Nourish your Norfolk roots with new and exclusive records
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By Jessie Ohara | December 2, 2022
Explore 300,000 new records across two collections.
If you suspect you have roots in the county of Norfolk, this is a release you won't want to miss.
Norfolk Wills & Probate
This brand-new collection comprises over 257,000 records and spans 1301-1858, covering an incredible 557 years of history.
From the Archdeaconry of Norfolk, these records cover 14 Deaneries:
- Blofield
- Breccles
- Brisley
- Flegg (including Greater Yarmouth)
- Holt
- Ingworth
- Lynn (including King's Lynn)
- Lynn Marshland
- Norwich
- Sparham
- Taverham
- Thetford
- Toftrees
- Walsingham
In them, you'll find information such as name, year, residence, and title - which will often include their occupation and birthplace.
Norfolk Banns and Marriages
We've added over 65,000 records to this collection between 1702-1923.
Norfolk Cathedral, pictured in 1929, found in our Photo Collection.
These records offer vital information on your ancestor's marriage such as the year, parish, spouse's name, and often the father's name. This means you could uncover multiple generations with just one record.
The news goes global
In a Findmypast first, we've added four brand-new titles this week that were all published in Africa.
The Uganda Herald, 1940.
Though both the Uganda Herald and the East African Standard focused on local news such as sporting fixtures, schooling and theatre, the former had a tendency to publish British correspondence, and the latter more international headlines.
With both Uganda and Kenya being British colonies at the time of publication, these titles stood patriotic to White colonists during these years. However, the East African Standard became more balanced towards Ugandan independence from Britain in 1962.
The Natal Mercury, 1878.
Our two new South African titles, the Natal Mercury and the Natal Witness, follow a similar vein. Both were again founded by White colonists, though the former documented news within South African colonies and the latter was more anti-imperialist in its views. These papers are considered to be some of the oldest in South Africa, and still run today.
Amongst our other new and updated titles, you'll find two from Ireland and a specialist Catholic title. To search a specific paper, just head to our newspaper archive and filter by title.
New titles:
- Bristol Week-End, 1963-1964
- Catholic Times and Catholic Opinion, 1908
- Chertsey & Addlestone Leader, 1997
- East African Standard, 1934
- Leicester Advertiser, 1984-1985
- Midland Reporter and Westmeath Nationalist, 1928
- Natal Mercury, 1878
- Natal Witness, 1878
- Post Green ‘un (Bristol), 1958-1959
- Roscommon Herald, 1922, 1924, 1928, 1931, 1944, 1953
- Rugeley Post, 1996-1997
- Uganda Herald, 1940
Updated titles:
- Accrington Observer and Times, 1914
- Alderley & Wilmslow Advertiser, 1897, 1925-1937, 1939-1944, 1947, 1949-1955, 1957, 1959-1972, 1974-1977
- Aldershot News, 1954
- Bedfordshire Times and Independent, 1961
- Belper Express, 1997
- Billingham & Norton Advertiser, 1996
- Blackburn Times, 1913, 1920, 1929, 1933
- Bradford Daily Telegraph, 1914
- Brentwood Gazette, 1998
- Bristol Evening Post, 1964-1965, 1971-1972, 1974, 1981
- Buckinghamshire Examiner, 1943
- Burntwood Mercury, 1996
- Cambridge Daily News, 1970-1972
- Canterbury Times, 1998
- Caterham Mirror, 1994
- Chelsea News and General Advertiser, 1995
- Cheltenham News, 1997
- Chester Chronicle, 1822-1824, 1880, 1883, 1885, 1887, 1890-1892, 1894-1896, 1899, 1906, 1910, 1922, 1931-1932, 1934, 1938, 1947, 1953, 1956, 1964-1972, 1975-1985
- Daily Record, 1999
- Dorking and Leatherhead Advertiser, 1997
- Dover Express, 1995, 1997-1998
- Durham Chronicle, 1908, 1911
- Esher News and Mail, 1938-1939, 1947-1950, 1953-1954, 1960, 1962-1965
- Evening Despatch, 1907, 1950
- Football Post (Nottingham), 1984, 1988
- Formby Times, 1997
- Harrow Informer, 1995
- Hertfordshire Express and General Advertiser, 1919, 1927, 1929-1930, 1935
- Hinckley Times, 1934
- Hounslow & Chiswick Informer, 1994
- Hull Daily Mail, 1967-1970
- Ilfracombe Chronicle, 1873-1875
- Irish Independent, 1974
- Kensington News and West London Times, 1941
- Lichfield Post, 1991
- Lincoln Gazette., 1875
- Liverpool Daily Post, 1930, 1932-1933, 1935-1937
- Loughborough Mail, 1984-1985
- Luton News and Bedfordshire Chronicle, 1927
- Macclesfield Times, 1916, 1919-1924, 1926, 1930, 1932, 1934-1935, 1938, 1940-1942, 1944, 1946-1948, 1950
- Maidstone Telegraph, 1963
- Manchester Metro News, 1992, 1995
- Middlesbrough Herald & Post, 1995, 1997
- Middlesex County Times, 1873-1874
- National Independent and People’s Advocate, 1889
- Newcastle Evening Chronicle, 1921-1925, 1928-1937
- North Wales Weekly News, 1998-1999
- Nottingham & Long Eaton Topper, 1996, 1998
- Nottingham Evening News, 1958, 1960, 1962
- Nottingham Evening Post, 1977, 1998
- Nottingham Guardian, 1959-1960, 1973
- Oadby & Wigston Mail, 1984-1985
- Ormskirk Advertiser, 1994
- Ripley Express, 1996
- Royston and Buntingford Mercury, 1997
- Ruislip & Northwood Informer, 1997
- Runcorn Guardian, 1940-1941, 1944-1947, 1949-1950, 1952, 1955-1957, 1960-1963, 1966, 1968-1970, 1972-1975, 1977-1981, 1983-1984
- Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph, 1951, 1953-1954, 1957-1958, 1960, 1963-1964, 1973, 1976-1979, 1981, 1985-1988
- Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser, 1998
- Sevenoaks Focus, 1994, 1997
- Southport Visiter, 1998
- Stockton & Billingham Herald & Post, 1994-1995
- Surrey Herald, 1997
- Sutton Coldfield News, 1997
- Ulster Echo, 1891
- Uttoxeter Newsletter, 1996
- Uxbridge Informer, 1998
- Vale Advertiser, 1994
- Walton & Weybridge Leader, 1996-1997
- Warwick and Warwickshire Advertiser, 1876
- Wellingborough & Rushden Herald & Post, 1996-1997
- Wembley Leader, 1994
- Weston & Worle News, 1996
- Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald, 1997
December has come fast upon us, and so has gifting season. Why not give your loved ones the most special gift of all - the key to unlocking their heritage. To celebrate, we're offering 25% off selected gift subscriptions with code 'GIFT'. After all, there's no present like their past.
