Susan Field - Genealogist

12/05/2025

Big news for genealogists and historians! After a four-year legal battle, Reclaim The Records just won access to New York State's death index from 1880-2017 — over 10 million records now available for free at NewYorkDeathIndex.com.
The state's highest court ruled that this public data belongs to the public. Names, death dates, ages, residences, and file numbers are now searchable online, with more data fields potentially coming after additional court review.
New York finally joins its neighboring states in providing free access to vital records. This is a huge win for family history research.

12/02/2025

11/01/2025

Learn from Kathryn Grant's experience with Full-Text Search, including new features.For more information:

10/31/2025

Free Online Pennsylvania Death Records and Indexes - Updated

New collections have been added, so there are now 264 Free Online Death Collection Links for the state!

Check them out at https://theancestorhunt.com/blog/free-online-pennsylvania-death-records-and-indexes/

10/30/2025

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08/05/2025

08/04/2025

Still no formal announcement, but it looks like MyHeritage has finally disabled uploads for all accounts. This is the right move to protect their users. It'll be interesting to see how it affects their growth.

07/31/2025

Good Tip!

07/13/2025

https://www.thoughtco.com/most-common-us-surnames-1422656

Review the 100 most common U.S. surnames and their origins. Did yours make the cut?