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Leicestershire Electoral Registers 1836-1970

This collection of 10,420,906 records documents voters across Leicestershire for over a century. Find names, addresses, years, and districts for residents of Leicester city and the surrounding towns and villages, great for extending the coverage and filling in between censuses.

Leicestershire Monumental Inscriptions

From the 1400s to the 2000s, 414 records for burials in churchyards, cemeteries, and mentions on war memorials. Transcripts and images may reveal other family members buried in the same plot.

Lincolnshire Workhouse Guardians’ Minutes 1837-1902

These 10,529 records document residents and applicants for poor relief. The minutes note out-relief payments, apprenticeships, settlement cases, and doctors who treated sick paupers. The Lincolnshire Family History Society compiled this collection.

Twelve Newspaper Titles

Five new titles join the archive, including Allen’s Indian Mail (London, 1843-1891) and Y Celt (Wales, 1881-1891).

Newspaper Title Location County / Region Years Covered Number of Issues
Aberdeen Bon-Accord & Northern Pictorial Aberdeen Aberdeenshire 1951-1959 442
Allen’s Indian Mail London London 1843-1891 1707
Ayrshire Express Ayr Ayrshire 1879-1886 209
Chichester Observer Chichester Sussex 1986-2004 990
Felixstowe Times Felixstowe Suffolk 1937-1962 1336
Montrose Review Arbroath Angus 1994-1999 313
Newcastle-under-Lyme Times Newcastle-under-Lyme Staffordshire 1938-1950 638
Northern Review Middlesbrough Yorkshire 1887-1894 399
Paignton Observer and Echo Paignton Devon 1932-1962 1598
Peterborough Evening Telegraph Peterborough Northamptonshire 1986-1993 1515
South Yorkshire Times and Mexborough & Swinton Times Mexborough Yorkshire 1992-2004 670
Y Celt Bala Gwynedd 1881-1891 187
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