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
British Newspaper Archive and also in FindMyPast Pro sub package
- Mexborough & Swinton Times
- Wakefield Free Press
- Wakefield Advertiser and Gazette
- Wakefield and West Riding Herald
- The Link/Cupid's Messenger
FamilySearch
- Wales, Monmouthshire (Gwent) Electoral Registers 1839-1889 (455,348)
FindMyPast
- Royal Engineers Journals 1939-1945
- British Royal Air Force, Combat Reports 1939-1945 (30,000+)
- Royal Air Force, Operations Record Books 1939-1945 (65,000+)
The Genealogist
- Doctors, Midwives and Opticians pre-NHS
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
Ancestry
- Surrey, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1917 (2,504,849)
- Surrey, Church of England Burials, 1813-1997 (565,353)
- Surrey, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 (1,879,463)
- Surrey, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1937 (1,206,228)
FamilySearch
- Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1642-1996 (45,719)
- Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988 (30,618)
- Yorkshire Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1613-1887 (21,690)
- Cambridge Parish Registers, 1538-1983 (2,979)
FindMyPast
- British Army Service Records Coldstream Guards (89,000+)
- England & Wales Electoral Registers 1920-1932 (16,000+)
- Britain, Histories & Reference Guides A General & True History of the Lives & Actions of the Most Famous Highwaymen, Murderers, Street-Robbers, etc. added (link).
FreeBMD
- England & Wales: Civil births, marriages & deaths (3,224,579 added; total 278,278,050)
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