Category Archives: England

Findmypast adds records for London police officers and merchant seamen

Posted on December 12, 2025 by Gail Dever

If your ancestor served with the London Metropolitan Police, you may want to check out Findmypast’s latest collections of records. Or perhaps you have an ancestor who was a merchant seaman or someone who was buried in Surrey. Findmypast may … Continue reading →

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Big increase in cost of copies of English and Welsh wills coming mid-November

Posted on November 5, 2025 by Gail Dever

If you’ve been mulling over whether or not to order an English or Welsh will, now is the time to do so. Very soon, the cost is going to be ten times higher. According to articles in Who Do You … Continue reading →

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New parish and electoral records on Findmypast

Posted on June 27, 2025 by Gail Dever

This week, Findmypast added baptism, marriage and burial records from Cheshire, England, as well as more than a million British electoral registers. UK Electoral Registers & Companies House DirectorsThere are now 1,081,193 records added to Findmypast’s existing collection of British … Continue reading →

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Warning: Findmypast’s new ship passenger lists and naturalization records could send you down the research rabbit hole

Posted on June 23, 2025 by Gail Dever

Bear with me. I tried to publish the news about Findmypast’s latest records a couple of days ago, but I was sidetracked by a discovery I made about my grandmother’s cousin whose name appears on a Lusitania passenger list in … Continue reading →

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Newly added records on Findmypast from Wiltshire, England

Posted on April 8, 2025 by Gail Dever

There are more than 40,000 new additions from Wilshire in South West England on Findmypast. These records were made available in partnership with the Family History Federation and Wiltshire Family History Society. Wiltshire Police Officers Appointed, 1839-1926Did your ancestor serve … Continue reading →

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1921 Census for England and Wales coming to Ancestry

Posted on January 2, 2025 by Gail Dever

If you have English and/or Welsh ancestry and a subscription to Ancestry’s Worldwide package, there’s very good news for you. On January 7, Ancestry will make available to subscribers the 1921 Census for England and Wales. The records will be … Continue reading →

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Findmypast Friday additions — Southwark rate books and poor laws and London marriages

Posted on December 6, 2024 by Gail Dever

Findmypast this week added 1,392,255 new London records to their collection, along with rate book and poor law records from Southwark, which is a district of Central London.  Southwark Rate BooksThey’ve added 1,283,820 new Southwark rate book records spanning the … Continue reading →

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Findmypast adds 10+ million new records, including England directories

Posted on October 7, 2024 by Gail Dever

When I read Findmypast’s blog post about the latest additions to their website, I almost didn’t start this blog post and I could easily have skipped eating dinner It was hard to resist the temptation, but I finally pulled myself … Continue reading →

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New on Findmypast — British coastguard and navy records

Posted on June 3, 2024 by Gail Dever

Family historians with British marines, naval officers or coastguards among their ancestors and relatives may want to take a look at the latest records Findmypast has added to its collections. Coastguards 1801-1952If your ancestor worked as a British coastguard between … Continue reading →

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GRO England and Wales increases prices of birth, marriage and death records

Posted on May 29, 2024 by Gail Dever

If you’ve delayed ordering civil birth, marriage or death records for England and Wales from the General Register Office (GRO), you may be kicking yourself. The GRO, which holds the records from 1837 when civil registration was introduced, has increased the … Continue reading →

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