The following U.S.A. vital-records oriented databases have been added or updated at FamilySearch.org since January 24th. Eight new data items have been added for nine States. Look for an additional updates for the first part of February by Monday, February 13th.
We’ve also updated all five of the GenealogyBlog Online Database Links Files.
See:
- United States Birth & Christening Records Found at FamilySearch.org
- United States Marriage Documents & Indexes Found at FamilySearch.org
- United States Death & Probate Records Found at FamilySearch.org
- Canadian Vital Records Databases Posted at FamilySearch.org
- USA State & Territorial Censuses and Tax Records Found at FamilySearch.org
THE FOLLOWING DATABASES WERE POSTED OR UPDATED AT FAMILYSEARCH.ORG SINCE 23 January 2012:
Arkansas, Marriage Index, 1933-1939 – index to marriages from the Arkansas Vital Records Division, Arkansas Department of Health – 421,079 records as of 24 January 2012.
Arkansas, Death Index, 1914-1950 – Index of deaths from the Arkansas Division of Vital Records, Arkansas Department of Health – 594,114 records as of 24 January 2012.
West Virginia Will Books, 1756-1971 – Images and index. The collection includes the index and images for will books from all 55 counties of West Virginia. Probate records include petitions, inventories, accounts, decrees, oaths of executors, forms about guardians and other court documents – 25,162 records and 325,731 images as of 25 January 2012.
Utah, Box Elder County Records, 1856-1960 – Browsable images of county records, marriage, naturalization, military, probate and land and property located at the county courthouse in Brigham City, Utah – 25,379 images as of 25 January 2012.
New York Probate Records, 1629-1971 – Imaged Records – Images from probate records in various county Surrogate Courts in New York. The content of the probate records and their year range vary by county. Most records end in the 1920s with some indexes continuing to the year 1971. This collection does not include records from metropolitan New York at this time – 1,631,822 images as of 25 January 2012, up 1,922 images from 28 December 2011.
New York Queens County Probate Records, 1899-1921 – Images of probate records and proceedings from the Queens County Surrogate’s Court in Jamaica, New York. – 761,504 images as of 27 January 2012 – up 38,268 images since 9 January 2011.
Massachusetts, State Vital Records, 1841-1920 – Imaged Reords – Massachusetts births, marriages and deaths, 1916-1920 and state amendments to vital records, 1841-1920 located at the state archives in Boston. This collection is being published as images become available – 319,558 images as of 27 January 2012 , up 35,561 from 29 December 2011.
Arkansas County Marriages 1837-1957 – Index and images of marriages recorded in counties of Arkansas – 1,869,736 records as of 27 January 2012, up 81,822 from 4 April 2011.