Newly launched & updated British genealogy collections

Below is a summary of new and updated family history record collections for England, Scotland and Wales released by major genealogy databases since 7 January. (The previous listing was on 6 January, see blogpost).

This regular summary of releases relating to British collections is designed to help family historians whose Irish ancestors migrated, temporarily or permanently, to England, Scotland or Wales. By default, it will also be useful to anyone carrying out research in those three nations, regardless of the origin of their ancestors.

The figures in parenthesis in the New Collections section are the numbers of records/images in the new record set.

Unless otherwise stated, the figures in parenthesis in the Updated Collections section reflect the number of records added to the collection in the recent update. In some instances, the supplier has not made this figure available.

NEW COLLECTIONS

FamilySearch

• England, Cumbria Parish Registers, 1538-1990 (836,106)

UPDATED COLLECTIONS

Ancestry

• Essex, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1918 (collection total, 3,939,834)
• Essex, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1935 (collection total, 1,970,323)

British Newspaper Archives and also FindMyPast's British Newspaper Collection

• Brecon County Times
• Barmouth & County Advertiser
• St. Andrews Gazette and Fifeshire News
• Cornish Guardian
• South Bristol Free Press and Bedminster, Knowle & Brislington Record
• Midland Counties Advertiser
• Brighouse News
• Huddersfield Daily Chronicle
• Farmer's Friend and Freeman's Journal
• Halifax Express
• Otley News and West Riding Advertiser
• Halifax Evening Courier
• Scarborough Gazette
• Richmond & Ripon Chronicle
• Warrington Observer
• West Bridgford Times & Echo
• Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald
• South Notts Echo
• Wakefield Express

DeceasedOnline

• Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council cemeteries (Total records now 344,700)
• Uplands, Smethwick, 1890–2001 (burial registers, grave details & map)
• Wood Green, Wednesbury, 1868&2011 (burial registers and grave details)

Family Search

• England, Oxfordshire Parish Registers 1538-1904
• England, Yorkshire Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1613-1887
• England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 (42,956)
• England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991 (4,555)
• England Marriages, 1538–1973 (4,110)
• England, Oxfordshire Parish Registers 1538-1904 (592)
• England, Yorkshire Marriage Bonds & Allegations, 1613-1887 (3,558)
• Wales, Glamorganshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912 (18,000)

FindMyPast

• England & Wales 1939 Register 85,000 'closed' records added (collection total 33.9m)
• British Armed Forces, First World War Soldiers' Medical Records (21,000 added)
• British Army Service Records – Scots Guards  (2,000+ added)
• Kent Baptisms SS Peter&Paul, Ash-n-Ridley; Christ Church, Kilndown (3,000+ added)
• Kent Burials SS Peter&Paul, a/a; St Martin, Cheriton; St John, Eltham. (7,000 added)
• Kent Marriages & Banns From six parishes (7,000+ records added)
• Scotland, Dundee & Forfarshire (Angus) Births/Baptisms 1562-1855 (186,000+ added)
• Scotland, Dundee & Forfarshire (Angus) Marriages/Banns 1562-1855 (92,000+ added)
• Scotland, Poor Law & Poor Lists (Total 123,000)
• Scotland, Lanarkshire school registers and records (Total 29,981)

General Register Office England & Wales

• Civil Registrations Index, Births 1984–2004

The Genealogist

• Norfolk Parish Records (500,000+ added)

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