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Direct Resources adds millionth record to database
Record part of project to digitise 19th-century trade directories from every county. Direct Resources has reached a milestone in its project to create a database of 19th-century commercial trades...
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Millions of newspaper stories online now
Findmypast publishes millions of pages of historical newspapers This collection contains local newspapers for the period 1710-1950. More than 200 titles from the British Library’s archive are included...
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Findmypast releases new Army service records
Find out more about your military kin Family historians can now search the following records on Findmypast.co.uk: Royal Hospital, Chelsea: pensioners’ discharge documents 1760-1887 (WO121) Royal...
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Trace your emigrant ancestors
Ancestry.co.uk releases UK Outward Passenger Lists, 1890-1960 New records published today by Ancestry.co.uk can help you find ancestors who moved abroad in the early 20th Century. Ancestry.co.uk‘s...
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Find divorce records with Ancestry.co.uk
Find the broken marriages in your tree with Civil Divorce Records 1858-1911 This database includes records from civil divorce proceedings following the Matrimonial Causes Act in 1857. The National...
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Find your Edwardian Scottish ancestors
Scottish property records for 1905 go online The bridge, Annan, Scotland. Click the image for more information on this image. Family historians can now access over 2 million names of Scottish people...
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Find the criminals in your family tree
2.5 million criminal records published by Findmypast The biggest collection of historical criminal records from England and Wales is being published online for the first time by Findmypast in...
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New Surrey family history CD – free data download
Plus special early bird offer for YFT readers Direct Resources has completed its latest genealogical disk, a complete directory of all 142 settlements included in the 1846 Post Office Directory for...
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Ancestry adds half a million Wiltshire records
Wiltshire Church Records, 1538 – 1897 go online Ancestry.co.uk has released for the first time Wiltshire Church Records 1538 – 1897, and Wiltshire Quaker Birth and Death records 1542 – 1897, a combined...
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We’ve been exploring the treasure trove of family history information available in the new collection of Welsh newspapers As reported in the latest issue of Your Family Tree, the National Library of...
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New Welsh First World War records published online
Find your Swansea Pals ancestors Now you can search for your ancestors among records of the men of the Swansea area recruited to the 14th (Service) Battalion, The Welsh Regiment – known as the Swansea...
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Trace Victorian immigrants today!
The National Archives uploads 19th-century immigration records The records of thousands of 19th-century immigrants to Britain are now available to search and download online. The collection, which...
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Ancestry.co.uk releases engineering records
Trace your engineering ancestors with new online data Ancestry.co.uk has launched online for the first time the Civil and Mechanical Engineer Records, 1820-1930, which details almost 100,000 British...
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Findmypast to digitise 360,000 World War I RAF records
Joint project with The National Archives to digitise service records of early airmen Findmypast.co.uk and The National Archives have announced a joint project to digitise hundreds of thousands of...
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Discover 165 years of telecoms history
BT’s historical archive goes online for public access Operators on the switchboard at the Bishopsgate Exchange in 1942 A £1 million project to digitise BT’s historical collection of photos and...
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Find your seafaring ancestors with The Genealogist
New resource features over 439,000 Royal Navy and merchant seamen records The Genealogist has launched a new resource for those with sea-going ancestors. It gives details of over 439,000 Royal Navy...
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Find your ancestor’s clandestine marriages
Ancestry.co.uk publishes records from 17th Century London’s shotgun weddings If you suspect your ancestors got married in an unregulated ceremony before 1754, then you might find details in...
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Millions of school records to be published online
Family historians will be able to find teachers, pupils and parents from up to 120 schools Pupils of the British school, Llanymddyfri. Click on image for more information about this photograph. The...
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World War I servicemen’s wills go online
Project to digitise 230,000 wills first step in project to put probate archive dating back to 1858 online Before departing for the frontline, WWI servicemen completed a personal, often hand-written...
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Free Eton school lists on Ancestry.co.uk
Find students and staff of the prestigious school from 1791-1850 This collection was originally published on Ancestry.co.uk as image-only. This new index is no available to access for free without...
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