Saturday, November 9, 2019

Added and Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 3 to 9 November 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 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/search/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/search/collection/3155901); 5,636 indexed records with 5,636 record images, ADDED 8 Nov 2019

North Dakota, Naturalization Records, 1868-1924 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3241359); 1,864 indexed records with 1,864 record images, ADDED 8 Nov 2019

Idaho Naturalization Records,  1892-1990        (https://familysearch.org/search/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/search/collection/3460989); 398,496 indexed records with 398,496 record images, ADDED 7 Nov 2019

Ireland, Treble Almanac & Dublin Directory 1783 (https://familysearch.org/search/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/search/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/search/collection/3498611); Index only, no images, ADDED 7 Nov 2019

--- Collections Updated ---

South Carolina, Charleston County, Charleston, Birth Registers, 1901-1926       (https://familysearch.org/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/collection/3293406); 30,194 indexed records with 2,877 record images (was 12,954 records with 1,494 images), Updated 9 Nov 2019

United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011 (https://familysearch.org/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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/search/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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Copyright (c) 2019, Randall J. Seaver

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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- A Veteran's Service and Gravesite

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: 

 It's Saturday Night again - 

time for some more Genealogy Fun!!


Here is your assignment, should you decide to accept it (you ARE reading this, so I assume that you really want to play along - cue the Mission Impossible music!):1)  To celebrate Veterans Day, pick one of your ancestors or relatives with a military record and a gravestone.

2)  Tell us about your ancestor's military service.

3)  Tell us about your ancestor's gravestone - where is it, what is the inscription, when were you last there?  Show us a picture of it if you have one available. 

4)  Write your own blog post about this ancestor and his gravestone, or share it in a Comment to this blog post, or in a  Facebook post. 


Here's mine:

I'm going to use my second-great-grandfather, Isaac Seaver (1823-1901), who served in Company H, 4th Regiment of Massachusetts Heavy Artillery during the Civil War.  He mustered in on 10 August 1864 as a Private.  The summary of the Regiment's service is short:

"...The several companies left the state in three detachments about the middle of Sept., 1864, and were stationed on garrison duty in the defenses of Washington during their entire term of service. The regiment was mustered out of service June 17, 1865."

Isaac is buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Leominster, Massachusetts with his first wife, his second wife, one son and one daughter.  Here are photographs of his gravestone:




The gravestone inscription is:


1823  Isaac Seaver 1901
1826 Juliett, his wife 1847
1828 Lucretia T., his wife 1884
1854 Benjamin Seaver 1894
1861  Nellie M. Seaver 1933

The last time that I was at Isaac Seaver's grave was in May 2007 when we buried my Aunt Geraldine (Seaver) Remley in this cemetery.

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Surname Saturday -- MOUSALL (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 #2499 who is Eunice MOUSALL (1628-1684). [Note: the more recent ancestral families have been covered in earlier posts.]

My ancestral line back through two generations in this MOUSALL 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)

38.  Thomas J. Newton (1800-????)

39.  Sophia Buck (1797-1882)


78.  Isaac Buck (1757-1846)

79.  Martha Phillips (1757-1830)

156.  Isaac Buck (1732-????)
157.  Mary Richards (1733-????).

312.  Isaac Buck (1706-1780)
313.  Ruth Graves (1711-????)

624.  Ephraim Buck (1676-????)
625.  Esther Waget (1677-1748)

1248.  Ephraim Buck (1646-1721)
1249.  Sarah Brooks (1652-1720)


2498.  John Brooks, born about 1623 in England; died 29 September 1691 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 4996. Henry Brooks and 4997. FNU LNU.  He married  01 November 1649 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
2499.  Eunice Mousall, born about 1628 in England; died 01 January 1684 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of John Brooks and Eunice Mousall are:
*  John Brooks (1650-1653)
Sarah Brooks (1652-1720), married 1671 Ephraim Buck (1646-1721).
*  Eunice Brooks (1655-1732), married (1) Samuel Carter (1640-1693); (2) 1694 James Parker (1617-1700); (3) 1701 John Kendall (1646-1732).
*  Joanna Brooks (1659-1724), married 1678 David Roberts (1658-1724).
*  John Brooks (1664-1733), married 1685 Mary Bruce (1665-1742).
*  Ebenezer Brooks (1666-????), married 1687 Martha Wilder (1666-????).
*  Deborah Brooks (1669-1704), married John Richardson (1668-1749).
*  Jabez Brooks (1673-1746), married (1) 1694 Rachel Buck (1676-1698); (2) 1698 Hephzibah Cutter (1671-1745).

4998.  John Mousall, born about 1595 in England; died 27 March 1665 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He married before 1626 in England.
4999.  Joanna LNU , born 1599 in England; died 29 September 1691 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of John Mousall and Joanna are:

*  John Mousall (1626-1698), married 1650 Sarah Brooks (1630-1705).
Eunice Mousall (1628-1684), married 1649 John Brooks (1623-1691).

Information about this Mousall family was obtained from:

*   Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration, Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635 (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2007)  Volume V, pages 186-190.

I have done no original research on this MOUSALL line or the purported Jones line.

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Copyright (c) 2019, Randall J. Seaver

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Friday, November 8, 2019

Genealogy News Bytes - Friday, 8 November 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 - Wednesday, 13 November, 5 p.m.:   Soldier's Homes (1865-1930) Caring for our Veterans, by Rick Sayre

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Trove: An Australian and Beyond Genealogical Treasure, by Helen V. Smith

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar: Understanding Ethnicity Estimates, by Mary Eberle


4)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  The Genealogy Guys:  Podcast #370

*  Amy Johnson Crow:  What You Can Find in Land Records

*  Fisher's Top Tips: #126r - Social Security Records

*  Ancestral Findings:  Y-DNA and mtDNA DNA Ancestors | AF-293

5)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):







*  DearMYRTLE:  WACKY Wednesday - Find A Grave

*  DearMYRTLE:   WACKY Wednesday - Gold Rush

*  DearMYRTLE:   Mondays with Myrt - 4 Nov 2019


*  Ellen Thompson-Jennings:  Donny Osmond Interview RootsTech London 2019

*  Family History Fanatics:  Visual Phasing Part 1: Setup - A Segment of DNA




*  Kentucky Tennessee Research Associates:  Reviewing Old Files & Notes


6)  Genealogy Bargains:



7)  DNA Stories:


8)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 5 November 2019?

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