Added and Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 10 to 16 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 16 November 2019, there were 2,656 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 6 from last week):

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

--- Collections Added   ---

*  Alaska Naturalization Records, 1884-1991  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2513103); 4,822 indexed records with 4,822 record images, ADDED 12 Nov 2019

*  North Carolina, Voter Registration Records, 1868-1898   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3326982); 10,978 indexed records with 10,978 record images, ADDED 14 Nov 2019

*  Florida, County Voter Registration Records, 1867-1905   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3326846); 25,453 indexed records with 25,453 record images, ADDED 13 Nov 2019

*  Pennsylvania, Wayne County, Court of Common Pleas, Naturalization Records, 1799-1906    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3158041); 13,963 indexed records with 13,963 record images, ADDED 14 Nov 2019

*  Pennsylvania, Register of Military Volunteers, 1861-1865  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3048335); 12,386 indexed records with 12,386 record images, ADDED 12 Nov 2019

*  Ireland, Thom's Irish Who's Who, 1923 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3499257); Index only, no images, ADDED 11 Nov 2019

--- Collections Updated ---

*  South Carolina, Charleston County, Charleston, Birth Registers, 1901-1926       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2834217); 19,564 indexed records with 1,270 record images (was 19,335 records with 1,246 images), Updated 16 Nov 2019

*  Alabama, Jefferson County Circuit Court Papers, 1870-1916       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1548510); 71,159 indexed records with 283,698 record images (was 30,070 records with 283,698 images), Updated 12 Nov 2019

*  South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Death, 1869-1954 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2998108); 1,082,736 indexed records with 1,080,877 record images (was 985,025 records with 983,230 images), Updated 12 Nov 2019

*  England, Yorkshire Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1613-1887    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3477664); 2,585 indexed records with 2,629 record images (was 1,614 records with 1,614 images), Updated 15 Nov 2019

*  Louisiana, New Orleans, Interment Registers, 1836-1972  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3288441); 133,431 indexed records with 3,265 record images (was 95,561 records with 2,303 images), Updated 16 Nov 2019

*  England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2451051); Index only (8,257,813 records), no images (was 8,207,983 records with 0 images), Updated 15 Nov 2019

*  England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1997      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1465709); Index only (2,743,757 records), no images (was 2,583,982 records with 0 images), Updated 11 Nov 2019

*  Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Civil Registration, 1829-2012   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1582573); 6,542,263 indexed records with 5,100,470 record images (was 5,802,816 records with 5,100,470 images), Updated 14 Nov 2019

*  American Samoa, Vital Records, 1850-1972        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3438751); 7,821 indexed records with 2,190 record images (was 7,102 records with 1,727 images), Updated 16 Nov 2019

*  Alabama, County Birth Registers, 1881-1930      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3335352); 289,628 indexed records with 48,260 record images (was 285,162 records with 47,849 images), Updated 16 Nov 2019

*  Chile, Catholic Church Records, 1710-1928       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3405096); 15,554 indexed records with 1,710 record images (was 13,009 records with 1,431 images), Updated 15 Nov 2019

*  Hawaii, Board of Health, Marriage Record Indexes, 1909-1989     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3463469); 106,406 indexed records with 25,892 record images (was 80,595 records with 25,299 images), Updated 16 Nov 2019

*  New Jersey, Church Records, 1675-1970   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2106099); 60,107 indexed records with 413,850 record images (was 60,107 records with 565 images), Updated 14 Nov 2019

*  Australia, Sydney Branch Genealogical Library, Cemetery Inscriptions, 1800-1960(https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1534449); 159,855 indexed records with 9,192 record images (was 159,855 records with 9,192 images), Updated 15 Nov 2019

*  England, Oxfordshire Parish Registers 1538-1904 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3293406); 40,605 indexed records with 3,603 record images (was 30,194 records with 2,877 images), Updated 16 Nov 2019

*  United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2860782); 548,336 indexed records with 15,442 record images (was 448,217 records with 12,042 images), Updated 14 Nov 2019

*  Puerto Rico, Catholic Church Records, 1645-1969 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1807092); 45,832 indexed records with 191,547 record images (was 0 records with 191,547 images), Updated 14 Nov 2019

*  Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2704829); 37,224,031 indexed records with 37,224,040 record images (was 37,107,257 records with 37,107,257 images), Updated 15 Nov 2019

*  Ohio Death Index, 1908-1932, 1938-1944, and 1958-2007   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1949341); Index only (7,601,863 records), no images (was 7,601,863 records with 0 images), Updated 12 Nov 2019

*  United States Border Crossings from Canada to United States, 1895-1956  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1803785); Index only (4,335,400 records), no images (was 4,335,400 records with 0 images), Updated 14 Nov 2019

*  France, Haute-Garonne, Toulouse, Church Records, 1539-1793      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2363045); 604,493 indexed records with 95,073 record images (was 599,807 records with 95,073 images), Updated 15 Nov 2019

*  Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1999178); 4,084 indexed records with 2,280,204 record images (was 4,077 records with 2,280,204 images), Updated 15 Nov 2019

*  California, County Marriages, 1850-1952 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1804002); 1,970,883 indexed records with 2,480,495 record images (was 1,922,515 records with 2,480,495 images), Updated 14 Nov 2019

*  Hawaii, Death Records and Death Registers, 1841-1925    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2390846); 123,257 indexed records with 63,051 record images (was 89,996 records with 53,845 images), Updated 12 Nov 2019

*  United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2199956); Index only (875,610,626 records), no images (was 875,610,629 records with 0 images), Updated 15 Nov 2019

*  North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2848682); 7,906,030 indexed records with 95,436 record images (was 5,396,596 records with 583 images), Updated 13 Nov 2019

*  Benin, Civil Registration of Deaths, 1891-2014  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2534492); 24,079 indexed records with 21,173 record images (was 23,829 records with 21,173 images), Updated 15 Nov 2019

*  Peru, Prelature of Yauyos-Cañete-Huarochirí, Catholic Church Records, 1665-2018(https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3460240); 2,385 indexed records with 672 record images (was 1,939 records with 529 images), Updated 16 Nov 2019

*  North Carolina, Wake County, Death Records, 1900-1909   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1949206); 4,259 indexed records with 4,242 record images (was 4,249 records with 4,232 images), Updated 9 Nov 2019

*  Georgia, County Delayed Birth and Death Records, 1870-1960      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3438747); 101,857 indexed records with 3,120 record images (was 101,655 records with 3,119 images), Updated 13 Nov 2019

*  England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3155913); 1,048,224 indexed records with 87,630 record images (was 1,047,857 records with 87,606 images), Updated 16 Nov 2019

*  Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016197); 18,182 indexed records with 1,038,133 record images (was 14,738 records with 1,038,133 images), Updated 16 Nov 2019

*  Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Board of Health Death Records, 1848-1913     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3460987); 44,754 indexed records with 44,740 record images (was 43,774 records with 43,750 images), Updated 15 Nov 2019

*  Louisiana, Orleans Parish, Birth Records, 1819-1906     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3326847); 226,125 indexed records with 114,743 record images (was 183,091 records with 91,225 images), Updated 16 Nov 2019

*  Texas, Harrison County Delayed Birth Records, 1860-1933 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3460988); 1,269 indexed records with 1,269 record images (was 1,253 records with 1,253 images), Updated 13 Nov 2019

*  Colombia, Bogotá, Burial Permits, 1960-1991     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3212241); 88,056 indexed records with 59,379 record images (was 65,947 records with 47,402 images), Updated 16 Nov 2019

*  Mississippi, Adams County, Natchez Death Index, 1835-1905       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3460904); 21,926 indexed records with 509 record images (was 21,877 records with 508 images), Updated 9 Nov 2019

*  Ireland Civil Registration, 1845-1913   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2659409); 3,592,983 indexed records with 367,912 record images (was 3,590,310 records with 367,912 images), Updated 13 Nov 2019

*  Peru, Huánuco, Civil Registration, 1889-1997    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1983330); 52,928 indexed records with 708,628 record images (was 46,246 records with 708,628 images), Updated 16 Nov 2019

--- Collections with new images ---

*  Uruguay, Passenger Lists, 1888-1980     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2691993); 1,181,160 indexed records with 44,798 record images (was 1,181,160 records with 44,763 images),  10 Oct 2019

*  South Carolina, Charleston District, Estate inventories, 1732-1844      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3460989); 398,496 indexed records with 7,586 record images (was 398,496 records with 7,528 images),  7 Nov 2019

*  United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2968245); 6,931,032 indexed records with 5,610,978 record images (was 6,931,032 records with 5,610,973 images),  9 Aug 2019

--- Collections with images removed ---

*  Arizona, Yavapai County, Pioneers' Home Resident Ledger and Index, 1911-2000    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3031544); 2,834 indexed records with 401 record images (was 2,834 records with 406 images),  28 Jun 2019

*  France, Dordogne, Church and Civil Registration, 1540-1896      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2796817); 7,882,907 indexed records with 3,095,940 record images (was 7,882,907 records with 3,099,653 images),  28 Mar 2018

*  Australia, Victoria, Inward Passenger Lists, 1839-1923  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2778600); 883,350 indexed records with 5,509 record images (was 883,350 records with 5,548 images),  30 Jul 2019

*  Germany, Rhineland, Diocese of Trier, Catholic Church Records, 1704-1957        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790268); 2,043,205 indexed records with 203,211 record images (was 2,043,205 records with 206,456 images),  12 Sep 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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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Your Number One Songs

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!):

Tonight, we're going to go down memory lane a bit.

1)  What was the #1 song on the day you were born?  Or on your birthday when you were 15?  When you were 18?  Or when you married?  Or some other important date in your life.

2)  Go to http://www.thisdayinmusic.com/birthdayno1 and enter the date and select from UK, US or Australia record lists.  Note:  the first date available is 1 January 1946. 

Alternatively, go to Wikipedia.org and search for "number one songs in yyyy" (insert your year) and enter the month and date and see a list of number one songs for each year since 1940. 

3)  Tell us what your results are (If you are sensitive about your age, don't list the date or year... ) on a blog post of your own, a comment to this post, or in a Facebook status line or note. 

Here's mine:

*  Birth date 23 October 1943:

From the Wikipedia site, #1 on that date was "Sunday, Monday or Always" by Bing Crosby (lyrics only, couldn't find a video or recording online)

*  Age 15 on 23 October 1958:

From the This Day in Music site, #1 was "It's All in the Game" by Tommy Edwards (YouTube video)

*  Age 15 on 23 October 1961:

From the This Day in Music site, #1 was "Runaround Sue" by Dion. (YouTube video)

*  Married on 21 March 1970:

From the This Day in Music site, #1 was "Bridge Over Troubled Water" by Simon & Garfunkel (YouTube video)

*  During the time that I was really "into" popular music (1956-1970), the #1 hits on my birthday were:

**  1956. Don't Be Cruel/Hound Dog -- Elvis Presley
**  1957.  Jailhouse Rock/Treat Me Nice -- Elvis Presley
**  1958.  It's All in the Game -- Tommy Edwards
**  1959.  Mack the Knife -- Bobby Darin
**  1960.  I Want to be Wanted -- Brenda Lee

**  1961.  Runaround Sue -- Dion
**  1962.  Monster Mash -- Bobby Boris Pickett & the Crypt Kickers
**  1963.  Sugar Shack -- Jimmy Gilmer & the Fireballs
**  1964.  Do Wah Diddy -- Manfred Mann
**  1965.  Yesterday -- The Beatles

**  1966.  96 Tears -- ?? & the Mysterians
**  1967.  To Sir, with Love -- Lulu
**  1968.  Hey Jude -- The Beatles
**  1969.  Sugar, Sugar -- The Archies
**  1970.  I'll Be There -- The Jackson Five

*  I had never heard of the Bing Crosby song - here are the lyrics:

Sunday, Monday or Tuesday
Wednesday, Thursday or Friday
I want you near
Every day in the year

Oh, won't you tell me when
We will meet again
Sunday, Monday or always

If you're satisfied
I'll be at your side
Sunday, Monday or always

No need to tell me now
What makes the world go 'round
When at the sight of you
My heart begins to pound and pound

And what am I to do
Can't I be with you
Sunday, Monday or always

Always and forever I must be with you
Beginning Sunday and Monday and then forever

Oh, won't you tell me when
We will meet again
Sunday, Monday or always

If you're satisfied
I'll be at your side
Sunday, Monday or always

No need to tell me now
What makes the world go 'round
When at the sight of you
My heart begins to pound, pound, pound

What am I to do
Can't I be with you
Sunday, Monday or always?

I wonder if my parents sang this around the time I was born?

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Surname Saturday -- LNU (Hannah, who married Thomas Graves, 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 #2505 who is Hannah LNU (1623-1665). [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-????)

626. Thomas Graves (1686-1756
627.  Ruth Collins (1685-1715)

1252.  Samuel Graves (1655-1723)
1253.  Sarah Brewer (1659-1723)

2504.  Thomas Graves, born about 1620 in England; died 24 January 1697 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 5008. Samuel Graves and 5009. Sarah LNU.  He married before 1643 in probably Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
2505.  Hannah LNU, born about 1623 in England; died 20 February 1665 in Lynn, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of Thomas Graves and Hannah are:
*  Amy Graves (1643-1697), married (1) 1665 Richard Richardson (1639-1681); (2) 1682 John Lindsay (1640-1705).
*  Hannah Graves (1645-????), married 1666 William Smith (1645-1675).
*  Mark Graves (1650-1730), married 1672 Rebecca LNU (1654-????).
*  Thomas Graves (1653-????).
*  Samuel Graves (1655-1723), married 1678 Sarah Brewer (1659-1723).
*  Ann Graves (1658-1736), married 1678 Joshua Rhodes (1646-1725).
*  Sarah Graves (1660-1724), married 1680 Samuel Leighton (1655-1729).
*  Elizabeth Graves (1662-????), married 1682 Thomas Brewer (1659-1709).

I have found no reliable resources that identify Hannah LNU's parents or birth information.  The FamilySearch Family Tree says her maiden surname was Simmons, but provides no further information on birth or parents.

Information about this Graves family was obtained from:

*  Kenneth Vance Graves, Samuel Graves 1630 Settler of Lynn MA and his Descendants (Wrentham, Mass.:Family History Publications, 1985).

*  Marcia Wiswall Lindberg,  "Three Graves Families, Thomas Graves of Lynn, Mass., Mark Graves of Andover and Samuel Graves of Ipswich," The Essex Genealogist, Volume 20, Number 4, November 2000. 

I have done no original research on this Graves line.

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Genealogy News Bytes - Friday, 15 November 2019

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

1)  News Articles:

*  FamilySearch Celebrates 125th Anniversary

*  The National Library of Israel and Google Together Will Digitize 120,000 Historic Books and Place Them Online

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 15 November 2019

*  New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of November 11, 2019

*  Online Telephone Directory Collection of Interest to Genealogists

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

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  Free Family History Library Classes and Webinars for November 2019

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 19 November, 5 p.m.:  Native American Research: Things You May Not Know, by Paula Stuart-Warren

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 20 November, 11 a.m.:  A la Karte: Borders, Maps and Gazetteers for German Genealogists, by James Beidler

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:   Soldier's Homes (1865-1930) Caring for our Veterans, by Rick Sayre

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Online German Church Registers, Duplicates and Substitutes, by James Beidler

4)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Genealogy Gems:  Episode 235

*  Fisher's Top Tips:  #128r - The Final Step

*  The Photo Detective:  Episode 63: A Few Of My Favorite Photo Tools

*  Ancestral Findings:  What is Autosomal DNA? | AF-294

5)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):

*  Amie Bowser Tennant:  Genealogy Thoughts Thursday: How FamilySearch Finds Digitizing Projects

*  Boundless Genealogy:  Are There Genealogy Clues in the Early 1790 to 1840 US Federal Censuses?

*  Cheri Hudson Passey:  GenFriends- Season 6: Day 8! Families Reunited and Saying Goodbye to Team Black

*  DearMYRTLE:  Mondays with Myrt - 11 Nov 2019

*  DearMYRTLE:  WACKY Wednesday - Brainstorming Session on Facebook Groups

*  Family History Fanatics:  Create Segments Based On Sibling Shared DNA- Visual Phasing Part 2

*  Family History Fanatics:  Genealogy Business Development and Bargains - Family History Fanatics Live

*  Genealogy TV:  Your Ancestry Questions Answered From the Video "How To Add FAN's to Ancestry.com" (Nov 2019), Pt. 1

*  Jennifer Holik:  Do Genealogy & Military Researchers Need Therapy?

*  Lisa Lisson:  Successful Genealogy Research in the Cemetery - Facebook Live Re-Play

*  Sharn White:  Rootstech Ambassadors interviewing Donny Osmond at Rootstech London

*  Who Is Nicka Smith?  BlackProGen LIVE! Ep 99: Researching People of Color Families in Isolation

6)  Genealogy Bargains:

*  Genealogy Bargains Friday, November 15,  2019

7)  DNA Stories:

*  DNA Test Leads Man to Biological Parents He Thought Died 50 Years Ago: 'It Was Surreal'

8)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 12 November 2019?

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