Sunday, July 5, 2009

New and Updated Genealogy Databases - July 2009

Here is my summary of important databases added or updated at several commercial websites:

1) New or Updated Databases at www.Ancestry.com:

* 1861, 1871 and 1881 Canadian Census (World)

* US, Canada, UK Obituary Collections Updated


* Canadian Passenger Lists (1865-1935) Updated (World)

* US City Directories Updated (US)

* US School Yearbooks Updated (US)


* Many Canadian, Australian and German books (World)

2) New/Updated LDS FamilySearch.org Indexing Projects (Free). These databases are available for FREE at http://pilot.familysearch.org/ - the LDS site for volunteer-indexed and browsable databases -- recently added or completed projects:

* Delaware Birth Records (1861-1908)

* Idaho Death Records (1911-1937) (no images)

* Massachusetts Death Records (1841-1915)

* New Mexico Death Records (1889-1945) (no images)

* Rhode Island State Census, 1915 (no images)

* Canada 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881 Census (no images)

* Campeche, Coahuila, Colima, Mexico Catholic Church Records (browse images)

3) New or Updated Databases at www.Footnote.com ($$)

* Los Angeles CA City Directories (ca 1884-1916)

* Dawes Enrollment Cards (1898-1914) (100% complete)

* Florida Today and Poughkeepsie Journal Historical Newspapers

4) New or Updated Databases at www.NewEnglandAncestors.org ($$)

* ACGS Index of Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials (New York only)

* The American Genealogist, Volumes 14–18

* New England Ancestors Magazine, Volumes 4-6

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