Monday, September 4, 2017

Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 27 August to 2 September 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 2 September 2017, there were 2,251 record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 4 from last week):


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

--- Collections Added ---


*  Denmark Census, 1870    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2778656); 1,760,360 indexed records with 1,760,360 record images, ADDED 29 Aug 2017

*  French Polynesia, Civil Registration, 1843-1999 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2549721); 4,853 indexed records with 4,853 record images, ADDED 1 Sep 2017

*  Denmark Census, 1860    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2778655); 1,752,392 indexed records with 1,752,392 record images, ADDED 29 Aug 2017

*  Washington Marriage Index, 1969-2014    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2761120); 1,994,537 indexed records with 1,994,537 record images, ADDED 25 Aug 2017

--- Collections Updated ---

*  Spain, Province of Asturias, Municipal Records, 1470-1897       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2015322); 115,907 indexed records with 76,646 record images (was 86,369 records with 76,646 images), Updated 1 Sep 2017

*  Peru, Cajamarca, Civil Registration, 1938-1996  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2046777); 30,272 indexed records with 34,017 record images (was 1,157 records with 34,017 images), Updated 1 Sep 2017

*  BillionGraves Index     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2026973); 22,243,353 indexed records with 22,243,353 record images (was 21,969,173 records with 21,969,173 images), Updated 30 Aug 2017

*  Portugal, Portalegre, Catholic Church Records, 1859-1911        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2014755); 9,781 indexed records with 178,927 record images (was 5,960 records with 178,927 images), Updated 1 Sep 2017

*  Nicaragua Civil Registration, 1809-2013 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1601210); 1,427,165 indexed records with 2,591,542 record images (was 1,367,149 records with 2,591,542 images), Updated 30 Aug 2017

*  Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Miscellaneous Records    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2704829); 29,085,018 indexed records with 29,085,018 record images (was 25,327,607 records with 25,327,607 images), Updated 30 Aug 2017

*  Paraguay, Catholic Church Records, 1754-2015    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1922527); 673,195 indexed records with 373,775 record images (was 535,860 records with 373,775 images), Updated 1 Sep 2017

*  Venezuela, Catholic Church Records, 1577-1995   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1951777); 684,641 indexed records with 1,899,876 record images (was 403,057 records with 1,899,876 images), Updated 28 Aug 2017

*  Philippines Civil Registration (Local), 1888-1986       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1410394); 90,022 indexed records with 6,699,351 record images (was 90,022 records with 6,699,351 images), Updated 28 Aug 2017

*  Peru, Cusco, Civil Registration, 1889-1997      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1987564); 651,682 indexed records with 942,817 record images (was 559,161 records with 942,817 images), Updated 1 Sep 2017

*  England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1997      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1465709); Index only (1,030,526 records), no images (was 1,026,155 records with 0 images), Updated 29 Aug 2017

--- Collections with records removed ---

*  California Divorce Index, 1966-1984     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2015584); Index only (3,518,810 records), no images (was 3,518,811 records with 0 images),  7 Mar 2012

*  Brazil, Pernambuco, Civil Registration, 1804-2014       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016195); 4,178,250 indexed records with 5,387,756 record images (was 4,178,251 records with 5,387,756 images),  25 Jul 2017

*  United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2199956); Index only (875,611,359 records), no images (was 875,611,422 records with 0 images),  17 Jun 2015

*  Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Immigration Cards, 1900-1965    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1932363); 2,344,120 indexed records with 3,967,834 record images (was 2,344,121 records with 3,967,834 images),  28 Apr 2017

*  Texas Marriages, 1966-2010      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2031191); Index only (7,606,138 records), no images (was 7,606,141 records with 0 images),  5 Jun 2012

*  Nevada Marriage Index, 1956-2005        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1949338); Index only (5,069,636 records), no images (was 5,069,637 records with 0 images),  6 Nov 2013

*  California Birth Index, 1905-1995       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2001879); Index only (24,589,740 records), no images (was 24,589,780 records with 0 images),  1 Mar 2012

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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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