Below is a two-week summary of newly released and updated family history record collections for England, Scotland and Wales from the major genealogy databases. For the previous summary, see 13 June blogpost.
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
- Web: Scotland, High Court Criminal Indexes, 1790-1919 (139,568)
- Lancashire, England, Index of Wills/Probates Proved at Richmond & Chester 1600-1858
BritishNewspaperArchive (£££ subscription); shared with FindMyPast Ultimate and Pro subs
- Wallington & Carshalton Herald
- Mirror (Trinidad & Tobago)
- Colonial Standard
- Dominica Guardian
- Dominica Chronicle
- Voice of St. Lucia
- Anglo-American Times
- Ottawa Free Press
- Gazette of the United States
FindMyPast
- St Vincent, St George's baptisms 1765-1820 (3,475)
- St Vincent, St George's marriages 1765-1820 (1,534)
- Britain, Naturalisations 1844-1990 (98,346)
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
Ancestry
- UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current (110,081 / 14,501,949)
- England and Wales, Death Index, 1989-2021 (2020 & 2021 added. (5,812,402)
- Scotland & Northern Ireland Death Index 1989-2021 2020 & 2021 added. (780,189)
FamilySearch
- England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988 (5,805,447)
- England, Lancashire Non-Conformist Church Records 1647-1996 (50,770 / 1,377,998)
- England, Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1642-1996 (11,741 / 153,132)
FindMyPast
- Norfolk, Churchyard Graves & Memorials Image collection transcribed (266,158 records)
- Britain, Merchant Seamen, 1918-1941 (nearly 5,000 added)
- British India Office Births & Baptisms (new total 1,193,453)
- British India Office marriages (new total 457,950)
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