I am keeping track of the new and updated historical record collections at FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list) every week.
As of 3 May 2024, there are 3,319 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 3 from last week):
The new and updated collections this week from FamilySearch are:
--- Collections Added ---Alabama Births and Christenings, 1881-1930 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1661470); Index only (171,903 records), no images (was 165,101 records with 0 images), UPDATED 01-May-2024
Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1743384); 5,944,895 indexed records with 1,231,203 record images (was 5,933,956 records with 1,231,203 images), UPDATED 01-May-2024
Alabama Deaths and Burials, 1881-1952 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1674670); Index only (67,847 records), no images (was 66,416 records with 0 images), UPDATED 01-May-2024
Alabama Estate Files, 1830-1976 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1978117); 25,277 indexed records with 2,197,466 record images (was 25,276 records with 2,197,466 images), UPDATED 01-May-2024
Alabama Voter Registration and Poll Tax Cards, 1834-1981 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4016429); 701,385 indexed records with 147,272 record images (was 689,820 records with 143,468 images), UPDATED 01-May-2024
Alabama, County Birth Registers, 1881-1930 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3335352); 264,765 indexed records with 48,659 record images (was 250,236 records with 48,659 images), UPDATED 01-May-2024
Argentina, Jujuy, Civil Registration, 1888-2000 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4489444); 4,183 indexed records with 5,708 record images (was 4,022 records with 5,317 images), UPDATED 03-May-2024
Argentina, Passenger Lists, 1901-1922 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000241); 386,546 indexed records with 14,119 record images (was 313,947 records with 11,493 images), UPDATED 02-May-2024
Argentina, Santiago del Estero, Catholic Church Records, 1581-1961 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974197); 116,888 indexed records with 102,368 record images (was 114,685 records with 102,368 images), UPDATED 03-May-2024
Aruba, Civil Registration, 1823-2004 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4285043); 14,423 indexed records with 2,996 record images (was 13,903 records with 2,996 images), UPDATED 03-May-2024
Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1770729); Index only (469,963 records), no images (was 469,943 records with 0 images), UPDATED 26-Apr-2024
Australia Marriages, 1810-1980 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1770858); Index only (142,699 records), no images (was 141,199 records with 0 images), UPDATED 03-May-2024
Australia, South Australia, Probate Case Files, 1849-1935 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000064); 34,896 indexed records with 15,302 record images (was 42 records with 399 images), UPDATED 02-May-2024
Australia, Victoria, Wills, Probate and Administration Files, 1841-1926 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2207846); 262,920 indexed records with 3,998,555 record images (was 261,142 records with 3,998,555 images), UPDATED 03-May-2024
Belgium, Brabant, Civil Registration, 1582-1950 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1482191); 91,389 indexed records with 6,411,594 record images (was 90,454 records with 6,411,594 images), UPDATED 03-May-2024
Belgium, Namur, Civil Registration, 1800-1912 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2138511); 746,033 indexed records with 372,768 record images (was 742,342 records with 372,768 images), UPDATED 03-May-2024
Bolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1922463); 9,454,719 indexed records with 1,649,601 record images (was 9,450,571 records with 1,649,601 images), UPDATED 03-May-2024
Brazil, Alagoas, Church Records, 1802-2016 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2820768); 1,271,324 indexed records with 195,422 record images (was 1,264,505 records with 193,689 images), UPDATED 03-May-2024
Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3479702); 951,302 indexed records with 394,819 record images (was 948,089 records with 393,659 images), UPDATED 03-May-2024
Brazil, Pará, Civil Registration, 1815-1995 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4473609); 344,980 indexed records with 101,669 record images (was 341,978 records with 100,643 images), UPDATED 03-May-2024
Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Civil Registration, 1860-2006 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3741255); 1,739,939 indexed records with 885,920 record images (was 1,738,451 records with 885,198 images), UPDATED 03-May-2024
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Civil Registration, 1829-2012 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1582573); 6,938,368 indexed records with 5,100,470 record images (was 6,937,998 records with 5,100,470 images), UPDATED 03-May-2024
Brazil, Sergipe, Catholic Church Records, 1785-1994 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177298); 1,330,819 indexed records with 273,847 record images (was 1,328,293 records with 273,847 images), UPDATED 03-May-2024
California, San Francisco Area Funeral Home Records, 1835-1979 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1385518); 118,603 indexed records with 193,721 record images (was 118,511 records with 193,721 images), UPDATED 02-May-2024
Chile, Catholic Church Records, 1633-2015 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3405096); 8,435,560 indexed records with 1,070,395 record images (was 8,424,016 records with 1,068,474 images), UPDATED 03-May-2024
Colombia, Catholic Church Records, 1576-2018 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1726975); 26,862,599 indexed records with 12,659,776 record images (was 26,841,650 records with 12,659,776 images), UPDATED 03-May-2024
Costa Rica, Catholic Church Records, 1595-1992 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1460016); 4,340,497 indexed records with 962,203 record images (was 4,340,451 records with 962,203 images), UPDATED 03-May-2024
Croatia, Church Books, 1516-1994 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2040054); 3,024,209 indexed records with 1,421,761 record images (was 3,024,142 records with 1,421,761 images), UPDATED 02-May-2024
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Census, 1984 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3288450); 13,120,498 indexed records with 2,702,247 record images (was 12,001,359 records with 2,310,329 images), UPDATED 29-Apr-2024
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kisantu Diocese, Catholic Church Records, 1894-2016 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000138); 3,915 indexed records with 1,430 record images (was 3,300 records with 1,201 images), UPDATED 03-May-2024
England, Devon, Parish Registers, 1538-1912 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1804330); 1,055,443 indexed records with 153,166 record images (was 1,043,193 records with 153,166 images), UPDATED 02-May-2024
England, Lancashire, Liverpool, Banns and Marriages, 1557-1960 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4489058); 11,002 indexed records with 205,758 record images (was 718 records with 205,218 images), UPDATED 02-May-2024
England, Manchester, Miscellaneous Records, 1700-1916 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2075052); 10,288,506 indexed records with 15,671,012 record images (was 10,241,063 records with 15,623,569 images), UPDATED 02-May-2024
Estonia Church Books and Synagogue Registers, 1835-1940 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1932350); 10,118,377 indexed records with 679,036 record images (was 10,118,377 records with 679,036 images), UPDATED 02-May-2024
Estonia, Petseri County, Surname Register Cards, 1921-1923 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1930217); Browse 12,902 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 12,902 images), UPDATED 02-May-2024
Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Wuppertal, Civil Registration, 1810-1930 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000010); 149,117 indexed records with 143,635 record images (was 146,092 records with 140,989 images), UPDATED 03-May-2024
Germany, Prussia, East Prussia, Catholic and Lutheran Church Records, 1551-1992 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4110912); 4,776,407 indexed records with 874,353 record images (was 4,776,407 records with 874,353 images), UPDATED 01-May-2024
Guadeloupe, Civil Registration Records, 1792-1872 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4293709); 890 indexed records with 135 record images (was 874 records with 241 images), UPDATED 30-Apr-2024
Guatemala, Chiquimula, Civil Registration, 1877-2008 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790265); 463,135 indexed records with 361,725 record images (was 462,852 records with 361,523 images), UPDATED 03-May-2024
Guatemala, Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-2006 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2075150); 4,597,579 indexed records with 1,486 record images (was 4,597,480 records with 1,486 images), UPDATED 02-May-2024
Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2451045); 1,013,150 indexed records with 17,993 record images (was 1,012,965 records with 17,993 images), UPDATED 03-May-2024
Guatemala, Izabal, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2443319); 426,804 indexed records with 9,848 record images (was 426,206 records with 9,848 images), UPDATED 03-May-2024
Haiti, Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince, Catholic Church Records, 1866-2017 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4279947); 106,949 indexed records with 18,023 record images (was 106,390 records with 17,941 images), UPDATED 03-May-2024
Hawaii, Registrar of Bureau of Conveyances, Deed Records, 1846-1900 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3478266); 49,779 indexed records with 31,508 record images (was 48,550 records with 30,386 images), UPDATED 02-May-2024
Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1740-1900 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2820100); 6,272,775 indexed records with 223,098 record images (was 6,224,466 records with 221,495 images), UPDATED 03-May-2024
Italy, Cagliari, Cagliari, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2043426); 24,724 indexed records with 1,791,108 record images (was 23,306 records with 1,791,108 images), UPDATED 01-May-2024
Italy, Oristano, Oristano, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1940 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1947719); 89,763 indexed records with 342,194 record images (was 88,904 records with 342,194 images), UPDATED 01-May-2024
Mexico, Michoacán, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1996 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1883388); 5,907,586 indexed records with 5,283,986 record images (was 5,898,466 records with 5,283,986 images), UPDATED 03-May-2024
Mexico, Puebla, Catholic Church Records, 1545-1977 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837906); 9,014,339 indexed records with 6,124,553 record images (was 9,014,229 records with 6,124,553 images), UPDATED 03-May-2024
Namibia, Dutch Reformed Church Records, 1904-1984 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2365261); 126,287 indexed records with 17,342 record images (was 116,001 records with 17,342 images), UPDATED 03-May-2024
Norway, Probate Index Cards, 1640-1903 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1661306); Index only (642,372 records), no images (was 640,562 records with 0 images), UPDATED 02-May-2024
Ohio, Stillbirths, 1918-1953 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000024); 201,128 indexed records with 200,929 record images (was 199,225 records with 199,026 images), UPDATED 03-May-2024
Palau, Church Records, 1921-1940 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4491580); 3,958 indexed records with 297 record images (was 3,896 records with 296 images), UPDATED 02-May-2024
Paraguay, Cemetery Records, 1917-2012 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000254); 5,974 indexed records with 5,964 record images (was 4,757 records with 4,751 images), UPDATED 03-May-2024
Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1589502); 3,549,255 indexed records with 1,789,697 record images (was 3,546,990 records with 1,789,697 images), UPDATED 03-May-2024
Peru, Catholic Church Records, 1603-1992 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1877097); 21,115,657 indexed records with 4,192,353 record images (was 21,112,825 records with 4,192,353 images), UPDATED 03-May-2024
Peru, Diocese of Huaraz, Catholic Church Records, 1641-2016 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2787829); 1,071,078 indexed records with 257,347 record images (was 1,070,811 records with 257,294 images), UPDATED 03-May-2024
Peru, Huánuco, Catholic Church Records, 1660-2020 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4439346); 68,555 indexed records with 56,996 record images (was 65,826 records with 52,441 images), UPDATED 03-May-2024
Portugal, Setúbal, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1911 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1935451); 1,093,731 indexed records with 829,309 record images (was 1,093,466 records with 829,309 images), UPDATED 03-May-2024
Puerto Rico, Civil Registration, 1805-2001 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1682798); 5,093,626 indexed records with 4,581,756 record images (was 5,093,192 records with 4,581,756 images), UPDATED 03-May-2024
Russia, Lutheran Church Book Duplicates, 1833-1885 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1469151); 445,836 indexed records with 128,317 record images (was 441,483 records with 128,317 images), UPDATED 03-May-2024
South Africa, Western Cape, Deceased Estate Files, 1951-1958 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4319131); 538,958 indexed records with 344,278 record images (was 532,186 records with 344,137 images), UPDATED 03-May-2024
Sweden, Stockholm City Archives, Index to Church Records, 1546-1927 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2057674); 1,229,659 indexed records with 79,749 record images (was 1,225,289 records with 77,096 images), UPDATED 02-May-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 292,750 images), UPDATED 03-May-2024
United States Census, 1920 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1488411); 107,660,164 indexed records with 2,387,416 record images (was 107,660,163 records with 2,387,416 images), UPDATED 30-Apr-2024
United States City and Business Directories, ca. 1749 - ca. 1990 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3754697); 63,198,823 indexed records with 522,671 record images (was 63,198,823 records with 511,328 images), UPDATED 03-May-2024
United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2333694); 28,646,044 indexed records with 46,919,022 record images (was 27,606,102 records with 46,919,022 images), UPDATED 03-May-2024
Uruguay Civil Registration, 1879-1930 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837849); Index only (1,281,867 records), no images (was 1,270,548 records with 0 images), UPDATED 03-May-2024
Venezuela Civil Registration, 1873-2003 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1823609); 1,134,456 indexed records with 586,312 record images (was 1,133,453 records with 586,312 images), UPDATED 03-May-2024
Venezuela, Archdiocese of Caracas, Catholic Church Records, 1638-2020 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4465438); 277,960 indexed records with 93,037 record images (was 274,319 records with 92,446 images), UPDATED 03-May-2024
Venezuela, Catholic Church Records, 1577-1995 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1951777); 20,503,484 indexed records with 1,899,876 record images (was 20,502,180 records with 1,899,876 images), UPDATED 02-May-2024
Zambia, Archdiocese of Lusaka, Church Records, 1950-2015 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3736255); 389,895 indexed records with 30,960 record images (was 373,570 records with 29,871 images), UPDATED 03-May-2024
Zimbabwe, Diocese of Gokwe, Catholic Church Records, 1956-2022 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000101); 958 indexed records with 28,684 record images (was 958 records with 28,678 images), UPDATED 02-May-2024
--- Collections with new images ---Australia Cemetery Inscriptions, 1802-2005 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2115584); 1,124,406 indexed records with 329,238 record images (was 1,124,411 records with 329,238 images), last updated 04-Mar-2021
Australia, Queensland Cemetery Records, 1802-1990 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1927198); 2,168,404 indexed records with 1,121,438 record images (was 2,168,407 records with 1,121,438 images), last updated 02-Mar-2021
Peru, Cusco, Civil Registration, 1889-1997 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1987564); 950,981 indexed records with 942,817 record images (was 950,982 records with 942,817 images), last updated 30-Dec-2022
Peru, Puno, Civil Registration, 1890-2005 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1979428); 1,376,978 indexed records with 1,509,870 record images (was 1,376,981 records with 1,509,870 images), last updated 12-Apr-2022
United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2199956); Index only (875,610,027 records), no images (was 875,610,029 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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