Monday, May 16, 2016

Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 8 to 14 May 2016

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

As of 15 May 2016, there were 2,100 record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 4 from last week):


The added or updated collections are:

*  Belgium, East Flanders, Civil Registration, 1541-1914; 378,443 indexed records with record images, Updated 13 May 2016

*  Honduras, Catholic Church Records, 1633-1978; 1,195,493 indexed records with record images, Updated 13 May 2016

*  Find A Grave Index; 142,907,108 indexed records with record images, Updated 13 May 2016

*  United States Headstone Applications for U.S. Military Veterans, 1925-1949; 647,814 indexed records with record images, Updated 13 May 2016

*  Nicaragua Civil Registration, 1809-2013; 1,150,575 indexed records with record images, Updated 13 May 2016

*  Peru, Puno, Civil Registration, 1890-2005; 670,123 indexed records with record images, Updated 12 May 2016

*  Connecticut Marriages, 1640-1939; 27,635 indexed records with record images, ADDED 12 May 2016

*  Michigan Civil Marriages, 1834-1974; 34,763 indexed records without record images, ADDED 11 May 2016

*  Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995; 1,267,961 indexed records without record images, Updated 11 May 2016

*  Peru, Cusco, Civil Registration, 1889-1997; 409,570 indexed records with record images, Updated 11 May 2016

*  Italy, Roma, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1863-1930; Browse Images indexed records with record images, ADDED 10 May 2016

*  Canadian Headstones; 1,099,535 indexed records with record images, Updated 10 May 2016

*  Australia, Tasmania, Civil Registration (District Registers), 1839-1938; 69,725 indexed records with record images, Updated 10 May 2016

*  Oregon, Grand Army of the Republic Membership Records, 1870-1930; 3,044 indexed records with record images, ADDED 9 May 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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