Saturday, January 16, 2021

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Our "Academy of Genealogy and Family History" (AGFH) Nominees

  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) Does anyone recall the Academy of Genealogy and Family History (AGFH) awards from back in the 2008-2012 time frame, hosted by Jasia on Creative gene?  Genea-bloggers would nominate blog entries in different categories, and Jasia would collect all of them with links to each blogger's post.  The bloggers selected their own posts for nominations.

2)  This week, let us nominate the "best" posts from 2020 that we wrote in these categories:

*  Best Picture (a photograph)
*  Best Screenplay (a story)
*  Best Documentary (a series)
*  Best Biography
*  Best Comedy

3)  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.

Here's mine:


This photograph is of me (at age 1) with my great-grandfather, Henry Austin Carringer (age 91 at the time) in October 1944 at my first birthday party.  This is probably at my grandparents home at 2130 Fern Street in San Diego.  This is the only time I have seen Austin Carringer with a smile on his face.  In all of the photographs I have of him, he does not smile.  I love this photograph, and I'm so glad that I could brighten his life a bit with my baby antics.  My great-grandmother, Della (Smith) Carringer died in January 1944, so I don't have a color photo or home movie of her with me.

I used a screen capture to get this image from a paused 8 mm. home movie that my grandfather took in 1944, then cropped it.  The home movie is a lot clearer but it is difficult to pause it on just the best frame.

*  Best Screenplay (a story):

On 21 March 2020 I posted Today is Our 50th Wedding Anniversary and lamented the fact that our anniversary party was delayed (we still have not had it).  We are still alive (knock on wood!) and hunkered down in our home, so the screenplay is not yet over.  How will it end?  Sta tuned (it may take another year!).

*  Best Documentary (a series):

The series with the most research was this one:

Did Sarah Giberson Marry Two Seaver Men? - Part I (18 May 2020), - Part II (20 May 2020), and - Part III (25 May 2020)

*  Best Biography:

This is really hard to choose one, because I wrote 52 of them in my "52 Ancestors" series - one each week.

The one I really had to do al ot of work on wa52 Ancestors - Week 357: #568 John Haughton (1647-1705) of Boston, Massachusetts and New London, Connecticut.  There were conflicting records and several with the same names, but I think I sorted it out correctly.

*  Best Comedy:

I posted "Uncle Bunky" Died Recently in Phoenix - RIP on 22 May 2020.  I can't resist stories like this.  It's not my work, but someone was very creative!

I will try to collect links to these posts by my colleagues and provide links in a blog post.

Do we need to make these nominations an annual affair?  What other categories do you suggest?

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Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 9 to 15 January 2021

 The following record collections were listed on the Recently Added and Updated List on Ancestry.com during the period from  9 to 15 January 2021:

The ADDED and Updated record collections are:

UK, Calendar of Prisoners, 1868-1929; indexed database with record images, ADDED 1/1/2020

North Carolina, Historical Records Survey, Cemetery Inscription Card Index, 1700-2018; indexed database with record images, ADDED 1/14/2021

Delaware Church Deaths, 1750-1886; indexed database without record images, ADDED 1/14/2021

District of Columbia, Glenwood Cemetery Records, 1854-2013; indexed database with record images, ADDED 1/14/2021

Maryland, Baltimore, Locks Funeral Home Records, 1936-2007; indexed database with record images, ADDED 1/14/2021

UK, After-Trial Calendar of Prisoners,1855-1931; indexed database with record images, ADDED 1/1/2020

UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951; indexed database with record images, ADDED    1/1/2020

UK, Registers of Habitual Criminals and Police Gazettes, 1834-1934; indexed database with record images, ADDED 1/1/2020

U.S., WWII Army Deserters Pay Cards, 1943-1945; indexed database with record images, ADDED 1/13/2021

Veli Lošinj & Sveti Petar, Croatia Register of Parishioners, 1774-1918; indexed database without record images, Updated 1/13/2021

Canada, Newspapers.com Marriage Index, 1800s-1999; indexed database without record images, ADDED 1/13/2021

Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin Directory, 1931; indexed database with record images, Updated 1/13/2021

Sumter County, Alabama, U.S., Circuit Court Files, 1840-1950; indexed database with record images, ADDED 1/11/2021

Wiltshire, England, Non-Conformist Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1810-1987; indexed database with record images, ADDED 1/11/2021

Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, U.S., Public Library Records, 1848-1980; indexed database with record images, ADDED 1/11/2021

Archdeaconry of Richmond, England, Church of England Marriage Bonds, 1611-1861; indexed database with record images, ADDED 1/11/2021

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

By my count, there were 14 NEW collections ADDED this past week, per the list above.  There are now 32,899 collections available as of 15 January, an increase of  13 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 FamilySearch.org Record Collections - Week of 9 to 15 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 15 January 2021, there are 2,945 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 4 from last week):

New and updated collections this week from Marshall are:

--- Collections Added   ---

*  England, Devon, Plymouth, Militia Records, 1625-1831    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4138686); 806 indexed records with 806 record images, ADDED 14-Jan-2021
*  Australia, Victoria Petty Sessions Registers, 1858-1985 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2485052); 3,095,843 indexed records with 3,095,843 record images, ADDED 11-Jan-2021
*  Georgia, Military Discharge Records, ca.1890 - ca.1966  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4113736); 22,689 indexed records with 22,689 record images, ADDED 12-Jan-2021
*  West Virginia Voter Registers, 1866-1890        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4123916); 7,073 indexed records with 7,073 record images, ADDED 12-Jan-2021

--- Collections Updated ---

Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3477669); 1,760,562 indexed records with 561,220 record images (was 1,728,637 records with 549,046 images), UPDATED 15-Jan-2021
France, Haute-Garonne, Toulouse, Civil Registration, 1792-1893  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2358735); 532,550 indexed records with 118,246 record images (was 525,253 records with 118,246 images), UPDATED 12-Jan-2021
South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1478678); 303,075 indexed records with 45,728 record images (was 290,210 records with 45,728 images), UPDATED 15-Jan-2021
Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3479702); 336,242 indexed records with 143,053 record images (was 324,935 records with 138,494 images), UPDATED 15-Jan-2021
Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1925428); 136,506 indexed records with 16,188 record images (was 136,368 records with 16,188 images), UPDATED 15-Jan-2021

Massachusetts, Births, 1636-1924        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2400643); 24,473 indexed records with 2,764 record images (was 24,473 records with 2,764 images), UPDATED 15-Jan-2021
United States Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War, 1890        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1877095); 897,849 indexed records with 90,497 record images (was 897,849 records with 90,497 images), UPDATED 13-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 15-Jan-2021
United States, Freedmen's Bureau Ration Records,1865-1872       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2431759); 165,573 indexed records with 97,567 record images (was 165,573 records with 97,567 images), UPDATED 12-Jan-2021
Peru, Prelature of Yauyos-Cañete-Huarochirí, Catholic Church Records, 1665-2018 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3460240); 252,620 indexed records with 119,077 record images (was 245,730 records with 115,591 images), UPDATED 15-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 251,712 records with 2,144 images), UPDATED 15-Jan-2021
South Africa, Civil Death Registration, 1955-1966       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3732506); 814,171 indexed records with 813,738 record images (was 765,999 records with 765,579 images), UPDATED 15-Jan-2021
England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3734475); 1,404,589 indexed records with 90,503 record images (was 1,404,589 records with 90,503 images), UPDATED 15-Jan-2021
Arizona, Yavapai County, Voting Records, 1875-1932      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3734454); 157,847 indexed records with 5,710 record images (was 156,211 records with 5,687 images), UPDATED 13-Jan-2021
District of Columbia, Glenwood Cemetery Records, 1854-2013      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2170640); 107,335 indexed records with 52,042 record images (was 107,335 records with 52,042 images), UPDATED 15-Jan-2021

Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1675351); Index only (1,397,482 records), no images (was 1,306,695 records with 0 images), UPDATED 15-Jan-2021
Argentina, Salta, Civil Registration, 1880-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3006885); 56,831 indexed records with 44,601 record images (was 54,553 records with 42,686 images), UPDATED 15-Jan-2021
United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2333694); 30,047,341 indexed records with 46,885,461 record images (was 30,047,341 records with 46,885,453 images), UPDATED 15-Jan-2021
Peru, Piura, Civil Registration, 1874-1996      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3733437); 1,470,531 indexed records with 1,459,181 record images (was 1,421,713 records with 1,410,435 images), UPDATED 15-Jan-2021
Utah, State Archives Records, 1848-2001 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2001084); 58,586 indexed records with 433,665 record images (was 58,586 records with 433,665 images), UPDATED 14-Jan-2021

Maryland, Church Records, 1668-1995     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2385204); 87,260 indexed records with 27,644 record images (was 88,574 records with 27,644 images), UPDATED 12-Jan-2021
South Africa, Reformed Church Records, 1856-1988        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1918294); Browse 40,337 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 40,337 images), UPDATED 12-Jan-2021
Texas, Grimes County, Marriage Records, 1951-1966       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3518927); 5,715 indexed records with 3,555 record images (was 5,261 records with 3,318 images), UPDATED 15-Jan-2021
Samoa, Vital Records, 1846-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4016424); 11,552 indexed records with 12,516 record images (was 11,529 records with 12,108 images), UPDATED 15-Jan-2021
Germany, Saxony, Church Book Indexes, 1500-1900 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2399108); 79,920 indexed records with 37,644 record images (was 69,174 records with 30,568 images), UPDATED 13-Jan-2021

England, Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1642-1996       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3648679); 96,867 indexed records with 41,134 record images (was 90,703 records with 40,317 images), UPDATED 15-Jan-2021
Louisiana Church Records, 1836-1938     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790251); 2,904 indexed records with 562 record images (was 3,727 records with 562 images), UPDATED 12-Jan-2021
Missouri, Church Records, 1827-2004     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790252); 32,025 indexed records with 1,595 record images (was 32,800 records with 1,595 images), UPDATED 12-Jan-2021
New Zealand, Obituaries, 1844-1963      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2538222); 120,536 indexed records with 2,385 record images (was 120,100 records with 2,385 images), UPDATED 14-Jan-2021
Washington, County Divorce Records, 1852-1950   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1930340); 3,136 indexed records with 127,147 record images (was 469 records with 127,147 images), UPDATED 15-Jan-2021

Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3418468); 679,392 indexed records with 13,131 record images (was 678,167 records with 13,113 images), UPDATED 14-Jan-2021
France, Rhône, Military Registration Cards, 1865-1932   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3007175); 270,933 indexed records with 270,059 record images (was 246,139 records with 245,525 images), UPDATED 11-Jan-2021
Iowa, Church Records, 1839-2004 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790247); 17,480 indexed records with 1,564 record images (was 19,075 records with 1,564 images), UPDATED 12-Jan-2021
Uruguay Civil Registration, 1879-1930   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837849); Index only (241,506 records), no images (was 241,209 records with 0 images), UPDATED 15-Jan-2021
England, Northumberland Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1920        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3648677); 259,401 indexed records with 15,160 record images (was 257,319 records with 14,579 images), UPDATED 15-Jan-2021

South Africa, KwaZulu Natal, Vital Records, 1868-1976   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3511741); 207,801 indexed records with 203,698 record images (was 206,605 records with 202,527 images), UPDATED 15-Jan-2021
New York, Southern District, U.S District Court Naturalization Records, 1824-1946       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2060123); 2,766,464 indexed records with 2,187,206 record images (was 2,766,464 records with 2,187,206 images), UPDATED 13-Jan-2021
Venezuela Civil Registration, 1873-2003 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1823609); 208,472 indexed records with 586,312 record images (was 206,228 records with 586,312 images), UPDATED 15-Jan-2021
Bolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1922463); 5,470,486 indexed records with 1,649,601 record images (was 5,274,227 records with 1,649,601 images), UPDATED 11-Jan-2021
Denmark, Århus Municipal Census, 1918   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3748257); 28,746 indexed records with 1,844 record images (was 16,596 records with 1,012 images), UPDATED 12-Jan-2021

Puerto Rico, Civil Registration, 1805-2001      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1682798); 5,088,353 indexed records with 4,581,756 record images (was 5,085,799 records with 4,581,756 images), UPDATED 15-Jan-2021
Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3438701); 8,278,833 indexed records with 2,315,305 record images (was 378,655 records with 100,233 images), UPDATED 10-Jan-2021
Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Civil Registration, 1860-2006        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3741255); 165,921 indexed records with 74,084 record images (was 164,057 records with 73,223 images), UPDATED 12-Jan-2021
Mississippi, Church Records, 1910-1919  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790273); 304 indexed records with 197 record images (was 2,869 records with 197 images), UPDATED 12-Jan-2021
France, Saône-et-Loire, Parish and Civil Registration, 1530-1892        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2840171); 7,207,329 indexed records with 1,968,467 record images (was 7,206,982 records with 1,968,407 images), UPDATED 15-Jan-2021

Norway, Oslo Census, 1901       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2474129); 189,540 indexed records with 6,875 record images (was 167,083 records with 7,517 images), UPDATED 11-Jan-2021
California, Los Angeles, Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery/Crematory Records, 1884-2002 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3583819); 303,443 indexed records with 183,100 record images (was 277,677 records with 168,467 images), UPDATED 15-Jan-2021
Micronesia, Civil Registration, 1883-1983       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2761211); 84,120 indexed records with 84,048 record images (was 84,104 records with 84,032 images), UPDATED 11-Jan-2021
England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3155913); 1,232,374 indexed records with 98,109 record images (was 1,221,207 records with 97,444 images), UPDATED 15-Jan-2021
Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Diocese of Mainz, Catholic Church Records, 1540-1952     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4127803); 2,190,371 indexed records with 267,989 record images (was 639,322 records with 70,329 images), UPDATED 11-Jan-2021

Portugal, Setúbal, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1911   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1935451); 175,820 indexed records with 829,309 record images (was 174,742 records with 829,309 images), UPDATED 15-Jan-2021
Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016197); 421,059 indexed records with 1,038,133 record images (was 419,043 records with 1,038,133 images), UPDATED 15-Jan-2021
Finland, Tax Lists, 1809-1915   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2704794); 391,509 indexed records with 6,174 record images (was 359,300 records with 4,719 images), UPDATED 13-Jan-2021
Uruguay, Civil Registration Index Card, 1900-1937       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1976089); 2,555,796 indexed records with 665,618 record images (was 2,530,644 records with 649,463 images), UPDATED 11-Jan-2021
Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1943    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2134304); 37,512 indexed records with 2,733 record images (was 37,313 records with 2,733 images), UPDATED 15-Jan-2021

Illinois, Church Records, 1837-1995     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2787821); 28,599 indexed records with 1,183 record images (was 28,599 records with 1,183 images), UPDATED 13-Jan-2021
Micronesia, Death Records, 1970-1986    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3744864); 5,687 indexed records with 5,579 record images (was 5,499 records with 5,447 images), UPDATED 12-Jan-2021
England, Essex Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1971 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3584542); 86,776 indexed records with 10,082 record images (was 84,376 records with 9,831 images), UPDATED 15-Jan-2021
Michigan, Church Records, 1819-1991     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2787825); 47,421 indexed records with 2,670 record images (was 49,958 records with 2,670 images), UPDATED 12-Jan-2021
Michigan, Saginaw County, Biographical Card File, ca. 1830-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3733440); 1,941 indexed records with 14,772 record images (was 1,941 records with 14,757 images), UPDATED 14-Jan-2021

Oklahoma, Church Records, 1897-1984     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790264); 197 indexed records with 67 record images (was 934 records with 67 images), UPDATED 12-Jan-2021
Indiana, Church Records, 1743-1966      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790248); 15,608 indexed records with 1,341 record images (was 17,982 records with 1,341 images), UPDATED 12-Jan-2021
Zambia, Archdiocese of Lusaka, Church Records, 1950-2015        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3736255); 126,409 indexed records with 11,323 record images (was 126,407 records with 11,322 images), UPDATED 13-Jan-2021
Virginia, Various Counties, Marriage Bonds, 1706-1901   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4016437); 2,085 indexed records with 446 record images (was 1,948 records with 335 images), UPDATED 15-Jan-2021
Nebraska, Church Records, 1875-1899     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790263); 151 indexed records with 16 record images (was 151 records with 16 images), UPDATED 12-Jan-2021

--- Collections with new images ---

Utah, Cemetery Abstracts        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2576051); 126,589 indexed records with 4,698 record images (was 126,589 records with 4,695 images), last updated 09-Dec-2020
South Carolina, Charleston District, Estate inventories, 1732-1844      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3460989); 398,496 indexed records with 7,585 record images (was 398,496 records with 4,741 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 496,137 record images (was 502,795 records with 495,148 images), last updated 21-Apr-2020
Australia, Victoria, Inward Passenger Lists, 1839-1923  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2778600); 883,350 indexed records with 5,628 record images (was 883,350 records with 5,588 images), last updated 30-Jul-2019
Louisiana Tombstone Inscriptions, 1812-1970     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3041284); 76,332 indexed records with 30 record images (was 76,332 records with 28 images), last updated 14-Feb-2020

Germany, Rhineland, Diocese of Trier, Catholic Church Records, 1704-1957        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790268); 2,967,130 indexed records with 307,278 record images (was 2,967,130 records with 275,871 images), last updated 03-Nov-2020
Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Death Records, 1853-1912  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3940896); 265,336 indexed records with 35,941 record images (was 265,299 records with 35,940 images), last updated 08-Jan-2021
Germany, Prussia, Saxony, Census Lists, 1770-1934       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2780641); 468,014 indexed records with 37,107 record images (was 468,014 records with 36,758 images), last updated 04-Jan-2021
United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2761958); 6,031,182 indexed records with 327,303 record images (was 6,031,182 records with 314,785 images), last updated 20-Feb-2020

Louisiana, New Orleans Index to Passenger Lists, 1853-1952      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2443949); 439,472 indexed records with 435,363 record images (was 439,472 records with 435,100 images), last updated 27-Aug-2020
New York, Church Records, 1660-1954     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2787817); 126,657 indexed records with 6,339 record images (was 126,657 records with 6,324 images), last updated 02-Sep-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 160,883 record images (was 7,926,454 records with 160,871 images), last updated 05-Oct-2020

--- 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
Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1307888); 1,875,674 indexed records with 1,850,774 record images (was 1,875,674 records with 1,853,067 images), last updated 30-Nov-2020
Sweden, Stockholm City Archives, Index to Church Records, 1546-1927     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2057674); 1,076,174 indexed records with 69,977 record images (was 1,076,174 records with 71,404 images), last updated 01-Dec-2020
Spain, Aragón, Electoral Censuses, 1890-1934    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2304578); 4,972,408 indexed records with 25,971 record images (was 4,972,408 records with 51,830 images), last updated 04-Jun-2019
Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871-1968      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1463145); Index only (1,764,089 records), no images (was 1,764,089 records with 864,976 images), last updated 16-Mar-2020

United States City and Business Directories, ca. 1749 - ca. 1990        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3754697); 3,869,490 indexed records with 12,927 record images (was 3,869,490 records with 24,153 images), last updated 02-Nov-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 652,651 images), last updated 15-Apr-2020
Texas, Voter Records, 1867-1918 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3163398); 163,231 indexed records with 3,886 record images (was 163,231 records with 4,238 images), last updated 14-Dec-2020
Louisiana, Orleans and St. Tammany Parish, Voter Registration Records, 1867-1905        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3326775); 551,175 indexed records with 124,761 record images (was 551,175 records with 127,115 images), last updated 25-Nov-2020
Illinois, Chicago, Voter Registers, 1888-1892   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4116436); 598,753 indexed records with 15,454 record images (was 598,753 records with 15,455 images), last updated 23-Dec-2020

South Africa, Natal, Passenger Lists, 1860-1911 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3038342); 154,219 indexed records with 6,682 record images (was 154,219 records with 6,701 images), last updated 02-Apr-2020
Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1417491); 1,681,910 indexed records with 1,679,431 record images (was 1,681,910 records with 1,680,439 images), last updated 16-Dec-2020
Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1949    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1462519); Index only (3,231,003 records), no images (was 3,231,003 records with 1 images), last updated 13-May-2019
Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1463134); Index only (7,029,937 records), no images (was 7,029,937 records with 7,029,937 images), last updated 04-Feb-2020
Idaho, Bonneville County, Idaho Falls, Rose Hill Cemetery Records, 1800-2007    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1447470); 14,513 indexed records with 14,123 record images (was 14,513 records with 14,152 images), last updated 09-Mar-2020

England, Cambridge Parish Registers, 1538-1983  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3299384); 473,470 indexed records with 32,976 record images (was 473,470 records with 32,981 images), last updated 03-Jun-2020
New York, New York, Index to Passengers Lists of Vessels, 1897-1902     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3031525); 870,652 indexed records with 856,565 record images (was 870,652 records with 857,036 images), last updated 24-Nov-2020

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Peru, Lima, Civil Registration, 1874-1996       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1430936); 5,759,522 indexed records with 3,680,369 record images (was 5,759,523 records with 3,680,369 images), last updated 14-Dec-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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