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 three weeks (for the previous summary, see 2 March 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)
- Stockton Herald, South Durham & Cleveland Advertiser
- Hastings & St Leonards Times
- Harborne Herald
- Neath Guardian
- Formby Times
- Dewsbury Chronicle and West Riding Advertiser
- Gravesend Journal
- Alliance News
- Settmakers' and Stoneworkers' Journal
- Weymouth Telegram
- Northern Guardian (Hartlepool)
- Swansea Journal and South Wales Liberal
- Nantwich, Sandbach & Crewe Star
Scotland's People
- Kirk Sessions and other court records of the Church of Scotland (1million+ images)
FindMyPast
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
Ancestry
- 1939 Register, England and Wales
- Bristol Non-Conformist Baptisms, Marriages & Burials 1644-1981 (Total 413,736)
FamilySearch
- England, Cambridgeshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1538-1983
- England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898
- England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988
- England, Northumberland Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1920
- England, Lincolnshire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1574-1885
- England, Essex Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1971
- Isle of Man Parish Registers
FindMyPast
- Essex Baptisms (38,000 records from 16 Anglican churches)
- Kent Baptisms (10,000 records added from two new parishes)
- Kent Marriages & banns 1750-1936 (9,000 records – Lewisham, Westerham, Eltham
- Yorkshire Monumental Inscriptions (27,000)
- British India Office Life Events (Annual rolling year update for marriages and births)
- Leicestershire Parish Records, baptism, marriage, banns and burials
FreeBMD
- Civil registration – births, marriages, deaths, England & Wales (Total 279,220,849)
TheGenealogist
- Military Record Collection (150,000 individuals)
- Map Explorer 'Time Travel' feature added
- Tithe Maps (2,738 maps added for Anglesey, Durham, Devon, Shropshire, Somerset, Suffolk and Wiltshire
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