Explore new English parish records
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By Daisy Goddard | July 12, 2024
We added baptisms, marriages and more this week.
If your family tree has London branches, it just got easier to fill in those pesky gaps. This Findmypast Friday, we added 25,418 baptisms and over 2,500 marriage records from London, Middlesex and Surrey.
These new additions stretch as far back as 1750 and include parishes in Barking, Lambeth, Camden and Bermondsey. We also added two English titles to our newspaper collection this week.
Surrey Baptisms
These 12,190 new additions cover from 1785 to 1865, meaning it's easier than ever to delve into your family tree's 18th and 19th-century branches.
Middlesex Baptisms
We've also added over 12,000 baptisms from Middlesex, covering 122 years.
Map of Middlesex, c.1800.
The parishes included span the Greater London area.
Greater London Marriage Index
Lastly, we added 2,494 transcriptions (spanning 1785 to 1815) to our Greater London Marriage Index this week.
Over 320,000 new pages to explore
Two brand new titles - the Warwick Courier and the Bicester Review - joined our newspaper collection this week.
We also updated 21 of our existing publications, with a total of 320,851 new pages added.
Here's everything that's been added to the newspaper archive this Findmypast Friday.
New titles:
- Bicester Review, 1988-1992, 1996-1998
- Warwick Courier, 1992-1995, 1998
Updated titles:
- Barnoldswick & Earby Times, 1989
- Bedfordshire Times and Independent, 1989
- Biggleswade Chronicle, 1981-1982, 1984, 1989
- Buckingham Advertiser and Free Press, 1994
- Burnley Express, 1988-1994, 1996-1998
- Derbyshire Times, 1988-1989
- Dunstable Gazette, 2003
- Eastbourne Herald, 1996-1997
- Falkirk Herald, 1988-1989
- Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail, 2003
- Kirriemuir Herald, 1989
- Knaresborough Post, 1987, 1994
- Leighton Buzzard Observer and Linslade Gazette, 1993
- Luton News and Bedfordshire Chronicle, 1989-1990, 1992, 1995-1998, 2001-2003
- Nelson Leader, 1991, 1995, 1998
- Peterborough Advertiser, 1980, 1983
- Portadown Times, 2002
- Shields Daily Gazette, 1996-1997, 2003
- St. Andrews Citizen, 1996
- Sussex Express, 2000
- Wolverhampton Express and Star, 1996-1997
Last week we added a bumper release of US and British records. You can explore all that was added here.
Episode 4 of Was Justice Served? out now
In the fourth episode of the podcast, Jen and David take a look at the mysterious death of Julia Lewin in 1906. Who was responsible for her sudden demise - was it a tragic accident, or were malicious factors at play?
After listening to the podcast, explore the case files for yourself. Review the evidence, and come to your own verdict: was justice served? For each episode, you can vote on it here.
Have you made a surprising family history discovery? Whatever you've uncovered about your past, we'd love to hear about it. You can now get in touch and tell us using this handy form.
