Below is an overview of newly-released and updated genealogy collections for England, Scotland and Wales from the major family history database providers. (For previous list, see 24 October 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, Officers' Birth Certificates, Wills and Personal Papers, 1755-1908 (104,288)
- Royal Hospital Chelsea Admission Books, Registers and Papers, 1702-1980 (680,094)
BritishNewspaperArchive / FindMyPast
FindMyPast
- Manchester Electoral Registers, 1820-1940 (25,066,154)
- Britain, First World War Campaign Medals (6,527,684)
- Cheshire, Macclesfield WW1 Hospital Records (1,880
MyHeritage
- England, Lancashire, Lytham St Annes Burials (111,798) 1928 onwards. Free.
TheGenealogist
NEW COLLECTIONS
Ancestry
- England, Criminal Lunatic Asylum Registers, 1820-1876 (1,353,900)
- UK Registers of Births, Marriages, Deaths from British Consulates, 1810-1968 (27,772)
FindMyPast
- Greater London Burial Index, 1559-1901 (396,992 / 2,768,514)
- Crimean War casualties, 1853 to 1856 (5,893)
- Westmorland Baptisms
- Westmorland Marriages (62,286)
- Westmorland Burials (128,779)
- Berkshire Baptisms, 1538–1923 (231,375 / 1,441,014)
FreeBMD Index
- Births, marriages & deaths, England & Wales (223,195 / 292,717,594 unique records; 390,630,794 total records)
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