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Discover New Records From Leicester to Lincoln

16 Sep 2024 7:33 AM | Anonymous

The following is an announcement written by Findmypast:

There are over 20,000 parish and workhouse records for you to explore this week.

Our collection of English birth, marriage and death (BMD) records grew this Findmypast Friday. We added almost 10,000 BMDs for Leicestershire spanning a century, as well as 395 baptism, marriage and burial records for Rutland in the East Midlands. 

There are also 11,213 new Lincolnshire workhouse records for you to explore - these fascinating transcriptions and images cover 64 years.

From records to newspapers, read on to see everything that we've added this week.

Lincolnshire, Workhouse Guardians' Minutes

This week's biggest update consists of 11,213 workhouse records from the English county of Lincolnshire.

These new additions cover the years 1837 to 1901, so may help to shed light on the lives of your 19th-century ancestors.

Leicestershire baptism, marriage and death records

There are also 9,595 Leicestershire parish records for you to discover. 

These new additions span 100 years of England's history.

Rutland baptism, marriage and burial records

Rounding off this week's trio of updates we have new baptism, marriage and burial records from the ceremonial county of Rutland.

Rutland baptism record from 1924.

Rutland baptism record from 1924.

There are both images and transcriptions available for these 395 new records.

New pages from the Lancashire coast

A brand new Blackpool title - the West Lancashire Evening Gazette - has joined our newspaper archive this week. 

West Lancashire Evening Gazette, 28 April 1986.

West Lancashire Evening Gazette, 28 April 1986.

We also updated 20 existing publications, with a total of 289,279 exciting new pages added.

Here's everything we added this Findmypast Friday: 

New titles:

Updated titles: 

  • Belper News, 1912, 1990, 1997-1998, 2000-2003
  • Bexhill-on-Sea Observer, 1936-1938, 1970-1971, 1996-1997, 1999
  • Bicester Review, 1987, 1993
  • Bridlington Free Press, 1997, 2002
  • Buxton Advertiser, 1858, 1860, 1894, 1968, 1990, 1997-1998, 2000-2003
  • Cycling, 1920
  • Eastwood & Kimberley Advertiser, 1897
  • Halifax Evening Courier, 1996
  • Harrogate Advertiser and Weekly List of the Visitors, 1997
  • Hucknall Dispatch, 2001
  • Lancing Herald, 1993, 1998
  • Leighton Buzzard Observer and Linslade Gazette, 1998
  • Littlehampton Gazette, 1998-1999
  • Melton Mowbray Times and Vale of Belvoir Gazette, 1897, 1966-1968, 1970
  • Morecambe Visitor, 1896, 1899
  • Newton and Earlestown Guardian, 1973-1978
  • Ripley and Heanor News and Ilkeston Division Free Press, 1889, 1970-1971, 1974, 1992, 1999, 2002-2003
  • South Yorkshire Times and Mexborough & Swinton Times, 1981
  • Todmorden & District News, 1992-1994, 1996
  • Whitby Gazette, 1993, 1997

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