Two-week summary of new and updated US collections

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 two weeks. (The last listing was published on 7 February, 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 1,000 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

AmericanAncestors

• Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920 (16,100)

      * St. Agnes in Arlington
      * St. Edward in Brockton

Ancestry

• Virginia, African-American Funeral Programs, 1935-2009  (73,084)

Family Search

• California Deaths and Burials, 1776-2000  (594,261) 
• California, Solano County Genealogical Society, Burial Records (41,478)
• Illinois Deaths and Burials, 1749-1999 (571,558)
• Indiana Deaths and Burials, 1750-1993 (145,186)
• Iowa, Polk County, Cemetery Gravestone Records (23,404)
• Iowa, Adjutant General's Office, Grave Registration, Cemetery, 1800-2000 (8,344)
• Kentucky, Livingston County, Colored School Censuses, 1898-1913 (56,910)
• Maryland, Baltimore Passenger Lists Index, 1897-1952 (131,259)
• Minnesota, World War I Records, 1918-1941 (145,565)
• Mississippi Deaths and Burials, 1822-1921 (35,363)
• Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Greenmount Cemetery Records, 1880-1966 (51,014) 
• South Carolina,Charleston Poorhouse & Correctional House, 1803-1916 (9,447)
• South Carolina, Charleston, Free Negro Capitation Books, 1811-1860 (30,425)
• Texas, Laredo, Index of Permanent/Statistical Alien Arrivals, 1929-1955 (162,483)
• Texas Births and Christenings, 1840-1981 (877,454)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  (382,164)
• United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011 (7,730)
• West Virginia Deaths and Burials, 1854-1932 (5,372)

FindMyPast

• Global Christian Leaders Index - (245,937 in US)

UPDATED COLLECTIONS

Ancestry

• US City Directories 1822-1995 (1,560,284,835 total)
• World War II Young American Patriots, 1941-1945 (198,315 total)
• Virginia, Divorce Records, 1918-2014 (2,887,590 total)
• Virginia, Births, 1912-2015; Delayed, 1721-1911 (Images of certs 1917 & 1918)
• Virginia, African-American Funeral Programs, 1935-2009 (73,084 total)
• Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014  (11,182,320 total)

Family Search

• Alabama, Confederate Pension Applications, ca. 1880-1930's (25,180)
• Alabama, Jefferson County Circuit Court Papers, 1870-1916 (23,338)
• Arizona, Arrival Manifests, 1906-1955 (143,207)
• California, San Diego Passenger Lists, 1904-1952 (88,461)
• Hawaii, Board of Health, Marriage Record Indexes, 1909-1989 (131,439)
• Idaho, Bonneville County, Idaho Falls, Rose Hill Cemetery Records, 1800-2007 (9,400)
• Idaho, Eastport, Arrival Manifests, 1924-1956 (21,548)
• Illinois Births and Christenings, 1824-1940 (958,999)
• Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994 (4,350)
• Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951 (2,797)
• Louisiana Confederate Pensions, 1898-1950 (34,110)
• Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995 (7,474)
• Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979 (112,035)
• Missouri State and Territorial Census Records, 1732-1933 (38,226)
• Montana, County Naturalizations, 1856-1979 (9,759)
• Minnesota, World War I Records, 1918-1941 (145,565)
• North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979 (3,475)
• North Carolina, CHS, Vital Records, County Birth Records, 1913-1922 (6,313)
• North Carolina, Dept Archives & History, Index Vital Records, 1800-2000 (15,279)
• North Dakota, County Marriages, 1872-1958 (17,317)
• Ohio, Columbus, Union Cemetery, Burial Records, ca. 1878-1980 (1,632)
• Oregon Births and Christenings, 1868-1929 (1,284)
• Oregon Marriages, 1853-1935 (1,872)
• Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Greenmount Cemetery Records, 1880-1966 (12,976)
• Pennsylvania, Schuylkill Co/Haven, Funeral Home Obit Cards, 1914-2007 (1,434)
• Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999 (1,154,788)
• Pennsylvania Marriages, 1709-1940 (219,830)
• South Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1816-1990 (84,050)
• South Carolina, State and Territorial Censuses, 1829-1920 (7,123 images)
• United States Deaths and Burials, 1867-1961 (8,467)
• United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011 (10,849)
• Utah Births and Christenings, 1892-1941 (39,134)
• Virginia, Bureau Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935 (1,445)

FindMyPast

• United States Marriages  Texas, 1837-2010. (18m records added. New total 200m+)

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