15 million travel records and brand new Private Messaging

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By Niall Cullen | September 4, 2020

We're stepping into September with two major new arrivals: passenger lists and Private Messaging.

Discover globetrotting relatives in brand new passenger lists and make new connections with our latest feature - Private Messaging. Here's what's new this Findmypast Friday.

United States, Passenger and Crew Lists

We’ve added 15 million records to this colossal collection. Covering California, New York and Texas, they can reveal your relatives’ migration stories. Five new collections from the National Archives and Records Administration have been added to the record set:

Alien Arrivals at Eagle Pass, Texas, 1905-1953
Texas, Alien Arrivals by Airplane, 1944-1952
California, San Diego Passenger Lists, 1904-1952
California, San Diego Airplane Arrivals, 1929-1954
New York City, Book Indexes to Passenger Lists, 1906-1942

Our clever search tools allow you to filter by collection to focus your search on the area you're interested in.

This entire collection now stands at 118 million records and is essential for uncovering details of your ancestors' journeys stateside. To see exactly what's available and the timeframes covered, check the list of sources.

Private Messaging

An exciting new way to make connections is now live. With Private Messaging, you can contact other Findmypast members via tree-to-tree hints and start a conversation about your shared past.

When you receive a tree-to-tree hint, you can send a message request to its owner to chat about common ancestors.

To initiate contact with someone through Private Messaging, you need to be on a Starter, Plus or Pro subscription or free trial on findmypast.co.uk.

When you receive a message, you'll see a small envelope when logged into the site. We'll also send you an email.

It's a way to reach out to fellow Findmypast members and talk family trees. Who knows, you may even make connections with new relatives?

Newspapers

Six new papers from England, Ireland and Belize have joined the site. Plus, nine more have grown with additional pages. Brand new to the collection are:

Clare Advertiser and Kilrush Gazette covering 1869-1876 and 1878-1887
Dundalk Herald covering 1868-1881, 1883-1886 and 1888-1896
Uttoxeter Advertiser and Ashbourne Times covering 1896-1909 and 1911
Colonial Guardian (Belize) covering 1882-1897
Bradford Review covering 1858-1870
Stratford Times and South Essex Gazette covering 1876-1882

While we've added more pages to:

Fleetwood Chronicle from 1877, 1902, 1906-1924, 1926-1947 and 1949-1955
Bradford Observer from 1936-1953
Cork Daily Herald from 1895-1896
Eastbourne Chronicle from 1908-1909, 1913, 1915-1916 and 1926-1931
Boston Guardian from 1953-1958
Glamorgan Gazette from 1913, 1915, 1917-1918, 1920-1924, 1927 and 1930
Carmarthen Journal from 1845, 1848, 1850-1851, 1854-1855, 1859, 1877-1878 and 1894
Waterford News Letter from 1879-1889, 1891-1893 and 1895-1916
Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald from 1873 and 1885

Findmypast Fridays live

Where will your past take you this weekend? Whatever your research reveals, we hope our latest records, newspapers and features help along the way. Use #FindmypastFeatured on social media to share your discoveries.