Monday, July 3, 2017

Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 25 June to 1 July 2017

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

As of 1 July 2017, there were 2,237 record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 0  from last week):


The added or updated collections are (as Marshall provided them):-

--- Collections Added ---

--- Collections Updated ---


*  France, Coutances et d'Avranche Diocese, Catholic Parish Records, 1533-1894     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1408716); 567,325 indexed records with 19,201 record images (was 535,392 records with 19,201 images), Updated 28 Jun 2017


*  Brazil, Pernambuco, Civil Registration, 1804-2014       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016195); 3,845,705 indexed records with 5,387,756 record images (was 1,365,233 records with 5,387,756 images), Updated 30 Jun 2017

*  BillionGraves Index     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2026973); 21,669,427 indexed records with 21,669,427 record images (was 21,382,665 records with 21,382,665 images), Updated 28 Jun 2017

*  Brazil, Piauí, Civil Registration, 1875-2013    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2001150); 1,458,383 indexed records with 1,295,575 record images (was 0 records with 1,295,575 images), Updated 30 Jun 2017

*  Ohio, Crawford County Obituaries, 1860-2004     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1384728); 108,181 indexed records with 130,134 record images (was 55,245 records with 130,134 images), Updated 26 Jun 2017

*  Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Miscellaneous Records    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2704829); 10,133,919 indexed records with 10,133,919 record images (was 9,386,901 records with 9,386,901 images), Updated 26 Jun 2017

*  New Jersey State Census, 1895   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2659407); 500,743 indexed records with 31,123 record images (was 0 records with 31,123 images), Updated 29 Jun 2017

*  Russia, Samara Church Books, 1779-1923  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1807365); 803,815 indexed records with 1,909,956 record images (was 803,815 records with 1,904,917 images), Updated 26 Jun 2017

--- Collections with new images ---


*  Arizona Deaths, 1870-1951       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1534450); 265,726 indexed records with 264,534 record images (was 265,726 records with 87,001 images),  21 Mar 2014

--- Collections with images removed ---

--- Collections with new records ---


*  England and Wales Census, 1871  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1538354); 22,939,134 indexed records with 1,281,291 record images (was 22,925,080 records with 1,281,291 images),  27 Jul 2015


*  Oregon Marriage Records, 1849-1952      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2352706); Index only (12,754 records), no images (was 12,742 records with 0 images),  24 Jan 2017

--- Collections with records removed ---


*  Oregon Deaths, 1877-1952        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2352707); 90,290 indexed records with 114,661 record images (was 90,302 records with 114,661 images),  25 Oct 2016


*  Texas Divorce Index, 1968-2010  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2038378); Index only (3,599,271 records), no images (was 3,599,272 records with 0 images),  5 Jun 2012

*  United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2199956); Index only (875,611,536 records), no images (was 875,611,658 records with 0 images),  17 Jun 2015

*  Wisconsin Marriage Index, 1973-1997     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1946794); Index only (948,934 records), no images (was 948,935 records with 0 images),  9 Feb 2012

*  United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2333694); 34,168,502 indexed records with 45,512,634 record images (was 34,168,505 records with 45,512,634 images),  17 Nov 2016

*  Peru, Cusco, Civil Registration, 1889-1997      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1987564); 498,257 indexed records with 942,817 record images (was 498,265 records with 942,817 images),  2 May 2017

*  California Birth Index, 1905-1995       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2001879); Index only (24,590,021 records), no images (was 24,590,180 records with 0 images),  1 Mar 2012

In order to select a specific record collection on FamilySearch, go to  https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list and use the "Filter by collection name" feature in the upper left-hand corner.

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!

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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2 comments:

Shelina (formerly known as Shasta) said...

Why are records being removed?

Randy Seaver said...

Hi Shasta,

That's a good question. My guess is that they find duplicates in the index or the images.

If you look at the record collection with records removed, there are usually only a few indexed records being removed.

Also, some historical record collections may be combined into another historical record collection.

In some cases, the record repository that provided the images may require removal of the images because of contractual agreements.