Explore new parish records from across England
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By Daisy Goddard | August 23, 2024
There are new additions from Broadstairs to Bath for you to discover this week.
We've added 6,284 parish records from three English counties this week. If your family tree has roots in Buckinghamshire, Kent or Somerset, you may spot a familiar name or two within these three updated record sets.
Comprising baptisms, marriages and burials, these records are from intermittent years between 1924 and 1998.
We've also added a new Nottinghamshire title to our newspaper collection - read on to discover all that's been added this Findmypast Friday.
Buckinghamshire parish records
We added 626 new baptism and marriage records from Buckinghamshire this week. These additions are from 1924 and 1939.
Kent parish records
With the addition of 4,896 baptisms, marriages and burials from 1924, 1940 and 1999, our Kent parish record collection is bigger than ever.
Maidstone, Kent, c.1890.
If your family tree has branches in the Garden of England - be sure to search these three updated record sets today.
Somerset parish records
Rounding off our trio of parish updates, we have 762 records for the country of Somerset. These brand-new transcriptions cover 1924, 1940 and 1998.
285,136 new pages to discover
We added a new title - Chad (Alfreton) - to the archive this week.
We also updated 21 existing publications, with over 280,000 new pages for you to explore.
Here's everything we added to our newspaper archive this week.
New titles:
- Chad (Alfreton), 1989-2002
Updated titles:
- Batley News, 1992-1993, 1999
- Berwick Advertiser, 1999, 2001-2003
- Brechin Advertiser, 1992
- Brighouse Echo, 1988-1989, 1991-1992, 1998, 2000-2002
- Broughty Ferry Guide and Advertiser, 1992-1993
- Buckingham Advertiser and Free Press, 2002-2003
- Carluke and Lanark Gazette, 1989, 1999
- Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, 1991-1992, 1994, 1996, 1998
- Forfar Dispatch, 1992
- Glossop Times, 1869-1876, 1878-1888, 1892-1893, 1895-1897, 1899-1901
- Hemel Hempstead Gazette and West Herts Advertiser, 1993-1994, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2003
- Kirkintilloch Herald, 1957-1958, 1960, 1962-1974
- Kirriemuir Herald, 1992
- Leighton Buzzard Observer and Linslade Gazette, 1989-1992, 1999, 2003
- Montrose Review, 1993
- Morpeth Herald, 2002-2003
- Musselburgh News, 1991
- Ripon Gazette, 1978, 1980-1981
- Stornoway Gazette and West Coast Advertiser, 1993
- Warwick Courier, 1996-1997, 2000-2002
- Wolverhampton Express and Star, 1997-1998, 2000-2003
Last week we added Roman Catholic records from England, Scotland and the United States. Don't miss out - explore the full release for yourself here.
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