Saturday, January 23, 2021

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- "You Might Be a Genealogist If ..."

              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)  
Make up your own "You Might be a Genealogist if..." sayings.  One or more.  Lots.  The more the merrier.  

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.

Here are mine:

*  You might be a genealogist if ... you love the thrill of the ancestry hunt.

*  You might be a genealogist if ... you stop at every cemetery and take pictures of interesting stones.

*  You might be a genealogist if ... you binge watch Finding Your Roots and WDYTYA

*  You might be a genealogist if ... you know how to read a GEDCOM file.

*  You might be a genealogist if ... you love writing quality source citations.

*  You might be a genealogist if ... all the people in your social circle are genealogists.

*  You might be a genealogist if ... you can figure out "once removed" cousin relationships.

*  You might be a genealogist if ... you know the real name of DearMYRTLE.

*  You might be a genealogist if ... you spend hours putting autosomal DNA segment data  into DNA Painter.

Your turn!!

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Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 16 to 22 January 2021

  The following record collections were listed on the Recently Added and Updated List on Ancestry.com during the period from  16 to 22 January 2021:

The ADDED and Updated record collections are:

UK, Prison Commission Records, 1770-1951; indexed records with digital images, Updated 1/21/2021

UK, Registers of Habitual Criminals and Police Gazettes, 1834-1934; indexed records with digital images, Updated 1/21/2021

North Dakota, U.S., Naturalizations, 1873-1952; indexed records with digital images, ADDED   1/21/2021

UK, World War I Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923; indexed records without digital images, Updated 1/21/2021

Lancashire, England, World War II Home Guard Records, 1940-1945; indexed records with digital images, ADDED  1/21/2021


1911 England Census; indexed records with digital images, Updated 1/21/2021

UK, After-Trial Calendar of Prisoners,1855-1931; indexed records with digital images, Updated 1/21/2021

UK, Calendar of Prisoners, 1868-1929; indexed records with digital images, Updated 1/21/2021

Berlin, Germany, Marriages, 1874-1936; indexed records with digital images, Updated 1/20/2021

Berlin, Germany, Births, 1874-1909; indexed records with digital images, Updated 1/20/2021

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

By my count, there were 3 NEW collections ADDED this past week, per the list above.  There are now 32,902 collections available as of 22 January, an increase of  3 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 16 to 22 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 22 January 2021, there are 2,952 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 7 from last week):

New and updated collections this week from Marshall are:

--- Collections Added   ---

*  Australia, New South Wales, Assisted Immigrants Inwards, 1828-1890 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3661064); 263,719 indexed records with 263,719 record images, ADDED 18-Jan-2021
*  Germany, Saxony, Diocese of Dresden-Meissen, Catholic Church Records, 1621-1976 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4127804); 252,965 indexed records with 252,965 record images, ADDED 20-Jan-2021
*  Uruguay, Catholic Church Records, 1726-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4134697); 40,901 indexed records with 40,901 record images, ADDED 22-Jan-2021
*  Florida, Military Discharge Records, ca.1837 - ca.1970 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4114268); 8,096 indexed records with 8,096 record images, ADDED 19-Jan-2021
*  Virginia Voter Registration, 1902-1970 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4113737); 5,761 indexed records with 5,761 record images, ADDED 18-Jan-2021

*  England, Devon, Plymouth, Parish Chest Records, 1556-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4138681); 408,465 indexed records with 408,465 record images, ADDED 19-Jan-2021
*  Georgia, Tax Digests, 1787-1900 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4130006); 39,585 indexed records with 39,585 record images, ADDED 18-Jan-2021

--- Collections Updated ---

Germany Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473000); 15,065,305 indexed records with 29,147,064 record images (was 15,059,394 records with 29,147,064 images), UPDATED 20-Jan-2021
France, Marne, Census, 1856 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3225464); 362,441 indexed records with 6,258 record images (was 361,963 records with 6,370 images), UPDATED 22-Jan-2021
Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3477669); 1,763,859 indexed records with 561,855 record images (was 1,760,562 records with 561,220 images), UPDATED 22-Jan-2021
Argentina, Entre Ríos, Catholic Church Records, 1764-1983 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974185); 558,339 indexed records with 235,772 record images (was 558,339 records with 235,772 images), UPDATED 15-Jan-2021
Guatemala, Chimaltenango, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2114423); 426,231 indexed records with 3,075 record images (was 426,231 records with 3,075 images), UPDATED 18-Jan-2021

Hungary Civil Registration, 1895-1980 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1452460); 1,431,579 indexed records with 5,864,285 record images (was 1,416,846 records with 5,864,285 images), UPDATED 20-Jan-2021
Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3479702); 348,345 indexed records with 148,862 record images (was 336,242 records with 143,053 images), UPDATED 22-Jan-2021
Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1925428); 142,199 indexed records with 16,188 record images (was 136,506 records with 16,188 images), UPDATED 22-Jan-2021
Washington, County Divorce Records, 1852-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1930340); 16,997 indexed records with 127,147 record images (was 3,136 records with 127,147 images), UPDATED 22-Jan-2021
England, Manchester, Parish Registers, 1603-1910 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1788853); 1,782,418 indexed records with 248,202 record images (was 1,782,418 records with 248,202 images), UPDATED 15-Jan-2021

Argentina, Córdoba, Catholic Church Records, 1557-1974 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974182); 877,189 indexed records with 419,985 record images (was 877,189 records with 419,985 images), UPDATED 15-Jan-2021
Germany, Prussia, Pomerania Church Records, 1544-1945 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1874205); 252,071 indexed records with 141,003 record images (was 252,071 records with 141,003 images), UPDATED 16-Jan-2021
New Jersey, Death Index, 1901-1903; 1916-1929 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2843410); 252,268 indexed records with 2,148 record images (was 251,712 records with 2,144 images), UPDATED 18-Jan-2021
South Africa, Orange Free State, Estate Files, 1951-2006 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1407787); 90,610 indexed records with 3,895,196 record images (was 90,610 records with 3,895,196 images), UPDATED 17-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 22-Jan-2021

England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3734475); 1,408,675 indexed records with 90,826 record images (was 1,404,589 records with 90,503 images), UPDATED 22-Jan-2021
Puerto Rico, Civil Registration, 1805-2001 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1682798); 5,088,564 indexed records with 4,581,756 record images (was 5,088,353 records with 4,581,756 images), UPDATED 18-Jan-2021
Sweden, Örebro Church Records, 1613-1918; index 1635-1860 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1647578); 587,743 indexed records with 647,469 record images (was 576,232 records with 647,469 images), UPDATED 20-Jan-2021
South Africa, Civil Death Registration, 1955-1966 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3732506); 871,425 indexed records with 870,972 record images (was 814,171 records with 813,738 images), UPDATED 22-Jan-2021
Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1675351); Index only (1,451,707 records), no images (was 1,397,482 records with 0 images), UPDATED 22-Jan-2021

Spain, Province of La Coruña, Municipal Records, 1648-1941 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2015359); 792,678 indexed records with 258,646 record images (was 779,694 records with 258,646 images), UPDATED 21-Jan-2021
Alabama, Military Discharge Records, ca.1918 - ca.1962 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4113740); 30,240 indexed records with 22,090 record images (was 13,956 records with 9,346 images), UPDATED 19-Jan-2021
Ecuador, Cemetery Records, 1862-2019 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3755446); 330,349 indexed records with 335,711 record images (was 330,349 records with 315,323 images), UPDATED 22-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 17-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 46,885,461 images), UPDATED 22-Jan-2021

Peru, Piura, Civil Registration, 1874-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3733437); 1,519,480 indexed records with 1,507,678 record images (was 1,470,531 records with 1,459,181 images), UPDATED 22-Jan-2021
United States Census, 1920 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1488411); 107,660,163 indexed records with 2,387,416 record images (was 107,660,164 records with 2,387,416 images), UPDATED 20-Jan-2021
Sweden, Kalmar Church Records, 1577-1907; index 1625-1860 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1930243); 30,025 indexed records with 619,894 record images (was 30,025 records with 619,894 images), UPDATED 17-Jan-2021
Texas, Grimes County, Marriage Records, 1951-1966 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3518927); 6,836 indexed records with 4,138 record images (was 5,715 records with 3,555 images), UPDATED 22-Jan-2021
Samoa, Vital Records, 1846-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4016424); 11,650 indexed records with 12,842 record images (was 11,552 records with 12,516 images), UPDATED 22-Jan-2021

Portugal, Setúbal, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1911 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1935451); 176,648 indexed records with 829,309 record images (was 175,820 records with 829,309 images), UPDATED 22-Jan-2021
England, Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1642-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3648679); 103,909 indexed records with 43,281 record images (was 96,867 records with 41,134 images), UPDATED 22-Jan-2021
Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1619127); 4,301,235 indexed records with 3,357,737 record images (was 4,301,235 records with 3,357,737 images), UPDATED 18-Jan-2021
Germany Marriages, 1558-1929 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473009); Index only (3,361,697 records), no images (was 3,360,851 records with 0 images), UPDATED 20-Jan-2021
Argentina, Salta, Civil Registration, 1880-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3006885); 59,479 indexed records with 46,762 record images (was 56,831 records with 44,601 images), UPDATED 22-Jan-2021

Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3015626); 3,537,384 indexed records with 13,096,662 record images (was 3,537,384 records with 13,096,662 images), UPDATED 20-Jan-2021
Finland, Church Census and Pre-Confirmation Books, 1657-1915 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2805467); 33,404,934 indexed records with 486,629 record images (was 33,404,934 records with 486,629 images), UPDATED 22-Jan-2021
Uruguay Civil Registration, 1879-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837849); Index only (241,818 records), no images (was 241,506 records with 0 images), UPDATED 22-Jan-2021
England, Northumberland Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1920 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3648677); 265,072 indexed records with 15,757 record images (was 259,401 records with 15,160 images), UPDATED 22-Jan-2021
Dominican Republic Civil Registration, 1801-2010 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1619814); 934,809 indexed records with 3,416,801 record images (was 934,809 records with 3,416,801 images), UPDATED 17-Jan-2021

Venezuela Civil Registration, 1873-2003 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1823609); 213,298 indexed records with 586,312 record images (was 208,472 records with 586,312 images), UPDATED 22-Jan-2021
Spain, Province of Cádiz, Municipal Records, 1784-1956 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2015325); 495,704 indexed records with 1,631,476 record images (was 495,704 records with 1,631,476 images), UPDATED 17-Jan-2021
Massachusetts, Births, 1636-1924 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2400643); 157,175 indexed records with 135,405 record images (was 24,473 records with 2,764 images), UPDATED 22-Jan-2021
United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1861144); 1,498,113 indexed records with 19,317,962 record images (was 1,498,113 records with 19,317,962 images), UPDATED 20-Jan-2021
Chile, Civil Registration, 1885-1932 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1630787); 4,566,628 indexed records with 1,623,199 record images (was 4,566,628 records with 1,623,199 images), UPDATED 16-Jan-2021

United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1968530); 30,165,145 indexed records with 24,999,338 record images (was 30,165,145 records with 24,999,338 images), UPDATED 21-Jan-2021
Mexico, Sinaloa, Civil Registration, 1861-1929 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2290241); 798,101 indexed records with 1,403,105 record images (was 765,556 records with 1,403,105 images), UPDATED 19-Jan-2021
Texas, World War I Records, 1917-1920 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2202707); 209,675 indexed records with 400,918 record images (was 209,675 records with 400,918 images), UPDATED 17-Jan-2021
South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1478678); 313,301 indexed records with 45,728 record images (was 303,075 records with 45,728 images), UPDATED 22-Jan-2021
Pennsylvania Cemetery Records, ca. 1700-ca. 1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3743478); 806,209 indexed records with 122,241 record images (was 806,209 records with 122,241 images), UPDATED 22-Jan-2021

Croatia, Delnice Deanery Catholic Church Books, 1571-1926 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1875189); 189,080 indexed records with 3,485 record images (was 183,605 records with 3,485 images), UPDATED 22-Jan-2021
Peru, Prelature of Yauyos-Cañete-Huarochirí, Catholic Church Records, 1665-2018 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3460240); 259,787 indexed records with 122,640 record images (was 252,620 records with 119,077 images), UPDATED 22-Jan-2021
Venezuela, Catholic Church Records, 1577-1995 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1951777); 2,049,945 indexed records with 1,899,876 record images (was 2,048,665 records with 1,899,876 images), UPDATED 20-Jan-2021
Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1463134); Index only (7,097,361 records), no images (was 7,029,937 records with 0 images), UPDATED 21-Jan-2021
France, Saône-et-Loire, Parish and Civil Registration, 1530-1892 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2840171); 7,207,487 indexed records with 1,968,500 record images (was 7,207,329 records with 1,968,467 images), UPDATED 22-Jan-2021

California, Los Angeles, Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery/Crematory Records, 1884-2002 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3583819); 318,036 indexed records with 183,457 record images (was 303,443 records with 183,100 images), UPDATED 22-Jan-2021
Mississippi, Voter Registration, 1871-1967 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3308840); 312,339 indexed records with 11,461 record images (was 178,315 records with 313 images), UPDATED 16-Jan-2021
England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3155913); 1,248,680 indexed records with 98,707 record images (was 1,232,374 records with 98,109 images), UPDATED 22-Jan-2021
Arizona, Military Discharge Records, ca.1918 - ca.1989 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4109741); 26,883 indexed records with 3,272 record images (was 19,460 records with 2,524 images), UPDATED 19-Jan-2021
Brazil, Paraná, Civil Registration, 1852-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016194); 1,759,266 indexed records with 1,689,031 record images (was 1,720,241 records with 1,689,031 images), UPDATED 21-Jan-2021

Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016197); 422,525 indexed records with 1,038,133 record images (was 421,059 records with 1,038,133 images), UPDATED 22-Jan-2021
Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3418468); 679,543 indexed records with 13,133 record images (was 679,392 records with 13,131 images), UPDATED 19-Jan-2021
Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1943 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2134304); 73,180 indexed records with 2,733 record images (was 37,512 records with 2,733 images), UPDATED 22-Jan-2021
Hawaii, Various Islands, Circuit Court Divorce Records, 1849-1915 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3029264); 20,433 indexed records with 46,945 record images (was 14,287 records with 46,945 images), UPDATED 21-Jan-2021
Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2060668); 3,169,741 indexed records with 2,513,517 record images (was 3,112,643 records with 2,513,517 images), UPDATED 22-Jan-2021

New York, Yates County, Swann Vital Records Collection, 1723-2009 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1880619); 94,601 indexed records with 87,588 record images (was 94,601 records with 87,588 images), UPDATED 18-Jan-2021
New Zealand, Obituaries, 1844-1963 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2538222); 1,768,692 indexed records with 2,385 record images (was 120,536 records with 2,385 images), UPDATED 19-Jan-2021
England, Essex Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1971 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3584542); 88,848 indexed records with 10,295 record images (was 86,776 records with 10,082 images), UPDATED 22-Jan-2021
England, Cornwall Parish Registers, 1538-2010 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1769414); 838,449 indexed records with 202,325 record images (was 838,449 records with 202,325 images), UPDATED 18-Jan-2021
South Africa, KwaZulu Natal, Vital Records, 1868-1976 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3511741); 208,870 indexed records with 204,635 record images (was 207,801 records with 203,698 images), UPDATED 22-Jan-2021

Virginia, Various Counties, Marriage Bonds, 1706-1901 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4016437); 2,836 indexed records with 922 record images (was 2,085 records with 446 images), UPDATED 18-Jan-2021

--- Collections with new images ---

Iowa, Records of Persons Subject to Military Duty, 1862-1910 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2821291); 5,075,771 indexed records with 107,838 record images (was 5,075,771 records with 107,833 images), last updated 03-Aug-2019
Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1307888); 1,875,674 indexed records with 1,851,310 record images (was 1,875,674 records with 1,850,774 images), last updated 30-Nov-2020
Norway, Oslo Census, 1901 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2474129); 189,540 indexed records with 8,603 record images (was 189,540 records with 6,875 images), last updated 11-Jan-2021
United States City and Business Directories, ca. 1749 - ca. 1990 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3754697); 3,869,490 indexed records with 23,473 record images (was 3,869,490 records with 12,927 images), last updated 02-Nov-2020
Spain, Aragón, Electoral Censuses, 1890-1934 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2304578); 4,972,408 indexed records with 53,004 record images (was 4,972,408 records with 25,971 images), last updated 04-Jun-2019

Texas, Gonzales County, School Records, 1910-1970 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3019663); 849,777 indexed records with 31,743 record images (was 849,777 records with 31,452 images), last updated 19-Mar-2020
Norway Census, 1801 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3733603); 878,979 indexed records with 13,261 record images (was 878,979 records with 13,207 images), last updated 19-Oct-2020
Hawaii, Death Records and Death Registers, 1841-1925 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2390846); 123,440 indexed records with 63,121 record images (was 123,440 records with 63,120 images), last updated 23-Jul-2020
Australia, Victoria, Inward Passenger Lists, 1839-1923 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2778600); 883,350 indexed records with 5,630 record images (was 883,350 records with 5,628 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 160,964 record images (was 7,926,454 records with 160,883 images), last updated 05-Oct-2020

Illinois, Chicago, Voter Registers, 1888-1892 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4116436); 598,753 indexed records with 15,455 record images (was 598,753 records with 15,454 images), last updated 23-Dec-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 652,586 images), last updated 15-Apr-2020
New York, New York, Index to Passengers Lists of Vessels, 1897-1902 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3031525); 870,652 indexed records with 857,036 record images (was 870,652 records with 856,565 images), last updated 24-Nov-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 435,363 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 19,979 record images (was 264,217 records with 19,245 images), last updated 13-Aug-2020

--- Collections with images removed ---

Australia, South Australia, School Admission Registers, 1873-1985 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2862204); 191,136 indexed records with 3,797 record images (was 191,136 records with 5,040 images), last updated 08-May-2019
New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2803479); 4,749,222 indexed records with 84,684 record images (was 4,749,222 records with 84,805 images), last updated 20-Aug-2019
California, San Francisco Chinese passenger lists, 1882-1947 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3477655); 152,389 indexed records with 4,637 record images (was 152,389 records with 6,396 images), last updated 24-Nov-2020
Find A Grave Index (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2221801); 196,661,615 indexed records with 196,661,615 record images (was 196,661,616 records with 196,661,616 images), last updated 17-Dec-2020
Finland, Tax Lists, 1809-1915 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2704794); 391,509 indexed records with 4,036 record images (was 391,509 records with 6,174 images), last updated 13-Jan-2021

Uruguay, Civil Registration Index Card, 1900-1937 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1976089); 2,555,796 indexed records with 663,123 record images (was 2,555,796 records with 665,618 images), last updated 11-Jan-2021
France, Saône-et-Loire, Census, 1836 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2721038); 545,834 indexed records with 10,178 record images (was 545,834 records with 10,183 images), last updated 10-Apr-2019
United States, Iowa Naturalization Records, 1859-1990 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3155890); 55,256 indexed records with 52,499 record images (was 55,256 records with 52,524 images), last updated 25-Aug-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 10-Dec-2020
Illinois, Church Records, 1837-1995 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2787821); 16,710 indexed records with 85 record images (was 28,599 records with 1,183 images), last updated 13-Jan-2021

Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1417491); 1,681,910 indexed records with 1,675,682 record images (was 1,681,910 records with 1,679,431 images), last updated 16-Dec-2020
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 2,277,957 record images (was 8,278,833 records with 2,315,305 images), last updated 10-Jan-2021
South Africa, Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1846-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2573604); 441,574 indexed records with 316,346 record images (was 441,574 records with 316,615 images), last updated 05-Aug-2020
United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2761958); 6,031,182 indexed records with 327,059 record images (was 6,031,182 records with 327,303 images), last updated 20-Feb-2020
Hawaii, Collector of Customs, Ships' Passenger Manifests, 1843-1900 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3463100); 527,525 indexed records with 225,986 record images (was 527,525 records with 226,446 images), last updated 06-Nov-2020

United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2968245); 6,931,032 indexed records with 5,610,973 record images (was 6,931,032 records with 5,610,978 images), last updated 09-Aug-2019

--- Collections with records removed ---

Missouri, Church Records, 1827-2004 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790252); 31,571 indexed records with 1,595 record images (was 32,025 records with 1,595 images), last updated 12-Jan-2021
Texas Birth Index, 1903-1997 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1949342); Index only (17,102,141 records), no images (was 17,102,142 records with 0 images), last updated 17-Feb-2012

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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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Friday, January 22, 2021

Genealogy News and Education Bytes -- Friday, 22 January 2021

Welcome to Genealogy News and Education Bytes, posted on Tuesday afternoon and Friday afternoon, where we try to highlight the most important genealogy and family history news and education items that came across our desktop since the last issue.    


1)  News Articles:




2)  New or Updated Record Collections:



3)  Genealogy Education -- Conferences and Institutes







4)  Genealogy Education - Seminars, Webinars and Online Classes (times are US Pacific):






*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 26 January, 11 a.m.:  Introducing Genetic Groups, by Ran Snir

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 20 January, 11 a.m.:  Genealogy Escape Room, by Thomas MacEntee

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar: Death and Burial Practices in World War I and WW II, by Rick Sayre

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar: Another 50 Websites Every Genealogist Should Know, by Gena Philibert-Ortega

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar: Tech Zone - What You Need to Know to Buy a Monitor, by Marian Pierre-Louis

5)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:


*  Fisher's Top Tips:  #243r - Cousins X Removed



6)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):

*  BYU Family History Library:  Beginning Research in Ireland - James Tanner

*  BYU Family History Library: David Rumsey Map Collection by Nicky Smith














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Findmypast Friday: New and Exclusive Catholic Church Records

  I received this from Findmypast today:

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Findmypast Friday

Explore new and exclusive Catholic records

 

This week at Findmypast, there are hundreds of thousands of new records from New York and Australia. Here are all the details on what's new and how to make the most of them.

New York Roman Catholic Parish Baptisms

Over 45,000 baptism records have been added to this important collection and you won’t find them anywhere else online. All of the new additions are from 1920 and cover over 200 churches. Check the parish list for full details of the places included.

Consisting of both images and transcripts of original sacramental registers, these records will reveal a combination of your ancestor’s birth date, baptism date, baptism location, parents’ names, parish and language.

New York Roman Catholic Parish Marriages

Unlock the details behind your Catholic ancestors’ New York nuptials with over 36,000 additional records. These transcripts and images include the couple’s names, ages, occupations, residences, birth years, the names of their parent’s as well as the date and location of their marriage.

As well as New York Catholic records, Findmypast's Catholic Heritage Archive brings you exclusives from Baltimore, Cincinnati, Chicago, Philadelphia and Toledo. Not to mention unique English and Scottish archdioceses’ collections.

Victoria Births

Was your relative born in Victoria, Australia between 1918 and 1920? Findmypast have added over 100,000 records to help you find out.

Essential for the Victoria branches of your family tree, each record can reveal your ancestor's name, birth year and place and their parents' details.

Newspapers

This week also sees Findmypast publish four brand new papers and updated nine existing titles with additional pages. Online for the first time are;
While coverage has been expanded for the following titles;
  • Weekly Dispatch (London) from 1801-1804, 1806-1807, 1814, 1817-1819, 1851, 1869, 1871-1901, 1903-1922, 1925-1933, 1935-1939 and 1941-1961
  • Manchester Evening News from 1923
  •  London Daily News from 1921 and 1939
  •  Brighouse & Rastrick Gazette from 1883-1888 and 1890-1895
  • Irvine Express from 1884
  • Warrington Examiner from 1883, 1890, 1892-1893 and 1895
  • Herald of Wales from 1890
  • Lancaster Standard and County Advertiser from 1901-1902
Findmypast’s exclusive Catholic Heritage Archive has recently unlocked new details in President Joe Biden's family tree.

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

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52 Ancestors - Week 366: #577 Ann (Moore) Hildreth (1666-1760) of Lancaster and Chelmsford, Massachusetts

Ann Moore (1666-1760) is number 577 on my Ahnentafel List, my 7th great-grandmother, who married #576 Ephraim Hildreth (1655-1731)  in 1686  in Stow, Middlesex County,  Massachusetts.

I am descended through:

*  their son #288 James Hildreth (1698-1761) who married #289 Dorothy Prescott (1702-1774) in 1721.
*  their son #144 Zachariah Hildreth (1728-1784) who married #145 Elizabeth Prescott (1734-1812) in 1753.
*  their son #72 Zachariah Hildreth (1754-1829) who married #73 Elizabth Ketyes (1759-1793) in 1777.
*  their son #36 Zachariah Hildreth (1783-1857) who married  #37 Hannah Sawtell (1789-1857)  in 1810.
*  their son #18 Edward Hildreth (1831-1899) who married #19 Sophia Newton (1834-1923) in 1852.
*  their daughter #9 Hattie Louisa Hildreth (1857-1920) who married  #8 Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922) in 1874.
*  their son #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) who married #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) in 1900.
*  their son #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) who married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)  in 1942.
*  their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)

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1)  PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
 
   
*  Name:                 Ann Moore[1,3–5]    
*  Alternate Name: Anna Moore Hildreth[6]    
*  Alternate Name: Anna Moor[9–11]    
*  Alternate Name: Anne Hildreth[2,7-8]  

*  Sex:                  Female    

*  Father:               John Moore (1628-1703)    
*  Mother:             Anne Smith (1627-1671)  

2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
 
*  Birth:                 17 July 1666, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States[1,3–6]    

*  Distribution:     12 April 1731 (age 64) husband's will proved; Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[2]    

*  Death:               about 8 April 1760 (about age 93) Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[6–8]    
*  Burial:               about 8 April 1760 (about age 93) unknown cemetery, Littleton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[6–8]  
 
3)  SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
 
*  Spouse 1:          Ephraim Hildreth (1655-1731)    
*  Marriage 1:       8 October 1686 (age 20), Stow, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[1,9-11]    

*  Child 1:            Ephraim Hildreth (1687-????)    
*  Child 2:            Joseph Hildreth (1689-1764)    
*  Child 3:            Richard Hildreth (1691-????)    
*  Child 4:            James Hildreth (1692-1696)    
*  Child 5:            Ebenezer Hildreth (1696-1762)    
*  Child 6:            James Hildreth (1698-1761)    
*  Child 7:            Jonathan Hildreth (1701-1752)    
*  Child 8:            Anna Hildreth (1705-1784)    
*  Child 9:            Thomas Hildreth (1707-1707)    
*  Child 10:          Jacob Hildreth (1709-1754)    
*  Child 11:          David Hildreth (1711-????)  
     
4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):  

 Ann Moore was born "17 5mo 1666" (17 July 1666) in Lancaster, Massachusetts, the daughter of John and Ann (Smith) Moore[1,3-6].   

Anna Moore married, at age 20, Ephraim Hildreth,as his second wife, on 8 October 1686 in Stow, Massachusetts[9-11].  Ephraim was the son of Richard and Elizabeth (--?--) Hildreth of Cambridge and Chelmsford, Massachusetts.  Ephraim and Anna had eleven children, all recorded in the Chelmsford town records[1]:

*  Ephraim Hildreth (1687-????)
*  Joseph Hildreth (1689-1764), married 1708 Deliverance Barrett (1690-1776).
*  Richard Hildreth (1691-????).
*  James Hildreth (1692-????).
*  Ebenezer Hildreth (1696-1762), married 1719 Sarah Swallow (1698-1762).
*  James Hildreth (1698-1761), married 1721 Dorothy Prescott (1702-1774).
*  Jonathan Hildreth (1701-1752), married 1738 Hannah Spaulding (1709-1758).
*  Anna Hildreth (1705-1784), married 1721 John Butterfield (1698-1766).
*  Thomas Hildreth (1707-1707).
*  Jacob Hildreth (1709-1754), married 1730 Abigail Harwood (1710-1761).
*  David Hildreth (1711-????).

They lived in the part of Chelmsford that became Westford in about 1729.

Ephraim Hildreth died testate on 5 April 1731 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, having written a will on 5 March 1730/1, which was proved on 12 April 1731[2].  His probate records are in Middlesex County Probate Records, Packet #11,316.  The will includes:
"Item  I give and bequeath to Anne my dearly beloved Wife all my houshold moveables and stuff and one cow during her natural life and after her decease to Return and Remain to my daughter Anna Butterfield as by a deed I signed to her.

"Item  I give and bequeath to my Wife all my money and Bonds which is due or owing or will becom due: and also all my Estate that I have not deeded away all Ready and two cows and four swine to her and her dispose for ever and all so one heffer two years olde to be at her dispose for ever and allso one calf to her and her dispose for ever."
On 5 February 1735, Jonathan Hildreth of Chelmsford and Nathaniel Russell of Littleton posted bond of 250 pounds to support Anna Hildreth, widow of Ephraim.  In 1752, Anna Hildreth conveyed land to Ephraim Hildreth which formerly belonged to Ephraim Hildreth Sr[1].

Anne (Moore) Hildreth died about 8 April 1760 at age 93, perhaps in Chelmsford, Westford or Littleton, and was buried in one of the old cemeteries in Littleton, according to several family history books[1,6-8].
     
5)  SOURCES

1. John Lyman Porter, Second Publication of the Hildreth Family Associaton, Genealogical and Historical Data Relating to Richard Hildreth (1605-1693), Freeman, 1643, Cambridge and Chelmsford, Mass.; Thomas Hildreth (died 1657), of Long Island, Southampton, N.Y., Including the History of the Second Generation of Hildreths in America (Hildreth Family Association, n.p., 1922)., pages 57-68, Ephraim Hildreth family sketch.

2. "Middlesex County, Mass.: Probate Papers, 1648-1871," digital images, American Ancestors (http://www.AmericanAncestors.org), Middlesex Cases 10000-11999, Probate estate file 11316 (7 images), Ephraim Hildreth estate, 1731.

3. John Plummer, "The English Origin of John Moore of Sudbury, Massachusetts,"  The American Genealogist, Volume 66, Number 2 (April 1991).

4. Henry S. Nourse (editor), The Birth, Marriage and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1643-1850 (Clinton, Mass. : W.J. Coulter, Printer, 1890), page 11, "Middlesex County Records," Ann Moore birth entry, 17 5th month 1666.

5. Dean Crawford Smith, edited by Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton, 1878-1908, Part II: The Ancestry of Amanda Spiller, 1823-1873 (Boston, Mass.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008), page 184, Ephraim Hildreth family sketch.

6. Find A Grave, indexed database and digital image,  (http://www.findagrave.com), unknown location, Littleton, Mass., Anna Moore Hildreth memorial #205115805.

7. Nora Emma Snow, The Snow-Estes Ancestry (Hillburn, N.Y.: Snow, 1939), Volume 1, page 76, #6. Ephraim Hildreth sketch, Anna Hildreth burial entry, 8 April 1760.

8. Walter Goodwin Davis, The Ancestry of Sarah Hildreth, 1773-1857, wife of Annis Spear of Litchfield Maine (Portland Me. :, Anthoensen Press, 1958), page 8, Ephraim Hildreth sketch, Anna Hildreth burial entry, 8 April 1760.

9. Vital records of Stow, Massachusetts to the year 1850 (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1911), Marriages, page 163, Ephraim Hildreth and Anna Moor entry, 8 October 1686.

10. "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com, accessed 22 February 2014), "Stow, Births, Marriages and Deaths," page 218 (image 113 of 962), Ephraim Hildreth and Anna Moor marriage entry, 8 October 1686.

11. Dean Crawford Smith, edited by Melinde Lutz Sanborn, The Ancestry of Eva Belle Kempton, 1878-1908, Part II: The Ancestry of Amanda Spiller, 1823-1873, page 184, Ephraim Hildreth family sketch, Ephraim Hildreth and Anna Moor marriage entry, 1686.

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NOTE:  In 2014, Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post  52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog.  I have extended this theme in 2021 for an eighth year to 416 Ancestors in 416 Weeks.  The list of 52 Ancestors biographies from my great-grandparents to the 7th great-grandparents (in work) is in   https://www.geneamusings.com/p/ancestor-biographies.html.

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