Royal York Rangers Records (1800s)
Formed in 1807from the Royal African Corps, the Rangers served in the West Indies campaigns, including Martinique and Guadeloupe. It was disbanded on 24June 1819 in Halifax. The regiment recruited from diverse sources including prison hulks, condemned prisoners, Black Loyalists from the American Revolution, West Indian Regiment soldiers, and East India Company personnel
Records include: Names, birth information, occupations, service details, company assignments, and death records where applicable, sourced from The National Archives series WO25, ADM337, WO116, HO9, and ADM37.
Military Service Memorial Collection
Spanning 1642-2012 with nearly 588,000 records from over 4,000 memorials across the UK, former British Empire territories, and Allied nations. The collection includes:
War graves and community memorials
Rolls of honour and books of remembrance
Memorials to civilians killed in conflicts
Police and terrorism victim tributes
Full memorial inscriptions and photographs.
Breakdown by territory where commemorated is
England 473,510
Wales 25,874
Singapore 24,793
Canada 23,197
New Zealand 16,122
Australia 15,632
United States 5,234
Scotland 3,392
Newspapers
Twenty-five newspapers are mentioned in this week’s update, including four new publications. Those with more than 10,000 new papers are:
Scotland on Sunday – 23,912 pages (1997, 2000, 2002)
Fur and Feather – 10,632 pages (1890-1894, 1896-1897, 1899-1903, 1916-1918) new title
Oxford Review – 15,686 pages (1885-1888, 1890-1898, 1900-1910, 1912-1914) new title
Paddington Times – 14,918 pages (1870-1878, 1885-1892, 1894-1918) new title
Nenagh Guardian – 19,922 pages (1846-1877, 1881-1884, 1900-1903, 1906-1915)
Wetherby News – 14,796 pages (1986-1987, 1989, 2000-2001)
Lyttelton (NZ) Times – 64,578 pages (1915-1929)
Liverpool Weekly Courier – 11,702 pages (1904-1910, 1912-1925)
Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail – 13,036 pages (1900-1909)
Isle of Man Times – 25,706 pages (1873, 1928-1931, 1939-1969, 1975-1977, 1980-1981)