Latest releases and updates to US genealogy databases

Below is a summary of US family history collections that have been either newly released or updated by the major genealogy databases during the last four weeks. (The last listing was published on 8 January, see blogpost).

My regular summaries are designed to help family historians whose Irish ancestors emigrated, temporarily or permanently, to the United States. By default, they should also be useful to anyone carrying out research in the US, regardless of the origin of their ancestors.

The figures in parenthesis in the New Collections section are the numbers of records/images in each new record set. Please note that I have omitted updates of fewer than 1,500 records to any one record-set.

Unless otherwise stated, the figures in parenthesis in the Updated Collections section reflect the number of records added to the collection in the recent update, if a number has been clearly noted by the supplier.

NEW COLLECTIONS

Ancestry

• Florida, Voter Registration Rolls, 1867-1868 (13,010)
• New York State, Address Notification/Absentee Ballot Application Cards, 1944 (4,993)

FamilySearch

• South Carolina, State and Territorial Censuses, 1829-1920 (176,829)
• Oklahoma, Confederate Pension Applications, 1879-1920 (23,460)
• Oklahoma Deaths and Burials, 1864-1941 (526)
• Georgia, Savannah City Jail Registers, 1855-1873 (28,591)
• Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Children's Home Records, 1866-1938 (14,574)
• Michigan, Grand Army of the Republic Membership Records, 1876-1945 (205,811)
• South Dakota, Veteran Graves Registration Records, 1940-1941 (618)
• Iowa Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880 (39,148)
• Kansas, Swedish Church Vital Records, 1861-1918 (4,785)
• Mississippi, Voter Registration, 1876-1967 (138,879)
• South Carolina, State and Territorial Censuses, 1829-1920 (76,829)
• Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935 (37)
• Michigan, Eastern and Western Districts, Naturalization Records, 1837-1993 (70,316)
• New Mexico, Catholic Church Records, 1701-1956 (30,312)
• Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999 (2,156)
• South Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1816-1990 (98)
• Washington Deaths and Burials, 1810-1960 (650,057)

FindMyPast

• United States, National Veterans Cemetery Index (1.8 million+)

MyHeritage

• New York, Birth Index, 1881–1942 (4.5million)

UPDATED COLLECTIONS

AmericanAncestors

• Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920
  Totals of 140,000 records and 320,000 searchable names uploaded from the parishes of St. Joseph, Waltham; St. Mary of the Annunciation, Cambridge; St. Ann, Somerville; St. Catherine of Genoa, Somerville; Sacred Heart, Watertown; Sacred Heart, Lynn; St. Jean Baptiste, Lynn.

• Massachusetts: (Image-Only) R. Catholic Archdiocese Boston Records, 1789-1920
Totals of 25 volumes imaged, giving 7,000 new pages to browse from the parishes of St. Anthony of Padua, Cambridge; Holy Trinity, Boston; Our Lady of Pompeii,  Boston’s South End; Our Lady of Ostrobrama, Boston’s West End; Our Lady of Victories, Boston; St. Cecilia, Boston’s Back Bay; St. Francis de Sales, Charlestown; St. Gabriel, Brighton.

Ancestry

• Washington, Death Index, 1940-2014 (5,357,095 new total)
• United States Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (148,768,351 total)
• Global Find A Grave Index: Burials at Sea/Select Burial Locations, 1300s+ (13m+)

FamilySearch

• Arizona Deaths and Burials, 1910-1911; 1933-1994 (1,124)
• Arizona Marriages, 1865-1949 (70,642)
• California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994 (10,601)
• California Births and Christenings, 1812-1988 (178,536)
• California Marriages, 1850-1945 (505,906)
• Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906 (160,193)
• Delaware Births and Christenings, 1710-1896 (10,533)
• Delaware, County Naturalization Records, 1796-1958 10,101
• District of Columbia Deaths and Burials, 1840-1964 (1,176)
• Florida Marriages, 1837-1974 (205,904)
• Georgia Births and Christenings, 1754-1960 (13,172)
• Georgia, Confederate Pension Rolls, 1879-1920 (30,281)
• Georgia, County Voter Registrations, 1856-1909 (99,617)
• Hawaii Marriages, 1826-1922 (17,152)
• Hawaii, Board of Health, Marriage Record Indexes, 1909-1989 (90,175)
• Idaho Births and Christenings, 1856-1965 (55,003)
• Idaho Deaths and Burials, 1907-1965 (1,921)
• Idaho, Bonneville County, Idaho Falls, Rose Hill Cem., 1800-2007 (4,720)
• Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950 (28,631)
• Idaho Marriages, 1878-1898; 1903-1942 (70,729)
• Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935 (570,349)
• Indiana Births and Christenings, 1773-1933 (197,870)
• Iowa, Tama County, Tax Records, 1865-1939 (105,814)
• Kansas Births and Christenings, 1818-1936 (4,819)
• Kansas Deaths and Burials, 1885-1930 (7,249)
• Kansas Marriages, 1840-1935 (221,220)
• Kentucky Deaths and Burials, 1843-1970 (55,709)
• Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979 (251,391)
• Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954 (14,585)
• Louisiana Births and Christenings, 1811-1830, 1854-1934 (62,871)
• Louisiana, New Orleans, Interment Registers, 1836-1972 (3,036)
• Louisiana, Orleans &amp St Tammany Parish, Voter Registration, 1867-1905 (8,238)
• Louisiana State Penitentiary Records, 1866-1963 (127,514)
• Maryland Deaths and Burials, 1877-1992 (10,358)
• Maryland Marriages, 1666-1970 (6,748)
• Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 (64,698)
• Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915 (5,209)
• Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910 (82,473)
• Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910 (1,057,427)
• Michigan, Eastern and Western Districts, Naturalization Records, 1837-1993 (70,316)
• Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979 (36,900)
• Missouri Births and Christenings, 1827-1935 (103,962)
• Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920 (111,167)
• Montana, County Naturalizations, 1856-1979 (205,811)
• New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980 (662,808)
• New Jersey Deaths and Burials, 1720-1988 (623,576)
• New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985 (465,355)
• New Jersey Naturalization Records, 1796-1991 (171,678)
• New Mexico Births and Christenings, 1726-1918 (35,053)
• New Mexico Deaths and Burials, 1788-1798; 1838-1955 (7,901)
• North Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994 (2,610,752)
• North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979 (1,290,685)
• North Carolina, CHS, Vital Records, County Birth Records, 1913-1922 (1,614)
• New Hampshire, County Naturalization Records, 1771-2001 (16,496)
• North Carolina, CHS, Vital Records, County Birth Records, 1913-1922 (3,952)
• Oklahoma Marriages, 1870-1930 (9,643)
• Oklahoma, Confederate Pension Applications, 1879-1920 (23,460)
• Oklahoma Marriages, 1870-1930 (9,643)
• Oregon Births and Christenings, 1868-1929 (64,205)
• Oregon Deaths and Burials, 1903-1947 (24,622)
• Oregon Marriages, 1853-1935 (5,749)
• Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950 (2,109,880)
• Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999 (2,156)
• Rhode Island Births and Christenings, 1600-1914 (68,478)
• Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916 (128,697)
• South Carolina Births and Christenings, 1681-1935 (22,468)
• South Carolina, Charleston City Death Records, 1821-1926 (18,100)
• South Carolina Marriages, 1709-1913 (53,161)
• Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950 (34,503)
• Utah Marriages, 1887-1935 (31,181)
• Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946 (26,056)
• Vermont Deaths and Burials, 1871-1965 (11,356)
• Vermont Marriages, 1791-1974 (2,350)
• Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1853-1912 (84,822)
• Washington, County Naturalization Records, 1850-1982 (44,718)
• Washington Deaths and Burials, 1810-1960 (650,057)
• West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928 (562,646)
• Wisconsin Marriages, 1836-1930 (436,291)
• United States Marriages, 1733-1990 (12,770)
• United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011 (40,604)

Interment

• Headstone and other burial information. Total upload of 190,000+ records covering 44 cemeteries across 13 states: Connecticut (Hartford County), Florida (Broward County), Illinois (DeKalb County), Iowa (Boone & Polk counties), Minnesota (Washington County), North Carolina (Mecklenburg County), Ohio (Cuyahoga, Miami, and Tuscarawas counties), Pennsylvania (Bucks & Dauphin counties); South Dakota: Riverside and St Pauls RC in Belle Forche (Butte County); Texas (Harris County), Washington (Clark County) and Terrell (Kaufman County), Wisconsin (Columbia & Manitowoc counties), and Wyoming (Johnson County).

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