Saturday, May 16, 2020

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Your Maternal Grandfather's Matrilineal Line

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) What was your mother's father's full name?

2) What is your mother's father's matrilineal line? That is, his mother's mother's mother's ... back to the most distant female ancestor in that line.  Provide her ahnentafel number (relative to you), and her birth and death years and places.

3)  Tell us about it in your own blog post, or in a Comment on this post, or in a Facebook post.  Please put a link to your post in Comments here.


Here's mine:

1)  My maternal grandfather was #6 Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976).

2)  Lyle's mother was #13 Abbey Ardell "Della" Smith (1862-1944), who married Henry Austin Carringer (1853-1946).  Abbey was born in Wisconsin, married in Kansas, and died in California at age 82.

*  Abbey's mother was  #27 Abigail A. Vaux (1844-1931) who married Devier J. Smith (1839-1894).  Abigail was born in New York, married in Wisconsin, and died in California at age 87.

*  Abigail's mother was #55 Mary Ann Underhill (1815-1882) who married Samuel Vaux (1816-1880).  Mary Ann was born in New York, married in New York, and died in Kansas at age 67.

*  Mary Ann's mother was #111 Mary "Polly" Metcalf (1780-1855) who married Amos Underhill (1772-1865).  Mary was born in New Hampshire, married in New Hampshire, and died in New York at age 75.

*  Mary's mother was #223 Jerusha --?-- (ca 1750-1817) who married Burgess Metcalf (1741-1816).  Jerusha was born in ???? (perhaps New Hampshire?), married in New Hampshire, and died in New Hampshire at age about 67.  

I note that every one of them besides Jerusha moved west during their lifetime!  All of those listed were, I am sure, hardy, hard working, and competent women and mothers.  

Jerusha --?-- is still one of my elusive ancestors.  Some trees say that she was a Chandler, but I have no evidence that this is the case.

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Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 10 to 16 May 2020

The following record collections were listed on the Ancestry Card Catalog list on Ancestry.com during the period from 10 to 16 May 2020:  

The ADDED and Updated record collections are:

Finland, WWII Military Casualties, 1939-1945; indexed records with record images, ADDED 5/14/2020

U.S., American Samoa, Passenger Lists and Travel Documents, 1918-1965; indexed records with record images, ADDED 5/14/2020

New York, Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957; indexed records with record images, Updated 5/14/2020

Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1938; indexed records with record images, Updated 5/14/2020

Scotland, Ireland and Wales, Militia Attestation Papers, 1800-1915; indexed records without record images, Updated 5/14/2020

Finland, Pre-Confirmation Books, 1670-1918; indexed records with record images, Updated 5/14/2020


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

By my count, there were 2 NEW collections ADDED this past week, per the list above.  There are now 32,777 collections available as of 16 May, an increase of  0 from last week.  Ancestry may have removed 2 collections since last week, or they have corrected the count.



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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 9 to 15 May 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 15 May 2020, there are 2,823 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   --

California, Geographical and Name Index of Californians who served in WWI, 1914-1918    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3029259); 27,306 indexed records with 27,306 record images, ADDED 12-May-2020
Maine, Alien Arrivals, 1906-1953        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3477648); 199,010 indexed records with 199,010 record images, ADDED 14-May-2020
Oregon Death Index, 1971-2008   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3479712); Index only, no images, ADDED 12-May-2020
Oregon Divorce Index, 1991-2008 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3479713); Index only, no images, ADDED 12-May-2020
England, Devon, Plymouth Prison Records, 1821-1919      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3583825); 13,495 indexed records with 13,495 record images, ADDED 11-May-2020


Germany, Saxony, Church Book Indexes, 1500-1900 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2399108); 32,709 indexed records with 32,709 record images, ADDED 11-May-2020
Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands Newspaper Obituaries, 1900-ca.2010     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3736295); 2,216 indexed records with 2,216 record images, ADDED 15-May-2020
New York, Lackawanna, Holy Cross Cemetery Records, 1855-1965    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3732499); 11,467 indexed records with 11,467 record images, ADDED 15-May-2020
United Kingdom, Quakers Annual Monitor, 1849    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3736290); Index only, no images, ADDED 08-May-2020
England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3734475); 187 indexed records with 187 record images, ADDED 15-May-2020


Norway, Oslo, Akershus Prison Records, 1844-1885        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3335353); 808 indexed records with 808 record images, ADDED 14-May-2020
New Mexico Alien Arrivals, 1917-1954    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3465358); 17,240 indexed records with 17,240 record images, ADDED 12-May-2020
Peru, Piura, Civil Registration, 1874-1996      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3733437); 2,155 indexed records with 2,155 record images, ADDED 15-May-2020

--- Collections Updated ---


Brazil, Bahia, Civil Registration, 1877-1976    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3694028); 35,354 indexed records with 30,792 record images (was 35,288 records with 30,741 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3477669); 442,514 indexed records with 111,508 record images (was 416,857 records with 104,105 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Honduras, Civil Registration, 1841-1968 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2135627); 521,834 indexed records with 337,976 record images (was 519,410 records with 337,976 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3479702); 49,045 indexed records with 21,620 record images (was 45,700 records with 20,244 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3477666); 45,915 indexed records with 1,548 record images (was 40,411 records with 1,342 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); 251,375 indexed records with 249,754 record images (was 229,023 records with 227,423 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
England, Yorkshire Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1613-1887    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3477664); 265,347 indexed records with 259,484 record images (was 248,527 records with 242,723 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Georgia, Chatham, Savannah, Laurel Grove Cemetery Record Keeper's Book (colored), 1852-1942     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3479704); 58,446 indexed records with 1,107 record images (was 58,236 records with 1,104 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2860782); 19,986,192 indexed records with 2,264,897 record images (was 19,669,021 records with 2,243,406 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
American Samoa, Vital Records, 1850-1930        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3438751); 22,735 indexed records with 64,717 record images (was 22,405 records with 63,605 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
Arizona, Birth Certificates and Indexes, 1855-1930      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3740251); 272,455 indexed records with 272,024 record images (was 271,363 records with 270,932 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Nebraska, Lancaster County, Wyuka Cemetery Burial Permits, 1883-1999    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3734439); 48,055 indexed records with 47,964 record images (was 47,534 records with 47,448 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Canada, New Brunswick, County Register of Births, 1801-1920     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3734436); 6,196 indexed records with 174 record images (was 1,492 records with 42 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Oklahoma, Tulsa County, Rose Hill Memorial Park Interment Records, ca.1915 - ca.1982    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3734434); 26,085 indexed records with 26,057 record images (was 26,067 records with 26,039 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016


North Carolina, Wilmington, Cemetery Records, 1852-2005 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3665056); 24,865 indexed records with 1,068 record images (was 21,524 records with 942 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
California, San Mateo County, Colma, Italian Cemetery Records, 1899-2011        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1922526); 76,842 indexed records with 32,338 record images (was 47,166 records with 32,338 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Mexico, Tabasco, Catholic Church Records, 1803-1970     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1909106); 30,805 indexed records with 121,509 record images (was 30,805 records with 121,509 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Michigan, County Marriages Index, 1820-1937     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2473289); 14,239 indexed records with 1,773 record images (was 22,278 records with 1,258 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
New Jersey, Newark, Woodland Cemetery Records, 1895-1980        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3694030); 48,227 indexed records with 48,071 record images (was 48,207 records with 48,051 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016


Minnesota Passenger and Crew Lists, 1912-1956   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2426329); 51,502 indexed records with 34,589 record images (was 31,305 records with 34,589 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Mexico, Yucatán, Catholic Church Records, 1543-1977     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1909116); 8,698 indexed records with 1,234,534 record images (was 8,698 records with 1,234,534 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Italy, Salerno, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1806-1949   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1935404); 60,968 indexed records with 5,926,960 record images (was 28,521 records with 5,894,991 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Michigan Church Marriages, 1865-1931    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2515887); Index only (213 records), no images (was 817 records with 0 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Austria, Vienna, Jewish Registers of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1784-1911   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2028320); 108,125 indexed records with 206,316 record images (was 80,808 records with 206,316 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016


Dominican Republic Miscellaneous Records, 1921-1980     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2069829); 259,632 indexed records with 760,173 record images (was 216,068 records with 760,173 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Michigan, Detroit Manifests of Arrivals at the Port of Detroit, 1906-1954       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1916040); 1,169,085 indexed records with 851,363 record images (was 845,964 records with 851,363 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Peru, Huánuco, Civil Registration, 1888-1998    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1983330); 628,421 indexed records with 708,628 record images (was 596,131 records with 708,628 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1803974); 946,706 indexed records with 585,021 record images (was 946,697 records with 585,021 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Italy, Benevento, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1810-1942 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2475030); 488,028 indexed records with 1,827,400 record images (was 332,434 records with 1,827,400 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016


Mexico, Sonora, Catholic Church Records, 1657-1994      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473203); 166,147 indexed records with 383,518 record images (was 166,147 records with 383,518 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Mexico, Sinaloa, Catholic Church Records, 1671-1968     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473206); 40,878 indexed records with 521,512 record images (was 45,337 records with 521,512 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
England, Essex Parish Registers, 1538-1997      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1465709); Index only (2,746,297 records), no images (was 2,743,757 records with 0 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Iowa, Buchanan County Obituaries and Cemetery Records, ca.1796-1988     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3740406); 81,944 indexed records with 17,406 record images (was 16,377 records with 3,554 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Nebraska, Naturalization Records, 1855-1989     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3241361); 144,058 indexed records with 140,784 record images (was 143,504 records with 140,356 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016


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 413,850 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Georgia, Columbus, Linwood and Porterdale Colored Cemeteries, Interment Records, 1866-2000      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3491475); 45,929 indexed records with 2,083 record images (was 45,191 records with 2,049 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
New York State Census, 1905     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1463113); 7,655,435 indexed records with 111,177 record images (was 7,655,438 records with 111,177 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Peru, Diocese of Huacho, Catholic Church Records, 1560-1952     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2727735); 897,082 indexed records with 159,173 record images (was 636,644 records with 159,173 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
New Jersey, Births, 1670-1980   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2365245); Index only (24,278 records), no images (was 1,050,020 records with 0 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016


District of Columbia Deaths, 1874-1961  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1803967); 461,779 indexed records with 359,962 record images (was 461,744 records with 359,962 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Mexico, Tlaxcala, Catholic Church Records, 1576-1994    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837905); 61,929 indexed records with 1,012,693 record images (was 61,929 records with 1,012,693 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2199956); Index only (875,610,612 records), no images (was 875,610,610 records with 0 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Puerto Rico, Civil Registration, 1805-2001      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1682798); 4,980,545 indexed records with 4,581,756 record images (was 4,979,234 records with 4,581,756 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
United States Census, 1930      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1810731); 125,180,394 indexed records with 2,957,015 record images (was 125,180,397 records with 2,957,015 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016


Indiana, Bartholomew, Columbus, Garland Brook Cemetery Interment Records, ca.1885-ca.2000       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3714671); 16,202 indexed records with 16,149 record images (was 16,113 records with 16,061 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016New Jersey, Mercer County, Veteran's Service Office, Grave Registration Records, ca. 1770-ca.1979       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3714672); 20,923 indexed records with 27,986 record images (was 20,883 records with 27,926 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Nova Scotia Deaths, 1864-1877   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2242825); 10,334 indexed records with 27,717 record images (was 10,308 records with 27,717 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Florida, Pensacola, Passenger Lists, 1900-1945  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2442761); 845 indexed records with 1,937 record images (was 0 records with 1,937 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Ohio, Toledo, Historic Woodlawn Cemetery Index of Burials, 1877-1955    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3714677); 62,983 indexed records with 22,040 record images (was 44,448 records with 15,837 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016


Arizona Deaths, 1870-1951       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1534450); 276,942 indexed records with 264,534 record images (was 265,726 records with 264,534 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016197); 129,140 indexed records with 1,038,133 record images (was 123,675 records with 1,038,133 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Germany, Baden, Church Book Duplicates, 1804-1877       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1395660); 646,904 indexed records with 646,904 record images (was 603,526 records with 603,526 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2821281); 333,383 indexed records with 280,981 record images (was 298,065 records with 249,585 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Missouri State and Territorial Census Records, 1732-1933        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2075262); 289,326 indexed records with 12,444 record images (was 254,825 records with 12,444 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016


United States, New York Land Records, 1630-1975 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2078654); 14,684,613 indexed records with 8,129,310 record images (was 10,815,836 records with 8,129,310 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Montana, Silver Bow County, Cemetery Indexes, 1880-2003 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3661046); 73,324 indexed records with 73,108 record images (was 72,562 records with 72,355 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Michigan Civil Marriages, 1834-1974     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2515912); Index only (1,172 records), no images (was 34,763 records with 0 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Iowa, Marshall County, Marshalltown, Riverside Cemetery Burial Records, ca.1800-ca.1975 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3714665); 35,823 indexed records with 17,616 record images (was 35,798 records with 17,605 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Holy Cross Cemetery, Interment Records, 1909-1979 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3714667); 143,726 indexed records with 3,515 record images (was 139,345 records with 3,416 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016


Rhode Island, Providence County, Providence, Swan Point Cemetery Records, ca.1846-ca.1950       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3714668); 28,550 indexed records with 28,261 record images (was 28,344 records with 28,061 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Idaho, Jefferson Star, County Cemetery Records, 1800-2000       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3733439); 124,795 indexed records with 89,567 record images (was 85,162 records with 69,914 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
California, San Benito County Registrar, Burial Permits 1911-1948       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3583824); 8,418 indexed records with 7,510 record images (was 8,415 records with 7,507 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Venezuela, Archdiocese of Valencia, Catholic Church Records, 1760, 1905-2013    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2076861); 1,086,732 indexed records with 665,914 record images (was 780,340 records with 665,914 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
California, Los Angeles, San Gabriel Cemetery Association, Cemetery Index 1872-2003     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3694058); 22,622 indexed records with 22,595 record images (was 22,582 records with 22,555 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016


Florida, Fort Lauderdale Crew Lists, 1939-1945  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2432943); 50,198 indexed records with 10,103 record images (was 50,185 records with 10,103 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
South Africa, KwaZulu Natal, Vital Records, 1868-1976   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3511741); 103,738 indexed records with 101,624 record images (was 102,568 records with 100,475 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1614804); 5,278,489 indexed records with 1,547,844 record images (was 5,278,489 records with 1,547,844 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2001287); 5,821,593 indexed records with 2,841,076 record images (was 5,795,479 records with 2,841,076 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Mexico, Sinaloa, Civil Registration, 1861-1929  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2290241); 562,897 indexed records with 1,403,105 record images (was 475,776 records with 1,403,105 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016


Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1784223); 2,330,519 indexed records with 3,087,354 record images (was 2,330,509 records with 3,087,354 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Argentina, Santa Fe, Catholic Church Records, 1634-1975 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974196); 799,515 indexed records with 424,329 record images (was 795,352 records with 424,329 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
California, Los Angeles, Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery/Crematory Records, 1884-2002 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3583819); 15,781 indexed records with 488 record images (was 14,253 records with 442 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Mexico, Tamaulipas, Catholic Church Records, 1703-1964  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1790934); 106,460 indexed records with 199,328 record images (was 106,460 records with 199,328 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1911752); 2,975,530 indexed records with 53,151 record images (was 2,952,446 records with 53,151 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016


Peru, Municipal Census, 1831-1866       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2274799); 162,245 indexed records with 7,064 record images (was 160,057 records with 7,064 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Peru, Ayacucho, Civil Registration, 1903-1999   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3460906); 288,963 indexed records with 285,155 record images (was 276,412 records with 272,955 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Michigan, Saginaw County, Biographical Card File, ca. 1830-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3733440); 1,766 indexed records with 12,643 record images (was 1,401 records with 11,796 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Chile, Catholic Church Records, 1710-1928       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3405096); 121,944 indexed records with 14,353 record images (was 113,746 records with 13,489 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Czech Republic, Church Books, 1552-1981 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1804263); 199,164 indexed records with 4,668,489 record images (was 186,980 records with 4,668,489 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016


South Africa, Natal Province, Civil Deaths, 1863-1955   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2721608); 81,054 indexed records with 42,748 record images (was 72,872 records with 34,592 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Sweden, Stockholm City Archives, Index to Church Records, 1546-1927     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2057674); 968,713 indexed records with 64,827 record images (was 906,153 records with 61,094 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Utah, Brigham City Family History Center, Obituary Collection, 1930-2015        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3657641); 92,705 indexed records with 6,651 record images (was 81,676 records with 5,785 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1468076); 403,413 indexed records with 355,318 record images (was 399,344 records with 355,318 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Mexico, Veracruz, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1978    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1883382); 43,432 indexed records with 2,563,917 record images (was 43,432 records with 2,563,917 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016


South Africa, Civil Death Registration, 1955-1966       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3732506); 37,409 indexed records with 37,235 record images (was 29,847 records with 29,683 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
England, Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1642-1996       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3648679); 48,101 indexed records with 26,468 record images (was 20,794 records with 18,893 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
Pennsylvania Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3512181); 165,095 indexed records with 8,527 record images (was 164,415 records with 8,502 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Pennsylvania, Eastern District Petitions for Naturalization, 1795-1931  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1913395); 476,209 indexed records with 326,903 record images (was 476,066 records with 326,903 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016


England, Northumberland Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1920        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3648677); 193,651 indexed records with 8,440 record images (was 178,022 records with 8,191 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
New York, Southern District, U.S District Court Naturalization Records, 1824-1946       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2060123); 2,075,408 indexed records with 2,187,206 record images (was 1,972,408 records with 2,187,206 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
England, Dorset, Parish Registers, 1538-2001    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1910806); 1,498,417 indexed records with 25,517 record images (was 1,498,417 records with 25,517 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Louisiana, Orleans Parish Death Records and Certificates, 1835-1954     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3559088); 380,209 indexed records with 173,973 record images (was 347,704 records with 159,754 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Peru, Prelature of Yauyos-Cañete-Huarochirí, Catholic Church Records, 1665-2018 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3460240); 55,225 indexed records with 24,568 record images (was 47,435 records with 21,543 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016


Italy, Brescia, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1797-1943   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2158242); 237,524 indexed records with 620,801 record images (was 159,249 records with 620,801 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Texas, Grimes County, Marriage Records, 1951-1966       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3518927); 1,961 indexed records with 1,026 record images (was 1,949 records with 1,020 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Minnesota, Hennepin County, Minneapolis, Layman Cemetery Burial Records, 1860-1926      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3733110); 23,405 indexed records with 23,385 record images (was 23,303 records with 23,283 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016
Niue, Vital Records, 1818-1994  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3733116); 18,004 indexed records with 12,994 record images (was 13,708 records with 9,674 images), UPDATED 04-May-2016

--- Collections with new images ---


Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1307888); 1,875,674 indexed records with 240,547 record images (was 1,875,674 records with 227,587 images), last updated 04-May-2016
Australia, South Australia, School Admission Registers, 1873-1985       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2862204); 191,136 indexed records with 5,040 record images (was 191,136 records with 5,012 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 982,465 record images (was 988,549 records with 980,956 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
United States, New York, Index to Passengers Arriving at New York City, compiled 1944-1948      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3029266); 1,129,668 indexed records with 1,112,549 record images (was 1,129,668 records with 1,112,544 images), last updated 04-May-2016


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 206,436 images), last updated 04-May-2016
South Africa, Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1846-1950   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2573604); 441,537 indexed records with 316,553 record images (was 441,537 records with 309,689 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 306,996 record images (was 6,031,182 records with 304,656 images), last updated 04-May-2016
England, Cambridge Parish Registers, 1538-1983  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3299384); 470,491 indexed records with 32,974 record images (was 470,491 records with 31,869 images), last updated 04-May-2016
New Zealand, Cemetery Transcriptions, 1840-1981 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2780088); 486,930 indexed records with 22,680 record images (was 486,930 records with 22,091 images), last updated 04-May-2016

--- Collections with images removed ---


Iowa, Records of Persons Subject to Military Duty, 1862-1910    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2821291); 5,075,771 indexed records with 107,833 record images (was 5,075,771 records with 107,838 images), last updated 04-May-2016
Uruguay, Passenger Lists, 1888-1980     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2691993); 1,851,235 indexed records with 71,120 record images (was 1,851,235 records with 71,155 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 84,731 record images (was 4,749,222 records with 84,749 images), last updated 04-May-2016
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Greenmount Cemetery Records, 1880-1966      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3155908); 73,648 indexed records with 3,015 record images (was 73,648 records with 3,019 images), last updated 04-May-2016
Germany, Bavaria, Diocese of Augsburg, Catholic Church Records, 1615-1939       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2780016); Browse 1,169,016 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 1,169,608 images), last updated 04-May-2016


Louisiana, Orleans and St. Tammany Parish, Voter Registration Records, 1867-1905        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3326775); 141,473 indexed records with 5,144 record images (was 141,473 records with 5,451 images), last updated 04-May-2016
Hawaii island census records, 1878-1896 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3040537); 49,441 indexed records with 214 record images (was 49,441 records with 3,536 images), last updated 04-May-2016
Alabama State Census, 1866      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1915987); 243,781 indexed records with 7 record images (was 243,781 records with 18 images), last updated 04-May-2016
United States, Cemetery Abstracts, 1949-1969    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2579610); 468,634 indexed records with 69,348 record images (was 468,634 records with 69,349 images), last updated 04-May-2016
Germany, Prussia, Saxony, Census Lists, 1770-1934       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2780641); 136,710 indexed records with 3,535 record images (was 136,710 records with 7,116 images), last updated 04-May-2016


Spain, Aragón, Electoral Censuses, 1890-1934    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2304578); 4,972,408 indexed records with 42,626 record images (was 4,972,408 records with 43,561 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

--- Collections with new records ---


New York State Census, 1855     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1937366); 2,817,765 indexed records with 49,719 record images (was 2,791,677 records with 49,719 images), last updated 04-May-2016
United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1861144); 5,456,420 indexed records with 19,317,962 record images (was 3,368,788 records with 19,317,962 images), last updated 04-May-2016
Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3015626); 3,537,384 indexed records with 13,096,376 record images (was 3,513,961 records with 13,096,376 images), last updated 04-May-2016
Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1589502); 2,289,287 indexed records with 1,789,697 record images (was 2,289,246 records with 1,789,697 images), last updated 04-May-2016

--- Collections with records removed ---


Ireland, Dublin, The Post Office Annual Directory and Calendar, 1843    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3736260); Browse 19,035 Images only, no index (was 19,035 records with 19,035 images), last updated 04-May-2016
England, Index to Register of Passport Applications, 1851-1903  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3736293); Browse 376,488 Images only, no index (was 376,488 records with 376,488 images), last updated 04-May-2016
Ireland, Ashe's Limerick and Clare Directory, 1891-1892 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3736264); Browse 11,559 Images only, no index (was 11,559 records with 11,559 images), last updated 04-May-2016
Ireland, Pettigrew and Oulton, The Dublin Almanac and General Register of Ireland, 1835 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3736265); Browse 53,778 Images only, no index (was 53,778 records with 53,778 images), last updated 04-May-2016
Peru, Lima, Civil Registration, 1874-1996       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1430936); 5,742,210 indexed records with 3,680,369 record images (was 5,742,212 records with 3,680,369 images), last updated 04-May-2016


Ireland, Dublin, The Post Office Annual Directory and Calendar, 1858    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3736273); Browse 64,379 Images only, no index (was 64,379 records with 64,379 images), last updated 04-May-2016
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); Browse 15,316 Images only, no index (was 15,316 records with 15,316 images), last updated 04-May-2016
United States Social Security Death Index       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1202535); Index only (93,946,120 records), no images (was 93,946,121 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!

Note that all of the Updated, Added To and Removed collections have a "last updated" date of 4 May 2016.  That is probably not right.  Marshall determined that the date is in the FamilySearch provided list and not in his program.

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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