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 (All titles shared with FindMyPast's Britiah Newspaper Collection)
- Alderley & Wilmslow Advertiser
- The Lynn Advertiser
- St James's Chronicle
- Jersey Evening Post
- Manchester & Salford Advertiser
- Sunday Illustrated
- Hampshire Independent
- Cox's Legal Circular
- On the March
- The War
- Cannock Chase Courier
- Chester-le-Street Chronicle and District Advertiser
FindMyPast
- England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 Forfeited Estates Commission (107,019)
FamilySearch
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
Ancestry
- 1939 England and Wales Register (45,913,713)
FamilySearch
- England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898 (1,059,137)
- England, Yorkshire Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1613-1887
- England, Northumberland Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1920
- England, Lancashire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1647-1996 (249,060)
- England, Isle of Wight Parish Registers, 1538-1983 (170,353)
- England, Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1642-1996 (64,047)
FindMyPast
- Yorkshire Baptisms (59,000 records from 13 parishes)
- England Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms (More than 213,000 records added from Archdiocese of Southwark. New total 1.5m)
- England Roman Catholic Parish Congregational Records (More than 126,000 Southwark confirmation records. New total 448,344)
- England Roman Catholic Parish Marriages (Total 363,111 in collection.)
- England Roman Catholic Parish Burials (More than 378,000 records from Southwark Archdiocese added.)
The Genealogist
- Parish Records collection. Worcestershire. (85,000 added)
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