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Go back to basics with 200,000 new death records

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By Jessie O'Hara

20 January 2023
Go back to basics with 200,000 new death records

New additions spanning all across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

This week sees the release of 200,000 death records exactly, all from the more recent 2020-2021. It's also a mammoth week here at the archive, with over 700,000 new pages added. Here's a rundown of everything that's new.

If you're looking to fill out your tree with more recent records, this release is for you. We've added 184,062 new records to this collection, from approximately November 2020-November 2021.

These records will often give you a residence, postcode district, and a full birthday.

We've added 13,886 records to this collection, again from 2020-2021.

These records will give you the same information as the previous set, including postcode district and birthday.

There are 2,052 new additions to this collection, with the same years and information as the previous two sets.

If anything, this release serves as a reminder that family history does not start with passenger lists from the 19th century, or petty court sessions from the 20th century - family history starts with us.

We've added a staggering 706,009 pages to the archive this week, including bestselling Scottish title Thomson's Weekly News.

Thomson's Weekly News, 1933.

You'll also find two specialist sports titles, the Sports Post (Leeds) and the Football Echo (Sunderland), amid 11 other brand-new newspapers. The full list of new and updated titles is below.

New titles:

  • Blaydon Courier, 1929
  • Evening Echo (Cork), 1904, 1909, 1914
  • Football Echo (Sunderland), 1956
  • Islington News and Hornsey Gazette, 1918
  • Manchester City News, 1901-1902, 1904, 1906, 1910, 1914, 1937
  • Southport Guardian, 1901, 1906, 1921
  • Sports Post (Leeds), 1925
  • St. Pancras Guardian and Camden and Kentish Towns Reporter, 1881, 1908, 1910, 1912, 1918
  • Thomson’s Weekly News, 1933
  • Whitehaven Advertiser and Cleator Moor and Egremont Observer, 1918
  • Yorkshire Evening News, 1907, 1914

Updated titles:

  • Accrington Observer and Times, 1920
  • Aldershot News, 1907, 1909
  • Ashby Mail, 1999
  • Atherstone News and Herald, 1986
  • Axholme Herald, 1993
  • Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette, 1778
  • Birmingham Daily Post, 1902-1909
  • Birmingham Mail, 1919-1920, 1992
  • Birmingham News, 1999
  • Cambridge Town Crier, 1999
  • Cannock Chase Post, 1999
  • Caterham Mirror, 1999
  • Catholic Times and Catholic Opinion, 1903
  • Cheltenham News, 1999
  • Chertsey & Addlestone Leader, 1999
  • Cheshire Observer, 1863
  • Chester Chronicle (Frodsham & Helsby edition), 1997
  • Coleshill Chronicle, 1981
  • Dorking and Leatherhead Advertiser, 1999
  • Dorset County Chronicle, 1929
  • Durham Chronicle, 1916
  • Ealing & Southall Informer, 1999
  • East Kilbride News, 1992
  • East Sussex Focus, 1992
  • Esher News and Mail, 1986-1987, 1989, 1992-1993, 1996-1998
  • Evening Despatch, 1950
  • Evening Herald (Dublin), 1949
  • Faversham Times and Mercury and North-East Kent Journal, 1998
  • Gainsborough Target, 1998-1999
  • Gateshead Post, 1979, 1983, 1990, 1995, 1997-1999
  • Grimsby Daily Telegraph, 1992
  • Harrow Informer, 1999
  • Hertford Mercury and Reformer, 1953
  • Hinckley Times, 1989
  • Horncastle Target, 1998
  • Hounslow & Chiswick Informer, 1983, 1985
  • Huddersfield and Holmfirth Examiner, 1875-1876, 1881, 1884, 1887
  • Huddersfield Daily Examiner, 1875-1876, 1880, 1883-1884, 1887
  • Hull Daily Mail, 1974-1977, 1982-1983, 1986, 1990, 1994-1995, 1999
  • Huntingdon Town Crier, 1999
  • Irvine Herald, 1980-1981, 1983-1985
  • Lanark & Carluke Advertiser, 1999
  • Leatherhead Advertiser, 1998-1999
  • Lincoln Target, 1999
  • Lincolnshire Echo, 1951, 1953, 1956-1958, 1960, 1962-1964, 1967-1976, 1978-1983, 1985, 1988-1989, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1997-1998
  • Liverpool Daily Post, 1879, 1904
  • Liverpool Daily Post (Welsh Edition), 1979
  • Liverpool Evening Express, 1901
  • Loughborough Echo, 1989
  • Maghull & Aintree Star, 1999
  • Middleton Guardian, 1918
  • Newcastle Daily Chronicle, 1924-1925
  • Northampton Herald & Post, 1999
  • Rhondda Leader, 1991
  • Rhyl, Prestatyn Visitor, 1999
  • Rossendale Free Press, 1999
  • Ruislip & Northwood Gazette, 1999
  • Sevenoaks Chronicle and Kentish Advertiser, 1999
  • Solihull News, 1986
  • South Wales Echo, 1993, 1995-1996
  • St Neots Town Crier, 1999
  • Staines Leader, 1999
  • Stanmore Observer, 1999
  • Stockport Express Advertiser, 1998
  • Stockport Times, 1999
  • Sunbury & Shepperton Herald, 1998-1999
  • Surrey Herald, 1999
  • Surrey Mirror, 1961, 1963-1968, 1970, 1997, 1999
  • Surrey-Hants Star, 1999
  • Sussex Daily News, 1917
  • Sutton Coldfield Observer, 1999
  • The People, 1999
  • Thetford & Watton Times, 1914-1916
  • Uttoxeter New Era, 1893-1894, 1904, 1907
  • Wellingborough & Rushden Herald & Post, 1999
  • Winsford Chronicle, 1990
  • Worcester Journal, 1907
  • Yorkshire Evening Press, 1905
  • Yorkshire Gazette, 1903
  • Holborn and Finsbury Guardian, 1891
  • Luton News and Bedfordshire Chronicle, 1926, 1958
  • Lynn Advertiser, 1978-1979

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