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[30 Jun 2008]

Cornwall & Worcestershire Parish Record Transcripts

NEW: We have now added our transcript for Cornwall with 1.8 Million individuals. With years ranging from:

• Baptisms/Births: 1650 - 1910
• Marriages: 1598 - 1855
• Burials/Deaths: 1722 - 1917

We have also added our transcript for Worcestershire with nearly 100,000 individuals. With years ranging from:

• Baptisms/Births: 1622 - 1936

Click Here to view our full coverage of Parish Record Transcripts

[27 May 2008]

Census Surname Maps: 1901 Added

We've added the 1901 census data, so you can now map your surname from the census from 1841 to 1901

[7 May 2008]

Overseas BMDs & Quakers (Society of Friends) Records

NEW: Look under the BMD Indexes section for Overseas BMDs - this new transcript covers the births, marriages and deaths of British Service Personnel throughout the world from 1837 - 1980 The set includes:

• Marine Births 1837-1915
• Army Births & Registers, Marriages and Deaths 1747-1980
• Consular Deaths 1860-1915
• Informal Certificates of Birth at Sea 1839 - 1867

NEW MAJOR RELEASE: We have also added RG6: Quakers (Society of Friends) to our BMD Registers transcript. This new record sets allows access to 1.3 million individuals, complete with images and full transcript complete with mini family tree.

[22 Apr 2008]

NEW - BMD Registers

NEW MAJOR RELEASE: Look under the Birth, Marriage & Death Records section for BMD Registers.

This database contains Non-Conformist Records from Methodists, Wesleyans, Baptists, Independents, Protestant Dissenters, Congregationalist, Presbyterians, Unitarians and Quakers (Society of Friends).

In association with The National Archives.

The Genealogist is the ONLY site to offer BMD Registers as part of it's all-inclusive subscription.

Standard searching is free, with the option to view the original page image or a full transcript complete with mini family tree (free for Premium subscribers, credits required for standard subscriptions).

More information in our Guide to BMD Registers.

[15 Apr 2008]

Bond of Sacrifice

NEW: Look under the Specialist Records section for Bond of Sacrifice - this new database Contains an alphabetical biographical record of British Officers with portraits, who fell in the Great War August 1914 - June 1915.

[9 Apr 2008]

1901 England & Wales Transcript Completed

We have now completed our Cardiganshire 1901 transcript. Bringing the total number of records to nearly 85,000, complete with images. This completes our 1901 Census Transcript for England

We have also completed our Denbighshire 1901 transcript. Bringing the total number of records to over 125,000, complete with images.

We have also completed our Montgomeryshire 1901 transcript. Bringing the total number of records to nearly 65,000, complete with images. This completes our 1901 Census Transcript for Wales

[3 Apr 2008]

England 1901 Transcripts Completed plus Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire 1901 Transcripts Completed

We have now completed our Nottinghamshire 1901 transcript. Bringing the total number of records to nearly 600,000, complete with images. This completes our 1901 Census Transcript for England

We have also completed our Carmarthenshire 1901 transcript. Bringing the total number of records to nearly 125,000, complete with images.

We have also completed our Pembrokeshire 1901 transcript. Bringing the total number of records to nearly 85,000, complete with images.

[18 Mar 2008]

Carnarnovonshire,Derbyshire, Huntingdon & Rutland & Merionethshire 1901 Transcripts Completed

We have now completed our Carnarvonshire 1901 transcript. Bringing the total number of records to nearly 140,000, complete with images.

We have also completed our Derbyshire 1901 transcript. Bringing the total number of records to nearly 500,000, complete with images.

We have also completed our Huntingdon & Rutland 1901 transcript. Bringing the total number of records to nearly 70,000, complete with images.

We have also completed our Merionethshire 1901 transcript. Bringing the total number of records to nearly 65,000, complete with images.

[15 Feb 2008]

Brecknockshire, Gloucestershire & Shropshire 1901 Transcripts Completed

We have now completed our Brecknockshire 1901 transcript. Bringing the total number of records to nearly 55,000, complete with images.

We have also completed our Gloucestershire 1901 transcript. Bringing the total number of records to nearly 650,000, complete with images.

We have also completed our Shropshire 1901 transcript. Bringing the total number of records to nearly 260,000, complete with images.

[1 Feb 2008]

London Electoral Roll

We have now incorporated our London Electoral Roll records to our all-inclusive subscriptions under 'specialist Records'. The London Electoral Roll records contains over 3,200,000 records.