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Search over 22,000 new London docklands parish baptisms
We have just updated our London docklands parish baptisms collection with 22,645 new records.
This brings the total amount of London docklands baptisms on findmypast.co.uk to 503,711. You can find full details of the coverage of these records in our knowledge base.
Here is a breakdown of these new records:
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Church and area
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Date range
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Number of records
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St Matthew, Bethnal Green
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1799-1819
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12,605
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St Dunstan, Stepney
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1608-1628
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10,040
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We are working on this ongoing project in association with Docklands Ancestors and you can expect to see more updates in the coming months. Find out more about this project here.
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Almost 450,000 new parish baptism records published
You can now search 447,108 new parish baptism records for Durham, Yorkshire, Cumberland, Northumberland and Westmorland on findmypast.co.uk
These records cover 324 parishes in total – click here to view a list of these parishes (PDF). The records cover the period 1600-1997.
The Northumberland & Durham Family History Society provided us with these records, in association with the Federation of Family History Societies.
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Over 126,000 new parish baptism and marriage records published
You can now search 126,967 new parish baptism and marriage records for Durham, Yorkshire, Cumberland, Northumberland and Westmorland on findmypast.co.uk
The Northumberland & Durham Family History Society provided findmypast.co.uk with these records, in association with the Federation of Family History Societies.
Further details about these records are as follows:
| Type of records | Number of records |
Years covered |
Counties covered | Churches covered |
| Baptisms | 16,383 | 1773–1959 | Durham | St Andrew, St Helen & St Peter |
| Marriages | 110,584 | 1521–1989 | Durham, Yorkshire, Cumberland, Northumberland, Westmorland | St Andrew, St Helen & St Peter, St Thomas, St Steven, St Paul, Cathedral, St Ignatius, All Saints, Holy Trinity, St Aidan, St Barnabas, St Catherine, St Columba, St Cuthbert, St George, St Hilda, St James, St John, St Margaret, St Mark, St Mary, St Mary-le-Bow, St Mary South Bailey, St Nicholas, St Oswald, Venerable Bede |
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Over 14,000 new Warwickshire parish baptisms and burials published
We have just published 14,105 new parish baptism and burial records for Warwickshire on findmypast.co.uk
The Rugby Family History Group provided findmypast.co.uk with these records, working in association with the Federation of Family History Societies.
Here are further details about each set of records:
| Type of records | Number of records |
Years covered | Parishes covered |
| Baptisms | 7,896 | 1564–1879 | Bilton St Marks and Hillmorton St John the Baptist |
| Burials | 6,209 | 1564 – 1905 | Bilton St Marks and Hillmorton St John the Baptist |
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Over 22,000 new Dorset parish records published
We have just published 22,989 new parish records for Dorset on findmypast.co.uk: 1,533 baptisms, 8,084 marriages and 13,372 burials.
The Dorset Family History Society provided us with these records, in association with the Federation of Family History Societies.
The table below gives details of each set of records:
| Type of records | Number of records |
Years covered | Parishes covered |
| Baptisms | 1,533 | 1538-1839 | Okeford Fitzpaine
Portesham |
| Marriages | 8,084 | 1546-1839 | Gillingham
Melcombe Regis Portland Gussage All Saints Glanvilles Wootton Lytchet Matravers Fordington Longbredy Frampton Okeford Fitzpaine Fontmell Magna Holnest Halstock Shipton Gorge Bishops Caundle Lydlinch Licence Hooke Frome St Quintin |
| Burials | 13,372 | 1573-1749 | Chettle
Cranborne Dorchester All Saints Dorchester Holy Trinity Dorchester St Peter Gussage All Saints Melbury Abbas Okeford Fitzpaine Portesham Wyke Regis |
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Over 13,000 new Warwickshire parish baptisms published
We have just published 13,078 new parish baptism records for Warwickshire on findmypast.co.uk
These records are for the parish of Southam and cover the period 1540-2010. Pam Batstone and Mary Williams provided us with these records.
Our parish records collection provides an unprecedented level of access to the content of England and Wales parish records. Family history societies and other organisations and individuals provide us with these records to create this comprehensive collection.
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303,594 new parish records now on findmypast.co.uk
We’ve been busy publishing 303,594 new parish records on findmypast.co.uk to make it even more likely that you’ll find your ancestors in our records. Read on for more details…
271,193 new Devon marriage records added to findmypast.co.uk
Following the 360,000 Devon baptism records recently published on findmypast.co.uk, we’ve just added 271,193 new Devon parish marriage records to the site.
The records cover the years 1754 to 1837 and were provided by the Devon Family History Society.
Add to your family tree by searching our parish marriage records now.
32,401 Calderdale baptism and burial records added to findmypast.co.uk
We’ve also just published 32,401 baptism and burial records for Calderdale on findmypast.co.uk
Here is a breakdown of these records:
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County
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Type of record
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No. of records
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Dates the records cover
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Calderdale
(Halifax and district) |
Baptisms
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17,822
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1703 – 1901
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Calderdale
(Halifax and district) |
Burials
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14,579
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1704 – 1931
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Calderdale Family History Society provided findmypast.co.uk with these records.
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Parish records are essential when trying to find your ancestors and you can view records from as far back as 1538 on findmypast.co.uk
The findmypast.co.uk team are committed to regularly adding thousands of records to our parish records collection. We hope you enjoy searching these records.
Over 360,000 Devon baptism records just published on the site
You can now search for your Devon ancestors in 363,015 new parish baptism records on findmypast.co.uk
These baptism records cover the period 1813-1839.
Devon Family History Society has supplied findmypast.co.uk with these records.
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8,000 new Dorset marriage records – read our bizarre finds
We have just added 8,368 new Dorset marriage records to findmypast.co.uk which cover the years 1560 to 1839.
We’ve done some digging around and have found some unusual names in our Dorset parish records collection.
We found a marriage between Martha Loaring and Samuel Single on 14 October 1750 in Bettiscombe, making Martha a married Single:
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The Dorset baptisms also offered some amusing names: here you can see a record for ‘Love Dear Bedloe’ who was baptised on 27 August 1745 in Dorchester:
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We also found a ‘Fruit Carter’ in the Dorset baptisms, who was baptised on 17 May 1807 in Chickerell:
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The Dorset burial records contain a slightly more sinister discovery: an ‘unknown’ person buried on 8 April 1815 in Abbotsbury. The notes state that the unknown person was ‘found on shore’:
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Search for your ancestors in our parish records – and maybe you’ll even make some weird and wonderful discoveries of your own.
Search over 90,000 new parish records on findmypast.co.uk
Almost 70,000 new Dorset and Wiltshire parish records now on findmypast.co.uk
We have just published 69,545 new parish records for Dorset and Wiltshire on findmypast.co.uk
These records were provided by the Dorset Family History Society and the Wiltshire Family History Society.
The table below provides more information on these new records:
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County
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Type of record
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No. of records
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Dates the records cover
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Dorset
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Baptism
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12,325
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1549 – 1812
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Dorset
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Burial
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1,307
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1651 – 1795
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Wiltshire
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Baptism
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55,913
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1541 – 1851
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Over 22,000 new Thames-side and Medway parish baptism records now on the site
We have also just added 22,236 more parish baptism records to our Thames-side and Medway parish records collection. This brings the total amount of Thames-side and Medway baptism records you can search on findmypast.co.uk to 300,070 for the period 1721-1970.
Read more about our Thames-side and Medway records collection.
The value of parish records
Parish records are invaluable when tracing your ancestry as they go back much further than birth, marriage and death records. You can search parish records for baptisms, marriages and burials that date back as far as 1538 on findmypast.co.uk
The Federation of Family History Societies distributes its members’ records in partnership with findmypast.co.uk. Many family history societies contribute their records to make our parish records collection as comprehensive as it is. You can read more about the societies that contribute on our FFHS data providers page.
When you’ve found your ancestors in our parish records you’ll realise just how useful they are.
Read more about the value of parish records in our knowledge base.