British genealogy updates: end of August summary

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 second half of the month (see last summary, 14 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  (and shared with FindMyPast)

   England

• Gloucester Mercury
• Manchester Guardian (1821-28 only)
• Manchester Daily Examiner & Times
• Stratford Times and South Essex Gazette
• Bradford Observer
• Uttoxeter Advertiser and Ashbourne Times
• Bradford Review

   Wales

• Pontypridd Observer
• Carmarthen Journal
• Port Talbot Guardian
• Radnor Express
• Caernarvon & Denbigh Herald
• Glamorgan Gazette
• Star of Gwent

FamilySearch

• England, Cambridgeshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1538-1983  (36,480)

FindMyPast

• Scotland, Banffshire & Moray Births & Baptisms   (22,945)
• Scotland, Banffshire & Moray Marriages   (34,680)
• Scotland, Banffshire & Moray Deaths & Burials   (195,979)

UPDATED COLLECTIONS

Ancestry

• Norfolk, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915  (2,763,034)
• Norfolk, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940  (1,925,088)
• Norfolk, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1990  (689,390)
• Norfolk, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812 (2,206,507)

FamilySearch

• England, Essex Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1971 (1,294) +1118
• England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898 (4,804) +2490
• England, Lancashire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1647-1996 (15,998)
• England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988 (71,401) +89997

FindMyPast

  Scotland

• Scotland, Burgess & Guild Brethren Index (60,000 additions; 126,319 new total)

  Wales

• Wales Probate Records 1544-1858 (700,000 records, now fully searchable)
• Caernarvonshire Baptisms (Llanbeblig parish added)
• Caernarvonshire Marriages and Banns (Llanbeblig parish added)
• Caernarvonshire Burials (Llanbeblig parish added)
• Denbighshire Burials (37,000 additions from Wrexham Cemetery)
• Montgomeryshire Monumental Inscriptions (17,000)

FreeBMD

• Civil birth, marriage & death records for England and Wales (738,703)(363,574,238)

ScottishIndexes

• Paternity Index: Canonbie (Dumfriesshire) Kirk Session Minutes: Discipline cases/Illegitimacy 1709-1855
• Non-OPR Banns/Marriages: Canonbie Kirk Session: Irregular Marriages and 'Ante-nuptial fornication' cases 1709-1855

The Genealogist

• Poll Book Records (260,000 additions, 1747-1930)

Note: Manx National Heritage's collection of Isle of Man newspapers (1792-1960), will remain free to access in the future.

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