Saturday, March 30, 2019

Added and Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 24 to 30 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 30 March 2019, there were 2,462 record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 2 from last week):


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

--- Collections Added   ---

*  Ohio, World War I Statement of Service Cards, 1914-1919 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3010045); 30,425 indexed records with 30,425 record images, ADDED 27 Mar 2019

New Hampshire, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1947  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2999488); Index only, no images, ADDED 15 Oct 2018

--- Collections Updated ---

BillionGraves Index     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2026973); 27,229,480 indexed records with 27,229,480 record images (was 27,061,015 records with 27,061,015 images), Updated 26 Mar 2019

North Carolina, Davidson County Vital Records, 1867-2006        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1387049); 155,502 indexed records with 79,128 record images (was 154,856 records with 79,128 images), Updated 26 Mar 2019

Connecticut, World War I, Military Census of Nurses, 1917       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3007513); 5,626 indexed records with 5,615 record images (was 5,494 records with 5,483 images), Updated 26 Mar 2019

Hawaii, Kauai County, Obituaries, 1982-2010     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2495093); 108,056 indexed records with 8,294 record images (was 108,056 records with 8,294 images), Updated 27 Mar 2019

Michigan, County Births, 1867-1917      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1923472); 1,171,444 indexed records with 93,629 record images (was 1,171,340 records with 93,629 images), Updated 28 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 28 Mar 2019

Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1804888); 1,366,305 indexed records with 1,302,310 record images (was 1,366,304 records with 1,302,310 images), Updated 27 Mar 2019

Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1926  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3005862); 2,016,404 indexed records with 48,436 record images (was 2,016,404 records with 48,436 images), Updated 28 Mar 2019

Ohio, Summit County, Coroner Inquests, Hospital and Cemetery Records, 1882-1949 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1985540); 11,858 indexed records with 12,047 record images (was 112 records with 12,047 images), Updated 28 Mar 2019

District of Columbia, Glenwood Cemetery Records, 1854-2013      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2170640); 107,335 indexed records with 52,042 record images (was 97,681 records with 52,042 images), Updated 23 Mar 2019

Georgia, World War I, Statement of Service Cards,  1920-1929    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3010041); 106,582 indexed records with 106,271 record images (was 102,572 records with 102,312 images), Updated 26 Mar 2019

Iowa, Records of Persons Subject to Military Duty, 1862-1910    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2821291); 5,075,783 indexed records with 107,838 record images (was 4,792,997 records with 0 images), Updated 25 Mar 2019

Louisiana, Ascension Parish, Index of Marriages, 1773-1963      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3021712); 39,835 indexed records with 360 record images (was 5,063 records with 5,063 images), Updated 24 Mar 2019

Peru, Amazonas, Civil Registration, 1935-1999   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1999173); 120,546 indexed records with 254,406 record images (was 110,998 records with 254,406 images), Updated 23 Mar 2019

North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2848682); 5,374,446 indexed records with 5,383,142 record images (was 4,936,240 records with 5,359,306 images), Updated 26 Mar 2019

*  Ohio, Crawford County Obituaries, 1860-2004     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1384728); 1,231,389 indexed records with 130,134 record images (was 1,231,389 records with 130,134 images), Updated 26 Mar 2019

Idaho, Southern Counties Obituaries, 1943-2013  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2290243); 1,514,987 indexed records with 52,677 record images (was 1,514,987 records with 52,677 images), Updated 29 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 29 Mar 2019

Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1307826); 2,050,112 indexed records with 942,237 record images (was 2,050,112 records with 942,237 images), Updated 28 Mar 2019

United States, Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1894-1954 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2185932); 204,822 indexed records with 156,638 record images (was 194,525 records with 149,064 images), Updated 28 Mar 2019

New Jersey State Census, 1895   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2659407); 1,484,097 indexed records with 31,123 record images (was 1,484,097 records with 31,123 images), Updated 29 Mar 2019

Iowa, Birth Records, 1921-1942  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2849548); 743,113 indexed records with 728,600 record images (was 454,233 records with 440,493 images), Updated 28 Mar 2019

Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1932106); 4,005,319 indexed records with 1,431,304 record images (was 4,005,319 records with 1,431,304 images), Updated 26 Mar 2019

--- Collections with new images ---

North Carolina, Civil Marriages, 1763-1868      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2524877); 53,560 indexed records with 4,567 record images (was 53,560 records with 0 images),  22 Feb 2016

Oregon, Baker County Records, 1862-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1384963); 1,990 indexed records with 66,538 record images (was 1,990 records with 0 images),  17 Dec 2018

Colombia, Diocese of Barranquilla, Catholic Church Records, 1808-1985   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2241457); 220,501 indexed records with 67,526 record images (was 220,501 records with 55,005 images),  14 Mar 2019

Hungary Reformed Church Christenings, 1624-1895 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1858355); 6,076,320 indexed records with 6,076,320 record images (was 6,076,320 records with 0 images),  1 May 2012

Minnesota, Birth and Death Records, 1866-1916   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1858352); 383,230 indexed records with 144,789 record images (was 383,230 records with 0 images),  4 May 2011

New York Records of the State National Guard, 1906-1954 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2329262); 724,527 indexed records with 732,182 record images (was 724,527 records with 0 images),  15 Jan 2015

Maryland, Church Records, 1668-1995     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2385204); 115,481 indexed records with 27,644 record images (was 115,481 records with 0 images),  2 Mar 2016

Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1942      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2367319); 3,564 indexed records with 785 record images (was 3,564 records with 0 images),  1 Mar 2016

Oregon Marriage Records, 1849-1952      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2352706); 12,754 indexed records with 5,598 record images (was 12,754 records with 0 images),  24 Jan 2017

Missouri, Reports of Separation Notices, 1941-1946      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2392705); 415,471 indexed records with 436,078 record images (was 415,471 records with 0 images),  18 Oct 2017

--- Collections with images removed ---

England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3155913); 124,082 indexed records with 474 record images (was 7,851 records with 102,605 images),  2 Feb 2019

France, Calvados, Military Registration Cards, 1867-1921        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2815120); 95,494 indexed records with 86,175 record images (was 95,494 records with 87,562 images),  14 Jan 2019

England, Hampshire Parish Registers, 1538-1980  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2556014); 2,324,688 indexed records with 162,949 record images (was 2,324,688 records with 173,076 images),  12 Mar 2019

--- Collections with new records ---

Philippines Civil Registration (National), 1945-1984    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1852584); 537,922 indexed records with 20,274,621 record images (was 535,953 records with 20,274,621 images),  30 Nov 2016

Minnesota, County Deaths, 1850-2001     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2185953); 1,195,403 indexed records with 367,790 record images (was 1,178,785 records with 367,790 images),  9 Nov 2018

--- Collections with records removed ---

New York Marriages, 1686-1980   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1680847); Index only (725,272 records), no images (was 736,826 records with 0 images),  11 Jul 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 - Your Ancestor's Occupations

It's Saturday Night, 

time for more Genealogy Fun!!


For this week's mission (should you decide to accept it), answer the question:



1)  What were the occupations of your ancestors?

2)  Please go back several generations (say parents or grandparents or great-grandparents) and list the occupations that they had in the records you've found for them.  You could do this, say, by ancestor table number.

3)  Tell us about it in your own blog post, in a comment on this blog post, or in a post on Facebook.

Here's mine:

I'm going to use Ancestor Table number, starting with my parents and going back to my great-grandparents:

2)  Frederick W. Seaver (1911-1983), my father, had these occupations:

*  1940:  Sales manager in a finance company (1940 US Census)
*  1940:  Investigator for a loan bank corporation (1940 US Census)
*  1942-1944:  Clerk for an aircraft manufacturing company in Chula Vista
*  1944-1946:  Mailman 3rd class in United States Navy aboard USS Halford
*  1947-1971:  Prudential Life Insurance agent in San Diego

3)  Betty V. (Carringer) Seaver (1919-2002), my mother:

*  1941-1942:  Art and English teacher at Wilson Junior High School in San Diego
*  1942-1943:  Clerk at an aircraft manufacturing company in Chula Vista
*  1944-1946:  Art teacher at Memorial Junior High School in San Diego

4)  Frederick W. Seaver (1876-1942), my grandfather:

*  1900:  Painter of combs at plastics factory in Leominster, Mass.
*  1910:  Superintendent of a comb shop in Leominster, Mass.
*  1918:  Superintendent at Paton Manufacturing Company in Leominster, Mass.
*  1920:   Superintendent of a comb shop in Leominster, Mass.
*  1930:  Superintendent of a celluloid company in Leominster, Mass.
*  1940:  Foreman at Viscoloid company in Leominster, Mass.

5)  Alma Bessie (Richmond) Seaver (1882-1962), my grandmother:

*  1900:  housework in Leominster, Mass.

6)  Lyle L. Carringer (1891-1976), my grandfather:

*  1920:  Auditor, works in dry goods store in San Diego
*  1930:  Office worker, works in dry goods store in San Diego
*  1940:  Office clerk - Marston's Department Store in San Diego
*  1960:  retired as Accountant at Marston's Department Store in San Diego

7)  Emily K. (Auble) Carringer (1899-1977), my grandmother:

*  1940:  Clerical and saleslady at Marston's Department Store in San Diego

8)  Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922), my great-grandfather:

*  1874:  Ironworker in Leominster, Mass. (marriage record)
*  1880:  works in a comb shop in Leominster, Mass.
*  1900:  Teamster in Leominster, Mass.
*  1910:  Assistant superintendent at horn shop in Leominster, Mass.
*  1920:  Assistant superintendent at horn shop in Leominster, Mass.

9)  Hattie L. (Hildreth) Seaver (1857-1920), my great-grandmother:

*  1880:  Keeping house in Leominster, Mass.

10)  Thomas Richmond (1848-1917), my great-grandfather:

*  1870:  Works in a woolen mill in Stonington, Conn.
*  1880:  Overseer in a woolen mill in Killingly, Conn.
*  1900:  Overseer of a woolen mill in Leominster, Mass.
*  1910:  Carder in a woolen mill in Killingly, Conn.

11)  Julia (White) Richmond (1848-1913):

*  1870:  Keeping house in Stonington, Conn.
*  1880:  Keeping house in Killingly, Conn.

12)  Henry Austin Carringer (1853-1946), my great-grandfather:

*  1880:  Millwright and carpenter in Boulder, Colorado
*  1889-1897:  Carpenter at Russ Planing Mill in San Diego (City Directories)
*  1900:  Carpenter in San Diego.
*  1910:  Carpenter in San Diego.
*  1920:  Cabinet maker, works in a furniture store in San Diego
*  1930:  Aviation technician at Rockwell Field, San Diego
*  1940:  Retired millwright and mechanic in San Diego

13)  Della (Smith) Carringer, (1862-1944), my great-grandmother:

*  1880:  Keeping house in Blue Rapids, Kansas
*  1940:  Housework in own home in San Diego  

14)  Charles Auble (1849-1916), my great-grandfather:

*  1870:  A painter in Terre Haute, Indiana
*  1880:  A painter in Terre Haute, Indiana
*  1900:  A house decorator in Chicago, Illinois
*  1910:  A house decorator in Chicago, Illinois
*  1913-1915:  A painter in San Diego (City directories)

15)  Georgianna (Kemp) Auble (1868-1952):

*  1940:  Housework in own home in San Diego.

16)  Isaac Seaver (1823-1901):


*  1850:  hay fork maker in Medfield, Mass.
*  1860:  blacksmith in Westminster, Mass.
*  1870:  works in fork shop in Leominster, Mass.
*  1880:  blacksmith in Leominster, Mass.

17)  Lucretia Townsend smith (1828-1884):

*  1870:  keeping house
*  1880:  keeping house

18)  Edward Hildreth (1831-1899):

*  1850:  clerk in Berlin, Mass.
*  1860:  combmaker in Northborough, Mass.
*  1870:  works in machine shop in Leominster, Mass.
*  1880:  machinist in Leominster, Mass.

19)  Sophia (Newton) Hildreth (1834-1923):

*  1870:  keeping house in Leominster, Mass.
*  1880:  keeping house in Leominster, Mass.

20)  James Richman (1821-1912)

*  1851:   Coal merchant laborer in Hilperton, Wiltshire
*  1860:  farm labroer in Burrillville, R.I.
*  1870:  works in woolen mill in Putnsm, Conn.
*  1880:  farmer in Putnam, Conn.
*  1900:  farmer in Putnam, Conn.
*  1910:  farmer in Putnam, Conn.

21)  Hannah (Rich) Richman (1824-1911)

*  1851:  woolen weaver in Hilperton, Wiltshire
*  1870:  keeping house in Putnasm, Conn.
*  1880:  keeping house in Putnam, Conn.

22)  Henry White (1824-1885):

*  1850:  weaver in Killingly, Conn.
*  1860:  manufacturer in Killingly, Conn.
*  1870:  works in cotton mill in Killingly, Conn.
*  1880:  carpenter in Killingly, Conn.

23)  Amy (Oatley) White (1824-1865):

*  none

24)  David Jackson Carringer (1828-1902):

*  1850:  a farmer in Sandy Creek, Penn.
*  1860:  a carpenter in Columbus City, Iowa
*  1870:  a farmer in Jackson, Iowa
*  1880:  a carpenter and joiner in Boulder, Colo.
*  1896:  a fruit grower in Boulder, Colo.
*  1901:  a rancher in San Diego, Calif.

25)  Rebecca (Spangler) Carringer (1832-1901):

*  1870:  keeps house in Jackson, Iowa
*  1880:  keeps house in Boulder, Colo.

26)  Devier James Lamphier Smith (1839-1894):

*  1860:  a farm laborer in Oak Grove, Wisc.
*  1870:  a farmer in Benton, Iowa
*  1875:  a livery and sale stable in Lincoln, Kan.
*  1880:  no occupation in Shannon, Kans.
*  1885:  a speculator in Concordia, Kan.
*  1894:  livery business in McCook, Nebr.

27)  Abigail A. (Vaux) Smith (1844-1931):

*  1870:  keeps house in Benton, Iowa
*  1875:  a milliner in Lincoln, Kan.
*  1880:  keeps house in Concordia, Kan.

28)  David Auble (1817-1894):

*  1850:  a boot and shoe man in Newark, N.J.
*  1860:  works in shoe store in Newark, N.J.
*  1870:  boot and shoe maker in Terre Haute, Ind.
*  1880:  a shoe maker in Terre Haute, Ind.

29)  Sarah (Knapp) Auble (1818-1904):

*  1870:  keeps house in Terre Haute, Ind.
*  1880:  keeps house in Terre Haute, Ind.

30)  James Abraham Kemp (1831-1902):

*  1851:  a laborer in Ameliasburg, Ontario
*  1861:  a carpenter in Middleton, Ontario
*  1871:  a carpenter in Norfolk county, Ontario
*  1881:  a carpenter in Norfolk county, Ontario
*  1891:  a carpenter in Norfolk county, Ontario
*  1901:  a farmer in Delhi, Ontario

31)  Mary Jane Sovereen Kemp (1840-1874):

*  none

Of course, the women in the households were mothers, washers, cooks, menders, and much more!

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Surname Saturday -- BALLIOU (Netherlands 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 #2283 who is Abigail BALLIOU (1600-1669). [Note: the more recent ancestral families have been covered in earlier posts.]

My ancestral line back through two generations in this BALLIOU 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)

70.  Thomas Dill (1755-1839)
71.  Hannah Horton (1761-1797)

142.  Nathaniel Horton (1720-1771)

143.  Eunice Snow (1722-1816)

284.  Samuel Horton (1686-1778)
285.  Hannah Atwood (1686-1771)

570.  Stephen Atwood (1653-1722)
571.  Apphia Bangs (1651-1722)

1140.  Stephen Atwood (1616-1694)
1141.  Abigail Dunham (1621-1668)


2282.  John Dunham, born about 1588 in probably Clophill, Bedfordshire, England; died 02 March 1669 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.  He married  22 October 1622 in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
2283.  Abigail Balliou, born 22 October 1600 in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands; died after 1669 in Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of John Dunham and Abigail Balliou are:
*  Samuel Dunham (1623-1712), married (1) 1649 Martha Beals (1620-1690), (2) 1694 Sarah LNU (1630-1706).
*  Jonathan Dunham (1625-1717), married (1) 1655 Mary Delano (1635-1657); (2) 1657 Mary Cobb (1637-1677).
Abigail Dunham (1627-1668), married 1644 Stephen Atwood (1616-1694)
*  Joseph Dunham (1631-1703), married (1) 1657 Mercy Morton (1639-1667); (2) 1669 Hester Wormall (1640-????).
*  Hannah Dunham (1634-1708), married 1651 Gyles Rickard (1624-1710).
*  Persis Dunham (1635-1701), married (1) 1655 Benajah Pratt (1631-1682); (2) 1683 Jonathan Shaw (1629-1701).
*  Benajah Dunham (1637-1680), married 1660 Elizabeth Tillson (1640-1685).
*  Daniel Dunham (1639-1677), married 1670 Hannah LNU.

4566.  Thomas Balliou, born about 1575 in Wicres, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; died before 06 December 1617 in Wicres, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.  He married before 1600.
4567.  Ann Aime, born about 1574 in Wicres, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France; died 7 January 1621 in Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.

Child of Thomas Balliou and Ann Aime is:
Abigail Balliou (1600-1669), married 1622 John Dunham (1588-1669).

There are several Derivative Source works that detail the Dunham and Balliou families:  

*  Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins, Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633 (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995), Volume I, Page 602, John Dunham sketch.

*  Robert Leigh Ward, "The English Origin and first wife of Deacon John Dunham of Plymouth, Massachusetts," The American Genealogist, Volume 71, No. 2 (July 1996), pages 130- 133. 

The Balliou surname may be derived from the English Ballou, or the French or Dutch Billiou, which may be a Huguenot family.  Some references have anglicized the name to Barlow.  

I have done no original research for this Dunham or Balliou family.

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Friday, March 29, 2019

Genealogy News Bytes -- 29 March 2019


Some of the genealogy news items across my desktop the last three days include:

1)  News Articles:


 
WikiTree Reaches 20 Million Profiles today!



2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

Friday Finds 29 Mar 2019




3)  Genealogy Education - Webinars:

 GeneaWebinars Calendar


*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar -- Tuesday 2 April, 6 p.m. PDT:  One Touch Genealogy Research: How to Handle a Record Just Once, by Thomas MacEntee

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar -- Wednesday 3 April, 11 a.m. PDT: An Introduction to DNA Painter, by Jonny Perl

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  No Purchase Necessary: Free Genealogy Tools for Your iPad/iPhone, by Devin Ashby

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  US Genealogy for Australians, by Thomas MacEntee

4)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Fisher’s Top Tips Podcast:  #57 -- Is It Time to hire a Professional?

*  The Photo Detective Podcast:  Episode 34: Sharing Photos Online

5)  Genealogy Education - Video:





*  Family History Fanatics YouTube:  How to Add Newspapers.com Clippings to Ancestry.com


*  The Family History Guide YouTube:  Show Me, FamilySearch Project 1, Goal 1

*  The In-Depth Genealogist YouTube:  Hard Times

*  Valerie & Myrt's Excellent Genealogy Adventures YouTube:  Spotlight: Lisa Louise Cooke


8)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 26 March 2019?


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