Below is a summary of newly released and updated family history record collections for England, Scotland and Wales from the major genealogy databases. (Previous summary, 29 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
- UK and Commonwealth, Law Examination Records, 1836-1946 (520,332)
- Web: Wrexham, Wales, Cemetery Burial Register Indexes, 1876-2012 (37,665)
- Aberystwyth, Wales, Crew Lists 1856-1914 (101,383)
BritishNewspaperArchive (£££ subscription); shared with FindMyPast Ultimate and Pro subs. More than 57m pages.
- Richmond Herald
- Potteries Advertiser
- Airdrie & Coatbridge World
- Church & State Gazette, London
- Republican
- Christian World
- East Sussex Focus
- Staines Leader
- Clyde Weekly News
- Uckfield Courier
- Ruislip & Northwood Informer
- Skelmersdale Advertiser
FamilySearch
- England, Devon, Parish Registers (Devon Record Office), 1529-1974 (167,845)
- England, Hampshire, Portsmouth, Burials, 1538-1926 (314,079)
- England, Hampshire, Portsmouth, Hospital Records, 1878-1918 (71,376)
- England, Hampshire, Portsmouth, Baptisms, 1538-1940 (570,140)
MyHeritage
- England, Durham Home Guard 1940-1945 (83,093)
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
FamilySearch
- England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988 (13,154 / 5,996,379)
- England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957 (1,802)
FindMyPast
- National School Admission Registers, 1870-1914 (10,000 added/7 schools Halifax + York.
- Derbyshire Baptisms (8,700+ / 1m+)
- Durham Marriages (18,700 additions spanning 1696-1934)
- Northampton Burials, 1538-1813 (c60,000 additions)
- Lincolnshire Marriages and Banns (added 40,000 from 10 churches/Isle of Axholme.
- Lincolnshire Monumental Inscriptions (65,636 added from 129 churches and chapels in Lincolnshire + one in Nottinghamshire. Full parish list here.
TheGenealogist
- International Headstone Records (100,000 / 400,000)
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