New and exclusive Catholic church records are ready to search
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By Niall Cullen | October 22, 2021
Explore hidden family stories in the latest additions to our exclusive Catholic Heritage Archive.
What's new on Findmypast this week? Read on for all the details.
England Roman Catholic Parish Records
Only at Findmypast, explore new additions to the Catholic Heritage Archive. We’ve added a brand new collection from Plymouth Diocese, alongside thousands of additional records from Southwark Archdiocese.
Spanning 1781-1921, our latest tranche of Catholic records includes:
- Over 55,000 baptism records
- Over 16,000 marriage records
- Over 15,000 burial records
- Over 15,000 congregational records
As well as Plymouth and Southwark records, you can also delve into Catholic exclusives from Birmingham, Liverpool, Middlesbrough, and Westminster on Findmypast. Not to mention unique Irish and American collections.
Newspapers
This week, we've released 11 new papers and updated 18 others. New arrivals include:
- Cosmopolitan covering 1865 and 1868-1876
- Illustrated Crystal Palace Gazette covering 1853-1854
- Illustrated Midland News covering 1869-1871
- Illustrated Newspaper covering 1871
- London Illustrated Weekly covering 1874
- South London Advertiser covering 1863-1866
- Surrey Herald and County Advertiser covering 1826-1828
- Tichborne Gazette covering 1872 and 1874-1875
- Warminster Herald covering 1857, 1859-1869, 1872-1874, 1877-1880, 1882-1884 and 1886-1893
- Westerham Herald covering 1883-1889, 1893-1896, 1898-1935
- Wolverton Express covering 1901-1954
While we've added more pages to:
- Borough of Greenwich Free Press from 1857
- Bury Free Press from 1997
- Fenland Citizen from 1989
- Grantham Journal from 1960-1967, 1981-1983, and 1995-1996
- Haverhill Echo from 1994-1997
- Herne Bay Press from 1898
- Islington Times from 1858
- Kentish Express 1878
- Liverpool Albion from 1837, 1851, 1859 and 1865
- Lloyd’s List from 1913
- Music Hall and Theatre Review from 1902-1903
- New Milton Advertiser from 1992
- Newmarket Journal from 1997
- Saffron Walden Weekly News from 1997
- South Eastern Gazette from 1910
- Spalding Guardian from 1957, 1961-1963 and 1995-1997
- Suffolk and Essex Free Press from 1997
- Wellington Gazette and Military Chronicle from 1879
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