Ancestry add new collections to their site and update 2 other collections.

New Collections

Carmarthenshire and Bangor, Wales, Wills Index Cards, 1885-1941

This database is derived from index cards related to wills filed in two Welsh regions. The index entries for the area of Bangor are dated between 1885 and 1941, while the entries for Carmarthenshire are dated between 1920 and 1941. The indexes have almost 31,000 entries for Bangor, and about 13,000 entries for Carmarthenshire.

Worcestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812

This collection contains images of the Bishop’s transcripts created for Anglican Bishops, of Church of England baptism, marriage, and burial records for the years 1538-1812 from the county of Worcestershire, England.

Worcestershire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1812-1918

This collection contains images of the Bishop’s transcripts created for Anglican Bishops, of Church of England baptism records for the years 1813–1918 from Worcestershire England. Note very few go beyond late 1800’s.

Worcestershire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1935

This collection contains images of the Bishops’s transcripts created for Anglican Bishops, of Church of England Banns and Marriage records for the years 1754–1935 from Worcestershire England. Note very few go beyond late 1800’s.

Worcestershire, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1918

This collection contains images of the Bishops’s transcripts created for Anglican Bishops, of Church of England Burial records for the years 1813–1918 from Worcestershire England. Note very few go beyond late 1800’s.

Web: Scotland, National War Memorial Index, 1914-1945

The Scottish National War Memorial collection includes names and details for people killed during the First and Second World Wars.

Lancashire, England, Index of Wills and Probates Proved at Richmond and Chester, 1600-1858

This index includes wills and probates proved at the Archdeaconry of Richmond and Diocese of Chester in Lancashire, England. The records are dated between 1600 and 1858 and may include your ancestor’s name, a date and place of death, or where they were last known to be living, but it doesn’t include a copy of your ancestor’s will or probate record.

Note: The first release will include indexes for probates proved at Richmond and Ancestry will be updating the collection with indexes for wills proved at Chester over the next year.

Updated Collections

UK and Ireland, Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current

UK and Ireland, Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-current

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