Dive into the new and improved Catholic Heritage Archive

We bolstered our Roman Catholic record collection with over 29,000 new records from the year 1916 this week. If you've got Catholic roots, these essential additions will help you to trace the milestones of your ancestors' lives, from cradle to grave.

England Roman Catholic Parish Congregational Records

We updated our congregational record collection with 5,480 new additions. These records are from across England.

England Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms

We've also added 14,330 baptism records - if your Catholic ancestor was baptised in 1916, their name may just appear within this update.

England Roman Catholic Parish Marriages

Marriage records are an essential resource for tracing the milestones of our ancestors' lives, which is why we've improved our Catholic marriage record collection, with over 7,000 new additions this week.

England Roman Catholic Parish Burials

Lastly, we've also added 2,138 Catholic burial records from across England.

New titles from across Hull

The Yorkshire port city of Hull is taking a starring role in our newspaper collection this week, as we've added 15 new Hull titles. Delve deeper into the stories that matter with 204,393 new pages, including updates to five of our existing publications.

New titles:

• Beverley & District Star, 1985–1988
• Beverley Target, 1989–1992
• Beverley Weekly Journal, 1988–1989
• Bridlington Star, 1984–1986
• Business Journal (Hull), 1990–1992
• East Hull Target, 1989–1993
• Haltemprice Target, 1989–1993
• Holderness Target, 1990–1993
• Hull & Yorkshire Times, 1974–1984
• Hull and East Yorkshire Times, 1896–1899, 1901–1984
• Hull Star, 1980–1989
• Hull Times, 1857–1984
• Journal (Hull), 1989–2000
• Now, Then, 1993–1995
• West Hull Target, 1989–1993

Updated titles:

• Beverley Advertiser, 1990-1992
• East Hull Advertiser, 1995
• Hull Advertiser, 1815-1820, 1823, 1826-1828
• Hull and Eastern Counties Herald, 1847, 1873-1875, 1879
• Nottingham Evening Post, 1973

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