Added and Updated FamilySearch Record Collections - Week of 20 to 26 April 2024

I am keeping track of the new and updated historical record collections at FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list) every week.

As of 26 April 2024, there are 3,316 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 1 from last week):

The new and updated collections this week from FamilySearch are:

--- Collections Added ---

*  Wales, Death Records, 1998-2015 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4440823); 172,310 indexed records with 172,310 record images, ADDED 23-Apr-2024

--- Collections Updated ---

Argentina, Entre Ríos, Civil Registration, 1860-1965 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3006904); 778,909 indexed records with 548,616 record images (was 778,885 records with 548,549 images), UPDATED 25-Apr-2024
Argentina, Jujuy, Civil Registration, 1888-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4489444); 4,022 indexed records with 5,317 record images (was 3,711 records with 4,902 images), UPDATED 26-Apr-2024
Argentina, Santiago del Estero, Catholic Church Records, 1581-1961 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974197); 114,685 indexed records with 102,368 record images (was 114,064 records with 102,368 images), UPDATED 26-Apr-2024
Aruba, Civil Registration, 1823-2004 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4285043); 13,903 indexed records with 2,996 record images (was 13,118 records with 2,996 images), UPDATED 26-Apr-2024
Australia Marriages, 1810-1980 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1770858); Index only (141,199 records), no images (was 140,031 records with 0 images), UPDATED 25-Apr-2024

Belgium, Brabant, Civil Registration, 1582-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1482191); 90,454 indexed records with 6,411,594 record images (was 89,923 records with 6,411,594 images), UPDATED 25-Apr-2024
Belgium, Namur, Civil Registration, 1800-1912 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2138511); 742,342 indexed records with 372,768 record images (was 738,735 records with 372,768 images), UPDATED 26-Apr-2024
Bolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1922463); 9,450,571 indexed records with 1,649,601 record images (was 9,445,484 records with 1,649,601 images), UPDATED 26-Apr-2024
Brazil, Alagoas, Church Records, 1802-2016 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2820768); 1,264,505 indexed records with 193,689 record images (was 1,260,722 records with 192,141 images), UPDATED 26-Apr-2024
Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3479702); 948,089 indexed records with 393,659 record images (was 943,662 records with 392,000 images), UPDATED 26-Apr-2024

Brazil, Pará, Civil Registration, 1815-1995 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4473609); 341,978 indexed records with 100,643 record images (was 339,069 records with 99,581 images), UPDATED 26-Apr-2024
Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Civil Registration, 1860-2006 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3741255); 1,738,451 indexed records with 885,198 record images (was 1,736,713 records with 881,557 images), UPDATED 26-Apr-2024
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Civil Registration, 1829-2012 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1582573); 6,937,998 indexed records with 5,100,470 record images (was 6,937,155 records with 5,100,470 images), UPDATED 26-Apr-2024
Brazil, Sergipe, Catholic Church Records, 1785-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177298); 1,328,293 indexed records with 273,847 record images (was 1,318,393 records with 273,847 images), UPDATED 26-Apr-2024
California, San Francisco Area Funeral Home Records, 1835-1979 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1385518); 118,511 indexed records with 193,721 record images (was 108,973 records with 193,721 images), UPDATED 26-Apr-2024

Chile, Catholic Church Records, 1633-2015 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3405096); 8,424,016 indexed records with 1,068,474 record images (was 8,417,332 records with 1,067,220 images), UPDATED 26-Apr-2024
Chile, Cemetery Records, 1821-2015 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1428897); 4,004,034 indexed records with 3,675,058 record images (was 2,004,028 records with 3,675,058 images), UPDATED 23-Apr-2024
Colombia, Catholic Church Records, 1576-2018 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1726975); 26,841,650 indexed records with 12,659,776 record images (was 26,822,188 records with 12,659,776 images), UPDATED 26-Apr-2024
Costa Rica, Catholic Church Records, 1595-1992 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1460016); 4,340,451 indexed records with 962,203 record images (was 4,340,352 records with 962,203 images), UPDATED 26-Apr-2024
Croatia, Church Books, 1516-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2040054); 3,024,142 indexed records with 1,421,761 record images (was 3,024,137 records with 1,421,761 images), UPDATED 21-Apr-2024

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kisantu Diocese, Catholic Church Records, 1894-2016 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000138); 3,300 indexed records with 1,201 record images (was 2,762 records with 1,014 images), UPDATED 26-Apr-2024
Ecuador, Catholic Church Records, 1565-2011 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1923402); 6,149,983 indexed records with 1,454,787 record images (was 6,149,972 records with 1,454,787 images), UPDATED 25-Apr-2024
England, Devon, Parish Registers (Devon Record Office), 1529-1974 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2345213); 2,926,636 indexed records with 125,337 record images (was 1,548,415 records with 125,337 images), UPDATED 25-Apr-2024
England, Devon, Parish Registers, 1538-1912 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1804330); 1,043,193 indexed records with 153,166 record images (was 1,047,556 records with 153,166 images), UPDATED 22-Apr-2024
England, Manchester, Miscellaneous Records, 1700-1916 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2075052); 10,241,063 indexed records with 15,623,569 record images (was 675,097 records with 926,802 images), UPDATED 25-Apr-2024

England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2364451); 4,850,444 indexed records with 278,569 record images (was 4,850,444 records with 278,569 images), UPDATED 22-Apr-2024
Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Wuppertal, Civil Registration, 1810-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000010); 146,092 indexed records with 140,989 record images (was 143,702 records with 139,150 images), UPDATED 26-Apr-2024
Gibraltar, Church Records, 1697-1991 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4453925); 59,382 indexed records with 6,373 record images (was 59,341 records with 6,363 images), UPDATED 23-Apr-2024
Guadeloupe, Civil Registration Records, 1792-1872 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4293709); 874 indexed records with 241 record images (was 870 records with 130 images), UPDATED 26-Apr-2024
Guatemala, Chiquimula, Civil Registration, 1877-2008 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790265); 462,852 indexed records with 361,523 record images (was 462,159 records with 361,124 images), UPDATED 26-Apr-2024

Guatemala, Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-2006 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2075150); 4,597,480 indexed records with 1,486 record images (was 4,597,439 records with 1,486 images), UPDATED 25-Apr-2024
Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2451045); 1,012,965 indexed records with 17,993 record images (was 1,012,572 records with 17,993 images), UPDATED 26-Apr-2024
Guatemala, Izabal, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2443319); 426,206 indexed records with 9,848 record images (was 425,853 records with 9,848 images), UPDATED 26-Apr-2024
Haiti, Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince, Catholic Church Records, 1866-2017 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4279947); 106,390 indexed records with 17,941 record images (was 105,755 records with 19,646 images), UPDATED 26-Apr-2024
Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1740-1900 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2820100); 6,224,466 indexed records with 221,495 record images (was 6,174,165 records with 219,885 images), UPDATED 26-Apr-2024

Ireland, Petty Sessions Court Registers, 1828-1912 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2487287); 850,935 indexed records with 1 record images (was 880,427 records with 1 images), UPDATED 26-Apr-2024
Mexico, Michoacán, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1883388); 5,898,466 indexed records with 5,283,986 record images (was 5,890,713 records with 5,283,986 images), UPDATED 26-Apr-2024
Mexico, Puebla, Catholic Church Records, 1545-1977 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837906); 9,014,229 indexed records with 6,124,553 record images (was 9,014,055 records with 6,124,553 images), UPDATED 26-Apr-2024
Mexico, Querétaro, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1970 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1881200); 3,040,037 indexed records with 1,380,077 record images (was 3,040,022 records with 1,380,077 images), UPDATED 24-Apr-2024
Ohio, Stillbirths, 1918-1953 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000024); 199,225 indexed records with 199,026 record images (was 197,214 records with 197,015 images), UPDATED 26-Apr-2024

Paraguay, Cemetery Records, 1917-2012 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000254); 4,757 indexed records with 4,751 record images (was 3,469 records with 3,468 images), UPDATED 26-Apr-2024
Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1589502); 3,546,990 indexed records with 1,789,697 record images (was 3,544,396 records with 1,789,697 images), UPDATED 26-Apr-2024
Peru, Catholic Church Records, 1603-1992 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1877097); 21,112,825 indexed records with 4,192,353 record images (was 21,109,624 records with 4,192,353 images), UPDATED 26-Apr-2024
Peru, Huánuco, Catholic Church Records, 1660-2020 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4439346); 65,826 indexed records with 52,441 record images (was 62,286 records with 47,571 images), UPDATED 26-Apr-2024
Portugal, Setúbal, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1911 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1935451); 1,093,466 indexed records with 829,309 record images (was 1,093,208 records with 829,309 images), UPDATED 26-Apr-2024

Puerto Rico, Catholic Church Records, 1645-1969 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1807092); 3,320,585 indexed records with 191,547 record images (was 3,320,560 records with 191,547 images), UPDATED 23-Apr-2024
Puerto Rico, Civil Registration, 1805-2001 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1682798); 5,093,192 indexed records with 4,581,756 record images (was 5,092,825 records with 4,581,756 images), UPDATED 25-Apr-2024
Russia, Lutheran Church Book Duplicates, 1833-1885 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1469151); 441,483 indexed records with 128,317 record images (was 437,736 records with 128,317 images), UPDATED 26-Apr-2024
South Africa, Western Cape, Deceased Estate Files, 1951-1958 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4319131); 532,186 indexed records with 344,137 record images (was 529,846 records with 344,052 images), UPDATED 26-Apr-2024
South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1417492); 1,220,231 indexed records with 682,974 record images (was 1,220,230 records with 682,974 images), UPDATED 19-Apr-2024

St. Lucia, Church Records, 1751-1793 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4449051); 163 indexed records with 34 record images (was 155 records with 33 images), UPDATED 26-Apr-2024
Texas, Hidalgo County, Marriage Records, 1875-2021 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000017); 174,517 indexed records with 292,750 record images (was 174,517 records with 292,749 images), UPDATED 26-Apr-2024
United States City and Business Directories, ca. 1749 - ca. 1990 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3754697); 63,198,823 indexed records with 511,328 record images (was 63,198,823 records with 476,091 images), UPDATED 23-Apr-2024
Uruguay Civil Registration, 1879-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837849); Index only (1,270,548 records), no images (was 1,258,754 records with 0 images), UPDATED 26-Apr-2024
Venezuela Civil Registration, 1873-2003 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1823609); 1,133,453 indexed records with 586,312 record images (was 1,132,975 records with 586,312 images), UPDATED 26-Apr-2024

Venezuela, Archdiocese of Caracas, Catholic Church Records, 1638-2020 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4465438); 274,319 indexed records with 92,446 record images (was 272,081 records with 92,192 images), UPDATED 26-Apr-2024
Venezuela, Catholic Church Records, 1577-1995 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1951777); 20,502,180 indexed records with 1,899,876 record images (was 20,499,012 records with 1,899,876 images), UPDATED 26-Apr-2024
Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000046); 1,947,998 indexed records with 42,497 record images (was 1,947,979 records with 42,496 images), UPDATED 20-Apr-2024
Zambia, Archdiocese of Lusaka, Church Records, 1950-2015 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3736255); 373,570 indexed records with 29,871 record images (was 359,807 records with 28,883 images), UPDATED 26-Apr-2024

--- Collections with records removed ---

Peru, La Libertad, Civil Registration, 1903-1998 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016224); 1,786,481 indexed records with 1,582,419 record images (was 1,786,482 records with 1,582,419 images), last updated 23-Jul-2020
United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2199956); Index only (875,610,029 records), no images (was 875,610,033 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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