June 28, 2006

Updates at FreeBMD and FreeCEN

On June 26th, another 1.2 million records were added to FreeBMD: 717 thousand births, 455 thousand marriages, and 58 thousand deaths. Included, among others, are

  • 141 thousand births from 1855,
  • 123 thousand births from 1865,
  • 94 thousand births from 1869,
  • 86 thousand births from 1851, and
  • 63 thousand births from 1880.
And on June 24th, FreeCEN added census data from
  • Argyllshire, Ayrshire, Dumfries-shire, Lanarkshire, Midlothian, Morayshire, and Ross and Cromarty in 1841;
  • Aberdeenshire, Ayrshire, Bute, Cornwall, Midlothian, Morayshire, and Roxburghshire in 1851;
  • Cornwall, Devon, Hampshire, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Sussex, Staffordshire, and Yorkshire (West Riding) in 1861;
  • Cornwall, Denbighshire, and Herefordshire in 1871;
  • Cornwall in 1881; and
  • Norfolk, Nottinghamshire, Sussex, and Yorkshire (West Riding) in 1891.
This brings the FreeCEN database to a grand total of 7.7 million individuals.

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