Huge additional update for March adds thousands of new resources

Dear OGIers,

I don't usually do three updates in a month but I just kept finding new information of value to us all so made sure it was added to the database before month-end.

Today's update adds thousands of new references for FreeReg, one of the best resources for Parish Registers on the internet.  Volunteers are transcribing thousands of records a week and adding new parishes regularly as well.

This update included 3,357 datasets bringing the total on the Online Genealogical Index to 456,517.

Here are the details:

• Archive.org - Parish Registers (15 new parish registers)
• Cambridgeshire Baptisms and Burials Index - 304 parishes
• CornwallOPC Database - 18 new datasets
• Findmypast - Sussex Burials (2 new cemeteries)
• FreeReg - 2,974 new datasets
• Hathitrust.org - 2 new School registers
• OPC Dorset - 2 new datasets
• TINSTAAFL - Marriage Project (8 new parishes)
• TINSTAAFL Norfolk Baptisms - 1 new parish
• Workhouses.org - 12 new datasets

I hope you will have success using these new resources.

Until the next update,

Tim Manners

https://ogindex.org

Large Parish Register Booklet import adds hundreds of new resources for Bedfordshire

Dear OGIers,

It has been good to hear from a few of you this month saying how useful the database is in your research.  That is my goal, make research simpler.

I have found 44 Booklets published in the 1920s and 1930s for Bedfordshire Parish Registers on the Internet Archive (Archive.org) so now have each section linked in the Online Genealogical Index for easy use.

Many dedicated researchers spent years transcribing parish registers and publishing these in small quantities for interested parties.  Luckily, many are now available on archive.org for free.  

Archive.org has 6,750 links in the OGI.  These will take you to the exact page of an old book or magazine showing genealogical data. 

Today's import of 1,000 new data sets brings the current database total to 453,189.

Here are the details of today's upload:

• Ancestry - Hampshire Baptisms - 310 parishes
• Ancestry - Tyne and Wear Non-Conformist - 77 parishes
• Archive.org - Bedfordshire Parish Registers - 512 data sets
• Cornwall Online Parish Clerk Database - 44 new data sets
• GravestonePhotos.com - 3 new burial places
• Lancashire OPC - 3 new data sets
• OPC Dorset - 7 new data sets
• Shropshire BMD - 1 new data set
• Staffordshire Burials - 30 burial places
• TINSTAAFL Marriage Project - 11 new parishes
• TINSTAAFL Norfolk Baptisms - 2 new parishes

I hope those of you with Hampshire and Bedfordshire ancestors will find new information with today's update.

Until the next one,

Tim Manners

https://ogindex.org

March Update: Ancestry recovers thousands of Rootsweb pages

Dear OGIers,

A successful past month of finding over 2000 new data sets for the Online Genealogical Index.  Ancestry's Rootsweb was/is a system that allows individuals to create and host their own genealogical websites.  A few years ago, due to a data breach, tens of thousands of these sites were removed.  Over the past few years, many have been repaired and reposted.  This month's update adds hundreds of these lost pages back online and represented in the OGI for your research.  Today's update brings the current data set total to 452,189.  All researched and manually added by myself!

Here are this months update details.

• BathBMD - 10 new marriage data sets
• Cornishgraves.org.uk - 5 new graveyards
• Cornwall Online Parish Clerk Database - 208 new data sets
• Findmypast Lincolnshire Baptisms - 370 new data sets
• Findmypast Roman Catholic Records - 169 new data sets
• Genuki.org - 8 Cornish data sets
• Gravestonephotos.com - 15 new memorial collections
• Helston History - 6 new War Memorials
• Kernowyon.co.uk - 27 new Cornwall data sets
• Lancashire OPC - 7 new data sets
• Lancashire.bmd.org.uk - 13 new data sets
• MyHeritage.com - 15 Lancashire data sets
• OPC Dorset - 6 new data sets
• Penryncornwall.com - 6 new data sets
• Rootsweb sites - 711 recovered data sets
• Shropshirebmd.info - 152 new data sets
• TINSTAAFL Marriage Project - 32 new parishes
• TINSTAAFL Norfolk Baptisms - 3 new parishes
• Web.Archive.org - 192 lost data sets now recovered
• Westcountrygenealogy.com - 42 new Cornish data sets

I am confident there are thousands of more resources waiting to be catalogued and added to the OGI to help you in your research.

If a place or data set is not available, make sure you check with FreeReg.org.uk as they are constantly adding to their data.  Also the many digitized films being released weekly at FamilySearch.org (https://www.familysearch.org/records/images/beta) is worth checking.

Thank you for your use of my site.  It has been a labour of love and has been my first point of call when doing my own research.  I hope it becomes your one-stop-shop as well.

Until the next update,

Tim Manners

https://ogindex.org