British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices
A collection of marriage and birth notices found in different British Newspapers. This collection comes from The British Newspaper Archive, and is a collaborative project with FindMyPast.com.
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British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices
What is in This Collection?
This collection contains family notices found in British newspaper collections covering the period 1800-1900. This is a collaborative project with Findmypast.
A family notice is similar to an obituary but with certain differences. An obituary provides information about an individual’s life, a family notice often was created to announce when and where funerals or other memorial services will take place. While the collection is titled "Family Notices" some of the images contain birth and marriage information.
The notices in this collection come from a variety of newspapers across Britain. Major newspapers from the nineteenth century include The Courier, The Scotsman, The Chartist Northern Star, The Daily Telegraph, The Illustrated London News, the Western Mail, and the Daily Mail.
Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.
What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:
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Births
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Marriages
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Deaths
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Collection Content
Coverage Table
As of 20 July 2018 this collection contained the following records.
| Country | Birth | Marriage | Death |
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| England | 374,661 | 724,399 | 2,477,513 |
| Ireland | 8,049 | 4,481 | 22,336 |
| Northern Ireland | 4,859 | 4,470 | 24,556 |
| Scotland | 134,366 | 88,629 | 381,816 |
| Wales | 253 | 285 | 614 |
Digital Folder Number List
This collection was published as a DGS browse collection. For a list of the content of these folders see British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices Digital Folder Number List
Collection Details
Location of Original Records
The British Newspaper Archive
"British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices." Database with images. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 27 January 2026. Records extracted by FamilySearch and images digitized by FindMyPast. The British Newspaper Archive, Ireland.
