Explore new workhouse records and burials

Our record collection has grown this week, with updates to two existing sets - Lincolnshire workhouse records, and the National Burial Index for England and Wales.

Lincolnshire, Workhouse Guardians' Minutes

We added 8,849 records to this collection, covering 1836 to 1901.

National Burial Index For England & Wales

Our collection of burial records also grew this week, with 4,263 additions spanning 1662 to 1851.

148,000 new pages to discover

We added four titles, including the African Times, and updated 20 existing publications this week.

Here's all that's been added to our newspaper archive:

New titles:

African Times, 1863-1869, 1880-1889, 1900-1902

North Derbyshire & North Cheshire Advertiser, 1871-1872, 1874-1880, 1882-1887, 1890-1893

Norwood Review and Crystal Palace Reporter, 1880-1888, 1890-1900

Weekly Times & Echo (London), 1847-1867, 1885-1892, 1894, 1896-1901, 1908-1912

Updated titles:

• Banffshire Journal, 1872–1875, 1980–1989
• Belper News, 1950
• Bournemouth Times and Directory, 1930–1933
• Bromley & West Kent Mercury, 1951–1953, 1955–1959
• Dundee Weekly News, 2003
• Fifeshire Advertiser, 1920–1930, 1937–1939, 1957–1965
• Forres Elgin and Nairn Gazette, Northern Review and Advertiser, 1917–1933, 1991–1992
• Harrogate Herald, 1877
• Highland News, 1916–1963
• Ilkeston Pioneer, 1889
• Illustrated Berwick Journal, 1880–1889, 1900–1909, 1920–1927
• Inverness Courier, 1928–1930
• Kilmarnock Herald and North Ayrshire Gazette, 1955
• Linlithgowshire Gazette, 1952
• Northern Chronicle and General Advertiser for the North of Scotland, 1930–1939, 1950–1952
• Northern Times and Weekly Journal for Sutherland and the North, 1905–1906, 1913–1917, 1919–1921, 1930–1939, 1950–1952, 1986–1989
• Portobello Advertiser, 1879, 1887
• Roscommon Herald, 1863, 1872–1878, 1881, 1883, 1900–1906, 1908–1909, 1920
• Wigan Examiner, 1859–1860, 1866, 1876, 1879, 1889
• Woodford Times, 1890–1895, 1897–1898

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