Saturday, June 27, 2020

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - The Time Machine

It's Saturday Night - 
time for more Genealogy Fun! 



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


1)  
Determine which event in your ancestral history that you would love to be a witness to via a Time Machine.  Assume that you could observe the event, but not participate in it.

2)  Tell us all about it in your own blog post, in a comment to this post, or in a Facebook Status post.

Here's mine:


I am so tempted to pick the birth of one of my elusive ancestors - the ones that I don't know the names of their parents - like Devier J. Lamphier, Hannah Smith, William Knapp, John Kemp, Mary Hoax (who married Martin Carringer), John Richman (of HilpertonWiltshire), Ann Marshman (of Hilperton, Wiltshire), Jerusha (who married Burgess Metcalf), Robert Seaver (immigrant to Roxbury MA in 1634), etc. I have plenty more!

Or I could pick an event in history that my ancestors participated in - like The Great Migration, the Mayflower, the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Civil War, the journey to the west, etc.

I'm going to go for the birth of Devier J. Lamphier just because it is a puzzle that I doubt that I will ever solve, because he was adopted by Ranslow and Mary (Bell) Smith of Henderson, Jefferson County, NY in about 1840. Was he a Lamphier child by a male Lamphier, an out-of-wedlock baby by a female Lamphier, or a foundling (and if so, why given the name of Lamphier?). Being a witness to the birth, with the mother and a midwife, and/or her mother/sisters/aunts, in attendance, with the father hanging around where I can figure out who he is, would be a wonderful boon to my ancestral quest.  But how would I source that?


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Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 21 to 27 June 2020

The following record collections were listed on the Recently Added and Updated List on Ancestry.com during the period from 21 to 27 June 2020:  

The ADDED and Updated record collections are:

1921 Census of Canada; indexed records with record images, Updated 6/25/2020

WEB: Indiana, Deaths, Pre-1882; indexed records without record images, ADDED 6/25/2020

Limbach-Oberfrohna, Germany, Residence Records, 1869-1932; indexed records with record images, ADDED 6/25/2020

Limbach-Oberfrohna, Germany, Deaths, 1876-1952; indexed records with record images, Updated 6/25/2020

U.S., World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946; indexed records with record images, Updated 6/25/2020

Limbach-Oberfrohna, Germany, Marriages, 1876-1922; indexed records with record images, Updated 6/25/2020

Limbach-Oberfrohna, Germany, Births, 1876-1904; indexed records with record images, Updated 6/25/2020

Louisiana, Compiled Marriage Index, 1718-1925, 1946-1961; indexed records with record images, Updated 6/24/2020

New Orleans, Louisiana, Index to Death Records, 1804-1964; indexed records with record images, Updated 6/24/2020

1880 United States Federal Census; indexed records with record images, Updated 6/24/2020

U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current; indexed records without record images, Updated 6/22/2020

UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current; indexed records without record images, Updated 6/22/2020

Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current; indexed records without record images, Updated 6/22/2020

Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current; indexed records without record images, Updated 6/22/2020

Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current; indexed records without record images, Updated 6/22/2020

Brazil, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current; indexed records without record images, Updated 6/22/2020

Italy, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current; indexed records without record images, Updated 6/22/2020

Norway, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current; indexed records without record images, Updated 6/22/2020

Sweden, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current; indexed records without record images, Updated 6/22/2020

Mexico, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current; indexed records without record images, Updated 6/22/2020

Germany, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current; indexed records without record images, Updated 6/22/2020

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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 32,799 collections available as of 27 June, an increase of  2 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.


Copyright (c) 2020, Randall J. Seaver

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Added and Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 20 to 26 June 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 26 June 2020, there are 2,817 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 3 from last week):

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

--- Collections Added ---

*  Ohio, Western Division naturalization records, 1906-1943 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3241363); 45,109 indexed records with 45,109 record images, ADDED 26-Jun-2020
*  Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3438701); 378,655 indexed records with 378,655 record images, ADDED 25-Jun-2020
*  Iowa, Scott County, Oakdale Cemetery, Interment Records, 1856-1989 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3749566); 18,071 indexed records with 18,071 record images, ADDED 26-Jun-2020

--- Collections Updated ---

Brazil, Bahia, Civil Registration, 1877-1976 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3694028); 96,055 indexed records with 89,381 record images (was 93,709 records with 87,564 images), UPDATED 26-Jun-2020
Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3477669); 741,969 indexed records with 192,983 record images (was 691,552 records with 175,976 images), UPDATED 26-Jun-2020
Canada Census, 1851 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1325192); Index only (1,741,086 records), no images (was 1,560,069 records with 0 images), UPDATED 23-Jun-2020
Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3479702); 70,872 indexed records with 30,840 record images (was 65,995 records with 28,721 images), UPDATED 26-Jun-2020
Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3477666); 95,181 indexed records with 3,117 record images (was 82,266 records with 2,678 images), UPDATED 26-Jun-2020

North Carolina, Center for Health Statistics, Vital Records Unit, County Birth Records, 1913-1922 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3477667); 430,782 indexed records with 429,032 record images (was 399,864 records with 398,138 images), UPDATED 26-Jun-2020
England, Yorkshire Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1613-1887 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3477664); 322,296 indexed records with 315,908 record images (was 321,270 records with 314,894 images), UPDATED 26-Jun-2020
Peru, Callao, Civil Registration, 1874-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2274806); 122,882 indexed records with 300,648 record images (was 119,864 records with 300,648 images), UPDATED 25-Jun-2020
Minnesota, Olmsted County, Oakwood Cemetery Records, 1863-1998 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3740257); 31,571 indexed records with 16,612 record images (was 31,120 records with 16,510 images), UPDATED 24-Jun-2020
Nebraska, Lancaster County, Wyuka Cemetery Burial Permits, 1883-1999 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3734439); 49,605 indexed records with 49,513 record images (was 49,486 records with 49,394 images), UPDATED 24-Jun-2020

Canada, New Brunswick, County Register of Births, 1801-1920 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3734436); 59,134 indexed records with 2,449 record images (was 44,929 records with 2,106 images), UPDATED 26-Jun-2020
North Carolina, Wilmington, Cemetery Records, 1852-2005 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3665056); 27,893 indexed records with 1,205 record images (was 26,819 records with 1,142 images), UPDATED 26-Jun-2020
California, San Mateo County, Colma, Italian Cemetery Records, 1899-2011 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1922526); 87,716 indexed records with 32,338 record images (was 87,405 records with 32,338 images), UPDATED 20-Jun-2020
Uruguay Marriages, 1840-1900 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1520619); Index only (10,325 records), no images (was 10,328 records with 0 images), UPDATED 19-Jun-2020
Colombia Marriages, 1750-1960 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1520611); Index only (87,174 records), no images (was 87,176 records with 0 images), UPDATED 19-Jun-2020

Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1747615); 325,806 indexed records with 301,799 record images (was 319,763 records with 301,799 images), UPDATED 26-Jun-2020
Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Civil Registration, 1811-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2020117); 1,340,516 indexed records with 6,635,049 record images (was 1,309,408 records with 6,635,049 images), UPDATED 25-Jun-2020
Bolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1922463); 3,595,398 indexed records with 1,649,601 record images (was 3,457,186 records with 1,649,601 images), UPDATED 25-Jun-2020
South Carolina, County Marriage Licenses, 1911-1951 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3161369); 512,688 indexed records with 507,346 record images (was 113,131 records with 109,796 images), UPDATED 19-Jun-2020
Pennsylvania Cemetery Records, ca. 1700-ca. 1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3743478); 225,520 indexed records with 41,149 record images (was 163,716 records with 24,777 images), UPDATED 26-Jun-2020

Venezuela, Archdiocese of Valencia, Catholic Church Records, 1760, 1905-2013 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2076861); 1,437,104 indexed records with 665,914 record images (was 1,086,732 records with 665,914 images), UPDATED 25-Jun-2020
Switzerland Marriages, 1532-1910 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1520589); Index only (214,148 records), no images (was 214,149 records with 0 images), UPDATED 19-Jun-2020
Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands Newspaper Obituaries, 1900-ca.2010 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3736295); 57,540 indexed records with 5,115 record images (was 49,072 records with 4,379 images), UPDATED 26-Jun-2020
Sweden Baptisms, 1611-1920 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1520594); Index only (7,114,469 records), no images (was 7,114,469 records with 0 images), UPDATED 23-Jun-2020
Michigan, Detroit Manifests of Arrivals at the Port of Detroit, 1906-1954 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1916040); 1,364,747 indexed records with 851,363 record images (was 1,169,085 records with 851,363 images), UPDATED 25-Jun-2020

Switzerland Burials, 1613-1875 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1520590); Index only (142,767 records), no images (was 1,297,823 records with 0 images), UPDATED 19-Jun-2020
Denmark Burials, 1640-1917 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1520593); Index only (642,775 records), no images (was 642,776 records with 0 images), UPDATED 19-Jun-2020
Barbados Marriages, 1854-1879 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1520599); Index only (64,288 records), no images (was 64,289 records with 0 images), UPDATED 19-Jun-2020
Peru, Huánuco, Civil Registration, 1888-1998 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1983330); 730,796 indexed records with 708,628 record images (was 730,535 records with 708,628 images), UPDATED 25-Jun-2020
South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Deaths, 1895-1972 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1779109); 3,062,826 indexed records with 2,216,270 record images (was 3,041,053 records with 2,216,270 images), UPDATED 24-Jun-2020

Kansas Deaths and Burials, 1885-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1674844); Index only (38,193 records), no images (was 38,194 records with 0 images), UPDATED 19-Jun-2020
Oklahoma, Confederate Pension Applications, 1879-1920 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3038340); 23,722 indexed records with 23,500 record images (was 23,460 records with 23,242 images), UPDATED 24-Jun-2020
Rhode Island Naturalization Records 1907-1991 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2622566); 166,657 indexed records with 5,753 record images (was 162,287 records with 5,753 images), UPDATED 23-Jun-2020
Georgia, Columbus, Linwood and Porterdale Colored Cemeteries, Interment Records, 1866-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3491475); 46,994 indexed records with 2,135 record images (was 46,965 records with 2,134 images), UPDATED 20-Jun-2020
Louisiana, Orleans Parish Death Records and Certificates, 1835-1954 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3559088); 622,417 indexed records with 284,353 record images (was 605,216 records with 279,565 images), UPDATED 26-Jun-2020
France, Rhône, Military Registration Cards, 1865-1932 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3007175); 166,120 indexed records with 165,543 record images (was 141,704 records with 141,376 images), UPDATED 22-Jun-2020
New Jersey, County Naturalization Records, 1749-1986 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2057433); Browse 791,233 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 791,233 images), UPDATED 26-Jun-2020
United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2199956); Index only (875,610,581 records), no images (was 875,610,580 records with 0 images), UPDATED 25-Jun-2020
Croatia, Delnice Deanery Catholic Church Books, 1571-1926 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1875189); 164,270 indexed records with 3,485 record images (was 157,393 records with 3,485 images), UPDATED 23-Jun-2020
United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2333694); 30,047,345 indexed records with 46,885,453 record images (was 30,047,345 records with 46,885,453 images), UPDATED 26-Jun-2020

Bolivia Baptisms, 1560-1938 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1520550); Index only (1,876,624 records), no images (was 1,876,630 records with 0 images), UPDATED 19-Jun-2020
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 20-Jun-2020
Nova Scotia Deaths, 1864-1877 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2242825); 111,528 indexed records with 27,717 record images (was 109,683 records with 27,717 images), UPDATED 25-Jun-2020
Ohio, Toledo, Historic Woodlawn Cemetery Index of Burials, 1877-1955 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3714677); 69,955 indexed records with 24,111 record images (was 69,884 records with 24,087 images), UPDATED 24-Jun-2020
Arizona Deaths, 1870-1951 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1534450); 278,861 indexed records with 264,534 record images (was 278,840 records with 264,534 images), UPDATED 21-Jun-2020

Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016197); 174,792 indexed records with 1,038,133 record images (was 156,427 records with 1,038,133 images), UPDATED 26-Jun-2020
Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1681001); Index only (628,882 records), no images (was 628,882 records with 0 images), UPDATED 19-Jun-2020
Puerto Rico, Civil Registration, 1805-2001 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1682798); 4,991,999 indexed records with 4,581,756 record images (was 4,988,755 records with 4,581,756 images), UPDATED 26-Jun-2020
New York, Lackawanna, Holy Cross Cemetery Records, 1855-1965 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3732499); 202,286 indexed records with 20,796 record images (was 202,250 records with 20,792 images), UPDATED 21-Jun-2020
Hungary Civil Registration, 1895-1980 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1452460); 1,268,527 indexed records with 5,864,285 record images (was 1,227,722 records with 5,864,285 images), UPDATED 25-Jun-2020

Kansas, Grant County, Census Records, 1895-1982 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3288444); 28,877 indexed records with 16,647 record images (was 28,877 records with 16,617 images), UPDATED 23-Jun-2020
South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2821281); 511,657 indexed records with 443,483 record images (was 480,285 records with 412,179 images), UPDATED 26-Jun-2020
England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3734475); 354,533 indexed records with 25,777 record images (was 287,647 records with 19,276 images), UPDATED 26-Jun-2020
Pennsylvania Delayed Birth Records, 1941-1976 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3743274); 51,627 indexed records with 49,173 record images (was 14,319 records with 11,717 images), UPDATED 26-Jun-2020
Peru, Piura, Civil Registration, 1874-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3733437); 70,123 indexed records with 69,930 record images (was 52,132 records with 51,986 images), UPDATED 26-Jun-2020

Oklahoma, Comanche County, Highland Cemetery Records, 1901-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3743480); 26,516 indexed records with 17,634 record images (was 25,009 records with 16,675 images), UPDATED 25-Jun-2020
Peru, Lima, Civil Registration, 1874-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1430936); 5,758,635 indexed records with 3,680,369 record images (was 5,742,210 records with 3,680,369 images), UPDATED 25-Jun-2020
Missouri, Pre-WWII Adjutant General Enlistment Contracts, 1900-1941 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2576872); 26,877 indexed records with 607,070 record images (was 0 records with 607,070 images), UPDATED 22-Jun-2020
Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1771030); Index only (8,151,224 records), no images (was 8,151,376 records with 0 images), UPDATED 19-Jun-2020
South Africa, KwaZulu Natal, Vital Records, 1868-1976 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3511741); 113,270 indexed records with 111,010 record images (was 112,274 records with 110,072 images), UPDATED 26-Jun-2020

Mexico Marriages, 1570-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473012); Index only (5,350,550 records), no images (was 5,350,550 records with 0 images), UPDATED 19-Jun-2020
England Marriages, 1538–1973 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473015); Index only (12,340,733 records), no images (was 12,340,733 records with 0 images), UPDATED 19-Jun-2020
California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2001287); 6,027,197 indexed records with 2,841,076 record images (was 5,965,054 records with 2,841,076 images), UPDATED 26-Jun-2020
Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3418468); 5,575 indexed records with 172 record images (was 2,501 records with 114 images), UPDATED 26-Jun-2020
Finland Baptisms, 1657-1890 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1778464); Index only (4,682,814 records), no images (was 4,682,814 records with 0 images), UPDATED 23-Jun-2020

California, Los Angeles, Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery/Crematory Records, 1884-2002 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3583819); 26,656 indexed records with 4,218 record images (was 25,064 records with 2,649 images), UPDATED 26-Jun-2020
Micronesia, Civil Registration, 1883-1983 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2761211); 5,556 indexed records with 5,545 record images (was 4,258 records with 4,250 images), UPDATED 26-Jun-2020
Denmark Baptisms, 1618-1923 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1778463); Index only (5,252,456 records), no images (was 5,252,456 records with 0 images), UPDATED 23-Jun-2020
England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3155913); 1,056,558 indexed records with 87,762 record images (was 1,055,283 records with 87,675 images), UPDATED 26-Jun-2020
Uruguay, Civil Registration Index Card, 1900-1937 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1976089); 2,417,688 indexed records with 642,573 record images (was 2,403,927 records with 639,347 images), UPDATED 25-Jun-2020

Poland, Lublin Roman Catholic Church Books, 1784-1964 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1867931); 337,528 indexed records with 395,682 record images (was 331,917 records with 395,682 images), UPDATED 19-Jun-2020
New Mexico Marriages, 1751-1918 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1680844); Index only (66,434 records), no images (was 66,435 records with 0 images), UPDATED 19-Jun-2020
Peru, Ayacucho, Civil Registration, 1903-1999 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3460906); 371,859 indexed records with 367,558 record images (was 347,709 records with 343,538 images), UPDATED 26-Jun-2020
New York Deaths and Burials, 1795-1952 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1680846); Index only (222,272 records), no images (was 222,272 records with 0 images), UPDATED 19-Jun-2020
Costa Rica Baptisms, 1700-1915 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1520624); Index only (123,825 records), no images (was 123,826 records with 0 images), UPDATED 19-Jun-2020

Guatemala Civil Registration, 1868-2008 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1682771); 2,347,509 indexed records with 2,755,000 record images (was 2,120,954 records with 2,755,000 images), UPDATED 26-Jun-2020
New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1680842); Index only (816,267 records), no images (was 816,269 records with 0 images), UPDATED 19-Jun-2020
Michigan, Saginaw County, Biographical Card File, ca. 1830-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3733440); 1,941 indexed records with 13,078 record images (was 1,941 records with 13,073 images), UPDATED 19-Jun-2020
Idaho Church Marriages, 1864-1976 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2549611); Index only (984 records), no images (was 984 records with 0 images), UPDATED 19-Jun-2020
Zambia, Archdiocese of Lusaka, Church Records, 1950-2015 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3736255); 13,001 indexed records with 1,017 record images (was 9,839 records with 738 images), UPDATED 26-Jun-2020

Georgia, Headright and Bounty Land Records, 1783-1909 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1914217); 123,251 indexed records with 157,959 record images (was 65,001 records with 157,959 images), UPDATED 22-Jun-2020
Portugal, Aveiro, Passport Registers, 1882-1965 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1923672); 123,264 indexed records with 51,306 record images (was 0 records with 51,306 images), UPDATED 24-Jun-2020
Gibraltar Births and Baptisms, 1704-1876 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1770864); Index only (16,345 records), no images (was 16,355 records with 0 images), UPDATED 19-Jun-2020
Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1662500); 223,818 indexed records with 62,274 record images (was 223,632 records with 62,274 images), UPDATED 25-Jun-2020
Hawaii, Kauai County, Obituaries, 1982-2010 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2495093); 108,249 indexed records with 241 record images (was 108,056 records with 218 images), UPDATED 22-Jun-2020
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Chile, Catholic Church Records, 1710-1928 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3405096); 228,865 indexed records with 29,124 record images (was 209,261 records with 26,250 images), UPDATED 26-Jun-2020
South Africa, Natal Province, Civil Deaths, 1863-1955 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2721608); 126,671 indexed records with 88,330 record images (was 115,025 records with 76,694 images), UPDATED 26-Jun-2020
Alaska Naturalization Records, 1884-1991 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2513103); 81,550 indexed records with 71,919 record images (was 81,517 records with 71,886 images), UPDATED 26-Jun-2020
Utah, Brigham City Family History Center, Obituary Collection, 1930-2015 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3657641); 188,909 indexed records with 13,238 record images (was 172,280 records with 12,035 images), UPDATED 26-Jun-2020
South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1468076); 429,404 indexed records with 355,318 record images (was 420,484 records with 355,318 images), UPDATED 26-Jun-2020

Peru, La Libertad, Civil Registration, 1903-1998 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016224); 1,755,140 indexed records with 1,582,419 record images (was 1,705,517 records with 1,582,419 images), UPDATED 25-Jun-2020
South Africa, Civil Death Registration, 1955-1966 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3732506); 89,139 indexed records with 88,932 record images (was 77,540 records with 77,337 images), UPDATED 26-Jun-2020
England, Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1642-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3648679); 63,740 indexed records with 35,469 record images (was 63,731 records with 35,463 images), UPDATED 25-Jun-2020
Pennsylvania Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3512181); 166,353 indexed records with 8,573 record images (was 166,281 records with 8,571 images), UPDATED 20-Jun-2020
England, Devon Bishop's Transcripts, 1558-1887 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2515875); 797,908 indexed records with 93,511 record images (was 774,439 records with 93,511 images), UPDATED 19-Jun-2020

England, Northumberland Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1920 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3648677); 202,429 indexed records with 8,604 record images (was 201,976 records with 8,594 images), UPDATED 24-Jun-2020
Minnesota, Blue Earth County, Glenwood Cemetery, Burial Records, ca. 1869-1990 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3748255); 4,949 indexed records with 4,945 record images (was 4,808 records with 4,804 images), UPDATED 22-Jun-2020
Idaho Marriages, 1878-1898; 1903-1942 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1674817); Index only (28,123 records), no images (was 30,275 records with 0 images), UPDATED 19-Jun-2020
El Salvador Marriages, 1810-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1584975); Index only (22,778 records), no images (was 22,779 records with 0 images), UPDATED 19-Jun-2020
Iceland Baptisms, 1730-1905 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1584974); Index only (202,158 records), no images (was 202,195 records with 0 images), UPDATED 23-Jun-2020

United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2860782); 27,575,557 indexed records with 3,341,220 record images (was 27,504,895 records with 3,332,160 images), UPDATED 26-Jun-2020
Peru, Prelature of Yauyos-Cañete-Huarochirí, Catholic Church Records, 1665-2018 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3460240); 87,857 indexed records with 40,012 record images (was 83,700 records with 38,048 images), UPDATED 26-Jun-2020
Louisiana Marriages, 1816-1906 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1674881); Index only (104,590 records), no images (was 104,594 records with 0 images), UPDATED 19-Jun-2020
Iowa, Lyon County, Cemetery Records, ca.1800- ca.2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3749557); 12,385 indexed records with 12,374 record images (was 12,356 records with 12,345 images), UPDATED 20-Jun-2020
Minnesota, Hennepin County, Minneapolis, Layman Cemetery Burial Records, 1860-1926 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3733110); 23,692 indexed records with 23,672 record images (was 23,576 records with 23,556 images), UPDATED 25-Jun-2020

Norway Baptisms, 1634-1927 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1467014); Index only (5,291,008 records), no images (was 5,291,008 records with 0 images), UPDATED 23-Jun-2020
Niue, Vital Records, 1818-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3733116); 31,201 indexed records with 22,783 record images (was 29,765 records with 21,417 images), UPDATED 26-Jun-2020

--- Collections with new images ---

United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2761958); 6,031,182 indexed records with 320,786 record images (was 6,031,182 records with 312,025 images), last updated 20-Feb-2020
Ohio, Clermont County Tax Records, 1816-1900 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2480104); 404,808 indexed records with 18,365 record images (was 404,808 records with 17,751 images), last updated 09-Dec-2019
Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Holy Cross Cemetery, Interment Records, 1909-1979 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3714667); 146,326 indexed records with 3,575 record images (was 146,295 records with 3,574 images), last updated 18-Jun-2020
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 08-Aug-2019
Utah, Cemetery Abstracts (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2576051); 125,183 indexed records with 4,698 record images (was 125,183 records with 4,695 images), last updated 29-Aug-2019

Hawaii island census records, 1878-1896 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3040537); 49,441 indexed records with 3,536 record images (was 49,441 records with 214 images), last updated 06-May-2020
United States, Cemetery Abstracts, 1949-1969 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2579610); 468,634 indexed records with 69,349 record images (was 468,634 records with 69,348 images), last updated 17-Sep-2019
Iowa, Buchanan County Obituaries and Cemetery Records, ca.1796-1988 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3740406); 218,373 indexed records with 42,906 record images (was 218,370 records with 42,904 images), last updated 18-Jun-2020
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 25-Apr-2019

--- 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 03-Aug-2019
Spain, Aragón, Electoral Censuses, 1890-1934 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2304578); 4,972,408 indexed records with 25,872 record images (was 4,972,408 records with 43,908 images), last updated 04-Jun-2019
Colombia, Bogotá, Burial Permits, 1960-1991 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3212241); 178,686 indexed records with 212,730 record images (was 178,686 records with 212,744 images), last updated 29-May-2020
Illinois Deaths and Burials, 1749-1999 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3541609); 563,990 indexed records with 176,807 record images (was 563,990 records with 177,584 images), last updated 13-Feb-2020
Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1417491); 1,681,910 indexed records with 1,680,448 record images (was 1,681,910 records with 1,680,470 images), last updated 16-Jan-2020
France, Saône-et-Loire, Parish and Civil Registration, 1530-1892 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2840171); 7,204,644 indexed records with 1,890,899 record images (was 7,204,644 records with 1,967,791 images), last updated 06-May-2020

--- Collections with records removed ---

Benin, Civil Registration of Deaths, 1891-2014 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2534492); 19,473 indexed records with 21,173 record images (was 22,875 records with 21,173 images), last updated 15-Nov-2019
Connecticut, Births and Baptisms, 1639-1941 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2448938); 37,632 indexed records with 5,779 record images (was 188,230 records with 5,779 images), last updated 11-Jun-2020
California Birth Index, 1905-1995 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2001879); Index only (24,589,476 records), no images (was 24,589,477 records with 0 images), last updated 01-Mar-2012
Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1949342); Index only (17,102,148 records), no images (was 17,102,149 records with 0 images), last updated 17-Feb-2012

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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, June 26, 2020

Genealogy News Bytes - Friday, 26 June 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.



2)  New or Updated Record Collections:





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

 GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  FREE! Family History Library Online Classes June 2020


*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Friday through Sunday, 26-28 June:  Free Webinar Weekends in June: African American Track (6 classes)

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 30 June, 7 p.m.:  The 1939 Register for Family Historians, by Fiona Brooker

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 1 July, 11 a.m.:  Finding a Father for Molly - Using DNA, by Jill Morelli

*   Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Utilizing the HathiTrust Digital Library for Family History Research, by Colleen Robledo Greene

*   Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Tech Zone - How to link Multiple Word Documents into One PDF, by Amie Bowser Tennant

4)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:


*  Fisher's Top Tips: #183r - What do You Know?


5)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):












*  Lisa Louise Cooke's Genealogy Gems:  Elevenses with Lisa - Episode 13




6)  Genealogy Bargains:

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MyHeritage's CEO Gilad Japhet Presentation to IGRA - New SuperSearch and Genetic Groups Are Coming

Daniel Horowitz of MyHeritage sent this to me today:
"I thought you'd be interested to hear this keynote talk that Gilad gave this week. It contains information about some exciting new developments — some of which had never been made public before — during a talk he delivered online to the Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA) on June 23. While there are references in the first few minutes to Jewish historical records, the rest of the talk is not related to Jewish genealogy and describes MyHeritage’s latest features. Gilad also gives a sneak peek to exciting upcoming features that MyHeritage is currently developing in genealogy and DNA.
"Enjoy the summary of the keynote and the video at https://blog.myheritage.com/2020/06/myheritage-ceo-gilad-japhet-reveals-exciting-new-developments-during-keynote-talk/ "
It was interesting to me, especially the new SuperSearch re-design (starting at 6:05), the new Fan View (starting at 13:12), and the Genetic Groups (starting at 32:10) features.  Here is the YouTube video:



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New Records Available To Search This Findmypast Friday, 26 June 2020

I received this information from Findmypast today:

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Findmypast publish new Catholic records from The National Archives & Archdiocese of Southwark

  • Findmypast brings wide array of new English and Welsh Catholic records online for the first time
  • Includes “England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717”, a fascinating array of documents from The National Archives series FEC 1, pertaining to the seizure Catholic estates during the Jacobite rebellion of 1715
  • Also includes sacramental registers from the Archdiocese of Southwark, marking the latest diocese to join Findmypast’s exclusive Catholic Heritage Archive
Leading family history website, Findmypast, has today announced the online publication of new English & Welsh Catholic records containing just under 500,000 names.

Published online for the first time, today’s release consists of four separate collections including Sacramental registers from the Archdioceses of Southwark and “England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717”, a collection of deeds and other documents held at The National Archives in Kew relating to Catholic estates that were seized as a result of the Jacobite rebellion of 1715.

Published online for the first time in collaboration with The National Archives, England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717, was created by digitising 211 pieces from their FEC 1 series covering the “Forfeited Estates Commission, abstracts of estates of Popish recusants”.

The Commission, appointed in 1715 by an Act of Parliament, had the power to seize all “real estates and interests vested in the crown” belonging to “persons so convicted or attainted of high treason”.

This expansive archive covers a range of assorted documents such as abstracts of estates that incorporate alphabetical lists of convicted recusants registered in various counties and towns across England and Wales. Also Included is a large collection of deeds and other documents produced before the Commissioners relating to seized estates.

Some documents date back at least to the sixteenth century and are typically arranged under the names of the attainted persons. They include original claims of various persons upon estates forfeited to the Crown; proceedings of the commissioners including correspondence, minutes and memoranda, accounts, lists and schedules, and inventories of documents; county returns by clerks of the peace listing the names and estates of papist recusants in England and Wales; rentals and particulars of estates sold; and information respecting “lands given to superstitious uses”.

Findmypast has also released transcripts and images of original baptism, marriage, burial and congregational records in partnership with the Archdioceses of Southwark. Covering more than 70 Catholic Parishes across Kent and Surrey and spanning the years 1781 to 1910, the records shed new light on the region’s Catholic communities and provide researchers all over the world with the new opportunity to discover Catholic ancestors.

These sacramental registers form the latest in a series of substantial updates to Findmypast’s exclusive Catholic Heritage Archive, a ground-breaking initiative that aims to digitize the historical records of the Catholic Church in North America, Britain and Ireland for the very first time.

The Catholic Church holds some of the oldest and best-preserved genealogical records in existence. However, as many of these documents memorialize important religious sacraments, their privacy has long been protected and access to original copies has, until now, been hard to come by.

Today’s release marks just the latest update to a vast resource that has continued to grow since launch and will continue to do so throughout 2020 as additional updates from a variety of British, Irish, US and Canadian Dioceses will be added to the Heritage Archive throughout the year.


    Other records available to search this Findmypast Friday

Findmypast has also released a variety of new Canadian records in celebration of Canada Day next week. This includes:


Canada, Saskatchewan Vital Records Birth Index

Over 64,000 birth records from the province of Saskatchewan have been added to our Canadian record collection. The records can reveal useful family tree information about your Canadian ancestors including:

  • Their name
  • Their birth year and birth date
  • Where they were born
  • Their parents' names
Canada, Saskatchewan Vital Records Death Index

This week's Canadian records update is completed with over 55,000 death records from Saskatchewan. These records can reveal your ancestors':

  • Names
  • Birth and death dates
  • Places of death
  • Parents' names
Newspapers

This week’s update includes two brand new titles, along with updates to two existing publications. Brand new to our newspaper collection are:

While more pages have been added to:
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Disclosure: I have a complimentary subscription to Findmypast, and have accepted meals and services from Findmypast, as a Findmypast Ambassador. This has not affected my objectivity relative to Findmypast and its products.


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