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, 5 August.)
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
- Nottinghamshire, England, CoE Baptisms, 1813-1919 (1,543,821)
- Nottinghamshire, England, CoE Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 (1,763,383)
- Nottinghamshire, England, CoE Marriages and Banns, 1754-1937 (792,590)
- Nottinghamshire, England, CoE Burials, 1813-1994 (284,904)
BritishNewspaperArchive (£££ subscription); shared with FindMyPast Ultimate and Pro subs. More than 56m pages.
- Leytonstone Express and Independent
- Surrey Independent and Wimbledon Mercury
- Jarrow Guardian and Tyneside Reporter
- Midland & Northern Coal & Iron Trades Gazette
- Haltemprice & East Yorkshire Advertiser
- Holderness Advertiser
- Halstead Gazette
- Brighton Argus
- Ilkley Free Press
- Worcester Daily Times and Journal
- Torquay Chronicle and South Devon Advertiser
- Bristol Observer
- Boston Gazette
- Andover Advertiser and North West Hants Gazette
- Liverpool Shipping Telegraph and Daily Commercial Advertiser
- Harrogate Advertiser and Weekly List of the Visitors
- Medway News
- National Independent and People's Advocate
- Derby Exchange Gazette
- Loughton and District Advertiser
- Plymouth Mail
- Falkirk Express
- Dumfries and Galloway Standard
- National Advertiser and Edinburgh and Glasgow Gazette
- Pembrokeshire Herald
- Haverfordwest & Milford Haven Telegraph
DeceasedOnline
- Leicester City, Gilroes (214,552 cremation records and burial records, both 1902–2019)
FamilySearch
- England, Hampshire, Portsmouth, Military Tribunals, 1916-1919 (14,141)
- England, Hampshire, Portsmouth, Workhouse Registers, 1879-1919 (60,953)
- England, Hampshire, Portsmouth, Marriages, 1537-1930 (394,668)
- England, Hampshire, Portsmouth, Police Staff Records, 1908-1924 (313)
MyHeritage
- England, Birmingham Burials (103,914 records, incl. cremation, from 1874)
- Scotland, Gravestones and Memorials (615,974)
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
Ancestry
- UK & Ireland, 1300s – Current (710,000 / 14,651,323 indexed entries)
- Global Find a Grave Index – Burials at Sea & Select Locations (87,367 / 13,288,732)
FamilySearch
- England, Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1642-1996 (17,916 / 204,346)
- England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988 (26,875 / 5,994,781)
- Wales, Cardiganshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912 (59,285 / 142,921)
FindMyPast
- City of York Electoral Registers 1848-1938 (new total 1.76million records)
- Durham Baptisms (16,000 added)
- Suffolk Baptism Index 1538-1911 (307,000 records added from 232 churches, 1813-1900)
- Staffordshire Baptisms (141,000 records added from 28 churches)
- Staffordshire Marriages (70,000 records dating to 1560s added from 19 churches)
- Britain, Marriage Licenses (218,000 Norfolk bonds, previously browse, now indexed)
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