Findmypast Friday – 21 June 2019

FindmyPast

New Liverpool Parish Records and more available to search this Findmypast Friday

There are over 6.4 million new records and newspaper articles available to search and explore this Findmypast Friday including over 264,000 new and exclusive parish records that have been digitised and made available online for the first time in association with the Lancashire Archives.

Lancashire Baptisms

Over 31,000 additional records are now available to search amongst out collection of Lancashire Baptisms. The new additions cover the parishes of:

  • Edge Hill, St Nathaniel -1869 to 1918
  • Liverpool, St John – 1785 to 1898
  • Liverpool, St Silas, Pembroke Place – 1841 to 1918
  • Liverpool, St Stephen the Martyr – 1851 to 1918
  • Newburgh, Christ Church – 1860 to 1917
  • Seaforth, St Thomas – 1839 to 1918
  • Stoneycroft, St Paul – 1916 to 1918
  • Toxteth Park, St Bede – 1882 to 1918

These records include both transcripts and images of the original documents. Each result will reveal when and where your ancestor’s baptism took place, the names of their parent’s and father’s occupation.

Lancashire Marriages & Banns

A further 179,000 records have also been added to our collection of Lancashire Banns & Marriages. These new marriage registers add coverage for a selection of new Liverpool parishes, including:

  • Edge Hill, St Nathaniel – 1871 to 1943
  • Everton, Emmanuel – 1835 to 1943
  • Liverpool, St John – 1785 to 1898
  • Liverpool, St Stephen the Martyr – 1852 to 1943
  • Seaforth, St Thomas – 1870 to 1943
  • Stoneycroft, St Paul – 1916 to 1943
  • Toxteth Park, St Bede – 1887 to 1943

Learn when, where and to whom your ancestor was married, as well as the happy couple’s ages, occupations, marital status, residences, parent’s names and father’s occupation.

Lancashire Burials

Over 54,000 new records from the central Liverpool Parish of St John. These new records span the years 1767 to 1883 and will allow you to discover when your Liverpool ancestors were laid to rest.

The transcripts and images within this collection will enable you to discover when your ancestor died, their occupation, the date and location of their burial, as well as their age at death.

United States Obituary Notices

A whopping 5.7 million new records are now available to search within our collection of United States Obituary Notices.

These records, obtained from the tributes.com and currentobituary.com websites will enable you to discover your ancestor’s name, birth and death years as well as the original obituary text. Additional information such as images and details about the records can be found on the source’s website.

Scotland, Darien Scheme Investors 1696

Explore the records of investors in The Company of Scotland Trading to Africa and the Indies, also called the Scottish Darien Company. It was funded by investments from people across Scotland. These transcripts will provide you with information on those who invested money and their representatives.

The Darien scheme was an unsuccessful attempt by the Kingdom of Scotland to establish a colony called “Caledonia” in Panama in the late 1690s. Opposed by commercial interests from England, the company of Scotland raised subscriptions for the scheme in Amsterdam, Hamburg, and London. English investors soon raised their share but withdrew their money after King William and the English Parliament turned against the venture. However, by August 1696 the Scottish investors raised £400,000 themselves.

As the scheme was backed by approximately 20% of all the money circulating in the country at the time, its failure left the entire Lowlands in substantial financial ruin and was an important factor in weakening Scottish resistance to the Act of Union. In July 1699, the colony was abandoned due to inadequate provisions, the unfamiliar hot and humid climate had caused fever to spread, and many settlers died. Of the 1,200 settlers, only 300 survived.

International Records Update – Iceland

To mark Icelandic National Day this week, we have made over 287,000 baptism and marriage records from the land of fire and ice available to search on Findmypast.

These two new indexes span the years 1730 to 1920 and will generate hints against your Findmypast Family tree.

British & Irish Newspaper Update

A bumper crop of new and updated titles have been added to the collection this week, with 163,404 new pages added. We have seven brand new titles added this week, covering both England and Scotland. We have three new London publications joining us – the Harrow Midweek, the Middlesex Gazette and the Middlesex Independent – as well as one Scottish title (the Northern Ensign & Weekly Gazette) and one new Essex title (the Essex Guardian). We are also delighted to welcome two specialist sporting titles – namely, the Volunteer Record & Shooting News, which ‘warmly supports the interests of the shooting man,’ and the Fishing Gazette, a publication which covers all types of fishing across the world.

Further to these new arrivals, we have also updated sixteen of our existing titles. Updates this week cover the length and the breadth of the United Kingdom and Ireland, with updates incorporating publications from Aberdeen to Jersey, from Kingston to County Down, from Bristol to Kensington, from Crawley to Strabane.

News archive

2024

  1. » February (2)

2023

  1. » December (1)
  2. » August (1)
  3. » January (2)

2022

  1. » December (7)
  2. » November (8)
  3. » October (6)
  4. » September (6)
  5. » August (5)
  6. » July (6)
  7. » June (3)
  8. » May (6)
  9. » April (7)
  10. » March (7)
  11. » February (4)
  12. » January (4)

2021

  1. » December (4)
  2. » November (4)
  3. » October (6)
  4. » September (7)
  5. » August (5)
  6. » July (4)
  7. » June (3)
  8. » May (5)
  9. » April (7)
  10. » March (6)
  11. » February (6)
  12. » January (8)

2020

  1. » December (4)
  2. » November (7)
  3. » October (9)
  4. » September (10)
  5. » August (7)
  6. » July (7)
  7. » June (7)
  8. » May (8)
  9. » April (5)
  10. » March (6)
  11. » February (9)
  12. » January (8)

2019

  1. » December (5)
  2. » November (6)
  3. » October (8)
  4. » September (6)
  5. » August (9)
  6. » July (4)
  7. » June (5)
  8. » May (5)
  9. » April (4)
  10. » March (7)
  11. » February (9)
  12. » January (6)

2018

  1. » December (6)
  2. » November (8)
  3. » October (5)
  4. » September (7)
  5. » August (7)
  6. » July (5)
  7. » June (7)
  8. » May (5)
  9. » April (4)
  10. » March (7)
  11. » February (7)
  12. » January (7)

2017

  1. » December (6)
  2. » November (9)
  3. » October (4)
  4. » September (7)
  5. » August (9)
  6. » July (10)
  7. » June (4)
  8. » May (6)
  9. » April (7)
  10. » March (7)
  11. » February (5)
  12. » January (8)

2016

  1. » December (10)
  2. » November (8)
  3. » October (9)
  4. » September (7)
  5. » August (11)
  6. » July (13)
  7. » June (5)
  8. » May (7)
  9. » April (4)
  10. » March (11)
  11. » February (13)
  12. » January (7)

2015

  1. » December (4)
  2. » November (2)
  3. » October (4)
  4. » August (1)
  5. » June (1)
  6. » May (4)
  7. » April (2)
  8. » March (7)
  9. » February (6)
  10. » January (4)

2014

  1. » December (5)
  2. » November (4)
  3. » October (5)
  4. » September (3)
  5. » August (5)
  6. » July (2)
  7. » June (3)
  8. » May (4)
  9. » April (7)
  10. » March (4)
  11. » February (3)
  12. » January (5)

2013

  1. » December (5)
  2. » November (6)
  3. » October (3)
  4. » September (4)
  5. » August (4)
  6. » July (4)
  7. » June (9)
  8. » May (1)
  9. » April (4)
  10. » March (3)
  11. » February (3)

2012

  1. » December (2)
  2. » November (1)
  3. » October (3)
  4. » August (1)
  5. » July (2)
  6. » June (2)
  7. » May (6)
  8. » April (6)
  9. » March (4)
  10. » January (3)

2011

  1. » December (6)
  2. » November (2)
  3. » October (2)
  4. » September (4)
  5. » August (2)
  6. » July (2)
  7. » June (5)
  8. » May (2)
  9. » April (2)
  10. » March (12)
  11. » February (2)
  12. » January (1)