Phase 2 of the Yorkshire Collection and new POW records available
to search this Findmypast Friday
to search this Findmypast Friday
This Findmypast Friday
marks the release of over 5 million parish records in the second phase
of Findmypast’s Yorkshire collection and over 43,000 prisoner of war
records released in partnership with the National Archives to coincide
with the centenary of the Gallippoli landings. This week’s new additions
also include Australian military and land survey records, Irish local
government records and newspapers and the United States BillionGraves
Index.
United States Billion Graves Index
The United States Billion Graves Index contains 9 million cemetery records from right across the United States. Findmypast’s partnership with BillionGraves
aims to make available all the cemetery records held on their site for
free. BillionGraves is the largest resource for GPS-tagged headstone and
burial records on the web, with over 12 million headstone records. This
index will be regularly updated throughout the year and pertains solely
to U.S. headstones. Each entry has a transcript, which includes a link
to an image of the headstone with GPS details. The
amount of information varies, but transcripts will usually include the
deceased’s name, birth date, death date, cemetery and a link to an image
of their headstone.
Yorkshire Records
Over
5 million Yorkshire parish records have been released in the second
phase of Findmypast’s partnership with the Yorkshire Digitisation
Consortium. The Yorkshire Collection comprises beautiful scanned images
of the original handwritten registers held by six Yorkshire archives and
spans the years 1538 to 1989. Fully searchable transcripts of the
original documents enable anyone to go online and search for their
Yorkshire ancestors by name.
The
Yorkshire collection covers the whole of Yorkshire including the three
historic counties; North Riding, East Riding and West Riding. The first
phase of this landmark project was released in September 2014 and
included nearly 4 million parish records and Bishop’s transcripts. This
second phase includes baptism, banns and marriage records held by the
North Yorkshire County Record Office, Doncaster Archives and Local
Studies, East Riding Archives and Local Studies Service, Teesside
Archives and Sheffield Archives and Local Studies. It also includes new
Bishop’s Transcripts of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials from the
Borthwick Institute for Archives (University of York).
The latest additions include:
· Over 1,2 million new Yorkshire baptisms, 1538-1914
· Over 1.3 million new Yorkshire bishop's transcripts of baptisms, 1578-1914
· Over 277,000 new Yorkshire banns, 1653-1930
· Over 709,000 new Yorkshire Marriages 1539-1930
· Over 684,000 new Yorkshire bishop's transcripts of marriages 1534-1899
· Over 885,000 new Yorkshire burials 1538-1966
· Over 945,000 new Yorkshire bishop's transcripts of burials 1578-1972
Prisoner of War Records
Containing over 43,000 records with images, Prisoners Of War 1914-1920,
are the first in a series of PoW records to be digitised and published
by Findmypast in partnership with The National Archives. These latest
additions consist of 10 series of British Foreign Office document’s
relating to prisoners held by the Ottomans during World War One. They
not only include the names of military personnel taken prisoner – both
allied and foreign – but also the names of civilians, merchant seamen,
fishermen, diplomatic employees and more. They will eventually form part
of a wider Prisoners of War Collection, 1715-1945, which on completion
will span 230 years and date back to the Jacobite rebellion.
Prisoners
of War 1914-1920 includes ten series of documents taken from The
National Archives’ collection Foreign Office: Prisoners of War and
Aliens Department: General Correspondence from 1906 (F0 383). Consisting
of lists and general correspondence, the records contain the names,
ranks and locations of PoWs and provide insights into life in the
Ottoman camps. They contain details of requests made by inmates for
items including footballs and biscuits, details of visits by foreign
diplomats and reports on camp conditions. The amount of information in
each record can vary depending on the type of document and the amount of
detail recorded at the time of the event.
The Australian Military Forces WW2 missing and prisoners of war
records list the details of approximately 23,000 servicemen who were
recorded as missing or as PoWs in the pacific theatre of World War Two.
The records relate specifically to members of the Australian armed
forces who were captured or went missing while serving in the Far East
and South West Pacific islands as of 30 June 1944. Each record includes a transcript that can
give the individual’s service number, rank and unit, as well as a note
of whether they were missing or had become a prisoner of war. For those
listed as POWs, the location of the camp in which they were imprisoned
was also recorded. The prisoner of war camps listed span from Borneo to
Keijo in Korea, from the Netherlands East Indies (modern-day Indonesia)
to Malaya, from Thailand to various camps in Japan itself.
Australian Records
Containing over 1,000 records, the New South Wales, Returned Soldier Settlement Miscellaneous Files 1916-1939
were transcribed from records relating to ex-servicemen’s applications
for financial assistance as part of a soldier settlement scheme
following the First World War. Soldier settlement schemes were
introduced around Australia to sell or lease land selected and acquired
by the Government to servicemen returning from service overseas. Each
record includes a transcript provided by volunteers from the State
Records Authority of New South Wales.
The Australian Imperial Force, Nominal Roll of the First Railway Section 1917-1920
transcripts were compiled using an index compiled from a record series
by the State Records NSW Volunteer program. The index lists the details
of railway employees who formed the 1st Railway Section of the
Australian Imperial Expeditionary Force, also known as the 6th
Australian Broad Gauge Railway Operating Company, during World War One.
Irish Records
Over 500,000 new articles have been added to our collection of historic Irish Newspapers.
Additions have been made to 14 existing publications including generous
updates to Dublin Evening Post (65,152), Northern Whig (34,651) and
Tipperary Vindicator (13,958). Four brand new titles have also been
added to the collection: The Cork Advertising Gazette, Derry Journal,
Dublin Correspondent and Saunder’s News-Letter.
Containing over 7,000 records, Clare County Government Proceedings 1732 – 1882
record the members, presentments and correspondence of Clare’s Grand
jury. Grand juries were the forerunner of county councils and functioned
as local government authorities. Each
record is a PDF of the original material. The amount of information
varies as several different types of document are included in these
records. Members of the Grand Jury
dating back to 1668 are listed by name and (usually) rank, and there
are 42 volumes of payment orders for various works around the county
(presentments). Letters and circulars to the Grand Jury are also to be
found.
Remember to check our dedicated Findmypast Fridays page every week to keep up to date with the latest new additions.
Notes to Editors
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