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.