Saturday, April 10, 2021

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - The Games Your Family Played

 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)  Think about the games that your whole family would play when you were a child. 

2)  Tell us about one (or more) of them - what was it called, what were the rules (as you remember them), who played the game, where did you play the game, who usually won?
  

3)  Tell us about it in your own blog post, in a comment to this post, or in a Facebook Status post.  
Please leave a link in a comment to this post.

Here's mine:

The game was called GHOST.  I don't know why!  You went around the table spelling English words one letter at a time, with a minimum of four letters.  The words had to be in the dictionary.  If you spelled a complete valid word, then you got a point.  The winner of the game was the one with the fewest points at the end of the game (which was usually when my father wanted to stop to do some work at his desk).  A player could challenge the spelling of the previous player, who had to pronounce and spell the complete word s/he was thinking of.  If they could, then the challenger got the point.  If they couldn't, then the one challenged got the point. 

We (my family of four) played GHOST almost every night after dinner at the dinner table for several years when I was aged 12 to 15 (and my brother was aged 9 to 12).  This was a great game to help us with spelling and it got us reading the dictionary for hours searching for interesting words.  It also gave us some family time in the late 1950s before we all were addicted to the evening television shows. 

My strategy was to find unique words in the dictionary that I could "hang" on one of the other family members.  for instance, if someone started a new word with "b" then I would say "d" and the family had to spell "bdellium."  If they started with "m" then I would say "n" and the word had to be "mnemonic." If someone started a new word with "g" then I would say "h" and the family had to spell "ghost" or "ghoul."

Eventually, we got around to finding and spelling "antidisestablishmentarianism," "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis" (I remembered the first parts, but had to look it up!) and other long words, but we had to be careful not to spell a complete word within the longer word - like "antidisestablishment."  We experimented in later years with being able to add two letters in order to avoid spelling a valid word.  I loved to try to get my father to spell the valid word, and he would usually try to bluff his way through.  I tried to avoid getting my mother, but didn't mind getting my brother. 

Challenging had a strategy too - if I knew I was going to get hung with a word ending, I would try to bluff everyone by confidently saying a letter and hoping that I wouldn't be challenged.  Of course, this usually broke down into arguments satisfied only by the one challenged looking the word up in the dictionary. 

I searched for the GHOST game and found this Wikipedia entry, which describes the basic game and several variants.

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Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 3 to 9 April 2021

 The following record collections were listed on the Recently Added and Updated List on Ancestry.com during the period from  3 to 9 April 2021:

The ADDED and Updated record collections are:

U.S., Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865; indexed records with record images, ADDED    4/8/2021

Danish West Indies, Birth, Marriage and Death Records, 1820-1909; indexed records with record images, ADDED 4/8/2021

Danish West Indies, Records and Documents Relating to General Governance, 1755-1916; indexed records with record images, ADDED 4/8/2021

Danish West Indies Census, 1841-1901; indexed records with record images, ADDED 4/8/2021

1910 United States Federal Census; indexed records with record images, Updated 4/8/2021

Iowa, Grand Army of the Republic Membership Records, 1861-1949; indexed records with record images, ADDED 4/8/2021

North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers, 1779-1782; indexed records with record images,   ADDED 4/8/2021

Arkansas Confederate Soldier Home, 1890-1963; indexed records with record images, ADDED    4/8/2021

Danish West Indies, Denmark, Records of Enslaved People, 1672-1917; indexed records with record images, Updated 4/8/2021

Arkansas Ex-Confederate Pension Records, 1891-1939; indexed records with record images, ADDED 4/8/2021

Danish West Indies, Records Relating to Enslaved People, 1625-1904; indexed records with record images, ADDED 4/8/2021

Box Butte County, Nebraska, U.S., Funeral Home Records, 1919-1976; indexed records without record images, ADDED 4/7/2021

Nebraska, U.S., Index to Deaths, 1904-1955; indexed records with record images, ADDED    4/7/2021

Missouri, U.S., Death Certificates, 1910-1962; indexed records without record images, Updated 4/7/2021

Nebraska, U.S., Index to Marriages, 1909-1955; indexed records with record images, ADDED    4/7/2021

Nebraska, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1855-1908; indexed records with record images, Updated 4/7/2021

1870 United States Federal Census; indexed records with record images, Updated 4/6/2021

Cardiff, Wales, Index to Police Constabulary Registers, 1904-1920; indexed records without record images, ADDED 4/5/2021

Glamorganshire, Wales, Glamorgan County Ayslum Records, 1845-1920; indexed records with record images, ADDED 4/5/2021

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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 32,957 collections available as of 9 April, an increase of  14 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.

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Added and Updated FamilySearch.org Record Collections - Week of 3 to 9 April 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 9 April 2021, there are 2,981 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 7 from last week):

New and updated collections this week from FamilySearch are:

--- Collections Added   ---

*  France, Eure, Census, 1836      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3463558); 27,963 indexed records with 27,963 record images, ADDED 05-Apr-2021

*  Kentucky, Voter Registers and Registration Books, 1904-1935     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4132034); 16,713 indexed records with 16,713 record images, ADDED 06-Apr-2021

*  Montana, Military Discharge Records, 1917-1953  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4149587); 2,234 indexed records with 2,234 record images, ADDED 06-Apr-2021

*  Hawaii, Registrar of Bureau of Conveyances, Deed Records, 1846-1900     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3478266); 1,004 indexed records with 1,004 record images, ADDED 07-Apr-2021

*  Vanuatu, Vital Records, 1900-2001       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3734433); 3 indexed records with 3 record images, ADDED 05-Apr-2021

*  Italy, Lecce, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1901-1941     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2310702); Index only, no images, ADDED 07-Apr-2021

*  Colorado, Manitou Springs, Voter Records, 1935-1962     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4133829); 4,822 indexed records with 4,822 record images, ADDED 08-Apr-2021

--- Collections Updated ---

Iowa, Marriage Records, 1941-1951       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4127799); 13,151 indexed records with 249,088 record images (was 39,192 records with 249,088 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2021
New Jersey, Death Index, 1901-1903; 1916-1929   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2843410); 256,043 indexed records with 2,175 record images (was 255,889 records with 2,174 images), UPDATED 03-Apr-2021
Iowa Marriages, 1809-1992       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1674842); Index only (192,790 records), no images (was 192,790 records with 0 images), UPDATED 09-Apr-2021
South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1478678); 424,794 indexed records with 45,728 record images (was 416,709 records with 45,728 images), UPDATED 09-Apr-2021
United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2761958); 6,031,182 indexed records with 327,307 record images (was 6,031,182 records with 327,307 images), UPDATED 09-Apr-2021

Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3479702); 455,467 indexed records with 194,191 record images (was 448,813 records with 191,697 images), UPDATED 09-Apr-2021
Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1925428); 214,227 indexed records with 16,188 record images (was 212,592 records with 16,188 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2021
Wisconsin, County Naturalization Records, 1807-1992     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2046887); 937,081 indexed records with 1,135,393 record images (was 922,615 records with 1,135,393 images), UPDATED 05-Apr-2021
Papua New Guinea, Vital Records, 1867-2000      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2114430); 87,381 indexed records with 65,041 record images (was 71,747 records with 51,838 images), UPDATED 09-Apr-2021
Iowa, Church and Civil Births and Baptisms, 1837-1987   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2366597); 91,582 indexed records with 8,242 record images (was 91,582 records with 8,242 images), UPDATED 09-Apr-2021

Portugal, Porto, Catholic Church Records, 1535-1949     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1913408); 347,373 indexed records with 1,207,157 record images (was 344,856 records with 1,207,157 images), UPDATED 06-Apr-2021
England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3734475); 1,706,907 indexed records with 111,341 record images (was 1,680,896 records with 109,442 images), UPDATED 09-Apr-2021
Sweden, Örebro Church Records, 1613-1918; index 1635-1860       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1647578); 614,774 indexed records with 647,469 record images (was 608,487 records with 647,469 images), UPDATED 05-Apr-2021
South Africa, Civil Death Registration, 1955-1966       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3732506); 1,226,708 indexed records with 1,226,124 record images (was 1,226,521 records with 1,225,937 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2021
El Salvador Catholic Church Records, 1655-1977  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1919582); 863,288 indexed records with 592,191 record images (was 857,296 records with 592,191 images), UPDATED 09-Apr-2021

South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1468076); 656,456 indexed records with 355,318 record images (was 656,281 records with 355,318 images), UPDATED 05-Apr-2021
Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3418468); 683,075 indexed records with 13,233 record images (was 681,875 records with 13,194 images), UPDATED 09-Apr-2021
Iowa, Church and Civil Deaths, 1845-1987        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2366613); 21,153 indexed records with 7,627 record images (was 21,153 records with 7,627 images), UPDATED 09-Apr-2021
United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2333694); 30,047,338 indexed records with 46,885,461 record images (was 30,047,340 records with 46,885,461 images), UPDATED 09-Apr-2021
Jamaica, Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1827268); 435,112 indexed records with 37,199 record images (was 430,792 records with 37,199 images), UPDATED 06-Apr-2021

Mexico, Distrito Federal, Catholic Church Records, 1514-1970    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1615259); 4,049,588 indexed records with 4,263,289 record images (was 2,887,860 records with 4,263,289 images), UPDATED 07-Apr-2021
England, Hertfordshire, Marriage Bonds, 1682-1837       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4149578); 1,940 indexed records with 1,939 record images (was 1,784 records with 1,783 images), UPDATED 09-Apr-2021
England, Lincolnshire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1574-1885        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4149576); 70,695 indexed records with 12,397 record images (was 70,248 records with 12,279 images), UPDATED 09-Apr-2021
England, Lancashire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1746-1799  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4149574); 1,499 indexed records with 1,499 record images (was 1,213 records with 1,213 images), UPDATED 09-Apr-2021
Samoa, Vital Records, 1846-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4016424); 13,065 indexed records with 26,058 record images (was 13,063 records with 23,291 images), UPDATED 09-Apr-2021

Germany, Saxony, Church Book Indexes, 1500-1900 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2399108); 98,160 indexed records with 31,456 record images (was 94,932 records with 34,005 images), UPDATED 03-Apr-2021
England, Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1642-1996       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3648679); 131,226 indexed records with 48,776 record images (was 130,299 records with 48,564 images), UPDATED 09-Apr-2021
Maryland, Church Records, 1668-1995     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2385204); 87,260 indexed records with 27,644 record images (was 87,260 records with 27,644 images), UPDATED 07-Apr-2021
Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1410397); 4,919,130 indexed records with 1,259,299 record images (was 4,919,130 records with 1,259,299 images), UPDATED 06-Apr-2021
Washington, County Divorce Records, 1852-1950   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1930340); 76,770 indexed records with 127,147 record images (was 76,570 records with 127,147 images), UPDATED 09-Apr-2021

Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1949    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1462519); Index only (3,401,343 records), no images (was 3,369,839 records with 0 images), UPDATED 09-Apr-2021
French Polynesia, Civil Registration, 1780-1999 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2549721); 63,129 indexed records with 69,771 record images (was 62,997 records with 54,489 images), UPDATED 03-Apr-2021
Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2531337); 933,998 indexed records with 475,273 record images (was 958,868 records with 475,273 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2021
Missouri, Pre-WWII Adjutant General Enlistment Contracts, 1900-1941     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2576872); 578,334 indexed records with 607,070 record images (was 529,577 records with 607,070 images), UPDATED 07-Apr-2021
New York, Church Records, 1660-1954     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2787817); 126,657 indexed records with 6,354 record images (was 126,657 records with 6,339 images), UPDATED 07-Apr-2021

England, Northumberland Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1920        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3648677); 302,881 indexed records with 20,038 record images (was 299,624 records with 19,698 images), UPDATED 09-Apr-2021
South Africa, KwaZulu Natal, Vital Records, 1868-1976   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3511741); 272,787 indexed records with 265,340 record images (was 262,389 records with 255,177 images), UPDATED 09-Apr-2021
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Census, 1984  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3288450); 907,140 indexed records with 165,622 record images (was 834,422 records with 152,449 images), UPDATED 06-Apr-2021
Illinois, Military Discharge Records, ca.1862 - ca.1965 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4113738); 18,436 indexed records with 7,418 record images (was 17,008 records with 2,869 images), UPDATED 05-Apr-2021
Austria, Carinthia, Gurk Diocese, Catholic Church Records, 1527-1986    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2718009); 182,291 indexed records with 26,252 record images (was 174,104 records with 40,073 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2021

Mexico, México, Catholic Church Records, 1567-1970      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837908); 2,917,771 indexed records with 4,823,124 record images (was 917,760 records with 4,823,124 images), UPDATED 09-Apr-2021
Massachusetts, Births, 1636-1924        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2400643); 354,112 indexed records with 332,250 record images (was 354,076 records with 332,214 images), UPDATED 07-Apr-2021
Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915, 1921-1924      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1463156); 5,477,411 indexed records with 830,893 record images (was 5,369,695 records with 830,893 images), UPDATED 09-Apr-2021
Mexico, Hidalgo, Catholic Church Records, 1546-1971     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1804358); 3,222,702 indexed records with 1,750,627 record images (was 3,192,076 records with 1,750,627 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2021
Michigan, Saginaw County, Biographical Card File, ca. 1830-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3733440); 1,941 indexed records with 15,825 record images (was 1,941 records with 15,481 images), UPDATED 09-Apr-2021

Germany, Prussia, Pomerania, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1544-1966    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3665083); 1,011,691 indexed records with 578,075 record images (was 261,714 records with 221,000 images), UPDATED 05-Apr-2021
France, Saône-et-Loire, Parish and Civil Registration, 1530-1892        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2840171); 7,213,472 indexed records with 1,969,536 record images (was 7,212,822 records with 1,969,431 images), UPDATED 09-Apr-2021
California, Los Angeles, Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery/Crematory Records, 1884-2002 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3583819); 332,946 indexed records with 192,937 record images (was 332,733 records with 192,920 images), UPDATED 04-Apr-2021
Iowa, Military Discharge Records, ca.1862 - ca.1976     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4114270); 170,766 indexed records with 54,899 record images (was 129,419 records with 44,761 images), UPDATED 06-Apr-2021
England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3155913); 1,351,229 indexed records with 105,392 record images (was 1,342,352 records with 104,660 images), UPDATED 09-Apr-2021

Germany, Prussia, East Prussia, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1551-1992 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4110912); 2,470,787 indexed records with 589,017 record images (was 2,375,594 records with 569,841 images), UPDATED 07-Apr-2021
Mexico, Nayarit, Catholic Church Records, 1596-1967     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1883377); 106,493 indexed records with 499,694 record images (was 9,515 records with 499,694 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2021
Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Diocese of Mainz, Catholic Church Records, 1540-1952     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4127803); 2,256,494 indexed records with 273,949 record images (was 2,190,371 records with 267,989 images), UPDATED 06-Apr-2021
Germany, Prussia, West Prussia, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1537-1981 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4111605); 4,995,626 indexed records with 591,749 record images (was 4,737,769 records with 552,086 images), UPDATED 07-Apr-2021
Uruguay Civil Registration, 1879-1930   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837849); Index only (250,885 records), no images (was 249,898 records with 0 images), UPDATED 09-Apr-2021

Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016197); 445,139 indexed records with 1,038,133 record images (was 443,409 records with 1,038,133 images), UPDATED 09-Apr-2021
Washington Voting Records, 1876-1940    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3754702); 143,893 indexed records with 15,940 record images (was 142,487 records with 13,825 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2021
Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1943    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2134304); 423,019 indexed records with 2,733 record images (was 415,705 records with 2,733 images), UPDATED 09-Apr-2021
Massachusetts, Church Records, 1630-1943        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2787822); 6,606 indexed records with 472 record images (was 6,606 records with 332 images), UPDATED 07-Apr-2021
England, Essex Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1971 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3584542); 99,351 indexed records with 11,456 record images (was 98,608 records with 11,366 images), UPDATED 09-Apr-2021

Iowa Births and Christenings, 1830-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1674820); Index only (424,362 records), no images (was 424,362 records with 0 images), UPDATED 09-Apr-2021
Maine, Church Records, 1734-1907        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2787824); 57,125 indexed records with 2,722 record images (was 57,125 records with 2,694 images), UPDATED 07-Apr-2021
Iowa, Iowa City, Voter Registers, 1897-1904     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4132312); 60,329 indexed records with 92 record images (was 16,199 records with 720 images), UPDATED 07-Apr-2021
Zambia, Archdiocese of Lusaka, Church Records, 1950-2015        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3736255); 152,761 indexed records with 13,829 record images (was 149,420 records with 13,211 images), UPDATED 09-Apr-2021
Iowa, Birth Records, 1921-1942  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2849548); 35,336 indexed records with 741,019 record images (was 743,126 records with 741,019 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2021

--- Collections with new images ---

Uruguay, Passenger Lists, 1888-1980     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2691993); 3,641,119 indexed records with 155,838 record images (was 3,641,119 records with 147,425 images), last updated 19-Nov-2020
New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2803479); 4,749,222 indexed records with 84,805 record images (was 4,749,222 records with 69,579 images), last updated 20-Aug-2019
Sweden, Stockholm City Archives, Index to Church Records, 1546-1927     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2057674); 1,076,174 indexed records with 71,392 record images (was 1,076,174 records with 60,534 images), last updated 01-Dec-2020
Finland, Tax Lists, 1809-1915   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2704794); 462,610 indexed records with 7,392 record images (was 462,610 records with 6,044 images), last updated 02-Apr-2021
Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3015626); 3,537,384 indexed records with 13,096,678 record images (was 3,537,384 records with 13,096,662 images), last updated 20-Jan-2021

Hawaii, Collector of Customs, Ships' Passenger Manifests, 1843-1900     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3463100); 527,525 indexed records with 226,446 record images (was 527,525 records with 226,445 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 5,610,978 record images (was 6,931,032 records with 5,601,679 images), last updated 09-Aug-2019

--- Collections with images removed ---

Nebraska, Naturalization Records, 1855-1989     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3241361); 144,058 indexed records with 140,356 record images (was 144,058 records with 140,784 images), last updated 13-May-2020
Australia, South Australia, School Admission Registers, 1873-1985       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2862204); 191,136 indexed records with 4,660 record images (was 191,136 records with 5,040 images), last updated 08-May-2019
Uruguay, Civil Registration Index Card, 1900-1937       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1976089); 2,585,769 indexed records with 657,995 record images (was 2,585,769 records with 669,750 images), last updated 26-Mar-2021
Mississippi, Voter Registration, 1871-1967      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3308840); 312,339 indexed records with 8,689 record images (was 312,339 records with 11,461 images), last updated 16-Jan-2021
Montana, County Voting Records, 1884-1992       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3757185); 596,952 indexed records with 53,808 record images (was 596,952 records with 58,914 images), last updated 30-Mar-2021

Paraguay, Military Records, 1870-1965   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2506770); 54,371 indexed records with 52,359 record images (was 54,371 records with 53,353 images), last updated 25-Mar-2021
Michigan Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2632078); 39,479 indexed records with 2,527 record images (was 39,479 records with 2,530 images), last updated 16-Nov-2018
Germany, Rhineland, Diocese of Trier, Catholic Church Records, 1704-1957        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790268); 2,967,130 indexed records with 303,308 record images (was 2,967,130 records with 307,298 images), last updated 03-Nov-2020
Germany, Prussia, Saxony, Census Lists, 1770-1934       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2780641); 520,313 indexed records with 31,160 record images (was 520,313 records with 42,395 images), last updated 25-Mar-2021
France, Rhône, Military Registration Cards, 1865-1932   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3007175); 332,001 indexed records with 314,126 record images (was 332,001 records with 331,111 images), last updated 29-Mar-2021

Texas, Various Counties, Military Discharge Records, 1916-1990  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3734716); 41,043 indexed records with 8,558 record images (was 41,043 records with 18,012 images), last updated 10-Mar-2021

--- Collections with new records ---

Mexico, Durango, Catholic Church Records, 1604-1985     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1554576); 235,028 indexed records with 504,812 record images (was 127,796 records with 504,812 images), last updated 02-Apr-2021

--- 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
Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1743384); 4,915,854 indexed records with 1,231,203 record images (was 4,915,855 records with 1,231,203 images), last updated 15-Jan-2020
United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2199956); Index only (875,610,423 records), no images (was 875,610,427 records with 0 images), last updated 19-Aug-2020
Venezuela, Archdiocese of Mérida, Catholic Church Records, 1654-2015    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1417520); 1,384,386 indexed records with 1,154,003 record images (was 1,384,387 records with 1,154,003 images), last updated 02-Jan-2018
Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2370234); 2,509,917 indexed records with 137,344 record images (was 2,509,919 records with 137,344 images), last updated 19-Dec-2018

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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, April 9, 2021

Genealogy News and Education Bytes -- Friday, 9 April 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




*  We Are Open! The 51st Jamboree Conference! (4-5 and 11-12 June 2021)



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





*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 13 April, 11 a.m.:  The new and improved Legacy Family Tree Webinars website, by Daniel Horowitz and Geoff Rasmussen

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 14 April, 5 p.m.: Jewish Genealogy with JewishGen.org, by Deborah J. Kroopkin

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Four More Sources for New Zealand Family History, by Fiona Brooker

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  DNA For Dog Lovers, by Shellee Morehead

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Tech Zone - Saving Websites to Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, by Gena Philibert Ortega

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Tech Zone - Searching Internet Archive's Wayback Machine, by Gena Philibert Ortega

5)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Ancestral Findings: AF-471: Florida: American Folklore #9

6)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):







*  Family Connections Experiment:  Gift Giving Using the 5 Love Languages


*  Family History Ron:  Q&A with Family History Ron

*  FamilySearch:  4 Next Steps for Your DNA




*  Genealogy Quick Start:  LIVE: Naturalization & Estate Records





*  Lisa Louise Cooke's Genealogy Gems:  The 1950 Census for Genealogy





7)  Did you miss the last post in this series -  Genealogy News and Education Bytes - 6 April 2021?

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