892
Western Mail
1901, 1907-1910
Oxford Journal
1901-1911
Ashby-de-la-Zouch Gazette
1876, 1878-1888
Mansfield & Sutton Recorder
1981-1984
Newcastle Journal
1927-1928
Heywood Advertiser
1855, 1865-1867, 1885, 1894, 1897, 1960-1973
Fife News
1879-1880, 1888-1889
North Briton
1862, 1865, 1873, 1875, 1877-1879
Fishing Gazette
1877-1879, 1882-1887, 1899-1900
Kilmarnock Herald and North Ayrshire Gazette
1912, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1922-1923, 1927
Northern Chronicle and General Advertiser for the North of Scotland
1906
Hammersmith & Shepherds Bush Gazette
1964, 1967-1968, 1982-1984
Kensington Post
1977
Chris
Order Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483. and Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Through Church and State Records at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Scottish-Ancestry-through-Church-and-State-Records-Paperback/p/16848. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
Wednesday, 27 November 2019
Irish Newspaper Archives sale
From the Irish Newspaper Archives (www.irishnewsarchive.com):
BLACK FRIDAY SALE VALID UNTIL 01.Dec.2019
Gold Membership: Access Irish Newspaper Archives & Radical Newspaper Archives
Standard rate: £169.00 50% SALE = £84.50
Silver Membership: Access Irish Newspaper Archives:
Standard rate: £149.00 50% SALE = £74.50
Radical Membership: Access Radical Newspaper Archives:
Standard rate: £30.00 50% SALE = £15.00
VALID UNTIL 01.December.2019
Further details at https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/subscribe
(With thanks to Andrew Martin)
Chris
Order Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483. My next Scotland 1750-1850: Beyond the OPRs course starts 4 November 2019 - see https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=302. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
BLACK FRIDAY SALE VALID UNTIL 01.Dec.2019
Gold Membership: Access Irish Newspaper Archives & Radical Newspaper Archives
Standard rate: £169.00 50% SALE = £84.50
Silver Membership: Access Irish Newspaper Archives:
Standard rate: £149.00 50% SALE = £74.50
Radical Membership: Access Radical Newspaper Archives:
Standard rate: £30.00 50% SALE = £15.00
VALID UNTIL 01.December.2019
Further details at https://www.irishnewsarchive.com/subscribe
(With thanks to Andrew Martin)
Chris
Order Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483. My next Scotland 1750-1850: Beyond the OPRs course starts 4 November 2019 - see https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=302. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
Monday, 25 November 2019
British Newspaper Archive passes 35 million pages
The British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) has passed another milestone, wth more than 35 million pages now available of the target 40 million.
The following titles have been added over the last month:
Elgin Courant, and Morayshire Advertiser
1863-1905
Sporting Gazette
1862-1900
Hyde & Glossop Weekly News, and North Cheshire Herald
1876-1882
Bristol Times and Mirror
1871-1896, 1898-1899, 1908-1910
Tablet
1852-1854
Reading Evening Post
1987
Wells Journal
1868, 1870-1871, 1873-1876, 1878-1881, 1883, 1885-1888, 1899, 1901-1904, 1951-1966, 1970-1979
Banffshire Reporter
1869-1920
Port-Glasgow Express
1894-1959
Thanet Times
1987
North British Daily Mail
1849-1851, 1855-1856, 1862, 1864, 1866, 1868-1869, 1880-1881, 1884, 1886-1887, 1890, 1894
Sandwell Evening Mail
1992-1993
Newcastle Daily Chronicle
1888-1890, 1915
Hammersmith & Shepherds Bush Gazette
1955-1961, 1975-1981, 1987, 1990, 1997
Express and Echo
1869-1871, 1873-1876, 1878, 1880
Irvine Times
1879-1891
Harrow Leader
1986
Newbury Weekly News and General Advertiser
1867-1869, 1873-1875, 1877-1889, 1891-1906
Wishaw Press
1939-1955, 1973-1979, 1981-1984
National Register (London)
1810
Bray People
1998, 2003
Drogheda Argus and Leinster Journal
1987
Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser
1897
Enniscorthy Guardian
2003
Staines & Ashford News
1999
Amersham Advertiser
1999
Perthshire Advertiser
1947
Staffordshire Sentinel
1990
Perthshire Constitutional & Journal
1871, 1876, 1879-1881, 1883-1892
Fifeshire Journal
1833-1893
Highland News
1885-1886, 1888-1899, 1903-1912
Irvine Herald
1879, 1891
Huntly Express
1866, 1869, 1873, 1880
Eskdale and Liddesdale Advertiser
1879-1881, 1884, 1890-1891
Musselburgh News
1889-1941
Aberdeen Evening Express
1999
Aberdeen Press and Journal
1998-1999
Coatbridge Leader
1905-1956
Strathearn Herald
1893, 1895-1896
Arbroath Guide
1846, 1883, 1885, 1926
Blairgowrie Advertiser
1879-1880, 1885
Birmingham Daily Gazette
1919
Chris
Order Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483. My next Scotland 1750-1850: Beyond the OPRs course starts 4 November 2019 - see https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=302. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
The following titles have been added over the last month:
Elgin Courant, and Morayshire Advertiser
1863-1905
Sporting Gazette
1862-1900
Hyde & Glossop Weekly News, and North Cheshire Herald
1876-1882
Bristol Times and Mirror
1871-1896, 1898-1899, 1908-1910
Tablet
1852-1854
Reading Evening Post
1987
Wells Journal
1868, 1870-1871, 1873-1876, 1878-1881, 1883, 1885-1888, 1899, 1901-1904, 1951-1966, 1970-1979
Banffshire Reporter
1869-1920
Port-Glasgow Express
1894-1959
Thanet Times
1987
North British Daily Mail
1849-1851, 1855-1856, 1862, 1864, 1866, 1868-1869, 1880-1881, 1884, 1886-1887, 1890, 1894
Sandwell Evening Mail
1992-1993
Newcastle Daily Chronicle
1888-1890, 1915
Hammersmith & Shepherds Bush Gazette
1955-1961, 1975-1981, 1987, 1990, 1997
Express and Echo
1869-1871, 1873-1876, 1878, 1880
Irvine Times
1879-1891
Harrow Leader
1986
Newbury Weekly News and General Advertiser
1867-1869, 1873-1875, 1877-1889, 1891-1906
Wishaw Press
1939-1955, 1973-1979, 1981-1984
National Register (London)
1810
Bray People
1998, 2003
Drogheda Argus and Leinster Journal
1987
Airdrie & Coatbridge Advertiser
1897
Enniscorthy Guardian
2003
Staines & Ashford News
1999
Amersham Advertiser
1999
Perthshire Advertiser
1947
Staffordshire Sentinel
1990
Perthshire Constitutional & Journal
1871, 1876, 1879-1881, 1883-1892
Fifeshire Journal
1833-1893
Highland News
1885-1886, 1888-1899, 1903-1912
Irvine Herald
1879, 1891
Huntly Express
1866, 1869, 1873, 1880
Eskdale and Liddesdale Advertiser
1879-1881, 1884, 1890-1891
Musselburgh News
1889-1941
Aberdeen Evening Express
1999
Aberdeen Press and Journal
1998-1999
Coatbridge Leader
1905-1956
Strathearn Herald
1893, 1895-1896
Arbroath Guide
1846, 1883, 1885, 1926
Blairgowrie Advertiser
1879-1880, 1885
Birmingham Daily Gazette
1919
Chris
Order Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483. My next Scotland 1750-1850: Beyond the OPRs course starts 4 November 2019 - see https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=302. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
Friday, 1 November 2019
Irish Newspaper Archive launches Radical Newspaper Archive
From the Irish Newspaper Archive (www.irishnewsarchive.com):
The world's oldest and largest Irish Newspaper Archives continues to grow. We have updated the archive with the following new content:
Cork Evening Echo 1960 - 1968
Missing Periods:
Kilkenny People 2005
Nationalist and Munster Advertiser 2005
Archive News:
For over a decade we have announced the release of some magnificent Irish titles to our archive however never before have we announced the release of a new product. The team at Irish Newspaper Archives are proud to release a special collection of Irish political and radical publications that offer a voice to the marginalised left in Ireland during the early 20th century. Read more on our new archive www.radicalnewspaperarchive.com
You can now subscribe to both archives with our Gold Membership subscription and for this spooky Halloween weekend you can get 35% off this fantastic collection.
COMMENT: The following titles are available on the new website:
(With thanks to Andrew Martin)
Chris
Order Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483. My next Scotland 1750-1850: Beyond the OPRs course starts 4 November 2019 - see https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=302. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
The world's oldest and largest Irish Newspaper Archives continues to grow. We have updated the archive with the following new content:
Cork Evening Echo 1960 - 1968
Missing Periods:
Kilkenny People 2005
Nationalist and Munster Advertiser 2005
Archive News:
For over a decade we have announced the release of some magnificent Irish titles to our archive however never before have we announced the release of a new product. The team at Irish Newspaper Archives are proud to release a special collection of Irish political and radical publications that offer a voice to the marginalised left in Ireland during the early 20th century. Read more on our new archive www.radicalnewspaperarchive.comYou can now subscribe to both archives with our Gold Membership subscription and for this spooky Halloween weekend you can get 35% off this fantastic collection.
COMMENT: The following titles are available on the new website:
An Geadal
Poblacht na h-Eireann ( Scot. Ed.)
Poblacht na h-Eireann ( Sth. Ed.)
Poblacht na h-Eireann ( War. Ed.)
An Saogal Gaedealac
An T-Óglác
Belfast Labour Chronicle
Belfast Strike Bulletin
Bottom Dog
Daily Sheet
Dublin Sheet
Dublin Strike News
Éire Ireland
Éire The Irish Nation
Election Buletin
Fianna
Sligo-Leitrim Liberator
Fianna Fail Bulletin
Free State 1922
Freedom
Honesty
Ireland Overall
Irish An Arim
Irish Citizen Army Bulletin
Irish Democrat
Irish Freedom
Irish Nation
Irish Opinion
Irish Statesman
Irish War News
Irish Workers Weekly
Labour News
Long War Sheet
Nationality
New Ireland
Notes from Ireland
Old Ireland
Prison Bars
Republican Congress
Republican Review
Repubican War Bulletin
Scissors & Paste
Sinn Fein
Sinn Fein Daily
Sinn Fein Weekly
Straight Talk
The Blueshirts
The Dalcassian
The Dublin Trade & Labour Journal
The Eye-Opener
The Facionist
The Felon Setter
The Fenian
The Freeman
The Harp
The Harp New York
The Hibernian
The Irish Bulletin
The Irish Citizen
The Irish Exile
The Irish Front
The Irish Hammer & Plough
The Irish Nation
The Irish Peasent
The Irish People
The Irish People War Special
The Irish Volunteer
The Irish Worker
The Irish Workers Voice
The Irishman
The Labour Opposition
The Land
The National Democrat
The Liberator & Irish Trade Unionist
The Nation
The National Democrat
The National Volunteer
The Nationalist
The Needle
The New Way
The Northern Patriot
The Peasant
The Pheonix
The Pioneer
The Plain People
The Red Flag
The Red Hand Magazine
The Republic
The Republican File
The Republic
The Separatist
The Shan Van Vocht
The Sinn Feiner
The Southern Bulletin
The Spark
The Star
The Student
The Toiler
The Torch
The Tribune
The Unionist
The United Irishman
The Voice of Labour
The Watchword
The Watchword of Labour
The Weekly Summary
The Wolfe Tone Weekly
The Women Worker
The Worker
The Worker Republic
Truth that is News
Truth War Issue
United Ireland
Workers Bulletin
Young Ireland
(With thanks to Andrew Martin)
Chris
Order Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483. My next Scotland 1750-1850: Beyond the OPRs course starts 4 November 2019 - see https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=302. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
Friday, 25 October 2019
FindmyPast adds Norfolk and Dundee records
The latest additions to FindmyPast (www.findmypast.co.uk):
New Norfolk Parish Records
More than 1.4 million new Norfolk parish registers are now available to search. Published online in association with the Norfolk Record Office, these new records span more than 500 years (1464 to 1993) of Norfolk history and add more than 500 new parishes to our existing collection of Norfolk records.
Created from over 2,500 original handwritten registers.
Scotland, Forfarshire (Angus), Dundee Trade & Postal Directories 1783-1842
Explore nine Scottish trade and postal directories from Dundee spread over 1783 to 1842. Directories are a valuable source for your family history research, revealing your ancestor’s trade or occupation and address.
British & Irish Newspapers
This week we have added 130,418 new pages to The Archive, including one brand new title the Strathearn Herald.
We have also updated six of our existing Scottish titles including the Arbroath Guide, the Aberdeen Press and Journal and the Aberdeen Evening Express, the West Lothian Courier, the North British Daily Mail and the Staffordshire Sentinel.
For further information and links visit https://www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/new-norfolk-records-covering-500-parishes
Chris
Order Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483. My next Scotland 1750-1850: Beyond the OPRs course starts 4 November 2019 - see https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=302. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
New Norfolk Parish Records
More than 1.4 million new Norfolk parish registers are now available to search. Published online in association with the Norfolk Record Office, these new records span more than 500 years (1464 to 1993) of Norfolk history and add more than 500 new parishes to our existing collection of Norfolk records.
Created from over 2,500 original handwritten registers.
Scotland, Forfarshire (Angus), Dundee Trade & Postal Directories 1783-1842
Explore nine Scottish trade and postal directories from Dundee spread over 1783 to 1842. Directories are a valuable source for your family history research, revealing your ancestor’s trade or occupation and address.
British & Irish Newspapers
This week we have added 130,418 new pages to The Archive, including one brand new title the Strathearn Herald.
We have also updated six of our existing Scottish titles including the Arbroath Guide, the Aberdeen Press and Journal and the Aberdeen Evening Express, the West Lothian Courier, the North British Daily Mail and the Staffordshire Sentinel.
For further information and links visit https://www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/new-norfolk-records-covering-500-parishes
Chris
Order Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483. My next Scotland 1750-1850: Beyond the OPRs course starts 4 November 2019 - see https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=302. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
Tuesday, 1 October 2019
British Newspaper Archive passes 34 million records
The British Newspaper Archive (https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) has reached 34 million pages, of its target 40 million.
The following collections have been added in the last 30 days:
Express (London)
1846-1854
Sun (London)
1801-1803, 1805-1835, 1837-1838, 1840, 1849, 1851-1871
Kensington Post
1989
Fishing Gazette
1892
Middlesex Independent
1894
Ealing Leader
1996
Lady's Own Paper
1847-1863
Hayes & Harlington Gazette
1986
Colored News
1855
Newcastle Daily Chronicle
1868, 1871, 1898
Cork Examiner
1912
Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser
1832-1833, 1835-1836, 1838-1856
Northern Daily Times
1853, 1856-1857, 1859-1861
North British Daily Mail
1852, 1858, 1870-1871, 1875, 1882, 1888, 1898, 1901
Aberdeen Press and Journal
1994-1996
Aberdeen Evening Express
1994-1996
East of Fife Record
1870-1917
West Lothian Courier
1892-1968, 1975-1976
North British Agriculturist
1860, 1871-1893
Irvine Herald
1968
Wishaw Press
1956-1972, 1980
Montrose Standard
1844, 1846-1959
Irvine Times
1892
Hawick Express
1915-1918
Irish Independent
1991
Eskdale and Liddesdale Advertiser
1852, 1892
Galloway News and Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser
1860
Evening Herald (Dublin)
1902
Daily Review (Edinburgh)
1864, 1866-1867
Witness (Edinburgh)
1846
Chris
Order Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483. My next Scotland 1750-1850: Beyond the OPRs course starts 4 November 2019 - see https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=302. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
The following collections have been added in the last 30 days:
Express (London)
1846-1854
Sun (London)
1801-1803, 1805-1835, 1837-1838, 1840, 1849, 1851-1871
Kensington Post
1989
Fishing Gazette
1892
Middlesex Independent
1894
Ealing Leader
1996
Lady's Own Paper
1847-1863
Hayes & Harlington Gazette
1986
Colored News
1855
Newcastle Daily Chronicle
1868, 1871, 1898
Cork Examiner
1912
Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser
1832-1833, 1835-1836, 1838-1856
Northern Daily Times
1853, 1856-1857, 1859-1861
North British Daily Mail
1852, 1858, 1870-1871, 1875, 1882, 1888, 1898, 1901
Aberdeen Press and Journal
1994-1996
Aberdeen Evening Express
1994-1996
East of Fife Record
1870-1917
West Lothian Courier
1892-1968, 1975-1976
North British Agriculturist
1860, 1871-1893
Irvine Herald
1968
Wishaw Press
1956-1972, 1980
Montrose Standard
1844, 1846-1959
Irvine Times
1892
Hawick Express
1915-1918
Irish Independent
1991
Eskdale and Liddesdale Advertiser
1852, 1892
Galloway News and Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser
1860
Evening Herald (Dublin)
1902
Daily Review (Edinburgh)
1864, 1866-1867
Witness (Edinburgh)
1846
Chris
Order Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483. My next Scotland 1750-1850: Beyond the OPRs course starts 4 November 2019 - see https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=302. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
Saturday, 14 September 2019
FindmyPast adds Irish Boundary Commission Reports
The latest additions to FindmyPast (www.findmypast.co.uk):
Irish Boundary Commission Records 1924-1925
The Irish Boundary Commission was set up to determine the boundary between the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland. Findmypast has digitised this collection of more than 47,000 records from The National Archives which include the Commission’s minutes, papers, correspondence and report of the Irish Boundary Commission, and records of oral and written evidence submitted to it.
Berkshire Marriages Index
Over 63,000 additional records have been added to 16 parishes across the county. The new additions consist of transcripts provided by the Berkshire Family History Society that may reveal your relative’s age, marital status, residence, occupation, father’s name and spouse’s details. Some records may also include the names of witnesses and additional notes.
Derbyshire Deaths and Burials
Over 23,000 Derbyshire Family History Society transcripts have been added for 12 cemeteries around the county. As well as revealing the final resting place of your ancestor, these records may also reveal their age at death, birth year, death year, burial date and if they died paupers. Some records may also list next of kin, allowing you to add new names to your growing family tree.
British In Ceylon Parish Records
From 1815 until 1948, Sri Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon, was a British colony. The 4,500 records in this collection span that period and have been collected and transcribed by the Kabristan Archives. They include the names of those who were serving in Ceylon and were married, died, or had children there. Over a thousand names of those who served in Ceylon during the First World War are also included.
International records update - Russia
Does your family tree have Russian roots? Search for your Russian ancestors in more than 325,000 baptisms, marriages and burials. These three indexes will provide you with essential names, dates and locations for expanding your Russian family tree.
British & Irish newspaper update
This week we have added 110,926 new pages to our collection. This includes two newspapers that cover the historic county of Dumfriesshire. Both weekly publications, the Eskdale and Liddesdale Advertiser was published in Langholm and the newspaper continues to this day, and the Galloway News and Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser was published in Dalbeattie. Rounding off our trio of new Scottish titles this week is the Montrose Standard, another weekly title that was published in Angus. Founded in 1837, we have an extensive run of editions for this particular publication, numbering nearly 50,000 pages and so far spanning the years 1844 to 1957, representing over a century’s worth of local news coverage.
For further details, and links, visit https://www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/berkshire-derbyshire-irish-records
Chris
Order Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483. My next Scotland 1750-1850: Beyond the OPRs course starts 4 November 2019 - see https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=302. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
Irish Boundary Commission Records 1924-1925
The Irish Boundary Commission was set up to determine the boundary between the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland. Findmypast has digitised this collection of more than 47,000 records from The National Archives which include the Commission’s minutes, papers, correspondence and report of the Irish Boundary Commission, and records of oral and written evidence submitted to it.
Berkshire Marriages Index
Over 63,000 additional records have been added to 16 parishes across the county. The new additions consist of transcripts provided by the Berkshire Family History Society that may reveal your relative’s age, marital status, residence, occupation, father’s name and spouse’s details. Some records may also include the names of witnesses and additional notes.
Derbyshire Deaths and Burials
Over 23,000 Derbyshire Family History Society transcripts have been added for 12 cemeteries around the county. As well as revealing the final resting place of your ancestor, these records may also reveal their age at death, birth year, death year, burial date and if they died paupers. Some records may also list next of kin, allowing you to add new names to your growing family tree.
British In Ceylon Parish Records
From 1815 until 1948, Sri Lanka, formerly known as Ceylon, was a British colony. The 4,500 records in this collection span that period and have been collected and transcribed by the Kabristan Archives. They include the names of those who were serving in Ceylon and were married, died, or had children there. Over a thousand names of those who served in Ceylon during the First World War are also included.
International records update - Russia
Does your family tree have Russian roots? Search for your Russian ancestors in more than 325,000 baptisms, marriages and burials. These three indexes will provide you with essential names, dates and locations for expanding your Russian family tree.
British & Irish newspaper update
This week we have added 110,926 new pages to our collection. This includes two newspapers that cover the historic county of Dumfriesshire. Both weekly publications, the Eskdale and Liddesdale Advertiser was published in Langholm and the newspaper continues to this day, and the Galloway News and Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser was published in Dalbeattie. Rounding off our trio of new Scottish titles this week is the Montrose Standard, another weekly title that was published in Angus. Founded in 1837, we have an extensive run of editions for this particular publication, numbering nearly 50,000 pages and so far spanning the years 1844 to 1957, representing over a century’s worth of local news coverage.
For further details, and links, visit https://www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/berkshire-derbyshire-irish-records
Chris
Order Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483. My next Scotland 1750-1850: Beyond the OPRs course starts 4 November 2019 - see https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=302. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
Monday, 2 September 2019
Irish Newspaper Archive adds Cork Evening Echo
From the Irish Newspaper Archives (www.irishnewsarchive.com):
The world's oldest and largest Irish Newspaper Archives continues to grow. We have updated the archive with the following new content:
Cork Evening Echo 1896 - 1959
The first tranche of the Evening Echo has now been released 1896 - 1959 with 1960 - 1970 following this September 2019.
Original Newspaper Format:
Editor: P.J. Kelly
Proprietor: Thomas Crosbie(1892-) Thomas Crosbie(1893 -)
Publisher: Patrick Corcoban(Thomas Crosbie & Co 1900)
Printer: Patrick Corcoban(Thomas Crosbie & Co 1900)
Size: 59cm (1896); 63cm (1900)
Price: 1/2d (1900); 2d
Frequency: daily
Illustration: b/w (pink paper)
Departments: b/m/d, local and national and world news, sport, markets, parliament, law intelligence, law sessions
Orientation: conservative nationalist; Fine Gael; Catholic
Comments:
This was a "sister paper" to the Cork Examiner, and it was also governed by the Crosbie family.
An Evening Echo (almost certainly unrelated) was also started in Dublin in Dec 1892.
There's a subscription discount if you use the following codes:
Enjoy!
(With thanks to Andrew Martin)
Chris
Order Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483. My next Scottish Research Online course starts 2 September 2019 - see https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=102. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
The world's oldest and largest Irish Newspaper Archives continues to grow. We have updated the archive with the following new content:
Cork Evening Echo 1896 - 1959
The first tranche of the Evening Echo has now been released 1896 - 1959 with 1960 - 1970 following this September 2019.
Original Newspaper Format:
Editor: P.J. Kelly
Proprietor: Thomas Crosbie(1892-) Thomas Crosbie(1893 -)
Publisher: Patrick Corcoban(Thomas Crosbie & Co 1900)
Printer: Patrick Corcoban(Thomas Crosbie & Co 1900)
Size: 59cm (1896); 63cm (1900)
Price: 1/2d (1900); 2d
Frequency: daily
Illustration: b/w (pink paper)
Departments: b/m/d, local and national and world news, sport, markets, parliament, law intelligence, law sessions
Orientation: conservative nationalist; Fine Gael; Catholic
Comments:
This was a "sister paper" to the Cork Examiner, and it was also governed by the Crosbie family.
An Evening Echo (almost certainly unrelated) was also started in Dublin in Dec 1892.
There's a subscription discount if you use the following codes:
Enjoy!
(With thanks to Andrew Martin)
Chris
Order Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483. My next Scottish Research Online course starts 2 September 2019 - see https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=102. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
Friday, 23 August 2019
FindmyPast adds Scottish Court and Criminal database
The latest additions to FindmyPast (www.findmypast.co.uk):
Scotland, Court & Criminal Database
Were your Scottish ancestors in trouble with the law or a victim of a crime? Search from them in this database of more than 28,000 Crown Office Precognitions and High Court Trial Papers between 1801 and 1917. The collection also includes The Fife Kalendar of Convicts, and index to many of the Courts in Fife from 1708 to 1909, as well as the High Court Records.
Each result will include both a transcript and an image of the original document. The amount of information listed in each documents will vary, but most will reveal a combination of the accused’s name, birth year, birth place, address, occupation, the nature of their offence, the date and location of their trail as well as the sentence they received. Some records will also include trial notes, verdict comments, and previous convictions and additional comments (added by the licensor as opposed to being factual information included or taken from the records).
Crown Office Precognitions are factual statements that have been given by witnesses to both the prosecution and defence before the case goes to trial. Precognitions differ from a witness statement, a witness statement is an account of what the witness has said or seen were as a precognition is an account of the witness’s evidence. Precognitions are not put the witnesses during a trial.
The High Court is the highest court in Scotland, it has jurisdiction over the most serious crimes such as murder, rape, treason, heresy, counterfeiting and crimes of a sexual nature. A single judge hears cases with a jury of 15 people.
Church of Scotland Ministers 1560-1949
Explore PDF images of the “The Succession of Ministers on the Church of Scotland from the Reformation”. Compiled by Hew Scott, D.D., The work was revised and continued up to 1949 under the Superintendence of a Committee appointed by the General Assembly.
As quoted in the book, “the design of the present work is to present a comprehensive account of the Succession of Ministers of the Church of Scotland since the period of the Reformation. An attempt is made to give some additional interest by furnishing incidental notices of their lives, writings and families, which may prove useful to the Biographer, the Genealogist, and the Historian.”
Isle of Man Roll Of Honour WW1
Find your Isle of Man ancestors who fell in the Great War. The Isle Of Man Roll Of Honour recorded the names of more than 1,900 men who died during the First World War or died as a result of wounds, injury or disease contracted on active service. These transcripts will reveal your ancestor’s rank, regiment, parish and biography.
Originally published in 1934 by the War Pensions Committee, the publication was funded entirely by Lord Stanley, Earl of Derby. In 1936, the War Pensions Committee donated copies to each parish church throughout the island. The foreword, provided by Lord Stanley, reads ‘It is well that the deeds of those who died in the Great War should find a permanent memorial in such a list. Whilst this generation lives their names will not be forgotten, but other generations will arise to whom they will not be personally known. This Roll will serve to keep their memory green and future Manxmen and Manxwomen, when reading it, will realise that in our great struggle the Isle of Man played a noble part’.
International Records – Lichtenstein
Discover if your ancestors were born in Liechtenstein. Search through thousands of records from the Liechtenstein birth and baptism index. The records were created through the International Genealogical Index.
British & Irish Newspaper Update
Over 94,000 new pages covering 123 years of history are have been added to our newspaper collection this week. We have updated seven of our existing titles, with significant updates to Newcastle publication the Newcastle Daily Chronicle, to which we have added over 60,000 pages spanning the years 1870-1914. We also have significant updates to society publication The Queen, as we continue to augment our early twentieth-century holdings for this newspaper. We have added pages to regional titles covering the North West of England – Penrith Observer and Lichfield Mercury – as well as Aberdeen – Aberdeen Press and Journal and Aberdeen Evening Express. Rounding off our updates this week is the Sunday World (Dublin).
Further details and links at https://www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/did-your-ancestors-have-a-brush-with-the-law
Chris
Order Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483. My next Scottish Research Online course starts 2 September 2019 - see https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=102. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
Scotland, Court & Criminal Database
Were your Scottish ancestors in trouble with the law or a victim of a crime? Search from them in this database of more than 28,000 Crown Office Precognitions and High Court Trial Papers between 1801 and 1917. The collection also includes The Fife Kalendar of Convicts, and index to many of the Courts in Fife from 1708 to 1909, as well as the High Court Records.
Each result will include both a transcript and an image of the original document. The amount of information listed in each documents will vary, but most will reveal a combination of the accused’s name, birth year, birth place, address, occupation, the nature of their offence, the date and location of their trail as well as the sentence they received. Some records will also include trial notes, verdict comments, and previous convictions and additional comments (added by the licensor as opposed to being factual information included or taken from the records).
Crown Office Precognitions are factual statements that have been given by witnesses to both the prosecution and defence before the case goes to trial. Precognitions differ from a witness statement, a witness statement is an account of what the witness has said or seen were as a precognition is an account of the witness’s evidence. Precognitions are not put the witnesses during a trial.
The High Court is the highest court in Scotland, it has jurisdiction over the most serious crimes such as murder, rape, treason, heresy, counterfeiting and crimes of a sexual nature. A single judge hears cases with a jury of 15 people.
Church of Scotland Ministers 1560-1949
Explore PDF images of the “The Succession of Ministers on the Church of Scotland from the Reformation”. Compiled by Hew Scott, D.D., The work was revised and continued up to 1949 under the Superintendence of a Committee appointed by the General Assembly.
As quoted in the book, “the design of the present work is to present a comprehensive account of the Succession of Ministers of the Church of Scotland since the period of the Reformation. An attempt is made to give some additional interest by furnishing incidental notices of their lives, writings and families, which may prove useful to the Biographer, the Genealogist, and the Historian.”
Isle of Man Roll Of Honour WW1
Find your Isle of Man ancestors who fell in the Great War. The Isle Of Man Roll Of Honour recorded the names of more than 1,900 men who died during the First World War or died as a result of wounds, injury or disease contracted on active service. These transcripts will reveal your ancestor’s rank, regiment, parish and biography.
Originally published in 1934 by the War Pensions Committee, the publication was funded entirely by Lord Stanley, Earl of Derby. In 1936, the War Pensions Committee donated copies to each parish church throughout the island. The foreword, provided by Lord Stanley, reads ‘It is well that the deeds of those who died in the Great War should find a permanent memorial in such a list. Whilst this generation lives their names will not be forgotten, but other generations will arise to whom they will not be personally known. This Roll will serve to keep their memory green and future Manxmen and Manxwomen, when reading it, will realise that in our great struggle the Isle of Man played a noble part’.
International Records – Lichtenstein
Discover if your ancestors were born in Liechtenstein. Search through thousands of records from the Liechtenstein birth and baptism index. The records were created through the International Genealogical Index.
British & Irish Newspaper Update
Over 94,000 new pages covering 123 years of history are have been added to our newspaper collection this week. We have updated seven of our existing titles, with significant updates to Newcastle publication the Newcastle Daily Chronicle, to which we have added over 60,000 pages spanning the years 1870-1914. We also have significant updates to society publication The Queen, as we continue to augment our early twentieth-century holdings for this newspaper. We have added pages to regional titles covering the North West of England – Penrith Observer and Lichfield Mercury – as well as Aberdeen – Aberdeen Press and Journal and Aberdeen Evening Express. Rounding off our updates this week is the Sunday World (Dublin).
Further details and links at https://www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/did-your-ancestors-have-a-brush-with-the-law
Chris
Order Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483. My next Scottish Research Online course starts 2 September 2019 - see https://www.pharostutors.com/details.php?coursenumber=102. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
Saturday, 10 August 2019
British Newspaper Archive summer sale
The British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) is holding a summer sale until 18 August, with a 30% discount on offer for a 12 month subscription.
For further details visit https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/account/subscribe?PromotionCode=BNA30SUMMER
Chris
Pre-order Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) for just £11.99 at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483. Details of my genealogical research service are available at www.ScotlandsGreatestStory.co.uk. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
For further details visit https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/account/subscribe?PromotionCode=BNA30SUMMER
Chris
Pre-order Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) for just £11.99 at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483. Details of my genealogical research service are available at www.ScotlandsGreatestStory.co.uk. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
Over 400 Scottish Published Family Histories added to FindmyPast
Just added to FindmyPast (www.findmypast.co.uk):
Scotland, Published Family Histories
Is your family from Scotland? Discover more about your Scottish families' name and history from this collection of publications. There are over 400 publications in this collection of Scottish family histories.The publications mostly date from the 19th and early 20th centuries, they include memoirs, genealogies, and clan histories. There are also publications that have been produced by emigrant families.
(Note: Click on the Browse button on this page to see a list of all publications)
Scotland, Glasgow & Lanarkshire Death & Burial Index
Over 37,000 records have been added to the Glasgow & Lanarkshire Death & Burial Index. These new additions cover Bent Cemetery in Hamilton and consist of transcripts of original documents that will reveal a combination of your ancestors' birth year, death and burial dates, age at death, burial place and mortcloth price.
United States, Passenger and Crew Lists
Over 777,000 new records from the major port city of Baltimore in Maryland have recently been added to these passenger and crew lists.
Middlesex Monumental Inscriptions
Over 5,000 additional records are now available to search. The new records cover two cemeteries in Teddington as well as the Parish of St Mary's in Sunbury.
British & Irish Newspaper Update
Historical newspapers hot off the press this week include:
Hawick Express covering the years 1892, 1903-1904, 1913-1914, 1919-1940, 1950-1952
Coatbridge Express covering the years 1885-1951
Dalkeith Advertiser covering the years 1869-1953
Barrhead News covering the years 1897-1912
Banffshire Herald covering the years 1893-1912
Banffshire Advertiser covering the years 1881-1902, 1905-1912
Plus, we've added even more coverage to these papers:
Aberdeen Press and Journal – 1991 added
Aberdeen Evening Express – 1991 added
The Queen - 1901-1904 added
Further details at https://www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/whats-new/new-records-from-scotland-middlesex-and-baltimore
Chris
Now on sale - Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483. Details of my genealogical research service are available at www.ScotlandsGreatestStory.co.uk. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
Scotland, Published Family Histories
Is your family from Scotland? Discover more about your Scottish families' name and history from this collection of publications. There are over 400 publications in this collection of Scottish family histories.The publications mostly date from the 19th and early 20th centuries, they include memoirs, genealogies, and clan histories. There are also publications that have been produced by emigrant families.
(Note: Click on the Browse button on this page to see a list of all publications)
Scotland, Glasgow & Lanarkshire Death & Burial Index
Over 37,000 records have been added to the Glasgow & Lanarkshire Death & Burial Index. These new additions cover Bent Cemetery in Hamilton and consist of transcripts of original documents that will reveal a combination of your ancestors' birth year, death and burial dates, age at death, burial place and mortcloth price.
United States, Passenger and Crew Lists
Over 777,000 new records from the major port city of Baltimore in Maryland have recently been added to these passenger and crew lists.
Middlesex Monumental Inscriptions
Over 5,000 additional records are now available to search. The new records cover two cemeteries in Teddington as well as the Parish of St Mary's in Sunbury.
British & Irish Newspaper Update
Historical newspapers hot off the press this week include:
Hawick Express covering the years 1892, 1903-1904, 1913-1914, 1919-1940, 1950-1952
Coatbridge Express covering the years 1885-1951
Dalkeith Advertiser covering the years 1869-1953
Barrhead News covering the years 1897-1912
Banffshire Herald covering the years 1893-1912
Banffshire Advertiser covering the years 1881-1902, 1905-1912
Plus, we've added even more coverage to these papers:
Aberdeen Press and Journal – 1991 added
Aberdeen Evening Express – 1991 added
The Queen - 1901-1904 added
Further details at https://www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/whats-new/new-records-from-scotland-middlesex-and-baltimore
Chris
Now on sale - Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483. Details of my genealogical research service are available at www.ScotlandsGreatestStory.co.uk. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
Friday, 2 August 2019
FindmyPast adds Cincinnati Roman Catholic records
The latest additions to FindmyPast (www.findmypast.co.uk):
Cincinnati Roman Catholic Parish Records
Over 644,000 new Cincinnati records have been added to the Catholic Heritage Archive. As well as adding new transcripts, images of original documents have been digitized are now available to view on Findmypast. The collection, released in partnership with the Dioceses of Cincinnati, covers 103 parishes and consists of indexes of baptisms, marriages, burials and congregational records spanning the years 1800 to 1979.
This week's update includes:
Cincinnati Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms
Over 297,000 additional records that will reveal your ancestor's baptism date, baptism place and parent's names.
Cincinnati Roman Catholic Parish Marriages
Explore over 182,000 new additions that are perfect for uncovering previous generations and adding new branches to you growing family tree. The transcripts and images collection contain information on for both the bride and groom including marriage date, location and parents' names.
Cincinnati Roman Catholic Parish Burials
Over 183,000 new records that will reveal your ancestors birth year, death date, age at death and place of burial. Some records may also reveal the names of your ancestor's next of kin and the nature of their relationship.
Cincinnati Roman Catholic Congregational Records
Did your ancestor receive their confirmation? Were they a benefactor of a parish? Search over 1,200 new Cincinnati Roman Catholic Congregational Records to find out.
British & Irish Newspaper Update
This week we are delighted to have passed the fantastic milestone of 33 million British & Irish pages on Findmypast, with 90,812 new pages added over the last seven days. We have updated six of our existing titles this week. There are extensive twentieth century additions to both the Aberdeen Press & Journal and the Aberdeen Evening Express. We also continue to augment our wonderful collection of specialist titles. We have added over 30,000 new pages to The Queen, a society magazine which covers the goings-on of high society, but also is a unique record of femininity in the Victorian era. We have also updated three of our early Labour titles – Clarion, Labour Leader and Forward (Glasgow).
Further details and links at https://blog.findmypast.co.uk/findmypast-friday-2639611246.html
Chris
Pre-order Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) for just £11.99 at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483. Details of my genealogical research service are available at www.ScotlandsGreatestStory.co.uk. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
Cincinnati Roman Catholic Parish Records
Over 644,000 new Cincinnati records have been added to the Catholic Heritage Archive. As well as adding new transcripts, images of original documents have been digitized are now available to view on Findmypast. The collection, released in partnership with the Dioceses of Cincinnati, covers 103 parishes and consists of indexes of baptisms, marriages, burials and congregational records spanning the years 1800 to 1979.
This week's update includes:
Cincinnati Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms
Over 297,000 additional records that will reveal your ancestor's baptism date, baptism place and parent's names.
Cincinnati Roman Catholic Parish Marriages
Explore over 182,000 new additions that are perfect for uncovering previous generations and adding new branches to you growing family tree. The transcripts and images collection contain information on for both the bride and groom including marriage date, location and parents' names.
Cincinnati Roman Catholic Parish Burials
Over 183,000 new records that will reveal your ancestors birth year, death date, age at death and place of burial. Some records may also reveal the names of your ancestor's next of kin and the nature of their relationship.
Cincinnati Roman Catholic Congregational Records
Did your ancestor receive their confirmation? Were they a benefactor of a parish? Search over 1,200 new Cincinnati Roman Catholic Congregational Records to find out.
British & Irish Newspaper Update
This week we are delighted to have passed the fantastic milestone of 33 million British & Irish pages on Findmypast, with 90,812 new pages added over the last seven days. We have updated six of our existing titles this week. There are extensive twentieth century additions to both the Aberdeen Press & Journal and the Aberdeen Evening Express. We also continue to augment our wonderful collection of specialist titles. We have added over 30,000 new pages to The Queen, a society magazine which covers the goings-on of high society, but also is a unique record of femininity in the Victorian era. We have also updated three of our early Labour titles – Clarion, Labour Leader and Forward (Glasgow).
Further details and links at https://blog.findmypast.co.uk/findmypast-friday-2639611246.html
Chris
Pre-order Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) for just £11.99 at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483. Details of my genealogical research service are available at www.ScotlandsGreatestStory.co.uk. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
Friday, 26 July 2019
1821 Orkney (South Ronaldsay) census added to FindmyPast
The latest additions to FindmyPast (www.findmypast.co.uk):
Billion Graves Cemetery Indexes
Pinpoint your ancestor's final resting place with new additions to our Billion Graves Cemetery Indexes. Our latest update includes:
Over 2.6 million new additions to the United States Billion Graves Cemetery Index
Over 214,000 new additions to the Canada Billion Graves Cemetery Index
Over 114,000 new additions to the England Billion Graves Cemetery Index
Over 2,000 new additions to the Ireland Billion Graves Cemetery Index
Over 80,000 new additions to the Scotland Billion Graves Cemetery Index
Over 42,000 new additions to the Wales Billion Graves Cemetery Index
Over 323,000 new additions to the Australia Graves Cemetery Index
Over 71,000 new additions to the New Zealand Billion Graves Cemetery Index
Cemetery records are of great importance in discovering where and when your ancestor died. They can also provide you with information regarding their birth and marriage dates.
Kent Burials
Over 4,500 records of burials that took place at St Martin's church in Cheriton are now available to search. These new additions cover two periods, 1843 to 1855 and 1907 to 1958. Search these records to discover where and when your ancestor was buried, as well as the names of their spouse and father.
Scotland, Orkney, 1821 South Ronaldsay Census
The 1821 Orkney census, taken on the night of 18 May, was part of the third decennial census taken in the UK. Each result include both a transcript and image of the original documents. The 1821 Orkney census was taken on the night of 18 May 1821. It was the third decennial census for the UK. Enumerators around the country were responsible for creating an accurate records of the number of people living in their area. However, and fortunately for genealogists and family historians, the enumerator for south Ronaldsay and Burray, schoolmaster Peter Nicholson McLaren, decided to make full lists of names. He records the names along with ages and occupations. The Orkney Islands are located off the northern coast of Scotland, between the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.
International records update - Finland
Search for your Finnish ancestors in three indexes of more than six million baptisms, marriages and burials between 1657 and 1909. These transcripts will also generate hints against any names stored in your Findmypast Family Tree.
British & Irish Newspaper Update
This week we have added 102,572 new pages and two new titles to our collection. This week sees the addition The Queen, or to give it its full title, The Queen, The Ladies' Newspaper and Court Chronicle, a society magazine by Samuel Beeton established in 1861. We also have another new women's title joining The Archive this week – the Women's Gazette and Weekly News. Published in Manchester, this was a 'journal devoted to the social and political position of women.' Our existing specialist and regional titles have not been neglected either. We have a significant update to the Bristol Times and Mirror, with over 33,000 pages added, covering the years 1897 to 1911. We have also updated two of our early Labour publications – Clarion and the Labour Leader – as well as one of our religious titles, Witness (Edinburgh), and one of our sporting titles, the Football Post (Nottingham), displaying the astonishing range of interests represented in our Archive.
Further details and links at https://blog.findmypast.co.uk/findmypast-friday-july-26th-2639340731.html
Chris
Pre-order Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) for just £11.99 at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483. Details of my genealogical research service are available at www.ScotlandsGreatestStory.co.uk. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
Billion Graves Cemetery Indexes
Pinpoint your ancestor's final resting place with new additions to our Billion Graves Cemetery Indexes. Our latest update includes:
Over 2.6 million new additions to the United States Billion Graves Cemetery Index
Over 214,000 new additions to the Canada Billion Graves Cemetery Index
Over 114,000 new additions to the England Billion Graves Cemetery Index
Over 2,000 new additions to the Ireland Billion Graves Cemetery Index
Over 80,000 new additions to the Scotland Billion Graves Cemetery Index
Over 42,000 new additions to the Wales Billion Graves Cemetery Index
Over 323,000 new additions to the Australia Graves Cemetery Index
Over 71,000 new additions to the New Zealand Billion Graves Cemetery Index
Cemetery records are of great importance in discovering where and when your ancestor died. They can also provide you with information regarding their birth and marriage dates.
Kent Burials
Over 4,500 records of burials that took place at St Martin's church in Cheriton are now available to search. These new additions cover two periods, 1843 to 1855 and 1907 to 1958. Search these records to discover where and when your ancestor was buried, as well as the names of their spouse and father.
Scotland, Orkney, 1821 South Ronaldsay Census
The 1821 Orkney census, taken on the night of 18 May, was part of the third decennial census taken in the UK. Each result include both a transcript and image of the original documents. The 1821 Orkney census was taken on the night of 18 May 1821. It was the third decennial census for the UK. Enumerators around the country were responsible for creating an accurate records of the number of people living in their area. However, and fortunately for genealogists and family historians, the enumerator for south Ronaldsay and Burray, schoolmaster Peter Nicholson McLaren, decided to make full lists of names. He records the names along with ages and occupations. The Orkney Islands are located off the northern coast of Scotland, between the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.
International records update - Finland
Search for your Finnish ancestors in three indexes of more than six million baptisms, marriages and burials between 1657 and 1909. These transcripts will also generate hints against any names stored in your Findmypast Family Tree.
British & Irish Newspaper Update
This week we have added 102,572 new pages and two new titles to our collection. This week sees the addition The Queen, or to give it its full title, The Queen, The Ladies' Newspaper and Court Chronicle, a society magazine by Samuel Beeton established in 1861. We also have another new women's title joining The Archive this week – the Women's Gazette and Weekly News. Published in Manchester, this was a 'journal devoted to the social and political position of women.' Our existing specialist and regional titles have not been neglected either. We have a significant update to the Bristol Times and Mirror, with over 33,000 pages added, covering the years 1897 to 1911. We have also updated two of our early Labour publications – Clarion and the Labour Leader – as well as one of our religious titles, Witness (Edinburgh), and one of our sporting titles, the Football Post (Nottingham), displaying the astonishing range of interests represented in our Archive.
Further details and links at https://blog.findmypast.co.uk/findmypast-friday-july-26th-2639340731.html
Chris
Pre-order Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) for just £11.99 at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483. Details of my genealogical research service are available at www.ScotlandsGreatestStory.co.uk. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
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Sunday, 21 July 2019
British Newspaper Archive approaches 33 million pages
As the British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) approaches 33 million pages of content, these are the additions to the site over the last 30 days:
Bristol Times and Mirror
1897, 1900-1907, 1911
Witness (Edinburgh)
1840-1841, 1847, 1852, 1855-1856, 1858, 1860, 1862
The Queen
1887, 1889-1891, 1893-1896
Labour Leader
1894-1896, 1898-1919
Reading Evening Post
1989-1990
Women's Gazette & Weekly News
1888-1889
Football Post (Nottingham)
1973
Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser
1855
Harrow Observer
1895-1898, 1906-1921
Huddersfield Daily Examiner
1871, 1885, 1888, 1896-1897, 1905-1909
Express and Echo
1866-1868
Clarion
1891-1913, 1928-1932
Liverpool Daily Post
1877, 1911
Aberdeen Press and Journal
1983-1987
Forward (Glasgow)
1916-1919, 1921-1922
Calcutta Gazette
1784-1815
Aberdeen Evening Express
1985-1987
Lake's Falmouth Packet and Cornwall Advertiser
1912
Perthshire Advertiser
1885, 1946
Field
1853-1856, 1858, 1860, 1862-1863, 1865-1877, 1879-1881, 1884-1900, 1902-1911
John o' Groat Journal
1912
Oban Times, and Argyllshire Advertiser
1875
Hamilton Advertiser
1875, 1898-1899
Motherwell Times
1959
Liverpool Echo
1894-1896
Manchester Evening News
1891
Salisbury and Winchester Journal
1912
Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail
1959
Lichfield Mercury
1956, 1959-1963
Grantham Journal
1959
Sligo Champion
1931-1941, 1949, 1952, 1959-1963
Newcastle Journal
1880, 1883
Chelmsford Chronicle
1838
Norfolk Chronicle
1846
Royal Cornwall Gazette
1912
Strabane Chronicle
1904-1906, 1909-1911
Crawley News
1998
Harefield Gazette
1998-1999
Coventry Standard
1919
Pinner Observer
1998
Sandwell Evening Mail
1989
Kingston Informer
1998
Tablet
1865
Walsall Observer, and South Staffordshire Chronicle
1873-1878, 1880-1887, 1894, 1896, 1898-1899, 1901
Staffordshire Sentinel
1903-1910, 1918-1919
Newcastle Evening Chronicle
1894, 1913, 1919
The People
1946-1949
Newcastle Chronicle
1875-1896, 1899-1900
Surrey Advertiser
1909
Limerick Chronicle
1825
Chris
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Bristol Times and Mirror
1897, 1900-1907, 1911
Witness (Edinburgh)
1840-1841, 1847, 1852, 1855-1856, 1858, 1860, 1862
The Queen
1887, 1889-1891, 1893-1896
Labour Leader
1894-1896, 1898-1919
Reading Evening Post
1989-1990
Women's Gazette & Weekly News
1888-1889
Football Post (Nottingham)
1973
Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser
1855
Harrow Observer
1895-1898, 1906-1921
Huddersfield Daily Examiner
1871, 1885, 1888, 1896-1897, 1905-1909
Express and Echo
1866-1868
Clarion
1891-1913, 1928-1932
Liverpool Daily Post
1877, 1911
Aberdeen Press and Journal
1983-1987
Forward (Glasgow)
1916-1919, 1921-1922
Calcutta Gazette
1784-1815
Aberdeen Evening Express
1985-1987
Lake's Falmouth Packet and Cornwall Advertiser
1912
Perthshire Advertiser
1885, 1946
Field
1853-1856, 1858, 1860, 1862-1863, 1865-1877, 1879-1881, 1884-1900, 1902-1911
John o' Groat Journal
1912
Oban Times, and Argyllshire Advertiser
1875
Hamilton Advertiser
1875, 1898-1899
Motherwell Times
1959
Liverpool Echo
1894-1896
Manchester Evening News
1891
Salisbury and Winchester Journal
1912
Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail
1959
Lichfield Mercury
1956, 1959-1963
Grantham Journal
1959
Sligo Champion
1931-1941, 1949, 1952, 1959-1963
Newcastle Journal
1880, 1883
Chelmsford Chronicle
1838
Norfolk Chronicle
1846
Royal Cornwall Gazette
1912
Strabane Chronicle
1904-1906, 1909-1911
Crawley News
1998
Harefield Gazette
1998-1999
Coventry Standard
1919
Pinner Observer
1998
Sandwell Evening Mail
1989
Kingston Informer
1998
Tablet
1865
Walsall Observer, and South Staffordshire Chronicle
1873-1878, 1880-1887, 1894, 1896, 1898-1899, 1901
Staffordshire Sentinel
1903-1910, 1918-1919
Newcastle Evening Chronicle
1894, 1913, 1919
The People
1946-1949
Newcastle Chronicle
1875-1896, 1899-1900
Surrey Advertiser
1909
Limerick Chronicle
1825
Chris
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Monday, 8 July 2019
Latest additions to the British Newspaper Archive
The following titles have been added to or updated on the British Newspaper Archive (www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) over the last 30 days:
Field
1853-1856, 1858, 1860, 1862-1863, 1865-1868, 1870-1877, 1879-1881, 1884-1900, 1902-1911
Strabane Chronicle
1899-1906, 1909-1911
Crawley News
1991, 1998-1999
Huddersfield Daily Examiner
1885, 1888, 1896-1897, 1905-1909
Harefield Gazette
1998-1999
Coventry Standard
1919
Pinner Observer
1998-1999
Sandwell Evening Mail
1989
Kingston Informer
1986-1987, 1994, 1998-1999
Tablet
1865
Liverpool Daily Post
1911
Walsall Observer, and South Staffordshire Chronicle
1873-1911, 1925-1933, 1958-1969
Staffordshire Sentinel
1903-1910, 1913-1919
Newcastle Evening Chronicle
1894, 1913, 1919
The People
1946-1949
Newcastle Chronicle
1875-1896, 1899-1900
Surrey Advertiser
1909
Limerick Chronicle
1825
Aberdeen Press and Journal
1980-1984
Harrow Leader
1998-1999
Ealing Leader
1998-1999
Hayes & Harlington Gazette
1998-1999
Acton Gazette
1871-1880, 1885, 1888-1892, 1894-1903, 1910-1917, 1921-1939
Amersham Advertiser
1998
Hammersmith & Shepherds Bush Gazette
1991
Dumfries and Galloway Standard
1874, 1884, 1887, 1891, 1894
Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough
1901-1905, 1907, 1910, 1912
Hamilton Advertiser
1889-1895, 1897, 1901, 1903-1904, 1906-1909
Kensington Post
1991, 1994-1997, 1999
Harrow Midweek
1979-1983
Nouvelle Chronique de Jersey
1889, 1896
Essex Guardian
1894-1897, 1899-1908
Northern Ensign and Weekly Gazette
1854, 1864, 1866, 1870-1871, 1879-1885, 1887, 1889-1892, 1895-1896, 1901, 1922-1926
Aberdeen Evening Express
1939-1943, 1945, 1980-1984
Middlesex Gazette
1889-1910, 1912-1913
Middlesex Independent
1883-1893, 1895
Western Mail
1913
Bristol Times and Mirror
1814, 1831-1832, 1835, 1837
Harrow Observer
1974
Bridgwater Journal
1989-1990
Volunteer Record & Shooting News
1884-1902
Thanet Times
1986
North Down Herald and County Down Independent
1939
Protestant Watchman and Lurgan Gazette
1874
Fishing Gazette
1895
Newcastle Journal
1879
Manchester Evening News
1888
Lichfield Mercury
1987
Chris
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Field
1853-1856, 1858, 1860, 1862-1863, 1865-1868, 1870-1877, 1879-1881, 1884-1900, 1902-1911
Strabane Chronicle1899-1906, 1909-1911
Crawley News
1991, 1998-1999
Huddersfield Daily Examiner
1885, 1888, 1896-1897, 1905-1909
Harefield Gazette
1998-1999
Coventry Standard
1919
Pinner Observer
1998-1999
Sandwell Evening Mail
1989
Kingston Informer
1986-1987, 1994, 1998-1999
Tablet
1865
Liverpool Daily Post
1911
Walsall Observer, and South Staffordshire Chronicle
1873-1911, 1925-1933, 1958-1969
Staffordshire Sentinel
1903-1910, 1913-1919
Newcastle Evening Chronicle
1894, 1913, 1919
The People
1946-1949
Newcastle Chronicle
1875-1896, 1899-1900
Surrey Advertiser
1909
Limerick Chronicle
1825
Aberdeen Press and Journal
1980-1984
Harrow Leader
1998-1999
Ealing Leader
1998-1999
Hayes & Harlington Gazette
1998-1999
Acton Gazette
1871-1880, 1885, 1888-1892, 1894-1903, 1910-1917, 1921-1939
Amersham Advertiser
1998
Hammersmith & Shepherds Bush Gazette
1991
Dumfries and Galloway Standard
1874, 1884, 1887, 1891, 1894
Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough
1901-1905, 1907, 1910, 1912
Hamilton Advertiser
1889-1895, 1897, 1901, 1903-1904, 1906-1909
Kensington Post
1991, 1994-1997, 1999
Harrow Midweek
1979-1983
Nouvelle Chronique de Jersey
1889, 1896
Essex Guardian
1894-1897, 1899-1908
Northern Ensign and Weekly Gazette
1854, 1864, 1866, 1870-1871, 1879-1885, 1887, 1889-1892, 1895-1896, 1901, 1922-1926
Aberdeen Evening Express
1939-1943, 1945, 1980-1984
Middlesex Gazette
1889-1910, 1912-1913
Middlesex Independent
1883-1893, 1895
Western Mail
1913
Bristol Times and Mirror
1814, 1831-1832, 1835, 1837
Harrow Observer
1974
Bridgwater Journal
1989-1990
Volunteer Record & Shooting News
1884-1902
Thanet Times
1986
North Down Herald and County Down Independent
1939
Protestant Watchman and Lurgan Gazette
1874
Fishing Gazette
1895
Newcastle Journal
1879
Manchester Evening News
1888
Lichfield Mercury
1987
Chris
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Friday, 28 June 2019
Irish and Scottish poor law records added to FindmyPast
This week's releases on FindmyPast (www.findmypast.co.uk):
Donegal Workhouses Registers and Minute Books
Search for your Irish ancestry through more than 400,000 new and exclusive records from the Donegal workhouses. The records include admission and discharge registers as well as board of guardians' minute books. The books span from 1840 to 1922, comprise records from 7 poor law unions across Donegal and join our growing collection of Irish Work House and Poor Law records. These records are also available to browse. The unions covered include Ballyshannon, Donegal, Dunfanaghy, Glentis, Inishowen, Letterkenny, Milford, and Stranorlar. The original records are held by the Donegal County Council and have been digitised through a partnership with Findmypast. Within the collection, you will find a wide variety of records.
Scotland, Highland Poor Law 1845-1929
Find out if your Highland ancestors fell on hard times with more than 9,000 new poverty relief records. These detailed transcripts can reveal a wide range of information about your ancestors, a description of the relief they received, location, their occupation, residence, earnings, the names and earnings of their relatives, how poor they actually were and the nature of their disability (if disabled).
Scotland, Highlands and Islands Assisted Emigration 1852-1857
Search the names of those who received assistance from the Highlands and Islands Emigration Society in emigrating from the Highlands of Scotland for Australia. Each transcript will reveal when your ancestor's dates and ports of both departure and arrival, their age and residence, the ship they sailed on, the name of their sponsor and the amount they received.
British & Irish Roots Collection
More than 1.2 million records has been added to our exclusive British and Irish Roots Collection, a vast database of nearly 100 million records, handpicked by our in-house experts, that identify a British or Irish emigrants in North America.
International Records Update – Luxembourg
Does your family tree have roots in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg? Find out with three new indexes of births & baptisms, marriages and deaths & burials spanning the years 1662 to 1840.
British & Irish Newspaper Update
This week we are delighted to welcome 137,896 new pages to The Archive, with new pages adding to 18 existing publications spanning 128 years from 1871 to 1999. This week's new additions include:
Staffordshire Sentinel: 1906-1910, 1918-1919
Newcastle Evening Chronicle: 1894, 1913, 1919
The People: 1946-1949
Newcastle Chronicle: 1875-1896, 1899-1900
Surrey Advertiser: 1909
Limerick Chronicle: 1825
Aberdeen Press and Journal: 1983-1984
Walsall Observer, and South Staffordshire Chronicle: 1873-1911, 1925-1933, 1958-1969
Pinner Observer: 1999
Harrow Leader: 1998-1999
Ealing Leader: 1998-1999
Hayes & Harlington Gazette: 1998-1999
Acton Gazette: 1871-1880, 1885, 1888-1892, 1894-1903, 1910-1917, 1921-1939
Amersham Advertiser: 1998
Hammersmith & Shepherds Bush Gazette: 1991
Dumfries and Galloway Standard: 1874, 1884
Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough: 1901-1902
Hamilton Advertiser: 1889-1892, 1894, 1897, 1901, 1903-1904, 1906-1908
Further information, and links, at https://blog.findmypast.co.uk/findmypast-fridays-june-28th-2019-2639002540.html
Chris
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Donegal Workhouses Registers and Minute Books
Search for your Irish ancestry through more than 400,000 new and exclusive records from the Donegal workhouses. The records include admission and discharge registers as well as board of guardians' minute books. The books span from 1840 to 1922, comprise records from 7 poor law unions across Donegal and join our growing collection of Irish Work House and Poor Law records. These records are also available to browse. The unions covered include Ballyshannon, Donegal, Dunfanaghy, Glentis, Inishowen, Letterkenny, Milford, and Stranorlar. The original records are held by the Donegal County Council and have been digitised through a partnership with Findmypast. Within the collection, you will find a wide variety of records.
Scotland, Highland Poor Law 1845-1929
Find out if your Highland ancestors fell on hard times with more than 9,000 new poverty relief records. These detailed transcripts can reveal a wide range of information about your ancestors, a description of the relief they received, location, their occupation, residence, earnings, the names and earnings of their relatives, how poor they actually were and the nature of their disability (if disabled).
Scotland, Highlands and Islands Assisted Emigration 1852-1857
Search the names of those who received assistance from the Highlands and Islands Emigration Society in emigrating from the Highlands of Scotland for Australia. Each transcript will reveal when your ancestor's dates and ports of both departure and arrival, their age and residence, the ship they sailed on, the name of their sponsor and the amount they received.
British & Irish Roots Collection
More than 1.2 million records has been added to our exclusive British and Irish Roots Collection, a vast database of nearly 100 million records, handpicked by our in-house experts, that identify a British or Irish emigrants in North America.
International Records Update – Luxembourg
Does your family tree have roots in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg? Find out with three new indexes of births & baptisms, marriages and deaths & burials spanning the years 1662 to 1840.
British & Irish Newspaper Update
This week we are delighted to welcome 137,896 new pages to The Archive, with new pages adding to 18 existing publications spanning 128 years from 1871 to 1999. This week's new additions include:
Staffordshire Sentinel: 1906-1910, 1918-1919
Newcastle Evening Chronicle: 1894, 1913, 1919
The People: 1946-1949
Newcastle Chronicle: 1875-1896, 1899-1900
Surrey Advertiser: 1909
Limerick Chronicle: 1825
Aberdeen Press and Journal: 1983-1984
Walsall Observer, and South Staffordshire Chronicle: 1873-1911, 1925-1933, 1958-1969
Pinner Observer: 1999
Harrow Leader: 1998-1999
Ealing Leader: 1998-1999
Hayes & Harlington Gazette: 1998-1999
Acton Gazette: 1871-1880, 1885, 1888-1892, 1894-1903, 1910-1917, 1921-1939
Amersham Advertiser: 1998
Hammersmith & Shepherds Bush Gazette: 1991
Dumfries and Galloway Standard: 1874, 1884
Daily Gazette for Middlesbrough: 1901-1902
Hamilton Advertiser: 1889-1892, 1894, 1897, 1901, 1903-1904, 1906-1908
Further information, and links, at https://blog.findmypast.co.uk/findmypast-fridays-june-28th-2019-2639002540.html
Chris
Pre-order Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) for just £11.99 at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483. Details of my genealogical research service are available at www.ScotlandsGreatestStory.co.uk. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
Monday, 17 June 2019
National Library of Scotland Digital Newspaper Collections survey
The National Library of Scotland (www.nls.uk) is currently running an online survey concerning its digital newspaper collections, which will run until Friday July 26th. Here's the blurb:
Reader Survey of Digital Newspaper Collections
The National Library of Scotland is carrying out research into the accessibility and use of Scotland’s newspapers as they are to be found online. The National Library provides access routes to newspaper eResources to registered Library members. Other digital newspaper collections exist elsewhere either providing online open access to view digital newspapers or closed access behind paywalls.
We will be very grateful to you for taking 3-5 minutes to complete 10 survey questions about your experience of using online newspaper collections and how they might be improved. The information you supply will be used to consider how to enhance access routes to newspapers of interest to Scottish audiences.
Any personal information you supply through this survey will be held and used by the National Library of Scotland for the purposes of handling your feedback. For full information about how we will hold and use your personal information, see our privacy page, in particular our fundraising privacy notice and our feedback and complaints notice.
Thank you.
The National Library of Scotland
June 2019
To take part in the survey visit https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/QZT8JCG
Chris
Pre-order Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) for just £11.99 at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483. Details of my genealogical research service are available at www.ScotlandsGreatestStory.co.uk. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
Reader Survey of Digital Newspaper Collections
The National Library of Scotland is carrying out research into the accessibility and use of Scotland’s newspapers as they are to be found online. The National Library provides access routes to newspaper eResources to registered Library members. Other digital newspaper collections exist elsewhere either providing online open access to view digital newspapers or closed access behind paywalls.
We will be very grateful to you for taking 3-5 minutes to complete 10 survey questions about your experience of using online newspaper collections and how they might be improved. The information you supply will be used to consider how to enhance access routes to newspapers of interest to Scottish audiences.
Any personal information you supply through this survey will be held and used by the National Library of Scotland for the purposes of handling your feedback. For full information about how we will hold and use your personal information, see our privacy page, in particular our fundraising privacy notice and our feedback and complaints notice.
Thank you.
The National Library of Scotland
June 2019
To take part in the survey visit https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/QZT8JCG
Chris
Pre-order Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) for just £11.99 at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483. Details of my genealogical research service are available at www.ScotlandsGreatestStory.co.uk. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
Friday, 14 June 2019
Scottish Peerage volumes and Phillimore's Marriages added to FindmyPast
This week's additions to FindmyPast (www.findmypast.co.uk) this week:
Scotland, Scottish Peerages
Explore this comprehensive history of the Scottish peerage between 1716 and 1914. The collection includes nine volumes of The Scots Peerage along with six other titles including a single-volume Jacobite peerage. These PDF images will reveal the Peers name, their year of Peerage, death date, the name of their spouse or spouses and the names of their children.
England, Phillimore Marriage Registers, 1531-1913
Discover your English ancestors in our new, fully searchable collection of Phillimore Marriage Registers. The registers contain approximately 2.3 million names and record marriages in more than 1,500 parishes across 29 English counties.
Kent Baptisms
Just under 20,000 new records covering two new parishes, Fawkham St Mary and Northfleet St Botolph, have been added to our collection of Kent parish baptisms.
Kent Marriages and Banns
Nearly 10,000 records from the parish of Northfleet St Botolph have been added to the collection.
Kent Burials
Over 14,000 new records from the parishes of Fawkham, St Mary and Northfleet, St Botolph are now available to search.
International Records Update – Denmark
Celebrate St Valdemar's day by discovering your Danish ancestors with more than 6.9 million baptisms, marriages and burials. Three new Danish indexes spanning the years 1635 to 1917 are now available to search and will generate hints against your Findmypast family tree.
British & Irish Newspaper Update
This week we have added 48,988 pages to The Archive, with new pages covering both England and Scotland. We're delighted to have updated four of our Scottish titles, with additions spanning the years between 1879 and 1981. We've also updated the Newcastle Journal, the Manchester Evening News, the Lichfield Mercury, the Wells Journal, and finally the Reading Evening Post. One of our Scottish titles to be updated this week is the Aberdeen Evening Express, to which we have added the years 1939-1945 and 1980-1981.
Further details and links at https://blog.findmypast.co.uk/findmypast-friday-june-14th-2638806064.html
Chris
Pre-order Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) for just £11.99 at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483. Details of my genealogical research service are available at www.ScotlandsGreatestStory.co.uk. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
Scotland, Scottish Peerages
Explore this comprehensive history of the Scottish peerage between 1716 and 1914. The collection includes nine volumes of The Scots Peerage along with six other titles including a single-volume Jacobite peerage. These PDF images will reveal the Peers name, their year of Peerage, death date, the name of their spouse or spouses and the names of their children.
England, Phillimore Marriage Registers, 1531-1913
Discover your English ancestors in our new, fully searchable collection of Phillimore Marriage Registers. The registers contain approximately 2.3 million names and record marriages in more than 1,500 parishes across 29 English counties.
Kent Baptisms
Just under 20,000 new records covering two new parishes, Fawkham St Mary and Northfleet St Botolph, have been added to our collection of Kent parish baptisms.
Kent Marriages and Banns
Nearly 10,000 records from the parish of Northfleet St Botolph have been added to the collection.
Kent Burials
Over 14,000 new records from the parishes of Fawkham, St Mary and Northfleet, St Botolph are now available to search.
International Records Update – Denmark
Celebrate St Valdemar's day by discovering your Danish ancestors with more than 6.9 million baptisms, marriages and burials. Three new Danish indexes spanning the years 1635 to 1917 are now available to search and will generate hints against your Findmypast family tree.
British & Irish Newspaper Update
This week we have added 48,988 pages to The Archive, with new pages covering both England and Scotland. We're delighted to have updated four of our Scottish titles, with additions spanning the years between 1879 and 1981. We've also updated the Newcastle Journal, the Manchester Evening News, the Lichfield Mercury, the Wells Journal, and finally the Reading Evening Post. One of our Scottish titles to be updated this week is the Aberdeen Evening Express, to which we have added the years 1939-1945 and 1980-1981.
Further details and links at https://blog.findmypast.co.uk/findmypast-friday-june-14th-2638806064.html
Chris
Pre-order Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) for just £11.99 at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483. Details of my genealogical research service are available at www.ScotlandsGreatestStory.co.uk. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
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Friday, 7 June 2019
FindmyPast adds merchant seamen crew lists
The latest records added to FindmyPast (www.findmypast.co.uk) this week:
England & Wales Merchant Navy Crew Lists 1861-1913
Over 135,000 new Portsmouth records have been added to our collection of Merchant Navy Crew Lists. The records document the role and employment of each member of the crew. Individuals would 'sign on' when they began their employment, either at the start of the voyage, or when they joined the ship at one of its ports of call. They 'signed off' at the end of the voyage or, if they chose not to finish, at a port of call.
Greater London Burial Index
Over 28,000 miscellaneous records have been added to the Greater London Burial Index. Covering the years between 1399 and 1992, this vast index is an excellent resource for all those with ancestors in the greater London area. Records may reveal your relative's name, age, occupation, address, religious denomination, death year, burial date, and burial location.
New Jersey Marriage Index, 1901-2016 Image Browse
Browse through over 300 volumes of the New Jersey marriage index from 1901 to 2016. Containing well over 200,000 individual records, this collection will enable you to discover who your ancestors married, when they married them and where.
UK Electoral Registers & Companies House Directors 2002-2019
Over 1.6 million new additions are now available. Within this collection you can search registers of UK directors whose companies are registered with Companies House along with the UK's electoral registers beginning from 2002.
International Records Update – Sweden
Celebrate the National Day of Sweden by unearthing your Swedish roots. Over 12 million Swedish baptisms, marriages and burials are now dating back to 1611 are now available to search on Findmypast. These records will also generate hints against your Findmypast family tree. Our Swedish collection consist of the following indexes:
Sweden Baptism Index 1611-1920
Sweden Burial Index 1649-1920
Sweden Marriage Index 1630-1920
British & Irish Newspaper Update
This week we have added 86,414 new pages to our collection this week, with updates to six of our existing titles. We have updates to two of our new titles – specialist countryman's newspaper Field and West Midlands title the Sandwell Evening Mail – as well as updates to four of our other titles. We have added a long run of late nineteenth century pages to the Acton Gazette, and there are also updates to the Reading Evening Post, the Tottenham & Edmonton Weekly Herald, and finally the Mansfield & Sutton Recorder.
Full details and links at https://blog.findmypast.co.uk/findmypast-friday-2638717527.html
Chris
Pre-order Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) for just £11.99 at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483. Details of my genealogical research service are available at www.ScotlandsGreatestStory.co.uk. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
England & Wales Merchant Navy Crew Lists 1861-1913
Over 135,000 new Portsmouth records have been added to our collection of Merchant Navy Crew Lists. The records document the role and employment of each member of the crew. Individuals would 'sign on' when they began their employment, either at the start of the voyage, or when they joined the ship at one of its ports of call. They 'signed off' at the end of the voyage or, if they chose not to finish, at a port of call.
Greater London Burial Index
Over 28,000 miscellaneous records have been added to the Greater London Burial Index. Covering the years between 1399 and 1992, this vast index is an excellent resource for all those with ancestors in the greater London area. Records may reveal your relative's name, age, occupation, address, religious denomination, death year, burial date, and burial location.
New Jersey Marriage Index, 1901-2016 Image Browse
Browse through over 300 volumes of the New Jersey marriage index from 1901 to 2016. Containing well over 200,000 individual records, this collection will enable you to discover who your ancestors married, when they married them and where.
UK Electoral Registers & Companies House Directors 2002-2019
Over 1.6 million new additions are now available. Within this collection you can search registers of UK directors whose companies are registered with Companies House along with the UK's electoral registers beginning from 2002.
International Records Update – Sweden
Celebrate the National Day of Sweden by unearthing your Swedish roots. Over 12 million Swedish baptisms, marriages and burials are now dating back to 1611 are now available to search on Findmypast. These records will also generate hints against your Findmypast family tree. Our Swedish collection consist of the following indexes:
Sweden Baptism Index 1611-1920
Sweden Burial Index 1649-1920
Sweden Marriage Index 1630-1920
British & Irish Newspaper Update
This week we have added 86,414 new pages to our collection this week, with updates to six of our existing titles. We have updates to two of our new titles – specialist countryman's newspaper Field and West Midlands title the Sandwell Evening Mail – as well as updates to four of our other titles. We have added a long run of late nineteenth century pages to the Acton Gazette, and there are also updates to the Reading Evening Post, the Tottenham & Edmonton Weekly Herald, and finally the Mansfield & Sutton Recorder.
Full details and links at https://blog.findmypast.co.uk/findmypast-friday-2638717527.html
Chris
Pre-order Tracing Your Irish Family History on the Internet (2nd ed) for just £11.99 at https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tracing-Your-Irish-Family-History-on-the-Internet-Paperback/p/16483. Details of my genealogical research service are available at www.ScotlandsGreatestStory.co.uk. Further news published daily on The GENES Blog Facebook page, and on Twitter @genesblog.
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