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 15 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
BritishNewspaperArchive and some FindMyPast subscriptions
FindMyPast
- Lincolnshire, Workhouse Guardians' Minutes 1837–1901 (9,354)
- London, Asylum for the Deaf & Dumb Pupils 1792-1859 (899)
- British Army, London Regiment, Surrey Battalions 1914-1940 (3,517)
MyHeritage
- Wales, Funeral Notices & Obituaries From 2003. (527,471)
- Scotland, Funeral Notices & Obituaries From 2008. (207,217)
- England, Funeral Notices & Obituaries From 2003. (4,313,522)
- British Army and Air Force Nominal Roll, 1920. (371,696)
National Library of Scotland
- UK Ordnance Survey Maps: 1,151 detailed maps of Scotland, scales of 1:1,250 and 1:2,500. Published 1973
- UK Ordnance Survey Maps: 717 less detailed maps of Scotland
- Map viewer - Ancient Woodland in Scotland, 1840s-1880s
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
Ancestry
BritishNewspaperArchive
- Free to view newspaper collection (1m pages / 3.4m pages)
FamilySearch
FindMyPast
- Derbyshire Births & Baptisms (13,932 records from non-conformist parishes, 1760–1966)
- Yorkshire Monumental Inscriptions, 1807–2022 (8,273 / 318,500), updated parish list
- Anglo-Boer War Records 1899-1902 (24,088 transcriptions added)
- British Army, Coldstream Guards 1800-1981 (17,896 photos and 497 attestations added)
- British Army Service Records South Wales Borderers (698 / 8,161,573)
- Free to view newspaper collection (1m pages / 3.4m pages)
FreeBMD
- Civil registration index of births, marriages and deaths, England & Wales (3,382,921 / 293,147,074)
TheGenealogist
- 1939 National Register, England & Wales (389,600 individuals added)
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