Saturday, September 21, 2019

Added and Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 15 to 21 September 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 21 September 2019, there were 2,584 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 4 from last week):

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

--- Collections Added   ---

Kansas, Grant County, Census Records, 1895-1982 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3288444); Index only, no images, ADDED 17 Sep 2019

Italy, Verona, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1630-1942    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016225); Index only, no images, ADDED 19 Sep 2019

Italy, Matera, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1925    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2819382); Index only, no images, ADDED 18 Sep 2019

Italy, Belluno, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1806-1815   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1939239); Index only, no images, ADDED 18 Sep 2019

--- Collections Updated ---

New Jersey, Death Index, 1901-1903      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2843410); 94,301 indexed records with 1,029 record images (was 94,240 records with 1,027 images), Updated 20 Sep 2019

South Carolina, Charleston County, Charleston, Birth Registers, 1901-1926       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2834217); 16,636 indexed records with 1,078 record images (was 16,375 records with 1,062 images), Updated 21 Sep 2019

Texas, Cooke County, Deeds, 1895-1924   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2804974); 32,703 indexed records with 29,072 record images (was 32,703 records with 29,063 images), Updated 18 Sep 2019

Alabama, Jefferson County Circuit Court Papers, 1870-1916       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1548510); 30,070 indexed records with 283,698 record images (was 0 records with 283,698 images), Updated 16 Sep 2019

Italy, Caserta, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1866   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2718545); Browse 4,543,698 Images only, no index (was 627 records with 627 images), Updated 18 Sep 2019

Delaware Vital Record Index Cards, 1680-1934    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1922410); 4,343 indexed records with 134,797 record images (was 4,024 records with 134,797 images), Updated 21 Sep 2019

Peru, Cemetery Records, 1912-2013       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3163400); 120,038 indexed records with 2,993 record images (was 117,494 records with 2,985 images), Updated 21 Sep 2019

Colorado, Jefferson County, Wheat Ridge, Crown Hill Cemetery Records, 1900-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3235393); 26,150 indexed records with 1,254 record images (was 0 records with 2,111 images), Updated 21 Sep 2019

Brazil, São Paulo, Civil Registration, 1925-1995        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2765317); 2,055,964 indexed records with 2,010,002 record images (was 2,055,765 records with 2,009,803 images), Updated 19 Sep 2019

Alabama, Friends of Magnolia Cemetery, Funeral Books, 1911-1965 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3264362); 1,164 indexed records with 1,161 record images (was 0 records with 21 images), Updated 17 Sep 2019

Alabama, County Birth Registers, 1881-1930      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3335352); 152,807 indexed records with 27,223 record images (was 104,700 records with 17,157 images), Updated 21 Sep 2019

Nevada Marriage Index, 1956-2005        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1949338); Index only (5,069,617 records), no images (was 5,069,617 records with 0 images), Updated 20 Sep 2019

Italy, Vicenza, Bassano del Grappa, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1871-1942       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2141952); 120,752 indexed records with 1,637,660 record images (was 120,752 records with 92,424 images), Updated 18 Sep 2019

United States Deceased Physician File (AMA), 1864-1968  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2061540); 532,611 indexed records with 707,724 record images (was 483,185 records with 707,724 images), Updated 21 Sep 2019

United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2333694); 34,153,315 indexed records with 46,885,712 record images (was 34,153,315 records with 46,885,712 images), Updated 20 Sep 2019

Manitoba Church Records, 1800-1959      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1992433); 8,879 indexed records with 6,567 record images (was 3,174 records with 6,567 images), Updated 21 Sep 2019

United States Census, 1880      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1417683); 50,471,461 indexed records with 1,080,487 record images (was 50,471,461 records with 1,080,474 images), Updated 19 Sep 2019

Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3398461); 39,099 indexed records with 39,068 record images (was 11,987 records with 11,986 images), Updated 21 Sep 2019

Germany, Baden, Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau, Catholic Church Records, 1678-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790181); 11,346,687 indexed records with 1,709,697 record images (was 10,301,574 records with 1,504,762 images), Updated 17 Sep 2019

Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Cemetery Records, 1845 - 1960       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3155912); 193,352 indexed records with 39,613 record images (was 193,255 records with 39,609 images), Updated 21 Sep 2019

Virginia, Slave Birth Index, 1853-1866  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3326815); 148,016 indexed records with 2,501 record images (was 143,106 records with 2,419 images), Updated 21 Sep 2019

United States Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Applications, 1800-1900 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1417475); 6,959,032 indexed records with 6,959,032 record images (was 6,959,032 records with 6,959,032 images), Updated 20 Sep 2019

Nova Scotia Marriages, 1864-1918        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2242886); 175,754 indexed records with 21,950 record images (was 175,740 records with 21,950 images), Updated 19 Sep 2019

Missouri, Jackson County Voter Registration Records, 1928-1956  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1992425); 458,118 indexed records with 61,961 record images (was 458,138 records with 61,961 images), Updated 17 Sep 2019

Nova Scotia Deaths, 1864-1877   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2242825); 9,063 indexed records with 27,717 record images (was 8,881 records with 27,717 images), Updated 20 Sep 2019

Peru, Lima, Civil Registration, 1874-1996       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1430936); 5,664,334 indexed records with 3,680,369 record images (was 5,664,334 records with 3,505,112 images), Updated 19 Sep 2019

Brazil, Pernambuco, Civil Registration, 1804-2016       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016195); 8,576,264 indexed records with 5,387,756 record images (was 8,413,558 records with 5,387,756 images), Updated 19 Sep 2019

Germany, Bavaria, Diocese of Augsburg, Catholic Church Records, 1615-1939       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2780016); Browse 835,572 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 752,454 images), Updated 16 Sep 2019

Louisiana, Orleans Parish, Birth Records, 1819-1906     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3326847); 16,609 indexed records with 8,304 record images (was 10,994 records with 5,505 images), Updated 21 Sep 2019

South Africa, Natal, Passenger Lists, 1860-1911 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3038342); Browse 6,701 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 4,912 images), Updated 16 Sep 2019

Colombia, Bogotá, Burial Permits, 1960-1991     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3212241); 288 indexed records with 1,108 record images (was 116 records with 712 images), Updated 21 Sep 2019

United States, Cemetery Abstracts       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2579610); 468,634 indexed records with 69,349 record images (was 288,877 records with 16,496 images), Updated 17 Sep 2019

Italy, Avellino, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1947  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2484771); 5,430 indexed records with 3,099,458 record images (was 5,430 records with 5,430 images), Updated 18 Sep 2019

Peru, Huánuco, Civil Registration, 1889-1997    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1983330); 4,392 indexed records with 708,628 record images (was 0 records with 708,628 images), Updated 21 Sep 2019

--- Collections with new images ---

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 1,676,681 images),  16 Mar 2019

Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3015626); 3,503,512 indexed records with 8,060,529 record images (was 3,503,512 records with 8,058,833 images),  14 Mar 2019

Australia, Victoria, Inward Passenger Lists, 1839-1923  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2778600); 883,350 indexed records with 5,575 record images (was 883,350 records with 5,548 images),  30 Jul 2019

South Africa, Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1846-1950   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2573604); 439,965 indexed records with 316,352 record images (was 439,965 records with 315,414 images),  3 May 2019

Iowa, Birth Records, 1921-1942  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2849548); 743,126 indexed records with 741,019 record images (was 743,126 records with 740,963 images),  22 May 2019

--- Collections with images removed ---

South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Death, 1869-1954 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2998108); 781,045 indexed records with 779,019 record images (was 781,045 records with 779,807 images),  6 Aug 2019

France, Dordogne, Church and Civil Registration, 1540-1896      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2796817); 7,882,907 indexed records with 3,097,802 record images (was 7,882,907 records with 3,099,653 images),  28 Mar 2018

Germany, Rhineland, Diocese of Trier, Catholic Church Records, 1704-1957        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790268); 2,043,205 indexed records with 194,182 record images (was 2,043,205 records with 206,456 images),  12 Sep 2019

--- Collections with records removed ---

United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2199956); Index only (875,610,657 records), no images (was 875,610,658 records with 0 images),  17 Jun 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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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Your Best Genealogy Humor

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) We're supposed to have fun doing this - show us your best genealogy humor - joke, cartoon, story, etc.  The more the merrier!

4)  Share your genealogy funny in your own blog post, on Facebook, and leave a link to it in the comments.



Here's mine (I can't do just one...):

1)  Truth:

2)  Funny:


3)  Impressive:

4)  Horror Story:

I have a lot more - I've been collecting for over 20 years.

Come on, I've shown you mine - now please show me yours!  Make my day (and feed my Pinterest board)!

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Copyright (c) 2019, Randall J. Seaver

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Surname Saturday -- LNU (Mary, who married John Gorton, England 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 #2383 who is Mary LNU (1612-after 1676). [Note: the more recent ancestral families have been covered in earlier posts.]

My ancestral line back through one generation in this LNU 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)

1190.  Joseph Foster (1650-1721)

1191.  Alice Gorton (1652-1712)


2382.  John Gorton, born about 1610 in England; died before 19 October 1676 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.  He married about 1636 in probably Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.
2383.  Mary LNU, born about 1612 in England; died after 1676 in probably Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of John Gorton and Mary LNU are:
*  Mary Gorton (1636-1636).
*  Mary Gorton (1641-1641).
*  Sarah Gorton (1644-????).
*  Hannah Gorton (1646-1670).
*  Mary Gorton (1648-1703), married 1665 Daniel Marshcroft (1637-1703).
Alice Gorton (1652-1712), married 1672 Joseph Foster (1650-1721).
*  Elizabeth Gorton (1654-1654).
*  John Gorton (1656-1668).
*  Abraham Gorton (1659-????), married 1683 Mary Sumner (1664-????).

Information about the Gorton family was obtained from:

*  Henry Whittemore, Genealogical Guide to the Early Settlers of America, with a Brief History of Those of the First Generation (Baltimore, Md. : Genealogical Publishing Company, 1967), page 217, John Gorton sketch.

I have done no original research on this Gorton line.

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Copyright (c) 2019, Randall J. Seaver

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Friday, September 20, 2019

Genealogy News Bytes - 20 September 2019


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





2)  New or Updated Record Collections:




3)  Genealogy Education - Webinars (times are US Pacific):

 GeneaWebinars Calendar



*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Monday, 23 September, 5 a.m.:  MyHeritage ADN : les fonctionnalités avancées (French), by Marie Cappart

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 24 September, 11 a.m.:  Unlocking English & Welsh Civil Registration Records. by Mike Mansfield

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 24 September, 3 a.m.:  Slektsforskning for nybegynnere: Etabler ditt online slektstre (Norwegian), by Yael Beck

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 25 September, 3 a.m.: Ahnenforschung für Anfänger (German), by Andrea Bentschneider

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 25 September, 11 a.m.:  Hur MyHeritages molntjänst och FTB kompletterar varandra (Swedish), by Kaj Winberg

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 25 September, 11 a.m.:  Meaningful Tables and Graphs for Correlation in Family History, by Ruth Wilson Craig

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Civil Law Concepts and Genealogy, by Claire Bettag.

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar: Research Latin America Genealogical Resources on the Internet, by Daniel Horowitz

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  1,000 Webinars: History, Bloopers, Inside the Tech, and what's next, by Geoff Rasmussen

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:   From Venezia to Catania: the Basics of Italian Research, by Melanie Holtz

4)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Fisher’s Top Tips:  #107 - Search Angels

*  Family Tree Magazine:  Recharging Your Research: Episode 1

*  The Genealogy Guys:  Podcast #367



5)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):





*  BYU Family History Library:  3 - FamilySearch (Updated Sept 2019) - Judy Sharp





*  Family History Fanatics:  Archives with Melissa Barker




6)  Genealogy Bargains:


7)  DNA Stories



8)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 17 September 2019?

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New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 20 September 2019

I received this information from Findmypast today:

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New Cumberland Parish Records and DC Thomson Staff War Photos available to search this Findmypast Friday


Here's what's new this Findmypast Friday

Search through this unique collection of vivid portrait images of men and women employed with DC Thomson in Dundee, who volunteered to serve during the Second World War. DC Thomson, the long established Dundee based publishing company, is the parent company of Findmypast. DC Thomson is best known for publishing The Evening Telegraph, The Dundee Courier, The Dandy and the longest running British children’s comic, the Beano.

Most of the staff depicted were employed at the Meadowside headquarters, which is still in operation today. The photo album contains each employee’s date of enlistment, name, notable details, and most have an accompanying photograph, many in uniform. A number of those listed were sadly captured, went missing or were killed.

Did your ancestors live on the Scottish border? Search over 76,000 Cumberland baptisms to find out. These transcripts and images of original documents include a combination of your ancestor’s baptism date, baptism place, residence, parents’ names and father’s occupation.  

This collection has been provided by the College of Arms.  The College of Arms is the official heraldic authority for England, Wales, Northern Ireland and much of the Commonwealth including Australia and New Zealand. The records cover the parishes of Dacre, Dalston, Great Orton, Holme Cultram, Kirkoswald, Lamplugh, Lanercost, Millom, Penrith, Skelton, Whicham and Wigton.

Add new branches to your family tree with over 37,000 new parish marriages. Each result includes both a transcript and image of the original document. The details listed include the date of the marriage and where it took place as well as the ages, residences and father’s names of both the bride and groom.

This collection has been provided by the College of Arms and covers the parishes of Crosthwaite, Dacre, Dalston, Great Orton, Holme Cultram, Kirkoswald, Lamplugh, Lanercost, Millom, Penrith, Skelton, Whicham and Wigton.

Discover the final resting place of your Cumberland ancestors with more than 61,000 new burial records. These transcripts and images will reveal a combination of your ancestors’ burial date, burial place and residence at time of death. 

These College of Arms records cover the parishes of Crosthwaite, Dacre, Dalston, Great Orton, Holme Cultram, Kirkoswald, Lamplugh, Lanercost, Millom, Penrith, Skelton, Whicham, Wigton.

110 Ohio directories have been added to our collection of United States directories & almanacs. These records, dating from the 1700s to the 1900s, are a great way to discover your ancestor’s address and occupation or explore the history of your home.

Almanacs and directories are an excellent resource for anyone researching their family history and want to understand more about their ancestor’s life. They provide insights into when the courts would sit and the presiding judge, as well as full listings of notable individuals, business owners, trades people, civil servants, church leaders, school teachers and much more. Furthermore, you can explore the history of your home by searching the publications by address, where you may discover previous proprietors.

These directories are a good substitute for the 1890 Census for the United States that was lost to fire.

Does a branch of your family tree have roots in the Ukraine? Search over 14,000 transcripts of births and baptisms spanning the years 1784 to 1879 to discover important dates, locations and parents' names. These International Genealogical Index records will also generate hints against any names stored in your Findmypast family tree.  


96,352 new pages are available to search this week including two brand new Scottish titles – the West Lothian Courier and the Irvine Times.

We also have extensive additions to our specialist Scottish farming title the North British Agriculturalist as well as new recent additions to the Irvine Herald, Wishaw Press, and Montrose Standard, Aberdeen Press & Journal and to the Aberdeen Evening Express.

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Disclosure:  I have a complimentary subscription to Findmypast, and have accepted meals and services from Findmypast, as a Findmypast Ambassador.  This has not affected my objectivity relative to Findmypast and its products.










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