Saturday, August 13, 2022

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- A "New to You" Resource Helping Your Genealogy Research

   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 a "new to you" resource that is helping your genealogy research? [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 really can't identify a significant "new to me" resource.  I've spent the last three months dealing with my health problems and have not searched for many "new to me" resources.   The 1950 U.S. Census records on the National Archives, Ancestry, FamilySearch and MyHeritage are really the last "new to me" resource I can think of.

The most useful digitized resources I've used in the past year, which keep my genealogy research advancing,  include:

*  Ancestry - the endless list of Record Hints for persons in my tree (but they are limited to the top Ancestry collections), the ability to search from a person in my Ancestry tree, AncestryDNA matches with shared matches and ThruLines, the ovituary and marriage indexes to Newspaper.com newspaper collections, the English church records, census records and probate record collections (by county), the indexed U.S. probate records and church denomination collections, the Find A Grave memorial index (easier to search than on Find A Grave website), and the occasional new digitized record collections are my "go to" resources.  

*  Newspapers.com - this is by far the biggest, easiest to use, and most useful digitized newspaper collection available to find obituaries, death notices, marriage articles, etc. for persons in my family tree - especially for Seaver surname folks.  I also use GenealogyBank and Chronicling America for newspaper articles.

*  FamilySearch - the Research Wiki, Library Catalog and Digital Library are extremely useful resources, as is the FamilySearch Family Tree (especially the record matches and source citations in a person profile).

*  MyHeritage - the Record Matches (by source) for persons in my family tree, the MyHeritage DNA matches with shared matches, Theories of Family Relativity, and chromosome browser, and the U.S. Public Records Index (because the household members are included in a search result)  are my favorite features here.  Occasionally, a new digitized record collection is provided that I can "mine" for Seaver or other surnames.

*  Findmypast - the digitized English church records, civil vital records and newspapers are my favorites here (I'm especially interested in Wiltshire and Somerset).  

*  American Ancestors - the Massachusetts probate records, New England vital records, and digitized periodicals are my "go to" resources here.

*  Web Hints in RootsMagic software lead me to hints and matches on Ancestry, FamilySearch, MyHeritage and Findmypast.  I can sync my RootsMagic person profiles to my Ancestry tree and the FamilySearch Family Tree.

My genealogy research resources are now limited to digitized records because of my health situation.  I still need to go to the local FamilySearch Center to view digitized records available only there or in Salt Lake City.

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Copyright (c) 2022, Randall J. Seaver

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Added and Updated FamilySearch.org Record Collections - Week of 6 to 12 August 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 12 August 2022, there are 3,133 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of from last week):

The new and updated collections this week from FamilySearch are:

--- Collections Added   ---

*  Brazil, Alagoas, Church Records, 1802-2016      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2820768); 964,010 indexed records with 964,010 record images, ADDED 10-Aug-2022
*  Brazil, Espírito Santo, Church Records, 1821-2000       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4426177); 64,995 indexed records with 64,995 record images, ADDED 10-Aug-2022
*  Brazil, Piauí, Church Records, 1767-2019        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4382070); 25,462 indexed records with 25,462 record images, ADDED 10-Aug-2022
*  Florida, Divorce, 1927-1950     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4475257); 111,760 indexed records with 111,760 record images, ADDED 12-Aug-2022
*  Norway, Hedmark, Hamar District Prison records, 1877-1896       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4376734); 2,118 indexed records with 2,118 record images, ADDED 05-Aug-2022

--- Collections Updated ---

Alaska, Village Census Rolls, 1919-1972 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4465440); 3,893 indexed records with 468 record images (was 2,098 records with 254 images), UPDATED 08-Aug-2022
Argentina, Catamarca, Catholic Church Records, 1724-1971        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974178); 114,972 indexed records with 102,718 record images (was 113,335 records with 102,718 images), UPDATED 12-Aug-2022
Argentina, Catamarca, Civil Registration, 1888-2000     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4328763); 76,484 indexed records with 76,325 record images (was 48,494 records with 48,579 images), UPDATED 05-Aug-2022
Argentina, Chaco, Civil Registration, 1889-1946 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4450393); 38,709 indexed records with 38,556 record images (was 32,131 records with 31,997 images), UPDATED 12-Aug-2022
Argentina, Corrientes, Catholic Church Records, 1734-1977       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974183); 414,103 indexed records with 207,943 record images (was 413,319 records with 207,943 images), UPDATED 12-Aug-2022

Argentina, Jujuy, Catholic Church Records, 1662-1975    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974186); 113,159 indexed records with 69,981 record images (was 113,017 records with 69,981 images), UPDATED 08-Aug-2022
Argentina, Santiago del Estero, Catholic Church Records, 1581-1961      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974197); 116,915 indexed records with 102,368 record images (was 116,562 records with 102,368 images), UPDATED 08-Aug-2022
Australia, Albany, Inward Passenger Lists, 1873-1924    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4451678); 128,196 indexed records with 2,103 record images (was 68,179 records with 1,085 images), UPDATED 08-Aug-2022
Bolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1922463); 9,162,460 indexed records with 1,649,601 record images (was 9,160,928 records with 1,649,601 images), UPDATED 12-Aug-2022
Brazil, Bahía, Catholic Church Records, 1598-2007       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177272); 2,147,639 indexed records with 368,634 record images (was 2,145,037 records with 368,634 images), UPDATED 10-Aug-2022

Brazil, Minas Gerais, Catholic Church Records, 1706-1999        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177275); 4,819,718 indexed records with 930,569 record images (was 4,817,296 records with 930,569 images), UPDATED 10-Aug-2022
Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3479702); 786,745 indexed records with 328,457 record images (was 782,563 records with 326,723 images), UPDATED 12-Aug-2022
Brazil, Paraná, Civil Registration, 1852-1996   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016194); 2,533,485 indexed records with 1,689,031 record images (was 2,521,524 records with 1,689,031 images), UPDATED 12-Aug-2022
Brazil, Paraíba, Catholic Church Records, 1731-2013     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177286); 6,245,891 indexed records with 788,492 record images (was 6,242,584 records with 788,492 images), UPDATED 10-Aug-2022
Brazil, Rio Grande do Norte, Catholic Church Records, 1788-1967 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177294); 7,460,376 indexed records with 54,182 record images (was 7,460,236 records with 54,182 images), UPDATED 10-Aug-2022

Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Civil Registration, 1860-2006        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3741255); 1,531,054 indexed records with 785,155 record images (was 1,522,397 records with 780,006 images), UPDATED 12-Aug-2022
Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016197); 578,898 indexed records with 1,037,638 record images (was 576,427 records with 1,037,638 images), UPDATED 12-Aug-2022
Brazil, Sergipe, Catholic Church Records, 1785-1994     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177298); 1,201,827 indexed records with 273,847 record images (was 1,201,827 records with 273,847 images), UPDATED 10-Aug-2022
Canada, Prairie Provinces Census, 1916  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1529118); 1,811,736 indexed records with 36,263 record images (was 1,811,736 records with 36,263 images), UPDATED 10-Aug-2022
Chile, Catholic Church Records, 1633-2015       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3405096); 7,196,932 indexed records with 892,167 record images (was 7,186,753 records with 890,825 images), UPDATED 12-Aug-2022

Colombia, Catholic Church Records, 1576-2018    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1726975); 24,668,791 indexed records with 12,659,776 record images (was 24,643,041 records with 12,659,776 images), UPDATED 12-Aug-2022
Costa Rica, Catholic Church Records, 1595-1992  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1460016); 3,909,918 indexed records with 962,203 record images (was 3,907,577 records with 962,203 images), UPDATED 12-Aug-2022
Costa Rica, Civil Registration, 1823-1975       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1925429); 6,027,403 indexed records with 404,718 record images (was 6,024,009 records with 404,718 images), UPDATED 12-Aug-2022
Croatia, Church Books, 1516-1994        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2040054); 2,983,834 indexed records with 1,421,761 record images (was 2,983,817 records with 1,421,761 images), UPDATED 12-Aug-2022
Cuba, Church Records, 1584-1960 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4375851); 191,577 indexed records with 41,707 record images (was 191,577 records with 41,707 images), UPDATED 12-Aug-2022

Denmark Census, 1921    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2721601); 3,356,935 indexed records with 435,487 record images (was 3,356,935 records with 435,487 images), UPDATED 08-Aug-2022
El Salvador Catholic Church Records, 1655-1977  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1919582); 2,207,073 indexed records with 592,191 record images (was 2,196,664 records with 592,191 images), UPDATED 12-Aug-2022
England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473014); Index only (46,648,634 records), no images (was 46,665,065 records with 0 images), UPDATED 10-Aug-2022
England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473016); Index only (15,008,410 records), no images (was 15,010,771 records with 0 images), UPDATED 10-Aug-2022
England Marriages, 1538–1973    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473015); Index only (12,151,240 records), no images (was 12,151,534 records with 0 images), UPDATED 10-Aug-2022

England, Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1642-1996       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3648679); 203,721 indexed records with 61,468 record images (was 202,880 records with 61,435 images), UPDATED 10-Aug-2022
England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3734475); 5,970,554 indexed records with 359,488 record images (was 5,948,130 records with 358,921 images), UPDATED 12-Aug-2022
Find A Grave Index      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2221801); 218,078,818 indexed records with 218,078,818 record images (was 217,178,370 records with 217,178,370 images), UPDATED 11-Aug-2022
France, Calvados, Census, 1836  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4279958); 1,030 indexed records with 39 record images (was 1,030 records with 39 images), UPDATED 11-Aug-2022
France, Creuse, Parish and Civil Registration, 1568-1903        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4316502); 4,182,370 indexed records with 945,996 record images (was 4,175,383 records with 944,631 images), UPDATED 08-Aug-2022

Germany, Baden, Church Book Duplicates, 1804-1877       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1395660); 733,778 indexed records with 733,778 record images (was 646,904 records with 646,904 images), UPDATED 12-Aug-2022
Germany, Saxony, Church Book Indexes, 1500-1900 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2399108); 216,591 indexed records with 127,507 record images (was 203,483 records with 56,358 images), UPDATED 08-Aug-2022
Guatemala, Alta Verapaz, Civil Registration, 1877-1994  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2102016); 589,684 indexed records with 17,770 record images (was 589,633 records with 17,770 images), UPDATED 11-Aug-2022
Guatemala, Catholic Church Records, 1581-1977   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1614809); 5,968,070 indexed records with 1,160,338 record images (was 5,967,991 records with 1,160,338 images), UPDATED 08-Aug-2022
Honduras, Civil Registration, 1841-1968 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2135627); 533,939 indexed records with 337,976 record images (was 533,284 records with 337,976 images), UPDATED 12-Aug-2022

Iceland Church Census, 1744-1965        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2697871); 1,633,217 indexed records with 8,364 record images (was 1,633,217 records with 46,792 images), UPDATED 09-Aug-2022
India, Madras Diocese Protestant Church Records, 1743-1990      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2174941); 251,934 indexed records with 39,904 record images (was 251,925 records with 39,904 images), UPDATED 11-Aug-2022
Iowa State Census, 1925 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2224537); 2,487,917 indexed records with 327,118 record images (was 2,487,917 records with 327,118 images), UPDATED 08-Aug-2022
Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1740-1900   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2820100); 1,098,299 indexed records with 36,722 record images (was 1,091,383 records with 36,418 images), UPDATED 09-Aug-2022
Italy, Ravenna, Ravenna, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1947700); 2,693 indexed records with 1,759,182 record images (was 2,246 records with 1,759,182 images), UPDATED 12-Aug-2022

Italy, Sassari, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1803-1942       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4464417); 1,335 indexed records with 406 record images (was 968 records with 303 images), UPDATED 12-Aug-2022
Mexico, Coahuila, Catholic Church Records, 1627-1978    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1502401); 1,581,979 indexed records with 393,502 record images (was 1,581,924 records with 393,502 images), UPDATED 12-Aug-2022
Mexico, Puebla, Catholic Church Records, 1545-1977      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837906); 7,410,814 indexed records with 6,124,553 record images (was 7,388,357 records with 6,124,553 images), UPDATED 12-Aug-2022
Mexico, Querétaro, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1970   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1881200); 2,677,071 indexed records with 1,380,077 record images (was 2,646,437 records with 1,380,077 images), UPDATED 11-Aug-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 08-Aug-2022

New York, Birth Indexes outside of New York City, 1881-1942     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4460198); 640,875 indexed records with 78,548 record images (was 640,820 records with 78,339 images), UPDATED 12-Aug-2022
Nicaragua Civil Registration, 1809-2013 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1601210); 2,551,196 indexed records with 2,591,542 record images (was 2,549,895 records with 2,591,542 images), UPDATED 12-Aug-2022
Nicaragua, Catholic Church Records, 1740-1960   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1494432); 808,337 indexed records with 86,119 record images (was 808,092 records with 86,119 images), UPDATED 11-Aug-2022
Norway, Oslo, Census, 1912      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4445453); 3,344 indexed records with 758 record images (was 1,140 records with 277 images), UPDATED 05-Aug-2022
Panama, Catholic Church Records, 1707-1973      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1913397); 916,097 indexed records with 240,799 record images (was 914,435 records with 240,799 images), UPDATED 12-Aug-2022

Paraguay, Catholic Church Records, 1754-2015    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1922527); 2,048,272 indexed records with 373,775 record images (was 2,047,233 records with 373,775 images), UPDATED 12-Aug-2022
Peru, Arequipa, Catholic Church Records, 1660-2020      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4447275); 94,285 indexed records with 25,890 record images (was 55,171 records with 13,832 images), UPDATED 05-Aug-2022
Peru, Catholic Church Records, 1603-1992        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1877097); 21,282,401 indexed records with 4,192,353 record images (was 21,256,022 records with 4,192,353 images), UPDATED 12-Aug-2022
Portugal, Aveiro, Catholic Church Records, 1550-1911    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1928590); 1,025,166 indexed records with 571,698 record images (was 1,007,581 records with 571,698 images), UPDATED 11-Aug-2022
Portugal, Beja, Catholic Church Records, 1550-1913      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2001878); 524,902 indexed records with 684,393 record images (was 491,190 records with 684,393 images), UPDATED 11-Aug-2022

Portugal, Braga, Catholic Church Records, 1530-1911     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1913410); 718,832 indexed records with 857,376 record images (was 710,947 records with 857,376 images), UPDATED 11-Aug-2022
Portugal, Bragança, Catholic Church Records, 1541-1985  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1976616); 614,076 indexed records with 960,435 record images (was 596,798 records with 960,435 images), UPDATED 11-Aug-2022
Portugal, Castelo Branco, Catholic Church Records, 1714-1911    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2013604); 746,332 indexed records with 333,738 record images (was 654,662 records with 333,738 images), UPDATED 11-Aug-2022
Portugal, Coimbra, Catholic Church Records, 1459-1911   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1928593); 1,767,140 indexed records with 490,922 record images (was 1,500,667 records with 490,922 images), UPDATED 11-Aug-2022
Portugal, Faro, Catholic Church Records, 1587-1880      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1511408); 638,754 indexed records with 138,057 record images (was 493,154 records with 138,057 images), UPDATED 11-Aug-2022

Portugal, Guarda, Catholic Church Records, 1459-1911    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1928588); 234,788 indexed records with 815,966 record images (was 228,912 records with 815,966 images), UPDATED 11-Aug-2022
Portugal, Lamego, Diocesan Records, 1529-1963   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1928591); 80 indexed records with 953,079 record images (was 0 records with 953,079 images), UPDATED 11-Aug-2022
Portugal, Leiria, Catholic Church Records, 1534-1911    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1976101); 436,645 indexed records with 639,166 record images (was 398,725 records with 639,166 images), UPDATED 11-Aug-2022
Portugal, Portalegre, Catholic Church Records, 1859-1911        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2014755); 2,049,568 indexed records with 178,927 record images (was 2,043,362 records with 178,927 images), UPDATED 11-Aug-2022
Portugal, Porto, Catholic Church Records, 1535-1949     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1913408); 2,112,198 indexed records with 1,207,157 record images (was 1,883,173 records with 1,207,157 images), UPDATED 11-Aug-2022

Portugal, Santarém, Catholic Church Records, 1544-1911  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2128189); 1,096,919 indexed records with 647,938 record images (was 1,039,804 records with 647,938 images), UPDATED 11-Aug-2022
Portugal, Setúbal, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1911   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1935451); 927,042 indexed records with 829,309 record images (was 895,703 records with 829,309 images), UPDATED 12-Aug-2022
Portugal, Viana do Castelo, Catholic Church Records, 1537-1911  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1976095); 521,213 indexed records with 785,913 record images (was 520,251 records with 785,913 images), UPDATED 11-Aug-2022
Portugal, Vila Real, Catholic Church Records, 1533-1941 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1976140); 663,388 indexed records with 396,243 record images (was 378,454 records with 396,243 images), UPDATED 11-Aug-2022
Portugal, Viseu, Catholic Church Records, 1523-1989     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1928589); 1,577,835 indexed records with 1,034,661 record images (was 1,533,874 records with 1,034,661 images), UPDATED 11-Aug-2022

Portugal, Évora, Catholic Church Records, 1533-1912     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2043775); 663,764 indexed records with 702,397 record images (was 647,889 records with 702,397 images), UPDATED 11-Aug-2022
Puerto Rico, Catholic Church Records, 1645-1969 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1807092); 3,210,633 indexed records with 191,547 record images (was 3,207,758 records with 191,547 images), UPDATED 12-Aug-2022
Samoa, Vital Records, 1846-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4016424); 91,689 indexed records with 435,882 record images (was 91,689 records with 435,848 images), UPDATED 11-Aug-2022
South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1468076); 1,715,064 indexed records with 355,318 record images (was 1,711,103 records with 355,318 images), UPDATED 12-Aug-2022
South Africa, KwaZulu Natal, Vital Records, 1868-1976   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3511741); 525,022 indexed records with 839,709 record images (was 474,433 records with 809,354 images), UPDATED 12-Aug-2022

South Africa, Transvaal, Civil Marriages, 1870-1930     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2727134); 267,269 indexed records with 265,218 record images (was 267,198 records with 265,207 images), UPDATED 10-Aug-2022
South Africa, Western Cape, Deceased Estate Files, 1951-1958    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4319131); 362,827 indexed records with 333,944 record images (was 349,728 records with 320,962 images), UPDATED 11-Aug-2022
Spain, Catholic Church Records, 1307-1985       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1784529); 10,463,606 indexed records with 3,008,340 record images (was 10,282,438 records with 3,008,340 images), UPDATED 08-Aug-2022
Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1983324); 4,543,233 indexed records with 4,476,649 record images (was 4,543,233 records with 4,476,649 images), UPDATED 09-Aug-2022
Uruguay Civil Registration, 1879-1930   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837849); Index only (454,723 records), no images (was 450,851 records with 0 images), UPDATED 12-Aug-2022

Venezuela Civil Registration, 1873-2003 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1823609); 886,467 indexed records with 586,312 record images (was 875,570 records with 586,312 images), UPDATED 12-Aug-2022
Venezuela, Archdiocese of Caracas, Catholic Church Records, 1638-2020   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4465438); 3,283 indexed records with 2,148 record images (was 2,519 records with 1,467 images), UPDATED 12-Aug-2022
Venezuela, Catholic Church Records, 1577-1995   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1951777); 19,413,954 indexed records with 1,899,876 record images (was 19,413,737 records with 1,899,876 images), UPDATED 08-Aug-2022
Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4149585); 214,815 indexed records with 11,805 record images (was 192,208 records with 10,181 images), UPDATED 12-Aug-2022
Wales, Cardiganshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1912       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2075046); 142,921 indexed records with 154,705 record images (was 89,624 records with 95,420 images), UPDATED 11-Aug-2022

--- Collections with new images ---

France, Saône-et-Loire, Parish and Civil Registration, 1530-1892        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2840171); 7,237,336 indexed records with 1,973,983 record images (was 7,237,336 records with 1,969,353 images), last updated 30-May-2022
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 1,698,338 images), last updated 02-Apr-2020
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
Illinois, Church Records, 1837-1995     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2787821); 16,710 indexed records with 1,183 record images (was 16,710 records with 1,116 images), last updated 13-Jan-2021
Minnesota, Military Discharge Records, ca.1917 - ca.1990        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4122682); 6,024 indexed records with 6,024 record images (was 6,024 records with 771 images), last updated 09-Jul-2022

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 1,112,549 record images (was 1,129,668 records with 1,109,790 images), last updated 18-Mar-2020

--- Collections with images removed ---

Germany, Rhineland, Diocese of Trier, Catholic Church Records, 1704-1957        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790268); 2,967,130 indexed records with 307,151 record images (was 2,967,130 records with 307,278 images), last updated 03-Nov-2020
Uruguay, Passenger Lists, 1888-1980     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2691993); 3,641,119 indexed records with 149,105 record images (was 3,641,119 records with 155,185 images), last updated 19-Nov-2020

--- Collections with new records ---

Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, Catholic Church Records, 1894-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974198); 852 indexed records with 648 record images (was 0 records with 648 images), last updated 02-Aug-2022

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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, August 12, 2022

Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 6 to 12 August 2022

 The following record collections were listed on the Recently Added and Updated List on Ancestry.com during the period from  6 to 12 August 2022: 

The Updated and ADDED collections include:

New Jersey, U.S., Death Index, 1848-1878, 1901-2017; indexed records without record images, Updated 8/11/2022

Louisiana, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1756-1984; indexed records with record images, Updated 8/11/2022

South Carolina, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980; indexed records with record images, Updated 8/11/2022

New Jersey, U.S., Birth Index, 1848-1878, 1901-1903; indexed records without record images, Updated 8/11/2022

Indiana, U.S., Marriage Certificates, 1960-2012; indexed records with record images, Updated 8/11/2022

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France, Births, Marriages and Deaths,1532-1996; indexed records without record images, Updated 8/10/2022

1950 United States Federal Census; indexed records with record images, Updated 8/10/2022

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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 33,188 collections available as of 12 August, 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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52 Ancestors - Week 442: #712 Robert Kirby (1674-1757) of Dartmouth, Massachusetts

 Robert Kirby (1674-1757) is #712 on my Ahnentafel List, my 7th great-grandfather, who married #713 Rebecca Potter (1681-1773) in about 1700, in Dartmouth, Massachusetts.

I am descended through:

*  their son #356  Ichabod Kirby (1805-1793) who married #357 Rachel Allen (1708-1801) in 1732.
*  their son #178 David Kirby (1740-1832) who married #179 Martha Soule (1743-1828) in 1763. 
*  #89 Sibel Kirby (1764-1848) who married #88 Humphrey White (1757-1814)  in 1786.
*  their son, #44 Jonathan White (1803-1850) who married Miranda Wade (1804-1850) in 1824.
*  their son #22 Henry Arnold White (1824-1885) who married Amy Oatley (1826-1864) in 1844.
*  their daughter #11 Julia E. White (1848-1913) who married #10 Thomas Richmond (1848-1917) in 1868.
*  their daughter #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) who married #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) in 1900.
*  their son #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) in 1942.
*  their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)

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1)  PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):


*  Name:                                Robert Kirby[1–7]

*  Sex:                                   Male

*  Father:                              Richard Kirby 1633-1720
*  Mother:                            Patience Gifford 1644-1674

2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Birth:                              10 March 1673/4, Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States[1–3]

*  Distribution:                   4 April 1720 (age 47), will of father Richard Kirby proved; Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States[4]

*  Death:                            before 10 March 1757 (before age 84), Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States[5–6]

*  Probate:                        10 March 1757 (age 84), will proven; Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States[5]
 
3)  SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Spouse 1:                      Rebecca Potter 1681-1773
*  Marriage 1:                   before 1700 (before about age 27), probably Dartmouth, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States[7]

*  Child 1:                        Patience Kirby 1700-1740
*  Child 2:                        Ichabod Kirby 1705-1793
*  Child 3:                        Nathaniel Kirby 1708-1748
*  Child 4:                        Barsheba Kirby 1710-    
*  Child 5:                        Recompence Kirby 1712-1771
*  Child 6:                        Silas Kirby 1714-1785
*  Child 7:                        Robert Kirby 1717-1802

4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):    

The biography and children of Robert Kirby was provided in the book The Kirbys of New England by Melatiah Dwight[1] and the book Ancestral Lines, Third Edition compiled by Carl Boyer 3rd[2].

Robert Kirby was born 10 March 1673/4 in Dartmouth, Massachusetts Bay, the youngest child of Richard and Patience (Gifford) Kirby[1-3].

He married in about 1700, probably in Dartmouth, to Rebecca Potter (1681-1773), daughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Stokes) Potter of Dartmouth[7].  They had seven children, all born but not recorded in Dartmouth:

*  Patience Kirby (1700-1740), married 1722 John Lawton (1692-1753).
*  Ichabod Kirby (1705-1793), married 1733 Rachel Allen (1708-1801).
*  Nathaniel Kirby (1708-1748), married 1731 Abigail Russell (1712-1785).
*  Barsheba Kirby (1710-????).
*  Recompence Kirby (1712-1771), married 1736 Rebecca Cornell (1718-????).
*  Silas Kirby (1714-1785), married 1742 Elizabeth Russell (1720-????).
*  Robert Kirby (1717-1802), married 1744 Abigail allen (1726-????).

He was a Member of the Society of Friends (Quaker), and lived in that part of Dartmouth which became the town of Westport, near the Coaxit, or Niquechuck, River[1].  The records of Dartmouth state that he received 212 acres of land in 1712 for a homestead on the east side of the Coaxit River.  The land was next to that owned by George Cadman[1].

Robert Kirbey was named the sole executor of the will of Richard Kirby, written 30 January 1708 and proved in Bristol County Probate Court on 4 April 1720[5].  In Richard Kirby's will, Robert Kirby was to receive:
 "... all the rest and residue of the money contained in said bond, be it more or less, I give and bequeath unto my said son Robert Kirbey whom I make my whole and sole executor of this my last will and testament." 
Robert had to  pay the other legacies left in the will bequeathed to his children and grandchildren.
Robert Kirby died before 10 March 1757 in Dartmouth, when his will was proved in Bristol County Probate Court[5-6].  The will says:
In the Name of God Amen the twenty Sixth Day of march in the twenty Eighth year of his majesties Reign Annoque Domini 1755 I Robert Kirby of Dartmouth In the County of Bristol in the province of the massachusets bay in New england yeoman Being in my Declining years & week in body but of a perfect mind & memory thanks be given unto God; Therefore Calling unto mind the mortality of my body & Knowing that itis appointed for all men once to dye do make & ordain this my Last will & Testament (that is to say) Principally & first of all I give & Recommend my sole Into the hands of God that gave it & my body I Recommend to the Earth to be buried in Decent Christian burial at the Discretion of my Executrix herein after Named And as touching such worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased god to bless me in this Life I give Demise & Dispose of the same in the following manner & form.

Imprimus I give & bequeath to my Loving wife Rebeckah Kirby the use & Improvement of the best house where I Now live for & During the time she Remains my widow.

Itim I give unto my sd Wife Rebeckah two of my best Cows & one Rideing beast & also the Keep^ing^ of the sd two Cows & Riding beast both winter & Sumer on my homestead farm yearly & Every year During the time She Remains my widow & no longer at Equal Charge of my two Sons (viz) Silas Kirby & robert Kirby I also give unto my sd wife Rebeckah two hundred weight of good beaf & one hundred weight of Good Pork & twenty bushels of good Indian corn to be provided & Delivered unto her by my two Sons Namely Silas Kirby & Robert Kirby at Equal Charges It is to be understood So much of each sort yearly & Every year During the time she Remains my widow & No longer I also give unto her my sd wife Rebeckah Kirby the one half of all my houshold goods & a priviledge to Keep what souls she hath a mind to Keep on my sd homestead farm I also give unto her my sd wife Rebeckah Kirby the Sum of Eight pounds & ten shillings in Lawfull money of the province aforesaid I also give unto her my sd wife fire wood sufficient for her use Cut to a suitable Length & brought to the in manner following: four Cords thereof to be provided by my two sons (viz) Ichabod Kirby & Recompence Kirby at Equal Charges it is to be understood four Cords of wood yearly & Every year During the time She Remains my widow & all the Rest of the wood that She Shall have ocation of for her use to be provided & Delivered unto her by my two sons Namely Silas Kirby& Robart Kirby at Equal Charges.

Itim I give & bequeath to my beloved Daughter Barshaba Kirby the Sum of Eight pounds in Lawfull money of the province aforesd to be paid unto her by my Executrix one year after my Deceas out of my Estate I also give unto her my sd Daughter one half of all my house hold goods & a priviledge to Live in that house which I have given to her mother So long as She Remains unmarried.

Itim I Give & bequeath unto my two beloved Sons Namely Ichabod Kirby & Recompence Kirby & to my Granson Weston Kirby all my Land Laid out in the fork of the River above Nacachuck Brigg to be Equally Divided between them & to be & Remain unto them my sd two Sons & Granson their heirs & assigns for Ever.

Itim I give & bequeath unto my beloved Son Recompence Kirby all my right of Lands and meadows in the horsneck to him his heirs & assigns ^for Ever^ I also give unto him my sd Son Recompence Kirby all my wearing apparel be it of what Nature or Cinde forever.

Itim I give & bequeath unto my beloved Son Ichabod Kirby & to my Granson Weston Kirby all my rights in the Salt meadow or Sedg flats lying in the River not adjoyning to the upland to be Equally Divided between them & to be & Remain unto them their heirs & assigns for Ever.

Itim I give & bequeath unto my beloved Son Robert Kirby the Northerly part of my homestead farm & it is Divided & Set of from the Southerly part as followeth to begin at the Notheast Corner of sd homested & to goe In the Line at the East End of the sd homested Southerly on the West Side of the highway Ninety three Rods to a Stake with Stones about It then to begin at the Stone wall near to the Northwest Corner of my sd homestead from thence South Ninety one Rods to a picked Rock with a wild Cheari tree Standing in a Crak of sd Rock & sd Rock is near to the place where my old Stable stood thence Easterly Straight to the above mentioned Stake with Stones about it And from the sd Rock the Line goes Westerly to the River In the Same Range as It Comes from the sd Stake to the sd peeked Rock this Range is to be the Dividing Line of my sd homested farm all which notherly part as it is Divided to be Set of from the Southerly part by the Range or Line aforementioned with the housing on the same I give unto him my sd Son Robart Kirby & to his heirs & assigns forever he allowing unto & providing for his mother Rebeckah Kirby as is herein before Given & ordered for him to Do And I also give unto him my sd Son Robart Kirby about one acre of Salt meadow which Lyeth against Timothey Gifford's homestead at the foot thereof to him his heirs & assigns for Ever.

Itim I give & bequeath unto my beloved Son Silas Kirby all the Remaining part of my home-steed farm it being the Southerly part of half to him my sd Son & to his heirs & assigns for Ever he acquitting my Estate & my heirs off that forty pounds which was given unto him by his Ant Temperance pearce & allowing & providing for his mother Rebeckah Kirby as I have herein before ordered him to Do.

Itim I give & bequeath unto my two Sons (viz) Silas Kirby & Robert Kirby all my farming Eutencels & all my Cedar Rales that shall be left on my sd homesteed farm at my Decease to be Equally Divided between them my two Sons.

Itim I Give & bequeath unto my five granChildren (the Children of my Daughter Patience Lawton Deceased) Namely Rebeckah Milk mary Davel peace Howland Liddia Lawton & George Lawton the Sum of five pounds in Lawfull money of the province aforesd to be paid unto them by my Executrix herein after Named one year after my Deceas out of my Estate & to be Equally Divided to & amongst them my sd five Granchildren.

Itim I Give & bequeath unto my three Granchildeen (Children to my Son Nathanel Deceased) Namely Rebecah Kirby Lidda Kirby & mary Kirby the Sum of two pounds In Lawfull mony of the province aforesd to be paid unto them by my Executrix herein after Named one year after my Deceas out of my Estate and to be Equally Divided to & amongst them my sd three Grandaughters.

Itim I give & bequeath unto my four Sons Namely Ichabod Kirby Recompence Kirby Silas Kirby & Robart Kirby & to my Granson Weston Kirby all my Rights In the Ceder Swamp to be Equally Divided between them my sd four Sons & Granson & to be & Remain unto them their heirs & assigns for Ever.

Itim my Will is & I do Will & order that my Son Robart Kirby shall have a way through the Land that I have herein given unto my Son Silas Kirby from his land along Round the End of the Swamp in the old way until he comes to his own Land Sufficient to pass & Repass as he Shall have ocation.

Itim my Will is & I do will & order that my Son Silas Kirby Shall have a way through the Land that is herein given unto my Son Robart Kirby from his own Land Down to the Common Landing place at or ner of North Side of sd homesteed farm Sufficient to pass & Repass as he shall have ocation.

Itim I Give & bequeath unto my four beloved Sons Namely Ichabod Kirby Recompence Kirby Silas Kirby & Robart Kirby four fifths part of all my money & Live Stock that shall be left after my Just Debts Legacies & funeral Charges be paid & Discharged to be Equally Divided to & amongst them my sd four Sons.

Itim I Give & bequeath unto my two beloved Gransons (Sons to my Son Nathanel Kirby Deceased) Namely Weston Kirby & Justus Kirby one fifth part of all my money & Live-stock that Shall be Left after my Just Debts Legacies & funeral Charges be paid and Discharged to be Equally Divided between them my two sd Gransons.

Itim I do Nominate appoint Constitute make & ordain my Well beloved Wife Rebeckah Kirby my sole Executrix of this my Last will & Testamant & I do order my two Sons (Viz) Ichabod Kirby & Recompence Kirby to be helpful Aiding & assisting to their Mother in her Executership And I do hereby utterly Disallow Revoke & Disannul all & Every other former Testaments wills Legacies bequests & Executors by me in any ways before Named Willed & bequeathed Ratifying & Confirming this & no other to be my Last Will & Testament. In Witness Whereof I have hereunto Set my hand & Seal the Day & year first before written.

Signed Sealed published pronounced    
 And Declared by the sd Robart Kirby                                   his 
ass his Last will and Testament In the                         Robart + Kirby 
Presents of us the Subscribers
Peter Allene
Nathanel X Tallman Restcome 
Sanford Beristoll 
March the 10th 1757 Then before the Hon'le George Leonard Esq Judge of the Probate of wills &c for county of Bristol Came Peter Allen and Nathaniel Talman two of the witnesses to the before writting Instrument purporting the Last will and Testament of Robert Kirby Late of Dartmouth Dec'd and Made Oath that they were present and Saw the sd Deceased Sign Seal & heard him publish and declare sd Instrument as his Last will &Testament and that he was of a sound disposing mind and memory when he ????? and that they together with Restcome Sanford Signed as wittnesses at the Same time and all in the presence of the Testator.                                                        Coram George Leonard
                                                                      Bristol May the 6th 1757
Entred in the 15th B. Folio 349 351                   Geo Leonard J???ey
5.  SOURCES

1. Melatiah Everett Dwight, The Kirbys of New England; a history of the descendants of John Kirby of Middletown, Conn. and of Joseph Kirby of Hartford, Conn., and of Richard Kirby of Sandwich, Mass. together with genealogies of the Burgis, White and Maclaren families, and the ancestry of John Drake, of Windsor, Conn.  (New York, N.Y.: The Trow printers, 1898), page 241, Robert Kirby family sketch.

2. Carl Boyer 3rd, Ancestral Lines, Third Edition (Santa Clarita, California, 1998), Robert Kirby family sketch.

3. James N. Arnold, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, First Series, Births, Marriages and Deaths : a Family Register for the People (Providence, R.I.: Narragansett Historical Publishing Co., 1891-1912), "Volume 7, Rhode Island Friends' Records," Births,  page 65 (image 112 of 681), Robert Kirby entry, 10 March 1674.

4. Bristol County [Mass.] Register of Probate, Bristol County (Mass.) Probate Records, 1686-1880, American Ancestors (https://www.americanancestors.org), "Bristol County Probate Papers, 1686-1880," Bristol 14000-15999, Estate packet 15230 (10 images), Richard Kirby, Dartmouth, 1757; original records in Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Archives.

5. Bristol County [Mass.] Register of Probate, Bristol County (Mass.) Probate Records, 1690-1881, "Bristol County Probate Papers, 1686-1880," Bristol 14000-15999, Estate packet 15231 (25 images), Robert Kirby, Dartmouth, 1757; original records in Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Archives.

6. Melatiah Everett Dwight, The Kirbys of New England (New York, N.Y.: The Trow printers, 1898), page 241, will of Robert Kirby proved in Bristol County, Massachusetts.

7. Melatiah Everett Dwight, The Kirbys of New England (New York, N.Y.: The Trow printers, 1898), page 241, Robert Kirby and Rebecca Potter marriage, no date given.

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NOTE:  Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post 
 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog.  I have extended this theme in 2022 to 468 Ancestors in 468 Weeks.

Copyright (c) 2022, Randall J. Seaver

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