Category Archives: England

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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New baptism, marriage and burial records for Kent, England on Findmypast

Posted on May 26, 2024 by Gail Dever

This week, Findmypast added thousands of baptism, marriage and burial records from Kent, England. The records span several locations across the county and date as far back as 1558. Kent baptismsThere are thousands of new baptism records from Charlton, Cliffe, … Continue reading →

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New on Findmypast — Cumberland parish records

Posted on November 17, 2023 by Gail Dever

This week, Findmypast has added almost 200,00 new parish records for Cumberland County in North West England. Cumberland baptisms There are 65,252 new baptism records. Cumberland marriages For marriages, there are 68,211 new records to explore, covering 1547 to 1975. Cumberland burialsFinally, … Continue reading →

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Findmypast Friday — Millions of new records for Manchester plus thousands of London burials and Berkshire baptisms

Posted on October 27, 2023 by Gail Dever

This is quite a week for Findmypast subscribers who have relatives who lived in Manchester, London, or Berkshire. More than 25 million electoral records for Greater Manchester, almost 400,000 new Greater London burial records, and more than 200,000 Berkshire baptisms … Continue reading →

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Findmypast — More Oxfordshire baptism, marriage and burial records

Posted on October 15, 2023 by Gail Dever

The folks at Findmypast have created three new collections for Oxfordshire baptisms, marriages and burials from existing collections and they have added almost 70,000 new vital records to these collections.   Oxfordshire baptisms This brand-new collection includes more than 233,000 records … Continue reading →

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Findmypast weekly update — Electoral and death duty records

Posted on October 6, 2023 by Gail Dever

Findmypast this week added electoral registers and death duty registers to its website. UK Electoral Registers and Companies House Directors Over 12 million records have been added to this existing collection, taking it right up to 2023. As with previous years, … Continue reading →

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Findmypast Friday — Norfolk headstones and the Irish Army Census 1922

Posted on September 1, 2023 by Gail Dever

This week, Findmypast has added Norfolk graves and memorials and reworked the 1922 Irish Army Census.  Norfolk Memorials A further 30,149 new additions have been added, thanks to local resident Louise Cocker who has been hard at work, photographing Norfolk headstones … Continue reading →

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Findmypast Friday — Parish records from Herefordshire, England

Posted on August 18, 2023 by Gail Dever

This week, Findmypast has added more than 650,000 parish records from the county of Herefordshire in England. Herefordshire baptisms 231,270 new baptism transcripts have been added to Findmypast’s existing collection that spans the years, 1433 to 1950. The new additions take … Continue reading →

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Additions to Findmypast — Glasgow and London records

Posted on July 24, 2023 by Gail Dever

Findmypast has added two new record collections and added more records to its London burials collection.  Shoreditch Settlement Examinations 1758-1802 This new collection of 10,782 records includes those who were “settled” in Shoreditch, London during the second half of the 18th … Continue reading →

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