New and updated collections for Kent, Norfolk and Somerset

Hello fellow researchers,

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

Big news for Durham, Northumberland and Yorkshire

Dear Fellow Genealogical Researchers,

Findmypast has released a large collection of Durham Bishop's Transcripts covering Durham, Northumberland, Cumberland and Yorkshire.  These are transcripts of their Durham Bishop's Transcript Image collection which was released last year.

They have also released an update to The National Burial Index.  This has added hundreds of records for Durham, Essex and Yorkshire.  These have all been updated on the Online Genealogical Index today making the total of available data set links 389,090.  The goal of reaching 400,000 this year is still in my sights!

Here is the breakdown of what was added today.

• Cheshire - Civil Registration Marriages from cheshirebmd.org.uk (2 sets)
• Cumberland/Cumbria - Bishop's Transcript Transcriptions from findmypast (7 sets)
• Derbyshire - Parish Record Transcriptions from southderbyshirebdm.co.uk (5 sets)
• Devon - Parish Record Baptisms and Burials from findmypast (5 sets)
• Dorset - Baptisms from opcdorset.org (1 set)
• Durham - Parish Record Indexes from durhamrecordsonline.com (4 sets)
• Durham - Bishop's Transcripts from findmypast (392 sets)
• Durham - National Burial Index entries from findmypast (76 sets)
• Essex - National Burial Index entries from findmypast (385 sets)
• Lancashire - Parish Record Transcriptions from lan-opc.org.uk (19 sets)
• Lancashire - Civil Registration Deaths from lancashirebmd.org.uk (1 set)
• Norfolk - Parish Baptisms from tinstaafl.co.uk (2 sets)
• Northamptonshire - Gravestone Records from gravestonephotos.com (1 set)
• Northumberland - Bishop's Transcripts from findmypast (289 sets)
• Northumberland - Parish Record Indexes from durhamrecordsonline.com (3 sets)
• Nottinghamshire - Parish Records Transcriptions from FamilySearch Books (3 sets)
• Nottinghamshire - Graveyard transcriptions from gravestonephotos.com (3 sets)
• Yorkshire - National Burial Index entries from findmypast (647 sets)
• Yorkshire -  Bishop's Transcripts from findmypast (38 sets)

Total sets added/updated today was 1,883.  As many of the National Burial entries were updates of year ranges to existing locations, I removed them and uploaded the new details.

I know there are some major collections coming this year from FamilySearch and will add the links to the OGI as soon as they are available.

I wish all of you a wonderful Easter and look forward to informing you of the next updates.

Kind regards,

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

Large updates for Kent Parish Registers

Hello fellow genealogical researchers,

A quick entry to inform you all about the large release of Kent data from Findmypast that was announced today.  I have now updated all the Kent Baptisms, Marriages and Burials on the Online Genealogical Index to include these entries.  

The total number of data sets referenced on the OGI now totals 388,235.

There are also some new memorial inscription data sets for Derbyshire, Dorset, Suffolk, Sussex and Yorkshire as well as some parish register sets for Dorset, Durham and Suffolk.

I am committed to finding more resources to improve the options a researcher has to find data quickly.  Personally, using the OGI this week has been very successful and I was able to locate ancestors in minutes.  I hope you are having similar experiences.

Easter greetings to all.

Regards,

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

Over two hundred new resources added today!

Hello friends of OGI,

The website has now been recommended by the Family History Guide and links their researchers to the resources found at ogindex.org.  Glad to know others in the genealogical community recognize the contribution of this site!

New data sets uploaded today:

Berkshire

8 new Berkshire Baptism sets from findmypast

Cumberland/Cumbria

78 digital Parish Register books from FamilySearch Books

Dorset

7 digital Parish Register books from FamilySearch Books
2 transcriptions from opcdorset

Durham

12 new data sets from FamilySearch, DurhamRecordsOnline and gravestonephotos.com

Gloucestershire

1 new cemetery from gravestonephotos.com

Hertfordshire

7 digital marriage registers from FamilySearch Books

Lancashire

4 new births and deaths data sets from Lancashire BMD

Norfolk

39 Memorial Inscription collections from FamilySearch
1 baptism set from Norfolk Baptism Project
1 set from gravestonephotos.com

Northumberland

7 new parish register data sets from DurhamRecordsOnline

Shropshire

29 parish registers from FamilySearch Books
3 memorial inscription collections from gravestonephotos.com

Surrey

2 Memorial inscriptions collections from gravestonephotos.com
1 digital parish register from FamilySearch Books

Sussex

7 new memorial inscription record collections from gravestonephotos.com

Westmorland

6 digital parish registers from FamilySearch Books

Yorkshire

25 digital parish registers from FamilySearch Books
9 digital Memorial Inscription collections from FamilySearch
4 new marriage data sets from Yorkshire BMD

Total items added is 214.  

As you can see, I have been busy using FamilySearch Books who recently changed their search page and image browser.

I highly recommend you take a look and experiment with the search options to find what you need.  I hope the filtering options will improve over time but it is a lot more user friendly than the previous version.  You will only be able to view items marked as 'Public'.

I am confident there are thousands of other digital books in this resource which contain vital and church records for England, Wales and the Isle of Man.  I will continue looking through this collection and adding links to the Online Genealogical Index.

Hopefully, these new records will help you find your ancestors and complete branches of your family tree.

With kind regards and thanks for your support,

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

Large update for March

Greetings fellow researchers,

I have had a busy few months with a visit to Salt Lake City for RootsTech 2019.  

I was pleased to meet with many of the top data website companies and tell them about the Online Genealogical Index.  Many were invited to advertise the OGI on their sites and also inform me about updates to their own databases.  This bodes well for the OGI to stay up to date with changes at Billiongraves.com and findagrave.com.

I briefly met Dick Eastman, famed genealogist, and thanked him for his excellent newsletter and blog.  If you are not familiar with it, take a look here.

Findmypast have been especially busy releasing new record sets and I have added them to the OGI today.

Here is my detailed list of what has been added to the database.

41 new cemeteries from gravestonephotos.com

Dorset

• 6 new parish record sets from the Dorset Online Parish Clerk site

Durham

• 4 new indexes from the Durham Records Online site

Lancashire 

• 4 new parishes included in the Lancashire Civil Registration site
• 57 new parish record sets added by the Lancashire Online Parish Clerk site
• 107 Catholic record sets from Findmypast
• 506 Parish Record sets from Findmypast
• 112 new school record sets from Findmypast

Norfolk

• 3 new parishes added from the Norfolk Baptism Project

Northumberland

• 6 new parishes added from the Durham Records Online site

Staffordshire

• 9 new parish record sets added to Staffordshire Civil Registration site

Yorkshire

• 3 new parish marriage record sets from Yorkshire Civil Registration site
• 313 new parish record sets from Findmypast
• Sheffield Telegraph Obituary Index from 1850 to 1970

The total of added record sets was 1,180 bringing the total sets available on the OGI to 386,796.

Big Thanks to user Michael Jones who sent a donation in appreciation for the website.  I am glad he finds it useful.  It does cost a few hundred pounds a year to keep the site running and every donation is greatly appreciated by me.

I have high hopes for new data being made available in 2019 and commit to adding as much as I can to the Online Genealogical Index for your easy access!

Until the next update!

Tim Manners

Creator and Owner

http://ogindex.org

First additions of 2019

Hello everyone!

I hope you all had a great Christmas and New Year.  I am excited for all that 2019 has to offer (a little nervous about the effects of the type of Brexit we eventually will have to live with) and know that the Online Genealogical Index will continue to grow and offer more resources for your research success!

As we look forward to Spring, I would like to share a photo from the River Trent passing through Burton on Trent, where I currently reside.  We look forward to seeing this type of rejuvenation of nature in the next few months.

Things seem to slow a little in regards to new collections but I have just uploaded over 400 new record collections today.  Here is the list of details.

• Berkshire - Parish Records for Sunninghill from FamilySearch.org (19 batches)
• Berkshire, Hertfordshire, Middlesex, Oxfordshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, Yorkshire - England Roman Catholic Parish Records from Find My Past (202 batches)
• Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Dorset, Durham, Norfolk, Suffolk, Yorkshire - Memorial Inscriptions from Gravestonephotos.com (14 batches)
• Cumberland/Cumbria, Durham and Lincolnshire - National Burial Index additions from Find My Past (81 batches)
• Durham and Northumberland - Parish Record Transcriptions from Durham Records Online (6 batches)
• Kent - Parish Records from Find My Past (7 batches)
• Lancashire - Parish Records and Memorial Inscriptions from Lancashire Online Parish Clerks (13 batches)
• Lancashire - Civil Registration Births, Marriages and Deaths (22 batches)
• Norfolk - Parish Baptisms from Norfolk Baptism Transcripts (6 batches)
• Norfolk - Parish Records from Find My Past (23 batches)
• Middlesex - Baptisms for Islesworth parish from Find My Past (1 batch)
• Staffordshire - Civil Registration Deaths and Marriages (7 batches)
• Yorkshire - Civil Registration Marriages (3 batches)

This brings the total of data sets on the site to 385,616.  Remember, a data set can be a huge collection of names and dates such as baptisms from Lichfield, St Chads for 1538-1900, for example.  Even though we have 385 thousand data sets, this covers millions of names and, hopefully, records of your ancestors waiting to be discovered by you!

As you can see, there are always new data sets being released to help find your ancestors.  The OGI puts them all in one reference place so you don't have to jump from site to site!

I look forward to a busy year and hope to reach 400,000 data sets on the site before the end of December.  

Thank you for using the site.  I would love to hear from you and your experiences, suggestions, comments.  Please use the comment section below this entry to make contact or email me at admin@ogindex.org.

Have a wonderful Spring!

Regards,

Tim Manners

Creator and Owner

http://ogindex.org

Overview of November and December updates

Seasons Greetings to all OGI Researchers!

It appears that many of the family history sites are slowing down a little in the release of new information but I have still managed to add 211 new data sets to the Online Genealogical Index.

Updates were added on 30th November and 14th December.

Here are the details:

Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire on BillionGraves (19 new cemeteries added)
Cheshire Civil Registration (10 additions)
Cheshire Parish Registers from Findmypast (18 parishes added)
Dorset Online Parish Clerk site (3 additions)
Durham and Northumberland Transcriptions added to DurhamRecordsOnline (18 additions)
Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Leicestershire & London parish records from Findmypast (16)
Gravestone Photos (33 new cemeteries added)
Lancashire Civil Registration (13 additions)
Lancashire Online Parish Clerk Transcriptions (58 data sets)
Norfolk Baptism Project (9 new parishes added)
Staffordshire Civil Registration Marriages and Deaths (9 additions)
Yorkshire Churchyards (3 added)
Yorkshire Civil Registration (1 added)
Isle of Wight Monumental Inscriptions (1 new cemetery added)

Another year has passed and the grand total of data sets on the OGI has reached 385,277 and has had over 14,000 searches made.  I hope more people will use the site next year.  Please pass the word around as it will help your friends and family with their research.

I was happy to find a family gravestone by using the OGI this week.  It had my great-great uncle and his wife with their death dates which was new information for my family tree.  Here is the photo from Sunninghill, St Michael and All Angels graveyard in Berkshire:

This was available from gravestonephotos.com, an excellent resource which is growing every week.  I review their additions and add them to the OGI to help users (and myself!) find information easily.

I hope you all have a great Christmas and enjoy time with your family.

Until 2019!

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