Discover daily life on Guernsey
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By Daisy Goddard | August 21, 2026
Explore new school and prison records spanning 82 years.
We've bolstered two existing collections of Guernsey records this week, with brand new school records and prison registers available for you to explore.
We've also added over 260,000 pages to our newspaper collection.
Guernsey, Prison Registers
We've updated our collection of Guernsey prison registers with 8,966 records spanning 1854 to 1896.
Guernsey, School Records
We've also added 6,468 school records from Guernsey, covering the 19th and 20th centuries.
New pages from Ireland to India
260,638 pages joined the archive this week. We've updated 43 existing titles, and added five new publications to our collection, including Our Cats and Workers' Life.
New titles:
- Handsworth and Smethwick Free Press, 1885–1888
- Isle of Ely and Wisbech Advertiser, 1860, 1877, 1889, 1911
- Our Cats, 1904
- Pink (Newcastle), 1987–1989
- Workers' Life, 1927–1929
Updated titles:
- Ayrshire Express, 1882–1883, 1889
- Banffshire Journal, 1992–1996
- Barnsley Chronicle, 1919
- Bicycling News, 1890
- Brighton Guardian, 1889
- Cheltenham Mercury, 1873
- Cheshunt and Waltham Mercury, 2003
- Daily Telegraph & Courier (London), 1872, 1901, 1914–1915
- Dartmouth & South Hams Chronicle, 1919
- Drogheda Advertiser, 1927
- Dundalk Democrat, 1892–1895
- East & South Devon Advertiser, 1897
- Enniscorthy News, 1881
- Essex Herald, 1912
- Fairplay, 1916–1917
- Friend of India and Statesman, 1903–1908, 1920–1923
- Ironworkers' Journal (Darlington), 1877, 1882, 1887
- Kirriemuir Free Press and Angus Advertiser, 1966
- Lanarkshire Upper Ward Examiner, 1888
- Londonderry Sentinel, 1853
- Market Rasen Weekly Mail, 1938, 2005
- Morecambe Visitor, 2005
- Nantwich Chronicle, 2001, 2003
- North Wilts Herald, 1861–1866
- Northern Standard, 1886
- Northman and Northern Counties Advertiser, 1888–1889, 1891
- Pontefract Advertiser, 1877
- Ripon Gazette, 2005
- Roscommon & Leitrim Gazette, 1875
- Seaham Weekly News, 1890–1894
- Shoreham Herald, 2005
- Skelmersdale Advertiser, 2004–2005
- Staffordshire Sentinel, 1996, 2000
- Staines & Ashford News, 2004–2005
- Stockton & Billingham Herald & Post, 2001–2003
- Sunday Mail (Glasgow), 1988
- Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 2005
- Times of India, 1905, 1925, 1950
- Ulster Star, 2005
- Western Daily Press, 2000
- Weymouth & Portland Guardian, 1870
- Whitley Bay Guardian, 2005
- Wigan Evening Post, 2005
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