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 (see previous summary, 24 September).
My 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
- Shropshire, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1900 (319,358)
- Shropshire, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1901 (555,737)
- Shropshire, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1900 (1,469,334)
- Shropshire, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 (2,668,055)
BritishNewspaperArchive €$£ collections, shared with FindMyPast (total 45,184,062 pages)
FamilySearch
- England, Devon, Plymouth, World War I Rolls of Honour, 1914-1918 (665)
- UK, England, Devon, Plymouth, World War II Records, 1939-1945 (7,351)
National Library of Scotland
- Ordnance Survey Maps - Six-inch 1st edition, Scotland, 1843-1882 Railways and other variant states maps (1,824)
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
Ancestry
DeceasedOnline
- London Borough of Barking and Dagenham cemeteries – Chadwell Heath, Eastbrookend and Rippleside
FamilySearch
- England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898 (25120)
- England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988 (108,668)
- England, Northumberland Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1920 (7,217)
- England, Yorkshire, Bishop's Transcripts, 1547-1957 (2,601,205)
FindMyPast
- England, Essex Marriages and Banns 1537-1935: Chingford, Leytonstone, South Chingford and Walthamstow
The Genealogist
- Norfolk Parish Records (1,445,523)
- Map Explorer Domesday Book 1086 added as a layer
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