Brand new Caribbean military records and more

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By Niall Cullen | October 16, 2020

Explore new rolls of honor, baptism and burial records this Findmypast Friday.

Did your Caribbean ancestors serve with the British military during the First World War? You could find out in our latest releases.

Caribbean Rolls of Honor WW1

Trace military ancestors and their incredible stories in our new Caribbean Rolls of Honor. The records list soldiers from Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago who served with the British Armed Forces during World War 1.

As well as soldiers of Afro-Caribbean descent, our new rolls of honor also include men from the Indian subcontinent, like Privates Nagir Khan and Bagwan Singh. They were most likely descendants of indentured laborers.

Unlock more of your family heroes’ remarkable stories in our vast archive of military medal rolls and honors. Highlights include Campaign, Gallantry & Long Service Medals & Awards, and Knights of the Realm & Commonwealth Index.

Kent Baptisms

We’ve added over 7,000 baptism records from Sutton-at-Hone, Woolwich and St Mary Cray. Use them to discover new Kent family milestones.

Baptism records are essential for getting further in your family tree. They can reveal your ancestors' names, birth, and baptism dates, where they lived, and importantly, their parents' details.

Kent Burials

Uncover your ancestor’s final resting place in Kent with over 5,000 new burial records from Eltham and Thames & Medway.

Findmypast is home to one of the most comprehensive collections of Kent family records online. You can also delve into marriages and banns, wills and probate indexes, and poor law union records from the Garden of England.

Newspapers

This week, we’ve released four brand new papers and added more pages to 10 publications.

The latest papers to join our expanding archive are:

Civil & Military Gazette (Pakistan) covering 1884 and 1891-1893
Indian Statesman covering 1876
Weekly Dispatch (London) covering 1820-1829, 1831-1850 and 1852-1868
Kilrush Herald and Kilkee Gazette covering 1879-1880, 1889-1899, 1901-1919 and 1921-1922

And we've added even more issues to:

Huddersfield Daily Chronicle from 1883
Lloyd’s Weekly Newspaper from 1894 and 1901-1912
Dundee Courier from 1989
Cambridgeshire Times from 1872
Carmarthen Journal from 1841
Derby Daily Telegraph from 1990
Daily Mirror from 1994 and 1998-1999
Sligo Chronicle from 1880-1891
Marylebone Mercury from 1933, 1935 and 1938
Tralee Chronicle from 1881

Findmypast Fridays live

Where will your past take you this Findmypast Friday? If our new releases have opened a hidden chapter of your family story, we'd love to hear about it. Drop us a line using #FindmypastFeatured on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter.