Thursday, July 27, 2023

Findmypast Friday: New Records from Northern Ireland, Scotland and Canada

 I received this information from Findmypast today:

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Brand-new records from Northern Ireland, Scotland and Canada this Findmypast Friday



15,629 new records have been added across four record sets, with three updated and one brand-new.

The 7,731 new baptisms cover 1767 to 1918 for the parish of St Mary’s in Magheraculmoney, a Church of Ireland denomination. For marriages, there are 2,864 new records to explore, and 1,086 burials. Plus, there’s a brand-new collection in the form of Fermanagh Parish Registers Congregational Records, with 3,948 transcripts to delve into.


2,554 detail-rich records for Inverness have been added to this existing collection. Alongside the usual name and birth year, you may also discover other family members, occupations, addresses and more besides – perfect for discovering the stories of your working-class Inverness ancestors.


The largest update this week sees a huge 1.8 million new records added to this set, with over 300 years of history to explore. You can typically find a name, the cemetery and a copy of the inscription from the headstone.


Two new Wiltshire titles, updates to a further 14, and over 112,000 new pages make up this week’s newspaper release.

New titles
  • Wiltshire County Mirror, 1852-1874, 1876-1877, 1889, 1893
  • Wiltshire Telegraph, 1879, 1889, 1901-1916
Updated titles
  • Abergele & Pensarn Visitor, 1883, 1885-1886, 1891-1892
  • Atherstone News and Herald, 1892
  • Birmingham Journal, 1831
  • East Kent Gazette, 1899, 1901, 1907, 1909, 1911
  • Hamilton Advertiser, 1877-1878, 1880-1881, 1883
  • Haverhill Echo, 1962
  • Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 1882, 1939, 1959, 1964, 1968, 1973
  • Kensington News and West London Times, 1872, 1877-1878, 1880-1881, 1883, 1943, 1945
  • Middlesex County Times, 1876
  • Newmarket Journal, 1929-1942, 1945-1949, 1956-1959, 1961-1965, 1967-1975, 1979-1981
  • Southern Weekly News, 1889
  • Stockport County Express, 1942
  • Stratford-upon-Avon Herald, 1873, 1885, 1890, 1899-1910, 1912-1916, 1935, 1939, 1945, 1951-1962, 1970, 1981-1983, 1987-1988
  • West Lothian Courier, 1877-1878, 1880-1881

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