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, 10 October.)
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
- St Margaret’s, Westminster, CofE Baptisms, Marriages & Burials, 1538-1934 (885,870)
- UK, Wartime Records and Material, 1914-1918, 1939-1945 (5,143)
BritishNewspaperArchive and shared with some FindMyPast subscriptions
- Coalville Mail
- Rhyl & Prestatyn Visitor
- Eastern Argus and Borough of Hackney Times
- Official Gazette of British Guiana
- North Tyneside Herald & Post
- Billericay Gazette
- Exeter Leader
- Beaconsfield Advertiser
- Manchester Metro News
- Bridgend &: Ogwr Herald &: Post
- West Hull Advertiser
- Leeward Islands Gazette
- Peebles News and County Advertiser
- Vale Advertiser
DeceasedOnline
- Beacon Hill Cemetery, 1960 – 1992 (4,470)
- Danescourt Cemetery, 1959 – 1989 (4,628)
- Merridale Cemetery, 1850 – 1993 (115,530)
FamilySearch
- England, Hampshire, Portsmouth, Cemetery Records, 1881-1918 (129,284)
- United Kingdom, Merchant Seamen Records, 1918-1941 (240,481)
FindMyPast
- British West Indies Regiment Servicemen 1915-1919 (16,984)
- Montserrat, Methodist Marriages 1820-1841 (202)
MyHeritage
- British Red Cross Society Volunteers, 1914-1918 (242,744, free)
- United Kingdom, Convict Transportation Registers, 1787–1867 (123,888)
- England, Sussex, Worthing Burials (46,594)
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
Ancestry
- UK, Lunacy Patients Admission Registers, 1846-1921 (new total 842,355)
- UK, World War II Alien Internees, 1939-1945 (126,460)
FindMyPast
- British Royal Navy & Royal Marines Service and Pension Records, 1704-1919 (20,000+ from 1787-1822 /New total 1,136,211)
- Dorset Monumental Inscriptions (10,000+ from Poole Cemetery)
- Barbados Births & Baptisms 1637-1891 (additions span 1678-1679)
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