As of 21 August 2020, there are 2,854 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 6 from last week):
New and updated collections this week are (as Marshall provided them):
--- Collections Added ---
* England, Cambridgeshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1538-1983 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3740641); 36,480 indexed records with 36,480 record images, ADDED 17-Aug-2020
* Arizona, Cochise County, Voting Records, 1882-1932 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3734458); 235,487 indexed records with 235,487 record images, ADDED 12-Aug-2020
* Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Death Records, 1853-1912 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3940896); 1,736 indexed records with 1,736 record images, ADDED 20-Aug-2020
* Papua New Guinea, Birth Records, 1888-2004 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3757740); 497 indexed records with 497 record images, ADDED 20-Aug-2020
* Kansas, Lawrence City Cemetery Records, 1850-1988 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3756270); 28,333 indexed records with 28,333 record images, ADDED 20-Aug-2020
* Arizona, Mohave County, Voting Records, 1876-1920 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3734452); 23,515 indexed records with 23,515 record images, ADDED 14-Aug-2020
--- Collections Updated ---
Brazil, Bahia, Civil Registration, 1877-1976 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3694028); 101,055 indexed records with 93,021 record images (was 100,326 records with 92,460 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2020
Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3477669); 1,016,617 indexed records with 331,079 record images (was 967,382 records with 312,534 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2020
Michigan, Census of World War I Veterans with Card Index, 1917-1919 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3007553); 277,290 indexed records with 273,037 record images (was 277,245 records with 273,032 images), UPDATED 13-Aug-2020
Idaho, Eastport, Arrival Manifests, 1924-1956 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2072140); 238,695 indexed records with 436,334 record images (was 238,564 records with 436,334 images), UPDATED 14-Aug-2020
Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3479702); 122,020 indexed records with 52,020 record images (was 114,429 records with 49,030 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2020
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Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3477666); 196,798 indexed records with 6,441 record images (was 181,146 records with 5,900 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2020
North Carolina, Center for Health Statistics, Vital Records Unit, County Birth Records, 1913-1922 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3477667); 759,381 indexed records with 757,376 record images (was 704,452 records with 702,478 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2020
England, Yorkshire Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1613-1887 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3477664); 322,876 indexed records with 316,476 record images (was 322,876 records with 316,476 images), UPDATED 13-Aug-2020
South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2821281); 701,795 indexed records with 623,941 record images (was 688,540 records with 610,689 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2020
England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3734475); 870,066 indexed records with 59,236 record images (was 772,167 records with 52,960 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2020
Pennsylvania Delayed Birth Records, 1941-1976 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3743274); 172,630 indexed records with 132,697 record images (was 168,359 records with 132,569 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2020
Sweden, Örebro Church Records, 1613-1918; index 1635-1860 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1647578); 516,049 indexed records with 647,469 record images (was 508,893 records with 647,469 images), UPDATED 14-Aug-2020
United States, Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Military Servicemen in World War I Records, 1919 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3042104); 4,768 indexed records with 473 record images (was 4,736 records with 473 images), UPDATED 19-Aug-2020
South Africa, Orange Free State, Civil Death Registration, 1902-1954 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3732502); 19,699 indexed records with 19,696 record images (was 12,388 records with 12,386 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2020
South Africa, Natal Province, Civil Deaths, 1863-1955 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2721608); 306,673 indexed records with 267,613 record images (was 281,257 records with 242,265 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2020
United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2333694); 30,047,342 indexed records with 46,885,453 record images (was 30,047,342 records with 46,885,453 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2020
Arizona, Birth Certificates and Indexes, 1855-1930 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3740251); 278,954 indexed records with 278,512 record images (was 272,851 records with 272,420 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2020
Idaho, County Naturalizations, 1861-1974 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2078306); 44,330 indexed records with 32,807 record images (was 43,216 records with 32,807 images), UPDATED 14-Aug-2020
Canada, New Brunswick, County Register of Births, 1801-1920 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3734436); 176,696 indexed records with 7,714 record images (was 162,077 records with 6,931 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2020
South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1468076); 514,051 indexed records with 355,318 record images (was 492,778 records with 355,318 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2020
United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2860782); 35,411,516 indexed records with 4,830,472 record images (was 35,411,516 records with 4,830,472 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2020
South Africa, Civil Death Registration, 1955-1966 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3732506); 178,633 indexed records with 178,377 record images (was 165,959 records with 165,707 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2020
Colombia, Catholic Church Records, 1576-2018 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1726975); 4,493,501 indexed records with 12,659,776 record images (was 4,267,959 records with 12,659,776 images), UPDATED 13-Aug-2020
Nova Scotia Delayed Births, 1837-1904 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2241429); 116,891 indexed records with 70,782 record images (was 108,961 records with 70,782 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2020
Paraguay, Catholic Church Records, 1754-2015 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1922527); 1,772,468 indexed records with 373,775 record images (was 1,591,377 records with 373,775 images), UPDATED 19-Aug-2020
Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1662500); 224,116 indexed records with 62,274 record images (was 224,083 records with 62,274 images), UPDATED 15-Aug-2020
England, Manchester, Miscellaneous Records, 1700-1916 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2075052); 853,933 indexed records with 853,933 record images (was 853,243 records with 853,243 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2020
Texas, Hardin County, Marriage Records, 1837-2009 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3502089); 56,667 indexed records with 44,082 record images (was 53,804 records with 41,893 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2020
Texas, Hardin County Clerk, Death Records, 1908-1948 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3502088); 1,214 indexed records with 772 record images (was 94 records with 86 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2020
South Africa, KwaZulu Natal, Vital Records, 1868-1976 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3511741); 131,250 indexed records with 128,711 record images (was 128,082 records with 125,557 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2020
Connecticut Naturalization Records, 1795-1942 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3238391); 64,030 indexed records with 102,286 record images (was 63,526 records with 101,923 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2020
Louisiana, New Orleans, Slave Manifests of Coastwise Vessels, 1807-1860 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2822773); 115,467 indexed records with 14,746 record images (was 115,098 records with 14,597 images), UPDATED 19-Aug-2020
California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2001287); 6,247,176 indexed records with 2,841,076 record images (was 6,213,636 records with 2,841,076 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2020
Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3418468); 67,650 indexed records with 1,271 record images (was 63,903 records with 1,116 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2020
United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2199956); Index only (875,610,569 records), no images (was 875,610,579 records with 0 images), UPDATED 19-Aug-2020
Texas, Washington County, Birth Records, 1903-1991 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3748251); 17,768 indexed records with 2,727 record images (was 17,602 records with 2,714 images), UPDATED 19-Aug-2020
Pennsylvania Cemetery Records, ca. 1700-ca. 1950 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3743478); 648,754 indexed records with 94,630 record images (was 572,514 records with 84,008 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2020
Puerto Rico, Civil Registration, 1805-2001 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1682798); 5,013,375 indexed records with 4,581,756 record images (was 5,008,286 records with 4,581,756 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2020
Brazil, Civil Registration, 1860-2006 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3741255); 26,099 indexed records with 11,999 record images (was 21,409 records with 10,277 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2020
Peru, Prelature of Yauyos-Cañete-HuarochirÃ, Catholic Church Records, 1665-2018 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3460240); 113,191 indexed records with 52,756 record images (was 106,758 records with 50,279 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2020
California, Los Angeles, Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery/Crematory Records, 1884-2002 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3583819); 60,340 indexed records with 9,537 record images (was 58,755 records with 8,141 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2020
Micronesia, Civil Registration, 1883-1983 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2761211); 14,539 indexed records with 14,517 record images (was 9,800 records with 9,780 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2020
Peru, Piura, Civil Registration, 1874-1996 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3733437); 324,432 indexed records with 321,923 record images (was 251,680 records with 249,642 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2020
England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3155913); 1,089,798 indexed records with 88,904 record images (was 1,086,692 records with 88,811 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2020
Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016197); 235,103 indexed records with 1,038,133 record images (was 222,796 records with 1,038,133 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2020
Finland, Tax Lists, 1809-1915 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2704794); 262,234 indexed records with 4,583 record images (was 226,051 records with 3,955 images), UPDATED 17-Aug-2020
Utah, Salt Lake County, Enrolled Militia, 1895 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3031546); 8,936 indexed records with 1 record images (was 8,901 records with 263 images), UPDATED 14-Aug-2020
Iowa, Dallas County, Violet Hill Cemetery, Lot Records, 1846-1988 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3751746); 6,529 indexed records with 3,069 record images (was 5,737 records with 2,701 images), UPDATED 19-Aug-2020
Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands Newspaper Obituaries, 1900-ca.2010 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3736295); 195,519 indexed records with 17,504 record images (was 169,446 records with 15,325 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2020
Micronesia, Death Records, 1970-1986 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3744864); 4,840 indexed records with 4,834 record images (was 4,832 records with 4,826 images), UPDATED 19-Aug-2020
England, Essex Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1971 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3584542); 39,315 indexed records with 4,813 record images (was 37,232 records with 4,659 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2020
Germany, Rhineland, Diocese of Trier, Catholic Church Records, 1704-1957 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790268); 2,433,960 indexed records with 245,035 record images (was 2,043,205 records with 203,211 images), UPDATED 18-Aug-2020
Utah, Brigham City Family History Center, Obituary Collection, 1930-2015 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3657641); 247,172 indexed records with 17,455 record images (was 188,929 records with 13,240 images), UPDATED 14-Aug-2020
Vermont Vital Records, 1760-2008 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2075288); 1,974,176 indexed records with 1,162,117 record images (was 1,974,176 records with 1,162,117 images), UPDATED 19-Aug-2020
Zambia, Archdiocese of Lusaka, Church Records, 1950-2015 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3736255); 43,246 indexed records with 3,579 record images (was 38,429 records with 3,371 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2020
England, Lancashire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1647-1996 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3656808); 264,217 indexed records with 19,979 record images (was 248,236 records with 19,429 images), UPDATED 13-Aug-2020
Niue, Vital Records, 1818-1994 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3733116); 40,782 indexed records with 30,584 record images (was 40,762 records with 30,564 images), UPDATED 19-Aug-2020
--- Collections with new images ---
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 4,956 images), last updated 08-May-2019
Alaska Naturalization Records, 1884-1991 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2513103); 81,550 indexed records with 71,918 record images (was 81,550 records with 71,864 images), last updated 26-Jun-2020
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 502,795 records with 495,686 images), last updated 21-Apr-2020
Louisiana Tombstone Inscriptions, 1812-1970 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3041284); 76,332 indexed records with 4 record images (was 76,332 records with 3 images), last updated 14-Feb-2020
Alabama State Census, 1866 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1915987); 243,781 indexed records with 6,285 record images (was 243,781 records with 6,269 images), last updated 12-Dec-2011
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 10-Oct-2019
Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3535178); 1,125,809 indexed records with 41,027 record images (was 1,125,809 records with 38,435 images), last updated 14-Feb-2020
South Africa, Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1846-1950 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2573604); 441,574 indexed records with 316,613 record images (was 441,574 records with 309,420 images), last updated 05-Aug-2020
Louisiana, New Orleans Index to Passenger Lists, 1853-1952 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2443949); 439,348 indexed records with 435,255 record images (was 439,348 records with 434,382 images), last updated 30-Jan-2020
Nebraska, Grand Army of the Republic, Burial Records, 1861-1948 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2721451); 43,367 indexed records with 41,423 record images (was 43,367 records with 41,074 images), last updated 21-Oct-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
Uruguay, Passenger Lists, 1888-1980 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2691993); 3,319,694 indexed records with 130,327 record images (was 3,319,694 records with 144,986 images), last updated 08-Jul-2020
United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2761958); 6,031,182 indexed records with 288,054 record images (was 6,031,182 records with 301,863 images), last updated 20-Feb-2020
Spain, Aragón, Electoral Censuses, 1890-1934 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2304578); 4,972,408 indexed records with 34,898 record images (was 4,972,408 records with 53,004 images), last updated 04-Jun-2019
Australia, Victoria, Inward Passenger Lists, 1839-1923 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2778600); 883,350 indexed records with 5,554 record images (was 883,350 records with 5,584 images), last updated 30-Jul-2019
Colombia, Bogotá, Burial Permits, 1960-1991 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3212241); 178,686 indexed records with 212,540 record images (was 178,686 records with 212,732 images), last updated 29-May-2020
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 96,291 record images (was 7,926,454 records with 96,330 images), last updated 02-Apr-2020
Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1417491); 1,681,910 indexed records with 1,675,645 record images (was 1,681,910 records with 1,676,681 images), last updated 16-Jan-2020
Maryland, Baltimore Passenger Lists Index, 1897-1952 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3398454); 653,829 indexed records with 652,586 record images (was 653,829 records with 652,803 images), last updated 15-Apr-2020
South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Marriages, 1870-1930 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2727134); 253,685 indexed records with 253,446 record images (was 253,685 records with 253,519 images), last updated 10-Apr-2019
United States Navy Widows' Certificates, 1861-1910 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1852605); 1,003,115 indexed records with 1,003,056 record images (was 1,003,115 records with 1,003,115 images), last updated 15-Sep-2010
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 21-May-2019
--- Collections with new records ---
Maine Marriages, 1771-1907 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1674915); Index only (323,566 records), no images (was 320,474 records with 0 images), last updated 11-Mar-2020
Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1674856); Index only (622,157 records), no images (was 599,465 records with 0 images), last updated 22-Feb-2020
Venezuela, Catholic Church Records, 1577-1995 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1951777); 1,220,292 indexed records with 1,899,876 record images (was 1,219,670 records with 1,899,876 images), last updated 12-Aug-2020
--- Collections with records removed ---
Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1674842); Index only (192,790 records), no images (was 193,592 records with 0 images), last updated 30-Jan-2020
Minnesota, County Marriages, 1860-1949 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1803974); 946,278 indexed records with 585,021 record images (was 946,706 records with 585,021 images), last updated 15-May-2020
Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1949342); Index only (17,102,145 records), no images (was 17,102,147 records with 0 images), last updated 17-Feb-2012
Iowa, Church and Civil Marriages, 1837-1989 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2366605); Index only (8,793 records), no images (was 12,747 records with 0 images), last updated 13-Jan-2020
New York, New York City Marriage Licenses Index, 1950-1995 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2727138); Index only (3,124,585 records), no images (was 3,124,586 records with 0 images), last updated 19-Jun-2017
Iowa Births and Christenings, 1830-1950 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1674820); Index only (424,362 records), no images (was 424,435 records with 0 images), last updated 05-Feb-2020
California Birth Index, 1905-1995 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2001879); Index only (24,589,475 records), no images (was 24,589,476 records with 0 images), last updated 01-Mar-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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