Saturday, October 12, 2019

Added and Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 6 to 12 October 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 12 October 2019, there were 2,623 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 19 from last week):

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

--- Collections Deleted ---

Denmark, Copenhagen City, Burial Registers, 1805-1968   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2258579); 247,965 indexed records with 247,965 record images, DELETED 23 Jul 2019

--- Collections Added   ---

Hawaii, Board of Health, Marriage Record Indexes, 1909-1989     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3463469); 2,136 indexed records with 2,136 record images, ADDED 12 Oct 2019

Ohio, Clermont County Tax Records, 1816-1900    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2480104); 116,184 indexed records with 116,184 record images, ADDED 10 Oct 2019

California, Mendocino County, Ukiah, Russian River Cemetery District, Index to Burials, 1850-1990       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3259465); 10,789 indexed records with 10,789 record images, ADDED 12 Oct 2019

Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Pilgrim's Rest Cemetery, Interment Records, 1880-1979     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3246496); 15,169 indexed records with 15,169 record images, ADDED 12 Oct 2019

California, Lassen County, State Board of Health, Burial Permits, 1931-1988     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3241369); 5,946 indexed records with 5,946 record images, ADDED 12 Oct 2019

Mississippi, Adams County, Natchez Death Index, 1835-1905       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3460904); 19,270 indexed records with 19,270 record images, ADDED 12 Oct 2019

Illinois, Church Records, 1837-1995     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2787821); 28,599 indexed records with 28,599 record images, ADDED 11 Oct 2019

Louisiana, Parish Voter Registration Records, 1867-1905 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3326775); 132,854 indexed records with 132,854 record images, ADDED 8 Oct 2019

Peru, Ayacucho, Civil Registration, 1903-1999   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3460906); 580 indexed records with 580 record images, ADDED 12 Oct 2019

Minnesota, Church Records, 1798-1991    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790243); 4,977 indexed records with 4,977 record images, ADDED 11 Oct 2019

Massachusetts, Church Records, 1630-1943        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2787822); 6,606 indexed records with 6,606 record images, ADDED 11 Oct 2019

Delaware, Church Records, 1707-1939     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2787818); 75,282 indexed records with 75,282 record images, ADDED 9 Oct 2019

Hawaii, Tax Assessment Rolls, 1847-1903 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3159284); 48,133 indexed records with 48,133 record images, ADDED 7 Oct 2019

New Hampshire, Church Records, 1771-1905        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2787826); 404 indexed records with 404 record images, ADDED 11 Oct 2019

Missouri, Church Records, 1827-2004     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790252); 30,739 indexed records with 30,739 record images, ADDED 4 Oct 2019

France Deaths and Burials, 1546-1960    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1500691); 331,707 indexed records with 331,707 record images, ADDED 7 Oct 2019

Chile, Catholic Church Records, 1710-1928       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3405096); 1,481 indexed records with 1,481 record images, ADDED 12 Oct 2019

New York, Church Records, 1660-1954     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2787817); 106,989 indexed records with 106,989 record images, ADDED 10 Oct 2019

Alabama, Church Records, 1831-1994      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790182); 11,048 indexed records with 11,048 record images, ADDED 11 Oct 2019

Georgia, County Delayed Birth and Death Records, 1870-1960      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3438747); 30,337 indexed records with 30,337 record images, ADDED 12 Oct 2019

--- Collections Updated ---

New Jersey, Death Index, 1901-1903      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2843410); 94,541 indexed records with 1,033 record images (was 94,465 records with 1,032 images), Updated 5 Oct 2019

*  South Carolina, Charleston County, Charleston, Birth Registers, 1901-1926       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2834217); 17,355 indexed records with 1,123 record images (was 17,094 records with 1,107 images), Updated 12 Oct 2019

Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Rose Hill Burial Park, Interment cards, 1917-1982    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3259481); 1,979 indexed records with 28,566 record images (was 1,969 records with 27,758 images), Updated 12 Oct 2019

Delaware Vital Record Index Cards, 1680-1934    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1922410); 134,494 indexed records with 134,797 record images (was 134,099 records with 134,797 images), Updated 7 Oct 2019

Louisiana, New Orleans, Interment Registers, 1836-1972  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3288441); 31,356 indexed records with 817 record images (was 12,309 records with 300 images), Updated 12 Oct 2019

Peru, Cemetery Records, 1912-2013       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3163400); 125,661 indexed records with 2,998 record images (was 123,337 records with 2,996 images), Updated 11 Oct 2019

Colorado, Jefferson County, Wheat Ridge, Crown Hill Cemetery Records, 1900-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3235393); 27,562 indexed records with 1,320 record images (was 27,462 records with 1,315 images), Updated 11 Oct 2019

Colombia, Bogotá, Burial Permits, 1960-1991     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3212241); 8,568 indexed records with 17,603 record images (was 2,216 records with 10,142 images), Updated 12 Oct 2019

Alabama, Friends of Magnolia Cemetery, Funeral Books, 1911-1965 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3264362); 7,006 indexed records with 5,844 record images (was 2,322 records with 1,414 images), Updated 12 Oct 2019

Alabama, County Birth Registers, 1881-1930      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3335352); 272,723 indexed records with 45,766 record images (was 262,055 records with 44,636 images), Updated 12 Oct 2019

United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2333694); 34,153,314 indexed records with 46,885,712 record images (was 34,153,315 records with 46,885,712 images), Updated 11 Oct 2019

Manitoba Church Records, 1800-1959      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1992433); 10,384 indexed records with 6,567 record images (was 10,174 records with 6,567 images), Updated 11 Oct 2019

Sweden, Stockholm City Archives, Index to Church Records, 1546-1927     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2057674); 682,667 indexed records with 47,127 record images (was 659,765 records with 45,714 images), Updated 10 Oct 2019

Maryland, Church Records, 1668-1995 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2385204); 204,055 indexed records with 27,644 record images (was 115,481 records with 27,644 images), Updated 10 Oct 2019

Mississippi, Church Records, 1910-1919  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790273); 2,869 indexed records with 197 record images (was 2,869 records with 197 images), Updated 7 Oct 2019

Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3398461); 125,976 indexed records with 125,906 record images (was 97,027 records with 96,972 images), Updated 11 Oct 2019

Uruguay, Passenger Lists, 1888-1980     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2691993); 1,181,160 indexed records with 44,798 record images (was 163,438 records with 6,619 images), Updated 10 Oct 2019

Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1307888); 1,873,848 indexed records with 223,632 record images (was 1,873,338 records with 227,657 images), Updated 10 Oct 2019

Virginia, Slave Birth Index, 1853-1866  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3326815); 154,589 indexed records with 2,612 record images (was 153,093 records with 2,587 images), Updated 11 Oct 2019

Nova Scotia Marriages, 1864-1918        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2242886); 175,773 indexed records with 21,950 record images (was 175,766 records with 21,950 images), Updated 8 Oct 2019

Nova Scotia Deaths, 1864-1877   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2242825); 9,464 indexed records with 27,717 record images (was 9,380 records with 27,717 images), Updated 11 Oct 2019

Louisiana, Orleans Parish, Birth Records, 1819-1906     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3326847); 55,765 indexed records with 27,835 record images (was 33,157 records with 16,544 images), Updated 12 Oct 2019

England, Shropshire Parish Registers, 1538-1918 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3155854); 928,245 indexed records with 62,607 record images (was 152,390 records with 152,390 images), Updated 8 Oct 2019

France, Marriages, 1546-1924    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1500690); Index only (1,183,540 records), no images (was 3 records with 0 images), Updated 7 Oct 2019

Kansas State Census, 1905       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2659394); 1,545,509 indexed records with 50,873 record images (was 1,514,837 records with 49,917 images), Updated 10 Oct 2019

Peru, Huánuco, Civil Registration, 1889-1997 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1983330); 20,211 indexed records with 708,628 record images (was 16,351 records with 708,628 images), Updated 12 Oct 2019

--- Collections with new images ---

Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1417491); 1,678,119 indexed records with 1,676,655 record images (was 1,678,119 records with 1,676,652 images),  16 Mar 2019

Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3015626); 3,503,512 indexed records with 8,061,625 record images (was 3,503,512 records with 8,061,557 images),  14 Mar 2019

--- Collections with images removed ---

Germany, Bavaria, Diocese of Augsburg, Catholic Church Records, 1615-1939       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2780016); Browse 1,150,139 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 1,169,608 images),  24 Sep 2019

Germany, Rhineland, Diocese of Trier, Catholic Church Records, 1704-1957        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790268); 2,043,205 indexed records with 202,486 record images (was 2,043,205 records with 206,456 images),  12 Sep 2019

Oregon, Multnomah County, Voting Registration Records, 1908-1958        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2759505); 988,549 indexed records with 980,956 record images (was 988,549 records with 982,465 images),  5 Jul 2019

Iowa, Birth Records, 1921-1942  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2849548); 743,126 indexed records with 728,600 record images (was 743,126 records with 741,019 images),  22 May 2019

--- Collections with records removed ---

*  Denmark, Copenhagen City, Civil Marriages, 1739-1964, Index 1877-1964   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2341913); Browse 112,568 Images only, no index (was 190,047 records with 112,568 images),  1 May 2018

United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2199956); Index only (875,610,637 records), no images (was 875,610,644 records with 0 images),  2 Oct 2019

Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1949342); Index only (17,102,151 records), no images (was 17,102,152 records with 0 images),  17 Feb 2012

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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 -- Which Ancestral Home Would You Like to Visit?

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)  
Tell us which ancestral home (an actual building, a village, a town, even a country) you would most like to visit.   Which ancestors lived there, and for how long?  

2)  Share your ancestral home information in your own blog post, on Facebook, and leave a link to it in the comments.

Thank you to Linda Stufflebean for suggesting this topic.

Here's mine:

One of the ancestral places I would love to visit is Norfolk County, Ontario.  I have several ancestral families that settled there in the early 1800s, including the Hutchinsons and Sovereens, and the Putmans and Kemps came later in the century.


William Hutchinson (1745-1826) was born in New Jersey, was a Loyalist during the Revolutionary War, and left for New Brunswick after the war, marrying Catherine Lewis there.  He came to Norfolk County, Ontario in about 1801, and petitioned for and was granted 1,000 acres in Walsingham township.  He died there in 1826, and his wife died there in 1845.  Several of their children lived in Norfolk county, and son George Hutchinson died in Walsingham in 1888.  I don't know where the Hutchinson home was located, but it's possible that it is still standing.

Frederick Zofrin/Sovereign/Sovereen (1714-1806) migrated with his first wife and children in the 1750 time frame from Germany to Morris County, New Jersey, and then with his second wife and all of his surviving children to Norfolk County, Ontario in about 1800.  Almost all of his children continued living in Norfolk county in or near Charlotteville Township. His grandson, Frederick Sovereen married Mary Jane Hutchinson, and bought land in Middleton township and was the founder of Fredericksburg, which is now a village called Delhi.  I don't know if the Frederick Sovereen home is still standing in Delhi.

In about 1834, John Putman (1785-1863) left Steuben County, New York and moved to Norfolk County, Ontario, settling in Fredericksburg.  His daughter, Elizabeth Putman, married Alexander Sovereen, son of Frederick and Mary Jane (Hutchinson) Sovereen.  I don't know if their home is still standing in Norfolk county.

John Kemp (1723-1795) was residing near Saratoga, New York when the Revolutionary War started, and was a Loyalist in Kings Rangers.  After the war, the Kemp and other families migrated to Lennox and Addington County and then to Prince Edward County in Ontario.  John's great-grandson, James Abraham Kemp (1831-1902) came to Norfolk County before 1860 and married in 1861 to Mary Jane Sovereen, a daughter of alexander and Elizabeth (Putman) Sovereen, and granddaughter of Frederick and Mary Jane (Hutchinson) Sovereen.  The James Kemp family resided in Middleton township in Norfolk County.  I don't know if the James Kemp home is still standing in Norfolk county.

Perhaps someone who knows more about this county can help me find out if these three homes are still standing.  Whether they are or not, I would love to be able to visit Norfolk county and see the villages and the land that my ancestors worked during their lives, and maybe I can even find some distant cousins there!

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Surname Saturday -- WELBY (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 #2395 who is Olive WELBY (1604-1692). [Note: the more recent ancestral families have been covered in earlier posts.]

My ancestral line back through three generations in this WELBY 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)

298.  James Stone (1702-1783)
299.  Mary Farwell (1709-1804)

598.  Joseph Farwell (1670-1740)
599.  Hannah Colburn (1673-1741)


1196.  Joseph Farwell (1641-1722)
1197.  Hannah Learned (1649-1711)

2394.  Henry Farwell, born about 1605 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England; died 01 August 1670 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 4788. William Farwell and 4789. Dorothy LNU.  He married 16 April 1629 in Boston, Lincolnshire, England.
2395.  Olive Welby, born before 17 June 1604 in Moulton, Lincolnshire, England; died 01 March 1692 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of Henry Farwell and Olive Welby are:
*  Elizabeth Farwell (1630-1670), married 1651 Joseph Wilbur (1628-1691).
*  Samuel Farwell (1633-1634).
*  John Farwell (1635-1686), married (1) 1658 Sarah Wheeler (1640-1662); (2) 1662 Sarah Fiske (1640-????).
Joseph Farwell (1641-1722), married 1666 Hannah Learned (1649-1711).
*  Mary Farwell (1643-1714), married 1665 John Bates (1642-1722).
*  Olive Farwell (1645-????), married 1668 Benjamin Spalding (1643-1708).

4790.  Richard Welby, born before 01 January 1564 in Moulton, Lincolnshire, England;  He was the son of 8580. Thomas Welby and 8581. Elizabeth Thimbleby.  He married  04 January 1595 in Whaplode, Lincolnshire, England.
4791.  Frances Bulkeley, born before 01 January 1568 in Odell, Bedfordshire, England; died 1610 in Moulton, Lincolnshire, England.  She was the daughter of 9582. Edward Bulkeley and 9583. Olive Irby.

Children of Richard Welby and Frances Bulkeley are:
*  Thomas Welby (1597-????), married 1620 Elizabeth Parke (1599-????).
*  Anne Welby (1600-????).
*  Anthony Welby (1602-1603).
Olive Welby (1604-1692), married 1629 Henry Farwell (1605-1670).
*  Edward Welby (1608-????).

Information on the royal line of the Welby family was obtained from:

1)   Gary Boyd Roberts, The Royal Descents of 600 Immigrants to the American Colonies or the United States (Baltimore : Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004), page 338.

Information on the Farwell and Welby family was obtained from:

2)  Jane Harter Abbott and Lillian M. Wilson (from the records of John Dennis Farwell), Farwell Family, Volume I, A History of Henry Farwell and his Wife Olive (Welby) Farwell of Boston, England and Concord and Chelmsford, Mass. 1605-1927 (Orange, Tex.: Frederick Henry Farwell and Fanny (Barber) Farwell, 1929).

I have done no original research on this WELBY line or on the FARWELL line.


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Friday, October 11, 2019

Genealogy News Bytes - 11 October 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, 14 October, 7 a.m.:  Hoe kan ik mijn MyHeritage familiestamboom beter beheren? (Dutch) by MyHeritage

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 15 October, 5 p.m.:  Civil Law Records in Genealogical Research: Notarial Records, by Claire Bettag

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 16 October, 11 a.m.:  Italian Civil Registration (Stato Civile): Going Beyond the Basics, by Melanie D. Holtz

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  50 Records that Document Female Ancestors, by Gena Philibert-Ortega

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Over the Top: Researching Canadians in the First World War, by Michael L. Strauss

4)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Fisher’s Top Tips:  #118r - Brick Walls

*  Family Tree Magazine:  Online Records Roundup: Episode 130

*  The Photo Detective:  Episode 59: The Vivid-Pix Fix and a Contest


5)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):






*  DearMYRTLE:  Mondays with Myrt - 7 Oct 2019




*  Family History Ron:  Family History Ron Q&A 12 Sep 2019





6)  Genealogy Bargains:



7)  DNA Stories




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

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