British genealogy records: new/updated in early August

Below is a summary of new and updated family history record collections for England, Scotland and Wales released by the major genealogy databases in the past 10 days (see last summary, 3 August).

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. I don't usually include updates of fewer than 1,000 records.

NEW COLLECTIONS

BritishNewspaperArchive (shared with FindMyPast)

     Scotland

• Kilmarnock Weekly Post and County of Ayr Reporter
• Shetland News
• Kirkcaldy Times
• Northman and Northern Counties Advertiser
• Helensburgh News
• Kelso Mail

     England

• Bolton Free Press
• Newmarket Journal
• Bootle Times
• Ashbourne Telegraph
• Patriot; or, Political, Moral, & Philosophical Repository Consisting of Original Pieces

FamilySearch

• England and Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1640-1660 (28,868)

FindMyPast

• London Gazette 1665-2018
• Edinburgh Gazette 1797-2018

UPDATED COLLECTIONS

FamilySearch

• England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898  (8,917)
• England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988  (121,446)
• England, Shropshire Parish Registers, 1538-1918 (12,193)
• Great Britain, War Office Registers, 1772-1935 (5,808)

FindMyPast

• Hampshire Baptisms (21,000 additions from parishes of Crondall, All Saints; Ewshott, St Mary; Farnborough, St Peter; Fleet, All Saints; Headley, All Saints; and Rowledge, St James.)
• Hampshire Marriages (15,000 records from parishes of Cove, St John; Crondall, All Saints; Crookham, Christ Church; Ewshott, St Mary; Farnborough, St Peter; Fleet, All Saints; Grayshott, St Luke; Hawley, Holy Trinity; Headley, All Saints; Minley, St Andrew; Rowledge, St James; and South Farnborough, St Mark.)
• Hampshire Burials (16,000 records from parishes of Crondall, All Saints; Crookham, Christ Church; Farnborough, St Peter; Fleet, All Saints; Headley, All Saints; and Rowledge, St James.)

National Library of Scotland

• Military Maps of Scotland (82)
• Transport plans of Scotland, C18th-C20th (102 relating to Bridges, Canals & Railways)
• Charles Goad Fire Insurance Plans of Scottish Towns, 1880s-1940s (230 covering industrial areas of Campbeltown, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Greenock, Leith, and Paisley)

TheGenealogist

• The Lloyd George Domesday Survey and Map Explorer (33,000 individuals from Hounslow area of Middx/W.London)

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