Findmypast Friday: Building Your Family Tree Just Got Easier

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Building your family tree just got easier

There are four new and updated collections to explore this week. Trace the milestones in your Scottish ancestors' lives with new parish baptisms, marriages and directories, and uncover stories of the small screen within the TV Times.

Edge Hill University Student Records

Have you ever wondered what your ancestor’s life was like as a trailblazing woman in education? For the first time, the student records of Edge Hill University are available online, including student registers, roll of students, and student index cards. These records capture details such as birth year, address, and schools where students taught, allowing you to delve into your family history and uncover the stories of pioneering women who shaped communities and challenged societal norms.

• Years covered: 1885-1947
• Records added: 14,993

Scotland Roman Catholic Parish Marriages

Did your Catholic ancestor get married in Scotland? Explore thousands of Roman Catholic sacramental registers, and discover your ancestor’s wedding location and date, as well as the names of those who witnessed the occasion.

• Years covered: 1881-1934
• Records added: 12,718

Scotland Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms

Discover your Catholic Scottish ancestors. This collection holds baptism registers from all eight Scottish dioceses and encompasses over 300 years of record keeping.

• Years covered: 1881-1934
• Records added: 1,568

Scotland Roman Catholic Directories

Delving into the Scottish Catholic directories, which span from 1830 to 1960, allows you to trace the lives of the clergy who guided the Church’s revival and to discover the parishes, schools, and communities where your Catholic ancestors lived and worshipped. The Scottish Roman Catholic directories, digitised in partnership with the Scottish Catholic Archives, are an invaluable resource for tracing the growth, organisation, and leadership of the Catholic Church in Scotland during the 19th and 20th centuries.

• Years covered: 1829-2016
• Records added: 63,901

TV Times: Now on Findmypast

In celebration of 70 years of this much-loved TV magazine, we’ve digitised the TV Times and made it searchable on Findmypast. Explore pages covering 1955 to 1979 – and keep your eyes peeled for even more pages later down the line.

• 550,761 matching newspaper and publication articles

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