Wednesday, January 13, 2010

New or Updated Genealogy Databases - January 2010

The new or updated genealogy databases added by genealogy companies include (not a comprehensive list):

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

o The American Genealogist, Volumes 39–43
o Vital Records of Belfast, Maine, to the year 1892
o Records of the Church of Christ in Buxton, Maine, 1763–1844
o The Virginia Genealogist, Volumes 21–25
o Vital Records of Stamford, Connecticut to 1825
o Vital Records of Hartford, Windsor and Fairfield Connecticut, 1631 – 1691
o Vital Records of Gardiner, Maine to 1892

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

The World War II collection includes:
o Interactive USS Arizona Memorial
o Missing Air Crew Reports
o Pearl Harbor Muster Rolls
o U.S. Air Force Photos
o Submarine Patrol Reports
o Japanese Air Target Analysis
o Army JAG Case Files
o Navy JAG Case Files
o Naval Press Clippings

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

o Service Records of Confederate Soldiers
o Minutes of Court of Albany NY, 1668-1673
o Selected Town History books for NY and CT
o The History of Georgia - Volumes 1 and 2
o See list of new databases at http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/RecentContentListing.aspx

4) New or Updated Databases at www.GenealogyBank.com ($$)

o Over 200 new Newspapers added -- See list of all titles at http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/newspapers/sourcelist/

5) New or Updated Databases at www.Ancestry.com ($$)

o Updated indexes/images for 1790 to 1870 Census
o Nebraska State Census Collection, 1860-1885
o Allier, France Births, Marriages, Deaths
o Many German language surname and locality books
o See New/Updated databases at http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/recent.aspx

6) New/Updated LDS www.FamilySearch.org Indexing Projects (Free Access)

These databases are available for at http://pilot.familysearch.org/ - the LDS site for volunteer-indexed databases -- recently added projects:
o Florida State Census, 1935, 1945
o Georgia Deaths, 1930 (index only)
o 1920 US Census(84% complete) (index only)
o Washington State County Marriages, 1858-1950
o Cheshire Bishop’s transcripts, Parish Registers, Non-conformist church records
o Borndorf, Germany Church book (1810-1869)
o Posen, Germany Church book (1794-1874)
o Presov Region, Slovakia Church Books (1592-1906)
o Argentina National Census, 1869
o Ciudad de Guatemala Censo de 1877
o Dominican Republic Civil Births
o Brazil Civil Registration, 1870-2006
o Orange Free State (S.Africa) estate files (1951-1973)

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