Below is a three-week summary of newly released and updated family history record collections for England, Scotland and Wales from the major genealogy databases. (Previous summary, 8 July.)
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
BritishNewspaperArchive (£££ subscription); shared with FindMyPast Ultimate and Pro subs
- Lewisham Borough News
- Land & Labor
- West Kent Argus and Borough of Lewisham News
- Battersea Polytechnic Review
- British Yachtsman
- Hampstead News
FindMyPast
- Airmen died during WW2 (129,018) RAF, Commonwealth & European allies.
- Bomber Command losses 1939-1945 (57,844)
- Yorkshire, Sheffield, Air Raid Casualties, 1940-1941 (659)
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
Ancestry
- London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1921
- London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
- London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938
- London, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-2003
FamilySearch
- England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988 (5,914,509)
- England, Lancashire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1647-1996 (1,470,661)
- England, Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1642-1996(186,214)
- England, Lincolnshire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1574-1885 (135,981)
- England, Oxfordshire, Parish Registers 1538-1904 (103,414)
- England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898 (1,603,017)
- Wales, Carmarthenshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912 (506,299)
- England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957 (8,570,957)
FindMyPast
- National Burial Index For England & Wales (100,000 new records from 19 parishes in West Riding of Yorkshire, spanning 1737-1954)
TheGenealogist
- Map Explorer National Tithe Record Collection for England added
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