Below you’ll find an archive of our database blog posts:
Massachusetts: Biographical Entries of People of African Descent in New Bedford and Coastal Towns Also Once Part of Dartmouth, Volume 4, Surnames S-Z - The fourth and final volume, consisting of surnames S-Z, has been published for the database, Massachusetts: Biographical Entries of People of African Descent in New Bedford and Coastal Towns Also Once Part of Dartmouth (Westport, Dartmouth, and Fairhaven). This update adds 12,325 names, 6,025 records, and 392 pages to the 10 Million Names Project. Historian...
Update: Boston Tea Party Biographies - We have added one new sketch and one updated sketch to the Boston Tea Party Participant Biographies database. The following sketches are proven participants or eyewitnesses: Updated: Ridgeway/Ridgway, Isaac (1758-1842) [Participant] New: Wells, Thomas (1746-1810) [Eyewitness] The goal of this project is to create comprehensive biographical sketches for all individuals associated with or known to have...
New Sketches: Early Vermont Settlers, 1700-1784 - We’ve added four new sketches and three updated sketches to Early Vermont Settlers, 1700-1784. The people profiled in these sketches lived in Brattleboro, Guilford, Halifax, and Springfield. These sketches were created by Scott Andrew Bartley, who is researching the heads of families who lived in Vermont prior to the Revolutionary War. His study project is not...
Update: Great Migration Study Project - We have completed a major update to The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635. All vital records have been indexed for volumes 1-7 and are now searchable. This update allows users to search for immigrants by name, location, and date. Searches for spouses and parents are also now possible in the relationship field. There...
Update: Portsmouth, NH: School Records, 1846-1958 - After a long hiatus, we are excited to share that we have completed a large update to Portsmouth, NH: School Records, 1846-1958. Ninety-seven volumes have been added for the schools Atlantic Heights, Bartlett, Cabot, Farragut, Franklin, Haven, Jones, Manning, Peabody, and Woodbury. These volumes contain 97,362 records and 115,594 names, bringing the totals for this...
New Database: Kentucky: Kentucky Enslaved Church Records Project - We are excited to share a new 10 Million Names database today, Kentucky: Kentucky Enslaved Church Records Project. These valuable records were provided by Reckoning, Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization whose mission is to examine the legacy of slavery in America and to create ways for communities to engage with this information through research projects, media...
New Database: R. Stanton Avery Special Collections: Family Registers and Bible Records - Today we are excited to announce a new database, the R. Stanton Avery Special Collections: Family Registers and Bible Records. This database is an ongoing project provided by our Digital Library and Archives, and more volumes will be added as they are completed. So far, this database contains 63,127 names and 31,990 records. Bible records,...
Massachusetts: Biographical Entries of People of African Descent in New Bedford and Coastal Towns Also Once Part of Dartmouth, Volume 3, Surnames K-R - Today we have published Volume 3: Surnames K-R for the database, Massachusetts: Biographical Entries of People of African Descent in New Bedford and Coastal Towns Also Once Part of Dartmouth (Westport, Dartmouth, and Fairhaven). This update adds 10,662 names, 5,259 records, and 338 pages to the 10 Million Names Project. This database now consists of...
New and Updated Sketches: Early Vermont Settlers, 1700-1784 - Today we’ve added two new sketches and two updated sketches to Early Vermont Settlers, 1700-1784. The people profiled in these sketches lived in Brattleboro and Guilford. These sketches were created by Scott Andrew Bartley, who is researching the heads of families who lived in Vermont prior to the Revolutionary War. His study project is not only...
Update: American Offshore Whaling Crew and Voyage Lists, 1799-1927 - We are excited to announce that we have added crew lists to the database: American Offshore Whaling Crew and Voyage Lists, 1799-1927. This update makes this database a part of 10 Million Names and adds 186,873 records and names to this database. The volumes are now organized by “Crew Lists” and “Voyages,” and then within...