Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 13 to 19 January 2019

I am trying to keep up with the new and updated record collections at   FamilySearch   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list) every week.

As of 19 January 2019, there were 2,433 record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 4 from last week):

The added or updated collections are (as Marshall provided them):

--- Collections Added   ---

*  France, Saône-et-Loire, Parish and Civil Registration, 1530-1892        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2840171); 3,064,022 indexed records with 3,064,022 record images, ADDED 16 Jan 2019

*  Hawaii, Naturalization Records, 1838-1991       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2842680); 129 indexed records with 129 record images, ADDED 12 Jan 2019

*  Maryland, Baltimore, Loudon Park Cemetery, Cemetery Records, 1853-1986  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3021633); 356,122 indexed records with 356,122 record images, ADDED 17 Jan 2019

--- Collections Updated ---

*  Quebec, Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1979    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1321742); 79,535 indexed records with 1,398,741 record images (was 79,535 records with 1,399,152 images), Updated 14 Jan 2019

*  Belgium, East Flanders, Civil Registration, 1541-1914   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2138513); 468,133 indexed records with 2,944,655 record images (was 465,376 records with 2,944,655 images), Updated 18 Jan 2019

*  Costa Rica, Civil Registration, 1823-1975       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1925429); 4,432,295 indexed records with 404,718 record images (was 4,358,977 records with 404,718 images), Updated 15 Jan 2019

*  France, Saône-et-Loire, Census, 1836    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2721038); Index only (545,714 records), no images (was 545,714 records with 10,183 images), Updated 15 Jan 2019

*  Nicaragua Civil Registration, 1809-2013 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1601210); 1,711,162 indexed records with 2,591,542 record images (was 1,675,795 records with 2,591,542 images), Updated 18 Jan 2019

*  England, Northumberland, Parish Registers, 1538-1950    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2353070); 1,923,622 indexed records with 61,776 record images (was 928,964 records with 61,776 images), Updated 16 Jan 2019

*  Montana, Granite County Records, 1865-2009      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2029197); 7,691 indexed records with 108,688 record images (was 4,707 records with 108,688 images), Updated 17 Jan 2019

*  Texas, Swisher County Records, 1879-2012        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2103490); 11,039 indexed records with 93,205 record images (was 10,967 records with 93,205 images), Updated 17 Jan 2019

*  United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2968245); 3,658,350 indexed records with 2,707,258 record images (was 3,170,620 records with 2,697,997 images), Updated 14 Jan 2019

*  United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2333694); 34,168,489 indexed records with 46,885,712 record images (was 34,168,489 records with 46,885,712 images), Updated 18 Jan 2019

*  France, Haute-Garonne, Toulouse, Church Records, 1539-1793      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2363045); 599,807 indexed records with 95,073 record images (was 598,656 records with 95,073 images), Updated 16 Jan 2019

*  France, Vienne, Military Draft Cards, 1867-1921 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2807503); 143,527 indexed records with 118,680 record images (was 143,016 records with 118,183 images), Updated 14 Jan 2019

*  Montana, Cascade County Records, 1880-2009      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1926700); 586,704 indexed records with 614,573 record images (was 541,267 records with 614,573 images), Updated 17 Jan 2019

*  South Africa, Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1846-1950   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2573604); 438,418 indexed records with 316,164 record images (was 434,732 records with 315,495 images), Updated 17 Jan 2019

*  Peru, La Libertad, Civil Registration, 1903-1998        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016224); 1,705,517 indexed records with 1,582,419 record images (was 1,705,517 records with 1,582,419 images), Updated 17 Jan 2019

*  Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1463134); 7,025,587 indexed records with 7,025,587 record images (was 7,025,587 records with 7,025,587 images), Updated 17 Jan 2019

*  United States, Native American, Eastern Cherokee Indian Reservation Rolls, 1848-1970    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2796818); 48,803 indexed records with 684 record images (was 48,034 records with 684 images), Updated 14 Jan 2019

*  Germany, Baden, Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau, Catholic Church Records, 1678-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790181); 10,301,574 indexed records with 1,504,762 record images (was 2,903,930 records with 538,955 images), Updated 16 Jan 2019

*  Montana, Teton County Records, 1881-2012        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2170641); 13,118 indexed records with 117,351 record images (was 12,770 records with 117,351 images), Updated 18 Jan 2019

*  Australia, South Australia, School Admission Registers, 1873-1985       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2862204); 186,700 indexed records with 4,929 record images (was 89,801 records with 2,316 images), Updated 18 Jan 2019

*  Indiana, Ripley County, Osgood, Greendale Cemetery Records, 1861-2007   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1548494); 4,443 indexed records with 3,977 record images (was 0 records with 3,977 images), Updated 15 Jan 2019

*  Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1999178); 3,944 indexed records with 2,280,204 record images (was 3,623 records with 2,280,204 images), Updated 17 Jan 2019

*  Bolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1922463); 1,956,005 indexed records with 1,649,601 record images (was 1,536,683 records with 1,649,601 images), Updated 17 Jan 2019

*  North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2848682); 411,880 indexed records with 446,211 record images (was 125,386 records with 152,430 images), Updated 17 Jan 2019

*  Benin, Civil Registration of Deaths, 1891-2014  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2534492); 23,829 indexed records with 21,173 record images (was 23,819 records with 21,173 images), Updated 16 Jan 2019

*  Argentina, Santa Fe, Catholic Church Records, 1634-1975 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974196); 1,015,996 indexed records with 424,329 record images (was 1,015,996 records with 424,329 images), Updated 17 Jan 2019

*  England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1911752); 2,989,415 indexed records with 53,151 record images (was 2,683,565 records with 53,151 images), Updated 17 Jan 2019

*  Ukraine, Kiev Confession Lists, 1741-1918       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2290980); 379,071 indexed records with 40,448 record images (was 379,071 records with 40,448 images), Updated 15 Jan 2019

*  Germany, Bavaria, Diocese of Augsburg, Catholic Church Records, 1615-1939       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2780016); Browse 752,454 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 410,540 images), Updated 15 Jan 2019

*  Virginia, Lynchburg, Diuguid Funeral Home records, 1820-1971    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1419237); 14,750 indexed records with 5,954 record images (was 14,711 records with 5,953 images), Updated 16 Jan 2019

*  France, Calvados, Military Registration Cards, 1867-1921        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2815120); 95,494 indexed records with 87,562 record images (was 94,106 records with 0 images), Updated 14 Jan 2019

*  Germany, Schleswig-Holstein, Kreis Steinburg, Civil Registration, 1874-1983     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2454663); 221,138 indexed records with 192,128 record images (was 203,978 records with 192,128 images), Updated 17 Jan 2019

*  United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2367299); 6,221,269 indexed records with 539,878 record images (was 6,221,269 records with 455,810 images), Updated 15 Jan 2019

--- Collections with new images ---

*  Montana, Deer Lodge County, Anaconda, Cemetery Records, 1878-2005       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1386115); 711 indexed records with 711 record images (was 691 records with 691 images),  8 Jan 2019

*  Texas, Gonzales County, Birth Records, 1878-1945        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3023822); 516 indexed records with 516 record images (was 480 records with 480 images),  28 Dec 2018

*  Louisiana, Ascension Parish, Index of Marriages, 1773-1963      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3021712); 3,909 indexed records with 3,909 record images (was 3,556 records with 3,626 images),  28 Dec 2018

*  Italy, Avellino, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1947  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2484771); 4,773 indexed records with 4,796 record images (was 3,527 records with 3,720 images),  28 Dec 2018

*  New Jersey, Jersey City, Holy Name Cemetery, Card Index of Interment, 1849-1984 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3016198); 3,325 indexed records with 3,325 record images (was 1,596 records with 2,317 images),  8 Jan 2019

*  Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Board of Health Birth Return Records, 1908-1911     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3015348); 79 indexed records with 79 record images (was 70 records with 70 images),  28 Dec 2018

*  Argentina, Entre Ríos, Civil Registration, 1860-1965    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3006904); 906 indexed records with 976 record images (was 179 records with 227 images),  10 Jan 2019

--- Collections with new records ---

*  Peru, Tacna, Civil Registration, 1850-1998      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2305287); 116 indexed records with 253,910 record images (was 0 records with 253,910 images),  28 May 2015

*  Italy, Salerno, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1806-1949   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1935404); 28,912 indexed records with 5,930,229 record images (was 28,659 records with 5,930,229 images),  10 Jan 2019

*  Louisiana, Orleans Parish Vital Records, 1900-1964      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1929995); 148,503 indexed records with 54,869 record images (was 148,502 records with 54,869 images),  19 Oct 2018

*  Italy, Napoli, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1865    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1937990); 804,894 indexed records with 6,791,351 record images (was 802,643 records with 6,791,351 images),  10 Sep 2018

*  Italy, Campobasso, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1918        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1968528); 146,695 indexed records with 2,171,605 record images (was 146,390 records with 2,171,605 images),  10 Jan 2019

*  Italy, Macerata, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1808-1814  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2152678); 136 indexed records with 93,143 record images (was 11 records with 93,143 images),  23 Jun 2017

*  Wales, Marriage Bonds, 1650-1900        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2761121); Index only (115,309 records), no images (was 115,199 records with 0 images),  26 Oct 2018

*  Minnesota, County Deaths, 1850-2001     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2185953); 1,137,892 indexed records with 367,790 record images (was 1,100,539 records with 367,790 images),  9 Nov 2018

*  Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1619127); 4,775,054 indexed records with 3,357,737 record images (was 4,728,366 records with 3,357,737 images),  29 Nov 2018

*  Texas, Gonzales County, Death records, 1863-1970        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2761118); 15,063 indexed records with 5,241 record images (was 15,028 records with 5,241 images),  12 Jul 2017

--- Collections with records removed ---

*  Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1681001); Index only (2,197,791 records), no images (was 2,197,856 records with 0 images),  20 Jul 2016

*  Peru, Lima, Civil Registration, 1874-1996       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1430936); 5,055,521 indexed records with 3,505,112 record images (was 5,055,522 records with 3,505,112 images),  11 Dec 2018

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In order to select a specific record collection on FamilySearch, go to  https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list and use the "Filter by collection name" feature in the upper left-hand corner and use keywords (e.g. "church england") to find collections with those keywords.

My friend, Marshall, has come up with a way to determine which collections are ADDED, DELETED or UPDATED.  Thanks to Marshall for helping me out here!

Each one of the collections listed above has a Research Wiki page (use the "Learn more" link).  It would be very useful if the Wiki page for each collection listed the dates for when the collection was added as a new collection and the dates for major updates also.

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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Photographs Through the Generations

Hey genea-folks, 

it's Saturday Night again, 

 time for more Genealogy Fun!

 

Your mission this week, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible music!) , is to:

1)   How many generations do you have photographs or portraits of your ancestors and descendants?  It can be any line...it just can't be broken!

2)  Tell us the line, or better yet, show us the unbroken line.  Provide birth-death years, and the approximate date that the photograph or portrait was made.

3)  Share your generation picture line in a blog post of your own, or in a Facebook post, or in a comment to this post.  

Here's mine:

I think I have photographs for 8 generations of ancestors and descendants.  Here they are:

1)  3rd great-grandfather: John Richman (1788-1867) of Hilperton, Wiltshire, England, taken in the 1860s:

2)  2nd great-grandfather: James Richmond (1821-1912), taken in the 1890s:

3)  First great grandfather: Thomas Richmond (1848-1917), taken in the 1890s:

4)  Grandmother: Alma Bessie (Richmond) Seaver, taken in the 1920s:

5)  Father: Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983), taken in the 1950s:

6)  Myself:  Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-????), taken in 2016.

7) and 8)  My descendants, taken in 2018:

That's it!  8 generations, spanning lives over 200 years (150 years of photographs).  I may be able to add another generation in 10-20 years.

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Surname Saturday - CROOKE (England to colonial Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.

I am working in the 9th great-grandmothers by Ahnentafel number, and I am up to Ancestor #2225 who is Elizabeth CROOKE (1618-1669). [Note: the more recent ancestral families have been covered in earlier posts.]

My ancestral line back through one generation in this CROOKE family line is:

1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

34.  Alpheus B. Smith (1802-1840)
35.  Elizabeth Horton Dill (1791-1869)

68.  Aaron Smith (1768-1841)
69.  Mercy Plimpton (1772-1850)

138.  Amos Plimpton (1735-1808)
139.  Mary Guild (1735-1800)

278.  Nathaniel Guild (1712-1796)
279.  Mary Boyden (1708-1776)

556.  Nathaniel Guild (1678-1774)
557.  Mehitable Hartshorn (1683-1771)

1112.  Samuel Guild (1647-1730)
1113.  Mary Woodcock (1653-1703)

2224.  John Guild, born about 1616 in England; died 04 October 1682 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.  He married 24 June 1645 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
2225.  Elizabeth Crooke, born about 1618 in England; died 31 August 1669 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of John Guild and Elizabeth Crooke are:
*  John Guild (1646-1649)
*  Samuel Guild (1647-1731), married 1675 Mary Woodcock (1653-1703)
*  John Guild (1649-1723), married 1677 Sarah Fisher (1658-1714).
*  Eleazer Guild (1653-1655).
*  Ebenezer Guild (1657-1661).
*  Elizabeth Guild (1661-1740), married 1680 George Robinson (1657-1724).
*  Benjamin Guild (1664-1682).

Information about the Guild family was obtained from:

*  Helen Schatvet Ullmann, CG, FASG, "A Line From John Guild of Dedham to Wrentham, Massachusetts, and Beyond," The American Genealogist, Volume 83 (2009), pages 217-222.  

Information about one Crooke family line was obtained from:

*  Leslie Mahler, "The English Origin of Rebecca Crooke, Wife of Peter Gardner of Roxbury, Massachsetts," New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 159, No. 1 (January 2005), pages 40-42.

The article indicates that Rebecca Crooke was the daughter of Roger and Sarah (--?--) Crooke of Hammersmith, Misddlesex, England.  Roger and Sarah had a daughter Elizabeth baptized in 1618, but Elizabeth is not named in Roger's 1639 will in Middlesex.  

I have done no original research on this family line.

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Genealogy News Bytes - 18 January 2019

Some of the genealogy news items across my desktop the last three days include:

1)  News Articles:

*  Federal Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Asking the Citizenship Question from 2020 Census

*   AmericanAncestors Introduces American AncesTREES - Part I

*  Free Legacy Family Tree update now available (version 9.0.0.279)

*  Is handedness determined by genetics?
2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  New Records Available To Search this Findmypast Friday, 18 January 2019

*  Friday Finds 18 Jan 2019

*  UPDATE on FREE War of 1812 Pensions at Fold3

*  Latest updates to Massachusetts/Boston RC collection on AmericanAncestors.org

3)  Genealogy Education - Webinars:

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  Free Family History Library Classes and Webinars for January 2019

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 22 January, 11 a.m. PST:  Integrating old photos into your family history research, by Maureen Taylor

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 23 January, 11 a.m. PST:  Using OneNote With Your Genealogy, by Tessa Keough

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  What Would You Do If You Had Five Days in Washington, DC?, by Pamela Boyer Sayre

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Three DNA Tests = Three Times the Fun, by Diahan Southard

4)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Fisher’s Top Tips Podcast:  #37 – Which Are You… A Genealogist Or Family Historian?

*  Generations Cafe Podcast:  Episode 17 - Can You Identify Your Ancestor?

5)  Genealogy Education - Video:

*  Family History Fanatics YouTube:  A Teen's Take on the 2019 #NotAtRootsTech LiveStream Schedule

*  Findmypast YouTube:  More Catholic Records | Findmypast Fridays 18 Jan 2019 | Findmypast

*  Ancestral Findings YouTube:  AF-215: A Review of Family Tree Magazine

*  AmericanAncestors YouTube:  Preserving Your Family Treasures

*  FamilySearch YouTube:  Road To RootsTech, Episode 7: Customer Service at RootsTech

*  Legacy Tree Genealogists YouTube:  Sisters Reunited Through DNA

*  MyHeritage YouTube:  Flashback to the 60s

*  RF Tree Genealogy YouTube:  Podcast #3 - GEDmatch in the news

*  The In-Depth Genealogist YouTube:  Finding Your Roots: Samberg and Martin

6)  Genealogy Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains for Friday, January 18,  2019

7)  DNA Success Stories

*  I’m a geneticist. A DNA test uncovered a half-sister and sparked painful questions

*  A young woman whose body was found 31 years ago is ID'd in cold case as Anaheim resident

8)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 15 January 2019?

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New Records Available To Search this Findmypast Friday, 18 January 2019

I received this information from Findmypast today:

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New Middlesbrough Catholic Records Available To Search this Findmypast Friday

There are more than 7 million new records and newspapers available to search this Findmypast Friday, including: 

England Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms

Over 65,000 exclusive new records covering the Diocese of Middlesbrough have been added to our collection of England Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms. The new additions cover 36 parishes across the county, span the years 1742 to 1917 and are the latest newly digitised records to join the collection which now covers the Dioceses of Westminster, Birmingham and Middlesbrough.

With every result, you will find an image of the original transcript from the diocese archive and a transcript of the pertinent details about your ancestor. The amount of information you find in each record can vary depending on the age of the record, its legibility, and the amount of information recorded by the parish priest at the time of the event. Within most transcripts, you will find the child's baptism date, parish, and the names of both parents. Images may provide additional information about your ancestor such as the names of your ancestor's godparents, the minister who performed the baptism, and residence. Some registers will even include notes about the individual's marriage.

England Roman Catholic Parish Marriages

Over 19,000 exclusive new Diocese of Middlesbrough Sacramental Register entries have been added to our collection of England Roman Catholic Parish Marriages. The new additions cover marriages performed across 28 parishes between 1796 and 1944.

Every record will display the original sacramental register and a transcript of the vital details. The information in each record could vary depending on how much was recorded on the day of the event by the parish priest and the legibility of the records. Most entries will list a combination of the marriage date and location as well as the home parish, parent's names and father's occupation for both the bride and groom.

England Roman Catholic Parish Burials

Over 7,000 new and exclusive records held by the Diocese of Middlesbrough have been added to our collection of England Roman Catholic Parish Burials. The new additions cover burial sites in 22 parishes between 1774 and 1974.

England Roman Catholic Parish Congregational records

Over 47,000 records from the Diocese of Middlesbrough have also been added to our collection of English Catholic Parish Congregational Records. Covering 30 parishes and spanning the years 1743 to 1920, these records will enable you to learn more about your ancestor's relationship with their local parish.

Each record includes both a transcript and an image of the original document. The detail found in each transcript will vary depending on the nature of the document as the collection includes a combination of anniversary books, confirmation lists, congregational lists, lists of benefactors and converts, parish diaries, and more.

United States General Land Office Records 1796-2013

Did your ancestors buy Public Domain land? Search this vast collection of over six million records for land sale documents (patents) and discover the original title and exact parcel of land purchased by your ancestor from the U.S. Federal Government. Each entry includes a transcript and an image of the original document.

The patent records provide a legal description of the land, including the township, county, state, aliquot parts (referring to the size of the lots, evenly divided based on the distances along the edges), meridian (the line of longitude where the lot is located), range, section, and survey number. In addition, the patents include: an ancestor's military service and whether the land was received as a result of such service, the authority by which the land was sold, a specific code number to identify an individual patent (accession), if the patent was cancelled, and if the U.S. government retained any interest or rights in the purchased land (U.S. reservations) or mineral reservations.

National Burial Index for England & Wales

Over 717,000 new records have been added to the National Burial Index. The new additions cover 288 burial places in the historic counties of Co. Durham, Northumberland and Cumberland as well as 656 burials sites across Lincolnshire. Each transcript will list a combination of your ancestor's name, age, death year, burial place, burial date and place of worship.

The project of creating the National Burial Index began in 1994 and was first published in 2001 and contained 5.4 million records. The burial records, derived from parish registers, bishop's transcripts, earlier transcripts or printed registers by local family history society volunteers have continued to grow, so much so that a second edition was published in 2004. The Index currently contains over 11 million records and will continue to receive regular updates.

Middlesex Baptisms 1543-1876

Over 10,000 baptism records covering the parish of All Saints in Iselworth between 1566 and 1783 have been added to the collection.

Each record includes transcribed details from an original record including a combination of your ancestor's birth date or age, baptism date, parish, parent's names, father's occupation and residence.

British & Irish Newspaper Update

This week we have added 108,256 pages to the Archive. We have added two brand new titles – the Gorey Guardian, published in Wexford, and the Bray People, published in Wicklow. Both these titles cover the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. We have also added new pages to the New Ross Standard and to the Lichfield Mercury.

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Disclosure:  I have a complimentary subscription to Findmypast, and have accepted meals and services from Findmypast, as a Findmypast Ambassador.  This has not affected my objectivity relative to Findmypast and its products.

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