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, 13 January.)
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
BritishNewspaperArchive (63,316,235 pages, all shared with FindMyPast)
- New titles in main collection ($£€)
FamilySearch
- England, Cumberland Parish Registers, 1538-1990 (30,900)
- UK, British India Office, Births and Baptisms, 1712-1965 (713,850)
- England, Military Pension and Service Records, 1702-1933 (911,344)
FindMyPast
- British Army, Honourable Artillery Company Journal 1923-2021
- British Army, Coldstream Guards 1800-1981 (48,477)
- British Army, Honourable Artillery Company, Cardew-Rendle Roll Of Members 1537-1908 (17,000 biographies)
MyHeritage
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
Ancestry
- UK and Ireland, Find a Grave™ Index, 1300s-Current (786,820 / 16,116,208)
- Web: Scotland, General & Admission Registers, Asylums, 1858-1918 (new total 165,561)
- Web: Scotland, Sheriff Court Paternity Decrees, 1792-1922 (new total 128,825)
- Web: Scotland, Prison Records Index, 1828-1878 (173,186)
FindMyPast
- England & Wales Deaths 2007-2021 (184,062 / 3,461,272)
- Scotland Modern and Civil Deaths and Burials, 1855-2021 (13,886 / 3,396,724)
ScotlandsPeople
- Civil registration records Rolling years added: Births 1922; Marriages 1947; Deaths 1972
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