Category Archives: England

Findmypast adds historical medical records and updates Irish newspaper collection

Posted on March 13, 2026 by Gail Dever

Did your ancestor go under the knife? You can perhaps find out in Findmypast’s latest family history records. Surgeons’ Case Books, University College London, 1836-1851Did your ancestor end up in the unfortunate circumstance of requiring surgery in Victorian London? This … Continue reading →

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Findmypast to accelerate access to British, Irish and Commonwealth newspapers

Posted on March 8, 2026 by Gail Dever

Findmypast plans to expand the capacity of its digitization studio in Boston Spa, Yorkshire, England to invest further in the scanning of both paper and microfilm titles of newspapers. The investment comes after the company, in partnership with the British Library, … Continue reading →

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Findmypast Friday — New records from Suffolk and Essex, England

Posted on February 6, 2026 by Gail Dever

If you have roots in the East of England, as I do, this week’s new and updated collections may reveal key details about the lives of your ancestors. Suffolk Hearth Tax Lists, 1662-1675This new collection documents the payment of the … Continue reading →

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New East Midlands records on Findmypast

Posted on January 30, 2026 by Gail Dever

Findmypast has this week updated four East Midlands record sets. There are new additions from Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire, including militia lists, memorial inscriptions, and workhouse documents. Northamptonshire Militia Lists, 1762-1819This updated collection contains 7,687 new records, covering 1774 to 1803. … Continue reading →

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Nottinghamshire monumental inscriptions and Middlesex baptisms added to Findmypast’s records for England

Posted on December 23, 2025 by Gail Dever

For family historians researching their ancestors in England, Findmypast has added more than 150,000 monumental inscription records from Nottinghamshire, as well as new Middlesex baptisms. Nottinghamshire Monumental InscriptionsThe more than 150,000 new records cover the years 1317 to 2022. Nottinghamshire … Continue reading →

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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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