Explore millions of new death and cemetery records

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By Niall Cullen | December 11, 2020

With new releases from England, Ireland and USA, where will your past take you this Findmypast Friday?

This week, we've been busy releasing millions of new family records and newspapers to help you unlock your past. Here's everything you need to know about what's new.

Yorkshire Monumental Inscriptions

We’ve added over 28,000 new records to this collection, covering over 300 years of Yorkshire history. The new arrivals date from 1663-2008 and come from the following parishes in Yorkshire (West Riding):

Greetland, Methodist Chapel
Mytholmroyd
Norland
Northowram
Ogden
Ovenden
Pecket Well
Queensbury
Ripponden
Rishworth
Scammonden
Shelf
Sowerby
Sowerby Bridge

Monumental inscriptions can reveal when your relative died, where they are buried and the sometimes-detail-rich epitaph on their memorial. Check the parish list for the locations and years included in the entire collection.

United States Obituary Notices

This mammoth collection has grown with over 18.2 million new entries from all 50 American states. Use them to uncover vital family tree information.

Elvis Presley's obituary. View the full record.

Three people named Elvis Presley appear in this collection. The King of Rock and Roll’s 1977 record includes a detailed account of his amazing life. His namesakes died in Wisconsin and Alabama in the 2000s.

Ireland Billion Graves Cemetery Index

Discover your Irish ancestors’ final resting places in this useful collection. We’ve added new records from all 32 Irish counties.

On Findmypast, you can also explore BillionGraves collections from England, Scotland, Wales, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. Even better, we add new records to all of these resources regularly so there’s always something new to discover.

3 top tips for exploring gravesites for family research

Plan your visit. Check opening times and the exact location of the grave you’re interested in
Note engravings and inscriptions – they usually include important family tree information
Take photos and share them with online communities. Your detective work can help other family historians

Newspapers

With five brand new papers and additional pages for a further nine, our newspaper collection continues to grow this week. Released for the first time, we have:

Cotton Factory Times covering 1885-1888, 1891-1895, 1897-1899, 1902-1911 and 1913-1920
Blackpool Gazette & Herald covering 1881-1886, 1888 and 1890-1893
Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette covering 1881-1886
Kenilworth Advertiser covering 1900
Bridgend Chronicle, Cowbridge, Llantrisant, and Maesteg Advertiser covering 1888

Meanwhile, we've added thousands more pages to these newspapers:

Civil & Military Gazette (Lahore) from 1889-1890
Leicester Evening Mail from 1946-1954, 1956-1959 and 1963
Kinematograph Weekly from 1945, 1950 and 1952
Widnes Examiner from 1883-1884, 1891, 1899, 1903, 1905, 1907, 1912-1914 and 1916
Runcorn Examiner from 1883-1884
Warrington Examiner from 1904
St. Helens Examiner from 1883, 1900
Oxford Chronicle and Reading Gazette from 1871, 1874-1892, 1894-1895, 1900-1902, 1904-1906, 1908-1909, 1912, 1914, 1916 and 1927-1929
Fulham Chronicle from 1888-1904, 1907-1912 and 1923-1933

Findmypast Fridays live

We'll be back next week with another new batch of family records and newspapers. In the meantime, join us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter where we're spreading some seasonal cheer with Christmas challenges and historical festive facts.