Below is a summary of new and updated family history record collections for England, Scotland and Wales released by the major genealogy databases over the last fortnight (for the previous summary, see 29 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
BritishNewspaperArchive (and shared with some FindMyPast subscriptions)
- Barnsley Telephone
- Beverley Independent
- Blandford Weekly News
- The Weekly Independent (Bromsgrove)
- Herne Bay Press
- Birkenhead & Cheshire Advertiser
- Sleaford Gazette
FamilySearch
FindMyPast
- Shropshire Quarter Sessions Rolls Index, 1831-1920
- Yorkshire, Ecclesall Bierlow Workhouse Admissions 1883-1915
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
Ancestry
- UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current (new total 9,424,067)
FamilySearch
- England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898
- England, Essex Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1971
- England, Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1642-1996
- England, Northumberland Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1920
- England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988
- England, Cambridge Parish Registers, 1538-1983
FindMyPast
- Denbighshire Parish Baptisms (7,800)
- Denbighshire Parish Marriages and Banns (11,200)
- Denbighshire Parish Burials (4,500)
National Library of Scotland
- Ordnance Survey National Grid maps published in 1970
- County maps of Northern England, 1760s-1840s 22 new maps
The Genealogist
- Who's Who Occupational Collection (nearly 100,000 additions)
- Lloyd George Domesday Survey (c100,000 added in Southwark)
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