Discover a trio of Bedfordshire parish records

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By Daisy Goddard | June 14, 2024

There are over 22,000 new and improved records for you to explore this Findmypast Friday.

Our parish record collection grew by 23,516 this week, as we've updated and improved three existing sets from Bedfordshire - Bedfordshire Baptisms, Bedfordshire Marriages and Bedfordshire Burials.

We also added over a million pages to our newspaper archive, with one brand new title and updates to a further 51. This takes our total page count to a mind-boggling 79 million.

Bedfordshire Baptisms

This week we added 10,239 images and transcriptions spanning 274 years to this existing record set.

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If your ancestor was baptised in the Eastern English country of Bedfordshire between 1538 and 1812, their name may just appear within these updated records.

Explore the new title, the Spilsby Standard, in addition to 51 further updates.

Here's everything that we added to the newspaper archive this week.

New titles:

Spilsby Standard, 1986-1989, 1993-1995

Updated titles:

Aberdare Leader, 1903-1942, 1944-1949
Bedfordshire Times and Independent, 1987-1988, 1990
Biggleswade Chronicle, 1983
Blairgowrie Advertiser, 1858-1859, 1936-1950
Bridge of Allan Gazette, 1892-1950
Bridlington Free Press, 1993-1996, 2003
Bristol Mirror, 1805-1807, 1833-1834, 1836, 1838-1841, 1843-1864
Bristol Times and Mirror, 1800-1813, 1815-1830, 1834, 1836, 1838-1853
Buxton Advertiser, 1989, 1993-1996
Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald, 1847, 1890-1896, 1898-1912, 1921, 1923-1950
Callander Advertiser, 1912-1950
Clevedon Mercury, 1863-1871, 1873-1875, 1878, 1880-1888, 1890-1950
Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, 1988, 1990
Coleshill Chronicle, 1911-1949
Coventry Times, 1856-1857, 1860, 1864-1868, 1870-1875, 1878, 1881-1888, 1890-1914
Crediton Gazette, 1881, 1883-1888, 1890-1950
Football Post (Nottingham), 1903-1939, 1947-1949
Gloucester Journal, 1730-1792
Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail, 1964-1965, 1993-1995
Herald Cymraeg, 1855, 1857, 1901, 1903, 1912, 1917-1931, 1937-1950
Herald of Wales, 1909-1910, 1912-1949
Holyhead Mail and Anglesey Herald, 1885-1888, 1891-1896, 1898-1917, 1919-1921
Hull Daily News, 1884-1888, 1900-1909, 1911, 1913-1923, 1925-1930
Irvine Herald, 1877-1878, 1893-1904, 1906-1950
Knaresborough Post, 1989-1990, 1995, 1998-1999
Leamington Spa Courier, 1960, 1965-1967, 1970, 1993-1994, 1997
Liverpool Evening Express, 1875-1876, 1878-1888, 1890-1896, 1912, 1915-1928, 1930-1938, 1946-1950
Llanelli Star, 1909-1950
Market Rasen Weekly Mail, 1998
Matlock Mercury, 1960-1963, 1965-1967
Merioneth News and Herald and Barmouth Record, 1885-1888, 1890, 1892-1896, 1898-1906, 1908-1910, 1912-1920
Mid Sussex Times, 1993, 1995
Mid-Ulster Mail, 2000, 2002
North Devon Herald, 1870-1872, 1874-1876, 1878, 1880-1888, 1893, 1895-1906, 1908-1939, 1941
Peterborough Advertiser, 1978-1979
Ramsbottom Observer, 1898-1899, 1901-1950
Rugby Advertiser, 1993
Sheffield Independent, 1912
Shields Daily Gazette, 1994
Shields Daily News, 1889
South Wales Daily Post, 1896, 1900, 1911, 1913-1918, 1920-1949
St. Andrews Citizen, 1985
Staffordshire Sentinel, 1873, 1875, 1878
Stockport Advertiser and Guardian, 1822-1841, 1843-1861, 1864-1870, 1872, 1874-1876, 1879-1888, 1890-1910, 1912-1950
Stockport County Express, 1890-1892, 1895-1896, 1898-1900, 1902-1910, 1913-1924, 1926-1941, 1943-1948, 1950
Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1993-1994
Sussex Express, 1988
Tiverton Gazette (Mid-Devon Gazette), 1867-1872, 1874, 1878, 1880-1888, 1890-1899, 1901-1902, 1904-1911, 1913-1917, 1919-1938, 1940-1950
Welshman, 1848-1850, 1855-1858, 1860-1865, 1868-1876, 1880-1888, 1891-1893, 1896-1911, 1913-1950
West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, 1810-1814, 1890-1891, 1901, 1930, 1940
Whitby Gazette, 1989

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