I am keeping track of the new and updated historical record collections at FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list) every week.
As of 28 June 2024, there are 3,367 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 3 from last week):
The new and updated collections this week from FamilySearch are:
--- Collections Added ---
* Brazil, Mato Grosso, Catholic Church Records, 1872-1932 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000070); 2,023 indexed records with 730 record images, ADDED 28-Jun-2024
* Palestine, Ottoman Census and Population Registers, 1876-1917 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4496121); 847,264 indexed records with 48,402 record images, ADDED 26-Jun-2024
* Venezuela, Archdiocese of Barquisimeto, Catholic Church Records, 1634-2018 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2373794); 301 indexed records with 155 record images, ADDED 28-Jun-2024
--- Collections Updated ---Argentina, Jujuy, Civil Registration, 1888-2000 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4489444); 6,515 indexed records with 11,538 record images (was 6,141 records with 10,586 images), UPDATED 28-Jun-2024
Arkansas, Mortality Schedules, 1860-1880 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000094); 38,161 indexed records with 1,694 record images (was 38,102 records with 1,692 images), UPDATED 27-Jun-2024
Armenia Church Books, 1838-1929 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1943754); 1 indexed records with 23,781 record images (was 0 records with 23,781 images), UPDATED 22-Jun-2024
Aruba, Civil Registration, 1823-2004 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4285043); 18,398 indexed records with 4,355 record images (was 18,082 records with 4,011 images), UPDATED 28-Jun-2024
Belgium, Brabant, Civil Registration, 1582-1950 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1482191); 101,037 indexed records with 6,411,594 record images (was 99,505 records with 6,411,594 images), UPDATED 27-Jun-2024
Belgium, Namur, Civil Registration, 1800-1912 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2138511); 766,514 indexed records with 372,768 record images (was 764,299 records with 372,768 images), UPDATED 28-Jun-2024
Bolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1922463); 9,473,561 indexed records with 1,649,601 record images (was 9,471,020 records with 1,649,601 images), UPDATED 28-Jun-2024
Brazil, Alagoas, Church Records, 1802-2016 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2820768); 1,307,895 indexed records with 204,438 record images (was 1,303,562 records with 203,313 images), UPDATED 28-Jun-2024
Brazil, ParĂ¡, Civil Registration, 1815-1995 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4473609); 408,923 indexed records with 119,104 record images (was 403,895 records with 117,546 images), UPDATED 28-Jun-2024
Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Civil Registration, 1860-2006 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3741255); 1,754,080 indexed records with 889,868 record images (was 1,751,925 records with 888,858 images), UPDATED 28-Jun-2024
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Civil Registration, 1829-2012 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1582573); 6,938,615 indexed records with 5,100,470 record images (was 6,938,608 records with 5,100,470 images), UPDATED 25-Jun-2024
Brazil, Sergipe, Catholic Church Records, 1785-1994 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177298); 1,389,136 indexed records with 273,847 record images (was 1,382,503 records with 273,847 images), UPDATED 28-Jun-2024
Chile, Catholic Church Records, 1633-2015 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3405096); 8,505,723 indexed records with 1,080,984 record images (was 8,496,207 records with 1,079,489 images), UPDATED 28-Jun-2024
Colombia, Catholic Church Records, 1576-2018 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1726975); 27,080,053 indexed records with 12,659,776 record images (was 27,049,507 records with 12,659,776 images), UPDATED 28-Jun-2024
Colombia, Migration Records, 1885-2014 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000159); 1,007,688 indexed records with 904,150 record images (was 965,995 records with 863,057 images), UPDATED 24-Jun-2024
Costa Rica, Catholic Church Records, 1595-1992 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1460016); 4,341,951 indexed records with 962,203 record images (was 4,341,615 records with 962,203 images), UPDATED 27-Jun-2024
Croatia, Church Books, 1516-1994 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2040054); 3,637,019 indexed records with 1,421,761 record images (was 3,636,776 records with 1,421,761 images), UPDATED 25-Jun-2024
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kisantu Diocese, Catholic Church Records, 1894-2016 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000138); 17,747 indexed records with 6,464 record images (was 14,955 records with 5,421 images), UPDATED 28-Jun-2024
Find a Grave Index (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2221801); 244,728,423 indexed records with 244,728,423 record images (was 244,866,016 records with 244,866,016 images), UPDATED 27-Jun-2024
Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Wuppertal, Civil Registration, 1810-1930 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000010); 165,958 indexed records with 157,737 record images (was 164,930 records with 156,862 images), UPDATED 28-Jun-2024
Guadeloupe, Church Records, 1639-1830 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4316498); 704 indexed records with 180 record images (was 646 records with 165 images), UPDATED 24-Jun-2024
Guadeloupe, Civil Registration Records, 1792-1872 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4293709); 1,117 indexed records with 159 record images (was 1,062 records with 159 images), UPDATED 28-Jun-2024
Guatemala, Chiquimula, Civil Registration, 1877-2008 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790265); 474,706 indexed records with 369,877 record images (was 474,305 records with 369,639 images), UPDATED 28-Jun-2024
Guatemala, Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-2006 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2075150); 4,599,509 indexed records with 1,486 record images (was 4,599,269 records with 1,486 images), UPDATED 27-Jun-2024
Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2451045); 1,013,523 indexed records with 17,993 record images (was 1,013,460 records with 17,993 images), UPDATED 28-Jun-2024
Guatemala, Izabal, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2443319); 428,254 indexed records with 9,848 record images (was 427,974 records with 9,848 images), UPDATED 28-Jun-2024
Haiti, Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince, Catholic Church Records, 1866-2017 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4279947); 114,263 indexed records with 21,514 record images (was 113,497 records with 19,471 images), UPDATED 27-Jun-2024
Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1740-1900 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2820100); 6,645,339 indexed records with 235,636 record images (was 6,591,742 records with 209,087 images), UPDATED 28-Jun-2024
Italy, Campobasso, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1918 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1968528); 223,186 indexed records with 2,171,605 record images (was 148,489 records with 2,171,605 images), UPDATED 25-Jun-2024
Italy, Caserta, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1809-1866 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2718545); 275,811 indexed records with 4,543,698 record images (was 18,458 records with 4,543,698 images), UPDATED 27-Jun-2024
Italy, Catania, Diocesi di Caltagirone, Catholic Church Records, 1502-1942 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1493344); 562 indexed records with 554,541 record images (was 526 records with 554,541 images), UPDATED 28-Jun-2024
Italy, Roma, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1863-1930 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2390532); 234,170 indexed records with 5,066,067 record images (was 230,397 records with 5,066,067 images), UPDATED 25-Jun-2024
Madagascar, Sainte-Marie Island, Civil Registration, 1820-1870 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000242); 156 indexed records with 28 record images (was 114 records with 16 images), UPDATED 26-Jun-2024
Martinique, Church Records, 1662-1847 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4316497); 13,688 indexed records with 2,302 record images (was 13,580 records with 2,285 images), UPDATED 24-Jun-2024
Martinique, Civil Registration Records, 1809-1874 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4316501); 429 indexed records with 118 record images (was 423 records with 116 images), UPDATED 21-Jun-2024
Mexico, MichoacĂ¡n, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1996 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1883388); 5,946,887 indexed records with 5,283,986 record images (was 5,942,780 records with 5,283,986 images), UPDATED 28-Jun-2024
Mexico, Puebla, Catholic Church Records, 1545-1977 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837906); 9,023,751 indexed records with 6,124,553 record images (was 9,022,694 records with 6,124,553 images), UPDATED 28-Jun-2024
Ohio, Stillbirths, 1918-1953 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000024); 212,816 indexed records with 212,613 record images (was 211,418 records with 211,215 images), UPDATED 28-Jun-2024
Papua New Guinea, Vital Records, 1867-2000 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2114430); 368,945 indexed records with 322,361 record images (was 366,721 records with 319,151 images), UPDATED 28-Jun-2024
Paraguay, Cemetery Records, 1917-2012 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000254); 16,363 indexed records with 16,328 record images (was 16,359 records with 16,324 images), UPDATED 24-Jun-2024
Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1589502); 3,593,810 indexed records with 1,789,697 record images (was 3,593,784 records with 1,789,697 images), UPDATED 27-Jun-2024
Peru, Catholic Church Records, 1603-1992 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1877097); 21,179,857 indexed records with 4,192,353 record images (was 21,173,195 records with 4,192,353 images), UPDATED 28-Jun-2024
Peru, Diocese of Huaraz, Catholic Church Records, 1641-2016 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2787829); 1,112,213 indexed records with 263,446 record images (was 1,106,656 records with 262,574 images), UPDATED 28-Jun-2024
Peru, HuĂ¡nuco, Catholic Church Records, 1660-2020 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4439346); 71,216 indexed records with 63,560 record images (was 71,181 records with 63,546 images), UPDATED 24-Jun-2024
Philippines, Church Census, 1542-1980 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000216); 501,802 indexed records with 16,783 record images (was 453,473 records with 5,928 images), UPDATED 27-Jun-2024
Philippines, Neighborhood Census, 1836-1899 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000268); 507,827 indexed records with 18,706 record images (was 35,378 records with 1,244 images), UPDATED 27-Jun-2024
Portugal, Faro, Civil Registration, 1880-1920 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4122681); 23,908 indexed records with 11,627 record images (was 23,677 records with 14,161 images), UPDATED 28-Jun-2024
Portugal, Porto, Catholic Church Records, 1535-1949 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1913408); 2,560,962 indexed records with 1,207,157 record images (was 2,560,848 records with 1,207,157 images), UPDATED 25-Jun-2024
Portugal, SetĂºbal, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1911 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1935451); 1,095,338 indexed records with 829,309 record images (was 1,095,102 records with 829,309 images), UPDATED 27-Jun-2024
Puerto Rico, Catholic Church Records, 1645-1969 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1807092); 3,322,608 indexed records with 191,547 record images (was 3,322,384 records with 191,547 images), UPDATED 28-Jun-2024
Russia, Lutheran Church Book Duplicates, 1833-1885 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1469151); 479,966 indexed records with 128,317 record images (was 476,069 records with 128,317 images), UPDATED 28-Jun-2024
South Africa, Western Cape, Deceased Estate Files, 1951-1958 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4319131); 596,353 indexed records with 345,666 record images (was 589,821 records with 345,500 images), UPDATED 28-Jun-2024
South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1973 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1417492); 1,244,426 indexed records with 682,974 record images (was 1,220,231 records with 682,974 images), UPDATED 28-Jun-2024
St. Lucia, Church Records, 1751-1793 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4449051); 209 indexed records with 42 record images (was 200 records with 40 images), UPDATED 21-Jun-2024
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3438701); 3,267,526 indexed records with 2,304,185 record images (was 3,267,526 records with 2,315,886 images), UPDATED 27-Jun-2024
United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1968530); 25,909,329 indexed records with 24,999,338 record images (was 30,165,165 records with 24,999,338 images), UPDATED 27-Jun-2024
United States, US Residence Database, 1970-2024 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000290); Index only (413,877,975 records), no images (was 339,100,000 records with 0 images), UPDATED 22-Jun-2024
Uruguay Civil Registration, 1879-1930 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837849); Index only (1,349,209 records), no images (was 1,340,308 records with 0 images), UPDATED 28-Jun-2024
Venezuela Civil Registration, 1873-2003 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1823609); 1,145,954 indexed records with 586,312 record images (was 1,145,222 records with 586,312 images), UPDATED 28-Jun-2024
Venezuela, Archdiocese of Caracas, Catholic Church Records, 1638-2020 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4465438); 316,982 indexed records with 114,486 record images (was 311,386 records with 110,657 images), UPDATED 28-Jun-2024
Zambia, Archdiocese of Lusaka, Church Records, 1950-2015 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3736255); 530,565 indexed records with 44,090 record images (was 521,837 records with 42,818 images), UPDATED 28-Jun-2024
Zimbabwe, Diocese of Gweru, Catholic Church Records, 1904-2022 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000102); 83 indexed records with 14,676 record images (was 83 records with 13,556 images), UPDATED 28-Jun-2024
Zimbabwe, Diocese of Hwange, Catholic Church Records, 1924-2022 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000103); 3,857 indexed records with 8,296 record images (was 3,227 records with 5,978 images), UPDATED 28-Jun-2024
--- Collections with new images ---England and Wales Census, 1911 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1921547); 36,354,828 indexed records with 36,354,828 record images (was 36,354,828 records with 9,350,620 images), last updated 01-Aug-2019
Montana, County Voting Records, 1884-1992 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3757185); 741,769 indexed records with 105,873 record images (was 741,769 records with 105,818 images), last updated 15-Jun-2024
--- Collections with records removed ---Australia Marriages, 1810-1980 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1770858); Index only (143,055 records), no images (was 143,056 records with 0 images), last updated 21-May-2024
California Birth Index, 1905-1995 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2001879); Index only (24,589,446 records), no images (was 24,589,447 records with 0 images), last updated 01-Mar-2012
United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2199956); Index only (875,609,991 records), no images (was 875,609,992 records with 0 images), last updated 01-Jun-2024
United States Western States Marriage Index (
https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1854302); Index only (914,503 records), no images (was 914,504 records with 0 images), last updated 22-Oct-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 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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