Below is a summary of US family history collections released or updated by the major genealogy databases in the last four weeks. (Previous summary list published 23 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 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
- Washington, U.S., County Naturalizations, 1878-1974 (85,857)
- Washington, U.S., World War I Service Statement Records (47,912)
- Virginia, U.S., Death Registers, 1853-1911 (829,359)
- Virginia, U.S., Marriage Registers, 1853-1935 (1,433,042)
- Maine, Civil War Sailors Records (3,020)
- Korean Conflict Casualty Records (33,642)
- US 1950 Census: Alaska, Delaware, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Wyoming, American Samoa, Guam, Overseas Islands, Panama Canal Zone, U.S. Virgin Islands. (3,267,162 indexed records)
MyHeritage
- US 1950 Census: Alaska, American Samoa, Delaware, Guam, New Hampshire, Panama Canal Zone, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Virgin Islands, Wyoming, and four overseas islands of Canton, Johnston, Midway, and Wake. (3,539,297 indexed records)
Updated Collections
AmericanAncestors
- Suffolk County, MA Probate File Papers: new additions include case numbers 35452-43717, years 1848-1861 (partial). (Total new papers: 198,000)
- Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850: records from 13 towns in Berkshire and Hampden counties, 12 towns in Franklin County and 10 towns in western MA. Total additions: 218,4000 records and 449,800 names.
- Massachusetts: (Image-Only) RC Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920 from 7 eastern MA parishes: St Mary, Foxborough | St Mary, Quincy | St Monica, South Boston | St
Peter South Boston | St Vincent de Paul, South Boston | St John-St Hugh, Roxbury| and St Philip, Roxbury. 24 scanned volumes.
- Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920
St Agnes, Arlington | St Joseph, Everett | St Joseph, Lowell | St Joseph. Malden | St James, Medford | St Joseph, Medford | St Joseph, Needham |and St Mary, Quincy | St Louis de France, Lowell | St Rafael, Medford | Our Lady of Mt Carmel, Methuen | St George, Norwood | St Anne, Salem | St Anthony of Padua, Shirley | St Brigid/St Eulalia, South Boston | St Joseh, Woburn. (Total additions: 50,000 records and 100,000 names)
Ancestry
- U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-Current (new total 198,633,254)
- U.S., Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, 1847-Current (new total 101,800,380)
- California, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1959 (new total 6,431,854)
Family Search
- New York, Birth Indexes outside of New York City, 1881-1942 (new total 61,055)
- United States Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1800-c. 1955
- California, LA, Angelus-Rosedale Cem/Crem Records, 1884-2002 (6,721 added)
- US, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014 (new total 29,761,753)
- Arkansas Marriage Index, 1933-1939 (new total 421,079)
- Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, BMDs 1853-1900 (new total 2,064,638)
- Hawaii, RBC, Deed Records, 1846-1900 (new total 17,797)
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