Sunday, August 7, 2016

Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 31 July to 6 August 2016

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

As of 7 August 2016, there were 2,115 record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 3 from last week):

The added or updated collections are:

*  Czech Republic Land Records, 1450-1889; Browse Images only, no indexed record, Updated 05 Aug 2016

*  England and Wales Census, 1851; 18,369,674  indexed records with record images, Updated 03 Aug 2016

*  New York Book Indexes to Passenger Lists, 1906-1942; 5,487,573 indexed records with record images, Updated 03 Aug 2016

*  Utah, Tremonton and Garland Obituaries, 1959-2013; 18,360 indexed records with record images, Updated 03 Aug 2016

*  United States, Freedmen's Bureau, Records of Freedmen's Complaints, 1865-1872; 140,985 indexed records with record images, ADDED 03 Aug 2016

*  District of Columbia, Freedmen's Bureau Field Office Records, 1863-1872; 90,597 indexed records with record images, Updated 03 Aug 2016

*  Czech Republic, School Registers, 1799-1953; Browse Images only, no indexed records, Updated 02 Aug 2016

*  United States, Freedmen's Bureau Ration Records,1865-1872; 154,587 indexed records with record images, ADDED 02 Aug 2016

*  Peru, Cusco, Civil Registration, 1889-1997; 487,853  indexed records with record images, Updated 02 Aug 2016


*  Illinois, DeKalb County Land Records, 1838-1927; 57,179 indexed records with record images, Updated 01 Aug 2016

*  Norway, Probate Index Cards, 1640-1903; 194,981 indexed records without record images, ADDED  01 Aug 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, DELETED or UPDATED.  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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