Monday, February 9, 2015

New or Updated FamilySearch Record Collections - February 2-8, 2015

I'm trying to keep up with the new and updated record collections at FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list).  As of 8 February 2015, there were 1,920 record collections on FamilySearch (up 5 from last week).



The 13 recently added or updated record collections are:

*  Minnesota, Grand Army of the Republic Membership Records, 1869-1940; 164,338 indexed records and images, added or updated 06 Feb 2015
*  United States Freedmans Bank Records, 1865-1874; 480,597 indexed records and images, added or updated 05 Feb 2015
*  Massachusetts, Boston Crew Lists, 1917-1943; 140,843 indexed records and images, added or updated 05 Feb 2015
*  Philippines, Civil Registration (Local), 1888-1983; 11,684 indexed records and images, added or updated 05 Feb 2015
*  Hawaii, Passenger Lists of Airplanes departing Honolulu, 1942-1948; no index, browse Images only, added or updated 04 Feb 2015

*  California, Airplane Passenger Lists from Honolulu, Hawaii, 1947-1948; no index, browse Images only, added or updated 04 Feb 2015
*  California, Chinese Partnerships and Departures from San Francisco, 1912-1943; no index, browse Images only, added or updated 04 Feb 2015
*  Czech Republic, School Registers, 1799-1953; no index, browse Images only, added or updated 04 Feb 2015
*  Maryland, Piney Point Crew Lists, 1950-1956; no index, browse Images only, added or updated 04 Feb 2015
*  New York, Ogdensburg Passenger and Crew Lists, 1948-1972; no index, browse Images only, added or updated 04 Feb 2015

*  Hawaii, Honolulu Passenger Lists, 1900-1953; 1,448,458 indexed records and images, added or updated 04 Feb 2015
*  United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012; 402,388 indexed records and images, added or updated 03 Feb 2015

*  Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1939, 1955-1994; 2,440,295 indexed records, no images, added or updated 02 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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