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, 28 April.)
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
- East Sussex, England, Wills and Probate, 1518-1858 (183,021)
- West Sussex, England, Marriage Licences, Wills and Probate, 1521-1858 (155,661)
- Scotland, Red Books of Scotland, 1600-1939 (90,571)
- Hampshire, England, Church of England Burials, 1813-1921 (304,643)
- Cupar, Fife, Scotland, World War II Evacuation Indexes, 1939-1945 (445)
BritishNewspaperArchives and FindMyPast
- New titles in main collection ($£€)
- Devizes and Wilts Advertiser
- Marlborough Times
- Campbeltown Courier
National Library of Scotland
- England and Wales maps showing 20th century boundaries (1,300+)
- England and Wales, wider landscape maps, (1914-1942) (100+)
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
Ancestry
- Birmingham, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1922
- Wiltshire, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1916
- Nottinghamshire, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1919
- Nottinghamshire, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1937
- Nottinghamshire, Church of England Burials, 1813-1994
- Nottinghamshire, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
FamilySearch
- England, Cumberland Parish Registers, 1538-1990 (9,181 added)
FindMyPast
- Sussex Baptisms (269,119 / 2,101,213)
- Sussex Marriages (268,217 / 1,145,495)
- Sussex Burials (301,731 / 1,199,856)
FreeBMD
- England and Wales civil registration index (now 291,400,830 distinct records, bearing 387,215,691 names)
National Library of Scotland
- Project GREMLIN 44 Scottish Estate Maps incl Earlstoun Estate (1815-17) and nearby Holm Estate (1799) in Kirkcudbrightshire.
TheGenealogist
- War Memorials Boer War, WW1, WW2, and other conflicts (56,924 / 665,000+)
- Lloyd George Domesday Survey: Hitchen, Herts. land tax survey (33,000 records added)
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