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 fortnight(for the previous summary, see 15 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)
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
Ancestry
- London, Land Tax Records, 1692-1932 Additional records created though database improvements
- London, Marriage Notices from The Times, 1982-2004
- Caernarvonshire, Wales, Anglican Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1541-1994
FindMyPast
- Middlesex Baptisms for Ealing, Harrow, Hayes and Hillingdon
- Carmarthenshire Parish Records Baptisms in 1921 and Marriages in 1936
- Scotland, Modern and Civil Births 1855-2019 (Total now 2,579,212)
- Scotland, Modern and Civil Marriages 1855-2019 (Total now 1,066,987)
- Scotland, Modern and Civil Deaths & Burials 1855-2021 (Total now 3,327,486)
FamilySearch
- Wales, Marriage Bonds, 1650-1900 (937)
- England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988 (62,652)
- England, Herefordshire Bishop’s Transcripts, 1583-1898 (32,550)
- England, Northumberland Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1920 (3,945)
- England, Essex Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1971 (1,655)
ScottishIndexes
- Scotland's Criminal Database (100,000+ prison register entries)
The Genealogist
- RAF Operations Record Books (1.5million records)
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