Saturday, July 23, 2022

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Best or Important Image or Document Recently Found Online

   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)  What is the best or important image or document that you have recently found online? [Thank you to Linda Stufflebean for suggesting topics!]

2)  Write your own blog post, or add your response as a comment to this blog post, in a Facebook Status post or note.

Here's mine:

I will assume that "recently" means in the past month or so.  

The only recent document or image I can think of is the article "The English Ancestry of Roger1 Willis of Dorchester and Sudbury, Massachusetts, and His Sister Mary Willis, Wife of William1  Peacock of Roxbury, Massachusetts, and of Samuel Shears of Dedham and Wrentham, Massachusetts" by Randy A. West.

This article is in Volume 176, number 2 (Spring 2022), page 179 of the New England Historical and  Genealogical Register.  It extends my Willis English ancestry back two more generations from 8th great-grandfather Roger Willis (1635-1700).

Once in awhile NEHGR or TAG (The American Genealogist) covers one of my ancestors in excellent detail based on original sources.  This is usually research that I cannot perform at this point in my life.  I download the article, peruse it, check some of the source citations if I can find them online, and add the new information to my RootsMagic family tree database.  In this case, this article extended my Willis line two more generations back from Roger Willis (1635-1700).  I subscribe to AmericanAncestors.org for that reason.

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Added and Updated FamilySearch.org Record Collections - Week of 16 to 22 July 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 22 July 2022, there are 3,127 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 2 from last week):

The new and updated collections this week from FamilySearch are:

--- Collections Deleted ---

Ireland, Prison Registers, 1798-1928    (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4279963); 3,127,594 indexed records with 3,127,594 record images, DELETED

--- Collections Added   ---

*  Iowa, Evangelical Lutheran Church, Vital Records, 1866-1919     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4166196); 1,441 indexed records with 1,441 record images, ADDED 19-Jul-2022

*  Italy, Sassari, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1803-1942       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4464417); 314 indexed records with 314 record images, ADDED 22-Jul-2022

--- Collections Updated ---

Argentina, Chaco, Civil Registration, 1889-1946 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4450393); 13,346 indexed records with 13,243 record images (was 10,985 records with 10,884 images), UPDATED 22-Jul-2022
Argentina, Corrientes, Catholic Church Records, 1734-1977       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974183); 412,612 indexed records with 207,943 record images (was 409,315 records with 207,943 images), UPDATED 20-Jul-2022
Argentina, Jujuy, Catholic Church Records, 1662-1975    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974186); 113,017 indexed records with 69,981 record images (was 109,977 records with 69,981 images), UPDATED 20-Jul-2022
Argentina, San Juan, Catholic Church Records, 1655-1975 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974194); 145,561 indexed records with 83,087 record images (was 139,847 records with 83,087 images), UPDATED 20-Jul-2022
Australia, Western Australia, Fremantle, Inward Passenger Lists, 1890-1911      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4461589); 365,061 indexed records with 11,681 record images (was 363,576 records with 11,640 images), UPDATED 19-Jul-2022

Bolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1922463); 9,122,293 indexed records with 1,649,601 record images (was 9,061,158 records with 1,649,601 images), UPDATED 22-Jul-2022
Brazil, Bahia, Civil Registration, 1877-1976    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3694028); 279,472 indexed records with 270,254 record images (was 279,472 records with 270,254 images), UPDATED 22-Jul-2022
Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3479702); 774,890 indexed records with 323,989 record images (was 767,752 records with 321,485 images), UPDATED 22-Jul-2022
Brazil, Paraná, Civil Registration, 1852-1996   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016194); 2,498,444 indexed records with 1,689,031 record images (was 2,489,910 records with 1,689,031 images), UPDATED 22-Jul-2022
Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Civil Registration, 1860-2006        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3741255); 1,511,310 indexed records with 774,489 record images (was 1,502,009 records with 768,887 images), UPDATED 22-Jul-2022

Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016197); 573,773 indexed records with 1,037,638 record images (was 571,463 records with 1,037,638 images), UPDATED 22-Jul-2022
Chile, Catholic Church Records, 1633-2015       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3405096); 7,184,029 indexed records with 890,380 record images (was 7,184,001 records with 887,265 images), UPDATED 22-Jul-2022
Chile, Cemetery Records, 1821-2015      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1428897); 1,770,250 indexed records with 3,675,058 record images (was 1,736,144 records with 3,675,058 images), UPDATED 22-Jul-2022
Chile, Civil Registration, 1885-1932    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1630787); 4,579,085 indexed records with 1,623,199 record images (was 4,577,448 records with 1,623,199 images), UPDATED 20-Jul-2022

Colombia, Catholic Church Records, 1576-2018    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1726975); 24,598,872 indexed records with 12,659,776 record images (was 24,577,102 records with 12,659,776 images), UPDATED 22-Jul-2022
Costa Rica, Catholic Church Records, 1595-1992  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1460016); 3,905,481 indexed records with 962,203 record images (was 3,903,480 records with 962,203 images), UPDATED 21-Jul-2022
Croatia, Church Books, 1516-1994        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2040054); 2,983,756 indexed records with 1,421,761 record images (was 2,983,737 records with 1,421,761 images), UPDATED 22-Jul-2022
Cuba, Church Records, 1584-1960 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4375851); 191,536 indexed records with 41,707 record images (was 191,477 records with 41,707 images), UPDATED 22-Jul-2022
El Salvador Catholic Church Records, 1655-1977  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1919582); 2,175,695 indexed records with 592,191 record images (was 2,170,700 records with 592,191 images), UPDATED 22-Jul-2022

England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2451051); Index only (8,570,957 records), no images (was 8,325,044 records with 0 images), UPDATED 18-Jul-2022
England, Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1642-1996       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3648679); 172,491 indexed records with 57,931 record images (was 157,682 records with 55,924 images), UPDATED 22-Jul-2022
England, Lancashire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1647-1996    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3656808); 1,470,380 indexed records with 98,167 record images (was 1,469,734 records with 89,308 images), UPDATED 22-Jul-2022
England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3734475); 5,902,951 indexed records with 354,427 record images (was 5,870,487 records with 353,463 images), UPDATED 22-Jul-2022
Finland, Passport Registers, 1900-1920  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4139415); 64,565 indexed records with 1,149 record images (was 56,406 records with 1,464 images), UPDATED 19-Jul-2022

Finland, Tax Lists, 1809-1915   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2704794); 806,632 indexed records with 13,801 record images (was 787,574 records with 9,656 images), UPDATED 18-Jul-2022
French Polynesia, Civil Registration, 1780-1999 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2549721); 69,802 indexed records with 121,204 record images (was 69,679 records with 109,323 images), UPDATED 18-Jul-2022
Guatemala, Alta Verapaz, Civil Registration, 1877-1994  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2102016); 588,684 indexed records with 17,770 record images (was 588,625 records with 17,770 images), UPDATED 22-Jul-2022
Guatemala, Chimaltenango, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2114423); 563,599 indexed records with 3,075 record images (was 558,264 records with 3,075 images), UPDATED 18-Jul-2022
Guatemala, Chiquimula, Civil Registration, 1877-2008    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790265); 245,667 indexed records with 167,679 record images (was 242,733 records with 166,657 images), UPDATED 18-Jul-2022

Guatemala, El Progreso, Civil Registration, 1877-1994   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2451040); 152,664 indexed records with 103,502 record images (was 152,645 records with 103,502 images), UPDATED 18-Jul-2022
Guatemala, Escuintla, Civil Registration, 1877-1994     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2392700); 393,613 indexed records with 2,355 record images (was 393,600 records with 2,355 images), UPDATED 18-Jul-2022
Guatemala, Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-2006     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2075150); 2,358,241 indexed records with 1,486 record images (was 2,275,460 records with 1,486 images), UPDATED 18-Jul-2022
Guatemala, Jutiapa, Civil Registration, 1877-1994       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2274798); 293,907 indexed records with 36,732 record images (was 293,203 records with 36,732 images), UPDATED 18-Jul-2022
Guatemala, Quetzaltenango, Civil Registration, 1877-1994        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2274796); 715,613 indexed records with 41,022 record images (was 698,753 records with 41,022 images), UPDATED 18-Jul-2022

Guatemala, Quiché, Civil Registration, 1877-1994        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2274794); 515,892 indexed records with 70,397 record images (was 513,034 records with 70,397 images), UPDATED 18-Jul-2022
Guatemala, Retalhuleu, Civil Registration, 1877-1994    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2422976); 281,854 indexed records with 550 record images (was 275,783 records with 550 images), UPDATED 18-Jul-2022
Guatemala, Sacatepéquez, Civil Registration, 1877-1994  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2274791); 222,365 indexed records with 63 record images (was 210,487 records with 63 images), UPDATED 18-Jul-2022
Guatemala, Santa Rosa, Civil Registration, 1877-1994    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2274788); 258,286 indexed records with 97,101 record images (was 255,542 records with 97,101 images), UPDATED 18-Jul-2022
Guatemala, Sololá, Civil Registration, 1877-1994        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2444805); 295,470 indexed records with 70,746 record images (was 284,046 records with 70,746 images), UPDATED 18-Jul-2022

Guatemala, Suchitepéquez, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2274785); 403,575 indexed records with 1,312 record images (was 384,234 records with 1,312 images), UPDATED 18-Jul-2022
Guatemala, Totonicapán, Civil Registration, 1930-2008   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2268582); 353,580 indexed records with 228,852 record images (was 348,519 records with 227,818 images), UPDATED 18-Jul-2022
Guatemala, Zacapa, Civil Registration, 1877-1994        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2284386); 155,339 indexed records with 18,271 record images (was 147,096 records with 18,271 images), UPDATED 18-Jul-2022
Honduras, Civil Registration, 1841-1968 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2135627); 532,109 indexed records with 337,976 record images (was 531,611 records with 337,976 images), UPDATED 22-Jul-2022
Hungary Civil Registration, 1895-1980   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1452460); 3,035,946 indexed records with 5,864,285 record images (was 1,953,339 records with 5,864,285 images), UPDATED 18-Jul-2022

India, Madras Diocese Protestant Church Records, 1743-1990      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2174941); 251,601 indexed records with 39,904 record images (was 234,410 records with 39,904 images), UPDATED 22-Jul-2022
Italy, Ravenna, Ravenna, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1947700); 1,099 indexed records with 1,759,182 record images (was 636 records with 1,759,182 images), UPDATED 22-Jul-2022
Mexico, Coahuila, Catholic Church Records, 1627-1978    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1502401); 1,581,812 indexed records with 393,502 record images (was 1,581,696 records with 393,502 images), UPDATED 22-Jul-2022
Mexico, Oaxaca, Catholic Church Records, 1559-1988      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1909191); 9,831,482 indexed records with 3,458,764 record images (was 9,758,586 records with 3,458,764 images), UPDATED 20-Jul-2022
Mexico, Puebla, Catholic Church Records, 1545-1977      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837906); 7,362,373 indexed records with 6,124,553 record images (was 7,349,688 records with 6,124,553 images), UPDATED 22-Jul-2022

Mexico, Querétaro, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1970   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1881200); 2,622,070 indexed records with 1,380,077 record images (was 2,604,530 records with 1,380,077 images), UPDATED 22-Jul-2022
Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Civil Registration, 1811-1950       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2020117); 1,855,687 indexed records with 6,635,049 record images (was 1,843,142 records with 6,635,049 images), UPDATED 21-Jul-2022
New Jersey, Reclaim the Records, Geographic Birth Index, 1901-1929      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4461588); 1,880,840 indexed records with 30,881 record images (was 1,857,429 records with 30,532 images), UPDATED 22-Jul-2022
New York State Census, 1905     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1463113); 7,575,511 indexed records with 111,177 record images (was 7,575,511 records with 111,177 images), UPDATED 18-Jul-2022
New York, Birth Indexes outside of New York City, 1881-1942     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4460198); 640,519 indexed records with 77,065 record images (was 640,458 records with 76,740 images), UPDATED 22-Jul-2022

Nicaragua, Catholic Church Records, 1740-1960   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1494432); 807,297 indexed records with 86,119 record images (was 806,423 records with 86,119 images), UPDATED 22-Jul-2022
Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1614804); 5,779,918 indexed records with 1,547,844 record images (was 5,779,918 records with 1,547,844 images), UPDATED 19-Jul-2022
Paraguay, Asunción, Cemetery Records, 1842-2011 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2026205); 235,819 indexed records with 66,809 record images (was 235,819 records with 66,809 images), UPDATED 22-Jul-2022
Paraguay, Catholic Church Records, 1754-2015    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1922527); 2,045,290 indexed records with 373,775 record images (was 2,044,048 records with 373,775 images), UPDATED 22-Jul-2022
Peru, Arequipa, Catholic Church Records, 1660-2020      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4447275); 55,171 indexed records with 13,824 record images (was 55,171 records with 13,832 images), UPDATED 21-Jul-2022

Peru, Arequipa, Civil Registration, 1860-1976   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2224533); 71,888 indexed records with 24,048 record images (was 71,888 records with 24,048 images), UPDATED 22-Jul-2022
Peru, Catholic Church Records, 1603-1992        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1877097); 21,578,056 indexed records with 4,192,353 record images (was 21,257,602 records with 4,192,353 images), UPDATED 22-Jul-2022
Peru, Cusco, Civil Registration, 1889-1997      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1987564); 807,938 indexed records with 942,817 record images (was 807,938 records with 942,817 images), UPDATED 22-Jul-2022
Peru, Diocese of Huaraz, Catholic Church Records, 1641-2016     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2787829); 1,054,204 indexed records with 241,117 record images (was 1,051,430 records with 240,625 images), UPDATED 20-Jul-2022
Peru, Junín, Civil Registration, 1881-2005      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2114428); 1,556,474 indexed records with 1,116,809 record images (was 1,556,474 records with 1,116,809 images), UPDATED 22-Jul-2022

Peru, Prelature of Yauyos-Cañete-Huarochirí, Catholic Church Records, 1665-2018 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3460240); 585,661 indexed records with 291,414 record images (was 585,661 records with 291,414 images), UPDATED 22-Jul-2022
Portugal, Setúbal, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1911   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1935451); 883,210 indexed records with 829,309 record images (was 883,016 records with 829,309 images), UPDATED 22-Jul-2022
Puerto Rico, Catholic Church Records, 1645-1969 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1807092); 3,204,980 indexed records with 191,547 record images (was 3,204,161 records with 191,547 images), UPDATED 22-Jul-2022
Puerto Rico, San Juan, Cemetery Records, 1888-1988      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4376727); 42,617 indexed records with 16,088 record images (was 38,222 records with 12,896 images), UPDATED 20-Jul-2022
Samoa, Vital Records, 1846-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4016424); 91,685 indexed records with 435,520 record images (was 91,681 records with 426,967 images), UPDATED 22-Jul-2022

South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1468076); 1,597,613 indexed records with 355,318 record images (was 1,491,841 records with 355,318 images), UPDATED 22-Jul-2022
South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1478678); 818,404 indexed records with 45,728 record images (was 791,714 records with 45,728 images), UPDATED 21-Jul-2022
South Africa, KwaZulu Natal, Vital Records, 1868-1976   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3511741); 417,306 indexed records with 770,388 record images (was 395,916 records with 753,951 images), UPDATED 22-Jul-2022
South Africa, Reformed Church Records, 1856-1988        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1918294); 17,792 indexed records with 40,337 record images (was 17,792 records with 40,337 images), UPDATED 19-Jul-2022
Spain, Catholic Church Records, 1307-1985       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1784529); 10,282,438 indexed records with 3,008,340 record images (was 8,750,459 records with 3,008,340 images), UPDATED 22-Jul-2022

Sweden, Västerbotten Church Records, 1619-1896; index, 1688-1860        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1979430); 374,131 indexed records with 170,304 record images (was 368,454 records with 170,304 images), UPDATED 20-Jul-2022
Switzerland, Fribourg, Census, 1880     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2142779); 121,889 indexed records with 48,947 record images (was 113,615 records with 48,947 images), UPDATED 15-Jul-2022
Ukraine, Odesa Census Records 1897      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2380520); 135,640 indexed records with 67,250 record images (was 135,640 records with 67,250 images), UPDATED 18-Jul-2022
Uruguay Civil Registration, 1879-1930   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837849); Index only (443,669 records), no images (was 440,742 records with 0 images), UPDATED 22-Jul-2022
Venezuela Civil Registration, 1873-2003 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1823609); 859,287 indexed records with 586,312 record images (was 851,438 records with 586,312 images), UPDATED 22-Jul-2022

Venezuela, Archdiocese of Caracas, Catholic Church Records, 1638-2020   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4465438); 789 indexed records with 394 record images (was 56 records with 28 images), UPDATED 22-Jul-2022
Venezuela, Catholic Church Records, 1577-1995   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1951777); 19,413,737 indexed records with 1,899,876 record images (was 19,279,838 records with 1,899,876 images), UPDATED 20-Jul-2022
Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4149585); 141,060 indexed records with 6,629 record images (was 105,526 records with 4,118 images), UPDATED 22-Jul-2022
Wales, Carmarthenshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1403176); 506,299 indexed records with 51,516 record images (was 507,624 records with 14,763 images), UPDATED 20-Jul-2022
Washington, County Death Registers, 1881-1979   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3438698); 1,535,848 indexed records with 21,586 record images (was 481,389 records with 7,130 images), UPDATED 18-Jul-2022

Zimbabwe, Voter Registration, 1938-1973 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3740407); 90,193 indexed records with 86,423 record images (was 82,798 records with 52,714 images), UPDATED 18-Jul-2022

--- Collections with new images ---

England, Cambridgeshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1538-1983 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1465708); 1,108,130 indexed records with 114,977 record images (was 1,108,130 records with 110,589 images), last updated 29-Sep-2021
Germany, Baden, Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau, Catholic Church Records, 1678-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790181); 11,346,687 indexed records with 1,709,697 record images (was 11,346,687 records with 1,709,621 images), last updated 02-Apr-2020
Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3015626); 76,082,519 indexed records with 13,192,987 record images (was 76,082,519 records with 13,167,405 images), last updated 28-Oct-2021
South Africa, Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1846-1950   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2573604); 441,574 indexed records with 316,616 record images (was 441,574 records with 315,947 images), last updated 05-Aug-2020
South Africa, Western Cape, Deceased Estate Files, 1951-1958    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4319131); 349,728 indexed records with 320,962 record images (was 349,728 records with 319,231 images), last updated 07-Jul-2022

Sweden, Stockholm City Archives, Index to Church Records, 1546-1927     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2057674); 1,137,838 indexed records with 68,775 record images (was 1,137,838 records with 60,413 images), last updated 10-Jul-2022
United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2968245); 6,931,032 indexed records with 5,610,821 record images (was 6,931,032 records with 5,606,137 images), last updated 09-Aug-2019

--- Collections with images removed ---

Argentina, Catamarca, Civil Registration, 1888-2000     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4328763); 48,494 indexed records with 48,466 record images (was 48,494 records with 48,579 images), last updated 24-Jun-2022
France, Calvados, Census, 1856  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4279960); 20,117 indexed records with 1,134 record images (was 20,117 records with 1,822 images), last updated 06-Jul-2022
Germany, Paderborn, Catholic Church Records, 1653-1875  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3219562); 2,352,574 indexed records with 245,763 record images (was 2,352,574 records with 266,163 images), last updated 18-Nov-2020
Germany, Rhineland, Diocese of Trier, Catholic Church Records, 1704-1957        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790268); 2,967,130 indexed records with 294,913 record images (was 2,967,130 records with 302,433 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 217,933 record images (was 527,525 records with 222,768 images), last updated 06-Nov-2020

Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1740-1900   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2820100); 919,370 indexed records with 29,250 record images (was 919,370 records with 30,845 images), last updated 27-Jun-2022
Oklahoma, Military Discharge Records, 1898-1993 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4166192); 7,582 indexed records with 1,521 record images (was 7,582 records with 1,744 images), last updated 02-Jul-2022
South Africa, Johannesburg, Cemetery Records, 1840-2019 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4453927); 443,167 indexed records with 19,133 record images (was 443,167 records with 24,954 images), last updated 27-Jun-2022
South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Death, 1869-1954 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2998108); 1,084,531 indexed records with 1,081,365 record images (was 1,084,531 records with 1,081,683 images), last updated 22-May-2020
United States, New York, Index to Passengers Arriving at New York City, compiled 1944-1948      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3029266); 1,129,668 indexed records with 1,109,785 record images (was 1,129,668 records with 1,112,549 images), last updated 18-Mar-2020

Uruguay, Passenger Lists, 1888-1980     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2691993); 3,641,119 indexed records with 156,196 record images (was 3,641,119 records with 157,638 images), last updated 19-Nov-2020

--- Collections with records removed ---

England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473014); Index only (46,665,065 records), no images (was 46,674,981 records with 0 images), last updated 02-May-2022
England Marriages, 1538–1973    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473015); Index only (12,151,534 records), no images (was 12,151,535 records with 0 images), last updated 26-May-2022
Ireland, Petty Sessions Court Registers, 1828-1912      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2487287); 880,427 indexed records with 1 record images (was 21,832,352 records with 1 images), last updated 24-Jun-2015
United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2199956); Index only (875,610,215 records), no images (was 875,610,223 records with 0 images), last updated 19-Aug-2020

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My friend and SDGS colleague, Marshall, has come up with a way to determine which collections are ADDED, DELETED or UPDATED, and to alphabetize the entries in each category.  Thanks to Marshall for helping me out here!

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, July 22, 2022

Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 16 to 22 July 2022

 The following record collections were listed on the Recently Added and Updated List on Ancestry.com during the period from  16 to 22 July 2022: 

The Updated and ADDED collections include:

Washington, U.S., Arriving and Departing Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1965; indexed records with record images, Updated 7/21/2022

London, England, Church of England Deaths and Burials, 1813-2003; indexed records with record images, Updated 7/21/2022

London, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812; indexed records with record images, Updated 7/21/2022

London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938; indexed records with record images, Updated 7/21/2022

London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1921; indexed records with record images, Updated 7/21/2022

Indiana, U.S., Federal Naturalization Records, 1892-1992; indexed records with record images, Updated 7/20/2022

U.S., Returns from Regular Army Non-Infantry Regiments, 1821-1916; indexed records with record images, Updated 7/19/2022

Arizona, U.S., Naturalization Records, 1909-1991; indexed records with record images, Updated 7/18/2022

Idaho, U.S., Naturalization Records, 1903-1982; indexed records with record images, Updated 7/18/2022

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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 33,182 collections available as of 22 July, an increase of 0 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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