Monday, June 6, 2016

Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 29 May to 4 June 2016

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

As of 5 June 2016, there were 2,102 record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 0 from last week):


The added or updated collections are:

*  Louisiana Naturalization Records, 1831-1906; 20,710 indexed records with record images, Updated 03 Jun 2016

*  Iowa, Grand Army of the Republic Membership Records, 1861-1949; 86,762 indexed records with record images, Updated 02 Jun 2016

*  Philippines, Manila, Civil Registration, 1899-1984; 2,372,740 indexed records with record images, Updated 01 Jun 2016

*  France, Haute-Garonne, Toulouse, Civil Registration, 1792-1893; 486,376 indexed records with record images, Updated 31 May 2016

*  Peru, Lambayeque, Civil Registration, 1873-1998; 522,068 indexed records with record images, Updated 31 May 2016

*  Peru, Catholic Church Records, 1603-1992; 832,595 indexed records with record images, Updated 31 May 2016

*  Peru, Puno, Civil Registration, 1890-2005; 876,362 indexed records with record images, Updated 31 May 2016

*  Washington Birth Records, 1869-1950; 159,323 indexed records with record images, Updated 31 May 2016

*  Utah Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel Database, 1847-1868; 59,257 indexed records with record images, Updated 31 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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