Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Four Things!

  It's Saturday Night - 

time for more Genealogy Fun! 

Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible music here) is to:

1)  Let's have some genealogy fun tonight and answer some family history-related questions with four responses (Four Things!).

2)  Share your answers with us in your own blog, in a Facebook or Instagram post, or in the comments on this blog post.  Please leave a link to anything you post elsewhere in a comment.

Here's mine:

Four names I go by:

1. Randy

2. Honey/Hubby

3. Dad

4. Grandpa

Four places I've lived (resided):

1. Chula Vista CA

2. San Diego CA

3. Huntington Beach CA (occasionally)

4. Santa Cruz, CA (occasionally)

Four ancestral places I have been:

1. Mercer County, Pennsylvania

2. Boston and all New England states!

3. Trowbridge and Hilperton in Wiltshire!

4. Voss, Norway! (Linda's place)

Four interesting places I have been:

1. Tornio and Helsinki, Finland

2. Sydney and Cairns, Australia

3. Fiji

4. Guatemala, Costa Rica and Panama

Four favorite ancestors:

1. Devier J. Lamphier Smith (1839-1894)

2. Lyle Lawrence Carringer (1891-1976)

3. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901).

4. James Richman/Richmond (1821-1912)

Four favorite genealogy record collections:

1. Probate records

2. Social Security applications and claims

3. Church baptism, marriage and burial records

4. Historical newspapers

What are your responses?

Hat tip to Diane Gould Hall Pat Richley-Erickson (DearMYRTLE) who posted similar questions in 2016 on Facebook.

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Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 2 to 8 April 2022

 The following record collections were listed on the Recently Added and Updated List on Ancestry.com during the period from  26 March to 1 April 2022:

The ADDED and Updated record collections are:

*  1950 United States Federal Census; indexed records with record images, Updated 4/8/2022

*  Latvia Census and Resident Registers, 1854-1897; indexed records with record images, Updated 4/5/2022

*  Germany, Military Killed in Action, 1939-1948; indexed records with record images, Updated 4/5/2022

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

By my count, there were 0 NEW collections ADDED this past week, per the list above.  There are now 33,141 collections available as of 8 April, 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.

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Copyright (c) 2022, Randall J. Seaver

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Added and Updated FamilySearch.org Record Collections - Week of 2 to 8 April 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 8 April 2022, there are 3,090 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 0 from last week):

The new and updated collections this week from FamilySearch are:

--- Updated Collections ---

Argentina, Buenos Aires, Catholic Church Records, 1635-1981     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1972912); 4,629,553 indexed records with 978,396 record images (was 4,629,552 records with 978,396 images), UPDATED 06-Apr-2022
Argentina, Catamarca, Civil Registration, 1888-2000     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4328763); 18,260 indexed records with 18,293 record images (was 12,821 records with 12,603 images), UPDATED 04-Apr-2022
Argentina, Chaco, Civil Registration, 1889-1946 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4450393); 46 indexed records with 46 record images (was 18 records with 18 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2022
Belgium, Antwerp, Civil Registration, 1588-1913 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2138481); 702,524 indexed records with 3,208,709 record images (was 695,674 records with 3,208,709 images), UPDATED 07-Apr-2022
Bolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1922463); 8,806,414 indexed records with 1,649,601 record images (was 8,712,237 records with 1,649,601 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2022

Brazil, Cemetery Records, 1850-2021     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2137269); 729,079 indexed records with 150,972 record images (was 729,005 records with 150,972 images), UPDATED 07-Apr-2022

Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3479702); 725,558 indexed records with 302,800 record images (was 722,349 records with 301,257 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2022
Brazil, Paraná, Civil Registration, 1852-1996   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016194); 2,277,236 indexed records with 1,689,031 record images (was 2,266,269 records with 1,689,031 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2022
Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016197); 537,124 indexed records with 1,037,638 record images (was 533,876 records with 1,037,638 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2022
California, Los Angeles, Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery/Crematory Records, 1884-2002 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3583819); 359,868 indexed records with 193,437 record images (was 358,359 records with 193,410 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2022

Canada Census, 1871     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1551612); Index only (3,519,941 records), no images (was 3,519,941 records with 0 images), UPDATED 07-Apr-2022
Chile, Catholic Church Records, 1633-2015       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3405096); 6,821,064 indexed records with 837,532 record images (was 6,814,484 records with 836,728 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2022
Chile, Cemetery Records, 1821-2015      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1428897); 1,694,090 indexed records with 3,675,058 record images (was 1,659,392 records with 3,675,058 images), UPDATED 07-Apr-2022
Colombia, Catholic Church Records, 1576-2018    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1726975); 22,555,824 indexed records with 12,659,776 record images (was 22,554,749 records with 12,659,776 images), UPDATED 06-Apr-2022
Costa Rica, Catholic Church Records, 1595-1992  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1460016); 3,583,675 indexed records with 962,203 record images (was 3,583,646 records with 962,203 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2022

El Salvador Catholic Church Records, 1655-1977  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1919582); 1,949,387 indexed records with 592,191 record images (was 1,941,495 records with 592,191 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2022
England, Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1642-1996       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3648679); 138,539 indexed records with 50,003 record images (was 137,938 records with 49,961 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2022
England, Lancashire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1647-1996    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3656808); 731,284 indexed records with 54,923 record images (was 695,461 records with 52,096 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2022
England, Lincolnshire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1574-1885        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4149576); 122,807 indexed records with 64,128 record images (was 118,639 records with 59,960 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2022
England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3734475); 5,761,662 indexed records with 342,137 record images (was 5,761,662 records with 342,137 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2022

England, Northumberland Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1920        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3648677); 434,273 indexed records with 47,002 record images (was 414,050 records with 45,329 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2022
France, Saône-et-Loire, Parish and Civil Registration, 1530-1892        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2840171); 7,232,516 indexed records with 1,973,019 record images (was 7,231,873 records with 1,972,794 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2022
Hungary Civil Registration, 1895-1980   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1452460); 1,883,964 indexed records with 5,864,285 record images (was 1,860,135 records with 5,864,285 images), UPDATED 06-Apr-2022
India, Madras Diocese Protestant Church Records, 1743-1990      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2174941); 120,751 indexed records with 39,904 record images (was 112,305 records with 39,904 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2022
Mexico, Coahuila, Catholic Church Records, 1627-1978    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1502401); 1,543,096 indexed records with 393,502 record images (was 1,539,816 records with 393,502 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2022

Mexico, Oaxaca, Catholic Church Records, 1559-1988      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1909191); 9,507,083 indexed records with 3,458,764 record images (was 9,504,008 records with 3,458,764 images), UPDATED 04-Apr-2022
Mexico, Puebla, Catholic Church Records, 1545-1977      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837906); 7,146,594 indexed records with 6,124,553 record images (was 7,135,600 records with 6,124,553 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2022
Mexico, Querétaro, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1970   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1881200); 2,348,417 indexed records with 1,380,077 record images (was 2,345,339 records with 1,380,077 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2022
Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Civil Registration, 1811-1950       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2020117); 1,791,206 indexed records with 6,635,049 record images (was 1,778,076 records with 6,635,049 images), UPDATED 06-Apr-2022
New York, Birth Indexes outside of New York City, 1881-1942     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4460198); 6,655 indexed records with 1,315 record images (was 4,666 records with 373 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2022

Nicaragua Civil Registration, 1809-2013 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1601210); 2,480,439 indexed records with 2,591,542 record images (was 2,443,233 records with 2,591,542 images), UPDATED 04-Apr-2022
Paraguay, Asunción, Cemetery Records, 1842-2011 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2026205); 67,490 indexed records with 66,809 record images (was 57,322 records with 66,809 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2022
Paraguay, Military Records, 1870-1965   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2506770); 231,389 indexed records with 230,213 record images (was 213,803 records with 202,864 images), UPDATED 04-Apr-2022
Peru, Arequipa, Civil Registration, 1860-1976   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2224533); 67,345 indexed records with 24,048 record images (was 65,987 records with 24,048 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2022
Peru, Catholic Church Records, 1603-1992        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1877097); 20,498,836 indexed records with 4,192,353 record images (was 20,485,890 records with 4,192,353 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2022

Peru, Junín, Civil Registration, 1881-2005      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2114428); 1,556,462 indexed records with 1,116,809 record images (was 1,556,424 records with 1,116,809 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2022
Peru, Puno, Civil Registration, 1890-2005       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1979428); 1,376,969 indexed records with 1,509,870 record images (was 1,376,891 records with 1,509,870 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2022
Portugal, Setúbal, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1911   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1935451); 427,818 indexed records with 829,309 record images (was 427,611 records with 829,309 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2022
Puerto Rico, Catholic Church Records, 1645-1969 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1807092); 3,201,613 indexed records with 191,547 record images (was 3,200,841 records with 191,547 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2022
Romania, Civil Registration, 1865-1903  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4325043); 318 indexed records with 145 record images (was 299 records with 135 images), UPDATED 07-Apr-2022

Samoa, Vital Records, 1846-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4016424); 84,234 indexed records with 332,568 record images (was 84,234 records with 325,106 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2022
Scotland, Lanarkshire Church Records, 1823-1967 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4453939); 17,898 indexed records with 681 record images (was 17,881 records with 680 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2022
South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1468076); 1,021,209 indexed records with 355,318 record images (was 992,547 records with 355,318 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2022
South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1478678); 757,395 indexed records with 45,728 record images (was 748,262 records with 45,728 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2022
South Africa, Johannesburg, Cemetery Records, 1840-2019 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4453927); 232,405 indexed records with 12,107 record images (was 215,972 records with 10,268 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2022

South Africa, KwaZulu Natal, Vital Records, 1868-1976   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3511741); 326,447 indexed records with 654,816 record images (was 324,832 records with 648,880 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2022
South Africa, Reformed Church Records, 1856-1988        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1918294); 2,063 indexed records with 40,337 record images (was 1,142 records with 40,337 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2022
South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Marriages, 1870-1930     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2727134); 267,198 indexed records with 265,207 record images (was 265,095 records with 253,519 images), UPDATED 07-Apr-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 08-Apr-2022
Uruguay Civil Registration, 1879-1930   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837849); Index only (400,872 records), no images (was 398,641 records with 0 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2022

Venezuela Civil Registration, 1873-2003 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1823609); 672,509 indexed records with 586,312 record images (was 665,474 records with 586,312 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2022
Venezuela, Catholic Church Records, 1577-1995   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1951777); 19,167,204 indexed records with 1,899,876 record images (was 19,165,935 records with 1,899,876 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2022

--- Collections with new images ---

California Deaths and Burials, 1776-2000        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3518938); 585,672 indexed records with 60,746 record images (was 585,672 records with 60,094 images), last updated 03-Feb-2020
England, Cumbria Parish Registers, 1538-1990    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3154704); 1,387,969 indexed records with 59,978 record images (was 1,387,969 records with 56,498 images), last updated 15-Sep-2020
Finland, Tax Lists, 1809-1915   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2704794); 761,345 indexed records with 13,112 record images (was 761,345 records with 12,191 images), last updated 29-Mar-2022
France, Hautes-Alpes, Census, 1856      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2820771); 228,720 indexed records with 4,631 record images (was 228,720 records with 4,416 images), last updated 24-Mar-2022
New York, Church Records, 1660-1954     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2787817); 127,105 indexed records with 6,354 record images (was 127,105 records with 6,314 images), last updated 07-Apr-2021

South Africa, Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1846-1950   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2573604); 441,574 indexed records with 316,415 record images (was 441,574 records with 315,947 images), last updated 05-Aug-2020

--- Collections with images removed ---

Australia, Albany, Inward Passenger Lists, 1873-1924    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4451678); 16,590 indexed records with 1 record images (was 16,590 records with 216 images), last updated 30-Mar-2022
Australia, South Australia, Immigrants Ship Papers, 1849-1940   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2613135); 578,819 indexed records with 23,031 record images (was 578,819 records with 23,080 images), last updated 18-Feb-2021
French Polynesia, Civil Registration, 1780-1999 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2549721); 69,669 indexed records with 55,437 record images (was 69,669 records with 99,140 images), last updated 29-Mar-2022
Germany, Rhineland, Diocese of Trier, Catholic Church Records, 1704-1957        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790268); 2,967,130 indexed records with 260,659 record images (was 2,967,130 records with 307,288 images), last updated 03-Nov-2020
Hawaii, Collector of Customs, Ships' Passenger Manifests, 1843-1900     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3463100); 527,525 indexed records with 226,394 record images (was 527,525 records with 226,446 images), last updated 06-Nov-2020

Iceland Church Census, 1744-1965        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2697871); 1,633,217 indexed records with 39,904 record images (was 1,633,217 records with 46,527 images), last updated 18-Jan-2022
Sweden, Stockholm City Archives, Index to Church Records, 1546-1927     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2057674); 1,130,261 indexed records with 61,930 record images (was 1,130,261 records with 70,696 images), last updated 28-Mar-2022
United States, Enlisted and Officer Muster Rolls and Rosters, 1916-1939 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3346936); 76,938,809 indexed records with 2,717,393 record images (was 76,938,809 records with 2,717,586 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 5,608,758 record images (was 6,931,032 records with 5,610,992 images), last updated 09-Aug-2019

--- Collections with records removed ---

Brazil, São Paulo, Civil Registration, 1925-1995        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2765317); 15,484,002 indexed records with 15,919,701 record images (was 15,484,003 records with 15,919,701 images), last updated 10-Mar-2022
California Birth Index, 1905-1995       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2001879); Index only (24,589,463 records), no images (was 24,589,464 records with 0 images), last updated 01-Mar-2012
United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2199956); Index only (875,610,276 records), no images (was 875,610,283 records with 0 images), last updated 19-Aug-2020

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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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