Genea-Musings: 02/04/24

Saturday, February 10, 2024

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Your Best Genealogy Achievements in 2023

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans:

It's Saturday Night again -

Time for some more Genealogy Fun!!

Come on, everybody, join in and accept the mission and execute it with precision.

1) What were your best genealogy achievements in 2023? Tell us - show us a document, or tell us a story, or display a photograph. Brag a bit! You've earned it!

2) Tell us about your best genealogy achievemenst in a comment on this post, or in a Facebook Status post. Please leave a link on this post if you write your own post.

Here's mine:

In reviewing my blog posts, I don't see many "breakthrough" research achievements in 2023. My family tree is pretty well defined at this point, although I'm still working on descendants reports from the 4th great-grandparents. I wrote and posted genealogical sketches of my two grandfathers. I did more parish register research on my Richman and Rich ancestors in Wiltshire and have posted some of the records in my blog. I wrote over 820 blog posts, including the weekly personal research posts - transcribing a document, transcribing an obituary, discussing a family photograph, analyzing a research document, and writing a genealogical sketch - all of which advance my research "ball." Another achievement was using a text scanner mobile app to scan the typed text of my Aunt Geraldine's 37 pages of memoirs -- I added the pages to a digital file, edited the file, and saved it.

The most productive and useful achievement in 2023 came after I found many family photographs hiding in the closet and the floor piles, along with the yearly albums in the bookcase. I dreaded scanning, editing, naming, and filing all of those photographs. Then the MyHeritage Reimagine mobile app came along in May and it made the scanning job really easy - I could easily set up loose photos, or an album page, on a surface and take a photo with my iPhone using the mobile app. The app separates each photograph, squares it up, and saves it on the MyHeritage Photos page where I can restore it, enhance it, colorize it, name it, tag it and save it to my computer. It takes some work, but it was worth it. I did about 600 of my "new" photos and still have many more to do.

One more achievement: I wrote 37 of MY stories for a StoryWorth book, edited them, added photos to some of them, and it's ready for publication.

The most genealogy fun I had in 2023 was using the MyHeritage AI Time Machine to post pictures of myself in various time travels and costumes. Here are two of my favorite time machine photos:

a) French Royalty:

b) 1960s:

I used some of these pictures as my photograph on Facebook for months.

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Added and Updated FamilySearch Record Collections - Week of 3 to 9 February 2024

I am keeping track of the new and updated his8orical record collections at FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list) every week.

As of 9 February 2024, there are 3,280 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 1 from last week):

The new and updated collections this week from FamilySearch are:

-- Collections Added ---

* Dominican Republic, Immigration Records, 1925-1999 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000147); 1,096 indexed records with 2,625 record images, ADDED 05-Feb-2024

--- Collections Updated ---

Argentina, Catamarca, Civil Registration, 1888-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4328763); 187,895 indexed records with 187,075 record images (was 177,745 records with 176,741 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024
Argentina, Corrientes, Civil Registration, 1880-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2821282); 784,977 indexed records with 752,873 record images (was 784,695 records with 752,692 images), UPDATED 06-Feb-2024
Argentina, Jujuy, Civil Registration, 1888-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4489444); 58 indexed records with 329 record images (was 16 records with 189 images), UPDATED 08-Feb-2024
Argentina, Tucumán, Catholic Church Records, 1727-1955 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974199); 665,204 indexed records with 184,969 record images (was 664,851 records with 184,969 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024
Belgium, Antwerp, Civil Registration, 1588-1953 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2138481); 952,992 indexed records with 3,208,709 record images (was 947,845 records with 3,208,709 images), UPDATED 06-Feb-2024

Belgium, Brabant, Civil Registration, 1582-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1482191); 83,307 indexed records with 6,411,594 record images (was 82,536 records with 6,411,594 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024
Belgium, Namur, Civil Registration, 1800-1912 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2138511); 704,818 indexed records with 372,768 record images (was 702,051 records with 372,768 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024
Bolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1922463); 9,401,377 indexed records with 1,649,601 record images (was 9,395,490 records with 1,649,601 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024
Brazil, Alagoas, Church Records, 1802-2016 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2820768); 1,220,917 indexed records with 184,969 record images (was 1,216,363 records with 184,167 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024
Brazil, Mato Grosso, Civil Registration, 1845-2013 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2001286); Index only (835 records), no images (was 832 records with 0 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024

Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3479702); 914,885 indexed records with 380,502 record images (was 913,213 records with 379,716 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024
Brazil, Paraná, Civil Registration, 1852-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016194); 3,169,309 indexed records with 1,689,031 record images (was 3,162,212 records with 1,689,031 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024
Brazil, Pará, Civil Registration, 1815-1995 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4473609); 264,486 indexed records with 79,547 record images (was 262,040 records with 78,899 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024
Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Civil Registration, 1860-2006 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3741255); 1,723,105 indexed records with 878,767 record images (was 1,722,658 records with 878,593 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Civil Registration, 1829-2012 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1582573); 6,918,825 indexed records with 5,100,470 record images (was 6,917,281 records with 5,100,470 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024

Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016197); 767,316 indexed records with 1,037,638 record images (was 766,595 records with 1,037,638 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024
Brazil, Sergipe, Catholic Church Records, 1785-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177298); 1,288,925 indexed records with 273,847 record images (was 1,287,303 records with 273,847 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024
Chile, Catholic Church Records, 1633-2015 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3405096); 8,252,981 indexed records with 1,042,833 record images (was 8,240,175 records with 1,041,157 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024
Colombia, Catholic Church Records, 1576-2018 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1726975); 26,593,697 indexed records with 12,659,776 record images (was 26,549,080 records with 12,659,776 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024
Costa Rica, Catholic Church Records, 1595-1992 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1460016); 4,338,892 indexed records with 962,203 record images (was 4,338,798 records with 962,203 images), UPDATED 08-Feb-2024

Croatia, Church Books, 1516-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2040054); 2,996,139 indexed records with 1,421,761 record images (was 2,995,756 records with 1,421,761 images), UPDATED 08-Feb-2024
Czech Republic, Church Books, 1552-1981 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1804263); 23,723,180 indexed records with 4,668,489 record images (was 23,718,422 records with 4,668,489 images), UPDATED 05-Feb-2024
Democratic Republic of the Congo, National Identity Cards, 1884-2019 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000100); 9,495,198 indexed records with 9,509,955 record images (was 7,942,471 records with 7,957,234 images), UPDATED 07-Feb-2024
Dominican Republic Civil Registration, 1801-2010 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1619814); 7,557,712 indexed records with 3,416,801 record images (was 4,684,136 records with 3,416,801 images), UPDATED 07-Feb-2024
Dominican Republic, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1975 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1918910); 2,311,842 indexed records with 238,265 record images (was 2,299,955 records with 238,265 images), UPDATED 02-Feb-2024

France, Haute-Garonne, Toulouse, Church Records, 1539-1793 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2363045); 607,149 indexed records with 95,073 record images (was 606,481 records with 95,073 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024
French Polynesia, Civil Registration, 1780-1999 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2549721); 81,961 indexed records with 139,628 record images (was 80,241 records with 172,235 images), UPDATED 06-Feb-2024
Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Wuppertal, Civil Registration, 1810-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000010); 113,085 indexed records with 110,475 record images (was 106,461 records with 104,100 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024
Gibraltar, Church Records, 1697-1991 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4453925); 55,812 indexed records with 5,642 record images (was 55,621 records with 5,598 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024
Guadeloupe, Church Records, 1639-1830 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4316498); 542 indexed records with 115 record images (was 47 records with 13 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024

Guadeloupe, Civil Registration Records, 1792-1872

(https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4293709); 621 indexed records with 159 record images (was 609 records with 165 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024
Guatemala, Chiquimula, Civil Registration, 1877-2008 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790265); 455,326 indexed records with 355,897 record images (was 453,932 records with 354,057 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024
Guatemala, Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-2006 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2075150); 4,590,835 indexed records with 1,486 record images (was 4,590,754 records with 1,486 images), UPDATED 08-Feb-2024
Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2451045); 1,001,611 indexed records with 17,993 record images (was 1,001,362 records with 17,993 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024
Guatemala, Izabal, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2443319); 422,173 indexed records with 9,848 record images (was 421,917 records with 9,848 images), UPDATED 08-Feb-2024

Haiti, Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince, Catholic Church Records, 1866-2017 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4279947); 90,713 indexed records with 13,305 record images (was 88,641 records with 17,203 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024
Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1740-1900 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2820100); 5,659,085 indexed records with 202,205 record images (was 5,597,169 records with 199,612 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024
Italy, Sassari, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1803-1942 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4464417); 52,720 indexed records with 18,247 record images (was 52,403 records with 18,156 images), UPDATED 08-Feb-2024
Italy, Treviso, Treviso, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1941 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1947831); 16,375 indexed records with 427,232 record images (was 14,530 records with 427,232 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024
Italy, Venezia, Venezia, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2043809); 47,150 indexed records with 628,744 record images (was 45,119 records with 628,744 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024

Luxembourg Census Records, 1843-1900 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2037957); 3,960,433 indexed records with 1,115,931 record images (was 3,948,278 records with 1,115,931 images), UPDATED 08-Feb-2024
Maine, United States Naturalization Records, 1790-1991 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2613134); 83,914 indexed records with 29,001 record images (was 20,876 records with 29,001 images), UPDATED 05-Feb-2024
Martinique, Civil Registration Records, 1809-1874 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4316501); 343 indexed records with 95 record images (was 343 records with 95 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024
Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1928860); 11,744,902 indexed records with 742,594 record images (was 11,744,902 records with 742,594 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024
Mexico, Michoacán, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1883388); 5,817,685 indexed records with 5,283,986 record images (was 5,808,426 records with 5,283,986 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024

Mexico, Puebla, Catholic Church Records, 1545-1977 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837906); 9,006,574 indexed records with 6,124,553 record images (was 9,004,232 records with 6,124,553 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024
Mexico, Querétaro, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1970 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1881200); 3,039,681 indexed records with 1,380,077 record images (was 3,039,589 records with 1,380,077 images), UPDATED 08-Feb-2024
Montana, Polson, Tribal Obituaries, 1870-1995 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000124); 40,319 indexed records with 4,161 record images (was 40,296 records with 4,158 images), UPDATED 03-Feb-2024
Netherlands, Archival Indexes, Vital Records, 1600-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2704829); 46,579,094 indexed records with 46,579,094 record images (was 46,579,094 records with 46,579,094 images), UPDATED 08-Feb-2024
Ohio, Stillbirths, 1918-1953 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000024); 180,828 indexed records with 180,646 record images (was 179,609 records with 179,427 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024

Palau, Church Records, 1921-1940 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4491580); 3,854 indexed records with 294 record images (was 3,853 records with 293 images), UPDATED 03-Feb-2024
Paraguay, Civil Registration, 1842-2012 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000049); 5,791 indexed records with 7,184 record images (was 5,587 records with 6,930 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024
Peru, Arequipa, Catholic Church Records, 1660-2020 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4447275); 421,316 indexed records with 90,567 record images (was 421,292 records with 99,791 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024
Peru, Catholic Church Records, 1603-1992 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1877097); 21,067,484 indexed records with 4,192,353 record images (was 21,057,400 records with 4,192,353 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024
Philippines Births and Baptisms, 1642-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1500711); Index only (44,450 records), no images (was 5,364 records with 0 images), UPDATED 05-Feb-2024

Philippines Civil Registration (National), 1945-1984 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1852584); 185,294 indexed records with 20,274,621 record images (was 185,294 records with 20,274,621 images), UPDATED 05-Feb-2024
Philippines Civil Registration (Spanish Period), 1706-1911 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1935452); Browse 206,828 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 206,828 images), UPDATED 05-Feb-2024
Philippines Marriages, 1723-1957 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1500713); Index only (832,190 records), no images (was 832,152 records with 0 images), UPDATED 05-Feb-2024
Philippines, Camarines Sur, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Caceres, Parish Registers, 1716-1977 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1457939); 375,273 indexed records with 130,474 record images (was 0 records with 130,474 images), UPDATED 05-Feb-2024
Philippines, Catholic Church Records, 1615-1985 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2861657); 6,744,193 indexed records with 2,258,645 record images (was 6,013 records with 2,258,645 images), UPDATED 05-Feb-2024

Philippines, Eastern Samar, Roman Catholic Diocese of Borongan, Parish Registers, 1842-1984 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2379876); 205,767 indexed records with 32,304 record images (was 0 records with 32,304 images), UPDATED 05-Feb-2024
Philippines, La Union, Diocese of San Fernando de La Union, 1801-1984 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2071967); 891,073 indexed records with 30,534 record images (was 0 records with 30,534 images), UPDATED 05-Feb-2024
Philippines, Lingayen-Dagupan Catholic Archdiocese Parish Registers, 1615-1982 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1646454); 1,137,501 indexed records with 169,282 record images (was 199,293 records with 169,282 images), UPDATED 05-Feb-2024
Philippines, Negros Occidental, Roman Catholic Diocese of Bacolod, Parish Registers, 1755-1976 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2157100); 219,906 indexed records with 95,820 record images (was 0 records with 95,820 images), UPDATED 05-Feb-2024
Portugal, Setúbal, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1911 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1935451); 1,091,629 indexed records with 829,309 record images (was 1,091,360 records with 829,309 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024

Puerto Rico, Civil Registration, 1805-2001 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1682798); 5,090,812 indexed records with 4,581,756 record images (was 5,089,636 records with 4,581,756 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024
Russia, Lutheran Church Book Duplicates, 1833-1885 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1469151); 394,214 indexed records with 128,317 record images (was 389,856 records with 128,317 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024
Russia, Tobolsk, Church Books, 1722-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4496122); 45,362,815 indexed records with 1,065,995 record images (was 45,340,090 records with 1,065,995 images), UPDATED 05-Feb-2024
Russia, Tver Confession Lists, 1728-1913 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1929531); 571,988 indexed records with 954,651 record images (was 556,980 records with 954,651 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024
South Africa, Western Cape, Deceased Estate Files, 1951-1958 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4319131); 503,290 indexed records with 343,655 record images (was 501,526 records with 343,643 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024

St. Lucia, Church Records, 1751-1793 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4449051); 114 indexed records with 24 record images (was 114 records with 24 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024
Sweden, Västerbotten Church Records, 1619-1896; index, 1688-1860 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1979430); 377,214 indexed records with 170,304 record images (was 377,203 records with 170,304 images), UPDATED 06-Feb-2024
Texas, Hidalgo County, Marriage Records, 1875-2021 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000017); 161,251 indexed records with 199,680 record images (was 158,307 records with 183,975 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024
United States, California, San Francisco, Records of Chinese Laborers Returning to the US, 1882-1888 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3233819); 54,539 indexed records with 6,107 record images (was 51,646 records with 3,642 images), UPDATED 08-Feb-2024
United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2333694); 27,606,102 indexed records with 46,885,461 record images (was 27,606,102 records with 46,885,461 images), UPDATED 08-Feb-2024

Uruguay Civil Registration, 1879-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837849); Index only (1,156,570 records), no images (was 1,147,856 records with 0 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024
Venezuela Civil Registration, 1873-2003 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1823609); 1,101,849 indexed records with 586,312 record images (was 1,097,504 records with 586,312 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024
Venezuela, Archdiocese of Caracas, Catholic Church Records, 1638-2020 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4465438); 209,397 indexed records with 77,802 record images (was 204,958 records with 76,772 images), UPDATED 09-Feb-2024
Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000046); 1,947,438 indexed records with 42,480 record images (was 1,947,284 records with 42,476 images), UPDATED 06-Feb-2024
Zimbabwe, Diocese of Chinhoyi, Catholic Church Records, 1941-2022 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000107); 581 indexed records with 12,175 record images (was 581 records with 12,155 images), UPDATED 08-Feb-2024

Zimbabwe, Diocese of Mutare, Catholic Church Records, 1898-2022 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000105); 12,044 indexed records with 38,366 record images (was 11,299 records with 38,268 images), UPDATED 08-Feb-2024

--- Collections with new images ---

New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1938 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2143225); 2,942,326 indexed records with 155,441 record images (was 2,942,326 records with 155,427 images), last updated 22-Jul-2021

--- Collections with images removed ---

Montana, Flathead County, School Census, 1903-1969 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000177); 1,886,448 indexed records with 18,764 record images (was 1,886,448 records with 18,817 images), last updated 24-Jan-2024
Norway Census, 1801 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3733603); 878,979 indexed records with 13,260 record images (was 878,979 records with 13,261 images), last updated 19-Oct-2020

--- Collections with records removed ---

Connecticut Marriage Index, 1959-2001 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1936542); Index only (1,005,744 records), no images (was 1,005,745 records with 0 images), last updated 13-Nov-2011
England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2285338); Index only (132,174,260 records), no images (was 132,174,262 records with 0 images), last updated 02-Oct-2014
North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1726957); 7,848,170 indexed records with 1,509,652 record images (was 7,848,171 records with 1,509,652 images), last updated 17-Jan-2024
United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2199956); Index only (875,610,056 records), no images (was 875,610,059 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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Friday, February 9, 2024

Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 3 to 9 February 2024

The following genealogy record collections were listed on the Recently Added and Updated Collections on Ancestry.com during the period from 3 to 9 February 2024:

The ADDED and Updated collections include:

* UK, Electoral Registers, 2011-2018; indexed database without record images, ADDED 2/8/2024

* New South Wales, Australia, Government Gazettes, 1853-1899; indexed database with record images, Updated 2/8/2024

* Leavenworth, Kansas, U.S., Leavenworth Times Obituaries, 1954, 1958, 1967-1978 2/8/2024; indexed database without record images, Updated 2/8/2024

* Danville, Pittsylvania County, Virginia Births, 1853-1896; indexed database without record images, Updated 2/8/2024

* Hanover County Virginia, U.S., Birth Records, 1853-1881; indexed database without record images, Updated 2/8/2024

* Fayette County, West Virginia, U.S., Births, 1881-1887; indexed database without record images, Updated 2/8/2024

* Fayette County, West Virginia, U.S., Births, 1866-1880; indexed database without record images, Updated 2/8/2024

* Augusta County, Virginia, U.S., Births, 1880-1887; indexed database without record images, Updated 2/8/2024

* Accomack County, Virginia, U.S., Births, 1866-1873; indexed database without record images, Updated 02/08/2024

* Pulaski County, Virginia Births, 1853-1893; indexed database without record images, Updated 02/08/2024

* Rockingham County, Virginia, U.S., Births, 1866-1884; indexed database without record images, Updated 02/08/2024

* Princess Anne County, Virginia Births, 1881-1896; indexed database without record images, Updated 02/08/2024

* UK, Wartime Records and Material, 1914-1918, 1939-1945; indexed database without record images, Updated 02/08/2024

* Smyth County, Virginia, U.S., Births, 1885-1896; indexed database without record images, Updated 02/08/2024

* North Carolina, U.S., Birth Indexes, 1800-2000; indexed database with record images, Updated 02/08/2024

* Smyth County, Virginia, U.S., Births, 1875-1878; indexed database without record images, Updated 02/08/2024

* Chesterfield County, Virginia, U.S., Births, 1875-1878; indexed database without record images, Updated 02/08/2024

* Clarke County, Virginia, U.S., Births, 1878-96; indexed database without record images, Updated 02/08/2024

* Chesterfield County, Virginia, U.S., Births, 1872-1877; indexed database without record images, Updated 02/08/2024

* Armagh and Londonderry, Ireland, Absent Voters Lists, 1918; indexed database with record images, ADDED 02/07/2024

* 1890 United States Federal Census Fragment; indexed database with record images, Updated 02/05/2024

NOTE: The first 8 items on the list above were not on the New and Updated list as of 9 February, or on the image of the list above. They were found in the Card Catalog entries.

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The complete Ancestry.com Card Catalog is at https://search.ancestry.com/search/CardCatalog.aspx.

By my count, there were 2 NEW record collections ADDED this past week, per the list above. There are now 33,412 collections available as of 9 February, an INCREASE of 2 from last week.

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Disclosure: I receive a complimentary all-access subscription from Ancestry.com, for which I am thankful. Ancestry.com has provided material considerations for travel expenses to meetings, and has hosted events and meals that I have attended in Salt Lake City, in past years.

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52 Relatives: Emily White (Richmond) Taylor (1879-1966) of Connecticut and Massachusetts

I have posted over 500 genealogical sketches of my ancestors back through the 7th great-grandparents - see the list in 52 Ancestors Biographies.

I started a new weekly series called "52 Relatives" to document the lives of siblings of my ancestors with relatively short sketches with events and source citations. They deserve a sketch also - they were integral parts of the lives of my ancestral families. I will post the sketches on my Ancestry Member Tree and in the FamilySearch Family Tree.

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Emily White Richmond was born 6 January 1879 in Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut, the fifth child of Thomas and Julia E. "Juliette" (White) Richmond[1-3]. The family resided in Killingly until about 1895 when they moved to Leominster, Massachusetts for her father's employment.

In the 1880 U.S. census, the Thomas Richmond family resided in Killingly town, Windham County, Connecticut[4]. The family included:

* Thomas Richmond -- white, male, age 31, married, overseer in a woolen mill, born England, father and mother born in England),
* Julia Richmond -- white, female, age 33, wife, married, keeping house, born CT, father born CT, mother born RI
* Annie Richmond -- white, female, age 10, daughter, single, attended school, born RI, father born England, mother born CT
* Everett Richmond -- white, male, age 4, son, single, born CT, father born England, mother born CT
* Grace Richmond -- white, female, age 3, daughter, single, born CT, father born England, mother born CT
* Emily Richmond -- white, female, age 1, daughter, single, born CT, born CT, father born England, mother born CT

In the 1900 US census, the Thomas Richmond family resided at 42 Summer Street in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts[5]. The family included:

* Thomas Richmond -- head, white, male, born Jun 1848, age 51, married, for 31 years, born England, parents born England, immigrated in 1856, a resident of the US for 44 years, a naturalized citizen, an overseer of a woolen mill, rents a house
* Juliette Richmond -- wife, white, female, born Sep 1848, age 51, married, for 31 years, 9 children born, 1 living (obviously an error), born CT, parents born RI
* Grace Richmond -- daughter, white, female, born Aug 1876, age 23, single, born CT, father born England, mother born CT, a shirt maker
* Emily W. Richmond -- daughter, white, female, born Jan 1879, age 21, single, born CT, father born England, mother born CT
* Charles E. Richmond -- son, white, male, born May 1880, age 20, single, born CT, father born England, mother born CT, a painter
* Alma B. Richmond -- daughter, white, female, born Feb 1882, age 18, single, born CT, father born England, mother born CT, housework
* Edwin T. Richmond -- son, white, male, born Dec 1883, age 16, single, born CT, father born England, mother born CT, a laundryman
* James H. Richmond -- son, white, male, born Nov 1886, age 13, born CT, father born England, mother born CT, at school

Emily White Richmond married George Russell Taylor in Leominster, Massachusetts on 10 April 1901[16]. She was age 22, at home, born Putnam, Connecticut, the daughter of Thomas and Julia (White) Richmond. George Taylor was 36, widowed, a designer, born in Stamford, Connecticut, the son of George W. and Eliza Ann (Purdy) Taylor. The wedding was performed by the Rev. Francis A. Brown of Leominster, Massachusetts.

George Russell and Emily White (Richmond) Taylor had one daughter:

* Dorothy Richmond Taylor was born 16 February 1904 in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts. She died 2 June 1992 in San Diego, San Diego County, California, and is buried in Greenwood Memorial Park in San Diego. She married (1) Charles Marshall Beale "Chuck" Chamberlain () on 16 September 1925 in San Diego. He was born 13 April 1903 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, and died 9 March 1968 in Boulder City, Clark County, Nevada. Dorothy married (2) Ralph Ginter Bangerter (1896-1985), as his second wife, on 28 June 1969 in San Diego, San Diego County, California. He was born 14 November 1896 in Los Angeles County, California, and died 7 January 1985 in San Diego, San Diego County, California.

After their marriage, the family resided in Springfield, Hampden County, Massachusetts and moved to San Diego, California by 1910. They were Episcopalians, and worshiped at Saint Dunstan's Episcopal Church on College Avenue in San Diego.

In the 1910 United States Census, the George R. Taylor family was enumerated in Mission Township, San Diego County, California[6]. The household included:

* George R. Taylor - Head, male, white age 43, 2nd marriage, married 9 years, born Connecticut, father born Connecticut, mother born Connecticut, speaks English, a Designer, works in Furniture industry, a worker, out of work 6 weeks in 1909, can read and write, owned the home with a mortgage.
* Emily R. Taylor - Wife, female, white, age 31, first marriage, married 9 years, one child born, one child living, born Connecticut, father born England, mother born Connecticut, speaks English, no occupation, can read and write.
* Dorothy Taylor - Daughter, female, white, age 6, single, born Massachusetts, father born Connecticut, mother born Connecticut, speaks English, attended school.

In the 1920 United States Census, the George R. Taylor family was enumerated at 4574 47th Street in San Diego, San Diego County, California[7]. The household included:

* George R. Taylor - owns home, has mortgage, Head, male, white age 53, married, can read and write, born Connecticut, father born Connecticut, mother born New York, speaks English, an interior decorator, works in house furniture industry, a worker.
* Emily R. Taylor - Wife, female, white, age 40, married, can read and write, born Connecticut, father born England, mother born Connecticut, speaks English, no occupation.
* Dorothy Taylor - Daughter, female, white, age 15, single, attended school, can read and write, born Massachusetts, father born Connecticut, mother born Connecticut, speaks English.

In the 1930 United States Census, the George R. Taylor family was enumerated at 2720 Chatsworth Boulevard in San Diego, San Diego County, California[8]. The household included:

* George R. Taylor - Head, owns home, worth $20,000, has a Radio, male, white age 63, married, first married at age 25, can read and write, born Connecticut, father born Connecticut, mother born Connecticut, speaks English, an interior decorator, has own studio, an executive, not a veteran.
* Emily R. Taylor - Wife, female, white, age 51, married, first married at age 22, can read and write, born Connecticut, father born England, mother born Connecticut, speaks English, no occupation.

In the 1940 United States Census, the Charles M.B. Chamberlain family was enumerated at 4601 Terrace Drive in San Diego, San Diego County, California[9]. The household included:

* Charles M. B. Chamberlain - Owns home, worth $8500, Head, male, white, age 37, married, 4 years of high school, born in Oregon, lived in same place in 1935, was at work for pay last week, worked 44 hours last week, a Structural Engineer, in Steel Bldg. Construction company, a worker, worked 52 weeks in 1939, income is $2444.
* Dorothy T. Chamberlain (gave information) - Wife, female, white, age 36, married, 4 years of high school, born Massachusetts, lived in same place in 1935, not at work, not seeking work, does home work, has no job,.
* Marsha C. Chamberlain - Daughter, female, white, age 14, single, attends school, completed 7 years, born California, lived in same place in 1935, not at work, not seeking work, does school work,
* George Taylor - Father-in-law, male, white age 73, married, 4 years of high school, born Connecticut, lived in same place in 1935, worked at private business, worked 44 hours in 1939, a decorator, works in Building industry, a paid worker, worked 52 hours last week, no income.
* Emily R. Taylor - Mother-in-law, female, white, age 61, married, 4 years of high school, born Connecticut, lived in same place in 1935, not at work, not seeking work.

The Marshall B. Chamberlain family was enumerated in the 1950 United States Census at 4601 Terrace Drive in an unincorporated area bounded by San Diego City, but enumerated as part of the El Cajon Judicial District[10]. The household included:

* Marshall B. Chamberlain - head, white, male, age 46, married, born in Oregon, does Other work, did not work last week, not seeking work, is employed, worked no hours, occupation is superintendent of Steel Construction Co. in Steel Fabrication (mfg) company, Private working class
* Dorothy T. Chamberlain - wife, white, female, age 46, married, born Massachusetts, a Home worker, did not work last week, not seeking work, not employed.
* Emily R. Taylor - mother-in-law, white, female, age 71, widow, born Connecticut, a Home worker, did not work last week, not seeking work, not employed.

After George Russell Taylor died in 1945, Emily continued living with her daughter's family at 4601 Terrace Drive in San Diego. This was a two story house with a grand entrance an internal staircase to the second floor, balconies all around the second floor rooms, and an extensive garden in the back yard of the house, including a goldfish pond.

Emily White (Richmond) Taylor died 23 July 1966 in San Diego, California at age 87[11-13]. She is inurned with her husband at Cypress View Mausoleum in San Diego, California[15].

A short obituary was published in the San Diego Union newspaper on 30 July 1966, page B-12[14]:

"Mrs. Emily Taylor Funeral Scheduled Today
"Private services will be 11 a.m. today in Cypress View Mortuary for Mrs. Emily Taylor, 87, of 4601 Terrace Drive, who died July 23 in a hospital. She lived here 56 years.
"Mrs. Taylor was born in Connecticut. She was a member of St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church. A daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Chamberlain of San Diego, and a granddaughter survive. Inurnment will be in Cypress View Mausoleum."

SOURCES:

1. Killingly, Connecticut, "Killingly Births, Marriages and Deaths" (Register at Killingly Town Hall, Danielson, Connecticut), Volume 2, 1849-1881, Emily White Richmond birth entry, 6 January 1879.

2. Social Security Administration, "U.S. Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014," online database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), Emily R. Taylor (1879-1966) entry.

3. "U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," indexed database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), Emily Richmond Taylor (1879-1966) entry.

4. 1880 United States Federal Census, Windham County, Connecticut, Killingly: Page 379A, dwelling #26, family #42, Thomas Richmond household; online database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication T9, Roll 110.

5. 1900 United States Federal Census, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Leominster; ED 1644, Sheet 4B, dwelling #63, family #88, Thomas Richmond household; online database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), citing National Archives Microfilm Publication T623, Roll 692.

6. 1910 United States Federal Census, San Diego County, California, population schedule, Mission Township, Enumeration District 124, Sheet 29A, Dwelling #3, Family #3, George R. Taylor household, indexed database with record images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives and Record Administration Microfilm Series T624.

7. 1920 United States Federal Census, San Diego County, California, population schedule, San Diego, ED 234, page 18B, dwelling #126, family #131, George R. Taylor household; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 25 November 2015); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication T625, Roll 130.

8. 1930 United States Federal Census, San Diego County, California, population schedule, San Diego, ED 54, Page 14B, Dwelling #87, Family #87, George R. Taylor household; indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 9 November 2014), citing National Archives Microfilm Publication T626, Roll 191.

9. 1940 United States Census, San Diego County, California, population schedule, El Cajon, page 6B, ED 37-21, Dwelling #165, Charles M.B. Chamberlain household; digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), citing National Archives Microfilm Publication T627, Roll 295.

10. 1950 United States Federal Census, San Diego County, California, population schedule, El Cajon Judicial Township, Enumeration District 37-50, Sheet No. 14, House Serial No. #198, Emily R. Taylor in Marshall Chamberlain household, indexed database with digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com); citing Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. 1913-1/1/1972; Population Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 - 1950. Washington, DC: National Archives at Washington, DC.

11. Social Security Administration, "Social Security Death Index [SSDI])," database, Ancestry.com, Emily R. Taylor (1879-1966) entry.

12. "California, U.S., Death Index, 1940-1997," online database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org), Emily R. Taylor (1879-1966) entry.

13. "U.S. Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007," indexed database, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), Emily Richmond Taylor (1879-1966) entry.

14. San Diego [Calif.] Union newspaper, digital image, GenealogyBank (https://www.genealogybank.com), 30 July 1966, page B-12, obituary for Mrs. Emily Taylor.

15. Find A Grave, indexed database and digital image, (https://www.findagrave.com), Cypress View Mausoleum, San Diego, Calif., Emily R. Taylor (1879-1966) memorial #119455005.

16. "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1915," indexed database and digital images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (https://www.AmericanAncestors.org), Marriages, Volume 514, page 302, Leominster, 1901: George Russell Taylor and Emily White Richmond entry, 10 April 1901.

Emily White (Richmond) Taylor (1879-1966) was my grand-aunt, the sister of my grandmother, Alma Bessie (Richmond) Seaver. I knew her as Aunt Emily, a rather spry, older, prim and very proper lady in my childhood who spoke with a New England accent and had a big house to explore with my brother. When my father came to San Diego from Massachusetts in December 1940, it was to the Taylor home. We always went to her house on the 4th of July and at Christmas time. My brothers and I were baptized in her church.

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Randy's Cousins -- 6th Cousin 1X Removed Stephen Richards Covey (1932-2012), the Noted Author, Businessman and Speaker

This week's famous cousin is Stephen Richards Covey (1932-2012). the noted author, businessman and speaker.

Here is the FamilySearch Family Tree Brief Life History biography:

When Stephen Richards Covey was born on 24 October 1932, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Stephen Glenn Covey, was 35 and his mother, Irene Louise Richards, was 30. He married Sandra Renée Merrill on 14 August 1956, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. He died on 16 July 2012, in Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Wasatch Lawn Memorial Park, Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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My most recent common ancestors with cousin Stephen Richards Covey are my 6th great-grandparents Joseph Richards (1703-1748) and Mary Bowden (1705-1755).

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