Below is a summary of US family history collections that have been released or updated by the major genealogy databases in the last fortnight. (The previous summary list was published on 2 November 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, 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
- Pittsburgh, PA: Gaines Funeral Home Records, 1925-1934 (5,680 names)
- Massachusetts: Automobile Registrations, 1908-1910 (27937)
Ancestry
- Utah, US WW1 County Draft Board Registers, Name Index, 1917-1918 (137,805)
- Utah, US WWII Index to Army Veterans of Utah, 1939-1945 (56,838)
- Utah, US WW1 Militia Lists, 1917-1918 (26,164)
- Utah, US WWI Army Servicemen Records Abstracts, 1914-1918 (18,886)
- Florida, World War I Navy Card Roster, 1917-1920 (5,951)
- Connecticut, World War I, Military Census of Nurses, 1917 (13,599)
- Delaware, World War I Servicemen Records, 1917-1919 (9,981)
- Mississippi, World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919 (63,315)
- North Carolina, World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919 (92,654)
- Nebraska, US, Birth Ledgers, 1904-1911, Birth Index, 1912-1994 (3,484,445)
- Uintah County, Utah, USA, Ute Native American Census, 1910 (1,036)
- Virginia, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1900
FamilySearch
- Minnesota, Brown County, Obituaries, 1855-1990 (14,797)
- West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971 (964,185)
- Arizona, Yuma, Prison Records, 1884-1910 (2,758)
- US, Selected GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014 (224,812)
- Texas, Hardin County, Deed Records, 1840-1920 (1,029)
- Minnesota, Douglas County, Obituaries, 1860-1990 (13,792)
- Missouri: Phelps/Crawford/Dent/Washington Counties, Obituaries, 1880-1990 (69,802)
- Oklahoma, Garfield County, Obituaries, 1963-1986 (66,878)
FindMyPast
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
AmericanAncestors
- Massachusetts: RC Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920 (searchable)
4 Nov: 5 Parishes: Sacred Heart (Ipswich), St Ann (Marlborough), St Michael (Lynn), St John & St Hugh (Roxbury), St Mary (Salem).
Ancestry
- US WWII Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (14,482,118)
- US, Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current (165,337,431)
- Washington, U.S., State and Territorial Censuses, 1857-1892 (772,246)
- Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio, U.S., Birth Records, 1888-1890 (19,544)
- Oregon, U.S., State Births, 1842-1917 (1,080,165)
- Arizona, U.S., State Court Naturalization Records, 1869-1993 (17,649)
- U.S., Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, 1847-Current
- Delaware, U.S., Naturalization Records, 1796-1959
- Washington DC, US Military Naturalization Petitions, 1918-1924
- US Defense POW/MIA Agency, Unaccounted-for, Group B, 1941-75
- USA Obituary Collection, 1930-Current
- Montana, Wills and Probate Records, 1866-1965
- Savannah, Georgia, Naturalization Records, 1790-1910
- Minnesota, Wills and Probate Records, 1801-1925
- Oklahoma, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1801-2008
- Oregon, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1849-1963
- Michigan, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1784-1980
- Washington DC Wills and Probate Records, 1737-1952
- Washington, Wills and Probate Records, 1851-1970
- Utah, Wills and Probate Records, 1800-1985
- New Hampshire, Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982
- Arizona, Wills and Probate Records, 1803-1995
- Idaho, Wills and Probate Records, 1857-1989
- Colorado, Wills and Probate Records, 1875-1974
FamilySearch
- Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990 (92,001)
- Georgia, Tax Digests, 1787-1900 (192,918)
- Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989 (26,724)
- Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901 (25,327)
- New Jersey, Death Index, 1901-1903; 1916-1929 (1,637)
- West Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1776-1971 (233,529)
FindMyPast
- United States Obituaries Notices, 50 states (22m added/56m total)
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