Saturday, March 2, 2019

Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 24 February to 2 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 2 March 2019, there were 2,455 record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 1 from last week):

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

--- Collections Added   ---

Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1926  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3005862); 2,016,404 indexed records with 2,016,404 record images, ADDED 26 Feb 2019

--- Collections Updated ---

New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1849782); 13,462,298 indexed records with 428,944 record images (was 13,462,298 records with 428,944 images), Updated 1 Mar 2019

Peru, Lima, Civil Registration, 1874-1996       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1430936); 5,234,161 indexed records with 3,505,112 record images (was 5,055,520 records with 3,505,112 images), Updated 26 Feb 2019

Australia, South Australia, School Admission Registers, 1873-1985       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2862204); 187,811 indexed records with 4,956 record images (was 186,700 records with 4,929 images), Updated 25 Feb 2019

Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2531337); 944,325 indexed records with 475,273 record images (was 944,320 records with 475,273 images), Updated 1 Mar 2019

BillionGraves Index     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2026973); 27,061,015 indexed records with 27,061,015 record images (was 26,933,988 records with 26,933,988 images), Updated 26 Feb 2019

Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1463156); 2,739,146 indexed records with 830,893 record images (was 2,739,146 records with 830,893 images), Updated 25 Feb 2019

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 25 Feb 2019

*  North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2848682); 3,313,007 indexed records with 3,383,048 record images (was 2,613,577 records with 2,764,922 images), Updated 27 Feb 2019

Cook Islands, Public Records, 1846-1989 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2731435); 75,734 indexed records with 96,455 record images (was 0 records with 96,455 images), Updated 25 Feb 2019

England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2451051); Index only (6,673,660 records), no images (was 4,885,194 records with 0 images), Updated 25 Feb 2019

Australia, South Australia, Immigrants Ship Papers, 1849-1940   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2613135); 360,026 indexed records with 12,863 record images (was 372,588 records with 13,811 images), Updated 26 Feb 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 1 Mar 2019

Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3015626); 3,503,524 indexed records with 8,189,316 record images (was 3,503,524 records with 13,016,945 images), Updated 28 Feb 2019

*  North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1609799); 615,657 indexed records with 725,227 record images (was 615,657 records with 725,227 images), Updated 1 Mar 2019

United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1420441); 257,789 indexed records with 8,724 record images (was 257,789 records with 8,724 images), Updated 28 Feb 2019

Iowa, County Births, 1880-1935  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1821206); Index only (2,281,516 records), no images (was 2,281,516 records with 0 images), Updated 28 Feb 2019

Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Passenger Lists, 1800-1882   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1908535); 489,494 indexed records with 58,940 record images (was 489,494 records with 58,940 images), Updated 1 Mar 2019

--- Collections with new images ---

England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3155913); 7,851 indexed records with 43,331 record images (was 7,851 records with 31,503 images),  2 Feb 2019

Louisiana, Ascension Parish, Index of Marriages, 1773-1963      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3021712); 5,063 indexed records with 5,063 record images (was 4,955 records with 4,955 images),  28 Dec 2018

England, Shropshire Parish Registers, 1538-1918 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3155854); 12,490 indexed records with 79,311 record images (was 12,490 records with 54,235 images),  5 Feb 2019

--- Collections with images removed ---

England, Hampshire Parish Registers, 1538-1980  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2556014); 2,071,150 indexed records with 145,835 record images (was 2,071,150 records with 149,463 images),  31 Jan 2019

England, Surrey Parish Registers, 1536-1992     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2475028); Index only (2,103,418 records), no images (was 2,103,418 records with 222,763 images),  11 Dec 2017

New Jersey, Bride Index, 1930-1938      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2842740); 241,227 indexed records with 3,105 record images (was 241,227 records with 3,168 images),  7 Sep 2018

--- Collections with new records ---

Arkansas, Sevier County, Birth Records, 1914-1923       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2630408); 1,482 indexed records with 1,459 record images (was 1,460 records with 1,459 images),  30 Aug 2018

Louisiana, Orleans Parish Vital Records, 1900-1964      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1929995); 148,562 indexed records with 54,869 record images (was 148,523 records with 54,869 images),  19 Oct 2018

Missouri Deaths, 1883-1930      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2448947); 2,975 indexed records with 1,276 record images (was 0 records with 1,276 images),  25 Nov 2015

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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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