Hampshire, Portsmouth Dock Medical Books, 1810–1955
This major new collection comprises 150,038 medical records covering two periods: 1810 to 1815, and 1850 to 1955. If your ancestor worked at Portsmouth Dockyard across any of those years, these records could shed valuable light on their health and working life.
British Royal Navy, Medical Discharge Books, 1786–1801
A smaller but historically rich collection, these 2,792 records document medical discharges from the Royal Navy between 1786 and 1801 — a period spanning the American Revolutionary War and the early Napoleonic conflicts.
Newspapers
Forty titles are mentioned this week, 5 new and 35 updated, the median is 1,700 pages. The earliest date is 1737, the Dublin Evening Post (1737–1741).
New Titles
| Title | Date Range | Pages |
|---|---|---|
| Sheffield Times | 1852–1872 | 7,984 |
| Clonmel Advertiser | 1828–1838 | 4,286 |
| Carlow Morning Post | 1828–1835 | 2,464 |
| Bishop Auckland Herald | 1857–1865 | 1,822 |
| Birmingham Mercury | 1848–1853 | 1,728 |
Updated Titles with Over 10,000 Pages Added
| Title | Date Range | Pages |
|---|---|---|
| Hull Daily Mail | 2001–2005 | 139,326 |
| Faversham News | 1988–1999 | 51,194 |
| Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser | 2003–2005 | 22,948 |
| London Evening Standard | 1909–1910 | 12,200 |