New Records Posted at FindMy Past the Week of March 17, 2019

The following records were posted on the weekly FindMyPast Friday report March 22, 2019 for the FindMyPast.com website.

New records
Scotland, Midlothian, 1834 Dalkeith Census
Search for your ancestors in the 1834 Census for Dalkeith, Midlothian. The collection contains over 5,000 transcripts that will reveal a combination of your ancestor’s address, age, occupation, place of worship and corresponding details for their fellow household members. If they were a child at the time, the records will also reveal the names of both their weekday and Sunday schools.

British Army Records & Regimental Histories
Discover your British military ancestor with these regimental histories. This fascinating collection of more than a thousand PDF images includes an illustrated record of one of the 1st Battalion Royal Scots in the South African War, dispatches of the Lincolnshire Regiment from the First World War, a detailed history of the Green Howards and much more.

US Servicemen In North Devon, England 1943-1945
Explore lists of over 5,000 US servicemen who were stationed in North Devon during the Second World War. The records consist of original visitor books kept by the local servicemen’s club which recorded the servicemens’ names, date of signing, service number, location details, hometowns, and states. Images may also reveal additional notes and the servicemens’ signatures.

Scotland, Criminal Database 1801-1917
Search this database of more than 130,000 records of Crown Office Precognitions and High Court Trial Papers. Crown Office Precognitions are factual statements that have been given by witnesses to both the prosecution and defence before the case goes to trial. The High Court is the highest court in Scotland, with jurisdiction over the most serious offenses.

Historical newspapers hot off the press this week:

NEWSPAPER – Years Covered