Browse the building blocks of genealogy with new baptism and burial records
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By Jessie Ohara | July 29, 2022
We've added nearly 50,000 new records across three collections, all entirely exclusive online at Findmypast.
Where would we be without BMDs? This week, we've added baptisms and burials from all across the South of England. Here's a rundown of everything that's new.
Middlesex Baptisms
We've added over 18,000 new records to this collection, from New Brentford, Tottenham and Edmonton.
An enumerator map of Tottenham, Edmonton and the surrounding areas. View this map here.
Our New Brentford records span 1813-1876, the Tottenham records span 1813-1884 and the Edmonton records cover 1802-1842, making these a perfect resource to trace your ancestors back into the 19th century. You may also find the parents' names in these records, helping you add multiple generations to your family tree.
Surrey Baptisms
The largest addition of the week, we've added over 23,000 new Surrey baptism records.
These records are from the parishes of Lambeth, Stockwell, St Mary Magdalene Bermondsey, and Walworth between the years 1777-1876. Similar to the previous collection, you may find birth date and parents' names.
Greater London Burial Index
If you have ancestors from Ealing, make sure to check out our new additions to this collection.
St Andrew's Church, Ealing, 1898.
We've added nearly 8,000 new records to this collection, spanning 1813-1868. You may find information such as age, birth year, burial date and place of residence.
News across the globe
We've added an immense 155,351 new pages to our newspaper archive, so if you're a social history savant, then make sure to check it out. Not only do we have significant updates to regional titles such as the Shields Daily Gazette and the Kent Messenger & Gravesend Telegraph, but we've added new pages to a few of our international titles such as the Ottawa Free Press and the Colonial Standard and Jamaica Despatch. Read on for the full list of updated titles.
Updated titles:
- Aris’s Birmingham Gazette,1814
- Birmingham Weekly Mercury, 1924-1926, 1928-1935, 1996, 1999
- Carmarthen Journal, 1984
- Colonial Standard and Jamaica Despatch, 1865, 1867, 1870, 1872, 1874, 1879
- Evening Despatch, 1902-1903, 1924, 1932
- Galloway News and Kirkcudbrightshire Advertiser, 1993
- Kent Messenger & Gravesend Telegraph, 1913, 1919-1930, 1948, 1950, 1966-1967, 1969
- Kentish Express, 1973
- Lewisham Borough News, 1958
- Mirror (Trinidad & Tobago), 1899-1900, 1912-1913, 1916
- North & South Shields Gazette and Northumberland and Durham Advertiser, 1851, 1853-1855, 1860
- Nottingham Evening Post, 1956
- Ottawa Free Press, 1910
- Shields Daily Gazette, 1898, 1905, 1907-1909, 1912-1915, 1917-1918, 1920-1945, 1953-1955
- Sports Argus, 1980, 1983, 1985-1986, 1989, 1992, 1995-1996
- Stockton & Billingham Herald & Post, 1993
- Surrey Herald, 1988
- Voice of St. Lucia, 1889
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