by Lisa Cooke | Aug 22, 2014 | 01 What's New, British, Digital Archives, Irish, Newspaper
More than 8.5 million newspaper pages from 1710-1954 are now available to search at The British Newspaper Archive. Recent titles cover England, Scotland and Northern Ireland and include the London Evening Standard, Glasgow’s Daily Record and the Northern Whig.
The first years from the following new titles have been added to The British Newspaper Archive:
- Biggleswade Chronicle, covering 1912
- Daily Record, covering 1914-1915
- Lake’s Falmouth Packet and Cornwall Advertiser, covering 1864
- London Evening Standard, covering 1860-1862 and 1866-1867
- Newcastle Evening Chronicle, covering 1915
- Northern Whig, covering 1869-1870
- Surrey Comet, covering 1854-1857 and 1859-1870
- Watford Observer, covering 1864-1865, 1867, 1869-1870
Check out the latest additions of old news now at The British Newspaper Archive here!
Want to learn more about using old newspapers in your genealogy research? Check out my book How to Find Your Family History in Newspapers. You’ll learn what kinds of family items you’ll find mentioned in old newspapers; how to find the right newspapers for your family; and how to locate old editions–both online and offline.
by Lisa Cooke | Nov 23, 2013 | 01 What's New, British, FamilySearch, Immigration, Irish, Records & databases
By S.MacMillen (Own work) [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons.
The time period covered by these indexes includes an enormous wave of immigrants, mostly from southern and Eastern Europe. Italians, Portuguese, Russians (including Jews), Poles, Slavs and more entered the U.S. by the millions. Record content varies, but may include ports of departure and entry, age, birthplace, gender, marital status, occupation, citizenship or last country of resident, contact information for loved ones in the Old World or in the U.S., intended destination, and even a physical description. Images of the actual record can be viewed.
Also new at FamilySearch are nearly 1.5 million indexed records from the Mexico, Distrito Federal, Civil Registration, 1832-2005, collection and over half a million indexed records from the Hungary Catholic Church Records, 1636-1895, collection. See the table below for the full list of updates. Search these diverse collections and more than 3.5 billion other records for free at FamilySearch.org.
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Collection
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Indexed Records
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Digital Images
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Comments
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| England, Lancashire, Cheshire, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1603-1910 |
35,896 |
0 |
Added indexed records to an existing collection. |
| Germany, Prussia, Brandenburg, Eberswalde, City Directories, 1890-1919 |
0 |
2,836 |
New browsable image collection. |
| Hungary Catholic Church Records, 1636-1895 |
572,243 |
0 |
Added indexed records to an existing collection. |
| Mexico, Distrito Federal, Civil Registration, 1832-2005 |
1,452,770 |
0 |
Added indexed records to an existing collection. |
| Netherlands, Limburg Province, Church Records, 1542-1910 |
0 |
131,396 |
New browsable image collection. |
| Russia, Samara Church Books, 1869-1917 |
88,149 |
0 |
Added indexed records to an existing collection. |
| Ukraine, Kyiv Orthodox Consistory Church Book Duplicates, 1840-1845 |
129,110 |
0 |
Added indexed records to an existing collection. |
| U.S., Florida, Marriages, 1830-1993 |
1,012,025 |
720,622 |
Added indexed records and images to an existing collection. |
| U.S., Iowa, State Census, 1905 |
1,445,414 |
0 |
New indexed record collection. |
| U.S., Massachusetts, Boston Passenger Lists, 1891-1943 |
2,829,077 |
0 |
Added indexed records to an existing collection. |
| U.S., Massachusetts, State Vital Records, 1841-1920 |
755,766 |
0 |
Added indexed records to an existing collection. |
| U.S., Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Passenger Lists, 1883-1945 |
874,690 |
0 |
Added indexed records to an existing collection. |
