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What was their wedding like? How was their birth announced to the world? Old newspapers are full of birth, marriage, death and in memoriam notices that reveal colourful details and poignant tributes you won’t find in other records. Discover the moments and events that shaped your family’s journey, recorded as they happened and in their own words.
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These records have been sourced from our large collection of British and Irish newspapers and span the 19th and 20th centuries.
They consist of four main types of record:
Birth notices
Marriage notices
Death notices
In memoriam notices
These different types of family notices were submitted to newspapers across Britain and Ireland to mark important life events. They appeared in both regional and national newspapers on a regular basis, forming a familiar part of publications from the 19th century onwards.
Our collection of family notices is a growing one. This means that we will be adding more and more birth, marriage, death and in memoriam notices to this set, so what you are able to search here today is just a small sample of the records to come.
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