Saturday, January 9, 2021

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- What Do You Take After From Your Parents and Grandparents?

 Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: 

 It's Saturday Night again - 

time for some more Genealogy Fun!!


Here is your assignment, should you decide to accept it (you ARE reading this, so I assume that you really want to play along - cue the Mission Impossible music!):

1) 
What do you "take after" or "favor" from our parents and/or grandparents?  It could be looks, traits, mannerisms, speech, etc.

2)  Put it in your own blog post, in a comment to this post, or in a Facebook post.  Please leave a link in a comment to this post.

My thanks to reader Liz Tapley for suggesting this topic.

Here's mine:

 A)  Physical size, looks, etc.

*  I am 5'10" tall, my father was 6'2", my mother like 5'4", but my brothers were both about 6'2".  My grandfather Seaver was about 5'10" and my grandfather Carringer was 5'7".

*  I had blonde hair as a child, which turned brownish with auburn streaks before turning gray.  My father and mother both had dark brown hair.

*  I am pretty bald now, and it has been receding since I was 21 years old.  My father had a widow's peak with receding temples, and my maternal grandfather had a full head of hair.  My paternal grandfather had thinning hair and receding temples, but wasn't bald.  My great-grandfather Auble was cue-ball bald so it's all his fault!

*  I have blue eyes, and both of my parents had blue eyes.  I don't know about my grandparents.

*  My skin is very fair - I get sunburned easily, my skin peels, when it burns, and I have some basal cell spots on my arms and head.  I think my parents burned easily, but I don't recall spots.  None of us tanned well.  I think this reflects my 99% western European ancestry.

*  I am overweight which reflects my sedentary lifestyle since I was a teenager (125 pounds at age 18), sitting at a desk all day.  My father was somewhat overweight after 1971 when he retired, but had a job driving and walking as an insurance agent when he was working.  My maternal grandfather was thin all of his life and had a walking job at a department store in San Diego. 

*  I have one good eye and one eye with amblyopia that was never corrected.  My aunt Marion, my father's oldest sister, had it too.

B)  Traits and mannerisms:

*  I am fairly even-tempered in public, but I have a temper in private at times, expressed as a cuss word or a door slam, but nothing more violent.  My father was similar, my mother was very even tempered and rarely raised her voice.  My maternal grandparents seemed very peaceful and happy.  I never met my paternal grandfather and met my grandmother only once. 

*  I love to read.  My mother did too, and her parents also.  I don't recall my father reading much.  We had a large library of fiction and nonfiction books, plus World Book encyclopedia,  in my house growing up.  My mother had a "mysteries library" in her home after becoming a widow and would lend paperback books to me and to others.  I have a fairly extensive genealogy library and read for about an hour every light from library books and online books - mainly mysteries and crime fiction.

*  My love of sports is from my father.  He coached youth baseball, and listened to or watched baseball, football and basketball all of his life.  He loved the Chargers most.  My mother put up with it (only one TV!).  My brothers and I loved it - playing, coaching, watching, being fans of Padres, Chargers, Clippers, Gulls.

*  My maternal grandparents, my parents, and my wife and I had/have traditional values of right and wrong, law and order, trying, studying, and working hard, achieving goals but not bragging, being judgmental of actions and words of others, etc.  

*  I don't recall many "sayings" of my parents or grandparents - perhaps my brothers do.  My Massachusetts-born father used to say "For crying out loud!" when I or my brothers did something wrong.  But I don't think I did/do that with my children or grandchildren.  

C)  This was difficult because I don't think I look like either of my parents, or like my grandparents.  It's difficult to tell because the photographs I have are at different ages.  

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Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 2 to 8 January 2021

 The following record collections were listed on the Recently Added and Updated List on Ancestry.com during the period from  2 to 8 January 2021:

The ADDED and Updated record collections are:

U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935; indexed records with record images, Updated 1/6/2021

1860 U.S. Federal Census - Slave Schedules; indexed records with record images, Updated 1/6/2021

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

By my count, there were 0 NEW collections ADDED this past week, per the list above.  There are now 32,886 collections available as of 8 January, an increase of  0 from three weeks ago.   

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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 FamilySearch.org Record Collections - Week of 2 to 8 January 2021

 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 8 January 2021, there are 2,941 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 0 from last week):

New and updated collections this week from Marshall are:

-- Collections Updated --

 Quebec, Catholic Parish Registers, 1621-1979    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1321742); 79,535 indexed records with 1,398,741 record images (was 79,535 records with 1,398,741 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2021
Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3479702); 324,935 indexed records with 138,494 record images (was 312,028 records with 132,540 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2021
Italy, Teramo, Teramo, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1940        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1947829); 86,198 indexed records with 425,736 record images (was 86,198 records with 425,736 images), UPDATED 04-Jan-2021
Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3477669); 1,728,637 indexed records with 549,046 record images (was 1,699,263 records with 541,182 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2021
Sweden, Örebro Church Records, 1613-1918; index 1635-1860       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1647578); 576,232 indexed records with 647,469 record images (was 555,264 records with 647,469 images), UPDATED 07-Jan-2021

Portugal, Setúbal, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1911   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1935451); 174,742 indexed records with 829,309 record images (was 173,608 records with 829,309 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2021
Argentina, Salta, Civil Registration, 1880-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3006885); 54,553 indexed records with 42,686 record images (was 52,303 records with 40,607 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2021
United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2333694); 30,047,341 indexed records with 46,885,453 record images (was 30,047,341 records with 46,885,453 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2021
Maryland, Births and Baptisms, 1665-1995        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2384981); 13,305 indexed records with 655 record images (was 13,305 records with 655 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2021
Montana, County Voting Records, 1884-1992       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3757185); 235,320 indexed records with 40,965 record images (was 58,944 records with 29,342 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2021

Paraguay, Catholic Church Records, 1754-2015    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1922527); 1,774,015 indexed records with 373,775 record images (was 1,773,987 records with 373,775 images), UPDATED 06-Jan-2021
Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Death Records, 1853-1912  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3940896); 265,299 indexed records with 35,940 record images (was 265,299 records with 35,940 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2021
Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3418468); 678,167 indexed records with 13,113 record images (was 628,549 records with 12,066 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2021
Maryland, Allegany County, Tax and Voter Records, 1798-1948     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2175760); 255,020 indexed records with 16,651 record images (was 148,475 records with 9,629 images), UPDATED 02-Jan-2021
Norway, Probate Index Cards, 1640-1903  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1661306); Index only (341,368 records), no images (was 335,885 records with 0 images), UPDATED 07-Jan-2021

Brazil, Civil Registration, 1860-2006   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3741255); 164,057 indexed records with 73,223 record images (was 159,867 records with 71,247 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2021
France, Saône-et-Loire, Parish and Civil Registration, 1530-1892        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2840171); 7,206,982 indexed records with 1,968,407 record images (was 7,206,771 records with 1,967,836 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2021
Austria, Vienna, Jewish Registers of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1784-1911   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2028320); 299,086 indexed records with 206,316 record images (was 279,150 records with 206,316 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2021
South Carolina Marriages, 1709-1913     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1675541); Index only (8,222 records), no images (was 8,222 records with 0 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2021
Italy, Roma, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1863-1930      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2390532); 230,397 indexed records with 5,066,067 record images (was 230,397 records with 4,195,531 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2021

Florida Births and Christenings, 1880-1935      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1674799); Index only (17,736 records), no images (was 17,736 records with 0 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2021
Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2060668); 3,112,643 indexed records with 2,513,517 record images (was 3,030,789 records with 2,513,517 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2021
Kansas Marriages, 1840-1935     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1674845); Index only (306,042 records), no images (was 306,367 records with 0 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2021
Kansas Deaths and Burials, 1885-1930    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1674844); Index only (16,588 records), no images (was 38,193 records with 0 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2021
Mexico, Guerrero, Catholic Church Records, 1576-1979    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1823323); 14,385 indexed records with 1,584,621 record images (was 14,385 records with 1,584,621 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2021

Portugal, Porto, Catholic Church Records, 1535-1949     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1913408); 337,300 indexed records with 1,207,157 record images (was 328,649 records with 1,207,157 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2021
Germany, Prussia, Saxony, Census Lists, 1770-1934       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2780641); 468,014 indexed records with 36,758 record images (was 468,003 records with 35,263 images), UPDATED 04-Jan-2021
New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1680836); Index only (309,874 records), no images (was 330,115 records with 0 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2021
North Carolina, Civil Marriages, 1763-1868      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2524877); 4,360 indexed records with 4,567 record images (was 4,360 records with 4,567 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2021
Missouri Marriages, 1750-1920   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1680838); Index only (568,809 records), no images (was 571,805 records with 0 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2021

Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1674830); Index only (892,895 records), no images (was 900,083 records with 0 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2021
Micronesia, Death Records, 1970-1986    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3744864); 5,499 indexed records with 5,447 record images (was 5,371 records with 5,348 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2021
New Jersey, County Naturalization Records, 1749-1986    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2057433); 530,408 indexed records with 791,233 record images (was 492,000 records with 791,233 images), UPDATED 06-Jan-2021
Chile, Cemetery Records, 1821-2015      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1428897); 1,139,293 indexed records with 3,675,058 record images (was 1,139,293 records with 3,675,058 images), UPDATED 07-Jan-2021
Maine Births and Christenings, 1739-1900        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1674856); Index only (622,157 records), no images (was 622,157 records with 0 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2021

Kansas Births and Christenings, 1818-1936       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1674839); Index only (24,405 records), no images (was 53,454 records with 0 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2021
Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1999178); 4,369 indexed records with 2,280,204 record images (was 4,368 records with 2,280,204 images), UPDATED 07-Jan-2021
Mexico, Puebla, Catholic Church Records, 1545-1977      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837906); 1,064,308 indexed records with 6,124,553 record images (was 1,064,308 records with 6,124,553 images), UPDATED 06-Jan-2021
Puerto Rico, Civil Registration, 1805-2001      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1682798); 5,085,799 indexed records with 4,581,756 record images (was 5,079,542 records with 4,581,756 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2021
Venezuela, Catholic Church Records, 1577-1995   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1951777); 2,048,665 indexed records with 1,899,876 record images (was 2,034,986 records with 1,899,876 images), UPDATED 06-Jan-2021

California Marriages, 1850-1945 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1674735); Index only (537,465 records), no images (was 537,465 records with 0 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2021
Peru, Arequipa, Civil Registration, 1860-1976   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2224533); 61,137 indexed records with 24,048 record images (was 61,137 records with 24,048 images), UPDATED 04-Jan-2021
Brazil, Paraná, Civil Registration, 1852-1996   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016194); 1,720,241 indexed records with 1,689,031 record images (was 1,681,873 records with 1,689,031 images), UPDATED 04-Jan-2021
Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016197); 419,043 indexed records with 1,038,133 record images (was 416,107 records with 1,038,133 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2021
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 05-Jan-2021

Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1681005); Index only (2,538,308 records), no images (was 2,538,358 records with 0 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2021
England, Essex Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1971 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3584542); 84,376 indexed records with 9,831 record images (was 83,411 records with 9,670 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2021
Sweden, Västerbotten Church Records, 1619-1896; index, 1688-1860        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1979430); 232,145 indexed records with 170,304 record images (was 219,192 records with 170,304 images), UPDATED 07-Jan-2021
France, Nord, Parish and Civil Registration, 1524-1893  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3216848); 8,837,369 indexed records with 2,871,504 record images (was 7,602,768 records with 2,488,560 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2021
South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1478678); 290,210 indexed records with 45,728 record images (was 264,916 records with 45,728 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2021

South Dakota, South Lead City Cemetery, Card Index of Deaths, 1912-1966 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3259485); 115 indexed records with 74 record images (was 80 records with 74 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2021
Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1925428); 136,368 indexed records with 16,188 record images (was 135,991 records with 16,188 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2021
Uruguay Civil Registration, 1879-1930   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837849); Index only (241,209 records), no images (was 241,131 records with 0 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2021
New Jersey, Death Index, 1901-1903; 1916-1929   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2843410); 251,712 indexed records with 2,144 record images (was 251,154 records with 2,139 images), UPDATED 07-Jan-2021
Spain, Province of La Coruña, Municipal Records, 1648-1941      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2015359); 779,694 indexed records with 258,646 record images (was 762,526 records with 258,646 images), UPDATED 04-Jan-2021

Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1804888); 778,306 indexed records with 1,302,310 record images (was 778,306 records with 1,302,310 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2021
Peru, Piura, Civil Registration, 1874-1996      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3733437); 1,421,713 indexed records with 1,410,435 record images (was 1,378,711 records with 1,367,711 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2021
Samoa, Vital Records, 1846-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4016424); 11,529 indexed records with 12,108 record images (was 10,515 records with 11,748 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2021
Maine Marriages, 1771-1907      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1674915); Index only (323,566 records), no images (was 323,566 records with 0 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2021
Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1410397); 4,859,050 indexed records with 1,259,299 record images (was 4,682,107 records with 1,259,299 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2021

Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1674912); Index only (159,058 records), no images (was 159,058 records with 0 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2021
South Africa, KwaZulu Natal, Vital Records, 1868-1976   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3511741); 206,605 indexed records with 202,527 record images (was 198,739 records with 194,800 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2021
Mexico Marriages, 1570-1950     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473012); Index only (3,697,879 records), no images (was 3,734,634 records with 0 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2021
Mexico Baptisms, 1560-1950      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473011); Index only (22,694,534 records), no images (was 22,748,300 records with 0 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2021
England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473014); Index only (48,234,075 records), no images (was 48,385,880 records with 0 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2021

Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1469062); 1,621,804 indexed records with 108,296 record images (was 1,621,804 records with 108,296 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2021
South Dakota, County Naturalization Records, 1865-1972  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2078640); 94,313 indexed records with 124,277 record images (was 41,327 records with 124,277 images), UPDATED 07-Jan-2021
California, Los Angeles, Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery/Crematory Records, 1884-2002 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3583819); 277,677 indexed records with 168,467 record images (was 251,803 records with 152,358 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2021
Micronesia, Civil Registration, 1883-1983       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2761211); 84,104 indexed records with 84,032 record images (was 83,802 records with 83,730 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2021
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 01-Jan-2021

England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3155913); 1,221,207 indexed records with 97,444 record images (was 1,212,009 records with 96,776 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2021
Washington Voting Records, 1876-1940    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3754702); 94,672 indexed records with 11,098 record images (was 94,672 records with 11,098 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2021
New York Marriages, 1686-1980   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1680847); Index only (253,275 records), no images (was 255,941 records with 0 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2021
New York Births and Christenings, 1640-1962     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1680842); Index only (794,554 records), no images (was 816,267 records with 0 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2021
Michigan, Saginaw County, Biographical Card File, ca. 1830-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3733440); 1,941 indexed records with 14,757 record images (was 1,941 records with 14,749 images), UPDATED 02-Jan-2021

Germany, Bavaria, Passau, Miscellaneous City Records, 1700-1940 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2015585); 53,070 indexed records with 237,384 record images (was 0 records with 237,384 images), UPDATED 06-Jan-2021
Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1674807); Index only (660,990 records), no images (was 660,990 records with 0 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2021
North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1675514); Index only (1,741,054 records), no images (was 1,741,054 records with 0 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2021
Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1675351); Index only (1,306,695 records), no images (was 1,641,751 records with 0 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2021
Czech Republic, Church Books, 1552-1981 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1804263); 204,420 indexed records with 4,668,489 record images (was 199,164 records with 4,668,489 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2021

United States Census, 1920      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1488411); 107,660,164 indexed records with 2,387,416 record images (was 107,660,167 records with 2,387,416 images), UPDATED 04-Jan-2021
South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1468076); 654,636 indexed records with 355,318 record images (was 654,629 records with 355,318 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2021
United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2860782); 35,411,512 indexed records with 4,830,472 record images (was 35,411,512 records with 4,830,472 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2021
South Africa, Civil Death Registration, 1955-1966       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3732506); 765,999 indexed records with 765,579 record images (was 727,372 records with 726,963 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2021
England, Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1642-1996       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3648679); 90,703 indexed records with 40,317 record images (was 88,222 records with 39,271 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2021

Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1675197); Index only (2,560,907 records), no images (was 2,904,706 records with 0 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2021
Pennsylvania, Eastern District Petitions for Naturalization, 1795-1931  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1913395); 476,209 indexed records with 326,903 record images (was 476,209 records with 326,903 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2021
North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1726957); 5,878,869 indexed records with 1,509,652 record images (was 5,878,869 records with 1,509,652 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2021
Mexico, Querétaro, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1970   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1881200); 5,235 indexed records with 1,380,077 record images (was 5,235 records with 1,380,077 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2021
Wisconsin, County Naturalization Records, 1807-1992     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2046887); 890,417 indexed records with 1,135,393 record images (was 878,044 records with 1,135,393 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2021

England, Northumberland Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1920        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3648677); 257,319 indexed records with 14,579 record images (was 253,914 records with 14,164 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2021
Austria, Carinthia, Gurk Diocese, Catholic Church Records, 1527-1986    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2718009); 157,404 indexed records with 36,838 record images (was 157,404 records with 36,838 images), UPDATED 07-Jan-2021
Venezuela Civil Registration, 1873-2003 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1823609); 206,228 indexed records with 586,312 record images (was 205,201 records with 586,312 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2021
Washington, County Divorce Records, 1852-1950   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1930340); 469 indexed records with 127,147 record images (was 469 records with 127,147 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2021
Peru, Prelature of Yauyos-Cañete-Huarochirí, Catholic Church Records, 1665-2018 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3460240); 245,730 indexed records with 115,591 record images (was 240,248 records with 111,158 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2021

Texas, Grimes County, Marriage Records, 1951-1966       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3518927); 5,261 indexed records with 3,318 record images (was 4,662 records with 2,963 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2021

--- Collections with new images ---

Uruguay, Passenger Lists, 1888-1980     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2691993); 3,652,934 indexed records with 157,673 record images (was 3,652,934 records with 153,262 images), last updated 19-Nov-2020
Connecticut, passenger and crew lists, 1804-1959        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3477650); 98,790 indexed records with 6,972 record images (was 98,790 records with 6,951 images), last updated 17-Jul-2020
Alaska Naturalization Records, 1884-1991        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2513103); 81,550 indexed records with 71,919 record images (was 81,550 records with 71,885 images), last updated 26-Jun-2020
Sweden, Stockholm City Archives, Index to Church Records, 1546-1927     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2057674); 1,076,174 indexed records with 71,404 record images (was 1,076,174 records with 71,123 images), last updated 01-Dec-2020
Spain, Aragón, Electoral Censuses, 1890-1934    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2304578); 4,972,408 indexed records with 51,830 record images (was 4,972,408 records with 26,110 images), last updated 04-Jun-2019

South Africa, Orange Free State, Probate Records from the Master of the Supreme Court, 1832-1989        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3040532); 639,973 indexed records with 82,306 record images (was 639,973 records with 82,260 images), last updated 09-Oct-2020
Texas, El Paso, Applications for Non-Resident Aliens Border Crossing Identification Cards, 1945-1952    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3155856); 141,806 indexed records with 140,613 record images (was 141,806 records with 140,579 images), last updated 09-Apr-2020
Louisiana Tombstone Inscriptions, 1812-1970     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3041284); 76,332 indexed records with 28 record images (was 76,332 records with 27 images), last updated 14-Feb-2020
Denmark, Århus Municipal Census, 1936   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3326854); 93,817 indexed records with 7,234 record images (was 93,817 records with 3,262 images), last updated 19-Nov-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 160,871 record images (was 7,926,454 records with 160,817 images), last updated 05-Oct-2020

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 3,825 images), last updated 08-May-2019
Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1417491); 1,681,910 indexed records with 1,680,439 record images (was 1,681,910 records with 1,676,659 images), last updated 16-Dec-2020
Colombia, Bogotá, Burial Permits, 1960-1991     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3212241); 178,686 indexed records with 212,744 record images (was 178,686 records with 212,740 images), last updated 29-May-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 69,354 images), last updated 01-Jan-2021
Norway, Oslo Census, 1901       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2474129); 167,083 indexed records with 7,517 record images (was 167,083 records with 6,141 images), last updated 23-Nov-2020

United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2761958); 6,031,182 indexed records with 314,785 record images (was 6,031,182 records with 284,743 images), last updated 20-Feb-2020
United States City and Business Directories, ca. 1749 - ca. 1990        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3754697); 3,869,490 indexed records with 24,153 record images (was 3,869,490 records with 23,454 images), last updated 02-Nov-2020
United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2968245); 6,931,032 indexed records with 5,610,978 record images (was 6,931,032 records with 5,605,545 images), last updated 09-Aug-2019

--- Collections with images removed ---

Washington, Native American, Census Records, 1880-1952  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790178); 140,781 indexed records with 7,964 record images (was 140,781 records with 8,297 images), last updated 09-Apr-2019
Utah, Cemetery Abstracts        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2576051); 126,589 indexed records with 4,695 record images (was 126,589 records with 4,698 images), last updated 09-Dec-2020
United States, World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 1917-1919      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2996059); 76,128 indexed records with 2,619 record images (was 76,128 records with 2,647 images), last updated 18-Apr-2019
South Carolina, Charleston District, Estate inventories, 1732-1844      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3460989); 398,496 indexed records with 4,741 record images (was 398,496 records with 7,585 images), last updated 07-Nov-2019
Arizona, Nogales, Index and Manifests of Alien Arrivals, 1905-1952      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3041280); 502,795 indexed records with 495,148 record images (was 502,795 records with 496,137 images), last updated 21-Apr-2020

Australia, Victoria, Inward Passenger Lists, 1839-1923  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2778600); 883,350 indexed records with 5,588 record images (was 883,350 records with 5,623 images), last updated 30-Jul-2019
Louisiana, Orleans and St. Tammany Parish, Voter Registration Records, 1867-1905        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3326775); 551,175 indexed records with 127,115 record images (was 551,175 records with 131,960 images), last updated 25-Nov-2020
New York, Church Records, 1660-1954     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2787817); 126,657 indexed records with 6,324 record images (was 126,657 records with 6,339 images), last updated 02-Sep-2020
Texas, Passenger and Crew Lists Arriving at Various Ports, 1896-1951    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3348478); 196,073 indexed records with 100,734 record images (was 196,073 records with 101,080 images), last updated 21-Oct-2020
England and Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1640-1660     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3259459); 84,189 indexed records with 2,686 record images (was 84,189 records with 4,176 images), last updated 03-Dec-2020

Germany, Rhineland, Diocese of Trier, Catholic Church Records, 1704-1957        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790268); 2,967,130 indexed records with 275,871 record images (was 2,967,130 records with 307,278 images), last updated 03-Nov-2020
Maryland, Baltimore Passenger Lists Index, 1897-1952    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3398454); 653,829 indexed records with 652,651 record images (was 653,829 records with 652,840 images), last updated 15-Apr-2020
England, Cambridge Parish Registers, 1538-1983  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3299384); 473,470 indexed records with 32,981 record images (was 473,470 records with 33,092 images), last updated 03-Jun-2020
Louisiana, New Orleans Index to Passenger Lists, 1853-1952      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2443949); 439,472 indexed records with 435,100 record images (was 439,472 records with 435,372 images), last updated 27-Aug-2020
England, Lancashire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1647-1996    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3656808); 264,217 indexed records with 19,245 record images (was 264,217 records with 19,979 images), last updated 13-Aug-2020

--- Collections with records removed ---

Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1784223); 2,330,518 indexed records with 3,087,354 record images (was 2,330,519 records with 3,087,354 images), last updated 08-May-2020
England Marriages, 1538–1973    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473015); Index only (12,234,956 records), no images (was 12,340,733 records with 0 images), last updated 06-Nov-2020

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My friend and SDGS colleague, Marshall, provides this list to me from a program he wrote that compares the current FamlySearch record collections list to the previous week's list.

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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