Saturday, April 18, 2020

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Which Ancestors Would You Like to Talk To?

It's Saturday Night - 

time for more Genealogy Fun! 


Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible music here) is to:

1)  We sometimes find we have questions we would love to discuss with our ancestors - the who, what, when, why and how questions that might help with our genealogy research.

2)  Which ancestors would you like to talk to?  What questions would you ask?  

3)  Tell us about it in your own blog post, in a comment to this blog post, or in a post on Facebook.

Here's mine:


I have so many brick walls, and so little information about many of my ancestors.  I have several whom I would love to ask questions of, including:

a)  Third great-grandmother Sophia (Buck) (Brigham) (Newton) Stone (1797-1882):  I would ask Sophia who the father of her daughter, Sophia (Newton) Hildreth (1834-1923) is.  Sophia's first husband died in May 1834, and her daughter was born probably in September 1834.  Was it Lambert Brigham or Thomas J. Newton, or some other dude?  If it was Thomas J. Newton, who were his parents and what happened to him?

b)  Third great-grandfather John Richman (1788-1867):  I would ask John who his mother and father were, and his grandparents too.  The Wiltshire parish records are incomplete, and the answer here would help me sort them out.

c)  Probable 4th great-grandfather Isaac Lanfear (1777-1851):  I would ask Isaac which of his children had a male baby that was born in 1839 and was adopted by the Ranslow and Mary (Bell) Smith family, who named him Devier J. Smith (1839-1894), my 2nd great-grandfather.  If he didn't know, I would ask his wife, Rosina (Laun) Lanfear (1781-1881).  I would also ask who the other parent was of baby Devier.

d)  4th great-grandmother Hannah Smith (1768-1827):  I would ask Hannah who her parents and grandparents were.  She was probably from Amherst, Massachusetts, where she married Josiah Sawtell (1768-1847) in 1789.

e)  4th great-grandmother Maria Magdalena Hoax (1768-1850):  I would ask Molly who her parents and grandparents were.  She may have been from Frederick, Maryland, and she married Martin Carringer in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania in 1785.

f)  4th great-grandfather Cornelius Feather (1777-1853):  I would ask Cornelius two questions - what was the name of the mother of his daughter, Sarah Feather (1804-1848), and what was the maiden name of his mother, who married Stephen Feather (1736-1804)?  I would ask who his grandparents were also.

Of course, for all of these, I would have many more questions about their family, their life, their work, their accomplishments, their migrations, etc.  


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Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 12 to 18 April 2020

The following record collections were listed on the Ancestry Card Catalog list on Ancestry.com during the period from 12 to 18 April 2020:  

The ADDED and Updated record collections are:

WEB: Washington, Various County Census Records, 1850-1914; indexed records without images, ADDED 4/16/2020

Alabama, Episcopal Diocese of Alabama, Church Records, 1837-1970; indexed records with images, ADDED 4/16/2020

Liverpool, England, Catholic Burials, 1813-1985; indexed records with images, Updated 4/15/2020

England & Scotland, Select Cemetery Registers, 1800-2016; indexed records with images, Updated 4/15/2020

Liverpool, England, Church of England Burials, 1813-1975; indexed records with images, Updated 4/15/2020

Liverpool, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1919; indexed records with images, Updated 4/15/2020

Liverpool, England, Catholic Marriages, 1754-1933; indexed records with images, Updated 4/15/2020

Liverpool, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1935; indexed records with images, Updated 4/15/2020

Liverpool, England, Catholic Confirmations, 1813-1926; indexed records with images, Updated 4/15/2020

Liverpool, England, Catholic Baptisms, 1741-1919; indexed records with images, Updated 4/15/2020

U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1; indexed records without images, Updated 4/14/2020

Tennessee, Death Records, 1908-1965; indexed records with images, Updated 4/13/2020

New York, Grand Army of the Republic Records, 1866-1931; indexed records with images, Updated 4/13/2020

U.S., Pennsylvania, Grand Army of the Republic Membership Records, 1865-1936; indexed records without images, ADDED 4/13/2020


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The complete Ancestry.com Card Catalog is at    http://search.ancestry.com/search/CardCatalog.aspx.  

By my count, there were NEW collections ADDED this past week, per the list above.  There are now 32,763 collections available as of 18 April, an increase of  3 from last week.


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Disclosure:  I have a complimentary all-access subscription from Ancestry.com, for which I am thankful.  Ancestry.com has provided material considerations for travel expenses to meetings, and has hosted events and meals that I have attended in Salt Lake City, in past years.


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Added and Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 12 to 18 April 2020

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 18 April 2020, there were 2,772 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 9 from last week):

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

--- Collections Added   ---

Georgia, Savannah Passenger Lists, 1906-1945    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2492730); 3,742 indexed records with 3,742 record images, ADDED 17-Apr-2020
Massachusetts, Gloucester Passenger and Crew Lists, 1906-1943   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3477643); 24,147 indexed records with 24,147 record images, ADDED 17-Apr-2020
Iowa, Marshall County, Marshalltown, Riverside Cemetery Burial Records, ca.1800-ca.1975 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3714665); 30,058 indexed records with 30,058 record images, ADDED 17-Apr-2020
United States, California, Certificates Surrendered at San Francisco from Aliens Previously at Honolulu, Hawaii, 1912-1946      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3338292); 23,125 indexed records with 23,125 record images, ADDED 15-Apr-2020

California, San Francisco Crew Manifests, 1896-1921     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3477659); 2,589 indexed records with 2,589 record images, ADDED 15-Apr-2020
Vermont, Passenger Lists, 1895-1924     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3499160); 102,351 indexed records with 102,351 record images, ADDED 10-Apr-2020
Massachusetts, Index to Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Boston, 1921-1949        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2526178); 262,878 indexed records with 262,878 record images, ADDED 14-Apr-2020
Virginia, Southern Claims Commission Approved Claims, 1871-1880 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3491462); 5,493 indexed records with 5,493 record images, ADDED 16-Apr-2020
New Jersey, Newark, Mount Olivet Cemetery Records, 1871-1984    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3733114); 32,238 indexed records with 32,238 record images, ADDED 16-Apr-2020

--- Collections Updated ---

Brazil, Bahia, Civil Registration, 1877-1976    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3694028); 29,700 indexed records with 26,284 record images (was 13,264 records with 11,851 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2001287); 5,732,284 indexed records with 2,841,076 record images (was 5,721,701 records with 2,841,076 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Mexico, Guanajuato, Catholic Church Records, 1519-1984  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1860831); 1,097,956 indexed records with 4,584,983 record images (was 1,097,956 records with 4,584,983 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
New Jersey, Gloucester County, Clarksboro, Eglington Cemetery Records, 1880-1983        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3714669); 3,163 indexed records with 730 record images (was 0 records with 130 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Georgia, Washington County, Federal Census, 1890        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3326880); 19,870 indexed records with 1,021 record images (was 19,820 records with 7 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016

South Dakota, Grave Registration Records, 1940-1941     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3246493); 292,890 indexed records with 16,373 record images (was 244,687 records with 13,327 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3479702); 37,100 indexed records with 16,678 record images (was 32,158 records with 14,645 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1925428); 36,001 indexed records with 16,188 record images (was 25,505 records with 16,188 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Mexico, Guerrero, Catholic Church Records, 1576-1979    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1823323); 14,660 indexed records with 1,584,621 record images (was 14,660 records with 1,584,621 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3477666); 26,043 indexed records with 780 record images (was 21,190 records with 607 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016

North Carolina, Center for Health Statistics, Vital Records Unit, County Birth Records, 1913-1922       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3477667); 164,356 indexed records with 162,812 record images (was 144,467 records with 142,937 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
England, Yorkshire Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1613-1887    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3477664); 197,612 indexed records with 192,344 record images (was 179,187 records with 176,638 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Georgia, Chatham, Savannah, Laurel Grove Cemetery Record Keeper's Book (colored), 1852-1942     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3479704); 51,148 indexed records with 1,015 record images (was 43,634 records with 915 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Australia, South Australia, Prison Records, 1838-1912   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2613137); 82,262 indexed records with 7,529 record images (was 81,971 records with 7,529 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Mexico, Durango, Catholic Church Records, 1604-1985     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1554576); 127,796 indexed records with 504,812 record images (was 127,796 records with 504,812 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Germany, Prussia, Saxony, Census Lists, 1770-1934       (https://familysearch.org/sea
rch/collection/2780641); 136,710 indexed records with 7,116 record images (was 94,758 records with 5,507 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016

Utah, Brigham City Family History Center, Obituary Collection, 1930-2015        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3657641); 44,600 indexed records with 3,162 record images (was 30,139 records with 2,187 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Chile, Catholic Church Records, 1710-1928       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3405096); 81,200 indexed records with 9,278 record images (was 67,576 records with 7,675 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Oklahoma, School Records, 1895-1936     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1926701); 19,912,439 indexed records with 3,007,818 record images (was 19,912,431 records with 3,007,818 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
American Samoa, Delayed Birth Registrations, 1962-1972  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3438757); Browse 14,840 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 14,825 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
American Samoa, Vital Records, 1850-1930        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3438751); 18,628 indexed records with 55,743 record images (was 17,720 records with 53,101 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016

Northern Ireland, Tithe Applotment Books, 1822-1837     (https://familysearch.org/sea
rch/collection/2729531); 397,360 indexed records with 164,204 record images (was 397,353 records with 164,232 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
United States Deceased Physician File (AMA), 1864-1968  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2061540); 913,923 indexed records with 707,724 record images (was 809,811 records with 707,724 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2333694); 30,047,348 indexed records with 46,885,453 record images (was 30,047,348 records with 46,885,453 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Sri Lanka, Colombo District, Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1677-1990   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1780708); 23,346 indexed records with 33,965 record images (was 12,970 records with 33,965 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Mexico, Distrito Federal, Catholic Church Records, 1514-1970    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1615259); 1,927,411 indexed records with 4,263,289 record images (was 1,927,411 records with 4,263,289 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016

Mississippi, Death Certificate Index, 1912-1943 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3583821); 669,965 indexed records with 6,492 record images (was 636,376 records with 6,322 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
England, Hampshire Parish Registers, 1538-1980  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2556014); 1,856,794 indexed records with 140,294 record images (was 1,856,675 records with 134,436 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
California, Sonoma County, Sebastopol, Evergreen Lawn Cemetery Burial Records, 1800-2010        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3583823); Browse 8,810 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 8,761 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
California, San Benito County Registrar, Burial Permits 1911-1948       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3583824); 7,675 indexed records with 6,771 record images (was 2,054 records with 1,299 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2860782); 17,593,136 indexed records with 1,943,955 record images (was 16,601,886 records with 1,880,055 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016

Brazil, Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Cemetery Records, 1897-2012       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2137269); 424,933 indexed records with 150,972 record images (was 423,560 records with 150,972 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
England, Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1642-1996       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3648679); 6,510 indexed records with 3,981 record images (was 4,455 records with 1,828 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
International Genealogical Index (IGI)  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5); Index only (892,761,439 records), no images (was 892,761,439 records with 0 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Paraguay, Catholic Church Records, 1754-2015    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1922527); 1,130,749 indexed records with 373,775 record images (was 1,065,719 records with 373,775 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Massachusetts, Revolutionary War, Index Cards to Muster Rolls, 1775-1783        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2548057); 609,016 indexed records with 641,406 record images (was 609,006 records with 641,406 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016

Pennsylvania Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3512181); 115,322 indexed records with 6,040 record images (was 15,335 records with 841 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Honduras, Catholic Church Records, 1633-1978    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1823595); 1,398,916 indexed records with 425,330 record images (was 1,359,380 records with 425,330 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Italy, Roma, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1863-1930      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2390532); 230,397 indexed records with 4,195,531 record images (was 50,753 records with 4,195,531 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
England Death Records, 1998-2015        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3665073); 3,293,164 indexed records with 3,293,164 record images (was 3,293,133 records with 3,293,133 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
England, Northumberland Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1920        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3648677); 74,983 indexed records with 3,275 record images (was 52,445 records with 2,499 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016

Brazil, Santa Catarina, Catholic Church Records, 1714-1977      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177296); 449,027 indexed records with 166,596 record images (was 447,832 records with 166,596 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2821281); 195,266 indexed records with 166,582 record images (was 168,784 records with 140,132 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Ohio, Athens County, Deceased Veteran Grave Registration Card File Index, 1819-1936     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3315268); 5,493 indexed records with 5,486 record images (was 5,315 records with 5,308 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2199956); Index only (875,610,615 records), no images (was 875,610,612 records with 0 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
South Carolina, Charleston County, Charleston Poorhouse and Correctional House Records, 1803-1916       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3559084); 15,982 indexed records with 481 record images (was 15,313 records with 474 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016

District of Columbia Deaths, 1874-1961  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1803967); 461,159 indexed records with 359,962 record images (was 460,739 records with 359,962 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Louisiana, Orleans Parish Death Records and Certificates, 1835-1954     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3559088); 165,980 indexed records with 75,631 record images (was 95,124 records with 46,975 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Maryland, Baltimore Passenger Lists Index, 1897-1952    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3398454); 653,829 indexed records with 652,840 record images (was 511,122 records with 510,285 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Texas, Special Voter Registration, 1867-1869    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3163398); 121,560 indexed records with 3,042 record images (was 121,271 records with 3,034 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Lesotho, Evangelical Church Records, 1828-2005  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2146157); 127,918 indexed records with 20,396 record images (was 127,602 records with 20,396 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016

Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1784223); 2,330,094 indexed records with 3,087,354 record images (was 2,327,929 records with 3,087,354 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Puerto Rico, Civil Registration, 1805-2001      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1682798); 4,964,339 indexed records with 4,581,756 record images (was 4,962,224 records with 4,581,756 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
South Dakota, Veteran Graves Registration Records, 1940-1941    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3246420); 16,041 indexed records with 11,362 record images (was 14,747 records with 11,007 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Uruguay, Passenger Lists, 1888-1980     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2691993); 1,851,235 indexed records with 64,075 record images (was 1,646,489 records with 61,731 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Peru, Prelature of Yauyos-Cañete-Huarochirí, Catholic Church Records, 1665-2018 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3460240); 32,093 indexed records with 13,157 record images (was 27,566 records with 11,011 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016

England, Cambridge Parish Registers, 1538-1983  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3299384); 470,346 indexed records with 32,972 record images (was 468,079 records with 32,787 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
California, Los Angeles, Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery/Crematory Records, 1884-2002 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3583819); 6,956 indexed records with 211 record images (was 4,346 records with 135 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Ohio, Cincinnati, Vine Street Hill Cemetery Index of Burials, 1851-1986 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3714673); 60,633 indexed records with 60,535 record images (was 59,858 records with 59,762 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Great Britain, War Office Registers, 1772-1935  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2366620); 528,123 indexed records with 3,617 record images (was 390,636 records with 3,617 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Portugal, Setúbal, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1911   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1935451); 172,112 indexed records with 829,309 record images (was 171,514 records with 829,309 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016

Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016197); 105,149 indexed records with 1,038,133 record images (was 100,855 records with 1,038,133 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2546162); 1,252,320 indexed records with 48,993 record images (was 1,113,260 records with 48,993 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Montana Manifests of Immigrant Arrivals and Departures, 1923-1956       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2479258); 217,530 indexed records with 38,373 record images (was 217,165 records with 38,373 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Colombia, Bogotá, Burial Permits, 1960-1991     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3212241); 178,686 indexed records with 212,473 record images (was 185,152 records with 187,575 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Georgia, County Voter Registrations, 1856-1909  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3326831); 230,552 indexed records with 19,875 record images (was 156,647 records with 11,596 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016

Peru, Ayacucho, Civil Registration, 1903-1999   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3460906); 208,406 indexed records with 206,180 record images (was 193,493 records with 191,839 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
England, Essex Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1971 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3584542); 35,040 indexed records with 4,504 record images (was 34,739 records with 4,482 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Alaska, Pioneer Home discharge index, 1913-1958 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2842080); 3,983 indexed records with 3,949 record images (was 3,973 records with 3,949 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
South Africa, KwaZulu Natal, Vital Records, 1868-1976   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3511741); 93,972 indexed records with 91,993 record images (was 87,698 records with 85,754 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
California, Sacramento, Sacramento City Cemetery Burial Card Index,1840-2001    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3583822); 25,613 indexed records with 25,540 record images (was 25,234 records with 25,229 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016

Peru, Huánuco, Civil Registration, 1888-1998    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1983330); 444,468 indexed records with 708,628 record images (was 397,018 records with 708,628 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016

--- Collections with new images ---

Spain, Aragón, Electoral Censuses, 1890-1934    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2304578); 4,972,408 indexed records with 53,004 record images (was 4,972,408 records with 36,273 images), last updated 04-May-2016
Pennsylvania, Schuylkill County, Schuylkill Haven, Funeral Home Obituary Cards, 1914-2007       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3021637); 3,288 indexed records with 1,184 record images (was 3,288 records with 267 images), last updated 04-May-2016
United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2761958); 6,031,182 indexed records with 327,190 record images (was 6,031,182 records with 319,101 images), last updated 04-May-2016
North Dakota, Red River Valley Genealogical Society, Pioneer Files, 1880-1953   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3155904); 5,520 indexed records with 920 record images (was 5,520 records with 337 images), last updated 04-May-2016
South Africa, Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1846-1950   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2573604); 441,537 indexed records with 316,609 record images (was 441,537 records with 315,940 images), last updated 04-May-2016

--- Collections with images removed ---

Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1307888); 1,875,674 indexed records with 226,434 record images (was 1,875,674 records with 228,691 images), last updated 04-May-2016
New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2803479); 4,749,222 indexed records with 84,740 record images (was 4,749,222 records with 84,749 images), last updated 04-May-2016
Sweden, Stockholm City Archives, Index to Church Records, 1546-1927     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2057674); 906,153 indexed records with 33,712 record images (was 906,153 records with 61,094 images), last updated 04-May-2016
Finland, Tax Lists, 1809-1915   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2704794); 142,385 indexed records with 1,265 record images (was 142,385 records with 2,917 images), last updated 04-May-2016
Germany, Bavaria, Diocese of Augsburg, Catholic Church Records, 1615-1939       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2780016); Browse 1,152,132 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 1,169,608 images), last updated 04-May-2016

United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2968245); 6,931,032 indexed records with 5,605,545 record images (was 6,931,032 records with 5,610,973 images), last updated 04-May-2016
Louisiana, Orleans and St. Tammany Parish, Voter Registration Records, 1867-1905        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3326775); 141,460 indexed records with 4,903 record images (was 141,460 records with 5,452 images), last updated 04-May-2016
Ireland, Diocesan and Prerogative Marriage License Bonds Indexes, 1623-1866     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3460239); 218,434 indexed records with 7,804 record images (was 218,434 records with 7,847 images), last updated 04-May-2016
North Dakota, Naturalization Records, 1868-1924 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3241359); 1,878 indexed records with 45 record images (was 1,878 records with 1,291 images), last updated 04-May-2016
Hawaii, Grantor and Grantee Index, 1845-1909    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2821304); 428,682 indexed records with 21,383 record images (was 428,682 records with 21,481 images), last updated 04-May-2016

New Zealand, Cemetery Transcriptions, 1840-1981 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2780088); 486,930 indexed records with 22,165 record images (was 486,930 records with 22,680 images), last updated 04-May-2016
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), last updated 04-May-2016

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Mexico, Yucatán, Catholic Church Records, 1543-1977     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1909116); 8,698 indexed records with 1,234,534 record images (was 13,189 records with 1,234,534 images), last updated 04-May-2016
California Birth Index, 1905-1995       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2001879); Index only (24,589,477 records), no images (was 24,589,478 records with 0 images), last updated 04-May-2016

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My friend, Marshall, has come up with a program to determine which collections are ADDED, DELETED or UPDATED.  Thanks to Marshall for helping us out here!

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.

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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Friday, April 17, 2020

Genealogy News Bytes - Friday, 17 April 2020

Welcome to Genealogy News Bytes, posted on Tuesday afternoon and Friday afternoon, where we try to highlight the most important genealogy and family history news and education items that came across our desktop over the past three days.

1)  News Articles:

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NGS 2020 Conference Goes Virtual!





2)  New or Updated Record Collections:




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

 GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  View RootsTech 2020 Videos for FREE!




*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 21 April, 5 p.m.: Maryland State Archives Decoded, by Rebecca Koford

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 22 April, 11 a.m.:  Introduction to Vivid-Pix RESTORE, by Rick Voight

*  SK Translations Webinar - Thursday, 23 August, 10 a.m.:  Free Webinar: 5 Types of German Genealogy documents - and What You Can Find in Each, by Katherine Schober

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar: Was Great Grandmother Really Native American?, by Janice Lovelace

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Watch Geoff Live: Adding a City Directory, by Geoff Rasmussen

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Tech Zone: DNA Testing after a Bone Marrow Transplant?, by Blaine Bettinger

4)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:


5)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):


















6)  Genealogy Bargains:


7)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 14 April 2020 ?

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