Major update to Findmypast Norfolk Bishop's Transcripts

Dear Fans of the OGI,

I have been working with Findmypast to improve three of their published Norfolk collections.  A number of data sets are labelled with only the church name (such as All Saints or St Peter) without a parish name.  Today, I emailed them the list of requested  fixes and hope they will implement that soon.

In the meantime, this new information along with all year ranges have now been updated on the OGI.

Here are yesterday's updates.

• Cheshire - New Civil Registration Marriages (3 data sets)
• Dorset - Parish Registers (5 data sets)
• Durham - Gravestone Photos (1 data set)
• Durham Records Online (4 new data sets)
• Findmypast Norfolk Bishop's Transcripts Baptisms (883 updated data sets)
• Findmypast Norfolk Bishop's Transcripts Burials (869 updated data sets)
• Findmypast Norfolk Bishop's Transcripts Marriages (812 updated data sets)
• Lancashire - Civil Registration Births and Marriages (2 data sets)
• Norfolk - Baptisms (1 data set)
• Staffordshire - Burial Index Surname Search (1 data set)
• Staffordshire - Civil Registration Births, Marriages and Deaths (6 data sets)
• TINSTAAFL Marriage project (8 data sets)
• TINSTAAFL Norfolk Baptisms (1 data set)
• Yorkshire - Gravestone Photos (1 data set)

Current total on the OGI is 402,690.  

Hope these new updates will help you find more ancestors!

Until next time,

Tim Manners
Creator and Owner
http://ogindex.org

The OGI is still growing in 2020

Dear patrons of the Online Genealogical Index,

I wrote a lovely message to you all in December but, looking at the blog today, I seem to have saved but not published the update!  I have published it today and will now give you an update from 20th Dec 2019 through today, 7th Feb 2020.

20th December - 1,261 data sets added.

Cheshire BMD Marriages (4 new data sets)
Kent - Medway archive new website (86 data sets updated)
Gravestone Photos (7 new graveyards)
Lancashire BMD (7 new data sets)
Lancashire Online Parish Clerk (22 data sets)
Staffordshire BMD (7 new data sets)
TINSTAAFL Marriages (11 new data sets)
TINSTAAFL Norfolk Baptisms (2 new data sets)
Yorkshire BMD (19 new data sets)
Findmypast

• Durham Baptisms (177 data sets updated)
• Durham Burials (199 data sets updated)
• Durham Marriages (168 data sets updated)
• Northumberland and Durham Memorial Inscriptions (7 new data sets)
• Northumberland Baptisms (217 updated data sets)
• Northumberland Burials (169 updated data sets)
• Northumberland Marriages (146 updated data sets)
• Yorkshire Memorial Inscriptions (6 new data sets)

Durham Records Online (6 new data sets)

As you can see, Findmypast updated a lot of records adding new information and expanding year ranges for existing parish records.

Updates on 11th January 2020 - 82 new additions

Staffordshire Burial Index (25 new data sets)
Gravestone Photos (19 new graveyards)
Staffordshire BMD (12 new data sets)
TINSTAAFL Marriages (19 new data sets)
TINSTAAFL Norfolk Baptisms (2 new data sets)
Findmypast - Sussex Monumental Inscriptions (3 new data sets)

Updates on 31st January 2020 - 99 new additions

Cheshire BMD (4 data sets)
Gravestone Photos (11 data sets)
Lancashire Online Parish Clerk (21 data sets)
Dorset Online Parish Clerk (4 data sets)
TINSTAAFL Marriages (16 new data sets)
TINSTAAFL Norfolk Baptisms (2 new data sets)
Yorkshire BMD (4 data sets)
Findmypast 

• Durham Burials (4 data sets)
• Kent Baptisms (1 data set)
• Kent Burials (2 data sets)
• Kent Marriages and Banns (1 data set)

Durham Records Online (20 data sets)

FamilySearch Parish Registers (9 data sets)

I am now gathering data for the next upload.  Should be later in February.

I hope the new information will help you find the ancestors you are looking for.

A tip this week I was reminded of, if you are unsure of the parents of a spouse, look at the witnesses to the marriage.  I had a direct ancestor with the wrong parents and found the correct parent duplicated on the marriage as a witness confirming the correct father.  Seems as if there is always something new to learn in this work!

Thank you for your encouragement and suggestions.  I am devoted to improving this site and making it more useful for all.

Until the next update,

Tim Manners

Owner and Creator

http://ogindex.org

729 New and Updated Data Sets added Dec 6th 2019

Dear Fellow Genealogical Researchers,

What a busy 2019 the Online Genealogical Index has had!  

The site was recommended as a research tool at RootsTech London by British Research Expert and Lecturer Whitney Peterson.

16,895‬ new Data Sets were added to the OGI during 2019.

Today's update of 729 data sets includes the following:

Cheshire - Civil Registration Marriages
GravestonePhotos.com (26 new cemeteries)
ShropshireBMD.info Civil Registration Marriages (95 new data sets)
Hardwicke Marriage Act (21 new parishes)
Kent Memorial Inscriptions (305 updated locations)
Norfolk Baptisms (4 new parishes)
Findmypast's Cornwall Burials (223 updates parishes)
Findmypast's Greater London Burial Index (30 updated data sets)
Findmypast's Northumberland and Durham Baptisms (8 new data sets)
DurhamRecordsOnline (8 new data sets)

There may be another update this year but we shall see how busy things are online and in my own household!

Thank you for your support and encouragement this year.  I sincerely hope the site has been useful in your own research and has saved you hours of time.

I have big dreams for updating the site in 2020 namely improving the search options and adding testimonials and new photos.

Until next time,
Tim Manners
Creator and Owner
http://ogindex.org