Discover Devon in more detail than ever

2-3 minute read

By Daisy Goddard | September 20, 2024

This Findmypast Friday, there are over 380,000 new records for you to explore.

With updates to four existing English record sets, our collection has grown by 380,985 this week.

The biggest update comes to our UK Electoral Registers and Companies House directors, to which we've added 376,089 records for 2024. We've also bolstered our Devon parish record collection with brand-new baptisms, marriages and burials from 1924.

But that's not all - there's also a new English newspaper title and 50 updated publications for you to discover.

Electoral Registers & Companies House Directors

There are 376,089 modern electoral registers and Companies House director records for you to explore this week. These new additions span across Britain, and document the information of voters and company owners in 2024.

Devon Baptisms

We updated our Devon parish records with 1,849 baptism records from across the county.

These new additions are all from the year 1924, so if your Devonian ancestor was baptised a hundred years ago, you may just spot their name within this set.

Devon Marriages

Our collection of Devon marriages has also had an update this week. There are 481 new transcriptions from the year 1924 for you to explore.

Devon Burials

Was your ancestor buried in Devon a hundred years ago? To round off our trio of parish church updates, we've added 2,566 burial records from 1924.

Cockington Church, Torquay, c. 1900.

These new transcriptions are from parishes across the county. They may help shed light on your family tree's Devonian branches.

New pages from Burnley to Buxton

From Burnley to Buxton, there are 304,934 new pages for you to explore this week. We've added a brand new English title - the Cleckheaton & Spenborough Guardian - and updated 50 existing publications.

Cleckheaton & Spenborough Guardian.

Here's everything we added this Findmypast Friday.

New titles:

Cleckheaton & Spenborough Guardian, 1875-1877, 1879, 1897, 1910-1911, 1989

Updated titles:

Barnoldswick & Earby Times, 1958, 1960-1961, 1980-1982, 1992, 1997, 1999-2000, 2003
Bedfordshire Times and Independent, 1997
Belfast News-Letter, 1997, 2001
Belper News, 1991, 1999
Berwick Advertiser, 1973-1974
Beverley Guardian, 1997
Biggleswade Chronicle, 1998
Bognor Regis Observer, 1930
Boston Independent and Lincolnshire Advertiser, 1910-1911
Brechin Advertiser, 1993
Buckingham Advertiser and Free Press, 2001
Bucks Advertiser & Aylesbury News, 1997
Bucks Herald, 1990
Burnley Express, 1995
Buxton Advertiser, 1963-1964, 1966, 1969, 1999
Buxton Herald, 1889-1890, 1892, 1895, 1898-1899, 1917, 1949
Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald, 1832-1833, 1835, 1838-1839, 1841-1842, 1845, 1922
Carluke and Lanark Gazette, 1987, 1992, 1994
Chorley Guardian, 1875, 1877
Clitheroe Advertiser and Times, 1995, 1999
Daily Record, 1982
Dewsbury Reporter, 1996
Eastbourne Gazette, 1960, 1963, 1965, 1967-1969, 1973-1978, 1980-1983, 1985, 1999
Eastbourne Herald, 1969-1972, 1974-1975
Falkirk Herald, 1993-1994, 1997
Fraserburgh Herald and Northern Counties’ Advertiser, 1964
Galloway Gazette, 1996-1998
Hastings and St Leonards Observer, 1997
Hemel Hempstead Gazette and West Herts Advertiser, 1999
Hucknall Dispatch, 2000
Hull Daily News, 1924
Knaresborough Post, 1993, 1996
Lancashire Evening Post, 1959, 1988
Lancaster Guardian, 1996-1997
Lancing Herald, 1996, 2000
Leighton Buzzard Observer and Linslade Gazette, 1997
Luton News and Bedfordshire Chronicle, 2000
Milngavie and Bearsden Herald, 1903
Nelson Leader, 1993, 1996, 2000
Rugby Advertiser, 1998
Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph, 1961, 1989
Shoreham Herald, 1997
Skegness Standard, 1985
Sleaford Standard, 1989
Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1986
Sussex Express, 1976-1977, 1996-1998, 2001
Thame Gazette, 1997
Tiverton Gazette (Mid-Devon Gazette), 1903
Todmorden & District News, 2001
Warwick Courier, 1999