Findmypast adds Sheffield court records and more this Findmypast Friday 

Yorkshire, Sheffield Crime Courts and Convicts 1769-1931 

New this week, this collection includes 206,000 records from over 162 years, with details from a variety of original documents transcribed by Sheffield Archives and Local Studies. Discover if an ancestor had a brush with the law. You may learn their age, the date of the event, and even clues on the infraction itself.  

Yorkshire, Sheffield Social and Institutional Records 1558-1939 

This new collection covers 381 years of history, and include details like lists of paupers between 1751 and 1808, removal orders between 1701 and 1844, and even corn loan guarantors from 1795. You’ll normally find names, ages, occupations, and even a few other details peppered in. 

Yorkshire, Sheffield, Asylum & Hospital Admissions & Subscriptions 1748-1937 

The last new collection this week covers nearly 200 years, with records such as admission registers and casebooks. Depending on the record type, you’ll typically see an ancestor’s name, birth year, event year and occupation.  

Newspapers 

Explore 10 new titles this week and 28 updated titles. 

New titles: 

·         Chicago Citizen, 1890-1897 

·         Derby Exchange Gazette, 1861 

·         Falkirk Express, 1882 

·         Harrogate Advertiser and Weekly List of the Visitors, 1865, 1877, 1880, 1889 

·         Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser, 1846-1849, 1851-1872, 1874-1876, 1880, 1885-1897, 1899 

·         Loughton and District Advertiser, 1887 

·         Medway News, 1994 

·         National Advertiser and Edinburgh and Glasgow Gazette, 1848 

·         National Independent and People’s Advocate, 1878 

·         Plymouth Mail, 1861 

Updated titles: 

·         Aberdare Times, 1892 

·         Belper Express, 1995 

·         Birmingham Mail, 1979-1980, 1982-1985 

·         Blackburn Standard, 1897 

·         Brentwood Gazette, 1994 

·         Bridport News, 1882-1883 

·         Cambridge Daily News, 1999 

·         Cambridge Weekly News, 1994 

·         Cannock Chase Post, 1994 

·         Haverfordwest & Milford Haven Telegraph, 1889 

·         Hertford Mercury and Reformer, 1999 

·         Hull and Eastern Counties Herald, 1877 

·         Leicester Daily Mercury, 1980, 1982-1987 

·         Liverpool Mail, 1875 

·         Nottingham Evening Post, 1999 

·         Pembrokeshire Herald, 1854 

·         Rhondda Leader, 1995 

·         Ripley Express, 1995 

·         Rugeley Mercury, 1995 

·         Runcorn Weekly News, 1999 

·         Sandwell Evening Mail, 1980-1984 

·         Sports Argus, 1994 

·         St Neots Town Crier, 1998 

·         Surrey Herald, 1994 

·         Thanet Times, 1995 

·         Torbay Express and South Devon Echo, 1924, 1941-1945, 1968, 1974, 1978, 1983-1988 

·         Waltham Abbey and Cheshunt Weekly Telegraph, 1893-1894 

·         Wells Journal, 1991-1999