Monday, August 17, 2015

New or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - August 10 to 16, 2015

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

As of 16 August 2015, there were 2,022 record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 1 from last week):



The new or updated collections are:


*  United States Census, 1890; 6,311 indexed records with images, added or updated 14 Aug 2015

*  United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012; 402,388 indexed records with images, added or updated 14 Aug 2015

*  California, San Francisco County Records, 1824-1997; Browse Images only, no index available, added or updated 14 Aug 2015

*  Philippines, Manila, Civil Registration, 1899-1984; Browse Images only, no index available, added or updated 13 Aug 2015

*  Peru, Lima, Civil Registration, 1874-1996; 2,170,962 indexed records with images, added or updated 13 Aug 2015

*  Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1977; 1,854,339 indexed records with images, added or updated 13 Aug 2015

*  Illinois, Adams County, Card Index to Deaths, 1877-1990; 95,523 indexed records with images, added or updated 12 Aug 2015

*  Philippines, Pangasinan, Civil Registration, 1945-1981; 159,349 indexed records with images, added or updated 12 Aug 2015

*  Peru, Junín, Civil Registration, 1881-2005; Browse Images only, no index available, added or updated 11 Aug 2015

*  Peru, Arequipa, Civil Registration, 1860-1976; Browse Images only, no index available, added or updated 11 Aug 2015

*  France, Finistère, Quimper et Léon Diocese, Catholic Parish Records, 1772-1863; 169,319 indexed records with images, added or updated 11 Aug 2015

*  Brazil, Pernambuco, Civil Registration, 1804-2014; 6,762 indexed records with images, added or updated 10 Aug 2015

*  Texas, Marriages, 1837-1973; 1,695,783 indexed records without images, added or updated 10 Aug 2015

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 dates for major updates also.

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