I received this information from Findmypast today:
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We've added over 100,000 new records that span the globe this Findmypast Friday.
With a total of 111,490 records and 202,120 newspaper pages added, it's never been easier to delve into the lives of your ancestors.
You can now uncover school stories with over 6,000 new school admission registers and log books from Middlesex.
If you've got international roots, you may also find a familiar name or two within 104,830 new Indian Directory records, spanning 1792 to 1959.
National School Admission Registers & Log-Books, 1870-1914
These 6,600 new images and transcriptions are from the Latymer Upper School in Middlesex, and cover the years 1870 to 1914.
British In India, Directories 1792-1959
We've added 104,830 directory images from India, beginning with British occupation in the 19th century and spanning up to post-independence, from 1947.
The 1819 East India Directory.
These records were added to Findmypast in collaboration with our partner the British Library. They offer a detailed insight into the British government and administrative personnel that lived and worked in India between the 18th and the 20th centuries.
New pages from across the UK
Our newspaper archive grew by 202,120 pages this week. As well as making updates to 19 existing publications, we added the Glossop Times and the Milton Keynes Citizen. Here's everything we added to our newspaper collection.
New titles:
- Glossop Times, 1877, 1889-1891, 1894
- Milton Keynes Citizen, 1989, 1993, 1995
- Altrincham, Bowdon & Hale Guardian, 1897
- Batley News, 1988-1990, 1998, 2000
- Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, 1989
- Coleraine Times, 2002
- Crawley and District Observer, 1994
- Dewsbury Reporter, 1987-1989
- Dunstable Gazette, 1990, 1995
- Eastbourne Herald, 1960-1965
- Harrogate Advertiser and Weekly List of the Visitors, 1989, 1991
- Kilsyth Chronicle, 1988
- Kirriemuir Herald, 1990-1991
- Lincolnshire Standard and Boston Guardian, 1914, 1916, 1918, 1935-1937, 1950, 1957, 1960-1961, 1963-1965, 1971-1973, 1976, 1978-1979, 1985, 2003
- Matlock Mercury, 1964, 1968-1970
- Morecambe Guardian, 1990, 1994
- Ripley and Heanor News and Ilkeston Division Free Press, 1966-1969, 1972-1973, 1975-1979, 1989-1991
- Skegness Standard, 1963-1970, 1972-1973
- St. Andrews Citizen, 1998
- Worthing Gazette, 1961-1972, 1974, 1976-1977
- Worthing Herald, 1960-1974
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