Brand new family records and an exciting app-date

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By Liam Kelly | July 10, 2020

There's only one thing better than a host of brand new family records - being able to explore them anywhere, any time with the Findmypast app.

Findmypast is still the only family history site to bring you brand new records every week. Along with new and exclusive life events, school registers, and newspapers, this week we're also announcing an exciting update to our free mobile app. Read on for all the details on what’s new.

Yorkshire Monumental Inscriptions

We've added almost 32,000 records to this exclusive collection. Covering 48 Yorkshire parishes, these records can reveal fascinating details for your family tree including:

Your ancestors’ names
Their ages
Their birth and death years
Their memorial location and description
The inscription on their memorial

Check the parish list for details of the parishes that have been added and the time frames they cover. These latest additions have been provided by our partners at Calderdale Family History Society and City of York & District Family History Society and you won't find them anywhere else online.

Derbyshire Deaths and Burials

This collection of records has been updated with over 60,000 additions from 7 Derbyshire parishes. Burial records provide poignant details on the lives and deaths of your ancestors including:

Their names
Their birth, death and burial dates
Their ages when they died
Where they were buried
Their religious denominations

The parishes and years included in this update are:

Belper Cemetery, 1859-1898
Brimington Cemetery, 1878-1994
Buxton Cemetery, 1896-2011
Crosshill, Condor & Loscoes Cemetery, 1876-1994
Glossop Cemetery, 1859-2011
Hope Cemetery, 1835-2017
New Mills, Thornset Cemetery, 1994-2011

These new releases have been provided by Derbyshire Family History Society and High Peak Borough Council. If you've got family roots in Derbyshire, you can piece together more of your past by also delving into births and baptisms and marriages from the county.

National School Admission Registers & Log-Books 1870-1914

Over 7,000 exclusive admission registers from two schools have been added to this colorful collection. These records can reveal details about your ancestors’ childhoods that you won't find anywhere else, including:

Their names, ages, and dates of birth
The name of the school they attended
When they started school
Their parents' names

Provided by our partners at North West Kent Family History Society, the new additions come from Stone, The Brent School (1894-1920) and St Mary Cray School (1867-1920).

Peru, Lima, Civil Registration Records 1874-1996

We’ve just released millions of civil birth, marriage, and death records from Lima, the capital city of Peru. Spanning over 120 years, each collection includes a dedicated search page making it easier to narrow down the record you're looking for:

Brought to you in partnership with FamilySearch, these milestone resources are essential for anyone with Peruvian heritage.

Newspapers

Our newspaper collection continues to grow with the addition of 12 brand new titles, along with updates to 14 existing titles. New to the site are:

Manchester & Salford Advertiser covering 1837-1840, and 1842
Hampshire Independent covering 1837, 1842-1843, 1845-1846, 1848-1852, 1858-1878, 1880-1882, 1884-1885, 1888-1895, 1898-1900, 1903-1905, 1908-1910, 1912-1918, and 1920-1923
Clonmel Chronicle covering 1848-1880, and 1882-1896
Jersey Evening Post covering 1899, 1902-1903, and 1905-1909
Sunday Illustrated covering 1921-1923
Cox’s Legal Circular covering 1916
Docks’ Gazette covering 1920
On the March covering 1920
The War covering 1915
Prohibitionist covering 1917-1918
Chester-le-Street Chronicle and District Advertiser covering 1913-1923, and 1929-1940
Kilkenny Moderator covering 1828-1831, 1833-1840, 1849-1851, 1881, and 1900-1902

Meanwhile, we've updated:

Merthyr Express with pages from 1946, 1948, and 1952-1953
Westmeath Guardian and Longford News-Letter with pages from 1841-1851, 1853-1860, and 1862-1896
Richmond & Ripon Chronicle with pages from 1857, 1859, and 1889
Scarborough Gazette with pages from 1856, and 1884
Leinster Reporter with pages from 1878, and 1880
Wakefield Express with pages from 1862
Saint James’s Chronicle with pages from 1851-1866
Baldwin’s London Weekly Journal with pages from 1803, 1807, 1809, 1812, 1817-1820, and 1822-1836
Cannock Chase Courier with pages from 1914-1928
Midland Counties Advertiser with pages from 1882
Lynn Advertiser with pages from 1891-1909, and 1911-1912
Meath Herald and Cavan Advertiser with pages from 1854-1856
Lisburn Standard with pages from 1878, and 1884-1885
Sligo Independent with pages from 1856, 1860-1869, and 1920-1924

Major app-date: record searching is now live

Good news: you can now search for records from the Findmypast app. You can also filter and sort the results and with a paid subscription, view transcripts and images to print or download.

To use this feature, download the app (or update date it if you already have it) and you’ll see a search magnifying glass at the bottom of your screen. You can find out more about the free Findmypast mobile app and all its great features here.

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