Findmypast Friday: Caribbean Collection Expanded This Week

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Findmypast expands their Caribbean collection this week  

Even more records for those researching Caribbean ancestry have been added this Findmypast Friday 

 

Caribbean Association Oath Rolls, 1696 

 New this week, these transcriptions include names of White colonial settlers who swore allegiance to William III in 1696. You’ll find records from Barbados and the Leeward Islands, including Antigua, Montserrat, St Kitts, Nevis and Bermuda. Details may include a name, their island of residence, and their organization.

Barbados Births & Baptisms 1637-1891 

More records have been added into this existing collection for the years 1678-1679. You should find an ancestor’s name, birth or baptism date, a birthplace, and usually the names of both parents. Some even include witnesses.  

Montserrat, Methodist Marriages 1820-1841 

 This brand new and exclusive collection includes some of the earliest-known Methodist marriages from Montserrat, and include those of enslaved and freed people. You’ll normally find a residence and occupations within these records, and all couples in this index are either Black or mixed-race.

 

Newspapers 

This week, the newspaper archive has been expanded by one new title and updates to many more.  

New titles: 

• Eastern Argus and Borough of Hackney Times, 1877-1912 

Updated titles: 

• ·Abergele & Pensarn Visitor, 1994
• Bebington News, 1994 
• Belper Express, 1994, 1996
• Bootle Times, 1994-1995 
• Bristol Evening Post, 1952-1957, 1960-1961, 1966-1967, 1975
• Burntwood Mercury, 1995 
• Cheltenham News, 1991 
• Dumfries and Galloway Standard, 1952, 1996
• Ealing & Southall Informer, 1994 
• East Kent Gazette, 1995 
• Haltemprice & East Yorkshire Advertiser, 1994 
• Harlow Star, 1995 
• Harrow Informer, 1995 
• Hinckley Times, 1916, 1933, 1962, 1981, 1983
• Holderness Advertiser, 1993 
• Horley & Gatwick Mirror, 1995 
• Leicester Chronicle, 1864 
• Leicester Daily Mercury, 1996
• Nantwich Chronicle, 1984 
• Neath Guardian, 1994 
• Northampton Herald & Post, 1994 
• Oldham Advertiser, 1995 
• Reveille, 1951 
• Salford Advertiser, 1995
• Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph, 1942 
• Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser, 1995 
• Southport Visiter, 1994 
• St Neots Town Crier, 1987 
• Stanmore Observer, 1994 
• Sunbury & Shepperton Herald, 1995 
• Sunday Sun (Newcastle), 1928, 1960-1961, 1963, 1965, 1968-1969, 1971, 1977, 1983
• Surrey Herald, 1995 
• Surrey Mirror, 1994 
• Surrey-Hants Star, 1994-1995 
• Uxbridge Leader, 1991 

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Findmypast Friday: Discover Caribbean Ancestors and More

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Discover Caribbean ancestors and more this Findmypast Friday 

 

Findmypast adds records for St Vincent, British naturalisation records and Norfolk cemetery records  

St Vincent, St George’s baptisms 1765-1820 

 Brand new to Findmypast this week are around 3,400 baptism records for St Vincent’s most populous parish. The transcriptions usually provide the baptism date, name, and the parents’ names. You may also learn details such as occupations, race and social status. Some language in this collection reflected attitudes of the time and is now understood to be derogatory.

St Vincent, St George’s marriages 1765-1820 

 This next new collection has around 1,500 marriages. You might also spot your British military ancestors marrying in St Vincent around this time. Explore the names of the bride and groom, their residences and the marriage date. 

Britain, Naturalisations 1844-1990 

 There are nearly 100,000 records to explore in this new collection. Each transcript contains basic details from a person’s naturalisation certificate. The detail varies, but normally contains: a name; age or date of birth; names of parents; children or spouses; place of origin; and residence. 

Norfolk, Churchyard Graves and Memorial Inscriptions 

 Not only have we added a further 140,000 records into this collection, but we’ve now made it fully searchable. Thanks to photographer and Norfolk resident Louise Cocker, those with Norfolk roots can now search and explore headstones of their ancestors. 

 Newspapers 

Over 50,000 additional newspaper pages have been added to the newspaper archive this week, including updates to two Welsh titles. 

 Updated titles: 

•  Bedfordshire on Sunday, 1990 
• Birkenhead News, 1992
• Birmingham Journal, 1842-1843 
• Buckinghamshire Examiner, 1991 
• Cambridge Daily News, 1995 

• East Grinstead Observer, 1980 
• East Kent Gazette, 1905 
• Glamorgan Gazette, 1955-1958, 1960-1971, 1973-1975, 1977-1979 
• Harlow Star, 1988 
• Harrow Observer, 1987 

• Hertford Mercury and Reformer, 1987 
• Llanelli Star, 1991 
• Neath Guardian, 1990 
• Retford, Gainsborough & Worksop Times, 1967 
• Rugeley Times, 1985 

• Runcorn Weekly News, 1996 
• Solihull Times, 1997 
• Southall Gazette, 1993 
• Torbay Express and South Devon Echo, 1951 

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Findmypast Friday: Discover Caribbean Connections

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Discover Caribbean connections this Findmypast Friday

This week’s Findmypast Friday update sees the release of valuable Caribbean records that have been preserved thanks to a special British Library project along with millions of historical British newspaper pages.

Turks & Caicos Life Events

Exclusive to Findmypast, discover thousands of family records from The Turks & Caicos islands spanning 1792 to 1947. This includes

• Over 16,900 Turks & Caicos births & baptisms, 1792-1934
• Over 4,800 Turks & Caicos marriages, 1799-1940
• Over 6,400 Turks & Caicos deaths & burials, 1804-1947

These new indexes have been created in partnership with the British Library’s Endangered Archives Project which imaged the archipelago’s surviving registers held at the Turks & Caicos National Museum. Many of these precious documents, as the name of the project indicates, were in poor condition and at risk of being lost having been damaged by damp and flooding.

Now indexed and available to search online for the first time, each of the three collections forms a valuable resource for anyone exploring the history of the islands and their people. As well as essential names, dates and locations, each transcript also links through to the original source image on the Endangered Archives Project website.

Turks and Caicos Islands, 1763.

A British Overseas Territory in the West Indies, the first British settlers on the Turks & Caicos were thought to have been Bermudian salt collectors who arrived in the second half of the 17th century. Following the American War of Independence, many loyalists fled to the Caribbean and from the 1780s, brought large numbers of African Slaves to Turks & Caicos to work as forced labour in newly established cotton plantations as well as the islands salt industry. The surnames of some of those Loyalists, such as James Misick, John McIntosh and Wade Stubbs, are now frequent among descendants of their slaves.

These new records also shed light on the history and legacy of slavery on the islands. Many records, such as the 1826 baptism of two-year-old Kate Wynns, include stark notes such as “slave belonging to Mr Thos Wynns”.

Newspapers

A variety of new additions from London are hot of the press this week. The latest new titles added to Findmypast’s growing newspaper archive include:

• Chelsea & Pimlico Advertiser covering 1860-1863 and 1865-1866
• East London Advertiser covering 1862-1866
• Kingsland Times and General Advertiser covering 1860 and 1862-1863
• West London Times covering 1860-1861, 1863-1864, and 1866-1867
• Westminster Times covering 1863

While additional pages have been added to the following ten publications:

• Albion from 1852
• Birkenhead News from 1914
• British Banner from 1850-1851, 1854 and 1856
• Croydon Times from 1934-1947, 1950 and 1952-1961
• Daily Director and Entr’acte from 1860
• Daily News (London) from 1922-1923, 1925 and 1927
• Limerick Reporter from 1849
• Liverpool Daily Post from 1858-1859
• Morning Herald (London) from 1808
• Sheffield Independent from 1929

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