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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)
Battalion, The Welsh Regiment – known as the Swansea Pals. These men, saw some of the heaviest fighting of the First World War, the Swansea Pals records contain useful details for the military historian and the family historian alike, including:suffering nearly 400 dead and wounded of 700 on the Somme in a single day, seeing service in Ypres where they were accidentally shelled by their own men.
- soldier number – enabling you to easily find the same individual in the millions of other World War One records on findmypast.co.uk
- rank
- next of kin
- address of next of kin
These records are transcripts of the original documents held by West Glamorgan Archives filed under TC/26/40. They are now published online at findmypast.co.uk in association with Glamorgan Family History Society whose members transcribed them.
New Wales and Kent parish records to search
Search 29,420 new parish records for Merionethshire and North West Kent on findmypast.co.uk
New Wales records
Search the following new Welsh records on findmypast.co.uk:
| Type of records | Number of records | Date range | Coverage |
| Baptisms | 8,316 | 1568-1894 | Llanymawddwy, Mallwyd |
| Marriages | 1,744 | 1568-1837 | Llanymawddwy, Mallwyd |
| Burials | 6,528 | 1813-1888 | Llanymawddwy, Mallwyd |
The Montgomeryshire Genealogical Society provided findmypast.co.uk with these records, in association with the Federation of Family History Societies.
If you’re tracing your Welsh ancestry, take a look at our Wales Collection which contains almost 6 million parish records covering 1538-2007.
New Kent records
We’ve added the following records which could hold fresh information about your Kent ancestors:
| Type of records | Number of records | Date range | Coverage |
| Burials | 12,832 | 1748-1793 | Greenwich |
The North West Kent Family History Society provided findmypast.co.uk with these records, in association with the Federation of Family History Societies.
We publish 49,000 new Lincolnshire parish marriage records
Search 49,184 new parish marriage records for Lincolnshire on findmypast.co.uk
The records span the period 1700 to 1837 and could hold vital new information about your Lincolnshire ancestors’ lives.
The Lincolnshire Family History Society provided findmypast.co.uk with these records, in association with the Federation of Family History Societies
The records cover more than 200 parishes – see the list of parishes here (PDF)
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New Yorkshire parish records to search
We’ve published 4,625 new parish records for Yorkshire on findmypast.co.uk
Any of you with Yorkshire roots will want to search these records to see if they hold new information to add to your family tree.
The Ryedale Family History Society provided findmypast.co.uk with these records, in association with the Federation of Family History Societies.
See the table below for more information about the records:
| Type of records | Number of records | Date range | Coverage |
| Baptisms | 2,176 | 1790-1886 | Allerston, Birdsall, Rillington |
| Marriages | 1,446 | 1754-1837 | Allerston, Birdsall, Helmsley, Malton |
| Burials | 1,003 | 1813-1888 | Allerston, Birdsall, Lockton |
Search 70,000 new Sheffield parish records
We’ve just published almost 70,000 new parish records for Sheffield on findmypast.co.uk
The records span the vast period 1767 to 1986 and will be essential to anyone with ancestors from Sheffield.
The Sheffield & District Family History Society provided findmypast.co.uk with these records, in association with the Federation of Family History Societies.
See the table below for further details of the records:
| Type of records | Number of records | Date range | Coverage |
| Baptisms | 13,102 | 1858-1940 | Sheffield, Yorkshire |
| Marriages | 24,772 | 1848-1986 | Sheffield, Yorkshire |
| Burials | 31,470 | 1767-1802 | Sheffield, Yorkshire |
Search new Kent parish records on findmypast.co.uk
Search more than 7,500 new parish records for North West Kent on findmypast.co.uk
Anyone with Kent ancestors will be keen to search the records for new details to add to their family tree.
The North West Kent Family History Society provided findmypast.co.uk with these records, in association with the Federation of Family History Societies.
Details of the records are as follows:
| Type of records | Number of records | Date range | Parish / place |
| Baptisms | 1,604 | 1685-1812 | Darenth |
| Marriages | 1,815 | 1686-1848 | Bromley, Darenth |
| Burials | 4,170 | 1686-1869 | Charlton, Darenth |
New Suffolk and Kent parish records published
We’ve published more than 180,000 new parish records for Suffolk and North West Kent on findmypast.co.uk
This is great news for any of you with Suffolk or Kent roots as the records could hold vital new information about your ancestors.
The Suffolk Family History Society and North West Kent Family History Society provided findmypast.co.uk with these records, in association with the Federation of Family History Societies.
Further details of the records are as follows:
| Type of records |
Number of records |
Date range | Parish / place |
| Baptisms | 117,821 | 1754-1905 | Suffolk – see detailed coverage (PDF) |
| Marriages | 13,763 | 1754-1812 | Suffolk – see detailed coverage (PDF) |
| Burials | 48,896 | 1788-1983 | Kent – Northfleet, Dartford, Gravesend |
Search new Northants, Yorkshire, Dorset and Kent parish records
We have updated our parish records collection with 647,000 new records for Northamptonshire, Yorkshire, Dorset and Kent. Read on for all the details.
Northamptonshire records
Search 528,228 new Northamptonshire parish records which span the vast period 1527-2006.
Further information on the records is as follows:
| Type of records | Number of records |
Date range | Parish / place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marriages | 96,545 | 1538-1975 | Coverage of records (PDF) |
| Burials | 431,683 | 1527-2006 | Coverage of records (PDF) |
The Northamptonshire Family History Society provided findmypast.co.uk with these records, in association with the Federation of Family History Societies.
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Yorkshire records
We’ve added 86,806 Yorkshire parish records to our collection:
| Type of records | Number
of records |
Date range | Parish / place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baptisms | 86,806 | 1599-1996 | Oughtibridge, Norton Lees, Ecclesfield, Ecclesal, Netherthorpe, Attercliffe, Sheffield, St Pauls |
The Sheffield & District Family History Society provided findmypast.co.uk with these records, in association with the Federation of Family History Societies.
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Dorset records
Search 14,219 new Dorset parish records on findmypast.co.uk:
| Type of records | Number
of records |
Date range | Parish / place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baptisms | 7,169 | 1559-1894 | Whitchurch Canonicorum, Lydlinch, Morden, Portesham, Frampton, Dorchester St. Peter, Hamoon |
| Marriages | 704 | 1560-1812 | Symondsbury, Lydlinch |
| Burials | 6,346 | 1641-1812 | Durweston, Loders, Lydlinch, Spetisbury, Milton Abbas, Dorchester Holy Trinity, Warmwell, Morden |
The Dorset Family History Society provided findmypast.co.uk with these records, in association with the Federation of Family History Societies.
North West Kent records
We’ve also published 18,167 new parish records for North West Kent on findmypast.co.uk
Further information on the records is as follows:
| Type of records | Number
of records |
Date range | Parish / place |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baptisms | 16,713 | 1813-1856 | Crayford, Greenwich, Darenth |
| Marriages | 1,454 | 1791-1842 | Greenwich |
The North West Kent Family History Society provided findmypast.co.uk with these records, in association with the Federation of Family History Societies.
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New Lincolnshire parish records now live
Search 38,269 new Lincolnshire parish marriage records for 76,538 people on findmypast.co.uk
You can view the list of parishes and places these records cover (PDF)
The records span the period 1699-1838 and will provide fresh information for those on the hunt for Lincolnshire ancestors.
The Lincolnshire Family History Society provided findmypast.co.uk with these records, in association with the Federation of Family History Societies.
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Thousands of new Gwent parish records published
You can now search 79,842 new parish records for Gwent on findmypast.co.uk
The records cover the period 1634 to 1933 – a vast time span in which to search for your ancestors.
The Gwent Family History Society provided us with these records, in association with the Federation of Family History Societies
Read on for the details of this exciting release:
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