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, 26 May.)
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 (and shared with FindMyPast)
- 10 new titles: The Selby Times | The Morning Leader | Eltham & District Times | Malton Gazette | Tunbridge Wells Weekly Express | Hampshire Post and Southsea Observer | Southampton Observer and Hampshire News | Stalybridge Reporter | Malton Messenger | Redcar and Saltburn-by-the-sea Gazette
FindMyPast
- Schools, Colleges and Universities (151,918) School list on collection page
MyHeritage
- Scotland, People of Moray (567,773)
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
Ancestry
- UK, World War II War Diaries, 1939-1946 Browse only
- Hampshire, CofE Baptisms, Marriages & Burials, 1536-1812 (new total 1,999,963)
FamilySearch
- England, Surrey Parish Registers, 1536-1992 (2,566,198)
- England, Cumberland Parish Registers, 1538-1990 (522,854)
- England Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988 (6,048,066)
- England, Rutland Parish Registers, 1538-1991 (326,083)
- England & Wales, Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957 (8,572,772)
FindMyPast
- England RC Congregational (1,010/135,369) Southwark Roehampton 1870–1920
- England, RC Baptisms (9,948/260,661) Southwark, 1871–1923
- England, RC Marriages (94/61,480) Peckham and Roehampton, 1882–1913
- National School Admission Registers (9,778 for town of Halifax)
- Yorkshire Baptisms (23,338) for Sheffield parishes of All Saints and Brightside
- Military Historical Society Bulletins 2016 to 2022
- Bedfordshire Baptisms, 1466–2011 (40,143)
- Bedfordshire Marriages, 1568–1989 (49,147 transcriptions)
- Bedfordshire Burials, 1329–1999 (44,492 transcriptions)
- Scotland, Return Of Owners Of Land 1876 (33,627) 'Updated and improved version'
FreeBMD
- Civil birth index for England and Wales (291,659,559 distinct records)
The Genealogist
- Guilds, Societies and People of Note (65,000)
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