Thursday, November 11, 2010

Recent Collections Added at FamilySearch Beta

As of today, there are 494 Historical Collections on the FamilySearch Beta site.  Those cited as "Recently Added or Updated" include:

Arizona, Service Records of Confederate Soldiers of the Civil War, 1861-1863 (1,173 records, updated 9 November 2010)

Arkansas County Marriages, 1837-1957 (1,694,330 records, updated 5 November 2010)

Belgium Marriages, 1563-1890  (58,674 records, updated 5 November 2010)

Belgium, Antwerp Police Immigration Index, 1840-1930 (343,930 records, updated 5 November 2010)

Canada Census, 1881 (751,227 records, updated 5 November 2010)

Chile, Concepcion, Civil Registration, 1885-1903 (70,449 records, updated 5 November 2010)

Colombia, Catholic Church Records (browse images only, 2,347,585 images, updated 10 November 2010)

France Births and Baptisms, 1546-1896 (6,779,071 records, updated 5 November 2010)

Georgia, Deaths, 1928-1930 (123,419 records, updated 5 November 2010)

Germany, Bremen Passenger Departure Lists, 1904-1914 (44,315 records, updated 1 November 2010)

Guatemala, Guatemala City, Sagrario Parish Baptisms, 1898-1920 (18,535 records, updated 10 November 2010)

Jamaica Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 (browse only, 37,199 images, updated 9 November 2010)

Jamaica, Civil Birth Registration (947,896 records, updated 5 November 2010)

Louisiana, Eastern District Naturalization Petitions, 1838-1861 (1,450 records, updated 11 November 2010)

Maryland, Naturalization Indexes, 1797-1951 (85,222 records, updated 9 November 2010)

Maryland, Naturalization Petitions, 1906-1931 (45,165 records, updated 11 November 2010)

Massachusetts Naturalization Index, 1906-1966 (388,086 records, updated 9 November 2010)

Mexico Census, 1930 (2,308,802 records, updated 5 November 2010)

Minnesota State Census, 1885 (227,047 records, updated 5 November 2010)

Minnesota State Census, 1865 (47,437 records, updated 9 November 2010)

New Mexico Deaths, 1889-1945 (167,825 records, updated 5 November 2010)

New York State Census, 1905 (2,752,996 records, updated 10 November 2010)

*   New York, Western District, Naturalization Index, 1907-1966 (89,554 records, updated 9 November 2010)

New York, Eastern District Naturalization Petitions, 1865-1957 (675,035 records, updated 9 November 2010)


* Nicaragua, Managua, Civil Registration, 1879-2007 (320,890 records, updated 5 November 2010)

North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930 (615,656 records, updated 5 November 2010)

Oklahoma, Applications for Enrollment to the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914 (882,272, updated 9 November 2010)

Ontario Births, 1869-1912 (163,139 records, updated 5 November 2010)

Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915 (1,556,855 records, updated 5 November 2010)

Rhode Island, State Census, 1885 (302,482 records, updated 5 November 2010)

Rhode Island, State Census, 1905 (352,019 records, updated 5 November 2010)

South Dakota State Census, 1945 (411.439 records, updated 5 November 2010)

Spain, Catastro de Ensenada, 1749-1756 (browse images, 375,988 images, updated 5 November 2010)

Spain, Catholic Church Records, 1500-1930 (26,298 records, updated 5 November 2010)

*  Tennessee County Marriages, 1790-1950 (24,253 records, updated 5 November 2010)

United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850 (3,324,742 records, updated 11 November 2010)

United States, Index to Naturalizations of World War I Soldiers, 1918 (18,324 records, updated 11 November 2010)

United States, Mormon Battalion Pension Applications, 1846-1923 (26,830 records, updated 9 November 2010)

Utah, Territorial Case Files of the U.S. District Courts, 1870-1896 (39,040 records, updated 9 November 2010)

That's 39 collections added or updated, but only 17 of them are newly added (there were 477 collections at the end of October).  It would be really useful to many researchers if FamilySearch denoted brand new collections added. 

Researchers interested in any of these record collections should click on the "Learn More" link on each collection page to determine the extent, the source and the use of the records in the collection.

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