2-week summary: new/updated USA genealogy records

Below is a summary of US family history collections that have been released or updated by the major genealogy databases in the second half of September. (The last summary list was published on 17 September, 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.

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

• Yates County, New York, Swann Vital Records, 1723-2009 (152,551)
• New York City, St Peter's Lutheran Church Records 1862-1955 (Browse images)
• New York City, Church of the Transfiguration Records, 1847-1938 (Browse images)

UPDATED COLLECTIONS

AmericanAncestors

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

        St. Francis de Sales, Charlestown (16,400+ records/66,600+ names)

Ancestry

• New Orleans, Louisiana, Slave Manifests, 1807-1860 (122,187)
• 1940 United States Federal Census (134,484,652)
• Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current (810,467,407)

FamilySearch

• Arizona, Birth Certificates and Indexes, 1855-1930 (4,279)
• California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994 (120,605)
• California, LA, Angelus-Rosedale Cem/Crem Records 1884-2002 (8,113)
• Connecticut, Charles R Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955 (978,709)
• Hawaii, Customs, Ships' Passenger Manifests, 1843-1900 (39,080)
• Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands Newspaper Obituaries, 1900-ca.2010 (61,931)
• Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007 (113,674)
• Kansas, Riley County, Sunset Cemetery, Burial Index Cards, 1856-1998 (10,841)
• Massachusetts, Boston Tax Records, 1822-1918 (486,857)
• Minnesota, Stevens County Genealogical Society Records, 1876-2006 (32,052)
• Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979 (109,602)
• New Jersey, Newark, Mount Olivet Cemetery Records, 1871-1984 (67,706)
• New York Land Records, 1630-1975 (2,819,557)
• North Carolina, CHS Vital Records, County Births 1913-1922 (10,871)
• Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003 (1,098)
• Oklahoma, Noble County, Parker Funeral Home, Funerals, 1908-1982 (3,601)
• Pennsylvania Cemetery Records, ca. 1700-ca. 1950 (24,913)
• Texas, Eagle Pass Arrival Manifests and Indexes, 1905-1954 (85,307)
• Utah, Salt Lake City Cemetery Records, 1847-1976 (5,457)
• Virginia, Bureau of Vital Stats, County Marriages 1853-1935 (51,054)
• Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Death Records, 1853-1912 (24,849)
• Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965 (30,427)

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