13 March 2021

New Records from London, Yorkshire and India on Findmypast

London Fire Brigade Reports 1915-1918

These 5,042 intriguing records, transcriptions painstakingly copied from the original reports, reveal the damage caused by bombs in London during World War 1, along with the names and addresses of those involved.

Many entries, notably commercial buildings, have no personal names. Try a search for a road or borough of interest.

Yorkshire Monumental Inscriptions

Records, spanning nine centuries of Yorkshire history are added to this collection. The parishes with  additions are:

RidingPlaceYear fromYear toNumber of records
Yorkshire (Ainsty & City of York)Copmanthorpe17402008497
Yorkshire (Ainsty & City of York)Dringhouses17981992996
Yorkshire (North Riding)Haxby17841994437
Yorkshire (North Riding)Newton on Ouse17351994877
Yorkshire (North Riding)Rufforth17261992307
Yorkshire (North Riding)Slingsby Cemetery18891992312
Yorkshire (North Riding)Sutton on the Forest16892001154
Yorkshire (North Riding)Sutton on the Forest18522012941
Yorkshire (North Riding)Thormanby17981991174
Yorkshire (North Riding)Thorp Arch12802016585
Yorkshire (North Riding)Welburn18062007428
Yorkshire (West Riding)Cotton Stones183319941574
Yorkshire (West Riding)Halifax1614200317593
Yorkshire (West Riding)Heptonstall189720161511
Yorkshire (West Riding)Heptonstall160720086503
Yorkshire (West Riding)Southowram180620051953
Yorkshire (West Riding)Sowerby165820188345
Yorkshire (West Riding)Soyland18192000637

The total collection is now 261,917 records.

British India Office Life Events

Explore new births and baptisms from 1921 and marriages from 1937. The exclusive British India Office collection also includes deaths and burials, army and navy pensions, wills and probate, and assistant surgeon records. The total collection is 1,193,450 records.

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