Spotlight your Scottish heritage with new and exclusive records
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By Jessie Ohara | November 4, 2022
Discover thousands of new additions stemming back to the 16th century.
It's time to dive into your Scottish roots this week, with new and exclusive additions across two collections. Plus, discover three brand-new newspaper titles from England, Scotland and Wales.
Read on for a rundown of everything that's new.
Scotland, Poor Law & Poor Lists
We've added 16,820 records to this collection, spanning 1816-1901. Crucially, these transcripts will often provide rich detail on your ancestor and their circumstances.
Inverness, Scotland, photomechanical print, circa 1890.
You will find records from:
- Dreghorn Poor Relief, 1872-1901
- Inverness Poor Relief, 1846-1894
- Wick Poor Relief, 1870-1887
- Stirling & Perthshire Poor Relief, 1816-1899
Dreghorn takes the majority of these records, and they also hold the most detail. However, many of these records will give you information such as occupation, residence, any disabilities, financial situation, parents' or spouse's names, marital status, religion, and when they applied for relief. Some will also include extra notes - for example, it's noted that 17-year-old Johanna Mackenzie had epilepsy, and was moved from the infirmary to the District Asylum in 1892.
Scotland, Occupations & Professions
We've added another 16,000 records to this collection from various sources, stemming all the way back to the 16th century.
In it, you'll find records from:
- Merchants Matriculat in the Company of Merchants of Edinburgh, 1687
- Scotland, Fellows of the Royal College of Surgeons 1581-1873
- A history of the Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet, 1890
- Scottish Seafarers Index
- Fife Shopkeepers and Traders
The information will vary record to record, but many will have additional notes about your ancestor, their life or occupation. There are also a few recognisable names in this collection, such as Robert Knox, famous for his gruesome involvement with the Burke and Hare murders.
A line engraving of Robert Knox, c. 1830.
Both of these record collections are entirely unique to Findmypast, so you won't find them online at any other family history website.
News for a hundred years
We've added three brand-new titles to our newspaper archive this week. Continue your 19th-century Scottish research with the Peebles News, or venture further out into England and Wales with the Ramsbottom Observer and Vale Advertiser respectively.
The Peebles News and County Advertiser, 1920.
We've also updated 73 of our other titles, so here's a full rundown of everything that's new. If one catches your eye, just head over to our newspaper archive and filter by title.
New titles:
- Peebles News, 1896-1920
- Ramsbottom Observer, 1900
- Vale Advertiser, 1996
Updated titles:
- Aberdare Leader, 1951
- Abergele & Pensarn Visitor, 1996
- Accrington Observer and Times, 1916, 1997
- Aldershot News, 1945-1949, 1961, 1967
- Ashby Mail, 1997
- Beaconsfield Advertiser, 1994
- Bebington News, 1995
- Beverley Advertiser, 1995, 1997
- Billericay Gazette, 1996
- Birkenhead & Cheshire Advertiser, 1950
- Birmingham Mail, 1963
- Birmingham Weekly Post, 1900
- Boston Target, 1997
- Bristol Evening Post, 1958-1959
- Cambridge Town Crier, 1997
- Cambridge Weekly News, 1996
- Caterham Mirror, 1996
- Central Somerset Gazette, 1900
- Cheltenham News, 1995
- Clevedon Mercury, 1995
- Crosby Herald, 1995-1996
- Dorking and Leatherhead Advertiser, 1996
- Dumfries and Galloway Standard, 1995
- Ealing & Southall Informer, 1996
- East Kent Gazette, 1900, 1996
- Folkestone Express, Sandgate, Shorncliffe & Hythe Advertiser, 1900
- Formby Times, 1996
- Gainsborough Target, 1996
- Gloucester News, 1995-1996
- Harlow Star, 1996
- Hinckley Herald & Journal, 1994-1996
- Hinckley Times, 1897, 1900-1902, 1905-1906, 1909-1910, 1913-1914, 1923-1924, 1927-1932, 1937-1939, 1947-1948, 1951-1952, 1956-1961, 1966-1970, 1973-1979
- Horley & Gatwick Mirror, 1996
- Horncastle Target, 1996
- Hounslow & Chiswick Informer, 1996
- Hull Daily Mail, 1964, 1966, 1971
- Irvine Herald, 1996
- Leatherhead Advertiser, 1996
- Leek Post & Times and Cheadle News & Times and Moorland Advertiser, 1995
- Lichfield Post, 1996
- Lincoln Target, 1995
- Maghull & Aintree Star, 1996
- Manchester Metro News, 1996
- Medway News, 1995
- Merthyr Express, 1994
- Midweek Visiter (Southport), 1996
- Neath Guardian, 1996
- North Star (Darlington), 1900
- Nottingham Evening Post, 1955
- Nottingham Guardian, 1887, 1897, 1901, 1903, 1955-1958, 1964-1971
- Oadby & Wigston Mail, 1995
- Ormskirk Advertiser, 1997-1999
- Potteries Advertiser, 1995-1996
- Rossendale Free Press, 1996-1997
- Royston and Buntingford Mercury, 1996
- Ruislip & Northwood Gazette, 1996
- Ruislip & Northwood Informer, 1996
- Runcorn & Widnes Herald & Post, 1996
- Salford Advertiser, 1996
- Skelmersdale Advertiser, 1996, 1998
- Sleaford Target, 1994, 1996
- Southport Visiter, 1995-1996
- Staines Informer, 1996-1997
- Staines Leader, 1997
- Stockport Express Advertiser, 1994, 1996
- Stockport Times, 1996
- Stockton & Billingham Herald & Post, 1996
- Surrey Mirror, 1996
- Thanet Times, 1996
- Torbay Express and South Devon Echo, 1926-1929, 1933, 1935-1936, 1955
- Uxbridge Informer, 1996
- Walsall Observer, 1953
- Wembley Leader, 1996
And while we have your attention, we're calling out for you to share your ancestors' wartime stories with us this November. Using this thread, you can record and share their triumphs and tragedies during the First or Second World War. Help us to capture and spotlight the vital stories of our shared national past.
