Below you’ll find an archive of our database blog posts:
New Database—New York: Fort Ticonderoga - In commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we are please to announce a new database: New York: Fort Ticonderoga. This database contains 11,094 names across 10,400 records and was made possible through our collaboration with Fort Ticonderoga, the site of America’s first offensive victory during the American Revolution. Founded in 1909, Fort Ticonderoga...
New Database—South Carolina: Slave Mortgage Records, 1734-1864 - We are excited to announce a new database: South Carolina: Slave Mortgage Records, 1734-1864. This database adds 137,170 names and 137,195 records to the 10 Million Names Project. A slave mortgage was a financial tool that allowed lenders to extend credit based on the value of enslaved people. It adapted conventional finance to meet the...
New Database—United States: World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946 - We are excited to announce a new database today! United States: World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946. This database contains 9,038,855 records and names documenting men and women who enlisted in the United States Army during the years surrounding World War II. The records include members of the Army as well as the Women’s...
New Sketches: Early Vermont Settlers, 1700-1784 - Today we have added three new sketches and one updated sketch to Early Vermont Settlers, 1700-1784. The people profiled in these sketches lived in Cavendish, Guilford, Plymouth, and Stowe. 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...
Dutchess County, NY: The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Volumes 12-14 - We are happy to announce that we have added volumes 12-14 to the Dutchess County, NY: The Settlers of the Beekman Patent database. This series of books is an invaluable resource for researching the early settlers of Dutchess county, New York. These volumes add 54,178 names, 54,642 records, and 3,370 pages to the database. Please...
New Database—New Jersey and Pennsylvania: Slave Birth Records, 1788-1839 - We are excited to share that we have published a new database, New Jersey and Pennsylvania: Slave Birth Records, 1788-1839. This valuable database adds 3,585 names and 3,035 records to the 10 Million Names Project. Both New Jersey and Pennsylvania passed gradual abolition acts—New Jersey in 1804 and Pennsylvania in 1780. Afterwards, both states began recording the names of enslaved people. This database includes records for Bergen, Essex, Middlesex,...
New Database—United States: Indenture and Manumission Records, 1780-1939 - We are excited to share that we have published a new database, United States: Indenture and Manumission Records, 1780-1939. This database adds 36,980 records and 28,740 names to the 10 Million Names Project. This collection contains records of indentures, apprenticeships, and manumissions from certain counties in Alabama, District of Columbia, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. These records include the...
New Sketches: Early Vermont Settlers, 1700-1784 - We’ve added four new sketches to Early Vermont Settlers, 1700-1784. The people profiled in these sketches lived in 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 only identifying those who sought...
Update: Boston Tea Party Sketches - We have added one new sketch, Prentiss/Prentice, Nathaniel (1743-1817) [Eyewitness], and one updated sketch, Ridgeway/Ridgway, Isaac (1758-1842) [Participant], to the Boston Tea Party Participant Biographies. The goal of this project is to create comprehensive biographical sketches for all individuals associated with or known to have participated in the Boston Tea Party, which took place on...
New Database—South Carolina: Charleston County Slave Bills of Sale, 1774-1872 - We are excited to announce the publication of a new database, South Carolina: Charleston County Slave Bills of Sale, 1774-1872, which adds 258,913 names and 258,944 records to the 10 Million Names Project. The database includes bills of sale for enslaved people from official Charleston County, South Carolina court records. The records are indexed by first and last names. The names of both...