I received this from Findmypast this morning:
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Explore brand new British Army lists and Caribbean family records this Findmypast Friday
Immerse yourself in family history research this weekend with thousands of new records to explore. Here's a rundown of what's new on Findmypast.
British Army Embarkation Lists, 1871-1889
This detailed collection documents British Army soldiers who were drafted to India in the late 19th century.
There are over 100,000 transcripts in this collection taken from original embarkation returns held in the British Library’s India Office Collection. They can reveal your army ancestors' names, ages, service numbers, ranks, regiments, the date they left for India and the ship they travelled on.
St Kitts & Nevis Baptisms 1716-1881
Delve into thousands of new baptism records from the Caribbean islands of St Kitts & Nevis.
An old map of St Kitts (St Christopher) & Nevis, circa. 1775.
Spanning from 1716-1881, the records reveal essential family tree information including names, parents’ names and addresses.
Newspapers
It’s a bumper week of releases with 13 new papers and updates to six others. Brand new additions include:
- Aberystwyth Observer covering 1869, 1874-1884, 1887-1895 and 1899-1910
- Censor or Satirical Times covering 1846
- Dissenter covering 1812
- Douglas Jerrold’s Weekly Newspaper covering 1846-1851
- Emigrant and the Colonial Advocate covering 1848-1849
- English Mail covering 1860
- Evening Star (London) covering 1843
- Fleetwood Express covering 1889, 1896-1917 and 1919-1920
- Jewish Record covering 1868-1871
- London Free Press covering 1827
- London Mercury 1836 covering 1836-1837
- Monthly Times covering 1842 and 1844-1849
- National Standard covering 1858 and 1860
- Haslingden Gazette from 1915
- Morning Herald (London) from 1855-1860
- Northern Guardian (Hartlepool) from 1901-1902
- Swansea Journal and South Wales Liberal from 1899-1900
- The News (London) from 1808
- Weekly Chronicle (London) from 1836-1840 and 1851
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