Explore more Manchester records than ever

There's a trio of Manchester additions for you to explore this week, helping to tell the stories of your ancestors from the North-West in more detail than ever.

We've also added six titles to our newspaper archive, with over 360,000 new pages to discover.

Manchester Rate Books

We've added 433,105 records spanning the 19th and 20th centuries to our existing collection of Manchester rate books.

Manchester Faces and Places

This brand new record set comprises 5,455 scanned images, covering 1889 to 1906.

Manchester Electoral Registers

To round off this week's Manchester trio, we've added 172,404 electoral register records, spanning 1820 to 1940.

New pages which span the globe

We've added six new titles to our archive this week and updated 25 existing publications, with a total of 360,654 new pages added.

New titles:

• Accrington Advertiser, 1889-1896, 1898-1902
• County Herald, 1818-1843, 1858-1860, 1862-1864
• Hednesford Advertiser, 1884-1896, 1899
• Jackson's Woolwich Journal and Army and Navy Gazette, 1877-1878, 1881-1882, 1885-1887, 1890
• Rhyl Record & Advertiser, 1855-1869, 1874-1877
• The Tricyclist, 1884

Updated titles:

• Alloa Advertiser, 1912–1919
• Bath Herald, 1870, 1879
• Berwick Warder, 1838–1839
• Birkenhead News, 2000–2005
• Burton Daily Mail, 2002–2003
• Caithness Courier, 1986, 1991, 1993
• Carlisle Journal, 1806
• Colchester Mercury and North Essex Express, 1869–1870, 1874–1875, 1877–1878, 1881–1882, 1884–1885, 1887–1888, 1891–1892, 1895
• Dartmouth & South Hams Chronicle, 1884, 1892–1894
• Derby Daily Telegraph, 1983
• East Somerset Telegraph, 1886
• Glasgow Evening Post, 1882
• Glasgow Times, 1868
• Greenock Elector, 1884
• Hawick Telegraph and Border Times, 1884–1890
• Homeward Mail from India, China and the East, 1914
• Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 2001–2003
• Kilkenny Journal and Leinster Commercial and Literary Advertiser, 1873–1882, 1888–1893, 1895–1900
• Kinematograph Weekly, 1966
• Lancashire Evening Post, 1994, 1996–2001, 2003–2004
• Lincolnshire Free Press, 1855, 1857, 1894, 1908–1910, 1912–1914, 1919–1920, 1930–1933
• Lloyd’s List, 1911
• Matrimonial Post and Fashionable Marriage Advertiser, 1912
• Newry Telegraph, 1928, 1934, 1966
• North Cheshire Herald, 1883–1888
• North West Evening Mail, 1913–1914, 1916–1918
• North Wilts Guardian, 1897–1900, 1903–1910, 1912
• Pall Mall Gazette, 1903–1904, 1909, 1911
• Pateley Bridge & Nidderdale Herald, 1878, 1911, 1930–1937, 1939, 1986, 2005
• Reformer (Edinburgh), 1868–1869
• Royal Devonport Telegraph and Plymouth Chronicle, 1856, 1860–1861
• Salford Chronicle, 1880, 1887
• Scottish Banner, 1862
• Shoreditch Observer, 1868–1869
• Silurian, 1849
• Staffordshire Newsletter, 1990

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