While I was away, Ancestry kept up the pace with new and updated databases.
New for Canada is 148,927 records of Calgary, Canada, City of Calgary Burials, 1819-2023.
Here’s an example of a transcript — there is no link to the original record.
Name John Reid
Death Date abt 1958
Burial Date May 1958
Cemetery Burnsland
Burial Place Calgary, Canada
Plot Lot 26
Plot Section T
Plot Block 11
Plot Coordinates Point (-114.0536826 51.0241448)
The original data is from the City of Calgary at https://data.calgary.ca/Services-and-Amenities/Cemetery-Burial-Records/aq3j-3uqr
New for the UK is UK, World War II Army Casualty Lists, 1939-1945 with 656,432 records from WO 417 at the UK National Archives (not The National Archives in Washington, DC as stated by Ancestry.)
A typical transcription is
Name J. Reid
Military Rank Private
Military Place France
Military Service Number 2823599
War World War II
Military Unit 4th Bn.
Military Regiment Seaforth Highlanders
Additional information in the linked image is that he was previously report as a POW, now not a POW.
Also new is UK, Registers and Indexes of Births, Marriages and Deaths of Passengers and Seamen at Sea, 1891-1922. The original records is in BT 334 at TNA, Kew. An example from the 200,260 entries:
Name John Reid
Death Age 29
Record Type Death
Birth Date abt 1882
Birth Place Greenock
Death Date 18 Mar 1911
Death Place Valparaíso
Ship Charcas
Occupation 3rd Engineer
The final new addition isTameside, England, Burials, 1844-2017, with 190,643 entries. A typical transcript entry is
Name John Edward Reid
Death Age 93
Birth Date abt 1903
Death Date 12 Mar 1996
Street Address 19 Padstow Wk;Hattersley
Burial Date 19 Mar 1996
Cemetery Dukinfield Cemetery & Crematorium
Borough Tameside
Burial Place England
Service Committal
Funeral Director FD not known
The largest part of the entries are for Dukinfield Cemetery & Crematorium.
Updated Ancestry collections are:
UK, Postal Service Appointment Books, 1737-1969
London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938
London, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-2003
London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1923
U.S., Border Crossings from Canada to U.S., 1895-1960
Worcestershire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1812-1922
Worcestershire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1947
Worcestershire, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-1997
Worcestershire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1600-1812
Scotland, Burial Monument Inscriptions, 1507-2019