Below is a summary of US family history collections released or updated by the major genealogy databases in the last five weeks. (Previous summary list published 20 April, 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
- US, New York, Birth Indexes outside of New York City, 1881-1942 (327,064) From reclaimtherecords.org.
FindMyPast
MyHeritage
- 1950 USA Federal Census (AI Index and images) (63,562,384)
- Connecticut Marriages (1,611,580)
- Wisconsin, Local Literature Records (161,599)
- Indiana, Allen County Obituaries (333,325)
Updated Collections
AmericanAncestors
- Norfolk County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1793-1900: (database complete with 42,600 records)
- Massachusetts: (Image-Only) RC Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920
St. Cecilia (Ashland), St. Mary (Franklin), St. John the Evangelist (North Chelmsford), St. Mary (Plymouth) and St. Peter (Plymouth). (3,000 pages) - Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920
Belmont, Danvers, Quincy, Lawrence, Saugus, Lowell, Medford, Methuen, Norwood, Salem, Shirley, South Boston, Woburn, Cambridge, Newburyport, and Salem.
Ancestry
- Missouri, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1766-1988 (2,355,528)
- Wisconsin, U.S., Marriage Records, 1820-2004 (new total 6,550,801)
- Wisconsin, U.S., Birth Records, 1812-1921 (new total 1,031,136)
- Wisconsin, U.S., Death Records, 1959-2004 (new total 4,440,400)
- 1950 United States Federal Census (/ 154,257,311)
- USA Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current (/ 901,458,766)
- U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current (New total 167,901,825)
- Global, Find a Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current (13,134,300)
FamilySearch
- Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991 (7,729,052)
- Massachusetts, Boston Tax Records, 1822-1918 (13,232,737)
- Oregon, Military Discharge Records, 1919-1967 (11,674)
- West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999 (2,224,230)
- West Virginia Births, 1853-1930 (1,046,880)
- California, LA, Angelus-Rosedale Cem/Crem Records, 1884-2002 (7,882 / 370,220)
- Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001 (6,403,269)
- Massachusetts, Springfield Vital Records, 1638-1887 (67,355)
- United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014 (33,867,713)
- Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921 (2,476,596)
- Kansas State Census, 1925 (1,843,934)
- United States Index to Alien Case Files, 1940-2003 (455,674)
- Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915 (1,325,760)
- Louisiana, Orleans Parish Vital Records, 1900-1964 (181,477)
- USA Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1800-c.1955 (88,578)
- Texas, Grimes County, Deed Records, 1869-1917 (1,858 / 4,591)
- Texas, Hardin County, Deed Records, 1840-1920 (1,122 / 2,865)
- Utah, Utah County Records, 1850-1962 (7,338 / 15,609)
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