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 last 2 weeks (see last summary, 26 October).
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. Where two figures are given, the first is the number of additions, the second is the new total.
Please note that I don't usually include updates of fewer than 1,000 records.
NEW COLLECTIONS
Ancestry
BritishNewspaperArchive (shared with FindMyPast)
FamilySearch
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
Ancestry
- UK, Allied Prisoners of War, 1939-1945 (1,309,422)
- UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current (8,088,529)
- UK, World War I Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923 (6,519,330)
- England & Wales, Non-Conformist and Non-Parochial Registers, 1567-1936 (5,768,013)
FamilySearch
- Wales, Marriage Bonds, 1650-1900 (15,543)
- England, Essex Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1971 (8,714)
- England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898 (9,039)
- England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988 (28,218) 14504
FindMyPast
- Greater London Burial Index added St Olave's, Southwark, 1583-1665
- FindMyPast Photo Collection (5,600 photos from the Blitz, WW2 and more (14,257))
National Library of Scotland
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