Below is a summary of US family history collections that have been released or updated by the major genealogy databases in the last four weeks. (The previous summary list was published on 10 February, see blogpost).
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, if provided by the database.
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
AmericanAncestors
Ancestry
- Pennsylvania Obituary and Marriage Collection, 1947-2010
- Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh City Deaths, 1870-1905 (417,979)
- Ohio, Licking County, Hartford Township Records, 1881-1962
- Ohio, Bloomfield Township, Brownwood Cemetery Records, 1824-2012 (3,073)
- Ohio, Grace Episcopal Church Records, 1880-1980
- Washington County, Ohio, U.S., Newspaper Obituaries, 1884-2013 (337,755)
- Carroll County, Ohio, Veteran Grave Registrations, 1817-1980 (2,367)
- Ohio, Cleveland, Trinity Lutheran Church Records, 1853-2013
- Ohio, Washington County Court Records, 1810-1930
- Crawford County, Ohio, Church Records 1853-2007
- Illinois, Mildred Hooper Obituary Collection, 1959-1981
- Illinois, U.S., Civil Marriages, 1833-1889
- DeKalb County, Illinois, U.S., Land Records, 1838-1927
- Adams County, Illinois, U.S., Card Index to Deaths, 1877-1990
- Maywood, Cook County, Illinois, Maywood Herald Obituary Index, 1885-2002
- Stephenson County, Illinois, U.S., Lena Park Cemetery Transcriptions, 1854-1983
- Cedarville, Stephenson County, Illinois, Cedarville Cemetery Record, 1850-2007
- Cook County, Illinois, U.S., Obituaries, 1970-1990
FindMyPast
MyHeritage
- Canada-US border crossings, 1895-1956 (12.5million)
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
AmericanAncestors
- Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920 (426,500+ names added) from parishes:
Gate of Heaven in South Boston
St. Leonard of Port Maurice in Boston
St. Gregory in Dorchester
Our Lady of the Assumption in East Boston
Sacred Heart in East Boston
St. Bernard in Newton
St. Andrew the Apostle (Forest Hills)
St. Joseph, East Boston
St. Mary Star of the Sea, East Boston
- Massachusetts: (Image-Only) Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, 1789-1920
The browseable database, which is free to access, has been updated with 79 new volumes from 23 parishes, adding more than 19,800 pages. For details see DBNews
Ancestry
- Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1837-1965
- Hillsdale County, Michigan Farm Directory, 1919-1924
- Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., Marriages, 1700-1809
- New York, U.S., Civil War Muster Roll Abstracts, 1861-1900
- Washington, D.C., U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1826-1850
- U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
- Virginia, Petersburg, Gillfield Baptist Church Records, 1827-1906
FamilySearch
- Some 72 US collections have been updated in the last month. Rather than create an excrutiatingly long blogpost, I'll simply direct you to the FamilySearch.org update page. On the right hand side of the landing page, beneath 'Historical Record Collections', click the blue 'Last Updated' column title twice. You'll now see the most recently updated collection at the top of the list. (You need to be signed in to reach this page.)
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