Saturday, April 25, 2020

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- What Is Your Birth Surname Henry Number?

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)  Do you know what a "Henry Number" is?  It is a descendant numbering system from a specific person.  The Wikipedia article for Genealogical Numbering Systems describes it as:

"The Henry System is a descending system created by Reginald Buchanan Henry for a genealogy of the families of the presidents of the United States that he wrote in 1935.[3] It can be organized either by generation or not. The system begins with 1. The oldest child becomes 11, the next child is 12, and so on. The oldest child of 11 is 111, the next 112, and so on. The system allows one to derive an ancestor's relationship based on their number. For example, 621 is the first child of 62, who is the second child of 6, who is the sixth child of his parents.  In the Henry System, when there are more than nine children, X is used for the 10th child, A is used for the 11th child, B is used for the 12th child, and so on. In the Modified Henry System, when there are more than nine children, numbers greater than nine are placed in parentheses."

2)  Go to your first known ancestor with your birth surname in your software program and calculate your Henry Number from that person.  Show each generation of your line of ancestors with your birth surname with their Henry numbers.

3)  How did you calculate the Henry numbers?  What do these numbers tell you?

4)  Tell us in your own blog post, in a comment on this blog post, or in a Facebook post.

Here's mine:

2)  My first known ancestor with my birth surname of Seaver is Robert Seaver (1608-1683).  Here is my Seaver line with their Henry numbers.

1                       Robert Seaver (1608-1683)
11                     Shubael Seaver (1640-1730)*
112                   Joseph Seaver (1672-1754)*
1121                 Robert Seaver (1702-1752)*
11214                Norman Seaver (1734-1787)*
112142              Benjamin Seaver (1757-1816)*
1121424            Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825)*
11214243          Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)*
112142431        Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)*
1121424311      Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)*
11214243115    Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)*
112142431151  Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)*

*  Denotes a son who was the eldest son that married and had children.

3)  I created a Descendants Narrative Report (1,811 pages!) in RootsMagic 7 using Robert Seaver as the starting ancestor, requested 12 generations, picked the Henry Number option, and then the program traced all of Robert Seaver's descendants through the report.  I was on page 63.  

Amazingly, each one of these males were the eldest son that survived and had children.  For instance, Joseph Seaver (1672-1754) had an older brother, Robert Seaver (1670-1672) who did not survive childhood, so Joseph was the eldest surviving son with children.  Norman Seaver (1734-1787) had two older brothers who did not marry or survive childhood, so Norman was the eldest surviving son who had children.  My father had an older brother who died before my father was born, and three sisters, so he was the 5th child, but the first son that had children.  What this means is that if Robert Seaver (1608-1683) had been a King, then I would be the current King, assuming succession through only the eldest male with children (not the current system in most royal lines).

In order to have an accurate Henry Number report, a researcher needs to have a complete list of children in each ancestral family, and know their birth order.  I think I have done that in my own Seaver line.  

There are five persons in my Seaver line that were the first-born child, and two more that were the second-born child.

4)  I did!

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Copyright (c) 2020, Randall J. Seaver

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Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 19 to 25 April 2020

The following record collections were listed on the Ancestry Card Catalog list on Ancestry.com during the period from 19 to 25 April 2020:  

The ADDED and Updated record collections are:

Australia, WWII Second Australian Imperial Forces and Citizen Military Forces Service Records, 1939-1947; indexed records without record images, ADDED 4/23/2020

ANZAC Memorial, 1914-1918; indexed records with record images, ADDED 4/23/2020


North Dakota, Select County Marriage Records, 1872-2017; indexed records with record images, Updated 4/20/2020

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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 32,764 collections available as of 25 April, an increase of  1 from last week.  It appears that Ancestry removed one collection this past week, or miscounted.


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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.


Copyright (c) 2020, Randall J. Seaver

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Added and Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 19 to 25 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 25 April 2020, there were 2,785 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 13 from last week):

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

--- Collections Added   ---


New Jersey, Mercer County, Veteran's Service Office, Grave Registration Records, ca. 1770-ca.1979       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3714672); 923 indexed records with 923 record images, ADDED 24-Apr-2020
Guatemala, Department of Totonicapán, Civil Registration, 1930-2008     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2268582); 266,508 indexed records with 266,508 record images, ADDED 22-Apr-2020
Nebraska, Lancaster County, Wyuka Cemetery Burial Permits, 1883-1999    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3734439); 36,325 indexed records with 36,325 record images, ADDED 24-Apr-2020
Rhode Island, Providence County, Providence, Swan Point Cemetery Records, ca.1846-ca.1950       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3714668); 20,014 indexed records with 20,014 record images, ADDED 24-Apr-2020
Indiana, Bartholomew, Columbus, Garland Brook Cemetery Interment Records, ca.1885-ca.2000       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3714671); 303 indexed records with 303 record images, ADDED 24-Apr-2020


Ireland, Ashe's Limerick and Clare Directory, 1891-1892 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3736264); 11,559 indexed records with 11,559 record images, ADDED 21-Apr-2020
Guatemala, Chiquimula, Civil Registration, 1877-2008    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790265); 205,031 indexed records with 205,031 record images, ADDED 22-Apr-2020
Idaho, Twin Falls County, Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery, Cemetery Records, 1937-1993    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3665086); 20,948 indexed records with 20,948 record images, ADDED 24-Apr-2020
Michigan, Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), Cemetery Index, 1799-1999   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3264363); 12,885 indexed records with 12,885 record images, ADDED 23-Apr-2020
California, Los Angeles, San Gabriel Cemetery Association, Cemetery Index 1872-2003     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3694058); 15,940 indexed records with 15,940 record images, ADDED 24-Apr-2020


South Africa, Civil Death Registration, 1955-1966       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3732506); 5,211 indexed records with 5,211 record images, ADDED 24-Apr-2020
Ireland, T. George H. Green, Index to the Marriage License Bonds of the Diocese of Cloyne, 1630-1800; 1899-1900 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3736257); 15,316 indexed records with 15,316 record images, ADDED 20-Apr-2020
Niue, Vital Records, 1818-1994  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3733116); 143 indexed records with 143 record images, ADDED 24-Apr-2020

--- Collections Updated ---


Brazil, Bahia, Civil Registration, 1877-1976    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3694028); 33,938 indexed records with 29,718 record images (was 29,700 records with 26,284 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Marriage Indexes, 1885-1951  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1388247); 1,830,468 indexed records with 25,846 record images (was 1,830,468 records with 25,846 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Venezuela, Catholic Church Records, 1577-1995   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1951777); 1,192,916 indexed records with 1,899,876 record images (was 1,140,688 records with 1,899,876 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Guatemala, Chimaltenango, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2114423); 294,559 indexed records with 3,075 record images (was 0 records with 3,075 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Pennsylvania Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3512181); 156,900 indexed records with 8,187 record images (was 115,322 records with 6,040 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016


South Dakota, Grave Registration Records, 1940-1941     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3246493); 293,395 indexed records with 16,393 record images (was 292,890 records with 16,373 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3479702); 40,657 indexed records with 18,150 record images (was 37,100 records with 16,678 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1925428); 46,333 indexed records with 16,188 record images (was 36,001 records with 16,188 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3477666); 30,612 indexed records with 959 record images (was 26,043 records with 780 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Arizona, Arrival Manifests, 1906-1955   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2299376); 194,471 indexed records with 20,852 record images (was 194,256 records with 20,852 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016


England, Yorkshire Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1613-1887    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3477664); 214,608 indexed records with 209,200 record images (was 197,612 records with 192,344 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
England, Norfolk Bishop's Transcripts, 1685-1941        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1823613); 1,161,877 indexed records with 210,055 record images (was 1,161,877 records with 210,055 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Argentina, Buenos Aires, Catholic Church Records, 1635-1981     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1972912); 1,959,190 indexed records with 978,396 record images (was 1,959,190 records with 978,396 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Ohio, Cincinnati, Vine Street Hill Cemetery Index of Burials, 1851-1986 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3714673); 60,643 indexed records with 60,545 record images (was 60,633 records with 60,535 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
North Dakota, County Marriages, 1872-1958       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2550852); 17,364 indexed records with 91,457 record images (was 17,347 records with 91,457 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016


Utah, Brigham City Family History Center, Obituary Collection, 1930-2015        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3657641); 57,138 indexed records with 4,021 record images (was 44,600 records with 3,162 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Chile, Catholic Church Records, 1710-1928       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3405096); 93,873 indexed records with 11,060 record images (was 81,200 records with 9,278 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Guatemala, Retalhuleu, Civil Registration, 1877-1994    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2422976); 203,635 indexed records with 550 record images (was 0 records with 550 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Guatemala, Alta Verapaz, Civil Registration, 1877-1994  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2102016); 449,505 indexed records with 17,770 record images (was 0 records with 17,770 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
American Samoa, Vital Records, 1850-1930        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3438751); 19,248 indexed records with 59,052 record images (was 18,628 records with 55,743 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016


Ohio, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1977  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1987615); 1,860,605 indexed records with 1,097,134 record images (was 1,860,467 records with 1,097,134 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Northern Ireland, Tithe Applotment Books, 1822-1837     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2729531); 397,856 indexed records with 157,517 record images (was 397,360 records with 164,204 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
New York State Census, 1905     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1463113); Browse 111,177 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 111,177 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Guatemala, Suchitepéquez, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2274785); 278,894 indexed records with 1,312 record images (was 0 records with 1,312 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


North Dakota, Red River Valley Genealogical Society, Pioneer Files, 1880-1953   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3155904); 5,531 indexed records with 920 record images (was 5,520 records with 920 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Iowa, Marshall County, Marshalltown, Riverside Cemetery Burial Records, ca.1800-ca.1975 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3714665); 35,183 indexed records with 17,448 record images (was 30,058 records with 15,418 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Peru, Ayacucho, Civil Registration, 1903-1999   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3460906); 229,274 indexed records with 226,408 record images (was 208,406 records with 206,180 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Iowa State Census, 1925 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2224537); 2,487,917 indexed records with 327,118 record images (was 2,487,917 records with 327,118 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Arizona, Nogales, Index and Manifests of Alien Arrivals, 1905-1952      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3041280); 502,795 indexed records with 496,137 record images (was 502,052 records with 495,686 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016


South Dakota, Veteran Graves Registration Records, 1940-1941    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3246420); 16,284 indexed records with 11,392 record images (was 16,041 records with 11,362 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2001287); 5,740,822 indexed records with 2,841,076 record images (was 5,732,284 records with 2,841,076 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
California, San Benito County Registrar, Burial Permits 1911-1948       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3583824); 8,283 indexed records with 7,375 record images (was 7,675 records with 6,771 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2860782); 18,576,217 indexed records with 2,053,046 record images (was 17,593,136 records with 1,943,955 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Brazil, Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Cemetery Records, 1897-2012       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2137269); 424,998 indexed records with 150,972 record images (was 424,933 records with 150,972 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016


England, Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1642-1996       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3648679); 7,758 indexed records with 8,370 record images (was 6,510 records with 3,981 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
California, San Mateo County, Colma, Italian Cemetery Records, 1899-2011        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1922526); 40,658 indexed records with 32,338 record images (was 0 records with 32,338 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1468076); 389,387 indexed records with 355,318 record images (was 389,387 records with 355,318 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Guatemala, Escuintla, Civil Registration, 1877-1994     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2392700); 339,350 indexed records with 2,355 record images (was 0 records with 2,355 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


Mexico, Hidalgo, Catholic Church Records, 1546-1971     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1804358); 3,006,157 indexed records with 1,750,627 record images (was 3,006,157 records with 1,750,627 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
England, Northumberland Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1920        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3648677); 91,957 indexed records with 4,154 record images (was 74,983 records with 3,275 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
South Africa, KwaZulu Natal, Vital Records, 1868-1976   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3511741); 98,900 indexed records with 96,905 record images (was 93,972 records with 91,993 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2821281); 231,008 indexed records with 197,336 record images (was 195,266 records with 166,582 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Guatemala, Quiché, Civil Registration, 1877-1994        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2274794); 419,672 indexed records with 70,397 record images (was 0 records with 70,397 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016


United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2199956); Index only (875,610,616 records), no images (was 875,610,615 records with 0 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
District of Columbia Deaths, 1874-1961  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1803967); 461,361 indexed records with 359,962 record images (was 461,159 records with 359,962 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Georgia, Chatham, Savannah, Laurel Grove Cemetery Record Keeper's Book (colored), 1852-1942     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3479704); 56,119 indexed records with 1,077 record images (was 51,148 records with 1,015 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Louisiana, Orleans Parish Death Records and Certificates, 1835-1954     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3559088); 239,235 indexed records with 113,151 record images (was 165,980 records with 75,631 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Guatemala, Baja Verapaz, Civil Registration, 1877-1994  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2106095); 157,942 indexed records with 24,503 record images (was 0 records with 24,503 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016


Ohio, Athens County, Deceased Veteran Grave Registration Card File Index, 1819-1936     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3315268); 5,553 indexed records with 5,546 record images (was 5,493 records with 5,486 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Hawaii, Births and Baptisms, 1843-1909  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2390841); 73,619 indexed records with 21,446 record images (was 70,230 records with 18,520 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Guatemala, Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-2006     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2075150); 1,284,993 indexed records with 1,486 record images (was 0 records with 1,486 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Texas, Cooke County, Probate Records, 1849-1982 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2804902); 4,854 indexed records with 4,532 record images (was 4,834 records with 4,514 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Guatemala, Santa Rosa, Civil Registration, 1877-1994    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2274788); 204,684 indexed records with 97,101 record images (was 0 records with 97,101 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016


Puerto Rico, Civil Registration, 1805-2001      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1682798); 4,968,652 indexed records with 4,581,756 record images (was 4,964,339 records with 4,581,756 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Guatemala, El Progreso, Civil Registration, 1877-1994   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2451040); 116,862 indexed records with 103,502 record images (was 0 records with 103,502 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); 185,095 indexed records with 183,530 record images (was 164,356 records with 162,812 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2451045); 315,923 indexed records with 17,993 record images (was 0 records with 17,993 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Utah, Uintah County Naturalization and Citizenship Records, 1888-1929   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2479767); 299 indexed records with 409 record images (was 295 records with 409 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016


Peru, Prelature of Yauyos-Cañete-Huarochirí, Catholic Church Records, 1665-2018 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3460240); 36,989 indexed records with 15,306 record images (was 32,093 records with 13,157 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Guatemala, Zacapa, Civil Registration, 1877-1994        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2284386); 118,913 indexed records with 18,271 record images (was 0 records with 18,271 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
England, Cambridge Parish Registers, 1538-1983  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3299384); 470,491 indexed records with 31,869 record images (was 470,346 records with 32,972 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
California, Los Angeles, Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery/Crematory Records, 1884-2002 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3583819); 9,369 indexed records with 288 record images (was 6,956 records with 211 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Guatemala, Sacatepéquez, Civil Registration, 1877-1994  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2274791); 150,576 indexed records with 63 record images (was 0 records with 63 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016


England, Lincolnshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1990      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2540411); 4,004,655 indexed records with 402,984 record images (was 3,913,885 records with 394,213 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1784223); 2,330,459 indexed records with 3,087,354 record images (was 2,330,094 records with 3,087,354 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Guatemala, Quetzaltenango, Civil Registration, 1877-1994        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2274796); 499,626 indexed records with 41,022 record images (was 0 records with 41,022 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Guatemala, Petén, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2274797); 94,327 indexed records with 713 record images (was 0 records with 713 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Guatemala, San Marcos, Civil Registration, 1877-1994    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2274790); 473,163 indexed records with 16,730 record images (was 0 records with 16,730 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016


Guatemala, Jalapa, Civil Registration, 1877-1994        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2426084); 135,755 indexed records with 42,552 record images (was 0 records with 42,552 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016197); 111,959 indexed records with 1,038,133 record images (was 105,149 records with 1,038,133 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Guatemala, Sololá, Civil Registration, 1877-1994        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2444805); 207,776 indexed records with 70,746 record images (was 0 records with 70,746 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Guatemala, Jutiapa, Civil Registration, 1877-1994       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2274798); 231,962 indexed records with 36,732 record images (was 0 records with 36,732 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
United States Deceased Physician File (AMA), 1864-1968  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2061540); 915,059 indexed records with 707,724 record images (was 913,923 records with 707,724 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016


Colombia, Bogotá, Burial Permits, 1960-1991     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3212241); 178,686 indexed records with 212,738 record images (was 178,686 records with 212,473 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Guatemala, Izabal, Civil Registration, 1877-1994        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2443319); 159,289 indexed records with 9,848 record images (was 0 records with 9,848 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
England, Essex Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1971 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3584542); 35,137 indexed records with 4,514 record images (was 35,040 records with 4,504 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Mississippi, Death Certificate Index, 1912-1943 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3583821); 675,982 indexed records with 6,532 record images (was 669,965 records with 6,492 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Peru, Huánuco, Civil Registration, 1888-1998    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1983330); 491,095 indexed records with 708,628 record images (was 444,468 records with 708,628 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016

--- Collections with new images ---


Uruguay, Passenger Lists, 1888-1980     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2691993); 1,851,235 indexed records with 70,659 record images (was 1,851,235 records with 64,075 images), last updated 04-May-2016
Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1307888); 1,875,674 indexed records with 228,717 record images (was 1,875,674 records with 226,434 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 5,610,973 record images (was 6,931,032 records with 5,605,545 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 61,094 record images (was 906,153 records with 33,712 images), last updated 04-May-2016
Finland, Tax Lists, 1809-1915   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2704794); 142,385 indexed records with 2,917 record images (was 142,385 records with 1,265 images), last updated 04-May-2016


Germany, Bavaria, Diocese of Augsburg, Catholic Church Records, 1615-1939       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2780016); Browse 1,162,739 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 1,152,132 images), last updated 04-May-2016
Ohio, WWI Index and Return Cards, 1916-1920     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3039663); 100,652 indexed records with 100,348 record images (was 100,652 records with 100,164 images), last updated 04-May-2016
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), last updated 04-May-2016
Illinois, Church Records, 1837-1995     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2787821); 28,599 indexed records with 28,599 record images (was 28,599 records with 1,183 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 327,307 record images (was 6,031,182 records with 327,190 images), last updated 04-May-2016


Iowa, Birth Records, 1921-1942  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2849548); 743,126 indexed records with 741,019 record images (was 743,126 records with 740,963 images), last updated 04-May-2016

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New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2803479); 4,749,222 indexed records with 68,780 record images (was 4,749,222 records with 84,740 images), last updated 04-May-2016
Oregon, Multnomah County, Voting Registration Records, 1908-1958        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2759505); 988,549 indexed records with 980,956 record images (was 988,549 records with 982,214 images), last updated 04-May-2016
Spain, Aragón, Electoral Censuses, 1890-1934    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2304578); 4,972,408 indexed records with 43,634 record images (was 4,972,408 records with 53,004 images), last updated 04-May-2016
England, Hampshire Parish Registers, 1538-1980  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2556014); 1,856,794 indexed records with 140,293 record images (was 1,856,794 records with 140,294 images), last updated 04-May-2016
North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2848682); 7,926,454 indexed records with 96,101 record images (was 7,926,454 records with 96,106 images), last updated 04-May-2016


South Carolina, Colleton County Marriage Licenses, 1911-1951    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3161369); 26,920 indexed records with 26,192 record images (was 26,920 records with 26,324 images), last updated 04-May-2016
Italy, Salerno, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1806-1949   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1935404); 28,521 indexed records with 5,895,216 record images (was 28,521 records with 5,897,825 images), last updated 04-May-2016
Australia, South Australia, Immigrants Ship Papers, 1849-1940   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2613135); 576,167 indexed records with 22,980 record images (was 576,167 records with 22,982 images), last updated 04-May-2016
Kansas State Census, 1905       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2659394); 1,545,509 indexed records with 49,917 record images (was 1,545,509 records with 50,873 images), last updated 04-May-2016
North Carolina, Voter Registration Records, 1868-1898   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3326982); 10,978 indexed records with 509 record images (was 10,978 records with 1,543 images), last updated 04-May-2016

--- Collections with records removed ---


United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1861144); Browse 19,317,962 Images only, no index (was 1 records with 19,317,962 images), last updated 04-May-2016
New York State Census, 1892     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1529100); 3,766,070 indexed records with 29,137 record images (was 3,766,071 records with 29,137 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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