Monday, March 21, 2016

New or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - 13 to 19 March 2016

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

As of 20 March 2016, there were 2,076 record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 0 from last week):


The new or updated collections are:

*  Find A Grave Index; 143,638,443 indexed records with record images, Updated 16 Mar 2016

*  Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915; 3,831,485 indexed records with record images, Updated 15 Mar 2016

*  Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915; 4,175,664 indexed records without record images, Updated 15 Mar 2016

*  Rhode Island Marriages, 1724-1916; 208,653 indexed records without record images, Updated 15 Mar 2016

*  Massachusetts Deaths and Burials, 1795-1910; 1,324,801 indexed records without record images, Updated 15 Mar 2016

*  Belgium, West Flanders, Civil Registration, 1582-1910; 242,297 indexed records with record images, Updated 15 Mar 2016

*  Belgium, Hainaut, Civil Registration, 1600-1913; 326,541 indexed records with record images, Updated15 Mar 2016

*  Belgium, Antwerp, Civil Registration, 1588-1913; 273,715 indexed records with record images, Updated 15 Mar 2016

*  Belgium, Brabant, Civil Registration, 1582-1914; 36,786 indexed records with record images, Updated 15 Mar 2016

*  Belgium, East Flanders, Civil Registration, 1541-1914; 406,002 indexed records with record images, Updated 15 Mar 2016

*  Belgium, Liège, Civil Registration, 1621-1914; 152,070 indexed records with record images, Updated 15 Mar 2016

*  United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925; 2,528,371 indexed records with record images, Updated 14 Mar 2016

*  Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935; 2,152,073 indexed records without record images, Updated 14 Mar 2016

*  Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950; 1,668,027 indexed records without record images, Updated 14 Mar 2016

*  Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992; 1,261,968 indexed records without record images, Updated 14 Mar 2016

*  New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985; 324,153 indexed records without record images, Updated 14 Mar 2016

The asterisk used by FamilySearch 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.
 
My friend, Marshall, has come up with a way to determine which collections are ADDED or UPDATED, in addition to which collections were removed.  My 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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