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.
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. I do not include updates of fewer than 1,000 records.
NEW COLLECTIONS
Ancestry
FamilySearch
- Connecticut, passenger and crew lists, 1804-1959 (98,790)
- California, customs, passengers arriving at San Francisco, 1903-1918 (314,297)
FindMyPast
- Idaho, Reconstructed 1890 Census (102,633) From Idaho State Archives.
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
AmericanAncestors
St Cecelia, Boston; St John The Baptist, East Boston. (1,700 pages/66,000 names)
Ancestry
- USA Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865 (4,219,238)
- Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1945 (7,722,137)
- U.S. Civil War Prisoner of War Records, 1861-1865 (1,565,511)
- Arizona, Voter Registrations, 1866-1955 Census & Voter Lists (1,141,349)
- New York, New York, Index to Death Certificates, 1862-1948 (7,352,352)
FamilySearch
- California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994 (59,661)
- California, Los Angeles, Angelus-Rosedale Cem/Crem, 1884-2002 (9,013)
- Georgia, Confederate Pension Rolls, 1879-1920 (3,914)
- Hawaii, Customs, Ships' Passenger Manifests, 1843-1900 (95,285)
- Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands Newspaper Obituaries, 1900-ca.2010 (18,855)
- Idaho, County Naturalizations, 1861-1974 (43,216)
- Illinois, Quincy, Greenmount Cemetery Records, 1875-1985 (75,572)
- Louisiana, New Orleans, Passengers Arriving New Orleans, 1820-1875 (349,265)
- Louisiana, Orleans Parish Death Records and Certificates, 1835-1954 (2,208)
- Massachusetts, City of Boston Voter Registers, 1857-1920(179,742)
- Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979 (67,237)
- Nebraska, Lancaster County, Fairview Cem. Burials, 1864-1999 (2,395)
- New Jersey, Gloucester Co., Clarksboro, Eglington Cem. Records, 1880-1983 (39,987)
- New York, Church Records, 1660-1954 (13,576)
- North Carolina, CHS, Vital Records, County Births, 1913-1922 (49,515)
- Pennsylvania Cemetery Records, ca. 1700-ca. 1950 (120,309)
- Pennsylvania Delayed Birth Records, 1941-1976 (49,094)
- Texas, Hardin County, Marriage Records, 1837-2009 (17,738)
- USA, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obits 1815-2011 (5,703,014)
- Utah, County Birth and Death Records,1892-1951 (4,881)
- Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976 (25,994)
- Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriages, 1853-1935 (28,611)
- Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965 (21,278)
- Washington, County Naturalization Records, 1850-1982 (31,816)
- Wisconsin, County Naturalization Records, 1807-1992 (301,146)
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