Saturday, February 19, 2022

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- The Stars of Your WDYTYA? Show

  Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: 

 It's Saturday Night again - 

time for some more Genealogy Fun!!



Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to:


1) Pretend that you are one of the subjects on the Who Do You Think You Are? show on television.

2) Which of your ancestors (maximum of two) would be featured on your hour-long show? What stories would be told, and what places would you visit?

3) Tell us about it on your own blog, in comments to this blog post, or in a Note or Comment on Facebook.


Here's mine:

1) Pretend that you are one of the subjects on the Who Do You Think You Are? show on NBC TV.

Okay - the charming and personable, yet humble, star of this week's WDYTYA? show is none other than the little-known Chula Vista, California geneablogger, genealogist and family historian, Randy Seaver!

2) Which of your ancestors (maximum of two) would be featured on your hour-long show? What stories would be told, and what places would you visit?

a)  The life of Devier James Lamphear Smith (1839-1894) would be told in its entirety, highlighting:

* An adopted child of Ranslow and Mary (Bell) Smith in Jefferson County, NY. Who were the his birth parents?  Maybe they could figure it out!

* Moving with his family to Dodge County, Wisconsin, and growing up in his father's "Four Mile House" hotel and working in his own livery business.  
* The "Four Mile House" hotel that Devier grew up in Dodge County, Wisconsin is a living history museum building at Old World Wisconsin in Eagle, Wisconsin.

Officially changes his name from Lamphear to Smith after his adoptive father writes his will.

* After the railroad comes to town, he moves with his wife and young children to Taylor County, Iowa, then to Andrew County, Missouri, then to Concordia, Cloud County, Kansas, and finally to McCook, Red Willow County, Nebraska. In these years, several more children are born, and several children die. He proves his father's will in Andrew County, Missouri.

* Starts a livery business in McCook, but is also an inventor, a snake-oil salesman, horse trader,  and a land speculator.

* Buys land in Wano, Cheyenne County, Kansas and builds a ranch. His daughters star in prairie melodramas in a small playhouse, which leads to the wedding of darling daughter Della to Austin Carringer. Writes family information in the family Bible.

* Dies in McCook and is buried there.

I would visit all of the above named places, plus the Family History Library and the Wisconsin State Historical Society. I hope that the professional genealogists, sparing no expense, would find the names of Devier's birth parents.  Perhaps they would use DNA to find the birth parents.

b)  The life of John Kemp (1723-1795) would be told in its' entirety, including:

*  Birth in Maryland to unknown Kemp parents.

*  Move to Schenectady, New York, and marriage to widow Anna (Van Vorst) vander Bogart in 1759.  Resides in Ballston, New York.  They had five children. 

*  Did he serve in the English military during the French and Indian War?

*  When the Revolutionary War breaks out, John serves in Kings Rangers on the Loyalist side.

*  Move to Fredericksburg, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario.  Dies there.  

I would visit all of the named places, plus libraries or archives in New York and Ontario.  I hope that the professional genealogists, sparing no expense, would find the names of John's birth parents, and be able to expand the information about the French and Indian War and Kings Rangers.  Hopefully, they would also identify the parents and ancestry of Sarah Fletcher, who married John Kemp's grandson, Abraham Kemp in 1806.

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Copyright (c) 2022, Randall J. Seaver

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Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 12 to 18 February 2022

 The following record collections were listed on the Recently Added and Updated List on Ancestry.com during the period from  12 through 18 February 2022:

The ADDED and Updated record collections are:

Brazil, Find a Grave Index, 1800s-Current; indexed records without record images, Updated 2/18/2022

Germany, Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current; indexed records without record images, Updated 2/18/2022

* Norway, Find a Grave Index, 1800s-Current; indexed records without record images, Updated 2/18/2022

Italy, Find a Grave Index, 1800s-Current; indexed records without record images, Updated 2/18/2022

Global, Find a Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current; indexed records without record images, Updated 2/18/2022

Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave Index, 1800s-Current; indexed records without record images, Updated 2/18/2022

Canada, Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current; indexed records without record images, Updated 2/18/2022

Mexico, Find a Grave Index, 1800s-Current; indexed records without record images, Updated 2/18/2022

Gloucestershire, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1974; indexed records with record images, Updated 2/18/2022

UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current; indexed records without record images, Updated 2/18/2022

Springfield, Missouri, U.S., St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Employee Cards, 1940-1980; indexed records with record images, ADDED 2/17/2022

Sweden, Find a Grave Index, 1800s-Current; indexed records without record images, Updated 2/17/2022

U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current; indexed records without record images, Updated 2/17/2022

Massachusetts, U.S., Compiled Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1700-1850; indexed records with record images, Updated 2/16/2022

American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI); indexed records without record images, Updated 2/16/2022

Kraków, Poland, ID Card Applications for Jews During World War II, 1940-1941 (USHMM); indexed records without record images, Updated 2/15/2022

Ukraine, Applications for ID for the Citizens of Stanislav, 1939-1945 (USHMM); indexed records without record images, Updated 2/15/2022

Poland, Łódź Ghetto Inhabitant Lists, 1939-1944 (USHMM); indexed records without record images, Updated 2/15/2022

South Carolina, U.S., Death Records, 1821-1970; indexed records with record images, Updated 2/15/2022

Stanislav, Ukraine (Poland), List of Residents by Street, 1939-1945 (USHMM); indexed records without record images, Updated 2/14/2022

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

By my count, there were 1 NEW collections ADDED this past week, per the list above.  There are now 33,121 collections available as of 18 February, an increase of  1 from last week.   

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Disclosure: I receive 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.

The URL for this post is:  https://www.geneamusings.com/2022/02/added-and-updated-ancestrycom-record_01373656890.html

Copyright (c) 2022, Randall J. Seaver

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Added and Updated FamilySearch.org Record Collections - Week of 12 through 18 February 2022

   I am keeping track of the new and updated historical record collections at FamilySearch   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list) every week.

As of 18 February 2022, there are 3,074 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 3 from last week):

The new and updated collections this week from FamilySearch are:

--- Collections Deleted ---

*  North Dakota and South Dakota Naturalization Records, 1851-1883 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3241319); 492 indexed records with 492 record images, DELETED

*  North Dakota, Naturalization Records, 1868-1924 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3241359); 1,878 indexed records with 1,878 record images, DELETED

--- Collections Added   ---

*  England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4439317); 3,382,168 indexed records with 3,382,168 record images, ADDED 17-Feb-2022

*  Ukraine, Dnipro Church Books, 1780-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3753994); 817,176 indexed records with 817,176 record images, ADDED 18-Feb-2022

*  Gibraltar, Church Records, 1704-1848    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4453925); 23,616 indexed records with 23,616 record images, ADDED 14-Feb-2022

*  South Africa, Johannesburg, Cemetery Records, 1840-2019 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4453927); 499 indexed records with 499 record images, ADDED 18-Feb-2022

--- Collections Updated ---

Brazil, Bahia, Civil Registration, 1877-1976    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3694028); 272,425 indexed records with 263,222 record images (was 245,643 records with 236,530 images), UPDATED 18-Feb-2022
New Jersey, Death Index, 1901-1903; 1916-1929   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2843410); 751,571 indexed records with 5,552 record images (was 749,814 records with 5,540 images), UPDATED 16-Feb-2022
South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1478678); 695,159 indexed records with 45,728 record images (was 690,071 records with 45,728 images), UPDATED 18-Feb-2022
Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3479702); 700,628 indexed records with 291,963 record images (was 693,541 records with 289,381 images), UPDATED 18-Feb-2022
United States City and Business Directories, ca. 1749 - ca. 1990        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3754697); 63,206,461 indexed records with 366,738 record images (was 40,849,391 records with 220,316 images), UPDATED 15-Feb-2022

Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1674807); Index only (665,103 records), no images (was 665,054 records with 0 images), UPDATED 17-Feb-2022
Argentina, Buenos Aires, Catholic Church Records, 1635-1981     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1972912); 4,614,243 indexed records with 978,396 record images (was 4,610,236 records with 978,396 images), UPDATED 14-Feb-2022
Costa Rica, Catholic Church Records, 1595-1992  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1460016); 3,422,165 indexed records with 962,203 record images (was 3,399,929 records with 962,203 images), UPDATED 18-Feb-2022
Paraguay, Military Records, 1870-1965   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2506770); 213,803 indexed records with 212,640 record images (was 200,395 records with 199,244 images), UPDATED 18-Feb-2022
Virginia, Library of Virginia State Archive, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1853-1900    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4231103); 2,059,553 indexed records with 107,894 record images (was 2,058,679 records with 107,458 images), UPDATED 14-Feb-2022

Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1949    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1462519); Index only (3,415,562 records), no images (was 3,415,559 records with 0 images), UPDATED 12-Feb-2022
Mexico, Veracruz, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1978    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1883382); 6,435,875 indexed records with 2,563,917 record images (was 4,533,361 records with 2,563,917 images), UPDATED 18-Feb-2022
England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3734475); 5,452,777 indexed records with 324,017 record images (was 5,353,474 records with 318,575 images), UPDATED 18-Feb-2022
Chile, Catholic Church Records, 1633-2015       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3405096); 6,772,572 indexed records with 829,207 record images (was 6,767,426 records with 825,478 images), UPDATED 18-Feb-2022
El Salvador Catholic Church Records, 1655-1977  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1919582); 1,886,189 indexed records with 592,191 record images (was 1,879,327 records with 592,191 images), UPDATED 18-Feb-2022

India, Madras Diocese Protestant Church Records, 1743-1990      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2174941); 76,383 indexed records with 39,904 record images (was 71,136 records with 39,904 images), UPDATED 18-Feb-2022
Denmark, Århus Municipal Census, 1885   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4375576); 18,551 indexed records with 1,394 record images (was 3,146 records with 243 images), UPDATED 18-Feb-2022
South Africa, KwaZulu Natal, Vital Records, 1868-1976   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3511741); 299,590 indexed records with 614,948 record images (was 631,594 records with 609,236 images), UPDATED 18-Feb-2022
Uruguay Civil Registration, 1879-1930   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837849); Index only (384,490 records), no images (was 380,202 records with 0 images), UPDATED 18-Feb-2022
United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2333694); 29,761,753 indexed records with 46,885,461 record images (was 29,761,753 records with 46,885,461 images), UPDATED 17-Feb-2022

Brazil, Sergipe, Catholic Church Records, 1785-1994     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177298); 451,323 indexed records with 273,847 record images (was 319,300 records with 273,847 images), UPDATED 12-Feb-2022
Ecuador, Catholic Church Records, 1565-2011     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1923402); 5,918,618 indexed records with 1,454,787 record images (was 5,878,106 records with 1,454,787 images), UPDATED 14-Feb-2022
Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1999178); 203,086 indexed records with 2,280,204 record images (was 84,721 records with 2,280,204 images), UPDATED 17-Feb-2022
Puerto Rico, Catholic Church Records, 1645-1969 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1807092); 3,200,777 indexed records with 191,547 record images (was 3,197,231 records with 191,547 images), UPDATED 14-Feb-2022
Argentina, Catamarca, Civil Registration, 1888-2000     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4328763); 12,821 indexed records with 12,689 record images (was 10,332 records with 10,210 images), UPDATED 18-Feb-2022

Portugal, Setúbal, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1911   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1935451); 201,227 indexed records with 829,309 record images (was 200,717 records with 829,309 images), UPDATED 18-Feb-2022
Brazil, São Paulo, Catholic Church Records, 1640-2012   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177299); 2,433,272 indexed records with 1,610,067 record images (was 1,327,889 records with 1,610,067 images), UPDATED 14-Feb-2022
Brazil, Maranhão, Catholic Church Records, 1673-1962    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177273); 28,192 indexed records with 41,812 record images (was 28,170 records with 41,812 images), UPDATED 16-Feb-2022
Colombia, Catholic Church Records, 1576-2018    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1726975); 21,167,782 indexed records with 12,659,776 record images (was 21,118,512 records with 12,659,776 images), UPDATED 18-Feb-2022
Brazil, Bahia, Passenger Lists, 1855-1964       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1928179); 1,885,136 indexed records with 38,990 record images (was 1,029,376 records with 38,990 images), UPDATED 16-Feb-2022

Hawaii, Registrar of Bureau of Conveyances, Deed Records, 1846-1900     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3478266); 15,493 indexed records with 9,909 record images (was 10,963 records with 7,200 images), UPDATED 14-Feb-2022
South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1468076); 874,228 indexed records with 355,318 record images (was 860,618 records with 355,318 images), UPDATED 18-Feb-2022
Brazil, Pernambuco, Catholic Church Records, 1762-2002  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177293); 3,026,437 indexed records with 578,073 record images (was 1,963,232 records with 578,073 images), UPDATED 14-Feb-2022
Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Catholic Church Records, 1738-1952   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177295); 175,279 indexed records with 184,012 record images (was 95,705 records with 184,012 images), UPDATED 11-Feb-2022
Brazil, Rio Grande do Norte, Catholic Church Records, 1788-1967 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177294); 1,277,337 indexed records with 54,182 record images (was 969,325 records with 54,182 images), UPDATED 14-Feb-2022

England, Northumberland Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1920        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3648677); 339,160 indexed records with 37,959 record images (was 331,231 records with 37,238 images), UPDATED 18-Feb-2022
Brazil, Santa Catarina, Catholic Church Records, 1714-1977      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177296); 594,109 indexed records with 166,596 record images (was 543,730 records with 166,596 images), UPDATED 14-Feb-2022
Grenada Births and Baptisms, 1866-1891  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1520618); Index only (76,906 records), no images (was 55,026 records with 0 images), UPDATED 18-Feb-2022
Brazil, Ceará, Catholic Church Records, 1725-1971       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2175764); 1,383,871 indexed records with 774,950 record images (was 1,227,365 records with 774,950 images), UPDATED 16-Feb-2022
Bolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1922463); 8,532,646 indexed records with 1,649,601 record images (was 8,392,900 records with 1,649,601 images), UPDATED 18-Feb-2022

Brazil, Bahía, Catholic Church Records, 1598-2007       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177272); 1,338,754 indexed records with 368,634 record images (was 743,556 records with 368,634 images), UPDATED 16-Feb-2022
Scotland, Lanarkshire Church Records, 1823-1967 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4453939); 15,300 indexed records with 575 record images (was 13,239 records with 495 images), UPDATED 18-Feb-2022
Mexico, Puebla, Catholic Church Records, 1545-1977      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837906); 7,080,762 indexed records with 6,124,553 record images (was 7,074,883 records with 6,124,553 images), UPDATED 18-Feb-2022
New York State Census, 1855     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1937366); 2,817,765 indexed records with 49,719 record images (was 2,817,765 records with 49,719 images), UPDATED 15-Feb-2022
Spain, Catholic Church Records, 1307-1985       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1784529); 8,535,300 indexed records with 3,008,340 record images (was 8,492,682 records with 3,008,340 images), UPDATED 14-Feb-2022

Brazil, Minas Gerais, Catholic Church Records, 1706-1999        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177275); 2,399,686 indexed records with 930,569 record images (was 2,357,035 records with 930,569 images), UPDATED 16-Feb-2022
United States Census, 1900      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1325221); 76,479,141 indexed records with 1,602,454 record images (was 76,479,141 records with 1,602,454 images), UPDATED 15-Feb-2022
Peru, Catholic Church Records, 1603-1992        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1877097); 18,798,759 indexed records with 4,192,353 record images (was 18,934,477 records with 4,192,353 images), UPDATED 18-Feb-2022
Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1927197); 1,920,078 indexed records with 212,640 record images (was 1,920,075 records with 212,640 images), UPDATED 17-Feb-2022
Venezuela, Catholic Church Records, 1577-1995   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1951777); 19,044,249 indexed records with 1,899,876 record images (was 18,996,427 records with 1,899,876 images), UPDATED 18-Feb-2022

France, Saône-et-Loire, Parish and Civil Registration, 1530-1892        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2840171); 7,227,810 indexed records with 1,972,111 record images (was 7,227,322 records with 1,922,391 images), UPDATED 18-Feb-2022
Peru, Cusco, Civil Registration, 1889-1997      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1987564); 797,878 indexed records with 942,817 record images (was 797,792 records with 942,817 images), UPDATED 18-Feb-2022
California, Los Angeles, Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery/Crematory Records, 1884-2002 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3583819); 345,394 indexed records with 193,174 record images (was 343,801 records with 193,144 images), UPDATED 16-Feb-2022
Denmark, Århus Municipal Census, 1896   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4371875); 4,288 indexed records with 311 record images (was 4,288 records with 311 images), UPDATED 16-Feb-2022
Brazil, Paraíba, Catholic Church Records, 1731-2013     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177286); 3,162,567 indexed records with 788,492 record images (was 2,695,274 records with 788,492 images), UPDATED 14-Feb-2022

Samoa, Vital Records, 1846-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4016424); 68,454 indexed records with 255,402 record images (was 66,853 records with 245,064 images), UPDATED 18-Feb-2022
Brazil, Paraná, Catholic Church Records, 1704-2008      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177282); 264,877 indexed records with 138,743 record images (was 161,840 records with 138,743 images), UPDATED 14-Feb-2022
Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016197); 517,690 indexed records with 1,038,133 record images (was 511,641 records with 1,038,133 images), UPDATED 18-Feb-2022
England and Wales Census, 1871  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1538354); Browse 1,281,291 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 1,281,291 images), UPDATED 18-Feb-2022
Brazil, Pará, Catholic Church Records, 1930-1976        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177288); 242,926 indexed records with 103,313 record images (was 228,163 records with 103,313 images), UPDATED 14-Feb-2022

Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2060668); 6,604,441 indexed records with 2,513,517 record images (was 4,988,953 records with 2,513,517 images), UPDATED 16-Feb-2022
South Africa, Reformed Church Records, 1856-1988        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1918294); 224 indexed records with 40,337 record images (was 0 records with 40,337 images), UPDATED 18-Feb-2022
Paraguay, Asunción, Cemetery Records, 1842-2011 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2026205); 10,156 indexed records with 66,809 record images (was 6,022 records with 66,809 images), UPDATED 18-Feb-2022
Canada, Ontario Tax Assessment Rolls, 1834-1899 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4130007); 5,117,377 indexed records with 268,928 record images (was 3,774,415 records with 192,257 images), UPDATED 16-Feb-2022
Dominican Republic Civil Registration, 1801-2010        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1619814); 2,129,624 indexed records with 3,416,801 record images (was 2,094,271 records with 3,416,801 images), UPDATED 14-Feb-2022

England, Lincolnshire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1574-1885        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4149576); 100,321 indexed records with 41,650 record images (was 96,790 records with 38,124 images), UPDATED 18-Feb-2022
Montana Naturalization Records, 1868-1999       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2173973); 23,398 indexed records with 54,964 record images (was 81,314 records with 54,964 images), UPDATED 14-Feb-2022
Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2134304); 795,942 indexed records with 2,733 record images (was 795,781 records with 2,733 images), UPDATED 17-Feb-2022
RecordAGrave Index      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3757633); 140,280 indexed records with 140,280 record images (was 140,280 records with 140,280 images), UPDATED 16-Feb-2022

--- Collections with new images ---

France, Hautes-Alpes, Census, 1856      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2820771); 203,898 indexed records with 4,202 record images (was 203,898 records with 3,026 images), last updated 28-Jan-2022
United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2968245); 6,931,032 indexed records with 5,610,992 record images (was 6,931,032 records with 5,608,169 images), last updated 09-Aug-2019
England, Cambridgeshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1538-1983 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1465708); 1,108,130 indexed records with 113,289 record images (was 1,108,130 records with 111,620 images), last updated 29-Sep-2021
England, Cumbria Parish Registers, 1538-1990    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3154704); 1,387,969 indexed records with 56,498 record images (was 1,387,969 records with 54,417 images), last updated 15-Sep-2020
Germany, Rhineland, Diocese of Trier, Catholic Church Records, 1704-1957        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790268); 2,967,130 indexed records with 294,149 record images (was 2,967,130 records with 285,065 images), last updated 03-Nov-2020

--- Collections with images removed ---

Finland, Tax Lists, 1809-1915   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2704794); 711,675 indexed records with 9,367 record images (was 711,675 records with 12,231 images), last updated 08-Feb-2022
French Polynesia, Civil Registration, 1780-1999 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2549721); 69,467 indexed records with 76,242 record images (was 69,467 records with 106,691 images), last updated 02-Feb-2022
Uruguay, Passenger Lists, 1888-1980     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2691993); 3,641,119 indexed records with 157,638 record images (was 3,641,119 records with 157,673 images), last updated 19-Nov-2020
Hawaii, Collector of Customs, Ships' Passenger Manifests, 1843-1900     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3463100); 527,525 indexed records with 225,090 record images (was 527,525 records with 226,446 images), last updated 06-Nov-2020

--- Collections with records removed ---

England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2285732); Index only (95,810,888 records), no images (was 95,810,894 records with 0 images), last updated 09-Oct-2014
Vermont Vital Records, 1760-2008        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2075288); 1,974,175 indexed records with 1,162,117 record images (was 1,974,176 records with 1,162,117 images), last updated 19-Aug-2020
Argentina, Santa Fe, Catholic Church Records, 1634-1975 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974196); 799,515 indexed records with 424,329 record images (was 807,153 records with 424,329 images), last updated 13-Dec-2021

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My friend and SDGS colleague, Marshall, provides this list to me from a program he wrote that compares the current FamilySearch 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, February 18, 2022

Genealogy News and Education Bytes -- Friday, 18 February 2022

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 - Friday, 18 February, 11 a.m.:  Genealogical Gold in British Columbia, by Dave Obee

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 22 February, 11 a.m.:   Printing Charts and Books on MyHeritage, by Uri Gonen

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  It Goes with the Territory! Find Your Ancestors in Pre-statehood Records, by Alice Hoyt Veen

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  The perfect back up plan for you: Backblaze, by Andy Klein

5)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts/Radio Shows:



6)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube and Facebook):



*  BYU Family History Library:  Introduction to AmericanAncestors.org - James Tanner







*  Lisa Louise Cooke Genealogy Gems:  How I Document My Family History with Shotbox


*  MyHeritage:  Introducing DNA Labels

*  The New York Genealogical & Biographical Society:  Exploring the NYG&B Online Collections

7)  Did you miss the last post in this series -  Genealogy News and Education Bytes - 15 February 2022?

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