The following announcement was written by Findmypast:
This week’s Findmypast Friday sees the publication of a new and improved collection of Australian Passenger Lists featuring 9 million new records.
Findmypast’s latest new additions also include an exclusive collection of Middlesex Poor Law records, new parish baptisms, marriages and burials from the Devon Family History Society and a whole host of historical newspapers.
Did your ancestors travel to, from or around Australia? To help you uncover details of their voyage, Findmypast has merged their vast collection of Australian passenger lists into one simple search and added over 9 million new entries.
This growing collection now contains over 26 million of records from multiple sources covering all corners of Australia, including;
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- Australian National Passenger Lists 1898-1972
- New South Wales passenger lists (assisted & unassisted)
- 1881 British census crew and passengers on ships arriving in New South Wales
- Queensland customs house shipping passengers and crew 1852-1885
- South Australia passenger lists 1847-1886
- Passengers to South Australia on board Buffalo 1836
- Tasmania Departures 1817-1863
- Victoria inward passenger lists 1839-1923
- Victoria outward passenger lists 1852-1915
- Victoria coastal passenger lists 1852-1924
Each record includes a transcript and many also include an image of the original record. Passenger lists vary widely in size, length, and level of detail, as there was no standardised format.
Some record only a minimum of information about the passengers, while others are quite detailed. As well as revealing the dates and location of arrival and departure, many records will also reveal a variety of useful biographical details such as ages, occupations, nationalities, marital status, places of birth or residence
Only searchable online at Findmypast, these fascinating records cover 10 Middlesex parishes between 1699 and 1846, including;
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- Chelsea, St Luke
- Ealing, St Mary
- Feltham, St Dunstan
- Fulham, All Saints
- Hammersmith, St Paul
- New Brentford, St Laurence
- Shepperton, St Nicholas
- Staines, St Mary
- Stanwell, St Mary
- Uxbridge, St Margaret
In the records, you'll find everything from settlement examinations to bastardy bonds, all packed with rich family details.
Over 240,000 new parish baptisms, marriages and burials have been added to Findmypast’s unrivalled collection of Devon Parish records. Published in partnership with the Devon Family History Society, these new additions are now available to search online for the very first time, only on Findmypast. This includes;
Check Findmypast’s Devon parish list for churches marked as 'New' for more detail and what is included.
The partnership between Findmypast and the Devon FHS has already resulted in the online publication of over 1.5 million exclusive records from across the county and the two organisations will continue to work together to bring more vital records online for the first time.
15 new brand new titles and pages from 25 existing publications are now available to search on FIndmypast. This week’s new releases include;
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- Albion and the Star covering 1830-1835
- Argus, or, Broad-sheet of the Empire covering 1839-1840
- British Emancipator covering 1837-1840
- British Liberator covering 1833
- British Luminary covering 1818-1823
- Cycling covering 1891-1914
- Hull Daily News covering 1852-1853, 1855-1869, 1871-1873, 1876, 1878, 1880-1883 and 1889
- Imperial Weekly Gazette covering 1818-1825
- Lloyd’s Companion to the Penny Sunday Times and Peoples’ Police Gazette covering 1841-1844
- Mirror of the Times covering 1801-1804, 1815, 1818-1823
- New Weekly True Sun covering 1836
- Pictorial Times covering 1843-1844, 1846, 1848
- Pierce Egan’s Life in London, and Sporting Guide covering 1826
- The Age covering 1826-1827, 1829-1830, 1832, 1835-1836
- Westminster Journal and Old British Spy covering 1808-1810
While thousands of new pages have been added to;
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- Anti-Gallican Monitor from 1812-1825
- Bee-Hive from 1876
- Blandford and Wimbourne Telegram from 1884
- Bridport, Beaminster, and Lyme Regis Telegram from 1885
- Cambria Daily Leader from 1861 and 1906
- Champion (London) from 1813-1819 and 1821-1822
- Cleave’s Weekly Police Gazette from 1836
- Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald from 1939-1945
- Herts and Essex Observer from 1982
- Illustrated Sporting News and Theatrical and Musical Review from 1864-1865 and 1868
- Neath Guardian from 1965-1985
- Nelson Chronicle, Colne Observer and Clitheroe Division News from 1898
- Northern Daily Times from 1858
- Northern Guardian (Hartlepool) from 1896 and 1899
- Penistone, Stocksbridge and Hoyland Express from 1924
- Poole Telegram from 1881-1884 and 1886
- Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser from 1897
- Sun & Central Press from 1872
- Swansea and Glamorgan Herald from 1880-1885
- The News (London) from 1835-1839
- Weekly True Sun from 1833 and 1843
- Weymouth Telegram from 1882, 1884, 1886, 1888-1892