In August 2025, MyHeritage published 135 million historical records across 10 new and updated collections. These collections are from the United States, France, Ireland, Spain, and Slovakia. The collections include tax records, names and stories from newspapers, and newspaper pages. Many of these collections feature images.
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Here are more details about each of the collections added.
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This collection contains population tax records from Finland, from 1870. | 1,106,548 records | Search collection now |
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This collection contains population tax records from Finland, from 1880. | 1,330,681 records | Search collection now |
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This collection of historical national, regional and local newspapers and periodicals from France was created using MyHeritage’s advanced optical character recognition (OCR) of articles primarily focused from the mid 1700s to mid 1900s. | 1,111,198 pages | Search collection now |
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This collection contains records of names, events, and stories, found in newspapers from Ireland on OldNews.com. | 33,851,542 records | Search collection now |
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This collection comprises historical national, regional, and local newspapers and periodicals from Slovakia, created with MyHeritage’s advanced optical character recognition (OCR) technology. | 152,158 pages added for a total of 774,122 pages | Search collection now |
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This collection of historical national, regional and local newspapers and gazettes from Spain was created using MyHeritage’s advanced optical character recognition (OCR) of articles primarily focused from the late 1600s to early 2000s. | 265,570 pages added for a total of 15,945,290 pages | Search collection now |
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This collection contains records of names, events, and stories, found in newspapers from North Carolina, South Carolina, and District of Columbia on OldNews.com. | 7,063,739 records added for a total of 692,344,563 records | Search collection now |
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This collection contains records of names, events, and stories, found in newspapers from Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming on OldNews.com. | 77,112,099 records added for a total of 771,153,007 records | Search collection now |
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This collection contains records of names, events, and stories, found in newspapers from Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania on OldNews.com. | 12,111,213 records added for a total of 1,088,850,419 records | Search collection now |
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This collection of historical national, regional, and local newspapers, periodicals, and gazettes from United States has been created with MyHeritage’s advanced optical character recognition (OCR) technology. | 1,075,302 pages added for a total of 91,842,371 pages | Search collection now |
Finland, Population Tax Lists, 1870
This collection contains population tax records from Finland, from 1870. Records typically include the name of the individual, year of birth, relatives in the household and the place of residence. The images in this collection may also include tax information for the household and sourced from the National Archives of Finland (Kansallisarkisto).
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Finland, Population Tax Lists, 1880
This collection contains population tax records from Finland, from 1880. Records typically include the name of the individual, year of birth, relatives in the household and the place of residence. The images in this collection may also include tax information for the household and sourced from the National Archives of Finland (Kansallisarkisto).
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France Newspapers from OldNews.com
This collection of historical national, regional and local newspapers and periodicals from France was created using MyHeritage’s advanced optical character recognition (OCR) of articles primarily focused from the mid 1700s to mid 1900s. In addition to news of the day that may contain names of relatives, they contain a wide range of vital record substitutes such as birth, marriage, death notices and obituaries.
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Ireland, Names & Stories in Newspapers from OldNews.com
This collection contains records of names, events, and stories, found in newspapers from Ireland on OldNews.com. The records were extracted from the newspaper articles using advanced AI technology developed by MyHeritage.
Records typically include the name of the individuals mentioned, the relationships between the individuals, the newspaper name, the publication place and date, and a snippet of text from the newspaper containing the reference. Records may include events such as birth and marriage announcements, obituaries, public achievements, business events, and more. Records often include additional details such as residence, occupation, and associated locations or institutions. Every record includes a useful summary of the article, generated automatically by AI.
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Slovakia Newspapers from OldNews.com
This collection comprises historical national, regional, and local newspapers and periodicals from Slovakia, created with MyHeritage’s advanced optical character recognition (OCR) technology. The articles primarily cover the period from the early 1800s to the mid-1900s. Alongside daily news that may mention relatives, these publications offer a wealth of vital record substitutes, including birth, marriage, and death notices, as well as obituaries.
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Spain Newspapers from OldNews.com
This collection of historical national, regional and local newspapers and gazettes from Spain was created using MyHeritage’s advanced optical character recognition (OCR) of articles primarily focused from the late 1600s to early 2000s. In addition to news of the day that may contain names of relatives, they contain a wide range of vital record substitutes such as birth, marriage, death notices and obituaries.
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Names & Stories in Newspapers from OldNews.com (Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, Wyoming)
This collection contains records of names, events, and stories, found in newspapers from Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming on OldNews.com. The records were extracted from the newspaper articles using advanced AI technology developed by MyHeritage.
Records typically include the name of the individuals mentioned, the relationships between the individuals, the newspaper name, the publication place and date, and a snippet of text from the newspaper containing the reference. Records may include events such as birth and marriage announcements, obituaries, public achievements, business events, and more. Records often include additional details such as residence, occupation, and associated locations or institutions. Every record includes a useful summary of the article, generated automatically by AI.
Names & Stories in Newspapers from OldNews.com (Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania)
This collection contains records of names, events, and stories, found in newspapers from Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania on OldNews.com. The records were extracted from the newspaper articles using advanced AI technology developed by MyHeritage.
Records typically include the name of the individuals mentioned, the relationships between the individuals, the newspaper name, the publication place and date, and a snippet of text from the newspaper containing the reference. Records may include events such as birth and marriage announcements, obituaries, public achievements, business events, and more. Records often include additional details such as residence, occupation, and associated locations or institutions. Every record includes a useful summary of the article, generated automatically by AI.
Names & Stories in Newspapers from OldNews.com (North Carolina, South Carolina, District of Columbia)
This collection contains records of names, events, and stories, found in newspapers from North Carolina, South Carolina, and District of Columbia on OldNews.com. The records were extracted from the newspaper articles using advanced AI technology developed by MyHeritage.
Records typically include the name of the individuals mentioned, the relationships between the individuals, the newspaper name, the publication place and date, and a snippet of text from the newspaper containing the reference. Records may include events such as birth and marriage announcements, obituaries, public achievements, business events, and more. Records often include additional details such as residence, occupation, and associated locations or institutions. Every record includes a useful summary of the article, generated automatically by AI.
United States Newspapers from OldNews.com
This collection of historical national, regional, and local newspapers, periodicals, and gazettes from the United States has been created with MyHeritage’s advanced optical character recognition (OCR) technology. Covering a period from the late 1700s to the late 1900s, these printed articles feature daily news that may include mentions of relatives, and offer a rich variety of vital record substitutes, such as birth, marriage, and death notices, along with obituaries.
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Example
We found an entry in the new Finland, Population Tax Lists, 1880 for Elias Lönnroth (1802–1884), the famed Finnish physician, philologist, and poet best known as the compiler of the Kalevala, Finland’s national epic. The record places him in Haarjärvi, Sammatti, Uusimaa, his well-known place of residence, and confirms his birth year as 1802. His daughter Ida Lönnroth, the only one of his children to live to adulthood, also appears in the household.
The implied household entry adds further detail, listing Elias as head, with Ida Lönnroth (1855), Serafia Lönnroth (1827), Sofia Nyman (1843), farmhands Fredrik Palenius (1844) and Efraim Ljufström (1850), and domestic staff Amanda Pettala (1860) and maid Amanda Packalia (1862). This record provides an authentic snapshot of Lönnroth’s household in 1880 and vividly illustrates the value of these tax lists for understanding the lives of both prominent figures and their communities.
Summary
We hope these valuable collections help you make new discoveries in your family history research. Searching the collections on MyHeritage is free. To view the records or to save records to your family tree, you’ll need a Data, Complete, or Omni plan.
For newspaper collections from OldNews.com, an Omni plan, or an OldNews Pro plan, is required to view the full newspaper images on OldNews.com.
If you have a family tree on MyHeritage, our Record Matching technology will notify you automatically if records from these collections match your relatives. You’ll then be able to review the record and decide if you’d like to add the new information to your family tree.
Enjoy the new collections!
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