I am keeping track of the new and updated historical record collections at FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list) every week.
As of 13 October 2023, there are 3,243 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 1 from last week):
The new and updated collections this week from FamilySearch are:
--- Collections Added ---Argentina, Cemetery Records, 1882-2019 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2363123); 669,375 indexed records with 622,171 record images (was 668,448 records with 620,892 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Argentina, Chaco, Civil Registration, 1889-1946 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4450393); 99,128 indexed records with 98,773 record images (was 98,796 records with 98,446 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Argentina, Jujuy, Catholic Church Records, 1662-1975 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974186); 195,785 indexed records with 69,981 record images (was 195,663 records with 69,981 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Argentina, Salta, Catholic Church Records, 1634-1972 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974193); 391,198 indexed records with 144,293 record images (was 387,816 records with 144,293 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Argentina, Salta, Civil Registration, 1880-2000 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3006885); 617,267 indexed records with 537,586 record images (was 617,136 records with 537,432 images), UPDATED 12-Oct-2023
Belgium, Brabant, Civil Registration, 1582-1950 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1482191); 65,007 indexed records with 6,411,594 record images (was 63,824 records with 6,411,594 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Belgium, Namur, Civil Registration, 1800-1912 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2138511); 651,134 indexed records with 372,768 record images (was 647,610 records with 372,768 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Bolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1922463); 9,356,641 indexed records with 1,649,601 record images (was 9,353,450 records with 1,649,601 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Brazil, Alagoas, Church Records, 1802-2016 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2820768); 1,185,234 indexed records with 175,294 record images (was 1,182,576 records with 174,700 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Brazil, Mato Grosso, Civil Registration, 1845-2013 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2001286); Index only (766 records), no images (was 738 records with 0 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3479702); 883,689 indexed records with 367,837 record images (was 881,961 records with 367,033 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Brazil, Paraná, Civil Registration, 1852-1996 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016194); 3,079,909 indexed records with 1,689,031 record images (was 3,074,906 records with 1,689,031 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Brazil, Pará, Civil Registration, 1815-1995 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4473609); 152,818 indexed records with 46,155 record images (was 150,237 records with 45,006 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Civil Registration, 1860-2006 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3741255); 1,709,990 indexed records with 872,737 record images (was 1,705,983 records with 871,287 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Civil Registration, 1829-2012 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1582573); 6,902,084 indexed records with 5,100,470 record images (was 6,902,016 records with 5,100,470 images), UPDATED 12-Oct-2023
Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016197); 750,400 indexed records with 1,037,638 record images (was 749,814 records with 1,037,638 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Brazil, Sergipe, Catholic Church Records, 1785-1994 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177298); 1,239,811 indexed records with 273,847 record images (was 1,238,450 records with 273,847 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Chile, Catholic Church Records, 1633-2015 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3405096); 8,048,510 indexed records with 1,015,389 record images (was 8,038,889 records with 1,013,662 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Colombia, Archivo Distrital de Bogotá, Cemetery Indexes, 1887-1995 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000131); 469,475 indexed records with 19,351 record images (was 464,189 records with 19,103 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Colombia, Catholic Church Records, 1576-2018 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1726975); 26,319,574 indexed records with 12,659,776 record images (was 26,317,438 records with 12,659,776 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Colombia, Civil Registration, 1553-2021 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4469480); 795,211 indexed records with 849,741 record images (was 795,163 records with 849,689 images), UPDATED 12-Oct-2023
Colombia, Costa, Church Records, 1778-2018 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4469405); 88,005 indexed records with 37,195 record images (was 69,617 records with 29,632 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Costa Rica, Catholic Church Records, 1595-1992 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1460016); 4,332,399 indexed records with 962,203 record images (was 4,331,128 records with 962,203 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Costa Rica, Civil Registration, 1823-1975 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1925429); 6,189,816 indexed records with 404,718 record images (was 6,189,779 records with 404,718 images), UPDATED 12-Oct-2023
Croatia, Church Books, 1516-1994 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2040054); 2,992,803 indexed records with 1,421,761 record images (was 2,992,645 records with 1,421,761 images), UPDATED 09-Oct-2023
Cuba, Church Records, 1584-1960 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4375851); 198,505 indexed records with 41,939 record images (was 198,083 records with 41,895 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Czech Republic, Church Books, 1552-1981 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1804263); 10,557,673 indexed records with 4,668,489 record images (was 10,090,663 records with 4,668,489 images), UPDATED 12-Oct-2023
Dominican Republic, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1975 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1918910); 2,271,973 indexed records with 238,265 record images (was 2,270,216 records with 238,265 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Ecuador, Catholic Church Records, 1565-2011 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1923402); 6,149,603 indexed records with 1,454,787 record images (was 6,149,592 records with 1,454,787 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473014); Index only (40,536,159 records), no images (was 45,758,592 records with 0 images), UPDATED 10-Oct-2023
England Marriages, 1538–1973 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473015); Index only (11,801,391 records), no images (was 11,804,605 records with 0 images), UPDATED 10-Oct-2023
Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Wuppertal, Civil Registration, 1810-1930 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000010); 66,452 indexed records with 65,286 record images (was 64,664 records with 63,557 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Gibraltar, Church Records, 1697-1991 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4453925); 25,238 indexed records with 2,974 record images (was 24,475 records with 2,907 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Guatemala, Chiquimula, Civil Registration, 1877-2008 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790265); 447,782 indexed records with 350,378 record images (was 447,355 records with 349,968 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Guatemala, Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-2006 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2075150); 4,571,415 indexed records with 1,486 record images (was 4,571,315 records with 1,486 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2451045); 991,857 indexed records with 17,993 record images (was 991,400 records with 17,993 images), UPDATED 12-Oct-2023
Guatemala, Izabal, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2443319); 414,500 indexed records with 9,848 record images (was 414,474 records with 9,848 images), UPDATED 12-Oct-2023
Haiti, Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince, Catholic Church Records, 1866-2017 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4279947); 65,915 indexed records with 13,633 record images (was 64,913 records with 13,511 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Iceland Church Census, 1744-1965 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2697871); 1,853,098 indexed records with 43,037 record images (was 1,851,795 records with 48,007 images), UPDATED 06-Oct-2023
Indiana, Mortality Schedules, 1860-1880 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000098); 65,985 indexed records with 2,998 record images (was 65,503 records with 2,983 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1584963); Index only (3,738,926 records), no images (was 3,743,264 records with 0 images), UPDATED 10-Oct-2023
Ireland Marriages, 1619-1898 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1584964); Index only (396,941 records), no images (was 399,201 records with 0 images), UPDATED 10-Oct-2023
Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1740-1900 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2820100); 4,403,447 indexed records with 160,537 record images (was 4,335,209 records with 139,164 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Italy, Mantova, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1496-1906 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1934580); 377,123 indexed records with 855,316 record images (was 377,123 records with 855,316 images), UPDATED 09-Oct-2023
Italy, Sassari, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1803-1942 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4464417); 48,517 indexed records with 16,705 record images (was 48,371 records with 16,654 images), UPDATED 12-Oct-2023
Italy, Treviso, Treviso, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1941 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1947831); 5,884 indexed records with 427,232 record images (was 5,645 records with 427,232 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Italy, Venezia, Venezia, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1930 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2043809); 24,251 indexed records with 628,744 record images (was 23,563 records with 628,744 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Luxembourg Census Records, 1843-1900 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2037957); 586,021 indexed records with 1,115,931 record images (was 437,122 records with 1,115,931 images), UPDATED 06-Oct-2023
Luxembourg, Church and Civil Registration, 1601-1923 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000012); 2,841,658 indexed records with 1,039,103 record images (was 2,071,465 records with 816,488 images), UPDATED 10-Oct-2023
Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1674912); Index only (153,174 records), no images (was 159,058 records with 0 images), UPDATED 10-Oct-2023
Maryland Marriages, 1666-1970 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1675199); Index only (169,741 records), no images (was 180,749 records with 0 images), UPDATED 10-Oct-2023
Maryland, Church Records, 1668-1995 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2385204); 80,624 indexed records with 26,267 record images (was 87,260 records with 31,501 images), UPDATED 10-Oct-2023
Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1675197); Index only (2,557,535 records), no images (was 2,567,339 records with 0 images), UPDATED 10-Oct-2023
Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1675351); Index only (128,713 records), no images (was 1,155,574 records with 0 images), UPDATED 10-Oct-2023
Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1928860); 11,738,176 indexed records with 742,594 record images (was 11,722,858 records with 742,594 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Mexico, Puebla, Catholic Church Records, 1545-1977 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837906); 8,906,638 indexed records with 6,124,553 record images (was 8,901,309 records with 6,124,553 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Mexico, Querétaro, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1970 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1881200); 3,030,948 indexed records with 1,380,077 record images (was 3,030,570 records with 1,380,077 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1675383); Index only (1,801,884 records), no images (was 1,810,468 records with 0 images), UPDATED 10-Oct-2023
New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1675446); Index only (788,850 records), no images (was 789,497 records with 0 images), UPDATED 10-Oct-2023
New York, U.S. District and Circuit Court Naturalization Records, 1824-1991 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2060123); 3,669,255 indexed records with 2,187,206 record images (was 3,569,255 records with 2,187,206 images), UPDATED 10-Oct-2023
Ohio, Stillbirths, 1918-1953 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000024); 112,059 indexed records with 111,928 record images (was 111,013 records with 110,883 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Paraguay, Civil Registration, 1842-2012 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000049); 268 indexed records with 267 record images (was 81 records with 80 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Paraguay, Military Records, 1870-1965 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2506770); 986,794 indexed records with 903,324 record images (was 982,353 records with 951,929 images), UPDATED 10-Oct-2023
Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1681005); Index only (2,516,982 records), no images (was 2,518,495 records with 0 images), UPDATED 10-Oct-2023
Pennsylvania, Western District, Naturalizations, 1820-1930 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000034); 363,113 indexed records with 282,352 record images (was 361,249 records with 282,343 images), UPDATED 06-Oct-2023
Peru, Arequipa, Catholic Church Records, 1660-2020 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4447275); 418,609 indexed records with 81,181 record images (was 416,336 records with 81,922 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Peru, Catholic Church Records, 1603-1992 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1877097); 20,864,062 indexed records with 4,192,353 record images (was 20,857,841 records with 4,192,353 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Portugal, Setúbal, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1911 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1935451); 1,085,706 indexed records with 829,309 record images (was 1,085,446 records with 829,309 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Puerto Rico, Catholic Church Records, 1645-1969 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1807092); 3,298,882 indexed records with 191,547 record images (was 3,295,162 records with 191,547 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Russia, Lutheran Church Book Duplicates, 1833-1885 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1469151); 334,804 indexed records with 128,317 record images (was 330,083 records with 128,317 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Sri Lanka, Civil Registration, 1768-1990 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2209866); 3,235,871 indexed records with 3,605,468 record images (was 2,880,561 records with 3,055,975 images), UPDATED 07-Oct-2023
St. Lucia, Church Records, 1751-1793 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4449051); 40 indexed records with 8 record images (was 40 records with 8 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Sweden, Jönköping Church Records, 1581-1935; index 1633-1860 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1930273); 145,556 indexed records with 721,027 record images (was 142,968 records with 721,027 images), UPDATED 12-Oct-2023
Switzerland, Fribourg, Census, 1850 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2142776); 78,595 indexed records with 2,968 record images (was 78,595 records with 2,968 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Uruguay Civil Registration, 1879-1930 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837849); Index only (1,025,378 records), no images (was 1,016,987 records with 0 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Venezuela Civil Registration, 1873-2003 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1823609); 1,061,129 indexed records with 586,312 record images (was 1,059,759 records with 586,312 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Venezuela, Archdiocese of Caracas, Catholic Church Records, 1638-2020 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4465438); 156,727 indexed records with 62,275 record images (was 154,554 records with 61,913 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000046); 1,909,129 indexed records with 41,385 record images (was 1,904,753 records with 41,261 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Zimbabwe, Archdiocese of Bulawayo, Catholic Church Records, 1896-2022 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000106); 8,070 indexed records with 59,782 record images (was 8,028 records with 59,692 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
--- Collections with new images ---Hawaii, Registrar of Bureau of Conveyances, Deed Records, 1846-1900 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3478266); 33,365 indexed records with 18,031 record images (was 33,365 records with 16,185 images), last updated 27-Sep-2023
--- Collections with images removed ---England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3734475); 2,010,432 indexed records with 334,516 record images (was 2,010,432 records with 360,584 images), last updated 01-Sep-2023
England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4439317); 11,478,527 indexed records with 933,096 record images (was 11,478,527 records with 933,231 images), last updated 23-Feb-2022
Germany, Rhineland, Diocese of Trier, Catholic Church Records, 1704-1957 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790268); 2,967,130 indexed records with 307,141 record images (was 2,967,130 records with 307,151 images), last updated 03-Nov-2020
New York, Church Records, 1660-1954 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2787817); 127,105 indexed records with 5,979 record images (was 127,105 records with 6,339 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 316,616 images), last updated 05-Aug-2020
--- Collections with records removed ---England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2285338); Index only (132,174,264 records), no images (was 132,174,265 records with 0 images), last updated 02-Oct-2014
South Dakota, Department of Health, Index to Births 1843-1914 and Marriages 1950-2016 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2549807); Index only (705,520 records), no images (was 705,521 records with 0 images), last updated 21-Jul-2017
United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2199956); Index only (875,610,104 records), no images (was 875,610,106 records with 0 images), last updated 19-Aug-2020--- Collections Added ---Hawaii, Name Change Records, 1874-1995 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000141); 26,638 indexed records with 21,949 record images, ADDED 12-Oct-2023
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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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