Thursday, September 1, 2011

New FamilySearch Historical Collections - August 2011

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I last listed the new or updated collections on the FamilySearch Historical Collections website on 2 August, when there were 683 collections on the list. Since then, these Historical Record Collections have been added to make a total of 707 collections as of today:

  • Mexico, San Luis Potosí, Catholic Church Records, 1586-1970 , added 1 Aug 2011, browse images only

  • North Carolina, Confederate Soldiers and Widows Pension Applications, 1885-1953, added 31 Aug 2011, browse images only

  • Mexico, Chihuahua, Civil Registration, 1861-1997 , added 1 Aug 2011, browse images only

  • Idaho, Cassia County Records,, added 31 Aug 2011, browse images only

  • Mexico, México Estado, Civil Registration, 1861-1941, added 31 Aug 2011, browse images only

  • United States, Index to Passenger Arrivals, Atlantic and Gulf Ports, 1820-1874, added 31 Aug 2011, browse images only


  • Idaho, Teton County Records, added 31 Aug 2011, browse images only

  • Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Passenger Lists, 1883-1945, added 30 Aug 2011, browse images only

  • Oregon, Yamhill County Records, 1857-1963, added 30 Aug 2011, browse images only

  • Michigan, Detroit Manifests of Arrivals at the Port of Detroit, 1906-1954, added30 Aug 2011, browse images only

  • United States, Records of Confederate Prisoners of War, 1861-1865, added 30 Aug 2011, browse images only


  • Spain, Cádiz, Testaments, 1550-1920, added 26 Aug 2011, browse images only

  • Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh City Deaths, 1870-1905 added 25 Aug 2011, 154,203 records

  • Mexico, Jalisco, Civil Registration, 1857-2000, added 25 Aug 2011, browse images only

  • Kentucky, Probate Records, 1792-1977, added 24 Aug 2011, browse images only

  • Denmark Civil Marriages, 1851-1961, added 22 Aug 2011, browse images only


  • North Carolina, Estate Files, 1663-1917, added 20 Aug 2011, 13,273 records

  •  Austria, Seigniorial Records, 1537-1888, added 19 Aug 2011, browse images only

  • Russia Tver Church Books, 1722-1918, added 19 Aug 2011, browse images only

  • Mexico, San Luis Potosí, Civil Registration, added 18 Aug 2011, browse images only

  • England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1900, added 18 Aug 2011, 537,583 records


  • Ohio, Stark County Coroner's Records, 1890-2002, added 16 Aug 2011, browse images only

  • Belgium, Oost-Vlaanderen, Parish Registers, 1588-1799, added 16 Aug 2011, browse images only 

  • Virginia, Winchester, Evening Star Obituaries, 1899-1909, added 12 Aug 2011 5,819 records

  • United States, Civil War Widows and Other Dependents Pension Files, added 9 Aug 2011, 1,351,000 records

  • Austria, Upper Austria, Linz Citizen Rolls, 1658-1937, added 3 Aug 2011, browse images only


  • In the list above, I tried to identify many of the collections as newly added by comparing them to last months listing. When FamilySearch sends their email notifications to interested parties, they are identifying whether they are new or previously existing collections - they don't say which collections are added to the list for the first time..

    There are 25 items on the list above, but 24 newly added databases since 2 August, so I have missed one. Oh well! I will update the list as I receive information about the new databases.

    All FamilySearch Historical Record Collections can be accessed at https://www.familysearch.org/s/collection/list. You can see the date that collections were recently added or updated by clicking on the "Last Updated" link.

    1 comment:

    Geolover said...

    Randy, thank you for the update.

    The item entitled "Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War Veterans, ca. 1861 - ca. 1910" is not the case files themselves, but an index to images in fold3.com. fold3 has been adding the images only very slowly since they began a few years ago, and does not include proper citation (lacking Microfilm publication and roll numbers).