I am keeping track of the new and updated historical record collections at FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list) every week.
As of 1 December 2023, there are 3,253 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 2 from last week):
The new and updated collections this week from FamilySearch are:
--- Collections Added ---Argentina, Buenos Aires, Catholic Church Records, 1635-1981 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1972912); 4,630,159 indexed records with 978,396 record images (was 4,629,586 records with 978,396 images), UPDATED 25-Nov-2023
Argentina, Chaco, Civil Registration, 1889-1946 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4450393); 106,217 indexed records with 105,796 record images (was 106,134 records with 105,716 images), UPDATED 30-Nov-2023
Argentina, Entre Ríos, Catholic Church Records, 1764-1983 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974185); 671,014 indexed records with 235,772 record images (was 670,909 records with 235,772 images), UPDATED 30-Nov-2023
Argentina, Neuquén, Catholic Church Records, 1883-1977 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974191); 33,742 indexed records with 11,873 record images (was 33,728 records with 11,873 images), UPDATED 30-Nov-2023
Australia, Victoria, Wills, Probate and Administration Files, 1841-1926 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2207846); 230,172 indexed records with 3,998,555 record images (was 223,915 records with 3,998,555 images), UPDATED 30-Nov-2023
Belgium, Brabant, Civil Registration, 1582-1950 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1482191); 74,925 indexed records with 6,411,594 record images (was 73,763 records with 6,411,594 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2023
Belgium, Namur, Civil Registration, 1800-1912 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2138511); 673,226 indexed records with 372,768 record images (was 669,965 records with 372,768 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2023
Bolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1922463); 9,374,919 indexed records with 1,649,601 record images (was 9,372,408 records with 1,649,601 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2023
Brazil, Alagoas, Church Records, 1802-2016 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2820768); 1,199,139 indexed records with 179,955 record images (was 1,197,787 records with 179,294 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2023
Brazil, Cemetery Records, 1850-2021 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2137269); 994,710 indexed records with 150,972 record images (was 994,706 records with 150,972 images), UPDATED 28-Nov-2023
Brazil, Mato Grosso, Civil Registration, 1845-2013 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2001286); Index only (817 records), no images (was 817 records with 0 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2023
Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3479702); 892,694 indexed records with 371,846 record images (was 891,287 records with 371,194 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2023
Brazil, Paraná, Civil Registration, 1852-1996 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016194); 3,115,285 indexed records with 1,689,031 record images (was 3,110,778 records with 1,689,031 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2023
Brazil, Pará, Civil Registration, 1815-1995 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4473609); 221,407 indexed records with 67,446 record images (was 210,894 records with 64,236 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2023
Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Civil Registration, 1860-2006 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3741255); 1,719,779 indexed records with 874,492 record images (was 1,719,291 records with 874,256 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2023
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Civil Registration, 1829-2012 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1582573); 6,906,609 indexed records with 5,100,470 record images (was 6,906,187 records with 5,100,470 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2023
Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016197); 754,891 indexed records with 1,037,638 record images (was 754,572 records with 1,037,638 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2023
Brazil, Sergipe, Catholic Church Records, 1785-1994 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177298); 1,257,755 indexed records with 273,847 record images (was 1,254,594 records with 273,847 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2023
Chile, Catholic Church Records, 1633-2015 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3405096); 8,119,458 indexed records with 1,024,706 record images (was 8,110,706 records with 1,023,602 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2023
Colombia, Catholic Church Records, 1576-2018 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1726975); 26,409,728 indexed records with 12,659,776 record images (was 26,397,676 records with 12,659,776 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2023
Colombia, Civil Registration, 1553-2021 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4469480); 799,405 indexed records with 853,639 record images (was 799,182 records with 853,489 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2023
Costa Rica, Catholic Church Records, 1595-1992 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1460016); 4,334,688 indexed records with 962,203 record images (was 4,333,971 records with 962,203 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2023
Croatia, Church Books, 1516-1994 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2040054); 2,993,727 indexed records with 1,421,761 record images (was 2,993,675 records with 1,421,761 images), UPDATED 30-Nov-2023
Czech Republic, Church Books, 1552-1981 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1804263); 12,306,596 indexed records with 4,668,489 record images (was 11,686,273 records with 4,668,489 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2023
Democratic Republic of the Congo, National Identity Cards, 1884-2019 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000100); 622,385 indexed records with 622,382 record images (was 12 records with 12 images), UPDATED 28-Nov-2023
Denmark, Copenhagen City, Civil Marriages, 1739-1964, Index 1877-1964 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2341913); 362,912 indexed records with 112,568 record images (was 355,403 records with 112,568 images), UPDATED 26-Nov-2023
Dominican Republic, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1975 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1918910); 2,285,851 indexed records with 238,265 record images (was 2,284,923 records with 238,265 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2023
Ecuador, Catholic Church Records, 1565-2011 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1923402); 6,149,902 indexed records with 1,454,787 record images (was 6,149,833 records with 1,454,787 images), UPDATED 30-Nov-2023
France, Calvados, Census, 1876 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4279948); 66,267 indexed records with 4,986 record images (was 62,754 records with 4,820 images), UPDATED 30-Nov-2023
France, Haute-Garonne, Census, 1896 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000057); 59,804 indexed records with 1,039 record images (was 41,572 records with 722 images), UPDATED 30-Nov-2023
France, Pas-de-Calais, Parish and Civil Registration, 1553-1902 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4469407); 4,837,059 indexed records with 1,507,317 record images (was 3,557,457 records with 1,110,053 images), UPDATED 25-Nov-2023
Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Wuppertal, Civil Registration, 1810-1930 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000010); 81,524 indexed records with 79,977 record images (was 79,208 records with 77,754 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2023
Germany, Rhineland-Palatinate, Diocese of Mainz, Catholic Church Records, 1540-1952 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4127803); 2,263,151 indexed records with 273,910 record images (was 2,263,151 records with 275,466 images), UPDATED 30-Nov-2023
Gibraltar, Church Records, 1697-1991 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4453925); 50,271 indexed records with 4,829 record images (was 49,306 records with 4,737 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2023
Guatemala, Chiquimula, Civil Registration, 1877-2008 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790265); 450,059 indexed records with 352,294 record images (was 449,499 records with 351,972 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2023
Guatemala, Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-2006 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2075150); 4,578,420 indexed records with 1,486 record images (was 4,578,201 records with 1,486 images), UPDATED 30-Nov-2023
Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2451045); 996,693 indexed records with 17,993 record images (was 996,414 records with 17,993 images), UPDATED 30-Nov-2023
Guatemala, Izabal, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2443319); 419,613 indexed records with 9,848 record images (was 419,349 records with 9,848 images), UPDATED 30-Nov-2023
Haiti, Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince, Catholic Church Records, 1866-2017 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4279947); 74,704 indexed records with 14,599 record images (was 72,896 records with 12,016 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2023
Hawaii, Hawaii State Archives, Probate Packet Records, 1814-1917 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3463463); 33,135 indexed records with 31,127 record images (was 30,628 records with 26,019 images), UPDATED 29-Nov-2023
Hawaii, Registrar of Bureau of Conveyances, Deed Records, 1846-1900 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3478266); 40,953 indexed records with 22,375 record images (was 40,144 records with 22,671 images), UPDATED 28-Nov-2023
India, Catholic Church Records, 1751-2014 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4491581); 817,536 indexed records with 62,781 record images (was 650,187 records with 57,315 images), UPDATED 25-Nov-2023
Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1740-1900 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2820100); 4,916,671 indexed records with 157,960 record images (was 4,846,891 records with 165,030 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2023
Italy, Nuoro, Nuoro, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1915 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1946873); 23,819 indexed records with 118,771 record images (was 23,819 records with 118,771 images), UPDATED 29-Nov-2023
Italy, Sassari, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1803-1942 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4464417); 50,824 indexed records with 17,672 record images (was 50,584 records with 17,557 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2023
Italy, Treviso, Treviso, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1941 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1947831); 7,619 indexed records with 427,232 record images (was 7,386 records with 427,232 images), UPDATED 30-Nov-2023
Italy, Venezia, Venezia, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1930 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2043809); 32,197 indexed records with 628,744 record images (was 30,668 records with 628,744 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2023
Martinique, Church Records, 1662-1847 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4316497); 13,406 indexed records with 2,253 record images (was 13,363 records with 2,244 images), UPDATED 29-Nov-2023
Martinique, Civil Registration Records, 1809-1874 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4316501); 320 indexed records with 88 record images (was 320 records with 88 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2023
Mexico, Michoacán, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1996 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1883388); 5,764,939 indexed records with 5,283,986 record images (was 5,764,363 records with 5,283,986 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2023
Mexico, Puebla, Catholic Church Records, 1545-1977 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837906); 8,977,695 indexed records with 6,124,553 record images (was 8,974,334 records with 6,124,553 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2023
Mexico, Querétaro, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1970 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1881200); 3,033,955 indexed records with 1,380,077 record images (was 3,033,554 records with 1,380,077 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2023
New York, U.S. District and Circuit Court Naturalization Records, 1824-1991 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2060123); 3,769,280 indexed records with 2,187,206 record images (was 3,669,255 records with 2,187,206 images), UPDATED 28-Nov-2023
Ohio, Stillbirths, 1918-1953 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000024); 160,849 indexed records with 160,680 record images (was 159,533 records with 159,364 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2023
Paraguay, Civil Registration, 1842-2012 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000049); 3,361 indexed records with 4,182 record images (was 2,836 records with 3,484 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2023
Paraguay, Military Records, 1870-1965 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2506770); 992,683 indexed records with 893,965 record images (was 992,557 records with 794,558 images), UPDATED 28-Nov-2023
Pennsylvania, Western District, Naturalizations, 1820-1930 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000034); 367,231 indexed records with 268,257 record images (was 363,113 records with 282,352 images), UPDATED 26-Nov-2023
Peru, Catholic Church Records, 1603-1992 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1877097); 20,964,542 indexed records with 4,192,353 record images (was 20,949,470 records with 4,192,353 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2023
Portugal, Setúbal, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1911 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1935451); 1,088,228 indexed records with 829,309 record images (was 1,087,948 records with 829,309 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2023
Puerto Rico, Catholic Church Records, 1645-1969 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1807092); 3,317,176 indexed records with 191,547 record images (was 3,312,444 records with 191,547 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2023
Puerto Rico, San Juan, Cemetery Records, 1888-1988 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4376727); 83,234 indexed records with 29,054 record images (was 68,841 records with 22,542 images), UPDATED 28-Nov-2023
Russia, Lutheran Church Book Duplicates, 1833-1885 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1469151); 355,225 indexed records with 128,317 record images (was 352,620 records with 128,317 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2023
South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Records, 1840-1972 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1779109); 3,133,648 indexed records with 2,216,270 record images (was 3,131,545 records with 2,216,270 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2023
South Africa, Western Cape, Deceased Estate Files, 1951-1958 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4319131); 421,961 indexed records with 342,621 record images (was 421,112 records with 342,603 images), UPDATED 30-Nov-2023
Sweden, Jönköping Church Records, 1581-1935; index 1633-1860 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1930273); 154,088 indexed records with 721,027 record images (was 148,949 records with 721,027 images), UPDATED 27-Nov-2023
United States, California, San Francisco, Records of Chinese Laborers Returning to the US, 1882-1888 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3233819); 51,387 indexed records with 5,842 record images (was 51,097 records with 2,304 images), UPDATED 28-Nov-2023
Uruguay Civil Registration, 1879-1930 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837849); Index only (1,080,975 records), no images (was 1,073,852 records with 0 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2023
Venezuela Civil Registration, 1873-2003 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1823609); 1,074,779 indexed records with 586,312 record images (was 1,072,768 records with 586,312 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2023
Venezuela, Archdiocese of Caracas, Catholic Church Records, 1638-2020 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4465438); 179,206 indexed records with 68,201 record images (was 175,327 records with 67,090 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2023
Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000046); 1,938,307 indexed records with 42,222 record images (was 1,936,548 records with 42,173 images), UPDATED 30-Nov-2023
--- Collections with new images ---Australia, South Australia, Immigrants Ship Papers, 1849-1940 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2613135); 578,819 indexed records with 23,036 record images (was 578,819 records with 23,081 images), last updated 18-Feb-2021
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3714676); 608,834 indexed records with 56,981 record images (was 608,834 records with 64,752 images), last updated 17-Nov-2023
--- Collections with records removed ---California Marriage Index, 1960-1985 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1949339); Index only (4,879,208 records), no images (was 4,879,209 records with 0 images), last updated 06-Dec-2011
United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2199956); Index only (875,610,087 records), no images (was 875,610,094 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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