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
Ancestry
- Maine, Piscataquis County, Deed Books, 1838-1902 (56,970)
- Maine, Tombstone Inscriptions, Surname Index, 1718-2014 (247,578)
- Maine, York County, Probate Estate Files, 1690-1917 (unknown)
- Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918 (51,543)
- Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, 1780-1980 (356,707)
- Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, 1780-1990 (297,429)
- Maine, J. Gary Nichols Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1999 (181,062)
- New York City Births index 1866-1909 (6,091,199)
- Marriage licenses 1908-1910, 1938-1940 (964,666)
- Deaths Index to death certificates, 1862-1948 (7,269,466)
- Georgia, Catholic Diocese of Savannah Cemetery Records, 1853-1975 (13,270)
- USA WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 (53,716,458)
MyHeritage
- U.S. City Directories, published 1860-1960. (545,346,859)
FamilySearch
- Alaska, Alien Arrivals at Various Locations, 1906-1956 (12,001)
- Utah, LDS Library, Perpetual Emigrating Fund Co. Accounts, 1849-1886 (23,199)
- Tennessee, Montgomery County Delayed Birth Certificates, 1880-1910 (4,790)
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
AmericanAncestors
Massachusetts: (Image-Only) RC Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920
(19 volumes added)
- Holy Cross in Boston
- Our Lady of the Presentation in Brighton
- St Anthony of Padua in Allston
- St James the Greater, Boston (in 1854, a mostly Irish neighbourhood)
(adds 73,300 records/243,100 names)
- St Joseph in Amesbury
- St Patrick in Watertown
- St Mary in Foxborough
- St Mary in Georgetown
- Immaculate Conception in Newburyport
- St John the Evangelist in Canton
Ancestry
- USA, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (156,726,296)
- New Jersey, Death Index, 1901-2017 (5,398,276)
- Massachusetts, Boston Archdiocese RC Sacramental Records, 1789-1900 (added 1,140,306 records; total now 4,102,718)
FamilySearch
- California, Solano County Genealogical Society, Burial Records (9,098)
- Hawaii, Board of Health, Marriage Record Indexes, 1909-1989 (60,0000)
- Indiana Naturalization Records and Indexes, 1848-1993 (24,838)
- Iowa, Adjutant General's Office, GRS, Cemetery Records, 1800-2000 (2,049)
- Michigan, East/West Districts, Naturalization Records, 1837-1993 (150,944)
- Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979 (141,419)
- North Carolina, CHS Vital Records, County Births, 1913-1922 (9,732)
- North Carolina, Dept Archives/History, Vital Records Index, 1800-2000 (5,119)
- Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Greenmount Cemetery Records, 1880-1966 (1,354)
- Pennsylvania, Register of Military Volunteers, 1861-1865 (130,827)
- Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Greenmount Cemetery Records, 1880-1966 (1,100)
- Virginia, Bureau Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935 (1,307)
- Wisconsin, Dane County Naturalization Records, 1887-1945 (27,285)
- USA: GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011 (73,677)
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