Saturday, December 29, 2018

Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 23 to 29 December 2018

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 29 December 2018, there were 2,411 record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 0 from last week):

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

--- Collections Updated ---

*  Ireland Civil Registration, 1845-1913   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2659409); 3,590,310 indexed records with 367,912 record images (was 3,585,505 records with 367,912 images), Updated 26 Dec 2018

*  England, Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1469935); Index only (2,179,329 records), no images (was 2,179,329 records with 0 images), Updated 27 Dec 2018

*  Ireland Census, 1911    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2854327); 4,385,217 indexed records with 4,385,217 record images (was 4,385,217 records with 4,385,217 images), Updated 27 Dec 2018

--- Collections with images removed ---

Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1417491); 1,678,119 indexed records with 108,445 record images (was 1,678,119 records with 108,487 images),  15 Jun 2018

--- Collections with new records ---

*  Italy, Salerno, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1806-1949   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1935404); 28,526 indexed records with 5,930,229 record images (was 28,521 records with 5,930,229 images),  29 Sep 2017

Louisiana, Orleans Parish Vital Records, 1900-1964      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1929995); 148,496 indexed records with 54,869 record images (was 148,420 records with 54,869 images),  19 Oct 2018

Italy, Napoli, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1865    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1937990); 802,089 indexed records with 6,791,351 record images (was 802,046 records with 6,791,351 images),  10 Sep 2018

Italy, Campobasso, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1918        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1968528); 138,641 indexed records with 2,171,605 record images (was 138,524 records with 2,171,605 images),  22 Jan 2014

Wales, Marriage Bonds, 1650-1900        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2761121); Index only (114,303 records), no images (was 114,002 records with 0 images),  26 Oct 2018

*  Chile, Cemetery Records, 1821-2015      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1428897); 602,561 indexed records with 3,327,853 record images (was 602,148 records with 3,327,853 images),  15 Oct 2018

South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Deaths, 1895-1972    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1779109); 1,058,839 indexed records with 2,216,270 record images (was 728,057 records with 2,216,270 images),  21 Aug 2017

--- Collections with records removed ---

Maine, World War I Draft Registration Index, 1917-1919  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1807269); 160,962 indexed records with 167,344 record images (was 162,613 records with 167,344 images),  21 Oct 2016

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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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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Make One Genealogy-Related Resolution/Goal for 2019

It's Saturday Night - 

time for more Genealogy Fun! 


Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible! music) is to:

1)  Did you make any New Years Resolutions, or state Goals and Objectives, for genealogy and family history research in 2019?  If so, tell us about them.

2)  If not, then make ONE resolution, or state one goal, for your genealogy research that you are determined to keep during 2019.  We'll check on progress toward that resolution/goal during the year in SNGF (if I remember!).

3)  Tell us about it in your own blog post, in a Comment to this blog post, or in a Facebook status post.  Leave a link in Comments to any post you make.

Here's mine:

I have NOT made resolutions or stated goals for 2019, based on my seemingly poor performance in recent years.  I did complete my 2018 goal about making a spreadsheet for my DNA matches.

The ONE, most important, genealogy Goal that I have for 2019 is to:  


Continue compiling and publishing ancestor biographies in my 52 Ancestors series.  I started five years ago with my great-grandparents, decided to use my ahnentafel list of ancestors as the road map, and am almost finished with my 6th great-grandparents - 258 biographies to date.  By the end of 2019, I should be well into my 7th great-grandparents.


I also want to add these biographies to the ancestor profiles in my Ancestry tree, the FamilySearch Family Tree, the Geni World Tree, and the WikiTree world tree.

My problem is time.  I spend a lot of time reading blogs, watching webinars and videos, writing blog posts and the supporting research, and adding Ancestry Hints to my RootsMagic family tree database.  Then there is life itself - I'm not getting any younger!


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Surname Saturday -- EATON (England to colonial Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.

I am working in the 9th great-grandmothers by Ahnentafel number, and I am up to Ancestor #2215 who is Mary EATON (1631-1676). [Note: the more recent ancestral families have been covered in earlier posts.]

My ancestral line back through two generations in this EATON family line is:

1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

34.  Alpheus B. Smith (1802-1840)
35.  Elizabeth Horton Dill (1791-1869)

68.  Aaron Smith (1768-1841)
69.  Mercy Plimpton (1772-1850)

138.  Amos Plimpton (1735-1808)
139.  Mary Guild (1735-1800)

276.  John Plimpton (1708-1756)
277.  Abigail Fisher (1711-1785)

552.  John Plimpton (1680-1730)
553.  Susanna Draper (1688-1769)

1106.  John Draper (1656-1749)

1107.  Abigail Mason (1660-1705)


2214.  John Mason, born about 1629 in England; died 18 January 1688 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 4428. Robert Mason and 4429. Elizabeth LNU.  He married 3. Mary Eaton 05 May 1651 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.
2215.  Mary Eaton, born before 20 March 1631 in Dover, Kent, England; died 06 May 1676 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of John Mason and Mary Eaton are:
*  Mary Mason (1651-1651).
*  Hannah Mason (1655-????), married 1677 Jona Eaton (1648-????).
*  John Mason (1657-1659).
Abigail Mason (1660-1705), married 1686 John Draper (1656-1749).
*  Rebecca Mason (1661-1717), married 1683 Thomas Ockington (1657-1732).
*  Judith Mason (1666-1666).
*  Elizabeth Mason (1666-1716).

4430.  John Eaton, born before 21 August 1611 in Dover, Kent, England; died 17 November 1658 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 8860. Nicholas Eaton and 8861. Katherine Master.  He married 05 April 1630 in Dover, Kent, England.
4431.  Abigail LNU, born about 1600 in probably Faversham, Kent, England; died about 1658 in Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of John Eaton and Abigail are:

Mary Eaton (1631-1676), married 1651 John Mason (1629-1688).
*  John Eaton (1632-1634).
*  Thomas Eaton (1634-1649).
*  John Eaton (1637-1694), married 16634 Alice LNU (1640-1694).
*  Abigail Eaton (1640-1711), married 1659 Robert Mason (1631-1700).
*  Jacob Eaton (1642-1646).

Information about the Eaton family was obtained from:

*  Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, 1634-1635 (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2000), Volume 2, pages 403 and following.

I have done no original research on this family line.


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Friday, December 28, 2018

Genealogy News Bytes - 28 December 2018


Some of the genealogy news items across my desktop the last seven days (I skipped the Christmas post) include:

1)  News Articles:


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Finding Your Roots – Season 5 – Debuts On PBS January 8th!

*  English and Welsh BMD certificate costs to soar

*  Angela McGhie To Lead NGS Education Program with Liz Stratton

 2018: A year of Canadian genealogy in review

*  MyHeritage Partners with Project Life™ to bring You the Perfect Way to Preserve and Share Memories with the Family Discovery Kit

*  Why a Large Number of Americans Don’t Know All Their Grandparents’ First Names

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

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Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 16 to 22 December 2018

*  Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 16 to 22 December 2018

*  Year-End Round Up of New Genealogy Records Online

3)  Genealogy Education Opportunities:

 GeneaWebinars Calendar


*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 1 January, 5 p.m. PST:  Researching in Australian Archives, by Helen Smith

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 2 January, 11 a.m. PST:  DNA Rights and Wrongs: The Ethical Side of Testing, by Judy G. Russell

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Getting Started in Family History - 1- Home Sources; -2 - Forms; - 3 -  Family Stories, by Cheri Hudson Passey


*  Research Like a Pro Podcast:  RLP 24: U.S. Probate Records Part 2

*  Fisher’s Top Tips Podcast:  #31… Doesn’t The Slave Name Come From The Most Recent Slaveholder? Not Always!

The Genealogy Guys Podcast: #354

*  Extreme Genes Podcast/Radio Show:  Episode 265 – George H.W. Bush: (Almost?) Everybody’s Cousin/ Internet Archive- A Genealogist’s Gold Mine

*  Fisher’s Top Tips Podcast:  #30… The Southwest And The Boundary Challenges The Region Presents

*  Amy Johnson Crow Podcast:  Making Good Genealogy Habits

*  Family History Fanatics YouTube:  Are all your DNA cousin matches worth researching? - Quality Match Comparison

*  Family History Fanatics YouTube: How to merge two people on FamilySearch when the gender is different?

*  Family History Fanatics YouTube: Best and Worst in Genealogy in 2018

*  Red Feather Podcast/YouTube:  Podcast #1

*  Red Feather Podcast/YouTube:  Podcast #2 - More Cherokee

*  Ancestral Findings Podcast/YouTube:  AF-210: What to Do When Your Family Tree Research Uncovers Unwanted Information

*  National Genealogical society YouTube:  Becoming a Better Conference Speaker: Proposals and Preparations

4)  Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains for Friday, December 28,  2018


FREE E-BOOK DOWNLOAD: The Orange Lilies – The Forensic Genealogist Series

5)  DNA Success Stories

 Spokesperson for Franklin County Sheriff's Office cracks case of his own family history

*  Reunited father and son celebrate Christmas together for the first time in 45 years

*  The gift of family: Long-lost sisters reunite on Christmas Day

A new sister for Christmas: Long-lost siblings can't stop looking at each other

*  23andMe Informed Me My Husband and I Are Related

Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 21 December 2018?

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Randy's "Best" Genea-Musings Posts for 2018

I guess it's OK to write this post now - I wrote over 990 blog posts in 2018, including some pretty good ones, IMHO.  I want to list the "best ones" - according to me!  They are the ones I want to be able to easily find later, or ones that might help another researcher.  I'll list them in chronological order:















































36 of them ... and I could have added more. It is heavy with Dear Randy, RootsMagic, Ancestry and personal research posts, but those are the ones that I want to easily be able to find and those that might help another researcher. 
 I hope you enjoy clicking through some of these over the New Year's holiday.  I did!  It's funny (haha, not strange) that I don't recall writing some of them.  More Gene-amnesia?  

 In addition, I transcribed and sourced many of the records and documents on hand in my weekly   Amanuensis Monday and Treasure Chest Thursday posts, plus the ancestor biographies in the 52 Ancestors series.  

With this list, I should be able to remember some of what I did wrote in 2018!

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Copyright (c) 2017, Randall J. Seaver

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