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 29 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
- Carmarthenshire and Bangor, Wales, Wills Index Cards, 1885-1941 (44,465)
- Worcestershire, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages, Burials, 1538-1812 (3,264,925)
- Worcestershire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1812-1918 (1,727,188)
- Worcestershire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1935 (120,628)
- Worcestershire, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1918 (432,453)
- Web: Scotland, National War Memorial Index, 1914-1945 (206,489)
BritishNewspaperArchive (£££ subscription); shared with FindMyPast Ultimate and Pro subs
- Spiritualist
- Bromley and West Kent Telegraph
- Bromley Journal and West Kent Herald
- Bromley Chronicle
- Black & White
FindMyPast
- British Army, Recommendations for Military Honours and Awards 1935-1990 (79,000)
- British Army Lists & Commission Registers 1661-1826 (118,000)
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
Ancestry
- UK and Ireland, Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-current (2,884,870 / 5,380,560)
- UK and Ireland, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current (6,463,148 / 15,117,075)
- UK and Ireland, Obituary Index, 2004-Current (29,822 / 6,730,647)
FamilySearch
- England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988 (5,819,544)
- England, Lancashire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1647-1996 (1,439,364)
- England, Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1642-1996(154,859)
- Scotland Presbyterian & Protestant Church Records, 1736-1990 (109,064)
FindMyPast
- Britain, Campaign, Gallantry and Long Service Medals & Awards (52,000 / 6.3million)
- British Royal Navy/Marines Service & Pensions 1704-1919 (20,000 / 1,116,189)
- Scotland Monumental Inscriptions (13,000 / 1,187,471)
TheGenealogist
- 1891 census of England and Wales linked to Map Explorer.
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