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
- Hawaii, Birth Certificates and Indexes, 1841-1944 (608,305)
- Hawaii, Divorce Records, 1848-1892 (6,833)
- Hawaii, Marriage Certificates & Indexes, 1841-1944 (537,121)
- Hawaii, Death Certificates & Indexes, 1841-1942 (376,942)
- Hawaii Voter Records, 1864-1910 Census & Voter Lists (183,210)
- Hawaii, Births, Marriages, and Death Cards, 1850-1950 (43,726)
- Hawaii, Passport Records, 1849-1900 (2,888)
- New Hampshire, Civil War Service and Pension Records, 1861-1866 (250,442)
- Wyoming, Military Service and Veterans Records, 1914-1946 (43,521)
- North Carolina, Freedmen's Bureau Asst Commissioner Records, 1862-1870 (127,316)
- North Carolina, Discharge and Statement of Service Records, 1940-1948 (196,216)
- South Carolina, Confederate Home Records, 1909-1958 (2,902)
- Michigan, Honor Roll of Kalamazoo County, 1917-1919 (7,661)
- Rhode Island and Pawtucket, Massachusetts Birth Index, 1800-1855 (75,137)
- U.S., Family Book Project (3,440,893)
FamilySearch
- California, Geographical & Name Index, Californians in WWI, 1914-1918 (27,306)
- Maine, Alien Arrivals, 1906-1953 (199,010)
- New Mexico Alien Arrivals, 1917-1954 (17,240)
- Oregon Divorce Index, 1991-2008(340,289)
- Minnesota, Waseca County Historical Society, Burial Cards, ca.1860-1992 (9,776)
- Idaho, Nez Perce County, Brower Wann Funeral Home Records, 1925-1986 (2,836)
FindMyPast
- US National Veterans Cemetery Index (1.1m records spanning Civil War to Afghanistan)
- Georgia World War II Draft Registration Cards 1940-1942 (839,000)
Newspapers.com
- The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Texas 1902-2020
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
AmericanAncestors
- Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920 New volumes from the parishes of Immaculate Conception in Lowell, St. Brigid in Maynard, Immaculate Conception in Weymouth, Sacred Heart in Natick, St. Anne in Lawrence, St. John the Evangelist in Wellesley, St. Lawrence in Brookline, St. Bernard in Concord and St. Catherine of Siena in Norwood, and the Boston Harbor Island Mission.
Ancestry
- American Protective League Correspondence, 1917-1919
- Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1951 (8,758,855)
- Iowa, Death Records, 1920-1967 (2,674,617)
- U.S. World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (15,293,445)
- U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947 (54,293,029)
- U.S. Veterans' Gravesites, ca.1775-2019 (6,402,238)
- U.S. Navy Muster Rolls, 1949-1971 (6,429,932)
- U.S. Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (153,292,381)
- U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (133,418,578)
FamilySearch
- Alaska, Pribilof Islands (esp. St. Paul Is.) Censuses, 1881-1910 (13,764)
- Arizona Deaths, 1870-1951 (10,345)
- Arizona, Birth Certificates and Indexes, 1855-1930 (12,687)
- California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994 (61,143)
- California, LA, Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery/Crem., 1884-2002 (3,055)
- California, San Mateo Co., Colma, Italian Cem Records, 1899-2011 (24,576)
- Georgia, Columbus, Linwood/Porterdale Cem., Interments, 1866-2000 (2,564)
- Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands Newspaper Obits, 1900-ca.2010 (7,585)
- Hawaii, Collector of Customs, Ships' Passenger Manifests, 1843-1900 (70,010)
- Idaho, Jefferson Star, County Cem. Records, 1800-2000 (4,733)
- Iowa, Buchanan County Obits and Cem. Records, ca.1796-1988 (109,029)
- Kansas, Grant County, Census Records, 1895-1982 (157,151)
- Louisiana, Orleans Parish Death Records & Certs, 1835-1954 (90,299)
- Michigan, Detroit Manifests of Arrivals at Port of Detroit, 1906-1954 (323,121)
- Michigan, Saginaw County, Biographical Card File, ca. 1830-2000 (1,895)
- Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979 (67,993)
- Mississippi, Death Certificate Index, 1912-1943 (7,619)
- Missouri State and Territorial Census Records, 1732-1933 (34,501)
- Montana, Silver Bow County, Cem. Indexes, 1880-2003 (5,954)
- Nebraska, Lancaster Co., Wyuka Cem. Burial Permits, 1883-1999 (1,754)
- New York, Southern District Court Naturalization Records, 1824-1946 (103,000)
- New York, Lackawanna, Holy Cross Cemetery Records, 1855-1965 (133,609)
- New York Land Records, 1630-1975 (6,549,048)
- North Carolina, CHS, Vital Records, County Births, 1913-1922 (47,674)
- North Carolina, Wilmington, Cemetery Records, 1852-2005 (5,836)
- Ohio, Toledo, Historic Woodlawn Cemetery Burials, 1877-1955 (45,570)
- Oklahoma, Tulsa Co., Rose Hill Memorial Park Interments, ca.1915 - ca.1982 (1,204)
- Oregon Death Index, 1971-2008 (1,063,054)
- Pennsylvania Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880 (1,205)
- Pennsylvania Cemetery Records, ca. 1700-ca. 1950 (24,852)
- Utah, Brigham City FHC, Obituary Collection, 1930-2015 (17,197)
- Virginia, Bureau of Vital Stats, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935 (7,026)
- Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Holy Cross Cemetery, Interments, 1909-1979 (12,887)
- Wisconsin, County Naturalization Records, 1807-1992 (150,768)
- GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011 (1,827,447)
FindMyPast
- Louisiana Draft Cards (39,000 added. New total 637,708)
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