Monday, March 28, 2016

New or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - 20 to 26 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 27 March 2016, there were 2,076 record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 0 from last week):


The new or updated collections are:

*  Czech Republic, School Registers, 1799-1953; Browse Images only, no indexed records, Updated 25 Mar 2016

*  Netherlands, Gelderland Province Civil Registration, 1800-1952; 144,334 indexed records with record images, Updated 25 Mar 2016

*  South Carolina, Georgetown, Passenger Lists, 1904-1942; 1,302 indexed records with record images, Updated 25 Mar 2016

*  United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917; 2,990,891 indexed records with record images, Updated 24 Mar 2016

*  Ukraine, Kyiv Orthodox Consistory Church Book Duplicates, 1734-1920; 1,837,807 indexed records with record images, Updated 23 Mar 2016

*  South Africa, Orange Free State, Estate Files, 1951-2006; 62,162 indexed records with record images, Updated 23 Mar 2016

*  Japan Genealogies, 850-2012; Browse Images only, no indexed records, Updated 22 Mar 2016

*  Japan Village Records, 709-1982; Browse Images only, no indexed records, Updated 22 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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