Below is a summary of US family history collections that have been released or updated by the major genealogy databases in the last two weeks. (The previous summary list was published on 30 July, 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
- Narragansett Historical Register, 1882-1891, “a magazine devoted to the Antiquities, Genealogy and Historical Matter illustrating the history of the Narragansett Country, or Southern Rhode Island" (5,500 records and names)
Ancestry
- USA American Historical Society of Germans from Russia Obituaries, 1899-2012 (2,937,060)
- U.S., Directory of Scottish Settlers in North America, 1625-1825 (26,157)
FamilySearch
- Oregon, Center for Health Statistics, Birth Records, 1903-1918 (193,736)
- Oregon, Oregon State Archives, Births, 1842-1917 (105,983)
- Texas, Grimes County, Deed Records, 1869-1917
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
AmericanAncestors
- Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920 (115,700 searchable names added) from the parishes below:
Immaculate Conception, Revere | St. Joseph, Medford | St. Mary of the Assumption (Dracut) | St. Monica (Methuen) | St. Patrick (Natick) | St. John the Baptist, Peabody | Our Lady of Lourdes, Revere.
Ancestry
- Pennsylvania, U.S., Birth Certificates, 1906-1913 (New total: 5,357,426 records)
- Florida, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1823-1982 (New total: 3,512,403 records)
- New York State, Birth Index, 1881-1942 (New total: 4,831,374 records)
- U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-1999 (New total: 737,178,249 records)
FamilySearch
- California, Los Angeles, Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery/Crematory Records, 1884-2002 (2,454)
- Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019 (51,027)
- Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001 (501,378)
- Georgia, Military Discharge Records, ca.1890 - ca.1966 (72,359)
- Georgia, Tax Digests, 1787-1900 (272,111)
- Louisiana, Orleans and St. Tammany Parish, Voter Registration Records, 1867-1905 (280,311)
- Massachusetts, Boston Tax Records, 1822-1918 (313,556)
- US Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1800-c. 1955 (18,086)
- Washington, County Death Registers, 1881-1979(16,122)
- Wisconsin, County Naturalization Records, 1807-1992 (22,495)
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