Free Record Collection During the Month of June

MyHeritage will open one of its subscription record collections to the public for free everyday during the month of June!

Below is a list of the record collections that will be available for free during June.


Collection               Country                  Number of Records                        Day

Sweden Household Examination Books, 1840-1947	Sweden	125,672,162	1st
1940 Denmark Census 1921 Denmark Census	Denmark Denmark	3,356,937 3,950,454	2nd
Denmark Church Records, 1576-1919	Denmark	48,076,879	3rd
1900 Norway Census	Norway	2,313,871	4th
1865 Norway Census	Norway	1,688,076	5th
Finland Church Census and Pre-Confirmation Books, 1657-1915	Finland	33,342,964	6th
U.S. City Directories	United States	545,346,857	7th
U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims, 1936-2007	United States	240,604,239	8th
Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers, 1836-1922	United States	10,186,647	9th
Ellis Island and Other New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957	United States	113,439,590	10th
1940 United States Federal Census	United States	134,437,293	11th
Massachusetts Newspapers, 1704-1974 Florida Newspapers, 1901-2009	United States United States	6,072,876 8,084,846	12th
Historical Books - Index of Authors and People Mentioned, 1811-2003	United States + Worldwide	494,096,284	13th
Compilation of Published Sources	United States + Worldwide	84,206,879	14th
Canada Newspapers, 1752-2007	Canada	6,961,070	15th
1921 Canada Census	Canada	8,683,491	16th
France, Nord Civil Marriages, 1792-1937	France	5,423,678	17th
France Death Index, 1970-2019	France	24,725,675	18th
Netherlands, Civil Births, 1811-1915	Netherlands	31,860,820	19th
Netherlands, Civil Marriages, 1811-1940	Netherlands	28,131,957	20th
England & Wales, Death Index, 1837-2005 England & Wales, Marriage Index, 1837-2005	United Kingdom United Kingdom	87,011,471 95,986,805	21st
1939 Register of England & Wales	United Kingdom	33,094,734	22nd
Hungary Catholic Church Records, 1636-1895	Hungary	52,294,424	23rd
Spain, Marriages, 1565-1950 Spain, Baptisms, 1502-1940	Spain Spain	8,303,137 25,055,776	24th
Australia Electoral Rolls, 1893-1949	Australia	16,306,739	25th
Mandatory Palestine Naturalization Applications, 1937-1947	Israel	206,731	26th
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Immigration Cards, 1900-1965 Brazil, Pernambuco Deaths, 1930-2017	Brazil Brazil	4,776,216 3,138,427	27th
Greece, Electoral Rolls 1863-1924 Greece, Corfu Vital Records, 1841-1932 Greece, Sparta Marriages 1835-1935	Greece Greece Greece	1,006,594 646,880 179,411	28th
Germany, Hesse Marriage Index, 1849-1931 Germany, Hesse Birth Index, 1874-1911	Germany Germany	4,770,560 3,784,938	29th
Germany North Rhine Westphalia Death Index	Germany	2,355,301	30th

Access to these collections on the specified days will be completely free, but free registration to MyHeritage will be required for non-MyHeritage users.

New Post/Update on Evangelical Protestant Cemetery

Work is progressing at the Evangelical Protestant Cemetery in Albany. For an update on this project please click here.

Exploring the Rhineland-Palatinate Free Webinar, 3 June 2020

Wednesday afternoon, 03 June 2020 at1 PM Central Time and 2 PM Eastern Time join travel experts Kathy Wurth and Matthias Uthoff from Family Tree Tours and guest speaker, author and genealogist Claire Gebben for a free webinar presentation, Exploring the Rhineland-Palatinate.

Claire's presentation is based on her experience in researching and visiting in Germany. Register here

For more information on Family Tree Tours"
1-888-798-2208
info@familytreetours.com

MyHeritage Free Access to Military Records

In honor of Memorial Day, MyHeritage is offering free access to its military collections between May 20th and May 26, 2020. The military collection contains over 57 million records. Use this link for free access!

Many of us have ancestors and relatives who served in the military. Search for free for your family military hero! Pension, draft, enlistment, and service records  can be found in the collection dating back to the Revolutionary War.

Ancestral Gravestones

Trying to get back to posting blog stories. The Coronavirus has many lives turned upside down; including myself. I am not ill but tied up and out of my element in other ways. In this article I will post a photo of the gravestones of my direct ancestors who are buried in the United States. For my genealogy research, I am very fortunate that most of my family is buried locally.

Paternal Grandparents

George Edward Kirk White & Margaret Mary Gannon

Our Lady of Angels Cemetery, Colonie, NY

Maternal Grandparents

Joseph Albert Koreman

Our Lady Help of Christians Cemetery, Glenmont, NY

Agnes Johanna Bailey

Our Lady Help of Christians Cemetery, Glenmont, NY

Paternal Great Grandparents

George Washington White

& 

Clara Boyd Hitchcock

Graceland Cemetery, Albany, NY

John Joseph Gannon & Catherine Theresa Eger

Our Lady of Angels Cemetery, Colonie, NY

Maternal Great Grandparents

Joseph William Koreman & Mary Albert

Our Lady Help of Christians Cemetery, Glenmont, NY

Mary Elizabeth Schick & Henry Joseph Bailey

St. Agnes Cemetery, Menands, NY

Paternal Great Great Grandparents

Charles William White & Mary Ann Wilson

Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, NY

Edward Kirk Hitchcock

&

Maria Louisa Mulder

Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, NY

Michael Joseph Gannon & Ann M. Cummings

St. Agnes Cemetery, NY

George Eger & Catherine Schuster

Our Lady of Angels Cemetery, Colonie, NY

Maternal Great Great Grandparents

 Henry Koreman

Our Lady Help of Christians Cemetery, Glenmont, NY

Margaret Behrhof

Our Lady Help of Christians Cemetery, Glenmont, NY

John Albert & Sophia Albert

Our Lady Help of Christians Cemetery, Glenmont, NY

Henry Joseph Bailey & Johanna O'Donnell

St. Agnes' Cemetery, Menands

Paternal Great Great Great Grandparents

Robert White & Ann Strong

Wellsville Cemetery, Wellsville, KS

James Henry Hitchcock & Caroline Gertrude Hitchcock

Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, NY

James & Caroline have no grave markers

Jacobus Mulder 
&
Klaasje Klasen Booij
(Clarissa Boyd)
Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, NY

Maternal Great Great Great Grandparents

Cornelis Koreman & Maria Catharina Colen
Originally buried in St. Mary's Cemetery, Albany, NY
Location of remains are unknown

Michael Behrhof & Magdalene Schaetzle

Our Lady Help of Christians Cemetery, Glenmont, NY

John Albert

Our Lady Help of Christians Cemetery, Glenmont, NY

Julia Hoffman

Our Lady Help of Christians Cemetery, Glenmont, NY

Joseph Albert & Maria Ittinger

Our Lady Help of Christians Cemetery, Glenmont, NY

Henry Benjamin Bailey & Bridget Kennedy

Calvary Cemetery, Glenmont

Buried in family plot with no gravestone

Thomas O'Donnell & Catherine McCarthy

Thomas originally buried in St. John's Cemetery, Albany, NY

Location of remains unknown

Catherine McCarthy buried in St. Agnes Cemetery, Menands, NY

Catherine has no gravestone

Paternal Great Great Great Great Grandparents

Geesje Roelofs Hoorn 

(Lucretia Boyd)

New Mount Ida Cemetery, Troy, NY

Husband Klaas Remmelt Booij remains are unknown

Aistroppe Robinson Hitchcock

Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, NY

wife Margaret Ann Sickman

buried at Albany Rural Cemetery without a gravestone

Paternal GGGGG Grandparents

Elizabeth Sickman
Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, NY

Paternal GGGGGG Grandparents

Samuel Hitchcock & Mary Schlippe
Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, NY