Monday, May 23, 2016

Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 15 to 21 May 2016

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

As of 22 May 2016, there were 2,101 record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 1 from last week):


The added or updated collections are:

*  Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994; 6,527,955 indexed records without record images, Updated 20 May 2016

*  New York, Northern Arrival Manifests, 1902-1956; 1,046,045 indexed records with record images, Updated 20 May 2016

*  New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998; 340,066 indexed records with record images, Updated 20 May 2016

*  Arizona Obituary Index to Arizona Newspapers, 1993-1994; 38,287 indexed records with record images, Updated 20 May 2016

*  Texas, El Paso Alien Arrivals, 1924-1952; 200,315 indexed records with record images, ADDED 19 May 2016

*  South Africa, Cape Province, Western Cape Archives Records, 1792-1992; 148,919 indexed records with record images, Updated 19 May 2016

*  California, Oakland, Alameda County, Newspaper Record Collection, 1985-2011; 70,598 indexed records with record images, Updated 19 May 2016

*  Argentina, Tucumán, Catholic Church Records, 1727-1955; 599,723 indexed records with record images, Updated 19 May 2016

*  Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940; 2,859,465 indexed records without record images, Updated 18 May 2016

*  North Carolina, Freedmen's Bureau Assistant Commissioner Records, 1862-1870; 127,316 indexed records with record images, Updated 18 May 2016

*  Belgium, Antwerp, Civil Registration, 1588-1913; 263,364 indexed records with record images, Updated 17 May 2016

*  Belgium, East Flanders, Civil Registration, 1541-1914; 378,443 indexed records with record images, Updated 17 May 2016

*  United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949; 647,814 indexed records with record images, Updated 17 May 2016

*  Michigan Probate Records, 1797-1973; Browse Images only, no record index, Updated 16 May 2016

*  Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001; 2,129,543 indexed records with record images, Updated 16 May 2016

*  California, San Francisco County Records, 1824-1997; 168,674 indexed records with record images, Updated 16 May 2016

The asterisk used by FamilySearch is for "Recently added or updated."  I am particularly interested in new collections, for the obvious reasons.  FamilySearch does provide a listing of which collections are new or updated several days after my post.
 
My friend, Marshall, has come up with a way to determine which collections are ADDED or UPDATED, in addition to which collections were removed.  My thanks to Marshall for helping me out here! 

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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