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 11 September 2020, there are 2,862 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 2 from last week):
New and updated collections this week are (as Marshall provided them):
--- Collections Added ---
* Puerto Rico, Agricultural Schedules of the 1935 Special Census (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2299402); 52,940 indexed records with 52,940 record images, ADDED 08-Sep-2020
* Italy, Trieste, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1924-1944 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2684447); Index only, no images, ADDED 09-Sep-2020
* Texas, Grimes County, Probate Records of Births, 1939-1957 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3661039); 10,138 indexed records with 10,138 record images, ADDED 01-Sep-2020
--- Collections Updated ---
Brazil, Bahia, Civil Registration, 1877-1976 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3694028); 101,833 indexed records with 93,585 record images (was 101,676 records with 93,471 images), UPDATED 10-Sep-2020
Peru, Tacna, Civil Registration, 1850-1998 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2305287); 230,197 indexed records with 253,910 record images (was 225,652 records with 253,910 images), UPDATED 05-Sep-2020
Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3477669); 1,171,165 indexed records with 388,660 record images (was 1,113,965 records with 364,931 images), UPDATED 10-Sep-2020
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Halberstadt, Civil Registration, 1874-1982 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2212665); 114,651 indexed records with 113,944 record images (was 91,220 records with 90,636 images), UPDATED 04-Sep-2020
Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3479702); 138,126 indexed records with 58,567 record images (was 132,486 records with 56,563 images), UPDATED 10-Sep-2020
Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1925428); 50,965 indexed records with 16,188 record images (was 46,367 records with 16,188 images), UPDATED 10-Sep-2020
United States, New York Land Records, 1630-1975 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2078654); 22,393,539 indexed records with 8,129,310 record images (was 22,393,539 records with 8,129,310 images), UPDATED 09-Sep-2020
Peru, Catholic Church Records, 1603-1992 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1877097); 1,263,479 indexed records with 4,192,353 record images (was 1,263,460 records with 4,192,353 images), UPDATED 09-Sep-2020
North Carolina, Center for Health Statistics, Vital Records Unit, County Birth Records, 1913-1922 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3477667); 864,490 indexed records with 862,398 record images (was 838,931 records with 836,858 images), UPDATED 10-Sep-2020
South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2821281); 753,906 indexed records with 676,046 record images (was 730,446 records with 652,591 images), UPDATED 10-Sep-2020
Texas, El Paso Manifests of Arrivals at the Port of El Paso, 1905-1927 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2120714); 531,571 indexed records with 1,203,960 record images (was 531,571 records with 1,203,960 images), UPDATED 09-Sep-2020
South Carolina, State and Territorial Censuses, 1829-1920 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2524910); 176,892 indexed records with 7,123 record images (was 176,829 records with 7,123 images), UPDATED 03-Sep-2020
England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3734475); 1,116,231 indexed records with 76,441 record images (was 1,013,953 records with 73,318 images), UPDATED 10-Sep-2020
Pennsylvania Delayed Birth Records, 1941-1976 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3743274); 174,994 indexed records with 132,767 record images (was 174,543 records with 132,754 images), UPDATED 10-Sep-2020
Kansas, Lawrence City Cemetery Records, 1850-1988 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3756270); 32,362 indexed records with 1,978 record images (was 31,961 records with 1,966 images), UPDATED 09-Sep-2020
South Africa, Natal Province, Civil Deaths, 1863-1955 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2721608); 338,160 indexed records with 299,097 record images (was 337,989 records with 298,926 images), UPDATED 07-Sep-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 10-Sep-2020
Arizona, Birth Certificates and Indexes, 1855-1930 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3740251); 360,208 indexed records with 359,655 record images (was 341,858 records with 341,328 images), UPDATED 09-Sep-2020
Utah, State Archives Records, 1848-2001 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2001084); 56,816 indexed records with 433,665 record images (was 0 records with 433,665 images), UPDATED 09-Sep-2020
Canada, New Brunswick, County Register of Births, 1801-1920 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3734436); 234,589 indexed records with 9,447 record images (was 208,349 records with 8,660 images), UPDATED 10-Sep-2020
South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1468076); 533,851 indexed records with 355,318 record images (was 533,485 records with 355,318 images), UPDATED 09-Sep-2020
Samoa, Vital Records, 1846-1996 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4016424); 359 indexed records with 384 record images (was 171 records with 187 images), UPDATED 09-Sep-2020
South Africa, Civil Death Registration, 1955-1966 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3732506); 226,771 indexed records with 226,500 record images (was 205,979 records with 205,714 images), UPDATED 10-Sep-2020
Colombia, Catholic Church Records, 1576-2018 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1726975); 4,666,053 indexed records with 12,659,776 record images (was 4,493,501 records with 12,659,776 images), UPDATED 02-Sep-2020
Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Death Records, 1853-1912 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3940896); 38,587 indexed records with 4,070 record images (was 22,150 records with 3,074 images), UPDATED 10-Sep-2020
Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3418468); 94,759 indexed records with 1,664 record images (was 83,198 records with 1,510 images), UPDATED 10-Sep-2020
Russia, Lutheran Church Book Duplicates, 1833-1885 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1469151); 266,926 indexed records with 128,317 record images (was 266,785 records with 128,317 images), UPDATED 10-Sep-2020
Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3398461); 1,455,104 indexed records with 1,453,916 record images (was 1,453,596 records with 1,452,408 images), UPDATED 04-Sep-2020
Missouri, Pre-WWII Adjutant General Enlistment Contracts, 1900-1941 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2576872); 236,396 indexed records with 607,070 record images (was 150,837 records with 607,070 images), UPDATED 08-Sep-2020
Texas, Hardin County Clerk, Death Records, 1908-1948 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3502088); 2,600 indexed records with 1,358 record images (was 2,238 records with 1,202 images), UPDATED 10-Sep-2020
South Africa, KwaZulu Natal, Vital Records, 1868-1976 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3511741); 140,551 indexed records with 137,952 record images (was 136,639 records with 134,072 images), UPDATED 10-Sep-2020
Papua New Guinea, Vital Records, 1867-2000 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2114430); 11,244 indexed records with 7,962 record images (was 3,578 records with 2,137 images), UPDATED 10-Sep-2020
California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2001287); 6,316,559 indexed records with 2,841,076 record images (was 6,266,555 records with 2,841,076 images), UPDATED 10-Sep-2020
Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3477666); 237,480 indexed records with 7,776 record images (was 222,125 records with 7,229 images), UPDATED 10-Sep-2020
Mexico, Morelos, Catholic Church Records, 1598-1994 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837907); 75,797 indexed records with 531,787 record images (was 446,210 records with 531,787 images), UPDATED 03-Sep-2020
Pennsylvania Cemetery Records, ca. 1700-ca. 1950 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3743478); 801,637 indexed records with 122,073 record images (was 766,039 records with 119,540 images), UPDATED 10-Sep-2020
Puerto Rico, Civil Registration, 1805-2001 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1682798); 5,047,038 indexed records with 4,581,756 record images (was 5,040,656 records with 4,581,756 images), UPDATED 10-Sep-2020
Brazil, Civil Registration, 1860-2006 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3741255); 42,253 indexed records with 18,060 record images (was 36,393 records with 15,484 images), UPDATED 10-Sep-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 10-Sep-2020
Peru, Prelature of Yauyos-Cañete-HuarochirÃ, Catholic Church Records, 1665-2018 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3460240); 141,994 indexed records with 64,171 record images (was 128,759 records with 60,130 images), UPDATED 10-Sep-2020
Papua New Guinea, Birth Records, 1888-2004 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3757740); 3,014 indexed records with 2,509 record images (was 2,087 records with 1,959 images), UPDATED 10-Sep-2020
California, Los Angeles, Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery/Crematory Records, 1884-2002 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3583819); 68,429 indexed records with 17,330 record images (was 63,888 records with 12,929 images), UPDATED 10-Sep-2020
Micronesia, Civil Registration, 1883-1983 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2761211); 25,172 indexed records with 25,139 record images (was 20,448 records with 20,420 images), UPDATED 10-Sep-2020
Arizona, Graham County, Voting Records, 1882-1920 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3734445); 65,760 indexed records with 3,016 record images (was 64,429 records with 2,978 images), UPDATED 09-Sep-2020
England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3155913); 1,102,834 indexed records with 89,316 record images (was 1,098,026 records with 89,115 images), UPDATED 10-Sep-2020
Mexico, Baja California and Baja California Sur, Catholic Church Records, 1750-1984 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1506640); 1,145 indexed records with 29,943 record images (was 18,850 records with 29,943 images), UPDATED 10-Sep-2020
Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016197); 275,845 indexed records with 1,038,133 record images (was 261,634 records with 1,038,133 images), UPDATED 10-Sep-2020
United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2367299); 6,595,649 indexed records with 539,878 record images (was 6,595,649 records with 539,878 images), UPDATED 10-Sep-2020
Oklahoma, Noble County, Parker Funeral Home, Funeral Records, 1908-1982 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3743325); 1,205 indexed records with 628 record images (was 128 records with 65 images), UPDATED 10-Sep-2020
Peru, Piura, Civil Registration, 1874-1996 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3733437); 520,978 indexed records with 515,994 record images (was 444,335 records with 440,368 images), UPDATED 10-Sep-2020
Hawaii, Hawaiian Islands Newspaper Obituaries, 1900-ca.2010 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3736295); 261,159 indexed records with 23,458 record images (was 239,164 records with 21,352 images), UPDATED 10-Sep-2020
England, Essex Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1971 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3584542); 47,167 indexed records with 5,537 record images (was 45,112 records with 5,235 images), UPDATED 10-Sep-2020
Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1932106); 4,064,221 indexed records with 1,431,304 record images (was 4,063,123 records with 1,431,304 images), UPDATED 08-Sep-2020
Zambia, Archdiocese of Lusaka, Church Records, 1950-2015 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3736255); 59,713 indexed records with 5,211 record images (was 55,732 records with 4,458 images), UPDATED 10-Sep-2020
New Jersey, Newark, Mount Olivet Cemetery Records, 1871-1984 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3733114); 86,565 indexed records with 35,409 record images (was 32,823 records with 8,366 images), UPDATED 10-Sep-2020
South Africa, Orange Free State, Civil Death Registration, 1902-1954 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3732502); 55,533 indexed records with 55,515 record images (was 33,488 records with 33,478 images), UPDATED 10-Sep-2020
Niue, Vital Records, 1818-1994 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3733116); 40,812 indexed records with 30,612 record images (was 40,806 records with 30,608 images), UPDATED 08-Sep-2020
--- Collections with new images ---
Nebraska, Naturalization Records, 1855-1989 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3241361); 144,058 indexed records with 140,784 record images (was 144,058 records with 140,356 images), last updated 13-May-2020
Norway, Oslo, Census, 1832-1954 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2474129); 91,579 indexed records with 4,208 record images (was 91,579 records with 3,505 images), last updated 21-Aug-2020
Sweden, Stockholm City Archives, Index to Church Records, 1546-1927 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2057674); 1,067,735 indexed records with 69,449 record images (was 1,067,735 records with 67,960 images), last updated 02-Jul-2020
Australia, Victoria, Inward Passenger Lists, 1839-1923 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2778600); 883,350 indexed records with 5,591 record images (was 883,350 records with 5,555 images), last updated 30-Jul-2019
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 96,614 record images (was 7,926,454 records with 96,539 images), last updated 21-Aug-2020
United States, Cemetery Abstracts, 1949-1969 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2579610); 469,181 indexed records with 69,358 record images (was 469,181 records with 69,353 images), last updated 30-Aug-2020
Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1417491); 1,681,910 indexed records with 1,676,662 record images (was 1,681,910 records with 1,675,645 images), last updated 16-Jan-2020
Pennsylvania, Wayne County, Court of Common Pleas, Naturalization Records, 1799-1906 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3158041); 15,813 indexed records with 6,229 record images (was 15,813 records with 4,386 images), last updated 04-Aug-2020
Louisiana, New Orleans Index to Passenger Lists, 1853-1952 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2443949); 439,472 indexed records with 435,372 record images (was 439,472 records with 435,100 images), last updated 27-Aug-2020
--- Collections with images removed ---
Pennsylvania Deaths and Burials, 1720-1999 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3535178); 1,125,809 indexed records with 31,361 record images (was 1,125,809 records with 41,027 images), last updated 14-Feb-2020
Florida Deaths, 1877-1939 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1595003); 471,799 indexed records with 471,266 record images (was 471,799 records with 471,267 images), last updated 08-Aug-2019
Arizona, Nogales, Index and Manifests of Alien Arrivals, 1905-1952 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3041280); 502,795 indexed records with 495,412 record images (was 502,795 records with 496,137 images), last updated 21-Apr-2020
Maryland, Baltimore Passenger Lists Index, 1897-1952 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3398454); 653,829 indexed records with 652,803 record images (was 653,829 records with 652,840 images), last updated 15-Apr-2020
Louisiana, Orleans and St. Tammany Parish, Voter Registration Records, 1867-1905 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3326775); 141,473 indexed records with 5,447 record images (was 141,473 records with 5,452 images), last updated 30-Apr-2020
Spain, Aragón, Electoral Censuses, 1890-1934 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2304578); 4,972,408 indexed records with 42,903 record images (was 4,972,408 records with 53,004 images), last updated 04-Jun-2019
France, Dordogne, Church and Civil Registration, 1540-1896 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2796817); 7,882,907 indexed records with 3,098,316 record images (was 7,882,907 records with 3,099,653 images), last updated 28-Mar-2018
Denmark, Ã…rhus Municipal Census, 1936 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3326854); 56,300 indexed records with 2,445 record images (was 56,300 records with 4,189 images), last updated 06-Apr-2020
South Africa, Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1846-1950 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2573604); 441,574 indexed records with 315,944 record images (was 441,574 records with 316,613 images), last updated 05-Aug-2020
Germany, Prussia, Saxony, Census Lists, 1770-1934 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2780641); 412,719 indexed records with 23,618 record images (was 412,719 records with 27,606 images), last updated 31-Aug-2020
United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2761958); 6,031,182 indexed records with 280,039 record images (was 6,031,182 records with 327,307 images), last updated 20-Feb-2020
--- Collections with new records ---
British Columbia Naturalization Records, 1859-1926 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2001101); 12,718 indexed records with 23,240 record images (was 0 records with 23,240 images), last updated 02-Sep-2020
England, Cambridgeshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1538-1983 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1465708); 218,550 indexed records with 61,909 record images (was 182,070 records with 61,909 images), last updated 31-Aug-2020
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Catholic Church Records, 1616-1980 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1719212); 329,561 indexed records with 368,464 record images (was 0 records with 368,464 images), last updated 02-Sep-2020
--- Collections with records removed ---
Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1675197); Index only (3,694,616 records), no images (was 3,694,618 records with 0 images), last updated 18-Mar-2020
United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2199956); Index only (875,610,566 records), no images (was 875,610,567 records with 0 images), last updated 19-Aug-2020
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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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