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 12 February 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)
- St Austell Star
- North Bucks Times & County Observer
- Halifax Comet
- Weymouth Telegram
- Barrow Herald & Furness Advertiser
- Warwickshire Herald
- East Riding Telegraph
- Y Tyst
- Y Llan
- Seren Cymru
- Ripon Observer
- Pontypridd District Herald
- South Wales Daily Telegram
- Southport Visiter
FindMyPast
- Cambridgeshire, Licensed Victuallers (44,605)
- Caribbean, 1st Bn Royal Regiment Of Foot Deaths, 1801-1811 (1,040)
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
Ancestry
- Gloucestershire, England, Church of England Marriages & Banns, 1754-1938
- UK & Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current
FamilySearch
- England, Lincolnshire, Marriage Bonds/Allegations, 1574-1885
- England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898
- England, Northumberland Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1920
- England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988
- England, Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1642-1996
- England, Essex Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1971
- Great Britain, War Office Registers, 1772-1935
FindMyPast
- Britain, Marriage Licences(100,000 additions from Diocese of Durham) (623,735)
- National Burial Index For England & Wales (3.4 million)
- Lincolnshire Monumental Inscriptions
Free BMD
- Civil registration of birth, marriages, deaths, England & Wales (total now 281,975,018 records)
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