Findmypast Weekly Update

Lincolnshire, Workhouse Guardians’ Minutes
These 8,849 pages cover the years 1836 to 1901. for situations that involved an expenditure. For instance:

11 April 1839. The clerk reported that he had applied for, and obtained an order against John Smith of Rippingale, on behalf of the parish of Corby, for the maintenance of the bastard child of Mary Musson, a pauper belonging to the latter parish, as directed on the 21* ult. (ante. p. 381) [Page 399]

The collection is now 37,395 records for Boston Union, Bourne Union, Caistor Union, Gainsborough Union, and Holbeach Union

National Burial Index For England & Wales
The 4,263 new records, from 1662 to 1851, bring the collection total to 17,316,953 records. Typically find: full name, date of their burial, denomination, parish, and perhaps age at death.

Newspaper Pages Added
The 148,000 new pages. making a total of 92,642,385 pages, include three new titles.
Academy: A London-based publication focused on literature, science, and the arts. 59514 pages,
Bradford Daily Argus: Covering 1893-1914 and 1920-1923, 36316 pages.
Largs & Millport Herald: Explore 160 pages from the years 1883-1884.

Tying in with the other Lincolnshire addition this week, the following papers have been updated, including the Lincoln Gazette (1873), Boston Independent and Lincolnshire Advertiser (1898, 1912), and the Louth and North Lincolnshire Advertiser (various years 1904-1950).

Also, the Aldershot Military Gazette (1891-1917, 1919) received significant additions.



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