I am keeping track of the new and updated historical record collections at FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list) every week.
As of 15 December 2023, there are 3,258 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 1 from last week):
The new and updated collections this week from FamilySearch are:
--- Collections Added ---
* Indiana, Ferguson and Glancy Mortuary Records, 1900-2022 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000209); 3,005 indexed records with 3,004 record images, ADDED 13-Dec-2023
* Texas, Hidalgo County, Marriage Records, 1875-2021 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000017); 47,486 indexed records with 60,413 record images, ADDED 15-Dec-2023
--- Collections Updated --- Argentina, Catamarca, Civil Registration, 1888-2000 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4328763); 145,714 indexed records with 145,467 record images (was 144,550 records with 144,325 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2023
Argentina, Chaco, Civil Registration, 1889-1946 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4450393); 118,775 indexed records with 118,315 record images (was 108,779 records with 108,341 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2023
Argentina, Córdoba, Catholic Church Records, 1557-1974 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974182); 1,001,302 indexed records with 419,985 record images (was 996,693 records with 419,985 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2023
Argentina, Córdoba, Censuses, 1778-1874 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4475260); 518,010 indexed records with 12,738 record images (was 505,984 records with 9,793 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2023
Argentina, Entre Ríos, Catholic Church Records, 1764-1983 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974185); 671,116 indexed records with 235,772 record images (was 671,066 records with 235,772 images), UPDATED 10-Dec-2023
Argentina, Santa Fe, Catholic Church Records, 1634-1975 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974196); 799,515 indexed records with 424,329 record images (was 799,515 records with 424,329 images), UPDATED 08-Dec-2023
Aruba, Civil Registration, 1823-2004 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4285043); 506,057 indexed records with 143,083 record images (was 505,728 records with 140,999 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2023
Australia, Victoria, Wills, Probate and Administration Files, 1841-1926 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2207846); 237,915 indexed records with 3,998,555 record images (was 230,172 records with 3,998,555 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2023
Belgium, Brabant, Civil Registration, 1582-1950 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1482191); 76,717 indexed records with 6,411,594 record images (was 75,782 records with 6,411,594 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2023
Belgium, Namur, Civil Registration, 1800-1912 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2138511); 680,426 indexed records with 372,768 record images (was 676,482 records with 372,768 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2023
Bolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1922463); 9,379,045 indexed records with 1,649,601 record images (was 9,376,854 records with 1,649,601 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2023
Brazil, Alagoas, Church Records, 1802-2016 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2820768); 1,203,224 indexed records with 181,057 record images (was 1,200,414 records with 180,365 images), UPDATED 15-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 15-Dec-2023
Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3479702); 896,508 indexed records with 373,416 record images (was 894,265 records with 372,565 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2023
Brazil, Paraná, Civil Registration, 1852-1996 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016194); 3,122,827 indexed records with 1,689,031 record images (was 3,118,581 records with 1,689,031 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2023
Brazil, Pará, Civil Registration, 1815-1995 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4473609); 237,115 indexed records with 71,834 record images (was 231,903 records with 70,352 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2023
Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Civil Registration, 1860-2006 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3741255); 1,720,602 indexed records with 877,665 record images (was 1,720,287 records with 877,520 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2023
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Civil Registration, 1829-2012 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1582573); 6,907,569 indexed records with 5,100,470 record images (was 6,907,007 records with 5,100,470 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2023
Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016197); 755,284 indexed records with 1,037,638 record images (was 755,194 records with 1,037,638 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2023
Brazil, Sergipe, Catholic Church Records, 1785-1994 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177298); 1,266,166 indexed records with 273,847 record images (was 1,260,231 records with 273,847 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2023
Cape Verde, Catholic Church Records, 1787-1957 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2246703); 353,609 indexed records with 105,781 record images (was 353,264 records with 105,781 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2023
Chile, Catholic Church Records, 1633-2015 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3405096); 8,138,615 indexed records with 1,027,004 record images (was 8,130,606 records with 1,025,781 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2023
Colombia, Catholic Church Records, 1576-2018 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1726975); 26,436,941 indexed records with 12,659,776 record images (was 26,419,890 records with 12,659,776 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2023
Colombia, Civil Registration, 1553-2021 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4469480); 799,994 indexed records with 854,016 record images (was 799,885 records with 853,944 images), UPDATED 11-Dec-2023
Costa Rica, Catholic Church Records, 1595-1992 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1460016); 4,337,125 indexed records with 962,203 record images (was 4,335,883 records with 962,203 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2023
Croatia, Church Books, 1516-1994 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2040054); 2,994,065 indexed records with 1,421,761 record images (was 2,993,727 records with 1,421,761 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2023
Czech Republic, Church Books, 1552-1981 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1804263); 13,259,992 indexed records with 4,668,489 record images (was 13,156,427 records with 4,668,489 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2023
Democratic Republic of the Congo, National Identity Cards, 1884-2019 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000100); 5,794,858 indexed records with 5,809,620 record images (was 4,725,235 records with 4,739,991 images), UPDATED 09-Dec-2023
Dominican Republic, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1975 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1918910); 2,286,677 indexed records with 238,265 record images (was 2,286,290 records with 238,265 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2023
France, Hautes-Alpes, Census, 1876 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2819930); 96,831 indexed records with 1,855 record images (was 96,831 records with 2,069 images), UPDATED 13-Dec-2023
Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Wuppertal, Civil Registration, 1810-1930 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000010); 84,556 indexed records with 82,943 record images (was 83,370 records with 81,794 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2023
Gibraltar, Church Records, 1697-1991 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4453925); 52,982 indexed records with 5,123 record images (was 50,914 records with 4,891 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2023
Guatemala, Chiquimula, Civil Registration, 1877-2008 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790265); 451,331 indexed records with 353,008 record images (was 450,900 records with 352,731 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2023
Guatemala, Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-2006 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2075150); 4,579,089 indexed records with 1,486 record images (was 4,578,693 records with 1,486 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2023
Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2451045); 997,240 indexed records with 17,993 record images (was 996,933 records with 17,993 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2023
Guatemala, Izabal, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2443319); 419,827 indexed records with 9,848 record images (was 419,670 records with 9,848 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2023
Haiti, Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince, Catholic Church Records, 1866-2017 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4279947); 77,942 indexed records with 9,556 record images (was 75,963 records with 9,744 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2023
Hawaii, Hawaii State Archives, Probate Packet Records, 1814-1917 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3463463); 35,403 indexed records with 34,164 record images (was 33,135 records with 31,127 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2023
Hawaii, Registrar of Bureau of Conveyances, Deed Records, 1846-1900 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3478266); 41,267 indexed records with 7,851 record images (was 40,953 records with 22,375 images), UPDATED 13-Dec-2023
India, Catholic Church Records, 1751-2014 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4491581); 845,682 indexed records with 67,490 record images (was 817,536 records with 62,781 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2023
Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1740-1900 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2820100); 5,073,254 indexed records with 175,574 record images (was 4,997,879 records with 174,209 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2023
Italy, Mantova, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1496-1906 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1934580); 377,208 indexed records with 855,316 record images (was 377,208 records with 855,316 images), UPDATED 11-Dec-2023
Italy, Sassari, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1803-1942 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4464417); 51,057 indexed records with 17,758 record images (was 50,962 records with 17,731 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2023
Italy, Treviso, Treviso, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1941 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1947831); 8,294 indexed records with 427,232 record images (was 7,864 records with 427,232 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2023
Italy, Venezia, Venezia, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1930 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2043809); 34,995 indexed records with 628,744 record images (was 33,675 records with 628,744 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2023
Martinique, Church Records, 1662-1847 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4316497); 13,407 indexed records with 2,254 record images (was 13,406 records with 2,253 images), UPDATED 09-Dec-2023
Mexico, Michoacán, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1996 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1883388); 5,772,988 indexed records with 5,283,986 record images (was 5,769,512 records with 5,283,986 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2023
Mexico, Puebla, Catholic Church Records, 1545-1977 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837906); 8,979,778 indexed records with 6,124,553 record images (was 8,978,723 records with 6,124,553 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2023
Mexico, Querétaro, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1970 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1881200); 3,034,839 indexed records with 1,380,077 record images (was 3,034,129 records with 1,380,077 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2023
Missouri, County Naturalization Records, 1830-1985 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1880587); 346,823 indexed records with 898 record images (was 346,226 records with 898 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2023
Ohio, Stillbirths, 1918-1953 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000024); 164,101 indexed records with 163,927 record images (was 162,486 records with 162,312 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2023
Paraguay, Civil Registration, 1842-2012 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000049); 4,078 indexed records with 4,990 record images (was 3,770 records with 4,678 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2023
Peru, Catholic Church Records, 1603-1992 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1877097); 20,991,656 indexed records with 4,192,353 record images (was 20,977,426 records with 4,192,353 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2023
Portugal, Setúbal, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1911 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1935451); 1,088,904 indexed records with 829,309 record images (was 1,088,576 records with 829,309 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2023
Puerto Rico, Catholic Church Records, 1645-1969 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1807092); 3,319,911 indexed records with 191,547 record images (was 3,319,793 records with 191,547 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2023
Russia, Lutheran Church Book Duplicates, 1833-1885 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1469151); 362,625 indexed records with 128,317 record images (was 358,017 records with 128,317 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2023
Russia, Tobolsk, Church Books, 1722-1930 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4496122); 364,114 indexed records with 79,932 record images (was 342,784 records with 75,017 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2023
South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Records, 1840-1972 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1779109); 3,134,593 indexed records with 2,216,270 record images (was 3,134,582 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); 422,059 indexed records with 342,623 record images (was 422,047 records with 342,622 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2023
St. Lucia, Church Records, 1751-1793 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4449051); 111 indexed records with 23 record images (was 104 records with 20 images), UPDATED 10-Dec-2023
Sweden, Örebro Church Records, 1613-1918; index 1635-1860 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1647578); 825,418 indexed records with 647,469 record images (was 824,818 records with 647,469 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2023
Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1983324); 4,539,443 indexed records with 4,476,649 record images (was 4,539,443 records with 4,476,649 images), UPDATED 13-Dec-2023
United States, New England, Petitions for Naturalization, 1787-1906 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2064580); 33,050 indexed records with 954,378 record images (was 0 records with 954,378 images), UPDATED 11-Dec-2023
United States, New York Land Records, 1630-1975 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2078654); 52,146,805 indexed records with 8,129,310 record images (was 52,123,098 records with 8,129,310 images), UPDATED 14-Dec-2023
Uruguay Civil Registration, 1879-1930 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837849); Index only (1,094,587 records), no images (was 1,086,973 records with 0 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2023
Venezuela Civil Registration, 1873-2003 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1823609); 1,078,770 indexed records with 586,312 record images (was 1,077,016 records with 586,312 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2023
Venezuela, Archdiocese of Caracas, Catholic Church Records, 1638-2020 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4465438); 185,755 indexed records with 69,169 record images (was 182,261 records with 68,645 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2023
Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000046); 1,940,338 indexed records with 42,280 record images (was 1,939,899 records with 42,268 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2023
West Virginia, Military Discharge Records, 1866-1990 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4166146); 36,505 indexed records with 6,675 record images (was 22,133 records with 2,793 images), UPDATED 11-Dec-2023
Zimbabwe, Diocese of Mutare, Catholic Church Records, 1898-2022 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000105); 1,546 indexed records with 7,200 record images (was 91 records with 4,295 images), UPDATED 15-Dec-2023
--- Collections with new images ---Australia, South Australia, Immigrants Ship Papers, 1849-1940 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2613135); 578,819 indexed records with 23,081 record images (was 578,819 records with 23,036 images), last updated 18-Feb-2021
Finland, Tax Lists, 1809-1915 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2704794); 960,870 indexed records with 11,878 record images (was 960,870 records with 10,128 images), last updated 07-Nov-2023
Florida, Pensacola, Passenger lists of citizens and aliens arriving and departing at Pensacola, Florida, 1924-1948 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3346924); 2,192 indexed records with 602 record images (was 2,192 records with 552 images), last updated 09-Apr-2020
North Carolina, County Divorce Records, 1926-1975 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2848500); 20,027 indexed records with 2,776 record images (was 20,027 records with 2,773 images), last updated 23-Apr-2019
--- Collections with images removed ---Florida, Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at St. Petersburg, Florida, 1926-1941 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2822770); 485 indexed records with 6 record images (was 485 records with 92 images), last updated 20-May-2020
France, Calvados, Census, 1876 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4279948); 66,267 indexed records with 1,799 record images (was 66,267 records with 4,986 images), last updated 30-Nov-2023
France, Haute-Garonne, Census, 1896 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000057); 59,804 indexed records with 388 record images (was 59,804 records with 1,039 images), last updated 30-Nov-2023
French Polynesia, Civil Registration, 1780-1999 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2549721); 79,603 indexed records with 163,151 record images (was 79,603 records with 186,372 images), last updated 04-Dec-2023
Maine, State Archives, World War I (WWI) Grave Cards, 1914-1950 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2968248); 4,061 indexed records with 3,899 record images (was 4,061 records with 4,067 images), last updated 22-Mar-2019
--- Collections with new records ---Ohio, Crawford County Obituaries, 1860-2004 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1384728); 1,231,389 indexed records with 130,134 record images (was 1,217,776 records with 130,134 images), last updated 26-Mar-2019
--- Collections with records removed ---United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2199956); Index only (875,610,080 records), no images (was 875,610,082 records with 0 images), last updated 19-Aug-2020
Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2370234); 2,509,915 indexed records with 137,344 record images (was 2,509,916 records with 137,344 images), last updated 19-Dec-2018
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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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