4-week summary of new/updated US genealogy records

Below is a summary of US family history collections that have been either newly released or updated by the major genealogy databases.  (The last summary list was published on 3 June, 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

• Colorado County Death Records 1986-2017 (169,004)
• Louisiana, Tombstone Inscriptions, 1812-1970 (111,494)
• New Mexico, Select County Marriage Records, 1905-1999 (192,804)
• U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current (154,669,196)
• WEB: Indiana, Deaths, Pre-1882 (5,593)
• Louisiana, Tombstone Inscriptions, 1812-1970 (111,494)
• New Mexico, Select County Marriage Records, 1905-1999 (192,804)
• Wyoming, Death Records, 1909-1969 (139,548)
• Wyoming, Divorce Index Cards, 1941-1953 (36,024)
• Wyoming, Marriage Records, 1941-1966 (309,380)
• Wyoming, Territorial Census 1869, & City of Cheyenne Censuses 1875 & 1878 (10,072)
• Oklahoma, Select County Marriage Records, 1893-1951 (38,776)

FamilySearch

• Arizona, Birth Certificates, 1909-1917 (24,722)
• Connecticut Naturalization Records, 1795-1942 (174,419)
• Connecticut, Births and Baptisms, 1639-1941 (37,632)
• Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955 (99,509)
• Connecticut, Deaths, 1640-1955 (1,384,233)
• Iowa, Lyon Co., Cemetery Records, ca.1800- ca.2000 (11,107)
• Minnesota, Olmsted Co., Oakwood Cemetery Records, 1863-1998 (21,584)
• Texas, Passenger/Crew Arriving at Various Ports, 1896-1951 (179,765)
• US Compiled Military Service Volunteer Union Soldiers 1861-1866 (67,405)
• Ohio, Western Division Naturalization Records, 1906-1943 (45,109)
• Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of LDS, Church Census Records, 1914-1960 (378,655)
• Massachusetts, New Bedford Passenger and Crew Lists, 1902-1943 (46,644)
• Minnesota, Blue Earth Co., Glenwood Cemetery, Burial Records, ca. 1869-1990 (4,660)
• Oklahoma, Comanche County, Highland Cemetery Records, 1901-1994 (7,176)
• Pennsylvania Delayed Birth Records, 1941-1976 (6,034)
• South Carolina, Secretary of State, Slave Mortgage Records, 1734-1780 (134,491)
• Texas, Confederate Army & Commanding Officer Card Index, ca.1861-1865 (80,070)
• United States, Indenture and Manumission Records, 1780-1939 (29,731)

FindMyPast

• United States, Pennsylvania, Civil War Veterans' Card File (432,000)
• United States, New Jersey, Military Records Index (192,000)
• United States, Rolls Of The Soldiers In The Revolutionary War (14,000)

UPDATED COLLECTIONS

AmericanAncestors

• Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920. 

       St Joseph, Lynn and St John the Baptist, Quincy (330,000)
       Stoneham (21,700)
       Blessed Sacrament, Walpole (27,500)
       St Casimir, Brockton; St. Brigid, Lexington; Our Lady of Czestochowa, S.Boston (66,000)
       St Matthew in Dorchester (37,600)
       St Joseph, Salem (279,800)
       St Bridget, Framingham and St Anthony of Padua, Cohasset(15,100)

Ancestry

• Washington, Episcopal Diocese of Spokane Church Records, 1870-1970 (195,984)
• Tennessee, Enumeration of Male Voters, 1891 (391,186)
• U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 (8,369,212)
• Louisiana, Compiled Marriage Index, 1718-1925, 1946-1961 (1,585,301)
• New Orleans, Louisiana, Index to Death Records, 1804-1964 (833,284)
• 1880 United States Federal Census (50,480,843)
• Massachusetts, Boston Archdiocese RC Sacramental Records, 1789-1900 (4,429,575)
• New Jersey Abstracts of Wills, 1670-1817 (48943)
• Wisconsin, Employment Records, 1903-1988 (224,692)
• Newspaper Obituaries 1800-current (835,278,762)

FamilySearch

• California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994 (81,621) 
• California, Los Angeles, Angelus-Rosedale Cem/Crem Records, 1884-2002 (1,211)
• Hawaii, Grantor and Grantee Index, 1845-1909 (1,132)
• Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands Newspaper Obituaries, 1900-ca.2010 (12,138)
• Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950 (5,834)
• Idaho, Nez Perce Co., Brower Wann Funeral Home Records, 1925-1986 (2,654)
• Illinois, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1998 (31,501)
• Iowa, Buchanan County Obituaries & Cemetery Records, ca.1796-1988 (1,433)
• Iowa, Old Age Tax Assistance Records, 1934-1958 (8,288)
• Louisiana, Orleans Parish Death Records & Certificates, 1835-1954 (45,244)
• Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979  (41,765)
• Mississippi, Death Certificate Index, 1912-1943 (1,658)
• New York, Lackawanna, Holy Cross Cemetery Records, 1855-1965 (4,123)
• North Carolina, CHS, Vital Records Unit, County Births, 1913-1922 (33,264)
• Ohio Tax Records, 1800-1850 (17,955)
• Pennsylvania Cemetery Records, ca. 1700-ca. 1950 (38,074) 
• Texas, Eagle Pass Arrival Manifests and Indexes, 1905-1954 (118,329) 
• GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011  (1,954,725)
• Utah, Brigham City FHC, Obituary Collection, 1930-2015  (16,282)
• Virginia, Bureau Vital Statistics, County Marriages, 1853-1935   (17,635)
• Washington, Seattle, Passenger Lists, 1890-1957  (97,380)
• Texas, Passenger and Crew List of Airplanes, 1931-1964 (183,972)
• Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976 (265,771)
• South Carolina, County Marriage Licenses, 1911-1951 (442,700)
• New York, Southern District Court Naturalization Records, 1824-1946 (392,223)
• Minnesota, Blue Earth Co., Glenwood Cemetery, Burials, ca. 1869-1990 (4,660)
• Iowa, Lyon County, Cemetery Records, ca.1800- ca.2000 (1,119)
• Arkansas Confederate Pensions, 1901-1929 (1,403)
• Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands Newspaper Obituaries, 1900-ca.2010  (9,161)
• Louisiana, Orleans Parish Death Records and Certificates, 1835-1954 (28,409)
• Michigan, Detroit Manifests of Arrivals at Port of Detroit, 1906-1954 (195,662)
• Minnesota, Olmsted Co., Oakwood Cemetery Records, 1863-1998 (1,933)
• Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979 (33,039)
• New Jersey, County Naturalization Records, 1749-1986 (35,991)
• New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891
• Oklahoma, Comanche Co., Highland Cemetery Records, 1901-1994 (18,363)
• Pennsylvania Cemetery Records, ca. 1700-ca. 1950 (50,961)
• Pennsylvania Delayed Birth Records, 1941-1976 (28,750)
• Rhode Island Naturalization Records 1907-1991 (4,370)
• United States, New York Land Records, 1630-1975 (1,159,878)
• Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964 (2,150)
• Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965 (1,672)

FindMyPast

• United States Marriages (16m+ for IN, MA and OR. New total 240m+)

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