03 October 2020

Findmypast Weekly Update

New records this week

Devon Burials
Over 19,000 additional burials covering three Devon cemeteries are now available to search. There are over 2.1 million total records in this collection. Unusually there is no indication of which cemeteries are added. 

London, Black Poor, 1786
Listing destitute Londoners, this small but intriguing collection provides rare glimpses into a forgotten part of Black British history. It includes Black Loyalists. There are 194 records included.

Sierra Leone Resettlement Scheme, 1787
Explore the records of Black settlers who set sail from Plymouth in 1787 in search of a new life in the British colony of Sierra Leone. The 447 records include Black Loyalists.


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