Added and Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 25 to 31 August 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 31 August 2019, there were 2,573 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 4 from last week):

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

--- Collections Added   ---

*  Pennsylvania, Allegheny, Pittsburgh, Naturalization Card File Index, 1906-1990  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3037614); 116,726 indexed records with 116,726 record images, ADDED 30 Aug 2019

*  Hawaii, Births and Baptisms, 1843-1909  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2390841); 31,568 indexed records with 31,568 record images, ADDED 28 Aug 2019

*  Utah, Cemetery Abstracts        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2576051); 125,183 indexed records with 125,183 record images, ADDED 29 Aug 2019

*  Ohio, WWI Index and Return Cards, 1916-1920     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3039663); 100,468 indexed records with 100,468 record images, ADDED 27 Aug 2019

--- Collections Updated ---

*  South Carolina, Charleston County, Charleston, Birth Registers, 1901-1926       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2834217); 15,282 indexed records with 992 record images (was 14,550 records with 947 images), Updated 30 Aug 2019

*  Hungary Civil Registration, 1895-1980   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1452460); 1,056,190 indexed records with 5,864,285 record images (was 920,375 records with 5,864,285 images), Updated 26 Aug 2019

*  United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2761958); 5,344,149 indexed records with 292,272 record images (was 2,220,670 records with 137,615 images), Updated 27 Aug 2019

*  Italy, Caserta, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1866   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2718545); 228 indexed records with 228 record images (was 72 records with 72 images), Updated 30 Aug 2019

*  Peru, Cemetery Records, 1912-2013       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3163400); 111,406 indexed records with 2,903 record images (was 104,289 records with 2,777 images), Updated 31 Aug 2019

*  Brazil, São Paulo, Civil Registration, 1925-1995        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2765317); 2,055,765 indexed records with 2,009,803 record images (was 2,055,765 records with 2,009,803 images), Updated 31 Aug 2019

*  New York, County Marriages, 1847-1848; 1908-1936        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1618491); 1,260,175 indexed records with 955,515 record images (was 1,256,101 records with 955,515 images), Updated 26 Aug 2019

*  United States Deceased Physician File (AMA), 1864-1968  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2061540); 373,843 indexed records with 707,724 record images (was 323,111 records with 707,724 images), Updated 31 Aug 2019

*  Alabama, County Birth Registers, 1881-1930      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3335352); 21,390 indexed records with 3,083 record images (was 61 records with 4 images), Updated 31 Aug 2019

*  Sweden, Household Examination Books, 1880-1930  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790465); 46,977,151 indexed records with 87,177 record images (was 46,977,151 records with 87,177 images), Updated 28 Aug 2019

*  England, Hampshire Parish Registers, 1538-1980  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2556014); 2,161,827 indexed records with 140,288 record images (was 2,324,728 records with 173,076 images), Updated 26 Aug 2019

*  Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1803974); 952,108 indexed records with 585,021 record images (was 950,670 records with 585,021 images), Updated 27 Aug 2019

*  Colombia, Catholic Church Records, 1576-2018    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1726975); 3,528,161 indexed records with 12,659,776 record images (was 3,481,812 records with 12,659,776 images), Updated 26 Aug 2019

*  El Salvador Civil Registration, 1704-2001       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1821208); 1,603,711 indexed records with 1,381,210 record images (was 1,513,654 records with 1,381,210 images), Updated 30 Aug 2019

*  California, Los Angeles, Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Deceased Card File Index, 1877-1989  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3259479); 86,555 indexed records with 86,402 record images (was 85,985 records with 85,834 images), Updated 29 Aug 2019

*  Mexico, Sinaloa, Civil Registration, 1861-1929  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2290241); 374,786 indexed records with 1,403,105 record images (was 329,176 records with 1,403,105 images), Updated 30 Aug 2019

*  Illinois, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1998      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1989159); 1,059,509 indexed records with 144,834 record images (was 1,059,509 records with 144,834 images), Updated 29 Aug 2019

*  Croatia, Delnice Deanery Catholic Church Books, 1725-1926       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1875189); 154,523 indexed records with 3,485 record images (was 139,553 records with 3,485 images), Updated 26 Aug 2019

*  United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2333694); 34,153,316 indexed records with 46,885,712 record images (was 34,153,316 records with 46,885,712 images), Updated 30 Aug 2019

*  England, Cambridge Parish Registers, 1538-1983  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3299384); 162,917 indexed records with 32,786 record images (was 16 records with 1 images), Updated 26 Aug 2019

*  North Carolina, Wake County, Death Records, 1900-1909   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1949206); 1,146 indexed records with 1,138 record images (was 1,126 records with 1,118 images), Updated 31 Aug 2019

*  Nova Scotia Marriages, 1864-1918        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2242886); 175,689 indexed records with 21,950 record images (was 175,620 records with 21,950 images), Updated 30 Aug 2019

*  England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3155913); 1,042,012 indexed records with 87,094 record images (was 1,041,995 records with 87,092 images), Updated 27 Aug 2019

*  Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Cemetery Records, 1845 - 1960       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3155912); 192,870 indexed records with 39,600 record images (was 185,811 records with 39,401 images), Updated 31 Aug 2019

*  Nova Scotia Deaths, 1864-1877   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2242825); 8,646 indexed records with 27,717 record images (was 8,602 records with 27,717 images), Updated 27 Aug 2019

*  Texas, Gonzales County, Birth Records, 1878-1945        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3023822); 53,372 indexed records with 21,688 record images (was 53,386 records with 21,688 images), Updated 25 Aug 2019

*  Louisiana, Orleans Parish, Birth Records, 1819-1906     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3326847); 3,064 indexed records with 1,548 record images (was 0 records with 111 images), Updated 31 Aug 2019

*  Switzerland, Bern, Civil Registration, 1792-1876        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1883390); 35,371 indexed records with 4,900 record images (was 33,969 records with 4,900 images), Updated 27 Aug 2019

*  Virginia, Slave Birth Index, 1853-1866  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3326815); 88,637 indexed records with 1,497 record images (was 241 records with 4 images), Updated 31 Aug 2019

--- Collections with new images ---

*  Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3015626); 3,503,512 indexed records with 8,050,059 record images (was 3,503,512 records with 8,050,012 images),  14 Mar 2019

*  Oregon, World War I, County Military Service Records, 1919-1920 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3010088); 15,228 indexed records with 15,152 record images (was 15,228 records with 15,125 images),  19 Apr 2019

--- Collections with images removed ---

*  Italy, Salerno, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1806-1949   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1935404); 29,500 indexed records with 5,911,970 record images (was 29,500 records with 5,922,834 images),  25 Jan 2019

*  Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1417491); 1,678,119 indexed records with 1,676,683 record images (was 1,678,119 records with 1,676,692 images),  16 Mar 2019

--- Collections with new records ---

*  New York, Wills and Deeds, ca. 1700s-2017       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2739057); 20 indexed records with 20 record images (was 0 records with 20 images),  1 Jan 1970

--- Collections with records removed ---

*  Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Civil Registration, 1829-2012   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1582573); 5,795,902 indexed records with 5,100,470 record images (was 5,802,173 records with 5,100,470 images),  14 Aug 2019

*  United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2199956); Index only (875,610,666 records), no images (was 875,610,669 records with 0 images),  17 Jun 2015

*  Australia Cemetery Inscriptions, 1802-2005      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2115584); 1,124,412 indexed records with 329,238 record images (was 1,124,413 records with 329,238 images),  27 Jun 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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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Your School Yearbook Photos

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: 

 It's Saturday Night again - 

time for some more Genealogy Fun!!

Here is your assignment if you choose to play along (cue the Mission Impossible music, please!):

1)   Ancestry.com updated their School Yearbook collection and it is FREE to access until 2 September.  Use https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/yearbooksindex/.

2)  Show us your school yearbook photos from the Ancestry collection, or from your personal photo collection.  Tell us the school and year.  Add your spouse or best friend or children if you wish!

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

Here's mine:


1)  I was a 1961 high school graduate of San Diego High School in San Diego, California.  Here is the entry in the 1961 SDHS yearbook:

I think I wrote that myself trying to be funny.  I had to check a YouTube video yesterday to check out the Hully Gully song and dance.  I don't recall what Boys Federation was.  I recall Veni Vidi Vici.  I was skinny then - 5'7" and 120 pounds... I really didn't enjoy high school.  Math, Latin, Social Studies, Physics and Chemistry were great, but gym was terrible.  The only sport I was good at was handball.  Gym ruined my GPA.   I had no social life being smaller than every girl but one at the school.  

2)  Here is my wife, Linda Leland, in her 1960 yearbook of Abraham Lincoln High School in San Francisco:

And in the 1964 San Francisco State yearbook:

I showed you mine - please show me yours!!

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Surname Saturday -- JAMES (England to colonial Massachusetts)

t'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 #2377 who is Hannah JAMES (1629-1697). [Note: the more recent ancestral families have been covered in earlier posts.]

My ancestral line back through one generation in this JAMES 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)

18.  Edward Hildreth (1831-1899)
19.  Sophia Newton (1834-1923)

36.  Zachariah Hildreth (1783-1857)
37.  Hannah Sawtell (1789-1857)

74.  Josiah Sawtell (1768-1847)
75.  Hannah Smith (1768-1827)

148.  Ephraim Sawtell (1735-1800)
149.  Abigail Stone (1737-1800)

296.  Hezekiah Sawtell (1703-1779)
297.  Joanna Wilson (1702-1786)

594.  John Wilson (1673-1717)
595.  Elizabeth Foster (1673-1742)

1188.  John Wilson (1652-1735)
1189.  Johanna Carter (1647-1698)

2376.  John Wilson, born about 1625 in England; died 02 July 1687 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married about 1650 in England.
2377.  Hannah James, born 1629 in England; died after 21 June 1697 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of John Wilson and Hannah James are:
*  John Wilson (1652-1735), married (1) 1673 Johanna Carter (1647-1698); (2) 1698 Susannah Goodenow (1643-1713); ((3) Rebecca LNU (1664-1749).
*  Sarah Wilson (1653-1686), married 1670 Samuel Snow (1647-1717).
*  Dorcas Wilson (1657-1714), married 1675 Aaron Cleaveland (1655-1716).
*  Samuel Wilson (1658-1729), married 1682 Elizabeth Pierce (1659-????).
*  Francis Wilson (1660-1724), married 1683 Ruth Duntlin (1661-1700).
*  James Wilson (1663-1750).
*  Abigail Wilson (1666-1747), married (1) 1684 Joseph Hildreth (1658-1706); (2) 1713 Jonathan Barrett (1658-1743).
*  Elizabeth Wilson (1668-1743), married 1685 Isaac Hildreth (1663-1730).
*  Benjamin Wilson (1670-1750).
*  Hannah Wilson (1672-1726), married (1) 1689 Jonathan Pierce (1663-1694); (2) 1695 James Proctor (1658-1710).

The parentage and English origin of Hannah James in unknown.  After the death of John Wilson, she married Thomas Fuller of Salem in about 1688.

Information about the Wilson family was obtained from:

*  Ken Stevens, Wilsons From New England, Volume "J" - Descendants of John Wilson of Woburn, Massachusetts (Walpole, N.H., K. Stevens, 1991).

I have done no original research on the immigrant Wilson  family or the James family.

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Genealogy News Bytes - 30 August 2019

Some of the genealogy news and education items across my monitor the last three days include:

1)  News Articles:

*  Now feel free to add City Limits to your County Maps -- and actually see what's going on!

*  Accents and dialects of England

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*   New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 30 August 2019

*  TheGenealogist Releases the Lloyd George Domesday Survey Records for Tower Hamlets

*  New Historical Records Added to MyHeritage in August 2019

*  US Genealogy Records that Came Online this Summer

*  Elephind Update - August, 2019

3)  Genealogy Education - Webinars:

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  Free Family History Library Classes and Webinars for September 2019

*   Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 3 September, 7 p.m. PDT:  Are you Lost? Using Maps, Gazetteers and Directories for British Isles Research, by Paul Milner

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 4 September, 11 a.m. PDT:  Combining DNA and Traditional Research - In-Depth Case Studies, by Michelle Leonard

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar: Using Teams with your Genealogy, by Tessa Keough

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  The Show Me State: Research in Missouri, by Luana Darby

4)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Fisher’s Top Tips:  #101 - Genealogy Luck

*  The Photo Detective:  Episode 54: Family Reunion Photos – Sorting the Clues

*  Ancestral Findings:  Harriet Tubman: Unsung Heroes of the Civil War | AF-280

5)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):

*  Family History Fanatics:  An Introduction to MyHeritage DNA Results - A Segment of DNA

*  Family History Fanatics:  How Accurate Are AncestryDNA ThruLines?

*  Lisa Lisson:  Finding An Ancestor's Divorce Records - Facebook Live Replay

*  Lisa Lisson: Vertical Files in the Archives - Don't Miss Clues To Finding Your Ancestors

*  Amie Bowser Tennant:  Genealogy Thoughts Thursday: Inspiring Others to Enjoy Family History

*  Amie Bowser Tennant:  Family Story Friday: Dolly Parton is my Mom

*  Who Is Nicka Smith?  BlackProGen LIVE! Ep 91: Working With The Feds

*  Boundless Genealogy:  1900 US Federal Census | Genealogy Clues to Grow Your Family Tree

*  BYU Family History Library:  Using Helper Resources for Discover-Gather-Connect - Kathryn Grant

*  Cheri Hudson Passey:  GenFriends~Genealogy Conferences-News, Learning, Fun and More!

*  DNA Family Trees:  NEW! AncestryDNA Hints Quick Compare Feature!

*  Genealogy TV:  Ancestry: 3 Things You Need To Know (Member Connect, Edit Relationships, Customize Home Page)

*  GeneaVlogger:  Geni Curators (VLOG #34)

6)  Genealogy Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains Friday, August 30,  2019

*  FREE ACCESS to US and Canada Census Records at MyHeritage This Weekend!

*  Ancestry.com Yearbook Collection Free August 27 to September 2

7)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 27 August 2019?

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