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Friday, March 16, 2018

FINDMYPAST FRIDAY RELEASES FOR 16MARCH 2018


In honor of St.Patrick's Day the Findmypast Friday releases this week have nearly 150 thousand brand new records from Ireland:


Irish Tontines Annuitants 1766-1789

OVER 153,000 RECORDS  Explore annuity statements, accounts of deaths, death certificates, and marriage certificates relating to the subscribers and nominees of the Irish Tontine. A tontine was an investment plan where subscribers paid an agreed sum into the fund and thereafter receive an annuity. Upon a member’s death, their shares devolve to the other participants, whose annuities would then rise in value.
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Ireland, American Fenian Brotherhood 1864-1897

OVER 125,000 RECORDS Search for your ancestor’s name in correspondence between members of the British Foreign Office regarding the activities of the American Fenian Brotherhood during the years from 1864 to 1897. Records include newspaper cuttings, letters, telegrams, lists of prisoners, and a number of photographs.
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Ireland, American Fenian Brotherhood 1864-1897 Browse

OVER 15,000 VOLUMES Browse through these British Foreign Office papers on the activity of members of the Fenian Brotherhood in the United States and Canada.
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Church of Ireland Histories & Reference Guides

OVER 800 RECORDS Learn about the history of the Church of Ireland from pre-Christian times up to the 20th century by searching new records from two publications: ‘The National Churches: The Church of Ireland (1892)’ and ‘Some Worthies of the Irish Church (1900)’.
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Armagh Records & Registers

OVER 600 PAGES Browse through the pages of the ‘Historical Memoirs of the City of Armagh for a Period of 1,375 years’. First published in 1819, the memoirs contain biographical accounts of both Protestant and Roman Catholic archbishops, a narrative of important events, an account of the establishment of the Presbyterian congregations, and the history of various customs and manners.
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Antrim Histories & Reference Guides

OVER 600 RECORDS Search these records taken from George Benn’s ‘A History of the Town of Belfast from the Earlier Times to the Close of the Eighteenth Century’. First published in 1877, the title is an authoritative work on the history of city and contains historic maps and illustrations.
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ADDITIONAL RECORDS FOR EXISTING SETS:

Dublin Registers & Records

New records: 2,726
Total records: 6,317
Covering: 22 titles from the 1600s up to 1800
Discover: Printed histories and Church of Ireland records
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Ireland, Royal Irish Constabulary History & Directories

New records: 311
Total records: 46,852
Covering: Lists and directories of members
Discover: Details of your ancestor’s career and the history of the organisation
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