The following U.S.A. and Canada vital-records oriented databases have been recently added or updated at FamilySearch.org.
We’ve also updated all 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 (not updated since January)
- USA State & Territorial Censuses and Tax Records Found at FamilySearch.org
THE FOLLOWING DATABASES WERE POSTED OR UPDATED AT FAMILYSEARCH.ORG SINCE 24 JUNE 2012:
NEW Database – Alabama, County Probate Records, 1830-1976 – Imaged Records – Collection of probate records, including case files and other documents created by the probate courts of various Alabama counties. Probates were generally recorded in the county of residence. This collection covers probate records created 1800-1930, but the content and time period of the records will vary by county. Files from Madison and Talladega counties have not been indexed, but are arranged in alphabetical order by the deceased’s name. Additional records may be added to this collection – 25,297 Records – 1,950,136 images as of 26 June 2012.
NEW Database – Michigan, Probate Records, 1797-1973 – Imaged Records – Probate records from county courthouses in Michigan. Most of the collection contains estate files. The content and time period varies by county. Some of the records date before 1837 when Michigan became a state – 1,261,323 images as of 28 June 2012.
Updated Browse – Texas Death, 1890-1976 (New Images) – Imaged Records – Images of Texas statewide death certificates, including delayed certificates and probate obituaries, from the Texas Department of State Health Services in Austin – Digital images of originals housed at the State Registrar Office in Austin, Texas – 4,476,649 images as of 28 June 2012. This database includes an updated browse that makes it much easier to find records – which are broken down by Record Type (Death Certificates, Foreign Deaths, and Probate obitiuaries) year range, then certificate by month and county.
NEW Database – Pennsylvania, Probate Records 1683-1994 – Imaged Records – This collection includes probate records created in Pennsylvania counties. The records include wills, estate records and indexes -The records are broken down by county, and then by record type. Although not indexed by record, the collection includes the images of many indexes. 3,197,552 images as of 27 June 2012.
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915 – Browsable Imaged Records & Searchable Records – This collection has several types of records: 1) Death certificate 2) Death register 3) Return of Death with a hospital certificate, physician’s certificate, and an undertaker’s certificate, and 4) Transit Permit with the permit to move a body and an undertaker’s certificate concerning the move. The records give the name of the deceased plus the date and place of death and/or burial. The records may also give the date and place of birth, names of parents and spouse, cause of death, and other information. – 2,442,468 records and 3,370,070 images as of 28 June 2012 – up 1,510,210 images since 22 March 2012.
United States Social Security Death Index – Name index to deaths recorded by the Social Security Administration beginning in 1962. Current as of May 31, 2012 – 91,621,466 records as of 2 July 2012.
New DATABASE – Nova Scotia Vital Records 1763-1957 – Index created by the Nova Scotia Archives. Contains registered births 1864-1877 with some birth entries as early as 1810, delayed births 1836-1907, marriages 1763-1932, and deaths 1864-1877, 1908-1957 – 805,577 Records as of July 3, 2012.
