You can now search 163,477 new Thames-side and Medway parish burial records on findmypast.co.uk

These burial records cover Middlesex, Essex, Surrey and Kent for the period 1702 to 1997. These records represent the next part of a collection licensed from local specialist Rob Cottrell, and follow on from t...Read More

In findmypast.co.uk’s July newsletter, we asked you to search our fully indexed birth records and tell us how many people in Hampshire are registered with the last name 'Britain'. Thanks to all of you who entered - the...Read More

Make sure you don't miss Who Do You Think You Are? tonight at 9pm on BBC1. This week, gardener Monty Don traces his family history and discovers more about the side of his family that's always been a bit of a mystery. Among other things, Monty unearths what happened to the fortune his ancestors made in the marmalade...Read More

Last night's episode of Who Do You Think You Are? was a rollercoaster ride for Dervla Kirwan. She found out about her great great uncle Michael Collins, a key player in establishing the Irish Free State, and the political relationship between Michael and his nephew, Finian. [caption id="attachment_4246" align="align...Read More

When you subscribe to findmypast.co.uk we send you a series of emails to help with your research. One of them involves finding your great great grandparents and we have just awarded the following people a 12 month Full subscription for achieving this: May 2010 - Meredith Cupitt June 2010 - Hilery McAlpine July 201...Read More

We ask you to complete our customer feedback surveys because we really value your input. When you fill in our surveys you provide us with invaluable feedback about the ways in which we can improve the service we offer you. As a thank you for taking part in these surveys we have awarded a year's Full subscription to the...Read More

Don't forget to watch tonight's episode of Who Do You Think You Are? at 9pm on BBC1. This week follows Irish actress Dervla Kirwan as she journeys back into her past. Dervla's grandfather was in the Irish Free State Army, and her research leads her to make some fascinating discoveries about the IRA and Dublin's Jewi...Read More

We have just published 277,834 new Thames and Medway parish baptism records on the site for the period 1721 to 1970. These baptisms are transcriptions, not indexes, and include, among others, such key London historical periphery parishes as those in Brentford, Deptford, Ealing, Greenwich and Rotherhithe. As well ...Read More

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We've just added 184,650 records and 1,003,794 images to our Chelsea Pensioners collection for the period 1760-1854. This brings the total amount of Chelsea Pe...Read More