Explore new records from both sides of the Atlantic

We've added a varied range of new records this week, with civil marriages and deaths from Philadelphia County, as well as updates to the 1939 Register and our Women's Land Army service cards.

Philadelphia County, Civil Marriages

We've updated this collection with 7,758 new marriage records from Philadelphia County. These additions span the 19th century.

Philadelphia County, Civil Deaths

If you've got ancestors from Philadelphia County, you may be able to cover details about their final chapter within these 7,758 new death records.

Women’s Land Army Service Cards

We've also added 9,222 records to our Women's Land Army collection, covering the start of the Second World War to 1950.

1939 Register

Our collection of 1939 Register records has also grown by 80,010 this week.

New pages from Leith to Llanelli

Five new titles, including Young Soldier, joined our archive this week; we've also updated 22 existing publications, with a total of 207,356 new pages added.

New titles:

• Labour League Examiner, 1874
• Nationalist (Clonmel), 1895-1896, 1899, 1902, 1906
• North Lonsdale Herald and Dalton Advertiser, 1895-1897, 1900-1910
• People’s Conservative, 1833-1834
• Walthamstow Chronicle and Leyton Intelligencer, 1872-1876
• Young Soldier, 1881-1985

Updated titles:

• Beds and Herts Pictorial, 1959-1966
• Blackpool Gazette & Herald, 1926
• Buteman, 1894-1895, 1986, 1994
• Chester Chronicle, 2000, 2003-2005
• Commercial Journal, 1848-1853, 1873-1874
• Cork Constitution, 1921
• Devon and Somerset News, 1877, 1886
• East & South Devon Advertiser, 1888-1889
• English Lakes Visitor, 1889
• Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald, 2003-2004
• Halesworth Times, 1874-1879
• Iron Trade Circular (Rylands’) and Hardware Weekly Messenger, 1887
• Leith Burghs Pilot, 1877
• Llanelli Star, 2001-2005
• Market Harborough Advertiser and Midland Mail, 1902-1903, 1905-1911, 1913-1919
• Market Rasen Weekly Mail, 1886-1888, 1890-1894, 1926-1928, 1931-1937, 1939-1941, 1946-1949
• Newport & Market Drayton Advertiser, 1862-1864, 1868-1869
• Penrith Observer, 1879, 1961-1966
• Police Chronicle, 1878
• Port Talbot Guardian, 2000-2002
• Sidmouth Journal and Directory, 1874-1888
• Sussex Daily News, 1874, 1892, 1899-1900

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