Monday, February 23, 2015

New or Updated FamilySearch Record Collections - February 16-22, 2015

I'm trying to keep up with the new and updated record collections at FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list).  As of 22 February 2015, there were 1,929 record collections on FamilySearch (up 0 from last week).

Here are the new or updated record collections for the past week:



*  United States, Freedmen's Bank Records, 1865-1874; 480,597 indexed records, with images, updated 20 Feb 2015

*  Brazil, Pernambuco, Civil Registration, 1804-2014; 6,762 indexed records, with images, updated 20 Feb 2015

*  Puerto Rico, Civil Registration, 1805-2001; 4,847,771 indexed records, with images, updated 20 Feb 2015

*  Canadian Headstones; 1,006,536 indexed records, with images, updated 20 Feb 2015

*  United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014; 10,247,508 indexed records, with images, updated 20 Feb 2015

*  BillionGraves Index; 11,078,434 indexed records, with images, updated 20 Feb 2015


*  Ireland, 1841 and 1851 Census Search Forms; 136,152 indexed records, with images, updated 19 Feb 2015

Unfortunately, it is difficult to tell which collections are brand new and which ones are updated.  The asterisk they use is for "Recently added or updated."  I am particularly interested in new collections, for the obvious reasons.

In order to select a specific collection, go to 
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list and use the "Filter by collection name" feature in the upper left-hand corner.

Each one of the collections listed above has a Research Wiki page (use the "Learn more" link).  It would be very useful if the Wiki page for each collection listed the dates for when the collection was added as a new collection and the major updates also.

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Copyright (c) 2015, Randall J. Seaver



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