Monthly Top 10 List of New British Databases

Monthly Top 10 List of Newly Published British Databases
This list provides a summary of many recently published and added British databases which can be searched online. Here they are for early January 2016:

1. Northamptonshire, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1532-1812 contains 4,138,400 records for 343 parishes at Ancestry.co.uk.

2.Australia – FamilySearch.org has indexed an additional 326,000 records from the 1891 New South Wales census. This census lists the head of household, street address, and the number of male and female members of the household. The collection can be searched by first name and last name. Access is free. [New South Wales 1891 Census] - See more at: http://www.genealogyintime.com/records/newest-genealogy-records.html?awt_l=CMIPY&amp;awt_m=J1PGv9IjNwk.Vy#sthash.2AvqBt9A.dpuf

3.Norfolk, England: TheGenealogist has released over 3.6 million parish records from Norfolk County. These are baptisms, banns, marriages and burial records that cover many of the parishes in Norfolk. This is the first part of a two-part release of Norfolk parish records as part of TheGenealogist’s agreement with the Norfolk Record Office. The link provides access to the complete list of parishes and dates that are covered by this release. Access is by subscription. [Norfolk Parish Records] - See more at: http://www.genealogyintime.com/records/newest-genealogy-records.html?awt_l=CMIPY&amp;awt_m=J1PGv9IjNwk.Vy#sthash.2AvqBt9A.dpuf

4.England – The website Deceased Online has added more cemetery records from Lincolnshire. The new additions come from Grimsby’s Scartho Road cemetery and crematorium and the Cleethorpes cemetery. There are about 400,000 new records dating from 1877. They contain the exact location of the grave, date of death, date of burial, first and last name of the deceased, occupation, sex, home address, cause of death, name and address of the informant (often a relative) and the officiating minister. Deceased Online now has 11 cemeteries and two crematoria totalling nearly one million records from Lincolnshire County. The records can be searched by first name, last name and year. Access is by subscription. [Grimsby Burial Records] - See more at: http://www.genealogyintime.com/records/newest-genealogy-records.html?awt_l=CMIPY&amp;awt_m=J1PGv9IjNwk.Vy#sthash.2AvqBt9A.dpuf

5. Australia – TheGenealogist has put online over 190,000 ship passenger records from England and Ireland to New South Wales. These passenger records span the years from 1828 to 1896. In addition to the usual information found in ship passenger records (name, port and date of departure, port and date of arrival, etc.), some of these new records also list additional information such as the passenger’s occupation, name of employer and salary. TheGenealogist now maintains fairly extensive emigration databases from the UK to various colonies and they continue to expand their capabilities in this area. The records can be searched by first name, last name and year. Access is by subscription. [Australia Ship Passenger Records] - See more at: http://www.genealogyintime.com/records/newest-genealogy-records.html?awt_l=CMIPY&amp;awt_m=J1PGv9IjNwk.Vy#sthash.2AvqBt9A.7iKHpjA9.d puf

6. England and Wales – the 1939 National Identity Register by Findmypast. The collection includes records on 41 million people. Only about 28 million records will be viewable online. This is an excellent census substitute for finding relatives. Please note that this collection can be searched for free but access to the underlying record is by pay per view. This collection is not covered by a normal Findmypast subscription. See more at: http://www.genealogyintime.com/records/newest-genealogy-records.html?awt_l=CMIPY&amp;awt_m=J1PGv9IjNwk.Vy#sthash.2AvqBt9A.7iKHpjA9.dpuf

7. England and Wales – Findmypast has put online electoral registers from England and Wales that span the years from 1832 to 1932. In total, this mammoth collection consists of some 5.4 million images containing 220 million names. These records can be searched by first name, last name, year, county, constituency and polling district. This is a wonderful new collection. See more at: http://www.genealogyintime.com/records/newest-genealogy-records.html?awt_l=CMIPY&amp;awt_m=J1PGv9IjNwk.Vy#sthash.2AvqBt9A.7iKHpjA9.dpuf

8. Gloucestershire - Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538–1813 at Ancestry.co.uk

9. Australia – FamilySearch has indexed some 335,000 cemetery records from Queensland. These records span the years from 1802 to 1990. The records are part of a 1.1 million image collection of indexes, cemetery transcripts and burial records. Cemetery records often provide more information than church death records, particularly on children that died young.

Australia cemetery records are also sometimes useful for finding the maiden name of women. The indexed records in this collection can be searched by first name and last name. The images can be searched by cemetery. Access is free. [Historic Queensland Burial Records] - See more at: http://www.genealogyintime.com/records/newest-genealogy-records.html?awt_l=CMIPY&amp;awt_m=J1PGv9IjNwk.Vy#sthash.2AvqBt9A.7iKHpjA9.dpuf

10. Ireland – The County Tyrone Genealogy Website continues to add new content to their website. This is an incredible website for anyone with ancestors from County Tyrone. It contains primary and secondary source documents as well as maps, photos and so much more. For example, the website contains birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, obituaries, parish records, deeds, criminal records, hearth rolls, school records, ship passenger records and on and on and on. Access is free. [County Tyrone Genealogy Records]

You can also search this site using the free Genealogy Search Engine. Simply use the site:cotyroneireland.com command in your search result. For example, if you were looking for an ancestor called Smith, you would type smith site:cotyroneireland.com - See more at: http://www.genealogyintime.com/records/newest-genealogy-records.html?awt_l=CMIPY&amp;awt_m=J1PGv9IjNwk.Vy#sthash.2AvqBt9A.7iKHpjA9.dpufIreland –