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March newsletter competition winner
It's time to announce the winner of our March newsletter competition. We asked you: 'Which artist's baptism record did we find in our Westminster parish records?' Congratulations go to Richard Carsons from Cheshire who answered correctly ...
New First World War Swansea Pals records published today
Now you can search for your ancestors among records of the men of the Swansea area recruited to the 14th (Service) ...
New World collection records added
Have ancestors that travelled further afield in search of a new life? Did your family originate elsewhere? Over the past six months we've added hundreds of millions of records from right across the English speaking world from Australia, New Zealand, the United States & Ireland to our World collection and made them ...
Scott’s journey through genealogy: document right from the start!
In this blog series, genealogical historian Scott Phillips invites us along on his journey through genealogy and shares some of the lessons he's learnt along the way. Welcome and thanks for joining me on Scott’s journey through genealogy this month here on the findmypast.co.uk blog. As ...
Survey prizes awarded
We ask you to complete our customer feedback survey because we're interested to hear your opinions about findmypast.co.uk. Your responses provide us with key information about the improvements we can make to our service. As a thank you for taking part in our survey, we have awarded a 12 month Britain Full subscripti...
Millions of East Kent parish records now searchable
We've added new parish records to our Canterbury Collection, bringing the total to over 2 million. The records date as far back as 1538 and provide rich details for family historians. The Canterbury Collection of records on findmypast.co.uk now includes the following: Baptisms: 902,849 records ...
Ask the photo expert – hop-picking in Kent
Our photo dating expert, Jayne Shrimpton, analyses your family photos. Katerina sent us her photo and asked: 'This is a photo of my gran, Mary Edith Baden (third from the left) and my great gran, Emily Baden. I know it was taken in the hop fields of Kent but no-one seems to know when. Can you she...
Ask the photo expert – traditional Welsh costumes
Our photo dating expert, Jayne Shrimpton, analyses your family photos. Sarah Bassett sent us her photo and asked: 'This is a photo of my great-grandmother (standing), born in 1876. We think that the lady seated is her mother, who died in 1891. We believe the photo dates from around 1889/90, but a...
Ask the expert – father or uncle?
Our resident expert Stephen Rigden, pictured below, answers your queries. From David Mirsch: 'I'm having trouble tracking one of my ancestors through English records. Specifically, she is listed on a marriage certificate in 1881 with her father, but she is never associated with this man in any ...
Ask the expert – missing merchant seaman
Our resident expert Stephen Rigden, pictured below, answers your queries. From Vera Baccino: 'My question is: how can you trace someone if you cannot find a birth certificate? My grandfather James Wiseman was born in around 1882 and he lived in Liverpool, where I have two wedding certificates 191...