Saturday, October 26, 2019

Added and Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 20 to 26 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 26 October 2019, there were 2,640 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 8 from last week):

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

--- Collections Added   ---

United States, Louisiana, Passenger Departures from New Orleans, 1867-1871      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3326858); 5,123 indexed records with 5,123 record images, ADDED 23 Oct 2019

Texas, Harrison County Delayed Birth Records, 1860-1933 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3460988); 176 indexed records with 176 record images, ADDED 26 Oct 2019

Tennessee, Board of Health, Shelby County, Memphis Death Records, 1848-1913     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3460987); 871 indexed records with 871 record images, ADDED 26 Oct 2019

England, Oxfordshire Parish Registers 1538-1904 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3293406); 585 indexed records with 585 record images, ADDED 26 Oct 2019

Illinois, Stark County Circuit Court, Stark County Naturalization Records   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3158025); 56 indexed records with 56 record images, ADDED 23 Oct 2019

England, Yorkshire Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1613-1887    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3477664); 86 indexed records with 86 record images, ADDED 25 Oct 2019

United States, Iowa Naturalization Records, 1859-1990   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3155890); 55,114 indexed records with 55,114 record images, ADDED 22 Oct 2019

Peru, Prelature of Yauyos-Cañete-Huarochirí, Catholic Church Records, 1665-2018(https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3460240); 59 indexed records with 59 record images, ADDED 26 Oct 2019

--- Collections Updated ---

South Carolina, Charleston County, Charleston, Birth Registers, 1901-1926       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2834217); 18,826 indexed records with 1,214 record images (was 18,225 records with 1,177 images), Updated 25 Oct 2019

Peru, Junín, Civil Registration, 1881-2005      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2114428); 405,756 indexed records with 1,116,809 record images (was 405,391 records with 1,116,809 images), Updated 24 Oct 2019

*  Chile, Catholic Church Records, 1710-1928       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3405096); 6,779 indexed records with 783 record images (was 4,163 records with 476 images), Updated 26 Oct 2019

Louisiana, New Orleans, Interment Registers, 1836-1972  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3288441); 60,522 indexed records with 1,546 record images (was 47,990 records with 1,246 images), Updated 26 Oct 2019

Peru, Cemetery Records, 1912-2013    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3163400); 128,631 indexed records with 3,000 record images (was 127,961 records with 3,000 images), Updated 25 Oct 2019

United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1968530); 30,165,145 indexed records with 24,999,338 record images (was 30,165,145 records with 24,999,338 images), Updated 22 Oct 2019

Wales, Anglesey, Parish Registers, 1538-1912    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2072798); 484,848 indexed records with 484,848 record images (was 203,430 records with 203,430 images), Updated 25 Oct 2019

England and Wales Census, 1861  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1493747); 19,591,543 indexed records with 1,033,317 record images (was 19,591,543 records with 1,033,317 images), Updated 23 Oct 2019

Alabama, Friends of Magnolia Cemetery, Funeral Books, 1911-1965 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3264362); 17,413 indexed records with 13,942 record images (was 10,839 records with 9,228 images), Updated 26 Oct 2019

Idaho, Bonneville County, Idaho Falls, Rose Hill Cemetery Records, 1800-2007    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1447470); Browse 17 Images only, no index (was 24,455 records with 23,856 images), Updated 22 Oct 2019

Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1926  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3005862); 2,073,271 indexed records with 48,436 record images (was 2,073,271 records with 48,436 images), Updated 21 Oct 2019

American Samoa, Vital Records, 1850-1972        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3438751); 3,837 indexed records with 1,255 record images (was 1,039 records with 1,038 images), Updated 26 Oct 2019

Hawaii, Board of Health, Marriage Record Indexes, 1909-1989     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3463469); 21,429 indexed records with 21,369 record images (was 10,790 records with 10,750 images), Updated 26 Oct 2019

Alabama, County Birth Registers, 1881-1930      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3335352); 281,165 indexed records with 47,254 record images (was 277,255 records with 46,375 images), Updated 26 Oct 2019

Manitoba Church Records, 1800-1959  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1992433); 10,560 indexed records with 6,567 record images (was 10,502 records with 6,567 images), Updated 24 Oct 2019

Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1589502); 2,301,902 indexed records with 1,789,697 record images (was 2,301,902 records with 1,789,697 images), Updated 21 Oct 2019

California, Lassen County, State Board of Health, Burial Permits, 1931-1988     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3241369); 8,888 indexed records with 8,851 record images (was 8,808 records with 8,776 images), Updated 26 Oct 2019

United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2860782); 121,263 indexed records with 3,422 record images (was 22,994 records with 890 images), Updated 24 Oct 2019

Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2704829); 36,643,950 indexed records with 36,643,949 record images (was 36,643,950 records with 36,643,950 images), Updated 22 Oct 2019

Georgia, County Delayed Birth and Death Records, 1870-1960      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3438747); 100,011 indexed records with 3,088 record images (was 92,226 records with 2,881 images), Updated 26 Oct 2019

Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1307888); 1,874,922 indexed records with 223,632 record images (was 1,874,225 records with 223,632 images), Updated 25 Oct 2019

United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2199956); Index only (875,610,635 records), no images (was 875,610,635 records with 0 images), Updated 21 Oct 2019

North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2848682); 5,396,596 indexed records with 583 record images (was 5,396,596 records with 577 images), Updated 24 Oct 2019

Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Pilgrim's Rest Cemetery, Interment Records, 1880-1979     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3246496); 15,599 indexed records with 15,523 record images (was 15,569 records with 15,493 images), Updated 23 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 34,153,314 records with 46,885,712 images), Updated 25 Oct 2019

Argentina, Salta, Catholic Church Records, 1634-1972    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974193); 243,585 indexed records with 144,293 record images (was 144,678 records with 144,293 images), Updated 21 Oct 2019

North Carolina, Wake County, Death Records, 1900-1909   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1949206); 3,862 indexed records with 3,847 record images (was 1,325 records with 1,317 images), Updated 25 Oct 2019

Nebraska, Grand Army of the Republic, Burial Records, 1861-1948 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2721451); 43,367 indexed records with 41,422 record images (was 43,003 records with 41,073 images), Updated 21 Oct 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 1,042,012 records with 87,094 images), Updated 26 Oct 2019

Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1920    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1928860); 1,141,063 indexed records with 742,594 record images (was 1,141,063 records with 742,594 images), Updated 21 Oct 2019

Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016197); 6,657 indexed records with 1,038,133 record images (was 2,748 records with 1,038,133 images), Updated 26 Oct 2019

Louisiana, Orleans Parish, Birth Records, 1819-1906     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3326847); 114,072 indexed records with 56,904 record images (was 83,278 records with 41,564 images), Updated 26 Oct 2019

Colombia, Bogotá, Burial Permits, 1960-1991  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3212241); 32,326 indexed records with 31,688 record images (was 17,347 records with 23,152 images), Updated 26 Oct 2019

Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2060668); 2,114,939 indexed records with 2,513,517 record images (was 2,109,261 records with 2,513,517 images), Updated 24 Oct 2019

Mississippi, Adams County, Natchez Death Index, 1835-1905       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3460904); 21,642 indexed records with 503 record images (was 21,474 records with 498 images), Updated 24 Oct 2019

Peru, Huánuco, Civil Registration, 1889-1997    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1983330); 32,229 indexed records with 708,628 record images (was 25,863 records with 708,628 images), Updated 26 Oct 2019

--- Collections with new images ---

France, Hautes-Alpes, Census, 1856   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2820771); 145,696 indexed records with 3,090 record images (was 145,696 records with 2,131 images),  30 Mar 2018

Germany, Bavaria, Diocese of Augsburg, Catholic Church Records, 1615-1939       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2780016); Browse 1,169,608 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 1,166,306 images),  24 Sep 2019

Ohio, Marietta Cemetery Records, 1788-2013      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2492733); 20,357 indexed records with 20,357 record images (was 20,357 records with 574 images),  3 Jan 2019

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

--- Collections with images removed ---

England, Cambridge Parish Registers, 1538-1983  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3299384); 468,069 indexed records with 18,772 record images (was 162,917 records with 32,786 images),  26 Aug 2019

Florida Deaths, 1877-1939   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1595003); 471,799 indexed records with 471,266 record images (was 471,799 records with 471,267 images),  8 Aug 2019

Hawaii, Tax Assessment Rolls, 1847-1903 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3159284); 103,265 indexed records with 1,781 record images (was 103,265 records with 2,320 images),  17 Oct 2019

Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1417491); 1,678,119 indexed records with 1,676,641 record images (was 1,678,119 records with 1,676,652 images),  16 Mar 2019

United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2761958); 5,344,149 indexed records with 292,080 record images (was 5,344,149 records with 292,272 images),  27 Aug 2019

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

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)  Last week we shared the heirlooms that we inherited or obtained from our families.


2)  This week, please show a photograph of one or two of them.
3)  Share your cherished heirloom(s) in your own blog post, on Facebook, and leave a link to it in the comments.

Here's mine:

a)  On the Carringer side of my family tree:



This is one of my grandfather's (Lyle Lawrence Carringer) pocket watches.  It has an hour hand, a minute hand, and a small second hand.  As seen in the photo, 12 o'clock is on the left-hand side of the photo.  The watch has stopped at 2:40:22.  


The only inscription on the watch is in a very fine hand under the XII:


M. German
San Diego, Ca.

I don't know when or how my grandfather obtained the watch - my guess is it was a birthday or Christmas gift, perhaps from his parents or his wife, as a young man.  He died in November 1976, and I think my mother gave it to me in the 1980s.  We tried to have it restarted several times but it never worked for more than a day or two, as I recall.  I have no clue how to "get into" it - my guess is that watchmakers have a special tool to open the two sides to get to the machinery inside.  
b)  On the Seaver side of my family tree:




This is a folding Union Case with ambrotype photographs behind the glass.  I am very certain that the person in the photos are Isaac Seaver (1823-1901) and his second wife, Lucretia (Smith) Seaver (1828-1884), my second great-grandparents.  Isaac is the only Civil War soldier in my ancestry, serving from Massachusetts in Washington DC in 1863-1865.  He was a blacksmith.  My understanding is that the soldiers had these made before they left for their deployment so that their family could have a remembrance if they did not return.  


My aunt Geraldine (Seaver) Remley had this pass down to her after her mother died in 1962.  I am sure that it had a favored place on the mantle of Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922) and Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942).  I had never seen it, or knew about it, until Gerry passed away in 2007 and the family permitted me to have the photographs and other memorabilia that Gerry had collected.   This was a real prize.  


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Surname Saturday -- BRADSTREET (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 #2399 who is Hannah BRADSTREET (1625-1665). [Note: the more recent ancestral families have been covered in earlier posts.]

My ancestral line back through two generations in this BRADSTREET 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)

1198.  Thomas Colburn (1649-1728)

1199.  Hannah Rolfe (1650-1681)


2398.  Daniel Rolfe, born 1625 in Rattlesden, Suffolk, England; died 24 June 1654 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married 1645 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
2399.  Hannah Bradstreet, born 1625 in Suffolk, England; died 20 June 1665 in Andover, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of Daniel Rolfe and Hannah Bradstreet are:
*  Daniel Rolfe (1648-1748).
Hannah Rolfe (1650-1681), married 1672 Thomas Colburn (1649-1728).

4798.  Humphrey Bradstreet, born 1594 in Capel Saint Mary, Suffolk, England; died 25 September 1655 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 9596. Thomas Bradstreet and 9597. Sarah White.  He married 1622 in Suffolk, England.
4799.  Bridget LNU, born April 1604 in Ipswich, Suffolk, England; died 16 November 1665 in Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of Humphrey Bradstreet and Bridget Harris are:
Hannah Bradstreet (1625-1665), married 1645 Daniel Rolfe (1625-1654).
*  John Bradstreet (1631-1660), married 1656 Hannah Peach.
*  Martha Bradstreet (1632-1675), married 1648 Thomas Rowlandson.
*  Mary Bradstreet (1633-1698), married 1655 John Kimball (1631-1698).
*  Sarah Bradstreet (1638-1721), married 1657 Nicolas Wallis (1632-1711).
*  Rebecca Bradstreet (1640-1687), married 1657 George Bonfield (1637-1709)
*  Moses Bradstreet (1643-1690), married 1661 Elizabeth Harris (1645-1672).

Information on this Bradstreet family was obtained from:

*  Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England 1634-1635 (Boston : NEHGS, 1999), Volume I, pages 384-388, Humphrey Bradstreet sketch.

I have done no original research on this Bradstreet line.


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Friday, October 25, 2019

Genealogy News Bytes - 25 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, 28 October, 5 a.m.:   Comment mieux gérer votre site familial sur MyHeritage (French), by Elisabeth Zetland

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 29 October, 3 a.m.:   MyHeritage DNA - en oversikt (Norwegian), by MyHeritage

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 30 October, 11 a.m.:  Family Tree Builder - En præsentation af funktionerne (Danish), by Lene Søby

Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Privacy: How to Protect Your Information Online, by Judy G. Russell

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Die MyHeritage Matching Technologien (German), by MyHeritage

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:   Decoding Secret Societies: Finding Your Female Fraternal Ancestors, by Michael L. Strauss

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Decoding Secret Societies: Finding Your Male Fraternal Ancestors, by Michael L. Strauss

4)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Fisher’s Top Tips:  #122r - Create a Timeline



5)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):













6)  Genealogy Bargains:




7)  DNA Stories



8)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 22 October 2019?

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