This week, FMP’s railway, maritime, and military collections receive a boost with over 34,000 new records, plus more than 200,000 fresh newspaper pages.
New Collections
Wales, Barry Railway Company Accident Registers, 1889–1917
These 8,360 accident register transcripts, sourced from TNA, typically include the employee’s name, occupation, details of the accident, and its outcome—offering both personal stories and insights into Victorian and Edwardian workplace safety.
Wales, Barry Railway Company Staff Registers, 1888–1896
Sourced from TNA, these 1,968 transcript records capture brief details of railway employees during the company’s formative years, providing occupational context for family historians researching this industrial heartland.
Britain, Merchant Seamen Registry, 1939–1945
This index to 24,406 merchant seamen records joins similar FMP databases
Britain, Merchant Seamen, 1835-1857, 1,915,008 records
Britain, Merchant Seamen, 1918-1941 , 1,229,312 records
Britain, Merchant Seamen, 1835-1857 Browse, 245,772 records
British Rolls of Honour and Nominal Rolls
This update adds 293 records to the total, 304,328 records. That total includes over 1,000 who served with the South Down Battalions, Royal Sussex Regiment, 1914-1918, which give neither first nor last names!
Newspapers
This week’s additions include six new titles from Cornwall to Dublin, with 204,486 pages added in total. Years are 1773 to 2004.
| Title | Pages | Date Range |
| The World | 79866 | 1874-1913 |
| Chatham, Rochester and Brompton Observer | 30522 | new title; 1871-1913, 1921-1929, 1931-1945 |
| Glenrothes Gazette | 19680 | 1994-2004 |
| Motherwell Times | 16108 | 1995-2004 |
| Bolton Daily Chronicle | 12546 | 1874-1883, 1899, 1910 |
| Hastings and St. Leonards News | 10700 | 1848-1849, 1851-1853, 1855-1858, 1861-1862, 1865-1881, 1883, 1887-1888, 1890, 1893, 1895-1896, 1898-1900 |
| Iron Trade Circular (Rylands’) and Hardware Weekly Messenger | 8874 | new title; 1879-1881, 1883, 1886, 1888 |
| Wandsworth & Battersea District Times | 5414 | new title; 1870-1891 |
| Bradford Observer | 4998 | 1889, 1891 |
| Kentish Gazette | 3964 | 1891-1897 |
| East Cornwall Times and Western Counties Advertiser | 2530 | new title; 1859-1861, 1864-1870, 1872, 1874-1877 |
| Paisley & Renfrewshire Gazette | 2292 | 1870-1874, 1918 |
| Aberdeen Press and Journal | 2088 | 1773-1782 |
| Isle of Man Examiner | 1930 | 1889-1893 |
| Statesman and Dublin Christian Record | 1638 | 1835-1838 |
| Cambrian News | 1614 | 1869-1873 |
| Lloyd’s Weekly Newspaper | 1576 | 1913 |
| Zigzag | 644 | new title; 1881-1882 |
| Illustrated Oldham Telegraph | 162 | new title; 1859 |