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 8 December 2018, there were 2,408 record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 5 from last week):
The added or updated collections are (as Marshall provided them):
--- Collections Added ---
* Washington, World War I Veteran's Compensation Fund Application Records, 1921-1925 (https://familysearch.org/ search/collection/1878898); 28,350 indexed records with 28,350 record images, ADDED 5 Dec 2018
* Indiana, World War I, Enrollment Cards, 1919 (https://familysearch.org/ search/collection/2968238); 134,761 indexed records with 134,761 record images, ADDED 7 Dec 2018
* Mississippi, World War I Army Veterans, Master alphabetical index, 1917-1918 (https://familysearch.org/ search/collection/3010079); 53,093 indexed records with 53,093 record images, ADDED 7 Dec 2018
* Ireland Census, 1911 (https://familysearch.org/ search/collection/2854327); 4,385,217 indexed records with 4,385,217 record images, ADDED 7 Dec 2018
* Alabama, World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919 (https://familysearch.org/ search/collection/2865018); 102,611 indexed records with 102,611 record images, ADDED 7 Dec 2018
--- Collections Updated ---
* Peru, Áncash, Civil Registration, 1888-2005 (https://familysearch.org/ search/collection/2114425); 498,471 indexed records with 903,067 record images (was 381,845 records with 903,067 images), Updated 7 Dec 2018
* Georgia, Reconstruction Registration Oath Books, 1867-1868 (https://familysearch.org/ search/collection/2739725); 182,111 indexed records with 49,808 record images (was 174,149 records with 47,629 images), Updated 5 Dec 2018
* Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951 (https://familysearch.org/ search/collection/2531337); 944,320 indexed records with 475,273 record images (was 944,310 records with 475,273 images), Updated 4 Dec 2018
* England, Northamptonshire, Non-conformist Records, 1840-1894 (https://familysearch.org/ search/collection/2806100); Index only (72,085 records), no images (was 71,723 records with 0 images), Updated 6 Dec 2018
* Ukraine, Kiev Confession Lists, 1741-1918 (https://familysearch.org/ search/collection/2290980); 379,071 indexed records with 40,448 record images (was 310,347 records with 40,448 images), Updated 4 Dec 2018
* England, Warwickshire, Parish Registers, 1535-1963 (https://familysearch.org/ search/collection/1462403); 2,851,869 indexed records with 113,093 record images (was 2,852,007 records with 113,093 images), Updated 5 Dec 2018
* Costa Rica, Civil Registration, 1823-1975 (https://familysearch.org/ search/collection/1925429); 4,356,999 indexed records with 404,718 record images (was 4,356,999 records with 404,718 images), Updated 5 Dec 2018
* England and Wales Census, 1911 (https://familysearch.org/ search/collection/1921547); 36,354,828 indexed records with 36,354,828 record images (was 36,354,828 records with 36,354,828 images), Updated 6 Dec 2018
* Connecticut Marriages, 1640-1939 (https://familysearch.org/ search/collection/2448940); 83,765 indexed records with 6,906 record images (was 84,538 records with 6,906 images), Updated 1 Dec 2018
* West Virginia Will Books, 1756-1971 (https://familysearch.org/ search/collection/1909099); 264,637 indexed records with 325,731 record images (was 264,625 records with 325,731 images), Updated 6 Dec 2018
* Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915 (https://familysearch.org/ search/collection/1536925); 3,817,626 indexed records with 108,704 record images (was 3,817,626 records with 108,704 images), Updated 6 Dec 2018
* United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014 (https://familysearch.org/ search/collection/2333694); 34,168,489 indexed records with 46,885,712 record images (was 34,168,489 records with 46,885,712 images), Updated 7 Dec 2018
* Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007 (https://familysearch.org/ search/collection/1410397); 3,390,232 indexed records with 1,259,299 record images (was 3,357,922 records with 1,259,299 images), Updated 3 Dec 2018
* Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Civil Registration, 1829-2012 (https://familysearch.org/ search/collection/1582573); 1,249,333 indexed records with 5,100,470 record images (was 1,249,333 records with 5,100,470 images), Updated 4 Dec 2018
* Georgia Deaths, 1914-1927 (https://familysearch.org/ search/collection/1320969); 305,880 indexed records with 336,900 record images (was 305,880 records with 336,900 images), Updated 4 Dec 2018
* United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940 (https://familysearch.org/ search/collection/2968245); Index only (3,170,620 records), no images (was 71,035 records with 0 images), Updated 5 Dec 2018
--- Collections with new images ---
* Arizona, Gila County, Cemetery Records, 1927-1994 (https://familysearch.org/ search/collection/2816842); 3,498 indexed records with 657 record images (was 3,498 records with 0 images), 30 Nov 2018
--- Collections with new records ---
* West Virginia Births, 1853-1930 (https://familysearch.org/ search/collection/1417341); 1,046,880 indexed records with 1,289,392 record images (was 957,597 records with 1,289,392 images), 25 Sep 2012
* West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999 (https://familysearch.org/ search/collection/1417434); 2,224,130 indexed records with 2,407,998 record images (was 2,059,018 records with 2,407,998 images), 14 Sep 2018
* West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928 (https://familysearch.org/ search/collection/1708695); Index only (409,190 records), no images (was 373,824 records with 0 images), 25 Sep 2012
* West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970 (https://familysearch.org/ search/collection/1408729); 1,670,895 indexed records with 2,663,044 record images (was 1,654,244 records with 2,663,044 images), 29 Nov 2018
* Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906 (https://familysearch.org/ search/collection/1674736); Index only (560,286 records), no images (was 559,513 records with 0 images), 30 Nov 2018
--- Collections with records removed ---
* California Marriage Index, 1960-1985 (https://familysearch.org/ search/collection/1949339); Index only (4,879,212 records), no images (was 4,879,213 records with 0 images), 6 Dec 2011
* California Birth Index, 1905-1995 (https://familysearch.org/ search/collection/2001879); Index only (24,589,496 records), no images (was 24,589,497 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 and use keywords (e.g. "church england") to find collections with those keywords.
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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