Find out where and when your ancestors were born, married and died in findmypast.co.uk’s complete set of birth, marriage and death records 1837-2006. Bring to life the crucial events that shaped your ancestors’ lives.
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The census, taken every 10 years since 1841, provides a perfect snapshot of a day in the life of your ancestors. They show who lived where, with whom and what they did for a living. View the original images and benefit from the most full and accurate transcriptions online. for more click here
We’ve just put online records of part time soldiers who served in the British Army from 1859-1955. These records will give you details such as service number, rank, enlistment & discharge details (together with a reason for discharge), medals awarded and date of death. for more click here
The records of thousands of 19th century immigrants to Britain are now available to search and download online. The collection, which covers the period 1801 to 1871, includes records relating to more than 7,000 people who applied to become British citizens under the 1844 Naturalisation Act, as well as a small number of papers relating to denization, a form of British citizenship that conferred some but not all the rights of a British subject. for more click here
This report of a duel begins: ‘Just published, an Account of that Melancholy and Fatal DUEL, that took place between the Right Honourable the Earl of Eglinton and Captain Gorbon, concerning a Lady of high respectibility, when dreadful to relate his Lordship was shot though the heart.’ The story was sourced from the ‘Greenock Intelligencer’. The broadside also contains an account of a ‘Libel for Sedition’. It was published by Ale(xa)nder Dunbar of Edinburgh, and is not dated. for more click here
This broadside begins: ‘A LIST of the SPORTING LADIES, Who are arrived in EDINBURGH, from all the different Towns in the Three Kingdoms, to take their Pleasure at KELSO RACES.’ A note at the bottom of the sheet reads, ‘Those who want any of the above Ladies, may call for them at Moffat’s Close, High Street, Edinburgh.’ for more click here
This wedding tribute begins: ‘Permit, My Lord, me to congratulate / This your succession to a married state; / Whereby, My Lord, if guess aright I do, / (And Poets oftimes have been Prophets, too).’ Although no publication details are included on this sheet, it must have been published shortly after Monday the 6th of April, 1702, which is the date when the couple became husband and wife.for more click here
We’ve added over 450,000 new parish baptisms, marriages and burials covering the period 1538-2009 from Northumberland, Durham, Ryedale, Sheffield, Wiltshire and Suffolk to make it easier than ever to trace your ancestors further back through history. for more click here
Another 2.5 million Irish petty session court records have been added to findmypast.co.uk’s World subscription, bringing the total number of records in this collection to over 12.7 million covering 1828-1912. The additions feature 44 new courts in 19 counties around Ireland. A further 55 courts have been supplemented with records from additional years. for more click here
We’ve just put online handwritten registers from Lincolnshire Archives, spanning more than 370 years from 1538 to 1911. They provide insight into baptisms, marriages and burials from 103 parishes right across Lincolnshire, from Laughton to Gedney Hill. for more click here
