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, 16 September.)
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
- Web: Scotland, Sheriff Court Paternity Processes/Case Papers, 1752-1921 (8,678)
- UK, Post Mortem Examinations and Case Books, 1840-1920 (27,537)
- UK, World War II Women's Land Army Index Cards, 1939-1948 (91,069)
- UK, Coal Mining Accidents and Deaths Index, 1878-1951 (150,226)
- UK, World War II War Diaries, 1939-1946 (66,031)
British Newspaper Archive (shared with some FindMyPast subscriptions)
- Hornsey & Finsbury Park Journal
- East End News and London Shipping Chronicle
- Building News
- Bury & Suffolk Standard
- Northfleet and Swanscombe Standard
- Manchester Metro News
FamilySearch
- England, Devon, Ford Park and Torquay Cemeteries, Burials, 1848-1974 (113,264)
- England, Lancashire, Liverpool, Burials, 1557-1968 (7,585)
- England, Lancashire, Liverpool, Workhouse Registers, 1800-1928 (1,502,302)
- England, Lancashire, Liverpool, Banns and Marriages, 1557-1960 (745)
- England, Lancashire, Liverpool, School Records, 1845-1926 (473,243
National Library of Scotland
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
Deceased Online
- Leicester Burials additional records added up to 2019
FindMyPast
- Hampshire Baptisms (2,500 additions for parish of Selborne, 1813-1940)
- Hampshire Marriages (2,123 for Selborne)
- Hampshire Burials (4,482 for Selborne)
- Norfolk Baptisms (King's Lynn, St Margaret/St Nicholas, Cromer, Diss, Great Snoring and Holt - all since 1922)
- Norfolk Banns and Marriages (South Lynn, All Saints Lowestoft, Wells Next the Sea, Norwich, Brundall, all since 1938)
- Norfolk Burials (Edgefield, Middleton, Wilby and others, since 1997)
- Surrey Baptisms (2,324 records, 1813-1825, from All Saints, Kingston upon Thames)
- Surrey Marriages (334 records from All Saints, Kingston upon Thames)
- Surrey Burials (1,681 records, 1813-1825, from All Saints, Kingston upon Thames)
National Library of Scotland
- 3D map viewer upgraded
TheGenealogist
- Lloyd George Domesday Survey/IR58 Valuation RO complete for all Greater London boroughs, 1910-1915, and North Buckinghamshire (1.6million)
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