I am keeping track of the new and updated historical record collections at FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list) every week.
As of 8 December 2023, there are 3,257 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 4 from last week):
The new and updated collections this week from FamilySearch are:
--- Collections Added ---
* Palestine, Ottoman Census and Population Registers, 1876-1917 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4496121); 11,561 indexed records with 44,766 record images, ADDED 08-Dec-2023
Argentina, Catamarca, Civil Registration, 1888-2000 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4328763); 144,550 indexed records with 144,325 record images (was 143,593 records with 142,880 images), UPDATED 08-Dec-2023
Argentina, Chaco, Civil Registration, 1889-1946 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4450393); 108,779 indexed records with 108,341 record images (was 106,217 records with 105,796 images), UPDATED 08-Dec-2023
Argentina, Entre Ríos, Catholic Church Records, 1764-1983 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974185); 671,066 indexed records with 235,772 record images (was 671,014 records with 235,772 images), UPDATED 08-Dec-2023
Argentina, Jujuy, Catholic Church Records, 1662-1975 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974186); 195,945 indexed records with 69,981 record images (was 195,928 records with 69,981 images), UPDATED 04-Dec-2023
Argentina, Neuquén, Catholic Church Records, 1883-1977 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974191); 33,770 indexed records with 11,873 record images (was 33,742 records with 11,873 images), UPDATED 06-Dec-2023
Aruba, Civil Registration, 1823-2004 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4285043); 505,728 indexed records with 140,999 record images (was 172,196 records with 40,707 images), UPDATED 08-Dec-2023
Belgium, Antwerp, Civil Registration, 1588-1953 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2138481); 942,938 indexed records with 3,208,709 record images (was 936,123 records with 3,208,709 images), UPDATED 07-Dec-2023
Belgium, Brabant, Civil Registration, 1582-1950 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1482191); 75,782 indexed records with 6,411,594 record images (was 74,925 records with 6,411,594 images), UPDATED 08-Dec-2023
Belgium, Namur, Civil Registration, 1800-1912 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2138511); 676,482 indexed records with 372,768 record images (was 673,226 records with 372,768 images), UPDATED 08-Dec-2023
Bolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1922463); 9,376,854 indexed records with 1,649,601 record images (was 9,374,919 records with 1,649,601 images), UPDATED 08-Dec-2023
Brazil, Alagoas, Church Records, 1802-2016 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2820768); 1,200,414 indexed records with 180,365 record images (was 1,199,139 records with 179,955 images), UPDATED 08-Dec-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 08-Dec-2023
Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3479702); 894,265 indexed records with 372,565 record images (was 892,694 records with 371,846 images), UPDATED 08-Dec-2023
Brazil, Paraná, Civil Registration, 1852-1996 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016194); 3,118,581 indexed records with 1,689,031 record images (was 3,115,285 records with 1,689,031 images), UPDATED 08-Dec-2023
Brazil, Pará, Civil Registration, 1815-1995 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4473609); 231,903 indexed records with 70,352 record images (was 221,407 records with 67,446 images), UPDATED 08-Dec-2023
Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Civil Registration, 1860-2006 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3741255); 1,720,287 indexed records with 877,520 record images (was 1,719,779 records with 874,492 images), UPDATED 08-Dec-2023
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Civil Registration, 1829-2012 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1582573); 6,907,007 indexed records with 5,100,470 record images (was 6,906,609 records with 5,100,470 images), UPDATED 08-Dec-2023
Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016197); 755,194 indexed records with 1,037,638 record images (was 754,891 records with 1,037,638 images), UPDATED 08-Dec-2023
Brazil, Sergipe, Catholic Church Records, 1785-1994 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177298); 1,260,231 indexed records with 273,847 record images (was 1,257,755 records with 273,847 images), UPDATED 08-Dec-2023
Chile, Catholic Church Records, 1633-2015 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3405096); 8,130,606 indexed records with 1,025,781 record images (was 8,119,458 records with 1,024,706 images), UPDATED 08-Dec-2023
Colombia, Catholic Church Records, 1576-2018 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1726975); 26,419,890 indexed records with 12,659,776 record images (was 26,409,728 records with 12,659,776 images), UPDATED 08-Dec-2023
Colombia, Civil Registration, 1553-2021 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4469480); 799,885 indexed records with 853,944 record images (was 799,405 records with 853,639 images), UPDATED 07-Dec-2023
Colombia, Costa, Church Records, 1778-2018 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4469405); 104,910 indexed records with 42,773 record images (was 104,883 records with 42,769 images), UPDATED 04-Dec-2023
Costa Rica, Catholic Church Records, 1595-1992 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1460016); 4,335,883 indexed records with 962,203 record images (was 4,334,688 records with 962,203 images), UPDATED 08-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 2,993,727 records with 1,421,761 images), UPDATED 08-Dec-2023
Czech Republic, Church Books, 1552-1981 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1804263); 13,156,427 indexed records with 4,668,489 record images (was 12,306,596 records with 4,668,489 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2023
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Census, 1984 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3288450); 1,970,160 indexed records with 587,093 record images (was 1,875,946 records with 585,786 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2023
Democratic Republic of the Congo, National Identity Cards, 1884-2019 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000100); 4,725,235 indexed records with 4,739,991 record images (was 622,385 records with 622,382 images), UPDATED 08-Dec-2023
Dominican Republic, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1975 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1918910); 2,286,290 indexed records with 238,265 record images (was 2,285,851 records with 238,265 images), UPDATED 08-Dec-2023
Ecuador, Catholic Church Records, 1565-2011 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1923402); 6,149,912 indexed records with 1,454,787 record images (was 6,149,902 records with 1,454,787 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2023
France, Haute-Garonne, Toulouse, Church Records, 1539-1793 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2363045); 606,190 indexed records with 95,073 record images (was 606,035 records with 95,073 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2023
French Polynesia, Civil Registration, 1780-1999 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2549721); 79,603 indexed records with 186,372 record images (was 79,313 records with 139,065 images), UPDATED 04-Dec-2023
Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Wuppertal, Civil Registration, 1810-1930 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000010); 83,370 indexed records with 81,794 record images (was 81,524 records with 79,977 images), UPDATED 08-Dec-2023
Gibraltar, Church Records, 1697-1991 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4453925); 50,914 indexed records with 4,891 record images (was 50,271 records with 4,829 images), UPDATED 08-Dec-2023
Guatemala, Chiquimula, Civil Registration, 1877-2008 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790265); 450,900 indexed records with 352,731 record images (was 450,059 records with 352,294 images), UPDATED 08-Dec-2023
Guatemala, Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-2006 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2075150); 4,578,693 indexed records with 1,486 record images (was 4,578,420 records with 1,486 images), UPDATED 07-Dec-2023
Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2451045); 996,933 indexed records with 17,993 record images (was 996,693 records with 17,993 images), UPDATED 07-Dec-2023
Guatemala, Izabal, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2443319); 419,670 indexed records with 9,848 record images (was 419,613 records with 9,848 images), UPDATED 07-Dec-2023
Haiti, Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince, Catholic Church Records, 1866-2017 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4279947); 75,963 indexed records with 9,744 record images (was 74,704 records with 14,599 images), UPDATED 08-Dec-2023
Iceland Church Census, 1744-1965 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2697871); 1,856,040 indexed records with 48,161 record images (was 1,855,372 records with 46,649 images), UPDATED 06-Dec-2023
Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1740-1900 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2820100); 4,997,879 indexed records with 174,209 record images (was 4,916,671 records with 157,960 images), UPDATED 08-Dec-2023
Italy, Sassari, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1803-1942 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4464417); 50,962 indexed records with 17,731 record images (was 50,824 records with 17,672 images), UPDATED 08-Dec-2023
Italy, Treviso, Treviso, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1941 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1947831); 7,864 indexed records with 427,232 record images (was 7,619 records with 427,232 images), UPDATED 08-Dec-2023
Italy, Venezia, Venezia, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1930 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2043809); 33,675 indexed records with 628,744 record images (was 32,197 records with 628,744 images), UPDATED 08-Dec-2023
Luxembourg Census Records, 1843-1900 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2037957); 3,929,635 indexed records with 1,115,931 record images (was 3,936,859 records with 1,115,931 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2023
Mexico, Michoacán, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1996 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1883388); 5,769,512 indexed records with 5,283,986 record images (was 5,764,939 records with 5,283,986 images), UPDATED 08-Dec-2023
Mexico, Puebla, Catholic Church Records, 1545-1977 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837906); 8,978,723 indexed records with 6,124,553 record images (was 8,977,695 records with 6,124,553 images), UPDATED 08-Dec-2023
Mexico, Querétaro, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1970 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1881200); 3,034,129 indexed records with 1,380,077 record images (was 3,033,955 records with 1,380,077 images), UPDATED 07-Dec-2023
New York, U.S. District and Circuit Court Naturalization Records, 1824-1991 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2060123); 4,023,952 indexed records with 2,187,206 record images (was 3,769,280 records with 2,187,206 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2023
Norway, Probate Index Cards, 1640-1903 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1661306); Index only (604,508 records), no images (was 601,963 records with 0 images), UPDATED 01-Dec-2023
Ohio, Stillbirths, 1918-1953 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000024); 162,486 indexed records with 162,312 record images (was 160,849 records with 160,680 images), UPDATED 08-Dec-2023
Paraguay, Civil Registration, 1842-2012 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000049); 3,770 indexed records with 4,678 record images (was 3,361 records with 4,182 images), UPDATED 08-Dec-2023
Pennsylvania, Western District, Naturalizations, 1820-1930 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000034); 423,123 indexed records with 332,767 record images (was 367,231 records with 268,257 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2023
Peru, Catholic Church Records, 1603-1992 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1877097); 20,977,426 indexed records with 4,192,353 record images (was 20,964,542 records with 4,192,353 images), UPDATED 08-Dec-2023
Portugal, Setúbal, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1911 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1935451); 1,088,576 indexed records with 829,309 record images (was 1,088,228 records with 829,309 images), UPDATED 08-Dec-2023
Puerto Rico, Catholic Church Records, 1645-1969 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1807092); 3,319,793 indexed records with 191,547 record images (was 3,317,176 records with 191,547 images), UPDATED 08-Dec-2023
Russia, Lutheran Church Book Duplicates, 1833-1885 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1469151); 358,017 indexed records with 128,317 record images (was 355,225 records with 128,317 images), UPDATED 08-Dec-2023
Russia, Tver Church Books, 1722-1918 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1921824); 16,012,703 indexed records with 3,278,129 record images (was 15,116,079 records with 3,278,129 images), UPDATED 05-Dec-2023
South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Records, 1840-1972 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1779109); 3,134,582 indexed records with 2,216,270 record images (was 3,133,648 records with 2,216,270 images), UPDATED 08-Dec-2023
South Africa, Western Cape, Deceased Estate Files, 1951-1958 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4319131); 422,047 indexed records with 342,622 record images (was 421,961 records with 342,621 images), UPDATED 08-Dec-2023
Sweden, Stockholm City Archives, Index to Church Records, 1546-1927 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2057674); 1,201,274 indexed records with 69,656 record images (was 1,200,126 records with 56,682 images), UPDATED 02-Dec-2023
Ukraine, Western Ukraine Catholic Church Book Duplicates, 1600-1937 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1910265); 309,941 indexed records with 942,391 record images (was 309,932 records with 942,391 images), UPDATED 04-Dec-2023
Uruguay Civil Registration, 1879-1930 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837849); Index only (1,086,973 records), no images (was 1,080,975 records with 0 images), UPDATED 08-Dec-2023
Venezuela Civil Registration, 1873-2003 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1823609); 1,077,016 indexed records with 586,312 record images (was 1,074,779 records with 586,312 images), UPDATED 08-Dec-2023
Venezuela, Archdiocese of Caracas, Catholic Church Records, 1638-2020 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4465438); 182,261 indexed records with 68,645 record images (was 179,206 records with 68,201 images), UPDATED 08-Dec-2023
Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000046); 1,939,899 indexed records with 42,268 record images (was 1,938,307 records with 42,222 images), UPDATED 07-Dec-2023
Zimbabwe, Diocese of Mutare, Catholic Church Records, 1898-2022 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000105); 91 indexed records with 4,295 record images (was 48 records with 4,019 images), UPDATED 08-Dec-2023
--- Collections with images removed ---Haiti, Civil Registration, 1794-2012 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1482819); 20,925,834 indexed records with 31,609 record images (was 20,925,837 records with 31,609 images), last updated 15-Mar-2023
United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2199956); Index only (875,610,082 records), no images (was 875,610,087 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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