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 two weeks (for the previous summary, see 22 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)
- The News (London)
- Reading Standard
- Poole Telegram
- Bridport, Beaminster, and Lyme Regis Telegram
- Bristol Observer
- Atherstone News and Herald
- Swindon and North Wilts Chronicle
- Llanelly Mercury
- Rhos Herald
- Blandfort and Wimbourne
FindMyPast
TheGenealogist
- 1939 Register Transcripts
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
Ancestry
FamilySearch
FindMyPast
- Norfolk Baptisms (9,000 additions)
- Norfolk Banns and Marriages (16,000 new records from 1921)
- Norfolk burials
- Lincolnshire Monumental Inscriptions (36,500 additions)
- Essex Monumental Inscriptions
TheGenealogist
- Military Record Collection (150,000 individuals)
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