Please find below a two-week summary of newly-released and updated family history collections for England, Scotland and Wales from the major genealogy databases. (For the previous list, see 27 March blogpost.)
These regular listings are designed to help researchers whose Irish ancestors migrated, temporarily or permanently, to England, Scotland or Wales.
By default, they will also be useful to anyone carrying out research in those three nations, regardless of the origin of their ancestors.
Please note that I don't usually include updates of fewer than 1,000 records.
NEW COLLECTIONS
Figures in parentheses are the numbers of records (or images, if browse-only) in each new collection.
Ancestry- UK, Historical Photographs and Prints, 1704-1989
- Blacksmiths and Related Trades Index, 1720-1940 (9,955)
- Battle of Jutland Crew Lists, 1916 (61,495)
- London, England, Stanfords London Maps, 1890 (341)
BritishNewspaperArchive and FindMyPast
- Lincoln Leader & County Advertiser | Piercy's Coventry Gazette | Coventry Graphic | Foleshill & Bedworth Express | Matlock Mercury | Gainsborough Evening News | Bedworth Times | Sleaford Standard | Daventry & District Weekly Express
FindMyPast
- Warwickshire, Coventry, Vehicle Registrations 1921-1944 (143,824)
- Warwickshire, Coventry, Company Directories and Publications 1908-1966 (22,243 pages)
- Coventry Bomb Damage 1940-41 & Coventry Blitz, German Air Raids 1940-41 (74,615)
- Coventry Workhouse Admission and Discharge Registers, 1853-1946 (70,437)
MyHeritage
- England, Lancashire, Manchester Parish Baptisms, 1571-1907 (2,397,318)
- England, Lancashire, Manchester Parish Marriages, 1570-1940 (1,607,084)
- England, Lancashire, Manchester Parish Burials, 1603-1910 (632,593)
- England, Cornwall Parish Births and Baptisms (968,495)
- England, Cornwall Parish Burials (376,294)
- England, Cornwall Parish Marriages, 1569-1938 (377,612)
- England, Cheshire School Registers, 1796-1909 (722,357)
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
Unless otherwise stated, the figures in parentheses reflect the number of records added to the collection in the recent update. In some instances, the supplier has not made the numbers 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.
Ancestry- UK & Ireland, Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-current (41,275 / 8,967,629)
- UK and Ireland, Obituary Index, 2004-Current ( 28,217 / 6,984,995)
- Hampshire, England, Wills and Probates, 1398-1858
FamilySearch
- England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 (45,160,818)
- England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991 (14,487,850)
- England Marriages, 1538–1973 (11,671,259)
FindMyPast
- Greater Manchester Rate Books, 1820–1940 (384,785 / 14,336,653)
- Greater Manchester Electoral Registers 1820-1940 (1.2 million / 26,351,205)
- Warwickshire Burials 1847-1896 (37,963 from London Rd Cem, Coventry / 2.23 million)
FreeBMD
- Civil birth, marriage, death registrations from 1837 (254,697 / 293,890,022 unique entries)
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