Monday, January 4, 2016

New or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - December 27, 2015 to January 2, 2016

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

As of 2 January 2016, there were 2,055 record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 1 from last week):



The new or updated collections are:

*  Alaska, Vital Records, 1816-1959; 57,479 indexed records with record images, updated 31 Dec 2015

*  United States Census, 1860; 27,150,234 indexed records with record images on Fold3.com, updated 31 Dec 2015

*  Missouri, Pre-WWII Adjutant General Enlistment Contracts, 1900-1941; Browse Images only, no record index, added or updated 30 Dec 2015

*  BillionGraves Index; 18,259,763 indexed records with record images on BillionGraves.com, updated 29 Dec 2015

*  United States Census, 1880; 50,471,461 indexed records with record images, updated 29 Dec 2015

*  Germany, Baden, Church Book Duplicates, 1800-1870; 395,152 indexed records with record images on a partner site, added or updated 28 Dec 2015

*  Italy, Udine, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1806-1815, 1871-1911; 252,037 indexed records with record images, added or updated 28 Dec 2015

*  Italy, L'Aquila, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1865, 1911-1943; 75,870 indexed records with record images on a partner site, added or updated 28 Dec 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.  FamilySearch does provide a listing of which collections are new or updated several days after my post.
 
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.


The URL for this post is:  
http://www.geneamusings.com/2016/01/new-or-updated-record-collections-at.html

Copyright (c) 2016, Randall J. Seaver

Please comment on this post on the website by clicking the URL above and then the "Comments" link at the bottom of each post.  Share it on Twitter, Facebook, Google+ or Pinterest using the icons below.  Or contact me by email at randy.seaver@gmail.com.


No comments: