Saturday, March 23, 2019

Added and Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 17 to 23 March 2019

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 15 March 2019, there were 2,460 record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 1 from last week):

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

--- Collections Added   ---

*  Texas, Gonzales County, Divorce Records, 1911-1958      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3029257); 1,934 indexed records with 1,934 record images, ADDED 22 Mar 2019

--- Collections Updated ---

*  West Virginia Will Books, 1756-1971     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1909099); 265,006 indexed records with 325,731 record images (was 264,637 records with 325,731 images), Updated 22 Mar 2019

*  Sweden, Kalmar Church Records, 1577-1907; index 1625-1860       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1930243); 30,025 indexed records with 619,894 record images (was 30,025 records with 617,325 images), Updated 22 Mar 2019

*  Texas, Houston, Historic Hollywood Cemetery Records, 1895-2008  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2040173); 45,758 indexed records with 41,543 record images (was 41,070 records with 41,543 images), Updated 21 Mar 2019

Idaho, Bingham County Historical Society, Bingham County Records, 1885-1920     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2841010); 7,197 indexed records with 442 record images (was 6,844 records with 6,844 images), Updated 20 Mar 2019

Indiana, World War I, Enrollment Cards, 1919    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2968238); 135,800 indexed records with 135,642 record images (was 134,761 records with 134,664 images), Updated 20 Mar 2019

Ohio Tax Records, 1800-1850     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473259); 4,029,171 indexed records with 45,984 record images (was 1,628,639 records with 45,984 images), Updated 23 Mar 2019

Germany, Bavaria, Middle Franconia, Brenner Collection of Genealogical Records, 1550-1900       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3227343); 2,710,341 indexed records with 893,668 record images (was 2,667,770 records with 893,668 images), Updated 18 Mar 2019

*  South Carolina, Chesterfield County, Original Marriage licenses, 1911-1951      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790464); 47,526 indexed records with 47,420 record images (was 45,609 records with 0 images), Updated 21 Mar 2019

*  North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2848682); 4,936,240 indexed records with 5,359,306 record images (was 4,482,367 records with 4,727,590 images), Updated 17 Mar 2019

*  Illinois, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1998      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1989159); 1,057,736 indexed records with 144,834 record images (was 827,515 records with 144,834 images), Updated 19 Mar 2019

*  Maine, State Archives, World War I (WWI) Grave Cards, 1914-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2968248); 4,061 indexed records with 4,062 record images (was 3,893 records with 5 images), Updated 22 Mar 2019

*  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 22 Mar 2019

*  Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1417491); 1,678,119 indexed records with 1,676,692 record images (was 1,678,119 records with 1,676,692 images), Updated 16 Mar 2019

*  France, Rhône, Military Registration Cards, 1865-1932   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3007175); 100,252 indexed records with 100,020 record images (was 40,223 records with 40,197 images), Updated 21 Mar 2019

*  Peru, Diocese of Huaraz, Catholic Church Records, 1641-2016     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2787829); 145,729 indexed records with 106,090 record images (was 72,568 records with 71,312 images), Updated 19 Mar 2019

*  New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1618491); 1,256,101 indexed records with 955,515 record images (was 1,256,101 records with 955,515 images), Updated 18 Mar 2019

*  Colorado Statewide Divorce Index, 1900-1939     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2043439); 87,470 indexed records with 82,674 record images (was 0 records with 82,674 images), Updated 21 Mar 2019

--- Collections with new images ---

*  England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3155913); 7,851 indexed records with 102,605 record images (was 7,851 records with 78,527 images),  2 Feb 2019

Hawaii, Marriages, 1826-1954    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2390844); 52,852 indexed records with 36,487 record images (was 52,852 records with 0 images),  1 May 2018

Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1803970); 1,614,425 indexed records with 654,418 record images (was 1,614,425 records with 0 images),  28 Nov 2018

Indiana, Church Marriages, 1780-1993    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2469543); 47,419 indexed records with 30,405 record images (was 47,419 records with 0 images),  19 Jan 2017

*  England, Shropshire Parish Registers, 1538-1918 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3155854); 12,490 indexed records with 152,390 record images (was 12,490 records with 124,156 images),  5 Feb 2019

--- Collections with images removed ---

South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Marriages, 1870-1930     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2727134); 253,566 indexed records with 253,446 record images (was 253,566 records with 253,519 images),  14 Dec 2018

--- Collections with records removed ---

England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2285338); Index only (132,174,286 records), no images (was 132,174,287 records with 0 images),  2 Oct 2014

Liberia, Marriage Records, 1912-2015    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2100287); 170,643 indexed records with 24,406 record images (was 170,646 records with 24,406 images),  19 Feb 2019

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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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