Even more UK parish records now online

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By Liam Kelly | August 7, 2020

As the home of the largest collection of UK parish records online, we're excited to bring you even more family-finding resources.

With over 50,000 new Hampshire records and a whole host of newspaper pages hot off the press, here's what’s new this Findmypast Friday.

Hampshire Baptisms

We’ve added over 21,000 brand new records from seven Hampshire parishes to this collection.

Hampshire circa. 1575

Baptism records can reveal essential details for your family tree including:

Your ancestors' names
Their birth and baptism dates
Their parents’ names
Their parents’ occupations
Where they were baptized

The parishes added in this latest update are:

Crondall, All Saints from 1569-1812
Ewshott, St Mary from 1886-1912
Farnborough, St Peter from 1584-1912
Fleet, All Saints from 1863-1912
Headley, All Saints from 1540-1795
Rowledge, St James from 1871-1912

For full details on the churches and time frames covered by our entire Hampshire Collection, see the comprehensive parish list.

Did two branches of your family unite in Hampshire? Discover the details in over 15,000 new marriage records from 12 parishes. Marriage records can unearth even more details for your family tree including:

Your ancestors’ names
Their ages and birth years
When, where and who they married
Where they lived
Their fathers' names and occupations
Witness names for both bride and groom

The 12 parishes covered in this new release are:

Cove, St John from 1917-1933
Crondall, All Saints from 1576-1933
Crookham, Christ Church from 1842-1915
Ewshott, St Mary from 1890-1933
Farnborough, St Peter from 1584-1933
Fleet, All Saints from 1863-1933
Grayshott, St Luke from 1901-1933
Hawley, Holy Trinity from 1839-1915
Headley, All Saints from 1912-1933
Minley, St Andrew from 1871-1933
Rowledge, St James from 1871-1933
South Farnborough, St Mark from 1906-1933

If you’ve got Hampshire heritage, you’ll want to delve into exclusive records from one of its largest cities. Alongside these latest additions on Findmypast, you’ll find a range of fascinating Portsmouth records including hospital, police, and workhouse registers.

Hampshire Burials

This week's update to our Hampshire Collection is rounded-off with nearly 16,000 brand new burial records from 6 county parishes. These records can provide important details on your relatives' lives and deaths including:

Their names
Their birth, death and burial dates
Their ages when they died
Their occupations
Where they were buried

Burial records from the following parishes have been added:

Crondall, All Saints from 1570-1812
Crookham, Christ Church from 1842-1938
Farnborough, St Peter from 1584-1945
Fleet, All Saints from 1864-1917
Headley, All Saints from 1539-1795
Rowledge, St James from 1871-1940

All of this week's new Hampshire records have been published in partnership with Surrey County Council.

Newspapers

This week, we’ve added six brand new papers to our ever-growing archive, along with more pages to two existing titles. The six new additions are:

Fleetwood Chronicle covering 1895-1896, 1899-1901, and 1903-1905
Eastbourne Chronicle covering 1914, and 1917-1925
Glamorgan Gazette covering 1895, 1898, 1900-1910 and 1911
Middleton Albion covering 1881-1892
Indian Daily News covering 1875-1880
Sligo Chronicle covering 1850-1855, 1857-1879

While the updated titles are:

Daily Mirror from 1903-1913, 1919-1920, 1922-1929, 1933-1937 and 1980-1986
Marylebone Mercury from 1877, 1879-1883, 1885, and 1887-1896

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