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Great Western Railway Company Staff Records
Now with 556,680 results covering staff of the Great Western Railway Company — “God’s Wonderful Railway” — founded in 1835. Drawn from The National Archives’ RAIL 264 series, these registers can include name, occupation, station, appointment and birth details, and last date of service, each with a transcript and often an image. Ideal for tracing clerks, firemen, stowers and other railway ancestors.

The Ellesmere Canal Company
Now with 9,928 results relating to the Ellesmere Canal Company, drawn from The National Archives’ RAIL 827 series, including shareholders’ records and company minutes. Records include names, appointment details, stations and occupations.

Derbyshire Early Census Returns, 1695–1863
2,075 results covering parishes such as Melbourne, Hollington, Offerton and Mackworth, published in cooperation with the Derbyshire Family History Society and the Family History Federation. Each transcript includes name, event date, place, county and household reference.

Scotland Monumental Inscriptions
This collection now has: 1,223,554 results, the largest of its kind online, compiled by societies including the Aberdeen & North East Scotland FHS, Caithness FHS and the Scottish Genealogy Society.

Newspapers

England

Publication Location Date Range Issues
Ashton Reporter Ashton-under-Lyne 1889 52
Bell’s Weekly Messenger London 1900 – 1904 261
Berks and Oxon Advertiser Wallingford 1960 – 1963 163
Bognor Regis Observer Bognor Regis 1877 – 1889 104
Bury Free Press Bury St Edmunds 1897 52
Chester Courant Chester 1830 52
County Express Stourbridge 1919 52
Cumberland Pacquet and Ware’s Whitehaven Advertiser Whitehaven 1774 11
Derby and Chesterfield Reporter Derby 1841 – 1930 273
Devizes and Wiltshire Gazette Devizes 1897 – 1913 156
Dewsbury Social-Democrat Dewsbury 1907 – 1909 25
Hastings and St Leonards Observer Hastings 2005 52
Kentish Express Ashford 1983 52
Lichfield Mercury Lichfield 2004 52
Macclesfield Express Macclesfield 2000 – 2001 105
Nation and The Athenaeum London 1907 – 1931 729
Northern Gardener Manchester 1890 52
Oxford University and City Herald Oxford 1885 52
Preston Herald Preston 1910 208
South Bucks Free Press High Wycombe 1889 52
Southern Times and Dorset County Herald Weymouth 1870 53
Sporting Times London 1869 46
St. Neots Advertiser St Neots 1904 – 1964 1,639
Tonbridge Free Press Tonbridge 1965 – 1966 105
Woodbridge Reporter Woodbridge 1934 – 1936 157
Yorkshireman Bradford 1890 – 1891 68

Scotland & Wales

Publication Location Date Range Issues
Forres Elgin and Nairn Gazette Forres, Scotland 1987 52
North Wales Times Denbigh, Wales 1911 – 1912 104
South Wales Daily News Cardiff, Wales 1913 308
Wishaw World Wishaw, Scotland 2000 – 2005 264

Ireland & International

Publication Location Date Range Issues
Connaught Telegraph Castlebar, Republic of Ireland 1847 – 1867 672
Limerick Reporter Limerick, Republic of Ireland 1882 – 1895 300
The Pilot Dublin, Republic of Ireland 1840 – 1844 780
Times of India Bombay, India 1906 – 1966 8,279

 

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