Catching up: Findmypast

Here’s what’s new at Findmypast for the week ending 3 July.

Philadelphia County, Civil Marriages, 1804-1895, 7,758 records
Philadelphia County, Civil Deaths, 1793-1918, 382,968 records

Women’s Land Army Service Cards, 1939-1950, 176,224 records
1939 Register, 36,688,004 results, although some officially closed records are not displayed.

Newspapers
A total of 207,356 new pages added, from 1833 to 2005. The Young Soldier, under its current title, Kid’s Alive, published by the Salvation Army, is the longest-running children’s periodical in continuous publication in the world.

New Titles

Title Date Range Pages
Young Soldier 1881–1985 68,470
North Lonsdale Herald and Dalton Advertiser 1895–1910 5,558
Nationalist (Clonmel) 1895–1906 2,208
Walthamstow Chronicle and Leyton Intelligencer 1872–1876 1,672
People’s Conservative 1833–1834 568
Labour League Examiner 1874 128

Updated Titles with Over 10,000 Pages Added

Title Date Range Pages
Young Soldier 1881–1985 68,470
Chester Chronicle 2000–2005 32,536
Llanelli Star 2001–2005 27,374
Port Talbot Guardian 2000–2002 12,984
Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald 2003–2004 11,510

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