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
- Library of Congress, Women/Protest: National Woman's Party 1875-1938 (643 pix)
- New York, Auburn Prison Records, 1816-1942 (98,694)
- New York, Great Meadow Correctional Facility Records, 1911-1933 (17,311)
FamilySearch
- California, Honor Roll of Californians who served in WWI, 1914-1918 (9,256)
- Texas, Washington County, Birth Records, 1903-1991 (1,062)
- New Jersey, Naturalization records from various counties, 1905-1944 (54,403)
- Texas, Manifests of Alien Arrivals at El Paso, 1924-1954 (80,992)
- Texas, Various Counties, Military Discharge Records, 1916-1990 (25,662)
- Indiana, Harrison Co. Index: Corydon Democrat News Obits, 1861-2008 (376,350)
- Oregon Passenger and Crew Lists, 1888-1956 (512,300)
MyHeritage
- United States, Index-Navy and Marine Corps Awards, 1925-1994 (1,760,085)
- California Passenger Lists, 1893–1957 (2,903,755)
- Seattle, Washington Passenger Lists, 1890–1957 (2,852,242)
- New York City Marriage Index, 1866–1937 (5,193,866)
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
AmericanAncestors
- Massachusetts: RC Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920 (117,200) Holy Trinity, Boston; St. Jean Baptiste, Lowell, Our Lady of the Presentation, Brighton; St. Gabriel, Brighton; and St. James the Greater, Boston.
Ancestry
- Montana, State Deaths, 1907-2018 (3,184,432)
- Georgia, Catholic Diocese of Savannah Cemetery Records, 1853-1975 (27,025)
- U.S., Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874 (491,274)
- U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-1999 (729,219,767)
- U.S., Chinese Immigration Case Files, 1883-1923 (15,304)
- U.S., Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874 (491,274)
- New York, Clinton Prison Admission Ledgers, 1851-1866, 1923-1939 (5,333)
FamilySearch
- California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994 (52,158)
- California, Los Angeles, Angelus-Rosedale Cem/Crem, 1884-2002 (14,675)
- Connecticut, Military Census Questionnaires, 1917 (3,395)
- Hawaii, Collector of Customs, Ships' Passenger Manifests, 1843-1900 (33,418)
- Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands Newspaper Obituaries, 1900-ca.2010 (42,325)
- Hawaii, Various Islands, Circuit Court Divorces, 1849-1915(6,834)
- Illinois, Quincy, Greenmount Cemetery Records, 1875-1985 (4,053)
- Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006 (445,879)
- Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979 (100,678)
- New Jersey, County Naturalization Records, 1749-1986(102,521)
- New Jersey, Gloucester Co. Clarksboro, Eglington Cem Records, 1880-1983 (1,010)
- New York, New York, Passengers Lists of Vessels, 1897-1902(403,635
- North Carolina, CHS, Vital Records, County Births, 1913-1922 (89,171)
- Pennsylvania Cemetery Records, ca. 1700-ca. 1950 (55,411)
- Pennsylvania Delayed Birth Records, 1941-1976 (6,312)
- South Carolina, County Marriage Licenses, 1911-1951 (180,372)
- Texas, Hardin County, Marriage Records, 1837-2009 (19,127)
- Texas, Indexes and Manifests of Arrivals at the Port of Del Rio, 1906-1953 (81,046)
- Texas, Washington County, Birth Records, 1903-1991 (13,783)
- US Military Service/Volunteer Union Soldiers/Colored Troops, 1861-1866 (283,310)
- GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011 (3,242,643)
- Utah, County Birth and Death Records,1892-1951 (22,690)
- Virginia, Bureau Vital Stats, County Marriages, 1853-1935 (26,241)
- Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965 (21,433)
- Washington, County Naturalization Records, 1850-1982 (23,097)
MyHeritage
- New York State Deaths, 1957–1969 (706,329 added. New total 1,385,043 records.)
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