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 three weeks (see previous summary, 15 December).
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
BritishNewspaperArchive shared with FindMyPast
FindMyPast
- 1921 Census of England & Wales (38,443,240)
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
FindMyPast
- Warwickshire Baptisms, in Coventry Union Workhouse (1,778)
- Warwickshire, Coventry Workhouse Deaths 1845-1943 (8,292)
FreeBMD
- Civil BMDs, England & Wales: 361,179 added. New total: 283,149,543 unique entries
National Library of Scotland
- Ordnance Survey 1:500 Town Plans of England & Wales, 1840s-1890s: More than 380 towns, each with 4,000+ inhabitants
- Ordnance Survey maps, 1944-1971: 1,481 maps at 1:1,250 and 1:2,500 (Scotland) | 728 at 1:10,000/1:10,560 (England, Wales & Scotland)
Scotland's People
- BMD registers 262,978 register records added: Births in 1921. Marriages in 1946. Deaths in 1971.
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