Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 29 October to 4 November 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 4 November 2017, there were 2,266 record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 5 from last week):

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

--- Collections Added   ---

*  Scotland Census, 1881   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2046756); 3,721,356 indexed records with 3,721,356 record images, ADDED 22 Jun 2012

*  Illinois Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2334599); 97,928 indexed records with 97,928 record images, ADDED 31 Oct 2017

*  England, Hampshire Bishop's Transcripts 1680-1892       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2640059); 836,206 indexed records with 836,206 record images, ADDED 30 Oct 2017

*  Scotland Census, 1861   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2028677); 3,009,214 indexed records with 3,009,214 record images, ADDED 11 Jun 2012

--- Collections Updated ---

*  England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1911752); 1,574,546 indexed records with 53,151 record images (was 1,482,358 records with 53,151 images), Updated 31 Oct 2017

*  BillionGraves Index     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2026973); 22,836,201 indexed records with 22,836,201 record images (was 22,500,536 records with 22,500,536 images), Updated 31 Oct 2017

*  Canada Passenger Lists, 1881-1922       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1823240); 3,907,325 indexed records with 146,388 record images (was 3,874,103 records with 146,388 images), Updated 30 Oct 2017

*  United States Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2068326); 1,337,315 indexed records with 93,048 record images (was 504,439 records with 93,048 images), Updated 31 Oct 2017

*  Slovakia Church and Synagogue Books, 1592-1910  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1554443); 13,844,278 indexed records with 1,624,867 record images (was 13,834,866 records with 1,624,867 images), Updated 31 Oct 2017

*  Germany, Baden, Church Book Duplicates, 1800-1870       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1395660); 526,379 indexed records with 526,379 record images (was 434,193 records with 434,193 images), Updated 3 Nov 2017

*  Sweden, Kronoberg Church Records, 1589-1921; index 1612-1860    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1978118); 70,984 indexed records with 605,173 record images (was 26,409 records with 605,173 images), Updated 31 Oct 2017

*  England, Manchester, Parish Registers, 1603-1910        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1788853); 1,782,418 indexed records with 248,202 record images (was 1,744,620 records with 248,202 images), Updated 30 Oct 2017

*  England, Cambridgeshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1599-1860 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1465708); 182,070 indexed records with 61,909 record images (was 52,632 records with 61,909 images), Updated 31 Oct 2017

*  England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1997      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1465709); Index only (1,455,084 records), no images (was 1,030,526 records with 0 images), Updated 30 Oct 2017

*  France, Saône-et-Loire, Census, 1876    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2559965); 692,910 indexed records with 13,310 record images (was 594,235 records with 13,310 images), Updated 3 Nov 2017

*  Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1463134); 6,693,303 indexed records with 6,693,303 record images (was 6,560,088 records with 6,560,088 images), Updated 1 Nov 2017

*  Delaware Marriages and Marriage Licenses, 1683-1894     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2340271); Index only (5,490 records), no images (was 5,490 records with 0 images), Updated 2 Nov 2017

*  British Columbia, Victoria Times Birth, Marriage and Death Notices, 1901-1939   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2001136); 98,461 indexed records with 111,817 record images (was 57,993 records with 111,817 images), Updated 30 Oct 2017

*  Czech Republic Church Books, 1552-1963  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1804263); 167,263 indexed records with 4,668,489 record images (was 154,655 records with 4,668,489 images), Updated 31 Oct 2017

--- Collections with images removed ---

*  Mexico, Puebla, Civil Registration, 1861-1930   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1918287); Browse 1,459,441 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 1,459,451 images),  29 Nov 2011

--- Collections with new records ---

*  United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2333694); 33,042,884 indexed records with 45,512,634 record images (was 27,656,988 records with 45,512,634 images),  17 Nov 2016

--- Collections with records removed ---

*  England and Wales Census, 1851  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2563939); 4,444,618 indexed records with 1,174,633 record images (was 18,369,674 records with 1,174,633 images),  3 Aug 2016

*  United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2199956); Index only (875,611,180 records), no images (was 875,611,187 records with 0 images),  17 Jun 2015

*  Vermont Vital Records, 1760-2008        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2075288); 1,974,179 indexed records with 1,162,117 record images (was 1,974,182 records with 1,162,117 images),  10 Jun 2013

*  Nevada Marriage Index, 1956-2005        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1949338); Index only (5,069,630 records), no images (was 5,069,632 records with 0 images),  6 Nov 2013

*  California Birth Index, 1905-1995       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2001879); Index only (24,589,557 records), no images (was 24,589,571 records with 0 images),  1 Mar 2012

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The over 31 million indexed 1930 U.S. Census entries that disappeared three weeks ago are still not in the collection.  The California Marriage Index is still only 402,817 records, it was 4,879,217 records earlier; is this an error, or are they "improving" the index?  The GenealogyBank obituary collection added the 6.5 million indexed entries they dropped last week.  

It looks like FamilySearch added the 1861 and 1881 Scotland census records back to the list.

The 1851 England and Wales Census has 14 million fewer records this week for some reason.

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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