391 New Datasets uploaded

Dear Users of the OGI and readers of Family Tree Magazine!

I hope some of you found the site through the excellent article about the Online Genealogical Index (and me!) in the August issue of Family Tree Magazine UK which goes on sale in the next few weeks.

There have been two database updates on the 4th and 17th of June (a total of 391 new data sets) that may include some vital clues to your genealogical mysteries.

Here are the details:

• FamilySearch - 4 new Parish Register collections
• Findmypast: Yorkshire Monumental Inscriptions - 301 graveyards
• FreeReg - 44 parish register collections
• GravestonePhotos - 7 new cemeteries
• Lancashire OPC - 7
• OPC Dorset - 7 new parish register collections
• Staffordshire BMD - 1 new death record set
• TINSTAAFL Marriage Projects - 17
• TINSTAAFL Norfolk Baptisms - 3

The above 391 additions contain tens of thousands of individuals.

I love this photo of Sheffield General Cemetery as it doesn't look like Yorkshire and reminds me of the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland!

The total on the OGI is now at 411,042.  This total does go up and down as I clean out duplications or dead links.  Thanks to those users who report these.  I can usually find an alternative or use the amazing Wayback Machine (web.archive.org) to find a backed up copy of the old sites.  The OGI contains 2,883 links to dead sites now resurrected on this free service.

I am aware of many major genealogical projects on their way this year bringing more access to digitized microfilms and transcribed records for free.  Have you looked at the new Image Viewer at FamilySearch.org?  Type in a place and see a list of digitized films ready to view.  Most can be viewed by anyone in their own home.  Teams are working hard to get more films organized and accessible through the viewer so check back often.  Other projects will open closed collections very soon.  And I will continue looking for valuable genealogical resources to add to the Online Genealogical Index database.

Thanks for your interest and support.  Thanks again to those who donate to help towards running costs.  (And if you haven't done so, even £1 a month would be very welcome!)

Wishing you a warm and mask-free summer,

Tim Manners

https://ogindex.org

Two more May updates

Dear Users of the OGI,

There were two more updates uploaded in May so I want to show the content here to track what has been done.  It may be useful for you to see which sites and counties have new information.  Findmypast updated their Carmarthenshire collection which has now been completely refreshed in the OGI database.

• TINSTAAFL Marriages - 12 new parishes
• TINSTAAFL Norfolk Baptisms - 2 new parish
• Findmypast Carmarthenshire Baptisms - 92 new and updated data sets
• Findmypast Carmarthenshire Marriages and Banns - 111 new and updated data sets
• Findmypast Carmarthenshire Burials - 83 new and updated
• Findmypast Middlesex Baptisms - 3 new parishes
• Findmypast Suffolk Early Burials Index - 34 updated parishes
• FamilySearch - 8 new parish registers and memorial inscriptions
• FamilySearch, IGI Batches - 613 updates
• Gravestone Photos - 5 new cemeteries

Current total on the site is 411,256

The August issue of Family Tree Magazine will have a two page article about the Online Genealogical Index.  It will go on sale the last week of June.  I am very grateful for their interest in the site and to spread the word.  Glad to see that my pet project started on a spreadsheet in 2014 is now regularly used by thousands.

Thanks again to those sharing donations towards running costs.  Really appreciate every penny.

Wishing you a warm June,

Tim Manners

https://ogindex.org