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, 17 November.)
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
BritishNewspaperArchive, and shared with some FindMyPast subscriptions (60 million+ pages)
- Chertsey & Addlestone Leader
- Leicester Advertiser
- Post Green 'un (Bristol)
- Nottingham and Long Eaton Topper
- Rugeley Post
- Bristol Weekend
City of London
FamilySearch
FindMyPast
- Royal Navy Officers' Service Record Cards & Files, 1840-1920 (nearly 6,000 cards)
- England & Wales, Paupers In Workhouses, 1860 (14,216 aged 16+ & resident 5+ years)
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
Ancestry
- UK, Navy Lists, 1888-1970 (12,726,887)
FindMyPast
- Lincolnshire Baptisms (144,000 / 2.1million) Additions span 1754-1862.
TheGenealogist
- 1881 Census on Map Explorer England, Scotland & Wales now complete
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