New English and Scottish family records now online

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By Niall Cullen | October 23, 2020

Explore over 200 years of history with this week's new releases.

Spend your weekend hunting for hidden ancestors, unravelling family stories and growing your family tree. Here's what's new this Findmypast Friday.

Warwickshire Burials

Spanning 1874-2016, we’ve added over 90,000 additional burial records from Birmingham.

The Birmingham cemeteries and crematoriums covered in these latest updates are:

Handsworth Cemetery, 2008-2011
Key Hill Cemetery, 1937-2009
Lodge Hill Cemetery, 1905-2011
Lodge Hill Crematorium, 1951-2011
Quinton Cemetery, 1874-2011
Sutton Coldfield Cemetery, 1906-2011
Sutton Coldfield Crematorium, 2012-2016
Warstone Lane Cemetery, 1950-2007
Yardley Cemetery, 1894-2011
Yardley Crematorium, 1952-2008

Burial records can reveal useful information about your ancestors including their names, ages, when they died, and where they were laid to rest. Importantly, they sometimes also feature the names of other family members.

Scotland, Forfarshire (Angus), Dundee Death Index 1990-1993

Listing those who died in Dundee in the early ‘90s, discover essential family tree information with this useful collection. Areas covered include:

The City of Dundee
Invergowrie
Longforgan
Lundie
Liff & Benvie
Birkhill
Muirhead
Auchterhouse
Mains and Strathmartine
Tealing
Kellas
Murroes
Monifieth North
Burgh of Monifieth

You can use the records to discover names and addresses, along with birth and death dates.

Scotland, Ayrshire Census & Population Lists 1801-1831

Discover Ayrshire ancestors, their ages, addresses, occupations and more with this early 19th-century resource.

Before the 1841 census, enumerators mainly provided statistical returns. Some of them, including those in Ayrshire, also kept lists of householders and their details.

Newspapers

Burton Observer and Chronicle, covering 1911-1949 and 1951-1979, and Boxing, covering 1909-1912, are brand new to our newspaper collection this week.

Boxing, 8 January 1910.

Plus, we’ve updated six papers with extra editions as follows:

Civil & Military Gazette (Pakistan) from 1894, 1906 and 1910-1912
Halifax Evening Courier from 1914, 1935-1937 and 1944-1958
Daily Mirror from 1945 and 1952
The Halesworth Times and East Suffolk Advertiser from 1887 and 1900-1926
Bromyard News from 1955-1960
Marylebone Mercury from 1938

That's your weekend family research all sewn up. Use #FindmypastFeatured on social media to share your discoveries and family stories. We love hearing about them.