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 7 May 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 (shared with some FindMyPast subscriptions)
- Inverness Advertiser and Rossshire Chronicle
- Beacon London
- Inverness Joural and Northern Advertiser
- Saturday Inverness Advertiser
- Teviotdale Record and Jedburgh Advertiser
- Weekly Free Press And Aberdeen Herald
- Glasgow Weekly Mail
- Kirriemuir Free Press and Angus Advertiser
- Glasgow Weekly Herald
- Kirriemuir Observer and General Advertiser
FindMyPast
- Norfolk, Churchyard Graves and Memorials, an image-only collection, arranged by burial ground
- British Army Service Records, Scots Guards (44,890 records from WWII and later)
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
Ancestry
- Scotland and Northern Ireland, Death Index, 1989-2020 (752,902)
- England and Wales, Death Index, 1989-2019 (5,486,849)
DeceasedOnline
- Brookwood Cemetery, 1854-2016 (243,000)
FamilySearch
- Wales, Marriage Bonds, 1650-1900 (947 added. Total 207,779)
- England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988 (New total 1,985,911)
- England, Lancashire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1746-1799 (New total 3,486)
- England, Northumberland Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1920 (New total 101,255)
- England, Hertfordshire, Marriage Bonds, 1682-1837 (New total 3,743)
- England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898 (New total 1,456,543)
- England, Essex Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1971 (New total 107,405)
- England, Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1642-1996 (New total 133,129)
- England, Lincolnshire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1574-1885 (New total 71,729)
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