Delve into your family's experiences with new records
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By Daisy Goddard | June 12, 2026

Trace social history with new records from Scotland and Sussex.
We've added two exciting new Scottish sets this week - if you have roots in Scotland, expand your family tree with stories from Clackmannanshire and beyond. With over 8,000 burials and new baptisms from Sussex, there are also new civil and parish records to explore.
Scotland, Red Book of Scotland
This new collection of Scottish Red book records comprises 99,822 records, spanning 1100 to 1600. These records chart the history of some of Scotland's most notable families in vivid detail.
Scotland, People of Clackmannanshire
This week's second new Scottish set contains 23,284 records from the historic county of Clackmannanshire. These new additions span the 18th and 19th centuries.
Scotland, Modern and Civil Deaths & Burials
We've also updated our Scottish civil death and burial records, with 8,504 new records covering almost 200 years of history.
Sussex Baptisms
Our existing collection of Sussex baptisms also received an update this week; explore 7,810 new records, spanning as far back as 1538.
New pages from Birmingham to Bedford
We've added seven newspaper titles to our archive this week and updated 30 existing publications - there are 336,654 new pages for you to discover.
New titles:
- Autocycle, 1903, 1913-1920
- Birmingham Graphic, 1883-1884
- Dalry & Kilbirnie Herald and Vale of Garnock News, 1894-1919
- Family Doctor and People’s Medical Adviser, 1918
- Housing Journal, 1918
- Pontefract Telegraph, 1859, 1863-1864, 1866-1867, 1879, 1889
- The Baptist, 1895, 1899
Updated titles:
- Aberdeen People’s Journal, 1871–1873
- Aberdeen Press and Journal, 2006–2008
- Achill Missionary Herald and Western Witness, 1851–1855, 1857–1866, 1869
- Ashbourne News Telegraph, 2000–2005
- Ashby-de-la-Zouch Gazette, 1877
- Ayrshire World, 2000–2005
- Bedford Record, 1912, 1921–1924
- Birmingham Daily Post, 1896–1897, 1911, 2005
- Cheshunt and Waltham Mercury, 2000–2002
- Chorley Standard and District Advertiser, 1864–1869
- Cumbernauld News, 1995–2005
- Dundee Evening Telegraph, 1987, 1989, 1994
- Glasgow Observer and Catholic Herald, 1885–1894
- Hull Daily Mail, 2000
- Huntingdon Town Crier, 2001–2002
- Irvine Herald, 2000, 2003–2004
- Kentish Gazette, 1805–1806, 1841, 1884
- Lancashire Evening Post, 1950, 1987, 1991, 1995
- Leatherhead Advertiser, 2002, 2004
- Norfolk News, 1913
- North Wales Chronicle, 1870, 1898
- Northern Echo, 1901–1902
- Northern Ensign and Weekly Gazette, 1850–1853, 1855–1863, 1865, 1867–1869, 1872–1875, 1877–1878, 1886, 1888, 1893–1894, 1897–1900, 1902–1921
- Nottinghamshire Guardian, 1888, 1910, 1912
- Penny Illustrated Paper, 1908–1910, 1912–1913
- Rothesay Chronicle, 1863–1874, 1878, 1892–1900, 1902, 1904–1909, 1911, 1913
- South London Observer, 1896–1900, 1965–1966
- Thanet Advertiser, 1904–1910, 1912–1913
- Warminster & Westbury Journal, 1896, 1898, 1909–1913, 1919
- Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, 1989
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