FindmyPast adds incoming UK passenger lists and naturalisation records

FindmyPast (www.findmypast.co.uk) has added two new databases that may assist those with ancestors who came to Scotland and Ireland, as well as the wider UK.

Britain and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists 1878-1960
https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/britain-and-ireland-incoming-passenger-lists-1878-1960

These records were digitised from the original series held at The National Archives as BT 26, Board of Trade: Commercial and Statistical Department and successor: Inwards Passenger Lists.
 

Britain & Ireland Naturalisations
https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search-world-records/britain-and-ireland-naturalisations-1603-1700

The blurb notes that this second dataset will cover the years 1844-1990, with 413,558 new records, although the dataset actually linked to still states the coverage to be 1603-1700, with no sign of the records from 1844-1990 - perhaps someone has still to press a button somewhere! 

For further details visit https://www.findmypast.co.uk/blog/new/incoming-passenger-lists

Chris 

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Two more Edinburgh City Archives collections added to Ancestry

Two more Edinburgh based collections have joined Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk), as sourced from Edinburgh City Archives (https://www.edinburgh.gov.uk/archives/edinburgh-city-archives-1/3):

Edinburgh, Scotland, Lord Provost Passports, 1845-1916
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/62350/

About Edinburgh, Scotland, Lord Provost Passports, 1845-1916

This collection contains registries of passports from Edinburgh, Scotland between the years of 1845 and 1916. All records are handwritten in English.

Passports from Scotland before 1916 are rare and mostly associated with the business owners or those wealthy enough to travel abroad.

Using this collection

Records in the collection may include the following information:
Person's name
Residence
Date of residence
Spouse's name
Names of next of kin
Relationships to next of kin
Destination

If you are searching for family members who emigrated permanently, you might not find them in this collection. During this time passports were primarily used as letters of reference or for identification purposes. Emigrants traveling one-way would require different types of permissions.


Edinburgh, Scotland, Alien Registers, 1794, 1798-1825
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/62348/

About Edinburgh, Scotland, Alien Registers, 1794, 1798-1825

General collection information

This collection contains registries of aliens living in Edinburgh, Scotland from 1794 up to and including 1825 and contains handwritten declarations made by aliens to a magistrate. Most records are handwritten in English, however the preprinted forms are bilingual; typed in both English and French.

Using this collection

Records in the collection may include the following information:
Person's name
Any known aliases
Age
Occupation
Birthplace
Date of residence
Statements of intent

Registries made on pre-printed forms are more standardised and will usually contain more information, including the addition of residents' current address and their port of entry into Great Britain.

While these records are associated with French migrants, the collection is not limited to people of French heritage. It was compulsory for aliens of all ethnicities to register.

Chris

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Free immigration records access from MyHeritage

From MyHeritage (www.myheritage.com)

The Immigration & Travel records on MyHeritage encompasses 57 collections with 181 million historical records from all over the world. They include passenger arrival records, naturalization records, border crossings, emigration records, passports, and convict transportation records.

These records are often pivotal for genealogists, because discovering details on exactly where your ancestors were from can help you understand where to look for additional records on their childhoods and their families in the old country. Normally, most of these records are free to search, but can only be fully accessed by MyHeritage users with a Data or Complete plan. From today until June 28, anyone will be able to access them free of charge. Read more about MyHeritage’s immigration and travel records in the blog post at https://blog.myheritage.com/2021/06/journey-to-the-past-with-free-immigration-travel-records/.

MyHeritage has also released Roman Catholic records for Austria - details at https://blog.myheritage.com/2021/06/myheritage-releases-two-record-collections-from-austria-and-eastern-europe/

(With thanks to Daniel Horowitz)

Chris

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