New Norfolk records covering 500 parishes

New Norfolk Parish Records

More than 1.4 million new Norfolk parish registers are now available to search. Published online in association with the Norfolk Record Office, these new records span more than 500 years (1464 to 1993) of Norfolk history and add more than 500 new parishes to our existing collection of Norfolk records.

Created from over 2,500 original handwritten registers, these new transcripts and images include:

• Over 501,000 new parish baptisms adding 307 new parishes to the collections
• Over 522,000 additional parish banns and marriages covering new 461 new parishes to the collection
• Over 423,000 new parish burials adding over 301 new parishes to the collection

Over 4.3 million fully indexed baptism, marriage and burial records of Norfolk history are now available to search online at Findmypast.

By improving access to these rich documents and making them searchable, we aim to provide family historians from around the world with new opportunities to discover their Norfolk ancestors.

Scotland, Forfarshire (Angus), Dundee Trade & Postal Directories 1783-1842

Explore nine Scottish trade and postal directories from Dundee spread over 1783 to 1842. Directories are a valuable source for your family history research, revealing your ancestor’s trade or occupation and address.

The directories list shoemakers, brewers, cow feeders, merchants, bakers, grocers, soap manufacturers, spirit-dealers, and more.

British & Irish Newspapers

This week we have added 130,418 new pages to The Archive, including one brand new title the Strathearn Herald.

We have also updated six of our existing Scottish titles including the Arbroath Guide, the Aberdeen Press and Journal and the Aberdeen Evening Express, the West Lothian Courier, the North British Daily Mail and the Staffordshire Sentinel.