Two-week summary of new & updated USA 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 first half of May. (The last summary list was published on 30 April, 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

Ancestry

• Oregon, State Marriages, 1906-1966 (1,441,718)
• Oregon, State Births, 1842-1917 (309,725)

FamilySearch

• Hawaii Island census records, 1878-1896 (49,441)
• Idaho, Jefferson Star, County Cemetery Records, 1800-2000 (39,520)
• Iowa, Buchanan County Obituaries and Cemetery Records, ca.1796-1988(2,433)
• Michigan, Saginaw County, Biographical Card File, ca. 1830-2000 (10,655)
• Ohio, Toledo, Historic Woodlawn Cemetery Index of Burials, 1877-1955 (13,101)
• Texas, Grimes County, Marriage Records, 1951-1966 (1,737)
• Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Holy Cross Cemetery, Interment Records, 1909-1979 (89,490)
• Arizona, Birth Certificates and Indexes, 1855-1930 (55,264)
• Arkansas, County Voter Registration Records, 1868-1910 (50,902)
• California, Los Angeles, San Gabriel Cemetery Assoc., Index 1872-2003 (20,815)
• Hawaii State Archives, Register of Voters, Hawaiian Islands, 1887-1888 (14,669)
• Hawaii, Collector of Customs, Ships' Passenger Manifests, 1843-1900 (65,291)
• Minnesota, Hennepin Co., Minneapolis, Layman Cem. Burials, 1860-1926 (20,662)
• Indiana, Bartholomew, Columbus, Garland Brook Cem.Burials, 1885-2000 (13,695)
• Iowa, Historical Society of Iowa, Divorce Records, 1906-1937 (118,243)
• New Jersey, Mercer Co, Veterans' SO, Grave Registrations, ca. 1770-ca.1979 (25,793)
• New Jersey, Newark, Woodland Cemetery Records, 1895-1980 (45,639)
• Montana, Silver Bow County, Cemetery Indexes, 1880-2003 (8,884)

FindMyPast

• World War 2 Allies Collection  Newly curated collection of American Army records

MyHeritage

• U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007 (240,604,239)
• United States, Index of Court Cases, 1833-2018 (6,713,834)

UPDATED COLLECTIONS

AmericanAncestors

• Massachusetts: RC Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920   (595,000 names added for parishes of St. Ann in Gloucester; St. Mary in Winchester; Holy Family in Rockland; Sacred Heart in Middleborough; Holy Ghost in Whitman; St. Joseph in Holbrook; St. John the Baptist in Peabody; St. Joseph in Ipswich; St. Mary in Lowell; St. Michael in Hudson; St. Edward the Confessor in Medfield; and St. Paul in Hingham.

Ancestry

• New York, Passenger/Crew Lists (incl. Castle Gdn & Ellis Is.), 1820-1957 (83,000,681)

FamilySearch

• Arizona, Birth Certificates and Indexes, 1855-1930 (203,884)
• Arkansas, County Voter Registration Records, 1868-1910 (4,345)
• California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994 (29,809)
• California, Los Angeles, Angelus-Rosedale Cem/Crem Records, 1884-2002  (2,566)
• California, Los Angeles, San Gabriel Cemetery, Index 1872-2003  (1,645)
• California, San Mateo County, Colma, Italian Cemetery Records, 1899-2011 (34,708)
• Georgia, Columbus, Linwood & Porterdale Interment Records, 1866-2000 (10,698)
• Georgia, Headright and Bounty Land Records, 1783-1909 (65,001)
• Georgia, Chatham, Savannah, Laurel Grove Cemetery Records, 1852-1942 (4,316)
• Idaho, Twin Falls Co., Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery Records, 1937-1993 (6,604)
• Indiana, Bartholomew, Columbus, Garland Brook Interments, ca.1885-ca.2000 (2,418)
• Iowa, Marshall Co., Marshalltown, Riverside Cemetery Burials, ca.1800-ca.1975 (3,602)
• Louisiana, Orleans Parish Death Records and Certificates, 1835-1954 (123,723)
• Minnesota Passenger and Crew Lists, 1912-1956 (20,197)
• Minnesota, Hennepin Co., Minneapolis, Layman Cem. Burials, 1860-1926  (2,273)
• Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979 (7,564)
• Mississippi, Death Certificate Index, 1912-1943 (3,709)
• Montana, Silver Bow County, Cemetery Indexes, 1880-2003 (58,228)
• Nebraska, Lancaster County, Wyuka Cem. Burial Permits, 1883-1999 (30,499)
• New Jersey, Mercer Co., VSO, Grave Registrations, ca. 1770-ca.1979 (2,091)
• New Jersey, Newark, Woodland Cemetery Records, 1895-1980 (2,578)
• New York, County Naturalization Records, 1791-1980 (60,606)
• New York, Northern Arrival Manifests, 1902-1956 (328,495)
• North Carolina, CHS, Vital Records, County Births, 1913-1922 (43,563)
• North Carolina, Wilmington, Cemetery Records, 1852-2005 (18,083)
• Oklahoma, Tulsa County, Rose Hill Interments, ca.1915 - ca.1982 (19,525)
• Pennsylvania Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880 (15,670)
• Rhode Island, Providence, Swan Point Cem., ca.1846-ca.1950 (32,144)
• GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011 (1,965,103)
• Utah, Brigham City FHC, Obituary Collection, 1930-2015 (25,822)
• Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriages, 1853-1935 (9,592)
• Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Holy Cross Cem., Interments, 1909-1979 (39,261)

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