Findmypast Friday: Explore New Records From England, Canada and Beyond

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Explore new records from England, Canada and beyond.

We added three new sets to our Home Children collection this week, so it's easier than ever to trace the migrations of 130,000 children in the 19th and 20th centuries.

We can illuminate Home Children's stories in vivid detail with Poor Law lists and local government records.

We also added 220, 681 pages to our newspaper archive this Findmypast Friday.

Boarded-out Children and Home Children sent to Canada

These records document children who were placed with British families before being sent to live in Canada under the Home Child scheme.

Emigration of Poor Law Children

The 261 records in this new set contain key details, such as the name, birth year, and age of each child who moved overseas.

Poplar Poor Law Union, Home Children lists

The last of our new Home Children sets comes from Poplar in East London and contains the names of 76 children who participated in the scheme.

Women Sentenced, 1865-1907

If your female ancestor ran into trouble with the law between 1865 and 1907, you may find her within this new set of crime records.

New pages from Matlock to Mitcham

220,681 new pages joined our newspaper archive this week, with three new English titles and updates to a further 53 publications.

New titles:

• Hastings and Bexhill Independent, 1873-1895
• Howdenshire Chronicle, 1895, 1897, 1901, 1910, 1913-1914, 1920-1926, 1928-1938
• Mitcham Advertiser, 1909-1930, 1932-1933

Updated titles:

• Banbury Guardian, 1992
• Banffshire Herald, 1987-1989
• Barrhead News, 1918
• Berwick Advertiser, 1980-1982
• Bournemouth Times and Directory, 1889
• Bridgnorth Journal, 1951-1952, 2004
• Buckingham Advertiser and Free Press, 1964-1969
• Buteman, 1871, 1879-1881, 1883, 1886, 1890-1891
• Caithness Courier, 1967-1969, 1980-1985, 1987, 1990, 1994
• Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, 1986-1987, 2004
• Cumberland and Westmorland Advertiser, and Penrith Literary Chronicle, 1876, 1878, 1894-1896
• Cumberland Pacquet, and Ware’s Whitehaven Advertiser, 1880-1881
• Dromore Leader, 1989
• Dundee Evening Telegraph, 1998
• Dundee Weekly News, 1988, 1994-1998
• Dunstable Gazette, 2004
• Durham County Advertiser, 1842-1848, 1860
• East Anglian Daily Times, 1897, 1912
• Eastbourne Gazette, 1992, 1997
• Eastbourne Herald, 1959, 1967
• Falkirk Herald, 1992, 1995
• Fife Free Press, 1957, 1987
• Garstang Courier, 1990, 2004
• Grimsby News, 1877, 1889
• Halifax Evening Courier, 1990
• Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail, 1959, 1968
• Hereford Journal, 1864-1865, 1870-1871, 1922-1923
• Huntly Express, 1993
• Lancashire Evening Post, 1989, 1992
• Lancaster Observer and Morecambe Chronicle, 1875-1876, 1896, 1910-1912, 1914, 1927, 1929
• Leamington Spa Courier, 1983
• Louth Leader, 2003
• Luton News and Bedfordshire Chronicle, 1963, 1967
• Market Harborough Advertiser and Midland Mail, 2004
• Matlock Mercury, 1991
• Mid-Ulster Mail, 1987
• Montgomeryshire Express, 1889, 1950
• Newton and Earlestown Guardian, 1889, 1910, 1913, 1963-1964
• Northern Scot and Moray & Nairn Express, 1993
• Pateley Bridge & Nidderdale Herald, 2004
• Pearson’s Weekly, 1914-1917
• Rugby Advertiser, 1872, 1975, 1991
• Ruislip & Northwood Informer, 1997
• Shropshire Star, 1992
• Skegness Standard, 1960-1962
• Sleaford Standard, 1992, 2004
• South Shropshire Journal, 1995
• Todmorden & District News, 1986-1987, 1995, 1997
• Todmorden Advertiser and Hebden Bridge Newsletter, 1870, 1912
• Ulster Star, 1988
• West Sussex County Times, 1999
• Yarmouth Independent, 1928-1931
• Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 1961, 1964, 1971, 1984, 1992

More on this topic:  English records

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