Sunday 5 August 2018

More English county records join FindmyPast

Latest additions to FindmyPast (www.findmypast.co.uk):



1939 register update
Over 37,000 additional 'open' records have been added to the 1939 Register. Since the Register was launched, Findmypast has matched more than four million 'closed records' to multiple data sources to correctly confirm the date and location of death for individuals recorded.

Cumberland Registers & Records
Explore registers and records from the English county of Cumberland. This collection currently comprises one title: Monumental Inscriptions in the Graveyards of Brigham & Bridekirk, 1666-1876.

Derbyshire Registers & Records
Explore registers and records from the English county of Derbyshire. This collection currently comprises one title: The Brave Men of Eyam, 1665-1666.

Devon Registers & Records
Explore registers and records from the English county of Devon. This collection currently comprises one title: Parish Registers of Hemyock, 1635-1837.

Cheshire Registers & Records
Explore registers and records from the English county of Cheshire. This collection currently comprises five titles, including parish registers and histories and funeral certificates.
Currently, there are five titles within this collection:
Cheshire Funeral Certificates, 1600-1678
Gawsworth Church and Parish
History of the Parish of Eastham, 1871-1920
Notes on the Parish of Burton in Wirral
Parish Registers of Holy Trinity, Chester, 1532-1837

British & Irish Newspaper Update
This week we have added 143,678 pages to The Archive. We have added one new title, the Oxfordshire Weekly News, and we have continued to augment our Irish collection, with updates to three of our Irish titles. We have also added more pages to the Liverpool Echo, with titles now spanning the years 1879 to 1988 for this particular newspaper.

The coverage years added to the collection this week include:
Oxfordshire Weekly News - 1869-1895, 1898-1926
Irish Independent - 1995-1997, 2000
Belfast Telegraph - 1995-1997, 2000
Liverpool Echo - 1987-1988
Evening Herald (Dublin) – 2002

Further details at https://blog.findmypast.co.uk/findmypast-friday-2592135791.html

Chris

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