I am keeping track of the new and updated historical record collections at FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list) every week.
As of 12 April 2024, there are 3,312 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 4 from last week):
The new and updated collections this week from FamilySearch are:
--- Collections Added ---Argentina, Jujuy, Civil Registration, 1888-2000 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4489444); 3,389 indexed records with 4,340 record images (was 3,205 records with 3,984 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Aruba, Civil Registration, 1823-2004 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4285043); 12,760 indexed records with 2,996 record images (was 12,760 records with 2,996 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1770729); Index only (469,746 records), no images (was 468,711 records with 0 images), UPDATED 10-Apr-2024
Belgium, Brabant, Civil Registration, 1582-1950 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1482191); 89,450 indexed records with 6,411,594 record images (was 88,962 records with 6,411,594 images), UPDATED 11-Apr-2024
Belgium, Namur, Civil Registration, 1800-1912 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2138511); 735,563 indexed records with 372,768 record images (was 732,743 records with 372,768 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Bolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1922463); 9,440,164 indexed records with 1,649,601 record images (was 9,436,634 records with 1,649,601 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Brazil, Alagoas, Church Records, 1802-2016 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2820768); 1,255,973 indexed records with 191,520 record images (was 1,252,887 records with 191,038 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3479702); 940,396 indexed records with 390,595 record images (was 937,515 records with 389,409 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Brazil, Pará, Civil Registration, 1815-1995 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4473609); 319,632 indexed records with 94,315 record images (was 311,548 records with 92,209 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Civil Registration, 1860-2006 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3741255); 1,735,368 indexed records with 883,679 record images (was 1,734,081 records with 883,074 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Civil Registration, 1829-2012 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1582573); 6,932,747 indexed records with 5,100,470 record images (was 6,930,366 records with 5,100,470 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Brazil, Sergipe, Catholic Church Records, 1785-1994 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177298); 1,314,560 indexed records with 273,847 record images (was 1,311,773 records with 273,847 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Chile, Catholic Church Records, 1633-2015 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3405096); 8,407,268 indexed records with 1,065,526 record images (was 8,396,561 records with 1,063,847 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Colombia, Catholic Church Records, 1576-2018 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1726975); 26,802,235 indexed records with 12,659,776 record images (was 26,781,653 records with 12,659,776 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Costa Rica, Catholic Church Records, 1595-1992 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1460016); 4,340,327 indexed records with 962,203 record images (was 4,340,110 records with 962,203 images), UPDATED 11-Apr-2024
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kisantu Diocese, Catholic Church Records, 1894-2016 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000138); 1,761 indexed records with 639 record images (was 1,176 records with 429 images), UPDATED 11-Apr-2024
Dominican Republic, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1975 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1918910); 2,311,941 indexed records with 238,265 record images (was 2,311,934 records with 238,265 images), UPDATED 11-Apr-2024
England, Devon, Parish Registers (Devon Record Office), 1529-1974 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2345213); 170,194 indexed records with 29,077 record images (was 167,845 records with 29,077 images), UPDATED 05-Apr-2024
Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Wuppertal, Civil Registration, 1810-1930 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000010); 141,212 indexed records with 137,018 record images (was 138,492 records with 134,555 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Gibraltar, Church Records, 1697-1991 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4453925); 59,247 indexed records with 6,345 record images (was 59,109 records with 6,318 images), UPDATED 11-Apr-2024
Guadeloupe, Civil Registration Records, 1792-1872 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4293709); 858 indexed records with 127 record images (was 835 records with 121 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2024
Guatemala, Chiquimula, Civil Registration, 1877-2008 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790265); 461,158 indexed records with 360,533 record images (was 459,441 records with 359,314 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Guatemala, Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-2006 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2075150); 4,597,396 indexed records with 1,486 record images (was 4,597,314 records with 1,486 images), UPDATED 11-Apr-2024
Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2451045); 1,011,382 indexed records with 17,993 record images (was 1,010,321 records with 17,993 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Guatemala, Izabal, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2443319); 424,976 indexed records with 9,848 record images (was 424,115 records with 9,848 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Haiti, Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince, Catholic Church Records, 1866-2017 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4279947); 105,067 indexed records with 17,638 record images (was 104,550 records with 19,624 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
India, Catholic Church Records, 1751-2014 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4491581); 12,707,144 indexed records with 128,695 record images (was 12,583,935 records with 70,081 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1740-1900 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2820100); 6,128,571 indexed records with 218,315 record images (was 6,076,938 records with 216,676 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Italy, Teramo, Teramo, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1940 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1947829); 170,987 indexed records with 425,736 record images (was 170,987 records with 425,736 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Italy, Torino, Torino, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1899 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1967801); Index only (211,659 records), no images (was 211,659 records with 0 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Italy, Venezia, Venezia, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1930 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2043809); 61,714 indexed records with 628,744 record images (was 61,714 records with 628,744 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Martinique, Civil Registration Records, 1809-1874 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4316501); 356 indexed records with 98 record images (was 348 records with 96 images), UPDATED 10-Apr-2024
Mexico, Michoacán, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1996 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1883388); 5,880,816 indexed records with 5,283,986 record images (was 5,872,874 records with 5,283,986 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Mexico, Puebla, Catholic Church Records, 1545-1977 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837906); 9,013,895 indexed records with 6,124,553 record images (was 9,013,748 records with 6,124,553 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Ohio, Stillbirths, 1918-1953 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000024); 195,306 indexed records with 195,107 record images (was 193,707 records with 193,509 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Palau, Church Records, 1921-1940 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4491580); 3,896 indexed records with 296 record images (was 3,873 records with 295 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2024
Paraguay, Cemetery Records, 1917-2012 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000254); 2,371 indexed records with 2,371 record images (was 1,379 records with 1,379 images), UPDATED 11-Apr-2024
Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1589502); 3,535,054 indexed records with 1,789,697 record images (was 3,501,957 records with 1,789,697 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Peru, Arequipa, Catholic Church Records, 1660-2020 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4447275); 422,351 indexed records with 136,267 record images (was 422,351 records with 136,263 images), UPDATED 07-Apr-2024
Peru, Catholic Church Records, 1603-1992 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1877097); 21,106,611 indexed records with 4,192,353 record images (was 21,100,596 records with 4,192,353 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Peru, Huánuco, Catholic Church Records, 1660-2020 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4439346); 58,319 indexed records with 42,326 record images (was 55,933 records with 37,398 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Portugal, Setúbal, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1911 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1935451); 1,093,022 indexed records with 829,309 record images (was 1,092,922 records with 829,309 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Puerto Rico, Catholic Church Records, 1645-1969 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1807092); 3,320,479 indexed records with 191,547 record images (was 3,320,442 records with 191,547 images), UPDATED 11-Apr-2024
Puerto Rico, Civil Registration, 1805-2001 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1682798); 5,092,565 indexed records with 4,581,756 record images (was 5,092,374 records with 4,581,756 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Russia, Lutheran Church Book Duplicates, 1833-1885 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1469151); 433,474 indexed records with 128,317 record images (was 428,159 records with 128,317 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
South Africa, Western Cape, Deceased Estate Files, 1951-1958 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4319131); 526,957 indexed records with 343,993 record images (was 523,820 records with 343,928 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1417492); 1,220,121 indexed records with 682,974 record images (was 1,197,728 records with 682,974 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Sri Lanka, Civil Registration, 1768-1990 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2209866); 8,780,094 indexed records with 8,557,042 record images (was 7,502,189 records with 7,328,201 images), UPDATED 10-Apr-2024
St. Lucia, Church Records, 1751-1793 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4449051); 146 indexed records with 32 record images (was 131 records with 29 images), UPDATED 06-Apr-2024
Texas, Hidalgo County, Marriage Records, 1875-2021 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000017); 173,808 indexed records with 292,726 record images (was 173,800 records with 292,718 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
United States City and Business Directories, ca. 1749 - ca. 1990 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3754697); 63,198,823 indexed records with 478,249 record images (was 63,198,823 records with 434,736 images), UPDATED 09-Apr-2024
Uruguay Civil Registration, 1879-1930 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837849); Index only (1,247,098 records), no images (was 1,236,132 records with 0 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Venezuela Civil Registration, 1873-2003 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1823609); 1,132,011 indexed records with 586,312 record images (was 1,128,498 records with 586,312 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Venezuela, Archdiocese of Caracas, Catholic Church Records, 1638-2020 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4465438); 267,183 indexed records with 91,569 record images (was 262,484 records with 90,973 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Venezuela, Catholic Church Records, 1577-1995 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1951777); 20,496,792 indexed records with 1,899,876 record images (was 20,496,474 records with 1,899,876 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000046); 1,947,939 indexed records with 42,495 record images (was 1,947,934 records with 42,494 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
Washington Naturalization Records, 1850-1994 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2296985); 363,624 indexed records with 139,772 record images (was 263,325 records with 139,772 images), UPDATED 08-Apr-2024
Zambia, Archdiocese of Lusaka, Church Records, 1950-2015 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3736255); 344,514 indexed records with 28,027 record images (was 331,476 records with 27,211 images), UPDATED 12-Apr-2024
--- Collections with images removed ---England, Cambridgeshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1538-1983 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1465708); 1,108,130 indexed records with 95,591 record images (was 1,108,130 records with 114,977 images), last updated 29-Sep-2021
--- Collections with new records ---Brazil, Paraná, Civil Registration, 1852-1996 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016194); 3,196,736 indexed records with 1,689,031 record images (was 3,196,735 records with 1,689,031 images), last updated 05-Apr-2024
--- Collections with records removed ---Brazil, São Paulo, Civil Registration, 1925-1995 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2765317); 20,824,557 indexed records with 21,090,509 record images (was 20,824,558 records with 21,090,509 images), last updated 03-Nov-2022
Minnesota Birth Index, 1935-2002 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1949334); Index only (4,267,586 records), no images (was 4,267,587 records with 0 images), last updated 06-May-2014
Peru, Lima, Civil Registration, 1874-1996 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1430936); 5,766,153 indexed records with 4,403,080 record images (was 5,766,154 records with 4,403,080 images), last updated 30-Dec-2022
United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2199956); Index only (875,610,035 records), no images (was 875,610,042 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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