Discover new family milestones in England and Jamaica

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By Niall Cullen | October 9, 2020

Where will your past take you this Findmypast Friday?

Vital life event records from England and Jamaica plus a host of new and updated newspapers - here's what's new to Findmypast this week.

England & Wales Non-Conformist Births and Baptisms

Were your ancestors religious dissenters? We’ve added thousands of Surrey Methodist records to this useful collection.

The records can reveal important family tree information including:

Your ancestors' names
Their birth and baptism dates
Where they were baptized
Their parents' names
Their godparents' names
Their family's religious beliefs

Use a range of search filters to find who you're looking for quicker and always remember to check the digitized copy of the original record if available. It could contain extra details.

Jamaica life events

With improved search features, our vibrant Jamaican collection has expanded again. Explore over 780,000 new birth, baptism, marriage, and death records to flesh out the Jamaican branches of your family tree.

Explore the collection as a whole or hone in on the record you need by searching each distinct record set:

Combine these latest releases with our exclusive archive of newspaper pages from the Royal Gazette of Jamaica to discover the bigger picture of your reggae roots.

Newspapers

Four new papers and generous updates to 12 others sees our newspaper collection continue to grow at pace.

Brand new to the site this week are:

Peterborough Standard covering 1872-1962
Haddingtonshire Advertiser and East-Lothian Journal covering 1881-1888
Invergordon Times and General Advertiser covering 1879-1886, 1888 and 1892
Ben Brierley’s Journal covering 1874-1881, 1883-1884, 1886 and 1888-1889

And we've added thousands more pages to:

Port Talbot Guardian from 1961-1980
Northman and Northern Counties Advertiser from 1880, 1882-1883 and 1885-1886
Daily Mirror from 1918
Kelso Mail from 1876, 1879-1880, 1883-1884 and 1886
Kirkcaldy Times from 1880-1882 and 1884-1885
Wolverhampton Express and Star from 1874-1876, 1878-1879 and 1881
Bradford Observer from 1954-1956
Evening Mail from 1861-1864 and 1868
Helensburgh News from 1879-1885
Marylebone Mercury from 1926-1932, 1934, 1936-1937 and 1946
Manchester Times from 1857 and 1863
Nantwich Chronicle from 1965-1970

Findmypast Fridays live

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