FFHS-NEWS NEW RECORDS ADDED TO FINDMYPAST

[News from the Federation of Family History Societies]

1901 CENSUS FOR LONDON GOES LIVE AT FINDMYPAST.COM

Findmypast.com today announced that the county of London, comprising
over 4.6 million records has been added to its new online version of the
1901 census for England and Wales. The new records join the counties of
Surrey, Gloucestershire and Somersetshire, which are already available
to search at:

<http://www.findmypast.com/CensusPersonStartSearchServlet?censusYear=1901>

More counties are to follow in the coming weeks. 

Findmypast.com's brand new version of the 1901 census is being
transcribed from scratch and each image rescanned using the
sophisticated scanning technology available today. The result is clearer
images and more accurate transcriptions than previously seen. 

Like all the records on findmypast.com, the 1901 census can be searched
for free at http://www.findmypast.com/CensusChooseSearchType.jsp. Images
and transcripts can be viewed with vouchers, pay-as-you-go credits or a
Discovery or Explorer subscription.

BAPTISMS ADDED TO THE PARISH RECORDS COLLECTION

Findmypast.com working in association with the Federation of Family
History Societies has also added 2.3 million baptism records to The
Parish Records Collection, which already includes 15 million burial
records and nearly 2 million marriage records. Some of the records date
back to 1538, when Henry VIII's Vicar General Thomas Cromwell instigated
the recording of records at  parish level. They are available to search
now at:

<http://www.findmypast.com/parish-records-collection-search-start.action?
redef=0&event=M> 

Among the newly added records are 346,000 baptism records for London's
Docklands area covering much of East London and provided by Docklands
Ancestors.

Maggie Loughran 
Joint Administrator, Federation of Family History Societies 
Email:  admin at ffhs.org.uk 
www.ffhs.org.uk