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New Collections  May 2008

  • Surrey Will Abstracts 1470-1856 now available on British Origins  About  Search

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  • Somerset and Dorset Notes and Queries 1890-1980 now available on British Origins  About  Search

  • Memorials of the Dead - Galway & Mayo now available on Irish Origins  About  Search
  • British Origins Collections  Click dataset name for more information. SoG dataset SoG dataset   Hard copies available
    Census records
    England & Wales Census 1841   over 15 million names and images  
    England & Wales Census 1861   over 21 million names and images  
    England & Wales Census 1871   over 22 million names and images  
    Marriage records
    Boyds Marriage Index  1538-1840  over 7 million names SoG dataset
    Marriage Licence Allegations Index  1694-1850  over 670,000 names Hard copies available SoG dataset
    Wills records
    Bank of England Will Extracts Index  1717-1845  over 61,000 names Hard copies available SoG dataset
    Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills Index  1750-1800  over 208,000 names Hard copies available SoG dataset
    Archdeaconry Court of London Wills Index  1700-1807  over 5,000 names  
    York Medieval Probate Index  1267-1500  over 10,000 wills Hard copies available
    York Peculiars Probate Index  1383-1883  over 25,000 wills Hard copies available
    Prerogative & Exchequer Courts of York Probate Index  1853-1858  over 16,000 grants of probate Hard copies available
    Surrey Will Abstracts  1470-1856  over 500,000 names
    Apprenticeship records
    London Apprenticeship Abstracts  1442-1850  over 300,000 names  
    Apprentices of Great Britain  1710-1774  about 350,000 indentures SoG dataset
    Court records
    London Consistory Court Depositions Index  1700-1713  over 3,200 names  
    Inheritance Disputes Index  1574-1714  over 26,000 lawsuits  
    Charles I Chancery Index  1625-1649  82,000 cases  
    Burial records
    London Burials Index  1538-1872  over 278,000 names SoG dataset
    Militia records
    Militia Attestations Index   1886-1910  over 86,000 names Hard copies available
    Passenger Lists
    British & Irish Passenger Lists  1890  over 193,000 names
    General records and images
    Boyd's Inhabitants of London and Boyd's Family Units  1209-1948 SoG dataset
    Teachers’ Registrations  1870-1948  100,000 names SoG dataset
    Trinity House Calendars  1787-1854  6,500 names Hard copies available SoG dataset
    Somerset & Dorset Notes and Queries  1890-1980
    England & Wales Gazetteer  published 1895  
    England & Wales Gazetteer Maps & Plans   published 1895  All counties  
    British Origins Library   (9 collections, 18th & 19th centuries)  


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