Below is a three-week summary of newly-released and updated family history record collections for England, Scotland and Wales from the major genealogy databases. (For previous list, see blogpost.)
My regular summary of releases and updates relating to British collections is designed to help researchers 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 parentheses in the New Collections section are the numbers of records (or images, if browse-only) in the new record set.
Unless otherwise stated, the figures in parentheses 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 so the figure is the new total. 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
- UK, RAF Officer Service Records, 1918-1919 (190,367)
- UK, Wills of Royal Navy and Royal Marines Personnel, 1786-1882 (32,361)
British Newspaper Archive, shared with FindMyPast
MyHeritage
- England, Durham, Stockton-on-Tees Burials (106,781)
- Scotland, Renfrewshire, Paisley Poor Law, 1837–1933 (186,557)
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
Ancestry
- Hampshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 (794,719)
- Hampshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1921 (1,586,354)
- Hampshire, England, Church of England Burials, 1813-1921 (304,643)
- Hampshire, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1536-1812 (1,999,963)
- Worcestershire, England, Electoral Registers, 1837-1974 (8,183,878)
- UK and Ireland, Obituary Index, 2004-Current (97,387 / 6,935,464)
- UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current (1,556,109 / 19,757,241)
FindMyPast
- Oxfordshire Baptisms, 1524-1950 (20,185 / 233,822)
- Oxfordshire Marriages, 1538-1936 (13,098 / 67,864)
- Oxfordshire Burials, 1558-1976 (34,612 / 37,241)
TheGenealogist
- National Tithe Records for England & Wales (click to view video) linked to Map Explorer.
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