Monday, April 20, 2015

New or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - April 13 to 19, 2015

I'm trying to keep up with the new and updated record collections at FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list).  

As of 19 April 2015, there were 1,956 record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 4 from last week).



*  Maine, Faylene Hutton Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1990; 297,412 indexed records with images, added or updated 17 Apr 2015

*  Alabama, Mobile Magnolia Cemetery Interment Cards, 1836-1995; 32,735 indexed records with images, added or updated 17 Apr 2015

*  Arizona Obituary Index to Arizona Newspapers, 1993-1994; 38,287 indexed records with images, added or updated 17 Apr 2015

*  South Africa, Orange Free State, Estate Files, 1951-2006; 62,162 indexed records with images, added or updated 17 Apr 2015

*  Czech Republic Censuses, 1800-1945; Browse Images only, no index, added or updated 16 Apr 2015

*  Indonesia, Jawa Tengah, Kudus, District Court Naturalization Records, 1958-2013; Browse Images only, no index, added or updated 16 Apr 2015

*  New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1891; 13,433,228 indexed records with images, added or updated 16 Apr 2015

*  Illinois, Cook County Birth Certificates, 1878-1938; 1,877,027 indexed records with no images, added or updated 16 Apr 2015

*  Brazil, São Paulo, Immigration Cards, 1902-1980; 1,042,559 indexed records with images, added or updated 16 Apr 2015

*  England, Cornwall and Devon Parish Registers, 1538-2010; 171,083 indexed records with images, added or updated 14 Apr 2015

*  Jamaica, Civil Registration, 1880-1999; 3,720,727 indexed records with images, added or updated 14 Apr 2015

*  Philippines, Civil Registration (National), 1945-1984; Browse Images only, no index, added or updated 13 Apr 2015


*  Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927; 1,382,652 indexed records with no images, added or updated 13 Apr 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 dates for major updates also.

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Copyright (c) 2015, Randall J. Seaver

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