Ancestry New UK and Ireland Titles in 2015

Nearly 24.8 million records were added 43 new titles for the Ancestry UK collection in 2015. Gloucestershire was particularly well served with 10.3 million records from that county.  Another 2.6 million were bishops transcripts from Norfolk. The table below does not include updates, of which there were many, notably Poor Law records from the London Metropolitan Archives.

Title	Records
Norfolk, England, Bishop's Transcripts, 1685-1941	2,614,408
Web: Gloucestershire, England, Non-Conformist Baptisms Index, 1739-1987	24,206
England, United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership Registers, 1751-1921	1,713,246
Surrey, England, Regimental Rolls, 1914-1947	114,251
UK, WWII Civil Defence Gallantry Awards, 1940-1949	5,763
Perth and Kinross, Scotland, Electoral Registers, 1832-1961	2,464,817
Scotland, National Probate Index (Calendar of Confirmations and Inventories), 1876-1936	654,826
England, Suffragettes Arrested, 1906-1914	1,339
Leeds, England, Beckett Street Cemetery, 1845-1987	187,851
West Yorkshire, England, Select Removal and Settlement Records, 1689-1866	14,195
UK, City, Town and Village Photos, 1857-2005	220,149
UK, Apprentices Indentured in Merchant Navy, 1824-1910	342,282
UK, British Army Muster Books and Pay Lists, 1812-1817	467,370
Surrey, England, Mental Hospital Admissions, 1867-1900	11,670
Surrey, England, Calendar of Prisoners, 1848-1902	25,846
Web: United Kingdom, Royal Naval Officers' Service Records Index, 1756-1931	66,212
Lancashire, England, Quarter Session Records and Petitions, 1648-1908	1,218,050
Web: UK, Jersey, Channel Islands, Wills and Testaments, 1663-1948	20,908
Web: UK, Jersey, Channel Islands, Occupation Registration Cards, 1940-1945	37,271
West Yorkshire, England, Occupation Records, 1793-1930	46,225
West Yorkshire, England, Alehouse Licences, 1771-1962	76,239
West Yorkshire, England, Select Apprenticeship Records, 1627-1894	6,982
UK, Popular Edition Maps, 1919-1926	176,561
UK, WWI War Diaries (Gallipoli and Dardanelles), 1914-1916	33,350
UK, WWI War Diaries (France, Belgium and Germany), 1914-1920	402,770
Web: Gloucestershire, England, Gaol Registers, 1815-1879	31,497
Bexley, Kent, England, Deaths and Burials, 1813-1985	49,848
Bexley, Kent, England, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1558-1812	27,113
Bexley, Kent, England, Cemetery Registers, 1879-1985	53,843
Bexley, Kent, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1925	67,801
Bexley, Kent, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1935	61,801
UK, Electrical Engineer WWI and WWII Rolls of Honour, 1924, 1949	378
UK, Royal Navy Registers of Seamen's Services, 1900-1928	388,864
West Yorkshire, England, Select Poor Law and Township Records, 1663-1914	53,139
West Yorkshire, England, Estate Rentals, 1380-1932	7,713
Gloucestershire, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938	1,489,053
Gloucestershire, England, Baptisms, 1813-1913	3,162,197
Gloucestershire, England, Confirmations, 1834-1913	14,295
Gloucestershire, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1813	4,839,232
Gloucestershire, England, Burials, 1813-1988	821,508
England and Wales, Death Index, 2007-2013	1,492,727
Scotland and Northern Ireland, Death Index, 1989-2013	413,517
UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929	872,395

There were over 557,000 records in six new titles from Ireland, the largest of which was Ireland, Grand Lodge of Freemasons of Ireland Membership Registers, 1733-1923 with nearly 319,000 records. Again, updates to titles previously published are not included as Ancestry never mention how many new records there are in an update.

Title	Records
Web: Ireland, Census Search Forms 1841, 1851	150,860
Web: Ireland, Gravestone Index, 1600-2012	57,590
Ireland, Grand Lodge of Freemasons of Ireland Membership Registers, 1733-1923	318,964
Web: Ireland, Trade Directory, 1931	13,000
Web: Dublin, Ireland, Wilson's Directory, 1820	7,721
Web: Ireland, Wills of Irish Soldiers Who Died in the British Army, 1897-1922	9,360