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 8 March, 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
- Massachusetts, Delayed and Corrected Vital Records, 1753-1900 (108,758)
- Delaware Baptisms, 1697-1886
- New Jersey, Calvary United Methodist Church Records, 1821-2003 (2631)
- Oregon, State Divorces, 1925-1968 (524,280)
- Wyoming, U.S., Star Valley Independent Obituaries, 1901-2015 (55,929)
- Nebraska, U.S., Index to Deaths, 1904-1955
- Box Butte County, Nebraska, U.S., Funeral Home Records, 1919-1976
- Nebraska, U.S., Index to Marriages, 1909-1955
- U.S., Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865
- Iowa, Grand Army of the Republic Membership Records, 1861-1949
- North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782
- Arkansas Confederate Soldier Home, 1890-1963
- Arkansas Ex-Confederate Pension Records, 1891-1939
FamilySearch
- Alaska, WWII Statement of Service Records, 1948-1949 (8,524)
- Hawaii State Archives, Probate Packet Records, 1814-1917 (1,910)
- Idaho, Military Discharge Records, ca.1917 – ca.1960 (1,258)
- Iowa, Iowa City, Voter Registers, 1897-1904 (16,199)
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
AmericanAncestors
- Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920
More than 400,00 names added for these parishes:
St. John the Evangelist of Newton
Our Lady of Victories/Notre Dame des Victoires
St. Angela’s Mattapan
Blessed Sacrament, St. Thomas Aquinas and All Saints, all in Roxbury
St. Adalbert Hyde Park
Our Lady of the Holy Rosary and St. Vincent de Paul, both in South Boston
St. Lazarus, East Boston
Sacred Heart and St Joseph, both in Amesbury
St. Agnes, and St James, both in Arlington
St. Mary, Ayer
Blessed Sacrament, and St. Thomas Aquinas, both in Jamaica Plain.
- Massachusetts: Catholic Cemetery Association Records, 1833-1940
Some 213,000 records added for these cemeteries:
Calvary, Winchester
Catholic Mount Auburn, Watertown
St. Patrick, Stoneham
St. Paul, Arlington
Holy Cross, Malden 1868-1885 + Lot Sales and Burials, 1868-1870 (Book 1)
Ancestry
- Oregon, State Marriages, 1906-1968 (2,254,852)
- Oregon, State Births, 1842-1917 (884,417)
- Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1856-1944
- USA Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current (161,058,083)
- South Carolina, Death Records, 1821-1969
- U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current (834,426,322)
- Missouri, U.S., Death Certificates, 1910-1962
- 1870 United States Federal Census
- Nebraska, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1855-1908
- 1910 United States Federal Census
FamilySearch
- Some 67 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.)
FindMyPast
- Philadelphia Roman Catholic Baptisms (46,000 records from 1921)
- Philadelphia Roman Catholic Parish Marriages (34,000 records from 1921)
- Cincinnati Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms (22,000 additions to 1924)
- Cincinnati Roman Catholic Parish Marriages (28,000 additions to 1924)
- Cincinnati Roman Catholic parish burials (19,000 additions to 1953)
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