The latest update shows an increase of 3,018,031 in the total number of records and 2,459,541 in the number of distinct records. This analysis is based on "distinct" records. There are 1,603,374 more Births. The really big increase is for 1908 with 627,976 but there are 3 other years with increases over 100K: 1879 (248,882); 1886 (159,455) and 1887 (151,933) and a further 5 years with increases over 25K: 1907 (73,827); 1878 (72,358); 1859 (63,911); 1842 (32,212) and 1909 (27,722) There are 428,038 more Marriages. There are 6 years with increases over 25K: 1908 (93,132); 1907 (87,702); 1909 (78,138); 1910 (70,444); 1877 (61,847) and 1872 (25,829) There are 428,129 more Deaths. There are 8 years with increases over 25K: 1910 (64,816); 1888 (64,433); 1853 (41,360); 1852 (38,917); 1886 (32,153); 1859 (31,568); 1896 (30,432); and 1847 (28,713) Happy searching/transcribing Peter Dauncey