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 4 December 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
- Dudley, England, Burials and Cremation Index, 1800-2020 (275,832)
- England and Wales, New Popular Edition Maps, 1940-1948 (252)
BritishNewspaperArchive and some FindMyPast subscriptions
- Crowthorne Times
- Toby "The East London Watch-Dog"
- The Bookseller
- The Pictures
- Blyth News Post Leader (Northumberland)
National Library of Scotland
- Early estate maps of Dumfries-shire, 1760s-1820s (238 additions, see list)
ScotlandsPeople
- Scottish Women's Land Army and Timber Corps, 1939 to 1950 (10,000 Index Cards)
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
Ancestry
- England & Wales, Civil Divorce Records, 1858-1918
- UK and Commonwealth, Law Examination Records, 1836-1947
- East Sussex, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
- West Sussex, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812
- UK & Ireland, Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-current (183,584 / 8,926,354)
FindMyPast
- England RC baptisms - Diocese of Northampton, 1775–1913 (9,383)
- England RC marriages - Diocese of Northampton, 1781–1913 (1,288)
- England RC burials - Diocese of Northampton, 1834 –1913 (1,547)
- England RC congregational - Diocese of Northampton, 1834–1913 (2,737 confirmations
- Kent Baptisms (12,245 from Canterbury Cathedral, 1842–1934)
- Kent Marriages and Banns (8,000 from Canterbury Cathedral, 1852–1939)
- Kent Burials (500 from Canterbury Cathedral, 1955-1967)
- 1939 Register of England and Wales (187,771 previously-redacted records)
MyHeritage
- Scotland Prison Registers, 1791–1965 (501,793)
OldBaileyOnline
- Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674–1913 Redesigned site (v9.0) with new functionality
TheGenealogist
- Lloyd George Domesday Survey - Inland Revenue VO property records, 1910-15 Northamptonshire (170,000 / 2.4million)
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