Following is a list of updates and additions to databases at Ancestry.com. You can visit Ancestry.com for more information or to access these databases:
Dorset, England, Land Tax Returns, 1780-1832
“This database contains annual Land Tax returns from Dorset, England.”
Records: 646167
Date: 6/13/2012
UPDATED New Orleans, Passenger Lists, 1820-1945
“This database is an index to the passenger and crew lists of ships arriving from foreign ports at the port of New Orleans, Louisiana from 1820-1945. The names found in the index are linked to actual images of the passenger lists, digitized from National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) microfilm.”
Records: 3621543
Date: 6/11/2012
UPDATED Tilburg, Netherlands, Marriages, 1811-1924
“Located in the southern Dutch province of North Brabant, near the border with Belgium, the city of Tilburg is currently home to over 159,000 people.
This database includes marriage records from Tilburg and the surrounding towns of Oisterwijk, Moergestel, Udenhout, Berkel-Enschot, Loon op Zand, Kaatsehuevel, Hilvarenbeek, Diessen, Goirle, and Riel. Each record often provides birth information, marriage date, marriage location, and religion.”
Records: 105691
Date: 6/8/2012
UPDATED Connecticut, Marriage Index, 1959-2001
“This database is an index to Connecticut marriages from 1959-2001. The index was created and obtained from the Connecticut Department of Public Health. Information that may be found within this index includes place of marriage, groom’s full name, age, race, nativity, and residence, bride’s full name, age, race, nativity, and residence, state file number, marriage date, and the name of the person who performed the ceremony.”
Records: 2011481
Date: 6/8/2012
UPDATED Anderson County, Kansas, Marriages, 1857-1894
“This collection contains marriage records for Anderson County, Kansas.”
Records: 6056
Date: 6/8/2012
UPDATED Gadsden County, Florida Marriages, 1851-75
“Florida was the first Atlantic colony to be settled, but the last to be admitted to the Union. Upon receiving statehood in March 1845, its people had lived under the flags of four sovereign nations: Spain, France, Great Britain, and the United States. When completed, this database will contain most of the marriage records for the state of Florida. Currently, it consists of records for Gadsden County, with more counties to follow. Researchers will find such information as the names of both brides and groom, the date of the marriage, and the place of marriage.”
Records: 4464
Date: 6/8/2012
UPDATED U.S. Federal Census – 1880 Schedules of Defective, Dependent, and Delinquent Classes
“In the 1880 U.S. Federal Census, a supplemental schedule called “Dependent, Defective, and Delinquent Classes” was included. This schedule included different forms to enumerate the following classes of individuals:
- Insane
- Idiots
- Deaf-mutes
- Blind
- Paupers and Indigent persons
- Homeless children
- Prisoners”
Records: 295168
Date: 6/6/2012
UPDATED U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925
“Passport applications from 1795–1925 are contained in this database including emergency passport applications (passports issued abroad) for the years 1877–1925; special passport applications (military, diplomats, civilian federal employees, and dependents), 1914–1925; applications for extension and amendment of passports, 1918–1925; applications for certificates of identity in Germany, 1920–1921; and applications for declarants 1907–1911 and 1914–1920. It also contains passport application registers for 1810–1817, 1830–1831, and 1834–1906. Passports issued March 4–5, 1919 (numbers 67500–67749) are missing from the NARA collection and not in this database.”
Records: 1835497
Date: 6/6/2012
U.S., Consular Registration Applications, 1916-1925
“This database consists of applications of US citizens to stay in a foreign country for an extended period of time. Applications included in this collection pertain to both native-born and naturalized American citizens. Two different applications were used depending on the citizenship type.”
Records: 45028
Date: 6/6/2012
Dutchess County, New York, Naturalization Records, 1932-1989
“This database contains records created as aliens applied for U.S. citizenship through courts in Dutchess County. These include Declarations of Intention, Petitions for Naturalization, Certificates of Arrival, affidavits of witnesses, and other documents.”
Records: 7305
Date: 6/5/2012
UPDATED 1940 United States Federal Census
“The U.S. census taken on April 1, 1940 was the 16th census of the United States. It tallied the population of the country at 131,669,000 for the continental U.S. (this excludes both Hawaii and Alaska) and 150,621,231 for the U.S. and all territories and possessions except the Philippines. This represented an increase of 7.2 percent in the continental U.S. since the 1930 census.”
Records: 15390233
Date: 6/5/2012
“New York began taking formal state censuses in 1825 both to determine representation in state government and to produce statistics the government might find useful. The state took a census every ten years from 1825 through 1875, another in 1892, and then every ten years again from 1905 to 1925. State censuses like the 1915 census are useful because they fall in between federal census years and provide an interim look at a population. The 1915 New York census also took place during an era of heavy immigration; between the 1910 and 1920 federal censuses, the state would add almost 1.3 million inhabitants.”
Records: 9756993
6/5/2012
“In New York state censuses were taken every ten years from 1825-1875, in 1892, and then again from 1905-1925. This database is an index to the 1892 New York state census. It should be noted that the 1892 NY State Census original copies were held by the individual county’s courthouse. Several of the counties did not keep copies of the original records and are therefore not included in this database. There are no known copies of the following counties:”
Records: 3754629
Date: 6/5/2012
“New York began taking formal state censuses in 1825 both to determine representation in state government and to produce statistics the government might find useful. The state took a census every ten years from 1825 through 1875, another in 1892, and then every ten years again from 1905 to 1925. State censuses like the 1925 census are useful because they fall in between federal census years and provide an interim look at a population.
This database also includes images of an enumeration of Indians on the Onondaga Indian Reservation.”
Records: 11117985
Date: 6/5/2012
Mississippi, Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers, 1812-1815
“This database contains an index and images of compiled service records (CSRs) for volunteer soldiers who served the United States government in the War of 1812.”
Records: 5557
Date: 6/4/2012
New York, Military Service Cards, 1857-1915
“This database contains index cards that summarize the service history of officers in the New York National Guard, the state militia, and possibly other military units. The cards list the following details:
- name
- ranks
- organizations (units)
- location of service history”
Records: 43277
Date: 6/4/2012
War of 1812 Pension Application Files Index, 1812-1815
“This database contains an index to War of 1812 pension application files. Pensions were applied for and granted to War of 1812 veterans or their survivors.”
Records: 81265
Date: 6/4/2012
Pennsylvania, War of 1812 Pensions, 1866-1879
“This database contains pension records related to Pennsylvania soldiers who served in the War of 1812.”
Records: 19369
Date: 6/4/2012