New or Updated Online Databases - April 2010

The new or updated databases on several fee-based and free genealogy websites for late March and early April include:

1) New or Updated Databases on www.Ancestry.com ($$):

* Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1801-1926 (World)
* US Public Records Index, Volume 1 (US)
* Improved 1790, 1800, 1810 Federal Census (US)
* Perthshire, Scotland Militia Survey, 1802 (World)
* British Columbia Marriage Index, 1872-1924 (World)
* Many German language family history and locality books (World)
* See New and Updated Ancestry databases at http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/recent.aspx

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

* Social Security Death Index (to February 2010)
* American Ancestors Magazine (Winter 2010)
* The Virginia Genealogist, Volumes 26-30
* See list of all document sets at New England Ancestors http://www.NewEnglandAncestors.org/database_search/

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

* Homestead Records (partial, Nebraska only)
* Civil War Widow’s Pension Files (partial)
* Naturalization Records – Western PA, Middle PA, Eastern NY, Southern NY, Northern OH
* Passport Applications, 1795-1905
* See list of all document sets on Footnote.com at http://www.footnote.com/documents/

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

* Revolutionary War Soldier Burial Records
* Added records from 51 newspapers in 28 states
* See list of all available newspaper titles at http://www.genealogybank.com/gbnk/newspapers/sourcelist/

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

* Records of Italians Immigrating to United States
* Records of Germans Immigrating to United States
* Records of Russians Immigrating to United States
* See list of all document sets on World Vital Records at
http://www.worldvitalrecords.com/contentsearch.aspx

6) New and Updated Databases at http://pilot.FamilySearch.org (Free)

* Florida State Census, 1885 (search or browse)
* United States Census, 1920 (98% completed, search only, no images)
* Mexico Civil Registration (Tlaxcala only, no search, browse images only)
* Norfolk, Church of England Parish Registers, 1538-1900 (complete?, no search, browse images only)
* Spain, Catholic Church Records (six provinces, no search, browse images only)
* Netherlands, Gelderland Province Civil Registration, 1811-1950 (complete?, no search, browse images only)
* Netherlands, Zuid-Holland Province Civil Registration, 1811-1942 (complete?, no search,
browse images only)
* Argentina Catholic Church Records (six provinces, no search, browse images only)
* Puerto Rico Civil Registration, 1836-1901 (complete?, no search, browse images only)
* South Africa, Orange Free State, Estate Files, 1951-1973 (complete? no search, browse images only)
* See all Volunteer-indexed databases on the Pilot Record Search site at http://pilot.familysearch.org/