Below is a summary of US family history collections released or updated by the major genealogy databases in the last month. (Previous summary list published 14 July, 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
AmericanAncestors
FamilySearch
- Alaska, Village Census Rolls, 1919-1972 (2,098)
- Iowa, Evangelical Lutheran Church, Vital Records, 1866-1919 (1,441)
- Louisiana, Military Discharge Records, ca.1890 - ca.1951 (1,182)
- Mississippi, Military Discharge Records, 1917-1974 (3,875)
- Minnesota, Military Discharge Records, ca.1917 - ca.1990 (6,152)
- Missouri, Military Discharge Records, 1862-1996 (1,928)
- Virginia, Various Counties, Military Discharge Records, 1919-1980 (5,287)
FindMyPast
- Pennsylvania, List of British Prisoners in the War of Revolution (2,405)
- Pennsylvania, Episcopalian Births and Baptisms (117,000)
- Pennsylvania, Episcopalian Marriages (153,000)
- Pennsylvania, Episcopalian Deaths and Burials (135,000)
- Pennsylvania, Episcopalian Congregational Records (55,886)
MyHeritage
- Indiana, Grant County Obituaries, from 1864 (345,256)
- Indiana, Grant County, Deaths and Burials, from 1899 (209,204)
UPDATED COLLECTIONS
AmericanAncestors
- Massachusetts: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston Records, 1789-1920 from St Jean Baptiste, Lowell | St Francis of Assisi, Lawrence | St Mary, Plymouth | St Peter, Plymouth. (71,300 records and 150,000 names)
Ancestry
- Idaho, U.S. Naturalization Records, 1903-1982 (40,962)
- Alabama, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1753-1999
- Arizona, U.S. Naturalization Records, 1909-1991 (182,066)
- California, U.S., State Court Naturalization Records, 1850-1986
- Colorado, U.S., State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1868-1990
- Indiana, U.S., Marriage Certificates, 1960-2012
- Indiana, U.S., Federal Naturalization Records, 1892-1992
- Louisiana, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1756-1984
- New Jersey, U.S., Death Index, 1848-1878, 1901-2017
- New Jersey, U.S., Birth Index, 1848-1878, 1901-1903
- South Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980
- United States Federal Census 1950
- U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current
- USA Returns from Regular Army Non-Infantry Regiments, 1821-1916
- Utah, U.S., Naturalization and Citizenship Records, 1858-1959
- Washington, U.S., Naturalizations, 1853-1980
- Washington, U.S., Arriving and Departing Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1965
FamilySearch
- Florida, Divorce, 1927-1950 (133,346)
- Kansas, Military Discharge Records, ca.1862 - ca.1999 (7,029)
- Hawaii, Registrar of Bureau of Conveyances, Deed Records, 1846-1900 (1,308)
- Iowa State Census, 1925 (2,487,917)
- Louisiana, Military Discharge Records, ca.1890 - ca.1951 (1,182)
- Massachusetts, Boston Tax Records, 1822-1918 (17,135,501)
- Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915 (1,325,760)
- Massachusetts, Births, 1636-1924 (354,112)
- Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924 (1,464,148)
- Minnesota, County Deaths, 1850-2001 (1,242,298)
- New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947 (501,128)
- New Jersey, Reclaim the Records, Geographic Birth Index, 1901-1929 (1,882,930)
- New York, Military Discharge Records, 1865-1946 (46,888)
- New York, Birth Indexes outside of New York City, 1881-1942 (640,875)
- North Carolina, Wake County, Death Records, 1900-1909 (4,291)
- Oklahoma, Military Discharge Records, 1898-1993 (13,722)
- South Carolina, Charleston County, Charleston, Birth Registers, 1901-1926 (36,674)
- Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, BoH Death Records, 1848-1913 (107,123)
- Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 (4,543,233)
- United States Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1800-c1955 (1,012,324)
- Washington, County Death Registers, 1881-1979 (1,535,848)
MyHeritage
- BillionGraves (50,493,238)
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