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By Niall Cullen | August 20, 2021

Where will your past take you this week? A London cemetery? Back to World War 2? Or maybe there's a knight in the family you've yet to discover.

Findmypast is still the only family history website with brand new releases every week. That's one of the reasons why a subscription with us is the best value around. What's new this week? Read on for all the details.

British Army, Royal Engineers Other Ranks: Casualty Cards

These detail-rich records cover casualties during and after World War 2. You’ll uncover information on their injuries, next of kin and more.

Harold North's card shows his father's name and address, his army number and when and where he was listed as a casualty. View the full record.

Findmypast is home to a host of useful collections for tracing Royal Engineers’ stories. Delve into tracer cards, journals and more to uncover and commemorate their exploits.

Greater London Burial Index

Is your ancestor buried in London? This vast collection has grown again with thousands of new additions from Southwark and Chiswick.

We've released records from:

Chiswick, 1856-1866
Southwark, St George the Martyr Workhouse, 1835-1874
Southwark, St Olave, 1848-1866

This ever-growing resource now contains over 2 million records. Check the parish list to see which cemeteries feature and the timeframes they cover.

Britain, Knights of the Realm & Commonwealth Index

We’ve updated this collection of notable knights and dames with the latest entries from the Queen’s Honours lists.

Lewis Hamilton was knighted by the Queen in the latest New Year Honours list. But what’s hidden in his family tree?

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We found connections to the Merchant Navy, criminal ancestors and more.

Newspapers

With 13 new titles and updates to 26 more, our newspaper collection continues to expand. Latest arrivals include:

British Miner and General Newsman covering 1862-1867
Cannock Chase Examiner covering 1874-1877
Forest of Dean Examiner covering 1874-1877
Glasgow Chronicle covering 1844-1848 and 1850-1857
Lancaster Herald and Town and County Advertiser covering 1831-1832
Liverpool Journal of Commerce covering 1872, 1874-1877, 1879-1881, 1884-1885, 1910-1915, 1918-1920, 1922-1924, 1926, 1928-1929, 1931, 1935 and 1939-1940
Manchester Examiner covering 1846-1848
Nuneaton Times covering 1875
Preston Pilot covering 1842, 1877 and 1879
South Staffordshire Examiner covering 1874
Stalybridge Examiner covering 1876
Stockton Examiner and South Durham and North Yorkshire Herald covering 1878-1879
Stretford and Urmston Examiner covering 1879-1880

And we've added extra pages to:

Atherstone, Nuneaton, and Warwickshire Times from 1879
Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser from 1863-1873 and 1876-1879
Blackpool Gazette & Herald from 1874-1879
Blandford and Wimborne Telegram from 1874-1879
Bridport, Beaminster, and Lyme Regis Telegram from 1865 and 1877-1878
Central Glamorgan Gazette from 1866-1879
Cradley Heath & Stourbridge Observer from 1864-1880
Darlington & Richmond Herald from 1867-1879
Denton and Haughton Examiner from 1874-1879
Dewsbury Chronicle and West Riding Advertiser from 1869-1879
Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette from 1858-1879
Glasgow Courier from 1844-1848, 1850, 1853-1855, 1857-1864 and 1866
Kenilworth Advertiser from 1869-1873, 1877-1879
Midland Examiner and Wolverhampton Times from 1874-1878
Northern Weekly Gazette from 1860-1862, 1865, 1868-1879, 1911 and 1917
Pontypridd District Herald from 1878-1879
Poole Telegram from 1879
Potteries Examiner from 1871-1874 and 1876-1879
Runcorn Examiner from 1870, 1874-1877, 1879 and 1892
Shropshire Examiner from 1874 and 1876-1877
Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser from 1858-1866, 1868-1876 and 1879
Swansea and Glamorgan Herald from 1847-1867, 1870-1872, 1874-1879, 1886-1888 and 1890
Tamworth Miners’ Examiner and Working Men’s Journal from 1873 and 1875-1876
Warrington Examiner from 1869 and 1876-1879
Weymouth Telegram from 1860-1871, 1873, 1875 and 1877-1878
Widnes Examiner from 1876-1877

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