Monday, December 1, 2014

New or Updated FamilySearch Record Collections - November 23-29, 2014

I'm trying to keep up with the new and updated record collections at FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list).  As of 29 November, there were 1,853 record collections on FamilySearch (up 0 from last week).

Here are the 6 new or updated collections for the week of 23 November to 29 November 2014:

*  New York, Passenger Lists, 1820-1891; 11,636,556 indexed records and digital images, added or updated 26 Nov 2014

*  Canada, Births and Baptisms, 1661-1959; 1,523,881 indexed records, added or updated 26 Nov 2014

*  Canada, Marriages, 1661-1949; 225,320 indexed records, added or updated 26 Nov 2014

*  BillionGraves Index; 10,376,845 indexed records and digital images, added or updated 26 Nov 2014

*  New York, Queens County Probate Records, 1785-1950; Browse Images, added or updated 25 Nov 2014


*  New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957; 28,651,048 indexed records and digital images, added or updated 25 Nov 2014

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 major updates also.

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