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, 4 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
- Hampshire, England, Wills and Probates, 1398-1858 (95,154)
- Lancashire, England, Police Staff Indexes, 1836-1937 (15,921)
- All UK, London Gazettes WWII Military Notices, 1939-1945 (1,349,686)
BritishNewspaperArchive, and shared with some FindMyPast subscriptions (59 million+ pages)
- Canterbury Times
- Feltham Chronicle
- Macclesfield Times
- Weston & Worle News
- Nottingham Evening News
- Esher News and Mail
DeceasedOnline
- Wolverhampton, Bilston Cemetery, 1855 to 1993 (64,600)
- Wolverhampton, Bushbury Cem. from 1949 (19,973); Bushbury Crem. from 1954 (75,023)
FamilySearch
FindMyPast
- Royal Navy Officers' Service Record Cards & Files, 1840-1920 (nearly 6,000 cards)
MyHeritage
- Scotland, Renfrewshire, Inverclyde Newspaper Intimations 1794-1918 (115,477 pages)
- Scotland, Stirlingshire and Perthshire Burials (83,318)
TheGenealogist
- The Times (3,000+ editions from the 1870s)
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
Ancestry
- UK, Navy Lists, 1888-1970 (12,726,887)
- UK & Ireland, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current (4,307,914 / 19,424,989)
- East Sussex, CoE Baptisms, Marriages & Burials, 1538-1812 (new total 2,963,607)
DeceasedOnline
- Wolverhampton: Bilston Cemetery (64,600); Bushbury Cem / Crem (19,973 / 75,023)
FindMyPast
- British R.Navy & R.Marines Service & Pensions 1704-1939, ADM363 (93,000, 1925-39)
- British R.Navy & R.Marines Service & Pensions 1704-1939, ADM362 (29,000, 1925-29)
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