Records for Ireland and Australia online this Findmypast Friday 

Findmypast adds 200,000 new records covering Queensland, Waterford and beyond this Findmypast Friday.

Queensland Funeral Notices 

Perfect for researching more recent relatives, and ideally timed for Family History Month, around 33,000 new records have been added into this existing, exclusive collection, covering the years 1973-2003. These transcripts could help you uncover the burial date, residence and age of your ancestor. Some include additional notes too, such as ethnicity or religion.  

Ireland, Waterford, Dungarvan Town Commissioners Records 

New and exclusive to Findmypast, these records cover the years 1851-1922. The Town Commission was responsible for government activities such as road maintenance, housing, and regulating markets. If your ancestor is within the records, you might discover details about their finances or occupation. Around 47,000 transcripts and original images make up this collection.  

Waterford Poor Law Union Board of Guardians Minute Books 

Exclusive to Findmypast, the additional records number at around 38,000. It’s possible to uncover if your ancestor married in the workhouse, asked for emigration assistance, or owed money. Be sure to check the original images for extra detail. 

Newspapers 

Ten brand new titles and over 400,000 pages have been added to the archive this week. 

New titles: 

• Antigua Standard, 1883-1890 
• Australian Spiritualist, 1881 
• Battersea Polytechnic Review, 1894 
• British Yachtsman, 1894 
• Evans and Ruffy’s Farmer’s Journal, 1809-1832 
• Hampstead News, 1882-1961 
• Holloway Press, 1872-1962 
• Land & Labor, 1918 
• Sutton Journal, 1863-1896, 1898-1902 
• West Kent Argus and Borough of Lewisham News, 1894-1931 

Updated titles: 

• Ashbourne News Telegraph, 1998 
• Birmingham Weekly Mercury, 1936-1945, 1947-1948, 1951-1955, 1957-1958, 1961-1962, 1964-1966, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976-1979, 1983-1985, 1993-1994, 1998 
• Birmingham Weekly Post, 1879 
• Bracknell Times, 1998 
• Brentwood Gazette, 1993 
• Bucks Advertiser & Aylesbury News, 1845, 1851, 1863 
• Cambridge Town Crier, 1993 
• Caterham Mirror, 1993 
• Chester Chronicle, 1998 
• Crewe Chronicle, 1998 
• Derby Express, 1998 
• Dorking and Leatherhead Advertiser, 1993 
• East Cleveland Herald & Post, 1993 
• East Grinstead Observer, 1993 
• Edinburgh Evening News, 1951 
• Erdington News, 1911-1917 
• Evening Despatch, 1908-1911, 1913, 1920-1923, 1925-1929, 1933-1935, 1937-1938, 1948-1949, 1951-1954 
• Faversham Times and Mercury and North-East Kent Journal, 1993, 1995 
• Field, 1857 
• Formby Times, 1993, 1995 
• Gloucester News, 1993 
• Harlow Star, 1993 
• Harrow Informer, 1993 
• Harrow Observer, 1998 
• Heartland Evening News, 1999 
• Herald Cymraeg, 1993 
• Hertford Mercury and Reformer, 1998 
• Herts and Essex Observer, 1998-1999 
• Hounslow & Chiswick Informer, 1993 
• Huntingdon Town Crier, 1998 
• Irvine Herald, 1994 
• Isle of Thanet Gazette and Thanet Times, 1993 
• Kentish Express, 1961 
• Leatherhead Advertiser, 1993 
• Long Eaton Advertiser, 1998 
• Middlesbrough Herald & Post, 1993 
• Midweek Visitor (Southport), 1993 
• Neath Guardian, 1993 
• Ormskirk Advertiser, 1992 
• Ottawa Free Press, 1903 
• Plymouth Extra, 1989, 1993 
• Retford, Gainsborough & Worksop Times, 1998 
• St Neots Town Crier, 1993 
• St. Kitts Daily Express, 1906, 1909-1915 
• Stockport Express Advertiser, 1993 
• Strathearn Herald, 1993 
• Sun (Antigua), 1911, 1913-1920 
• Sunbury & Shepperton Herald, 1991 
• Thanet Times, 1993 
• Uxbridge Informer, 1995 
• Walton & Weybridge Informer, 1993 
• West Surrey Times, 1918 
• Whitstable Times and Herne Bay Herald, 1993 
• Woodford Times, 1870-1881, 1896, 1899-1915 

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