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 27 May, 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/or the revised total. I rarely include updates of fewer than 1,000 records.
NEW COLLECTIONS
Ancestry
- Virginia, U.S., Birth Registers, 1853-1911 (3,660,518)
- Pennsylvania, U.S., Fugitive Slave Case Files, 1850–1860 (32)
BritishNewspaperArchive (and FindMyPast's Ultimate and Pro subs)
MyHeritage
- United States, Alien Case Files (1,167,993)
- Kansas, Fraternal Order Death Notices (53,824)
- Arkansas, World War I Discharge Records (69,041)
- Arkansas, City of Rogers Area Cemetery Records (86,424)
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
AmericanAncestors These are from the last update of 26 May.
- Massachusetts: (Image-Only) RC Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920
St Luke (Belmont), St Mary of the Annunciation (Danvers), St Francis of Assisi (Lawrence), Sacred Heart (Middleboro), St Joseph (Needham), St Brigid (South Boston), St Cecilia (Ashland), St Mary (Franklin), St John the Evangelist (North Chelmsford), St Mary (Plymouth), St John the Baptist (Quincy), St Joseph (Quincy), St Joseph (Woburn), St Joseph (Salem) and St Peter (Plymouth). (8,600+ pages) - Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920
Belmont, Danvers, East Boston, Quincy, Lawrence, Saugus, Lowell, Marlborough, Medford, Methuen, Norwood, Salem, Shirley, South Boston, Woburn, Cambridge, Newburyport, Kingston, Maynard, Revere, and Waltham.
Ancestry
- Mississippi Naturalization Records, 1907-2008 (63,451)
- US Virgin Islands, Arriving/Departing Passenger/Crew Lists, 1885-1962 (916,008)
- US, Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-current (2,483,233 / 268,031,437)
- US 1950 Federal Census (54,255,152)
- Montana County Naturalizations, 1867-1970 (51,986 new relative records/186,882)
- South Dakota Federal Naturalizations, 1904-28 (1,663 new relative records/4,122)
- South Carolina Naturalizations, 1868-1991 (69,530 new relative records/ 175,497)
- Oklahoma Naturalizations, 1889-1991 (41,475 new relative records/75,739)
- Minnesota Federal Naturalizations, 1896-1989 (71,376)
- Maryland Fed'l Naturalizations, 1795-1931 (81,769 new relative records/244,108)
- Maine Federal Naturalization Records, 1787-1991 (66,567 new relative records/238,849)
- Arkansas Wills and Probate Records, 1818-1998 (225,980)
- Delaware wills and Probate Records, 1676-1971 (231,542)
- Florida Wills and Probate Records, 1827-1950 (156,895)
- Georgia Wills and Probate Records, 1742-1992 (955,197)
- Kentucky Wills and Probate Records, 1774-1989 (701,149)
- Maryland Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1777 (134,983)
- North Carolina Wills and Probate Records, 1665-1998 (2,662,004)
- Tennessee Wills and Probate Records, 1779-2008 (1,059,189)
- Texas Wills and Probate Records, 1833-1974 (632,992)
- Virginia Wills and Probate Records, 1652-1900 (1,378,247
- West Virginia Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1985 (1,272,117)
- USA Freedmen's Bureau Records, 1865-1878 (3,064,033)
- USA Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1874 (685,322)
FamilySearch
- California, LA, Angelus-Rosedale Cem/Crem Records, 1884-2002 (1,716)
- New York, Birth Indexes outside of New York City, 1881-1942 (576,587)
- United States Index to Alien Case Files, 1940-2003 (1,484,268)
- United States, Enlisted and Officer Muster Rolls and Rosters, 1916-1939 (98,322,874)
- New York, Military Discharge Records, 1865-1946 (2,368)
- Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007 (7,601,863)
- Washington, County Death Registers, 1881-1979 (481,389)
- Indiana, Military Discharge Records, c1864 - c1985 (5,888)
MyHeritage
- Arlington National Cemetery (399,950 images)
- Newspaper Name Index, USA and Canada (1,242,085,497 / 2,250,023,697)
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