Take a class in genealogy with new school records and more

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By Jessie Ohara | January 13, 2023

This week sees the release of 460 years of documented history.

From school records to monumental inscriptions, it's time to enrich your family tree. Here's a rundown of everything that's new this week.

National School Admission Registers

We've added 7,859 records to this collection, all from Halifax, Yorkshire.

A Concise History of the Parish and Vicarage of Halifax, in the county of York, circa 1836.

These records come from the following 10 schools:

Warley Road - Girls
Warley Road - Boys
Warley St John
West Vale - Boys
Central St Hebden Bridge, Hebden Bridge
Cottonstones National, Sowerby
Ripponden Zion Evening, Soyland
Cloughfoot Evening - Todmorden
Cornholme Board, Todmorden
Old Town Evening, Wadsworth

In them, you'll find information such as full name, age, and years attended. Some records will also have parents' names, home address and the last school attended.

These records can be crucial for building a bolder picture of your ancestor's early life.

Middlesex Monumental Inscriptions

We've added 1,731 new records to this collection, all with images.

A war memorial from the Middlesex Monumental Inscriptions. View this record here.

These inscriptions come from five different burial yards:

Feltham Prison
Hampton, St Mary
Hayes, Victoria Lane Burial Ground
Littleton, St Mary Magdalene
Staines, Quakers

They will give you information such as full name, death year, place, and - where legible - the full inscription. Each transcript also has a document link, which will give you very detailed information on the burial yard or church.

Glamour at the Archive

We've updated two of our titles this week, and for the second release in a row, one of them is our hailed specialist title the Picturegoer. Perfect for any cinephile, this paper documented the inner-workings of Hollywood stardom in the run-up to its golden era.

Updated titles:

Picturegoer, 1915-1918, 1923-1925, 1950
Birmingham Mail, 1998

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