Below is a summary of US family history collections that have been released or updated by the major genealogy databases in the last three weeks. (The previous summary list was published on 2 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 or 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, and the revised total. I do not include updates of fewer than 1,000 records.
NEW COLLECTIONS
Ancestry
FamilySearch
- Montana, Yellowstone Genealogy Forum, Yellowstone Co. Obits, 1955-1969 (62,552)
- RecordAGrave Index (140,280)
FindMyPast
- US Census 1860 Slave Schedule Browse Individuals not named.
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
AmericanAncestors
- Massachusetts: RC Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920 (191,000+ names added)
Our Lady of Pity, Cambridge | Holy Trinity, Lawrence | St John the Evangelist, North Chelmsford | Holy Rosary, Lawrence | Sacred Heart, Lawrence | St Anne, Lawrence | Sacred Heart, Middleborough | St Francis of Assisi, Braintree | Sacred Heart, Quincy | St Mary, Quincy.
Ancestry
- Iowa, Death Records, 1880-1904, 1921-195 (2,924,201)
- Kentucky, Birth Records, 1847-1911 (1,216,503)
- South Carolina, Death Records, 1821-1970 (3,926,245)
- U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current (316,794 / 166,706,930)
- Massachusetts, Compiled Birth, Marriage, Death Records, 1700-1850 (new total 3,113,592)
- American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) (revised total 4,665,619)
- Louisiana, Records of Enslaved People, 1719-1820 (revised total 104,419)
FamilySearch
- Massachusetts, Boston Tax Records, 1822-1918 (533,764)
- New Jersey, Death Index, 1901-1903; 1916-1929 (174,459 / 751,571)
- US City and Business Directories, c1749 - c1990 (10,000,668)
- Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989 (73,676 / 795,942)
- Illinois, Monroe County, Deed Records, 1816-1900 (5,085 / 9,797)
- Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019 (3,161 / 5,237,379)
MyHeritage
- New York, Immigration from Austria, Poland and Galicia, 1890-1891 (new total 96,604)
- Philadelphia Jewish Exponent Obituaries, 1887 to 2013 (67,850)
- World Jewish Congress Records of Holocaust Survivors (102,250
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