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 18 August, 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
Ancestry
- U.S., Freedmen's Bureau Records, 1865-1878 (2,972,438)
- Uintah County, Utah, U.S., Naturalization and Citizenship Records, 1888-1929 (353)
- Missouri, U.S., County Naturalization Records, 1883-1927 Clinton County. Browse only/
- Ohio, Southern District Naturalization Index, 1852-1991 (83,983)
- New York, U.S., Frank S. Rowland Church (Methodist) Register, 1889-1917 (Browse only)
FamilySearch
Fold3
MyHeritage
- Name Index from U.S. and Canadian Historical Newspapers (982million names)
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
AmericanAncestors
- Massachusetts: (Image-Only) RC Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920
39 parishes: St Ann, Gloucester | Sacred Hearth, Groton | Sacred Hearts, Haverhill | St James, Haverhill | St Joseph, Haverhill | St Michael the Archangel, Haverhill | St Rita, Haverhill | St John the Evangelist, Hopkinton | Sacred Heart, Ipswich | St Andrew, Billerica | Our Lady of Grace, Chelsea | Immaculate Conception, Newburyport | St Louis de Gonzague, Newburyport | St Michael, North Andover | St Catherine of Siena, Norwood | Our Lady of Lourdes, Revere | St. John the Evangelist, Canton | Our Lady of the Assumption, Chelsea | St Rose of Lima, Chelsea | St Stanislaus, Chelsea | St Stephen, Framingham | St John the Evangelist, Winthrop | Immaculate Conception, Everett | St Mary of the Assumption, Dracut | Sacred Hearts, Malden | Our Lady Star of the Sea, Marblehead | St Ann, Marlborough | St Joseph, Medford | St Mary of the Annunciation, Melrose | Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Methuen | St Monica, Methuen | St Louis de France, Lowell | St Margaret of Scotland, Lowell | St Michael, Lowell | St Patrick, Lowell | St Peter, Lowell | St Michael, Lynn | Sacred Heart, Natick | St Patrick, Natick | and St Joseph, Everett.
- Massachusetts: RC Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920 (219,900 names)
Our Lady of Ostrobrama, Brockton | St Michael the Archangel, Haverhill | St Ann. Gloucester | St Joseph, Haverhill | Immaculate Conception, Salem | Our Lady of Sorrows, Sharon | St. Michael, Lowell | St Michael, North Andover | St Clement, Somerville | and St Joachim, Rockport.
Ancestry
- U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935
- U.S., Naturalization Records, 1840-1957 (1,402,004)
- Tennessee, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008
- Arizona, U.S., Naturalization Records, 1909-1991 (81,125)
- Missouri, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1766-1988
- Maryland, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1777
- Louisiana, Wills and Probate Records, 1756-1984
- Illinois, Wills and Probate Records, 1772-1999
- Pennsylvania, Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993
- Ohio, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1786-1998
- New York, Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999
- U.S., Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874
- New Jersey, County Naturalization Records, 1749-1986
- Connecticut, Federal Naturalization Records, 1790-1996
- U.S., Freedmen’s Bureau Marriage Records, 1846-1867
- Rhode Island, State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1802-1945
- Texas, Divorce Index, 1968-2015
- Florida, Naturalization Records, 1847-1995
- U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current
- Texas Marriage Index, 1824-2017
- Muncie, Indiana, Directory, 1893
- New York, Arriving Passenger & Crew Lists (including Castle Garden & Ellis Island) 1820-1957
FamilySearch
- The database has updated 19 collections in the course of the last month, adding around a million records in the process. You can find out more at the Historical Record Collections page here, and then clicking on the blue 'last updated' column header.
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