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 ten days (for the last summary, see 8 January 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
Ancestry
- Archdeaconry of Richmond, England, Church of England Marriage Bonds, 1611-1861
- Wiltshire, England, Non-Conformist Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1810-1987
BritishNewspaperArchive (shared with FindMyPast)
- Stapleford & Sandiacre News
- Westminster and Pimlico News
- Bargoed Journal
- Cradley Heath & Stourbridge Observer
- North Cumberland Reformer
- Midland Counties Tribune
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
FamilySearch
- England, Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1642-1996 (16,585)
- England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898 (9,863)
- England, Northumberland Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1920 (4,759)
FindMyPast
- Dorset Burials (29,000 from Melcome Regis, Weymouth, Wyke Regis) (467,385)
FreeBMD
- Baptisms, Marriages and Deaths. (347,757 unique records added. 278,329,114)
Scotland's People
- Births in 1920 (136,546 records. Annual rolling update)
- Marriages in 1945 (48,728 records. Annual rolling update)
- Deaths in 1970 (64,943 records. Annual rolling update)
The Genealogist
- Headstone inscriptions and photos (55,000 additions)
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