Monday, August 22, 2016

Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 14 to 20 August 2016

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

As of 21 August 2016, there were 2,118 record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 2 from last week):


The added or updated collections are:

*  England and Wales Census, 1881; 26,124,851 indexed records with record images. Updated 20 Aug 2016

*  Paraguay, Catholic Church Records, 1754-2015; 492,762 indexed records with record images. Updated 18 Aug 2016

*  California, Napa and Butte Counties, Obituaries, 1866-1992; 37,422 indexed records with record images. Updated 18 Aug 2016

*  Luxembourg Civil Registration, 1662-1941; 32,614 indexed records with record images. Updated 16 Aug 2016

*  United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014; 117,412,980 indexed records with record images. Updated 16 Aug 2016

*  New Hampshire, Civil War Service and Pension Records, 1861-1866; 152,553 indexed records with record images. ADDED 16 Aug 2016

*  Spain, Province of Jaén, Municipal Records, 1519-1941; 716,681 indexed records with record images. Updated 16 Aug 2016

*  Florida Confederate Veterans and Widows Pension Applications, 1885-1955; 43,476 indexed records with record images. Updated 16 Aug 2016

*  Texas, Matagorda County, School Census Records, 1923-1946; 372,298 indexed records with record images. Updated 16 Aug 2016

*  Namibia, Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1956-1984; 2,460 indexed records with record images. ADDED 16 Aug 2016

The asterisk used by FamilySearch is for "Recently added or updated."  I am particularly interested in new collections, for the obvious reasons.  
 
My friend, Marshall, has come up with a way to determine which collections are ADDED, DELETED or UPDATED.  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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