Today's update includes 1,150 data sets. Some are updates where a website address has changed.
Ancestry have completed bishop's transcripts for Norfolk which added 259 data sets to that collection. They have also released a Kent Parish Register collection of 355 data sets. The results are text only and you are unable to view the original parish registers. Good news is that this is a copy of the collection found on FamilySearch where the transcriptions and images are free to view.
I have used the wonderful web.archive.org (which backs up websites) to recover lost data on the defunct Online Parish Clerk site for Kent. I was able to add 88 data sets that are no longer found outside of archive.org.
The largest collection updated and re-added to the OGI today was from the Somerset site wsom-opc.org.uk. They have recently changed their addresses and now the 433 data sets are working properly again.
Other additions include new baptisms in Norfolk, gravestones throughout the country and a new data set from opcdorset.org.
I hope you have had success this past month with the data referenced on the OGI. I certainly have and saved hours of research time!
This week, Jeniann from ldsgenealogy.com kindly donated some funds towards the upkeep of ogindex.org. Her website is similar to mine for the United States and is an excellent resource for those of you researching the USA. Anyone can donate using the link at the bottom of the home page. Every pound helps keep the site running!
New total of OGI data sets is 389,805.
Until next time,
Tim Manners
Creator and Owner
http://ogindex.org
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