Explore brand new wartime records and our improved address search

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By Niall Cullen | April 23, 2021

From the Second World War to the house next door, there are endless potential discoveries on offer this Findmypast Friday.

We've just released brand new wartimes records, thousands of more newspaper pages, and enhanced our address search. Here's everything you need to know about what's new this week at Findmypast.

1939 Register

Where were your relatives at the outbreak of the Second World War? Find out with a newly-opened tranche of over 95,000 records from 1939.

We regularly open previously redacted 1939 Register entries making Findmypast's version the most up-to-date one available online.

British Army, Royal Engineers 1900-1949

The first phase of this new release sees over 92,000 tracer cards, mostly from World War 2, published online for the first time.

Tracer cards track a soldier's movement within and between regiments. The records can reveal names, army numbers, dates of birth, and enlistment, all useful detail for fleshing out your family tree.

Surnames from A-H are included in this first release. More records will be added over time. Combine this new collection with Royal Engineers Journals 1939-1945 to gain even more insight into this regiment's wartime exploits.

British Army, Coldstream Guards 1800-1947 Image Browse

Now available to browse page-by-page, delve into a range of different records to uncover details of those who served in this famous regiment.

The collection includes:

Casualties 1939-1947
Courts Martials 1800-1815
Decorations and Rewards 1914-1918 and 1939-1948
Discharges 1884-1947
Enlistments 1884-1947
Missing in Action 1939-1945
Nominal Roll of 1st Battalion men serving in Sudan 1932-1933
Officers’ Record of Services 1861-1915
Shanghai Defence Force 1927-1928
South African Campaign 1899-1902
Succession Book of 2nd Battalion officers 1797-1926
Succession Book of Officers 1826-1936
Record of Campaigns 1854-1895

As well as browsing through the records in this new addition, you can also pinpoint military ancestors in the searchable collection.

New and improved census address search

You can now discover a house in all UK census records with one quick search. Only available at Findmypast, address search is now easier to find, more intuitive, and includes enhanced features like name variants and radius settings.

To learn more, read our guide on using address search and pick up some tips on tracing local history.

Newspapers

We've just released four brand new papers and added thousands of pages to another seven. Fresh to the site are:

Eckington, Woodhouse and Staveley Express covering 1897-1911 and 1913-1940
Glamorgan Advertiser covering 1919-1949 and 1951-1962
Gravesend & Northfleet Standard covering 1892-1895, 1898-1910, and 1912-1915
Hants and Sussex News covering 1889-1892 and 1895-1913

And we've expanded the coverage in:

Atherstone, Nuneaton, and Warwickshire Times from 1885-1888 and 1890-1891
Blandford and Wimbourne Telegram from 1880-1883
Flintshire County Herald from 1887-1895, 1898-1910, and 1912-1947
Haslingden Gazette from 1916-1926
Northern Weekly Gazette from 1905, 1907-1909, 1914-1916 and 1932
Penistone, Stocksbridge and Hoyland Express from 1898-1907 and 1926
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser from 1890

Where will your past take you this weekend? We love hearing about your discoveries. Tag @findmypast on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter to share your stories with us.