New Doncaster parish records to search

27 November 2012

We've just published a significant update to our parish records collection: 543,000 new parish records for Doncaster.

This is great news for anyone with ancestors from this area, especially due to the volume of records and the vast date range they cover.

Further details of the records are as follows:

Type of records	Number of records	Date range	Coverage
Baptisms	181,089	1539-1986	See a list of areas covered (PDF)
Burials	328,094	1537-1978	See a list of areas covered (PDF)
Cemetery records	34,216	1856-1937	These records contain plot references for burials at Hyde Park Cemetery in Doncaster

The Doncaster Family History Society provided findmypast.co.uk with these records.