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 6 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)
- Glamorganshire, Wales, Glamorgan County Ayslum Records, 1845-1920 (26,387)
BritishNewspaperArchive (and shared with some FindMyPast subscriptions)
- Llanelly and County Guardian and South Wales Advertiser
- Coalville Times
- Teignmouth Post and Gazette
- Kilmarnock Standard
- Flintshire Observer
- Birmingham Suburban Times
- Illustrated Sporting News and Theatrical and Musical Review
- North West Evening Mail
- Tamworth Miners Examiner and Working Mens Journal
- Midland Examiner and Wolverhampton Times
- Shropshire Examiner
- Gravesend & Northfleet Standard
National Library of Scotland - Maps
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
FamilySearch
- 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, Lincolnshire, Marriage Bonds/Allegations, 1574-1885 (1,120 added)
FindMyPast
- UK Electoral Registers & Companies House Directors (2.9million additions)
- Cambridgeshire Licensed Victuallers (Newmarket, Ely, Whittelsey & Thorney)
- Kent Baptisms | Kent Burials | Kent Marriages and Banns, all from the parishes of:
Halling, St John the Baptist; Hoo St Werburgh; Horton Kirby, St Mary; Luddesdown, Leywood School; Luddesdown, SS Peter & Paul; and Milton-next-Gravesend, Christchurch
National Library of Scotland - Maps
- OS One-Inch Seventh Series, Great Britain, 1952-1970 (all NLS's out-of-copyright editions now available)
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