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 June 2019, there were 2,505 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 8 from last week):
The added or updated collections are (as Marshall provided them):
--- Collections Added ---
* North Dakota, Red River Valley Genealogical Society, Pioneer Files, 1880-1953 (https://familysearch.org/sea rch/collection/3155904); 5,520 indexed records with 5,520 record images, ADDED 11 Jun 2019
* Kansas, Swedish Church Records, 1861-1918 (https://familysearch.org/sea rch/collection/3042282); 18,381 indexed records with 18,381 record images, ADDED 14 Jun 2019
* United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/2860782); 22 indexed records with 22 record images, ADDED 12 Jun 2019
* United States, New York, Index to Passengers Arriving at New York City, compiled 1944-1948 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/3029266); 1,125,332 indexed records with 1,125,332 record images, ADDED 11 Jun 2019
* American Samoa, Census Records, 1900-1945 (https://familysearch.org/sea rch/collection/2362048); 53,680 indexed records with 53,680 record images, ADDED 12 Jun 2019
* Ohio, Athens County, Deceased Veteran Grave Registration Card File Index, 1819-1936 (https://familysearch.org/sea rch/collection/3315268); 323 indexed records with 323 record images, ADDED 13 Jun 2019
* Kansas State Census, 1905 (https://familysearch.org/sea rch/collection/2659394); 1,514,837 indexed records with 1,514,837 record images, ADDED 13 Jun 2019
* New York, Cemetery Abstracts, 1800-1965 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/2552111); 175,959 indexed records with 175,959 record images, ADDED 13 Jun 2019
--- Collections Updated ---
* Belgium, Antwerp, Civil Registration, 1588-1913 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/2138481); 292,567 indexed records with 3,208,805 record images (was 277,809 records with 3,208,809 images), Updated 12 Jun 2019
* Belgium, Namur, Civil Registration, 1800-1912 (https://familysearch.org/sea rch/collection/2138511); 229,908 indexed records with 372,768 record images (was 209,958 records with 372,768 images), Updated 12 Jun 2019
* England and Wales Census, 1911 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/1921547); 36,354,828 indexed records with 36,354,828 record images (was 36,354,828 records with 36,354,828 images), Updated 14 Jun 2019
* Peru, Cemetery Records, 1912-2013 (https://familysearch.org/sea rch/collection/3163400); 38,171 indexed records with 1,725 record images (was 35,457 records with 1,595 images), Updated 15 Jun 2019
* Texas, Bexar County, San Antonio Cemetery Records, 1893-2007 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/1828544); 58,538 indexed records with 38,892 record images (was 55,538 records with 38,892 images), Updated 14 Jun 2019
* California, Santa Clara County, San Jose, Oak Hill Cemetery Headstone Inscriptions, 1838-1985 (https://familysearch.org/sea rch/collection/3161103); 31,517 indexed records with 29,809 record images (was 0 records with 235 images), Updated 15 Jun 2019
* United States Deceased Physician File (AMA), 1864-1968 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/2061540); 70,501 indexed records with 707,724 record images (was 61,718 records with 707,724 images), Updated 15 Jun 2019
* United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/2333694); 34,153,320 indexed records with 46,885,712 record images (was 34,153,320 records with 46,885,712 images), Updated 14 Jun 2019
* Pennsylvania, Berks County, Reading, Charles Evans Cemetery and Crematory Burial Records, 1887-1979 (https://familysearch.org/sea rch/collection/3241365); 100,939 indexed records with 87,400 record images (was 76,721 records with 76,003 images), Updated 14 Jun 2019
* Nova Scotia Births, 1864-1877 (https://familysearch.org/sea rch/collection/2243378); 167,469 indexed records with 35,026 record images (was 136,370 records with 35,026 images), Updated 15 Jun 2019
* Australia, New South Wales, Index to Bounty Immigrants, 1828-1842 (https://familysearch.org/sea rch/collection/1542665); 50,981 indexed records with 41,805 record images (was 50,981 records with 41,805 images), Updated 13 Jun 2019
* Philippines Civil Registration (National), 1945-1984 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/1852584); 535,953 indexed records with 20,274,621 record images (was 576,339 records with 20,274,621 images), Updated 13 Jun 2019
* Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013 (https://familysearch.org/sea rch/collection/1614804); 5,089,894 indexed records with 1,549,413 record images (was 5,090,217 records with 1,549,413 images), Updated 11 Jun 2019
* Belgium, Limburg, Civil Registration, 1798-1906 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/2138507); 70,980 indexed records with 842,559 record images (was 65,837 records with 842,559 images), Updated 12 Jun 2019
* Belgium, Hainaut, Civil Registration, 1600-1913 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/2138500); 321,664 indexed records with 3,858,982 record images (was 311,376 records with 3,858,982 images), Updated 12 Jun 2019
* Peru, Amazonas, Civil Registration, 1935-1999 (https://familysearch.org/sea rch/collection/1999173); 146,177 indexed records with 254,406 record images (was 126,164 records with 254,406 images), Updated 12 Jun 2019
* Germany, Baden, Stebbach, Church Book Extracts, 1675-1951 (https://familysearch.org/sea rch/collection/2422968); Browse 194 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 194 images), Updated 13 Jun 2019
* Nova Scotia Marriages, 1864-1918 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/2242886); 12,893 indexed records with 21,950 record images (was 7,708 records with 21,950 images), Updated 15 Jun 2019
* England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/3155913); 550,198 indexed records with 40,341 record images (was 493,133 records with 35,984 images), Updated 15 Jun 2019
* Michigan, Civil War Centennial Observance Commission, Committee on Civil War Grave Registration, Burial Records (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/3246416); 10,564 indexed records with 8,415 record images (was 5,841 records with 4,947 images), Updated 15 Jun 2019
* Georgia, Confederate Pension Rolls, 1879-1920 (https://familysearch.org/sea rch/collection/3038333); 118,610 indexed records with 117,805 record images (was 113,365 records with 113,057 images), Updated 11 Jun 2019
* South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Deaths, 1895-1972 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/1779109); 1,490,931 indexed records with 2,216,270 record images (was 1,058,839 records with 2,216,270 images), Updated 10 Jun 2019
--- Collections with new images ---
* England, Hampshire Parish Registers, 1538-1980 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/2556014); 2,324,728 indexed records with 165,592 record images (was 2,324,728 records with 164,579 images), 21 May 2019
--- Collections with images removed ---
* Spain, Aragón, Electoral Censuses, 1890-1934 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/2304578); 4,972,408 indexed records with 42,873 record images (was 4,972,408 records with 53,004 images), 4 Jun 2019
* South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Death, 1869-1954 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/2998108); 557,525 indexed records with 556,579 record images (was 557,525 records with 556,981 images), 4 Jun 2019
* Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965 (https://familysearch.org/sea rch/collection/1417491); 1,678,119 indexed records with 1,676,689 record images (was 1,678,119 records with 1,676,692 images), 16 Mar 2019
--- Collections with records removed ---
* Minnesota Birth Index, 1935-2002 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/1949334); Index only (4,267,592 records), no images (was 4,267,593 records with 0 images), 6 May 2014
* United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/2199956); Index only (875,610,713 records), no images (was 875,610,717 records with 0 images), 17 Jun 2015
* United States Census, 1870 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/1438024); 40,350,432 indexed records with 1,049,047 record images (was 40,350,669 records with 1,049,047 images), 20 Jun 2014
* New York State Census, 1855 (https://familysearch.org/sea rch/collection/1937366); 2,817,765 indexed records with 49,719 record images (was 2,818,214 records with 49,719 images), 6 Jun 2019
* North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 (https://familysearch.org/sea rch/collection/1726957); 7,565,212 indexed records with 1,509,652 record images (was 7,565,213 records with 1,509,652 images), 28 Nov 2018
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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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