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Monday 19th December 2011
Findmypast have added the 1871 Scottish Census to their collection of census records, approximately 3.3 million records. You need to be a subscriber to view the results or alternatively they offer a pay per view option.

Friday 9th December 2011
Ancestry have now made available transcriptions for the 1911 census for a number of English counties, following on from their release of the transcriptions for Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man (see the news for 26th November).
English counties now available are Cheshire, Cornwall, Cumberland, Derbyshire, Devon, Durham, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, London, Norfolk, Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Rutland, Warwickshire, Westmorland, Worcestershire, Yorkshire East Riding, Yorkshire North Riding and Yorkshire West Riding.
They also have made the records for the Royal Navy available.
View the records - you can search for free but you will need an Ancestry subscription to view the details.

Wednesday 7th December 2011
The FreeBMD site was updated on December 4th with now over 209 million distinct records, all completely free to search.
Meanwhile FreeCEN updated their database on November 28th with entries for over 20 million individuals now available for free including more transcriptions for Sussex for 1871 taking the coverage to 63% alongside their 100% coverage for 1891.
FreeREG added more records to their database on November 28th as well with now over 18.4 million records available to search, that's just over 9 million baptisms, over 3.2 million marriages and over 6.2 million burials, again all for free.

Thursday 1st December 2011
Findmypast have released 10 million new Cheshire records. These records in the Cheshire Collection cover 1538-1910 and include parish and electoral registers as well as non-conformist and workhouse records.

Thursday 1st December 2011
The Guild of One-Name Studies has introduced flexible membership joining rates in six currencies to enable new members to assess the benefits of the Guild over an extended period, to find out what the benefits of membership are and to experience the services and facilities that the Guild offers.
More details are here.

Wednesday 30th November 2011
Ancestry has added to their collection of records from the London Metropolian Archives, the London Freedom of the City Admission Papers from 1681-1925, detailing almost 600,000 of London's citizens who were awarded one of the City's greatest honours. From aldermen and constables to merchants and stonemasons, it includes prominent men and women from all walks of life. In many cases, the privileges that with the Freedom of the City were essential to people's livelihoods. Freemen could vote in civic elections, drive livestock over London Bridge, and even carry a naked sword in public! Information in this database includes Surname, Date of indenture, Parent or guardian’s name, County of residence and Master's name.
View the records - you can search for free but you will need an Ancestry subscription to view the details.

Tuesday 29th November 2011
Bright Solid, owners of Findmypast and Genes Reunited have announced a new British Newspaper Archive, where you can search up to 4 million pages of historical newspapers online. The British Library and brightsolid are working together on this project. The website offers access to up to 4 million fully searchable pages, featuring more than 200 newspaper titles from every part of the UK and Ireland.
This is a new site, you can search for free but it costs to view images in the viewer, either as a subscription or pay-per-view basis. Exisiting subscriptions to other Brightsolid sites, Findmypast and Genes Reunited do not include access to this new site.
Link to the British Newspaper Archive website.

Monday 26th November 2011
For several months, Ancestry have had available to subscribers the images of the 1911 census for England and Wales but no index information which meant you couldn't serch by name.
However they have now released transcriptions for Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man
View the records - you can search for free but you will need an Ancestry subscription to view the details.

Monday 3rd October 2011
For the next two weeks, Ancestry are making available one collection a day for free.
These are:
October 3rd: California Marriage Index, 1960-1985
October 4th: Bavaria, Germany, WWI Personnel Rosters, 1914-1918
October 5th: 1920 US Federal Census
October 6th: Australian Electoral Rolls, 1903-1954
October 7th: Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997
October 8th: Sweden, Births from the Swedish Death Index, 1947-2006
October 9th: US WW I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
October 10th: England & Wales, Birth Index, 1916-2005
October 11th: Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage & Death Announcements, 1851-2003
October 12th: Quebec Vital and Church Records, 1621-1967
October 13th: 1930 US Federal Census
October 14th: 1901 England Census
October 15th: US Obituary Collection

Thursday 22nd September 2011
English Parish Boundaries ... Familysearch have added a free dynamic map showing all English boundaries in 1851, such as county, parish and civil registration districts - its available at http://maps.familysearch.org. It's a very powerful tool for finding neighbouring parishes or for finding the parishes that make up a civil registration district.