Below is a four-week summary of newly released and updated family history record collections for England, Scotland and Wales from the major genealogy databases. (Previous summary, 16 June.)
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
- Fife, Scotland, Police Records, 1858-1947 (4,957)
- British Naval Biographical Dictionary, 1849 (9,807)
- Scotland, Postal Directories, 1825-1910 (20,083,919)
- UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea, Payment of Army and Other Pensions, 1842-1883 (649,782)
- UK and Allied Countries, World War II Air Combat Reports, 1939-1945 (11,150)
BritishNewspaperArchive (and shared with FindMyPast)
- Seven new Titles: Alfreton Journal | Dunstable Gazette | Loughborough Herald & North Leicestershire Gazette | Yarmouth Gazette and North Norfolk Constitutionalist | Sidmouth Observer | North Devon Advertiser | Southern Weekly News
FindMyPast
- England RC Parish Baptisms diocese of Leeds, 1757-1913 (243,092)
- England RC Parish Marriages diocese of Leeds, 1776-1913 (56,525)
- England RC Parish Burials diocese of Leeds, 1757-1913 (26,195)
- England RC Parish Congregational Records diocese of Leeds, 1798-1845 (152 images)
- Canada Census 1931 Browse-only (234,678 images covering 10,376,379 people)
- Challenges and Duels
- Britain & Ireland, Naturalisations 1603-1700 (12,959)
MyHeritage
- England, Cheshire, Warrington Burials (116,092)
- England/Wales, Metropolitan Police Register, Habitual Criminals, 1881-1925 (135,646)
- UK Merchant Navy – Index of crew members (429,423)
- UK Naturalization Certificates and Declarations – Index from 1801 (405,923)
- UK Royal Air Force Personnel WW1 and 1914–1928. (446,493)
TheGenealogist
- Occupational Records – Ancestors in the Arts Biographical information from various publications on the lives of writers, artists, actors etc.
- Occupational Records – Seafaring Ancestors includes Navy Lists for the Royal Navy WW1 & WW2 | Merchant seamen – medals and awards, 1914-1918 | Merchant Shipping Losses 1914-1918 | British Merchant Vessels Lost or Damaged by Enemy Action, 1939-1945 | Losses of Ships of the Royal Navy, 1914-1918.
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
Ancestry
- UK, World War II Women's Land Army Index Cards, 1939-1948 120,773
- 1939 England and Wales Register (45,915,113)
- UK, Records of the Removal of Graves and Tombstones, 1601-2007 (165,389)
- West Midlands, England, Criminal Registers, 1850-1933 (12,214)
- UK and Ireland, Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-current (8,225,693)
- UK, World War I Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923 (9,089,613)
- UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Admissions and Discharges, 1715-1925
- UK, British Army Records and Lists, 1882-1962 (2,421,506)
- UK, Naval and Military Courts Martial Registers, 1806-1930 (838,431)
- UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea, Pensioner Soldier Service Records, 1760-1920 (1,040,213)
- Fife, Scotland, School Admissions and Discharges, 1867-1922 (215,160)
- Fife, Scotland, Criminal Registers, 1910-1931 (1,051)
- Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, Poorhouse Records, 1888-1922 (7,547)
FamilySearch
- England England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988 (35,519 / 6,064533)
FindMyPast
- Lincolnshire Baptisms (231,796 additions spanning 1539 to 1922)
- England & Wales National Burial Index Herefordshire, 1631-1812 (10,401 / 17,222,640)
FreeBMD
- England and Wales civil registration index (210,926 / 291,879,485)
MyHeritage
- Scotland, Prison Registers, 1791–1965 (New total 318,924)
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