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, 22 December.)
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 FindMyPast)
- New titles in main collection ($£€)
FamilySearch
- United Kingdom, Royal Air Force Service Records, 1912-1945
- England Births & Christenings, 1538-1975 (46,640,642) Partial Index*
- England Deaths & Burials, 1538-1991 (15,000,390) Partial Index*
- England Marriages, 1538–1973 (12,153,070) Partial Index*
FindMyPast
- Gibraltar Census 1871-1921 (113,389)
- Gibraltar Military Deaths 1869-1914 (2,749)
MyHeritage
- England and Wales Divorces, 1858-1937 (253,123)
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
Ancestry
- England, Lancs. Index of Wills/Probates Proved at Richmond and Chester, 1600-1858 (new total 168,131)
- UK, Women’s Royal Naval Officers' Service Records, 1917-1919 (570)
- UK, Mechanical Engineer Records, 1847-1938 (new total 109,201)
FamilySearch
- England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988 (5,996,379)
- England, Lancashire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1647-1996 (1,436,324)
- England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898 (1,603,017)
- England, Oxfordshire Parish Registers 1538-1904 (103,414)
FindMyPast
- National School Registers & Log-Books 1870-1914 (7,859 added from Halifax/9,364,256)
- Gibraltar Marriages 1802-1942 (4,420)
- Middlesex Monumental Inscriptions (1,731 added, all with images. Total 70,867)
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