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. Updates of fewer than 1,000 records have not been included.
NEW COLLECTIONS
FamilySearch
FindMyPast
- FindMyPast Photo collection
- World War 2 Allies Collection – As far as I can tell, this is a newly curated collection of existing British Armed Services material, rather than a set of brand-new records.
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
Ancestry
- Midlands, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 (9,182,437)
- UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current (7,569,936)
DeceasedOnline
- Pontefract and Wakefield Crematoria, W Yorks (both complete with 134,100 record)
FamilySearch
- England, Index to Register of Passport Applications, 1851-1903 (376,488)
- England, Cumbria Parish Registers, 1538-1990 (221,041)
- England, Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1642-1996 (44,288)
- England, Northumberland Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1920 (22,249)
- England, Yorkshire Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1613-1887 (16,762)
- England, Isle of Wight Parish Registers, 1538-1983 (83,750)
- England, Lincolnshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1990 (91,414)
- England, Northumberland Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1920 (19,223)
- England, Yorkshire Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1613-1887 (16,597)
FindMyPast
- Kent Baptisms (490,00+ transcriptions from 71 parishes)
- Kent Marriages and Banns (360,000 records from 70 parishes)
- Kent Burials (378,000+ transcriptions from 54 parishes)
- Scotland, Edinburgh & Lothian Death + Burial Index (63,990 burials for Restalrig Churchyard and Edinburgh, St Cuthberts. Total 245,900 entries in Index.)
- Scotland, Aberdeenshire Poll Tax 1696 (43,00+ records)
- Yorkshire Monumental Inscriptions (7 Halifax grounds. New total 169,703 records.)
- Cambridgeshire Burials (Mount Pleasant Cem. Wisbech added. Total 575,676 records)
TheGenealogist (www.thegenealogist.co.uk):
- Map Explorer - Lloyd George Domesday Survey (Kingston-on-T, Hook and Malden.
- Map Explorer - Tithe maps (Berkshire/Cambridgeshire/Leicestershire/Oxfordshire)
The National Archives, Kew
- Free access to all digital records until TNA reopens to the public.
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