Historic maps to passenger lists to wartime diaries, 19th-century sewing patterns and children’s books: July has seen an exciting array of family history and history collections digitised and made available online. Here’s our round-up of the latest. Happy researching.
Latest Paid Resources
Ancestry
Anglesey, Wales, Electoral Registers, 1832–1977
Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s–current (updates)
Australia, University of Sydney Participants of World War I, 1914–18
England and Wales, Long-Term Workhouse Inmates, 1861
Ireland, Sustainability Loan Fund, 1821–74
London, England, Poor Law School District Registers, 1852–1918
London, England, School Admissions and Discharges, 1912–18
Medway, Kent, England, Methodist Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1798–1932
Northern Territory, Australia, Probate Index, 1911–94 (updates)
UK, Royal Air Force Airmen Records, 1918–40
Findmypast
Dublin City Ordnance Survey Map, 1847
England Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms, Marriages, Burials and Congregational Records (updates)
Ireland, Maps and Surveys, 1558–1610
London Marriage Licences 1521–1869
Monmouthshire Burials, 1727–1987
Staffordshire Monumental Inscriptions
Various British and Irish newspapers
Various Yorkshire Baptisms, Banns, Marriages and Burials (updates)
Wiltshire Wills and Probate Index, 1530–1881
British Newspaper Archive
Buchan Observer and East Aberdeenshire Advertiser, 1863–1917
Carluke and Lanark Gazette, 1906–13; 1915–53
Fulham Chronicle, 1914–18; 1939–45
Hampstead & Highgate Express, 1872–91; 1893–1910
Ilford Recorder, 1902; 1904–05
Irish Times, 1859–70; 1873–1909
Isle of Wight County Press and South of England Reporter, 1884–87; 1889–1910
Islington Gazette, 1856–1901, 1905–1910
The Limerick Chronicle, 1832–68
Milngavie and Bearsden Herald, 1904–29; 1935–57
Northern Constitution, 1877–99
Southend Standard and Essex Weekly Advertiser, 1873–96; 1898–1910
Wharfedale & Airedale Observer, 1880–96; 1898–1910
Deceased Online
Cheshire East cemetery and crematorium records
TheGenealogist
1921 directories (a census substitute)
Northumberland parish records (updates)
Various doctors/dentists records
RootsIreland
National School records (updates — Mallow)
Latest Free Resources
ArcGIS Online
Coastguard Stations in Ireland c1845, both list and map
Australian History Research
Various First Fleet Marines and Convicts
City of Sydney
Historical Atlas of Sydney, 1833–1972 (updates)
Heritage Daily
Roman Londinium – Interactive Map
Historic Graves
Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives
Various Monaghan Church Records
Irish Famine Eviction Project
Irish Famine Eviction map, 1845–52 (ongoing)
National Library of Scotland
Ordnance Survey maps of England, 1841–52 (digitisation now complete)
Public Record Office Victoria
Historic Plans Collection, 1836–1984 (ongoing)
Registry of Deeds Index Project
Total of 247,262 entries and counting (updates)
Royal Voluntary Service
Women’s Voluntary Service diaries, 1938–42
State Records of South Australia
Official ‘assisted passage’ passenger lists, 1845–86 (updates)
Tipperary Studies’ Digitisation Project
Tipperary School Registers, 1863–1920
Tipperary Workhouse Registers, 1866–72
Trove
The Railway and Tramway Co-operator, (Sydney) NSW, 1909–10
The Sydney Daily Telegraph, NSW, 1879–83
University of Florida
University of Newcastle
Map of Colonial Frontier Massacres in Eastern Australia, 1788–1872
Vintage Patterns Wiki
More than 83,500 sewing patterns, 1890s–1992