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 9 November 2019, there were 2,650 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 8 from last week):
The added or updated collections this week are (as Marshall provided them):
--- Collections Added ---
* South Africa, Cape Province, Cemetery Records, 1886-2010 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/2790463); 817,273 indexed records with 817,273 record images, ADDED 5 Nov 2019
* Hawaii, Hansen's Disease Records, Kalaupapa Census Index, 1839-1970 (https://familysearch.org/sea rch/collection/3155901); 5,636 indexed records with 5,636 record images, ADDED 8 Nov 2019
* North Dakota, Naturalization Records, 1868-1924 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/3241359); 1,864 indexed records with 1,864 record images, ADDED 8 Nov 2019
* Idaho Naturalization Records, 1892-1990 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/3241358); 15,751 indexed records with 15,751 record images, ADDED 8 Nov 2019
* South Carolina, Charleston District, Estate inventories, 1732-1844 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/3460989); 398,496 indexed records with 398,496 record images, ADDED 7 Nov 2019
* Ireland, Treble Almanac & Dublin Directory 1783 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/3499157); Index only, no images, ADDED 8 Nov 2019
* South Carolina, Charleston District, Bill of sales of Negro slaves, 1774-1872 (https://familysearch.org/sea rch/collection/3463015); 245,755 indexed records with 245,755 record images, ADDED 5 Nov 2019
* Ireland, W.P.W. Phillimore & Gertrude Thrift, Indexes to Irish Wills 1536-1858, 5 vols (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/3498611); Index only, no images, ADDED 7 Nov 2019
--- Collections Updated ---
* South Carolina, Charleston County, Charleston, Birth Registers, 1901-1926 (https://familysearch.org/sea rch/collection/2834217); 19,335 indexed records with 1,246 record images (was 19,127 records with 1,233 images), Updated 9 Nov 2019
* United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/2761958); 5,620,882 indexed records with 306,148 record images (was 5,344,149 records with 292,272 images), Updated 8 Nov 2019
* England, Yorkshire Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1613-1887 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/3477664); 1,614 indexed records with 1,614 record images (was 934 records with 934 images), Updated 9 Nov 2019
* Louisiana, New Orleans, Interment Registers, 1836-1972 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/3288441); 95,561 indexed records with 2,303 record images (was 72,043 records with 1,814 images), Updated 9 Nov 2019
* American Samoa, Vital Records, 1850-1972 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/3438751); 7,102 indexed records with 1,727 record images (was 5,861 records with 1,484 images), Updated 9 Nov 2019
* Alabama, County Birth Registers, 1881-1930 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/3335352); 285,162 indexed records with 47,849 record images (was 283,458 records with 47,670 images), Updated 9 Nov 2019
* Chile, Catholic Church Records, 1710-1928 (https://familysearch.org/sea rch/collection/3405096); 13,009 indexed records with 1,431 record images (was 10,654 records with 1,198 images), Updated 9 Nov 2019
* Hawaii, Board of Health, Marriage Record Indexes, 1909-1989 (https://familysearch.org/sea rch/collection/3463469); 80,595 indexed records with 25,299 record images (was 39,210 records with 24,392 images), Updated 9 Nov 2019
* United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/2333694); 34,153,310 indexed records with 46,885,712 record images (was 34,153,314 records with 46,885,712 images), Updated 4 Nov 2019
* Manitoba Church Records, 1800-1959 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/1992433); 10,578 indexed records with 6,567 record images (was 10,563 records with 6,567 images), Updated 4 Nov 2019
* New Jersey, Church Records, 1675-1970 (https://familysearch.org/sea rch/collection/2106099); 60,107 indexed records with 565 record images (was 60,107 records with 613 images), Updated 4 Nov 2019
* England, Oxfordshire Parish Registers 1538-1904 (https://familysearch.org/sear
* United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/2860782); 448,217 indexed records with 12,042 record images (was 210,799 records with 6,080 images), Updated 7 Nov 2019
* Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/2704829); 37,107,257 indexed records with 37,107,257 record images (was 37,066,073 records with 37,066,073 images), Updated 8 Nov 2019
* Paraguay, Catholic Church Records, 1754-2015 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/1922527); 872,152 indexed records with 373,775 record images (was 872,153 records with 373,775 images), Updated 6 Nov 2019
* Chile, Cemetery Records, 1821-2015 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/1428897); 628,939 indexed records with 3,675,058 record images (was 672,232 records with 3,327,853 images), Updated 4 Nov 2019
* United States Census, 1940 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/2000219); 134,827,283 indexed records with 3,841,151 record images (was 134,827,283 records with 3,841,151 images), Updated 5 Nov 2019
* Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974 (https://familysearch.org/sea rch/collection/1307888); 1,875,629 indexed records with 225,938 record images (was 1,875,610 records with 223,638 images), Updated 3 Nov 2019
* Denmark Census, 1911 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/2691890); 2,794,162 indexed records with 251,268 record images (was 2,794,164 records with 251,268 images), Updated 6 Nov 2019
* California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994 (https://familysearch.org/sea rch/collection/2001287); 5,441,340 indexed records with 2,843,790 record images (was 5,441,340 records with 2,915,415 images), Updated 4 Nov 2019
* United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/2199956); Index only (875,610,629 records), no images (was 875,610,629 records with 0 images), Updated 8 Nov 2019
* Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965 (https://familysearch.org/sea rch/collection/1417491); 1,681,924 indexed records with 1,680,430 record images (was 1,678,119 records with 1,676,641 images), Updated 4 Nov 2019
* Peru, Prelature of Yauyos-Cañete-Huarochirí, Catholic Church Records, 1665-2018(https://familysearch .org/search/collection/3460240 ); 1,939 indexed records with 529 record images (was 852 records with 209 images), Updated 9 Nov 2019
* Scotland Census, 1851 (https://familysearch.org/sea rch/collection/2028673); Index only (2,914,894 records), no images (was 2,914,894 records with 0 images), Updated 4 Nov 2019
* North Carolina, Wake County, Death Records, 1900-1909 (https://familysearch.org/sea rch/collection/1949206); 4,249 indexed records with 4,232 record images (was 4,168 records with 4,152 images), Updated 8 Nov 2019
* England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/3155913); 1,047,857 indexed records with 87,606 record images (was 1,045,694 records with 87,425 images), Updated 9 Nov 2019
* Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999 (https://familysearch.org/sea rch/collection/2016197); 14,738 indexed records with 1,038,133 record images (was 11,492 records with 1,038,133 images), Updated 9 Nov 2019
* Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Board of Health Death Records, 1848-1913 (https://familysearch.org/sea rch/collection/3460987); 43,774 indexed records with 43,750 record images (was 22,379 records with 22,361 images), Updated 9 Nov 2019
* Louisiana, Orleans Parish, Birth Records, 1819-1906 (https://familysearch.org/sea rch/collection/3326847); 183,091 indexed records with 91,225 record images (was 146,231 records with 72,902 images), Updated 9 Nov 2019
* Texas, Harrison County Delayed Birth Records, 1860-1933 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/3460988); 1,253 indexed records with 1,253 record images (was 1,080 records with 1,080 images), Updated 7 Nov 2019
* Colombia, Bogotá, Burial Permits, 1960-1991 (https://familysearch.org/sea rch/collection/3212241); 65,947 indexed records with 47,402 record images (was 47,940 records with 38,685 images), Updated 9 Nov 2019
* Rhode Island, Vital records, 1846-1898, 1901-1953 (https://familysearch.org/sea rch/collection/1935767); 381,666 indexed records with 32,524 record images (was 294,954 records with 32,524 images), Updated 7 Nov 2019
* Italy, Chieti, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1930 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/2419833); 350,512 indexed records with 3,714,370 record images (was 341,213 records with 3,714,370 images), Updated 6 Nov 2019
* Portugal, Aveiro, Civil Registration, 1911-1915 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/2796823); 8,073 indexed records with 171 record images (was 7,871 records with 6,602 images), Updated 8 Nov 2019
* Mississippi, Adams County, Natchez Death Index, 1835-1905 (https://familysearch.org/sea rch/collection/3460904); 21,877 indexed records with 508 record images (was 21,831 records with 507 images), Updated 4 Nov 2019
* Scotland Census, 1861 (https://familysearch.org/sea rch/collection/2028677); Index only (3,009,214 records), no images (was 3,009,214 records with 0 images), Updated 4 Nov 2019
* Maryland, Kent County, Voter Registration Records, 1853-1898 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/2100301); 26,797 indexed records with 943 record images (was 26,757 records with 1,087 images), Updated 7 Nov 2019
* Montana Naturalization Records, 1868-1999 (https://familysearch.org/sea rch/collection/2173973); 81,248 indexed records with 54,964 record images (was 73,829 records with 54,964 images), Updated 8 Nov 2019
* Peru, Huánuco, Civil Registration, 1889-1997 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/1983330); 46,246 indexed records with 708,628 record images (was 38,966 records with 708,628 images), Updated 9 Nov 2019
* Iowa, Monroe County, Card Index of Births, Deaths & Marriages from Newspaper Clippings, 1898-2015 (https://familysearch.org/sea rch/collection/2849247); Index only (387,610 records), no images (was 213,748 records with 0 images), Updated 8 Nov 2019
--- Collections with new images ---
* Florida Deaths, 1877-1939 (https://familysearch.org/sea rch/collection/1595003); 471,799 indexed records with 471,267 record images (was 471,799 records with 471,266 images), 8 Aug 2019
* Uruguay, Civil Registration Index Card, 1900-1937 (https://familysearch.org/sea rch/collection/1976089); 2,403,927 indexed records with 639,347 record images (was 2,403,927 records with 623,497 images), 10 Jan 2019
* South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Death, 1869-1954 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/2998108); 985,025 indexed records with 983,230 record images (was 985,025 records with 982,828 images), 16 Oct 2019
* Germany, Rhineland, Diocese of Trier, Catholic Church Records, 1704-1957 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/2790268); 2,043,205 indexed records with 206,456 record images (was 2,043,205 records with 190,085 images), 12 Sep 2019
* Alabama, Friends of Magnolia Cemetery, Funeral Books, 1911-1965 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/3264362); 23,094 indexed records with 18,249 record images (was 23,034 records with 18,213 images), 2 Nov 2019
* Georgia, County Delayed Birth and Death Records, 1870-1960 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/3438747); 101,655 indexed records with 3,119 record images (was 101,454 records with 3,116 images), 2 Nov 2019
--- Collections with images removed ---
* Uruguay, Passenger Lists, 1888-1980 (https://familysearch.org/sea rch/collection/2691993); 1,181,160 indexed records with 44,763 record images (was 1,181,160 records with 44,798 images), 10 Oct 2019
* Sweden, Stockholm City Archives, Index to Church Records, 1546-1927 (https://familysearch.org/sea rch/collection/2057674); 682,667 indexed records with 45,624 record images (was 682,667 records with 47,127 images), 10 Oct 2019
* Finland, Tax Lists, 1809-1915 (https://familysearch.org/sea rch/collection/2704794); 85,850 indexed records with 1,819 record images (was 85,850 records with 2,049 images), 18 Oct 2019
* Hawaii, Death Records and Death Registers, 1841-1925 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/2390846); 89,996 indexed records with 53,845 record images (was 89,996 records with 54,219 images), 14 Oct 2019
* South Africa, Natal, Passenger Lists, 1860-1911 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/3038342); 154,091 indexed records with 6,696 record images (was 0 records with 6,701 images), 16 Sep 2019
* Brazil, São Paulo, Civil Registration, 1925-1995 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/2765317); 2,055,964 indexed records with 2,009,803 record images (was 2,055,964 records with 2,010,002 images), 19 Sep 2019
* United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940 (https://familysearch.org/sear ch/collection/2968245); 6,931,032 indexed records with 5,610,973 record images (was 6,931,032 records with 5,610,978 images), 9 Aug 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 program 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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