Monday, September 26, 2016

Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 18 to 24 September 2016

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

As of 25 September 2016, there were 2,142 record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 1 from last week):


The added or updated collections are:

*  Dominican Republic, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1955; Browse Images only, no record index, Updated 23 Sep 2016

*  New York, New York City, Police Census, 1890; 1,479,855 indexed records without record images, ADDED 23 Sep 2016

*  Spain, Diocese of Santander, Catholic Church Records, 1538-1985; Browse Images only, no record index, Updated 23 Sep 2016

*  New York State Census, 1905; 7,513,232 indexed records with record images, Updated 22 Sep 2016

*  England, Warwickshire, Parish Registers, 1535-1984; 1,196,651 indexed records with record images, Updated 22 Sep 2016

*  Australia, Tasmania, Civil Registration of Births, 1899-1912; 69,290 indexed records with record images, Updated 22 Sep 2016

*  United States Revolutionary War Pension Payment Ledgers, 1818-1872; 156,667 indexed records with record images, Updated 22 Sep 2016

*  Australia Cemetery Inscriptions, 1802-2005; 352,527 indexed records with record images, Updated 21 Sep 2016

*  District of Columbia Deaths, 1874-1961; 437,136 indexed records with record images, Updated 21 Sep 2016

*  United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918; 24,872,176 indexed records with record images, Updated 20 Sep 2016

*  Find A Grave Index; 153,047,023 indexed records with record images, Updated 19 Sep 2016

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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