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 week (for the previous summary, see 16 April 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
- Cardiff, Wales, Index to Police Constabulary Registers, 1904-1920 (6,327)
- UK, Postal Service Appointment Books, 1737-1969
BritishNewspaperArchive (and shared with some FindMyPast subscriptions)
- Hants and Sussex News
- Glamorgan Advertiser
- Eckington Woodhouse and Staveley Express
- Cleave's Weekly Police Gazette
- Cambria Daily Leader
- New Weekly True Sun
- Imperial Weekly Gazette
- Westminster Journal and Old British Spy
- Hull Daily News
- Lloyds Companion to the Penny Sunday Times and People's Police Gazette
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
Ancestry
FamilySearch
- Essex Non-Conformist church records, 1613-1971 (1,407 added | New total 101,733)
- Gloucestershire Non-Conformist records, 1642-1996 (1,116 added | New total 132,704)
- Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898 (6,972 added | New total 1,374,901)
- Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988 (25,929 added | New total 1,797,303)
- Northumberland Non-Conformist records, 1613-1920 (3,478 added | New total 306,354)
FindMyPast
- UK Electoral Registers & Companies House Directors (2.9million additions)
- 1939 Register (95,000 newly-opened records opened)
- British Army, Coldstream Guards 1800-1947 New Image Browse collection
The Genealogist
- Lloyd George Domesday Survey (143,956 names added and linked to maps for Balham, Battersea, Fulham, Hammersmith, Putney & Roehampton, Streatham, Tooting Graveney and Wandsworth.)
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