Ancestry updates UK Death Indexes
Compiled from funeral directors’ records and obituaries, the contents as of 10 February are:
England & Wales, Death Index, 1989-2024: 7,674,311 records
Scotland & Northern Ireland, Death Index, 1989-2024
953,672 records.
MyHeritage updates 1926 Prairie Provinces Census
Updated on 9 February, now with 1,995,864 records, including images. Ancestry’s version has 2,012,756 records,
FamilySearch Experimental Full-Text Search Update
As of 11 February 2025, the FamilySearch Full Text Experimental Search has 955,716,593 records, up from 710,339,386 on 4 December. Here’s the breakdown by region:
Africa (3,792,733)
Asia & Middle East (3,139,333)
Australia & New Zealand (21,430,450)
Canada (34,636,395)
Caribbean and Central America (8,050,248)
Continental Europe (1,228,200)
Mexico (5,187,613)
Other (37,669)
Pacific Islands (1,123,539)
South America (59,639,071)
United Kingdom and Ireland (27,062,210)
United States of America (790,308,678)
The last update was on 14 January, when the following collections of Canadian and UK interest were added
| Collection Title | Records |
| Canada, Nova Scotia, Properties, from 1893 to 1894 | 965,858 |
| Canada, Quebec, Legal, from 24 January 1906 to 25 July 1925 | 332,510 |
| Canada, Saskatchewan, Legal, 1925 | 3,843,061 |
| England, Norfolk, Legal, from 1225 to 1700 | 273,095 |
| Isle of Man, Legal, from 1496 to 1955 | 753,752 |
| Isle of Man, Properties, from 1506 to 30 April 1984 | 681,476 |
| United Kingdom, England, Employment, from 1799 to 1829 | 2,538,721 |
| United Kingdom, England, Others, from 1976 to 1990 | 1,270,275 |
Interesting collections FamilySearch is selecting from the UK…When I have time, I’ll go back there and see if anything new turns up for my lines.