Below is a summary of new and updated family history record collections for England, Scotland and Wales released by the major genealogy databases since mid-November (for the last summary, see 17 November blogpost).
This regular summary of releases and updates 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
BritishNewspaperArchive
- Leicester Evening Mail
- Rugeley Times (Staffs)
- Coleshill Chronicle
- Cotton Factory Times
- Kenilworth Advertiser
- Blackpool Gazette & Herald
- Bridgend Chronicle, Cowbridge, Llantrisant, and Maesteg Advertiser
DeceasedOnlne
- Streatham Cemetery, Lambeth, South London
- Lambeth/Tooting Cemetery, Lambeth, South London
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
FamilySearch
- Great Britain, War Office Registers, 1772-1935 (1,007,766)
- Essex Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1971 (2,420)
- Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898 (17,995)
- Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988 (22,378)
- Norfolk Bishop's Transcripts, 1685-1941 (15,004)
- Norfolk, Parish Registers (County Record Office), 1510-1997 (64,856)
- Northumberland Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1920 (16,239)
FindMyPast
- British Army, Coldstream Guards 1800-1947 (Now standalone record set, total 128,628)
- Scotland Monumental Inscriptions (600,000) (Total 1,090,685 records/800 burial sites)
- Essex baptisms (169,000)
- Devon Baptisms (45,000 Methodist records added from 73 churches, 1837-1919)
- Berkshire Probate Index (New total 38,802 records)
TheGenealogist
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