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    May 31, 2022 1 minute

    Findmypast adds 27,000 Quaker death records

    amily history website Findmypast () has added a collection of 27,000 recordsof the Religious Society of Friends, the nonconformist religious sect that is also known as the Quakers. The records cover 1810–1918 and list the deaths of members of the society and those associated with them. The records can be used to trace the deaths of Quakers in your family tree, and include both the age and place of death.

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