Saturday, October 19, 2024

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Which Ancestor Married the Most Times?

 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)   Which ancestor of yours married the most times?  [This may be interesting for some geneabloggers!]  

2)  Share about which ancestors married the most times in your own blog post or on your Facebook page.  Be sure to leave a link to your report in a comment on this post.

 [thank you to Linda Stufflebean for suggesting this topic!] 

Here's mine:

I know that the most recent ancestor that married three times is my 2nd great-grandfather, Isaac Seaver (1823-1901), who married Juliet Glazier (1826-1847) in 1846; Lucretia Townsend Smith (1828-1884) in 1851; and Alvina Matilda (Bradley) Lewis (1848-1923) in 1888. 

I know that I have several other ancestors who married at least three times, but it's a search for a needle in a haystack.

I was unable to find this capability in RootsMagic, Legacy Family Tree, and Family Tree Maker desktop software (although maybe I missed the way to do it).  

I recalled that MyHeritage has a "Family Statistics" section (under "Home") and I was able to see on the "Marriages" page:

Aha!  My 9th great-grandfather William Healey (1613-1683) had 5 marriages - to Grace Ives (1620-1649) in 1644 (3 children); to Mary Rogers (1628-1651) in 1650 (2 children); to Grace Butterice (1630-1660) in 1653 (4 children); to Phebe Green (1628-1677) in 1661 (3 children); and to Sarah Cutting (1629-1699) in 1677 (0 children).  Phebe Green is the mother of my 8th great-grandfather Samuel Healey (1662-1732).

The chart above shows Grissel Fletcher (Jewell) was married 5 times.  She was, but is not one of my ancestors.  She was a sister of one of my Fletcher ancestors. 

So the answer is William Healey (1613-1683) married 5 times.  12 children with four wives.  The first ones had 4 step-mothers!  

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Ask AI: "Suggest Areas an Intermediate Genealogist Could Expand To Better Perform Genealogy Research and Tell Family Stories"

 I'm training myself to ask questions about my genealogy and family history research of the available Artificial Intelligence tools.  This is hard to do for an experienced male aerospace engineer!  But it is instructive!

1)  Today, my prompt is:  "Please suggest areas that a genealogist with intermediate experience could expand to, or improve on, while doing genealogy research in various record types, and in telling family stories."

I asked this question to the free AI tools on OpenAI's ChatGPT-4o, Anthropic's Claude,    Microsoft's CoPilotGoogle's GeminiMeta's AI, and Perplexity.

                                                     (image created by ChatGPT-4o)

2)  In my opinion, by far the best and most complete answer I received was from OpenAI's ChatGPT-4o:

An intermediate genealogist has already gained a solid foundation in basic research techniques, but there are many ways to expand skills and dive deeper into both research and storytelling. Here are some areas to consider for growth:

Record Types and Research Expansion

  1. Land and Property Records

    • Explore deeds, mortgages, and land grants. These often reveal not only property ownership but also relationships, migration patterns, and economic status.

    • Use land maps and plat books to visualize property holdings and neighbors.

    • Trace the sale of inherited land, which can help in finding heirs and family structures.

  2. Probate and Wills

    • Study intestate probate records (when someone dies without a will) to learn about lesser-known family members or relationships.

    • Analyze guardianship records when minors are involved, as they can provide insight into family dynamics.

    • Research the distribution of assets and compare it to land and tax records to understand wealth and social standing.

  3. Military and Pension Records

    • Go beyond enlistment and service records. Look for pension applications and bounty land warrants, which may include affidavits from relatives or friends.

    • Investigate regimental histories and military rolls for a deeper understanding of an ancestor's military experience.

  4. Church and Religious Records

    • Look into denominational archives for membership records, baptisms, marriages, and funerals.

    • Consider broader research into the religious history of the family’s region to understand migration and community ties.

  5. Occupational and Apprenticeship Records

    • Search for guild or apprenticeship records to understand an ancestor’s trade.

    • Investigate local occupational directories or newspapers for advertisements of their business.

  6. Tax Records

    • Dive deeper into tax lists to track an ancestor’s residence, wealth, and land over time, especially in non-census years.

    • Look for anomalies such as sudden increases in wealth, which might indicate inheritance or a business venture.

  7. Immigration and Naturalization Records

    • Explore naturalization papers, which can provide personal information such as place of origin and witnesses.

    • Review border crossings and passenger lists, including ship manifests, for specific details of immigration and settlement.

  8. Court Records

    • Broaden research to include civil court cases, which may cover disputes, debts, or community interactions.

    • Criminal records and prison registers can reveal surprising details about an ancestor's life, from minor offenses to serious crimes.

  9. DNA Research

    • Expand beyond basic ethnicity estimates. Use autosomal DNA to confirm ancestral lines or break down brick walls.

    • Participate in triangulation projects to confirm relationships with DNA matches.

    • Use Y-DNA or mtDNA testing for deeper exploration into direct paternal or maternal lines.

Telling Family Stories and Contextual Research

  1. Narrative Writing

    • Develop storytelling skills by writing biographical narratives for key ancestors. Incorporate historical context to enrich the story.

    • Create themed family histories, such as focusing on occupations, migration, or military service.

  2. Historical Context and Social History

    • Research the social history of the time period to bring ancestors’ experiences to life. For instance, look at economic conditions, wars, cultural trends, or local events during their lives.

    • Contextualize ancestors within major events like the Great Depression, World Wars, or the Industrial Revolution.

  3. Photo Analysis and Preservation

    • Learn techniques for analyzing old photographs, including identifying clothing styles, photo formats, and potential locations.

    • Use technology for photo restoration and preservation, and consider adding photos to family trees to enhance visual storytelling.

  4. Mapping Ancestors’ Lives

    • Create migration maps to visualize family movements over time. This can be done with tools like Google Earth or family tree software.

    • Use historical maps to compare the environment your ancestors lived in and how the geography influenced their lives (e.g., proximity to waterways, cities, or farmland).

  5. Digital Scrapbooks or Family History Books

    • Compile research into digital scrapbooks that combine records, photos, and stories into a cohesive narrative.

    • Design and publish a family history book, with a focus on including personal stories, documents, and photographs.

  6. Transcribing and Analyzing Documents

    • Improve skills in document transcription, particularly in older handwriting styles like cursive or Gothic script.

    • Practice paleography by transcribing letters, diaries, and early wills, paying attention to linguistic differences and legal language.

  7. Family Lore and Oral Histories

    • Conduct oral history interviews with older relatives, documenting family stories, traditions, and anecdotes.

    • Compare family lore with actual records to either confirm or refute stories passed down through generations.

Technology and Advanced Research Tools

  1. Genealogy Software Mastery

    • Become proficient with advanced features in genealogy software like Legacy, Family Tree Maker, or RootsMagic, including sourcing, timelines, and report generation.

  2. Collaboration and Crowdsourcing

    • Engage in collaborative research by joining surname or geographic study groups. Work with others to solve research puzzles.

    • Use crowdsourcing platforms like WikiTree or FamilySearch to contribute to community-based family trees and research projects.

  3. Advanced Online Search Strategies

    • Develop advanced search techniques for genealogical databases by learning to use wildcards, Boolean searches, and filters effectively.

By focusing on these areas, an intermediate genealogist can broaden their research capabilities, uncover more nuanced information, and enhance the depth of their family stories.

Perplexity.ai offered these resources in their response:

4) In general, I think the ChatGPT-4o answers to the prompt are reasonable. While most experienced genealogists are aware of these methods and resources, many inexperienced and occasional genealogists are not.   In my opinion, the answers are terse and could be more fully explained.  

5)  What methods and resources did the answers to the question miss, or should be explained better?

I think that there are several suggestions that  could be added to each section.  For instance:
  • The answer doesn't mention home sources, but scrapbooks, obituary collections, letters, photographs, awards or honors, school records, yearbooks, etc. can be very useful.  Manuscript and archival collections are not mentioned.  
  • Personal correspondence with other researchers (who perhaps have the same ancestor(s)), joining and working with genealogical societies, Facebook and other social media interaction, and blogs for "cousin bait" are not mentioned for collaboration.  
  • Using family images, historical images, documents and maps are suggested in the Story-telling section, but family videos and audio segments are not.
  • Lifelong education via books, periodicals, websites, conferences, seminars, webinars, videos, mentoring is not mentioned although the query doesn't specifically ask for suggestions.  
6)  What other questions should I (we?) ask the AI tools for genealogy research?  Please tell me in comments.

7)  :  All "Ask AI" posts are listed on the "Artificial Intelligence Posts" page on this blog.  
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Added and Updated FamilySearch Historical Record Collections - Week of 12 to 18 October 2024

   Each week, genealogy record collections are added and updated to FamilySearch and listed on the Historical Record Collection list at https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list.

As of 18 October 2024, there are 3,387 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 2 from last week):

The deleted, new and updated collections this week from FamilySearch are:

--- Collections Updated ---

Alaska, State Archives (Juneau), Coroner's Inquests, 1898-1969 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3161312); 2,327 indexed records with 2,219 record images (was 2,304 records with 2,197 images), UPDATED 17-Oct-2024
Albania, Catholic Church Records, 1799-1967 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4293706); 97,532 indexed records with 8,401 record images (was 97,456 records with 8,394 images), UPDATED 16-Oct-2024
Argentina, Entre Ríos, Civil Registration, 1860-1965 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3006904); 778,909 indexed records with 548,620 record images (was 778,909 records with 548,620 images), UPDATED 16-Oct-2024
Argentina, Jujuy, Civil Registration, 1888-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4489444); 12,674 indexed records with 22,449 record images (was 11,641 records with 21,383 images), UPDATED 18-Oct-2024
Aruba, Civil Registration, 1823-2004 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4285043); 27,129 indexed records with 12,505 record images (was 26,892 records with 11,688 images), UPDATED 18-Oct-2024

Australia Deaths and Burials, 1816-1980 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1770857); Index only (108,157 records), no images (was 108,094 records with 0 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2024
Austria Evangelical-Lutheran Church Records, 1848-1900 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1393793); 297,404 indexed records with 42,522 record images (was 297,424 records with 42,522 images), UPDATED 17-Oct-2024
Belgium, Brabant, Civil Registration, 1582-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1482191); 115,498 indexed records with 6,411,594 record images (was 115,408 records with 6,411,594 images), UPDATED 17-Oct-2024
Belgium, Namur, Civil Registration, 1800-1912 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2138511); 819,964 indexed records with 372,768 record images (was 817,377 records with 372,768 images), UPDATED 18-Oct-2024
Bolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1922463); 9,508,731 indexed records with 1,649,601 record images (was 9,507,002 records with 1,649,601 images), UPDATED 18-Oct-2024

Brazil, Cemetery Records, 1799-2024 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2137269); 1,074,079 indexed records with 150,972 record images (was 1,071,595 records with 150,972 images), UPDATED 18-Oct-2024
Brazil, Pará, Civil Registration, 1815-1995 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4473609); 570,049 indexed records with 165,706 record images (was 559,265 records with 162,600 images), UPDATED 18-Oct-2024
Brazil, Piauí, Church Records, 1767-2019 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4382070); 44,631 indexed records with 65,273 record images (was 44,616 records with 65,270 images), UPDATED 16-Oct-2024
Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Civil Registration, 1860-2006 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3741255); 1,796,250 indexed records with 911,582 record images (was 1,792,403 records with 910,113 images), UPDATED 18-Oct-2024
Brazil, Sergipe, Catholic Church Records, 1785-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177298); 1,486,798 indexed records with 273,847 record images (was 1,476,731 records with 273,847 images), UPDATED 18-Oct-2024

Chile, Catholic Church Records, 1633-2015 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3405096); 8,785,080 indexed records with 1,122,121 record images (was 8,760,704 records with 1,119,030 images), UPDATED 18-Oct-2024
Colombia, Catholic Church Records, 1576-2018 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1726975); 27,389,206 indexed records with 12,659,776 record images (was 27,368,095 records with 12,659,776 images), UPDATED 18-Oct-2024
Colombia, Censuses, 1777-1967 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000123); 220,228 indexed records with 24,113 record images (was 14,877 records with 1,198 images), UPDATED 12-Oct-2024
Colombia, Civil Registration, 1553-2021 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4469480); 748,810 indexed records with 875,127 record images (was 745,781 records with 873,165 images), UPDATED 18-Oct-2024
Costa Rica, Catholic Church Records, 1595-1992 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1460016); 4,343,774 indexed records with 962,203 record images (was 4,343,709 records with 962,203 images), UPDATED 14-Oct-2024

Croatia, Church Books, 1516-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2040054); 4,787,693 indexed records with 1,421,761 record images (was 4,785,106 records with 1,421,761 images), UPDATED 17-Oct-2024
Cuba, Church Records, 1584-1960 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4375851); 201,221 indexed records with 42,095 record images (was 200,429 records with 42,066 images), UPDATED 18-Oct-2024
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Census, 1984 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3288450); 27,164,416 indexed records with 5,380,877 record images (was 27,155,826 records with 5,305,935 images), UPDATED 16-Oct-2024
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kisantu Diocese, Catholic Church Records, 1894-2016 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000138); 91,489 indexed records with 24,711 record images (was 84,991 records with 22,539 images), UPDATED 18-Oct-2024
Dominican Republic Civil Registration, 1801-2010 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1619814); 8,071,647 indexed records with 3,416,801 record images (was 7,928,110 records with 3,416,801 images), UPDATED 14-Oct-2024

El Salvador Catholic Church Records, 1655-1977 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1919582); 2,516,723 indexed records with 592,191 record images (was 2,497,075 records with 592,191 images), UPDATED 18-Oct-2024
England, Devon, Parish Registers (Devon Record Office), 1529-1974 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2345213); 3,333,407 indexed records with 181,312 record images (was 3,180,554 records with 157,019 images), UPDATED 14-Oct-2024
England, Northumberland Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1920 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3648677); 451,617 indexed records with 48,181 record images (was 451,617 records with 48,181 images), UPDATED 17-Oct-2024
Find a Grave Index (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2221801); 247,802,497 indexed records with 247,802,497 record images (was 246,725,787 records with 246,725,787 images), UPDATED 16-Oct-2024
Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Wuppertal, Civil Registration, 1810-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000010); 197,074 indexed records with 186,193 record images (was 193,368 records with 182,741 images), UPDATED 18-Oct-2024

Gibraltar, Church Records, 1697-1991 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4453925); 59,838 indexed records with 6,470 record images (was 59,807 records with 6,464 images), UPDATED 17-Oct-2024
Guadeloupe, Church Records, 1639-1830 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4316498); 11,373 indexed records with 1,984 record images (was 11,275 records with 1,964 images), UPDATED 17-Oct-2024
Guatemala, Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-2006 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2075150); 4,608,456 indexed records with 1,486 record images (was 4,608,025 records with 1,486 images), UPDATED 17-Oct-2024
Guatemala, Izabal, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2443319); 430,668 indexed records with 9,848 record images (was 430,623 records with 9,848 images), UPDATED 17-Oct-2024
Haiti, Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince, Catholic Church Records, 1866-2017 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4279947); 135,131 indexed records with 26,789 record images (was 134,090 records with 24,727 images), UPDATED 18-Oct-2024

Honduras, Catholic Church Records, 1633-1978 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1823595); 1,729,892 indexed records with 425,330 record images (was 1,720,938 records with 425,330 images), UPDATED 18-Oct-2024
Hungary Civil Registration, 1895-1980 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1452460); 13,248,878 indexed records with 5,864,285 record images (was 13,240,922 records with 5,864,285 images), UPDATED 18-Oct-2024
Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1740-1900 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2820100); 7,526,428 indexed records with 261,679 record images (was 7,471,360 records with 257,909 images), UPDATED 18-Oct-2024
Italy Births and Baptisms, 1806-1900 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1708706); Index only (1,185,774 records), no images (was 1,268,198 records with 0 images), UPDATED 14-Oct-2024
Italy Deaths and Burials, 1809-1900 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1708705); Index only (355,584 records), no images (was 428,971 records with 0 images), UPDATED 14-Oct-2024

Italy Marriages, 1809-1900 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1711678); Index only (284,078 records), no images (was 304,910 records with 0 images), UPDATED 14-Oct-2024
Italy, Catania, Diocesi di Caltagirone, Catholic Church Records, 1502-1942 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1493344); 2,755 indexed records with 554,541 record images (was 2,679 records with 554,541 images), UPDATED 18-Oct-2024
Italy, Enna, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1866-1944 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2068343); 240,184 indexed records with 837,356 record images (was 240,184 records with 837,356 images), UPDATED 14-Oct-2024
Italy, Oristano, Oristano, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1940 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1947719); 121,918 indexed records with 342,194 record images (was 97,003 records with 342,194 images), UPDATED 16-Oct-2024
Italy, Palermo, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1820-1947 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2608509); Browse 4,331,932 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 4,331,932 images), UPDATED 14-Oct-2024

Italy, Ragusa, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1900-1940 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2068330); 7,104 indexed records with 1,460,681 record images (was 7,104 records with 1,460,681 images), UPDATED 14-Oct-2024
Italy, Reggio Calabria, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1784-1943 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2068331); 108,490 indexed records with 2,245,171 record images (was 108,490 records with 2,245,171 images), UPDATED 14-Oct-2024
Italy, Trapani, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1906-1928 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2052404); 105,264 indexed records with 1,371,292 record images (was 105,264 records with 1,371,292 images), UPDATED 14-Oct-2024
Madagascar, Sainte-Marie Island, Civil Registration, 1820-1870 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000242); 2,223 indexed records with 288 record images (was 2,126 records with 263 images), UPDATED 18-Oct-2024
Martinique, Civil Registration Records, 1809-1874 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4316501); 7,850 indexed records with 2,438 record images (was 7,848 records with 2,437 images), UPDATED 14-Oct-2024

Mexico, Michoacán, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1883388); 6,060,952 indexed records with 5,283,986 record images (was 6,049,118 records with 5,283,986 images), UPDATED 18-Oct-2024
Mexico, Puebla, Catholic Church Records, 1545-1977 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837906); 9,047,386 indexed records with 6,124,553 record images (was 9,046,046 records with 6,124,553 images), UPDATED 18-Oct-2024
Norway, Akershus, Aker, Census, 1921 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4443324); 4,232 indexed records with 961 record images (was 3,565 records with 813 images), UPDATED 14-Oct-2024
Papua New Guinea, Vital Records, 1867-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2114430); 443,168 indexed records with 408,611 record images (was 433,425 records with 405,579 images), UPDATED 18-Oct-2024
Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1589502); 3,598,463 indexed records with 1,789,697 record images (was 3,598,054 records with 1,789,697 images), UPDATED 17-Oct-2024

Peru Baptisms, 1556-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1508603); Index only (2,861,572 records), no images (was 2,861,587 records with 0 images), UPDATED 15-Oct-2024
Peru Marriages, 1600-1940 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1520547); Index only (353,988 records), no images (was 402,655 records with 0 images), UPDATED 15-Oct-2024
Peru, Arequipa, Catholic Church Records, 1660-2020 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4447275); 100,243 indexed records with 138,451 record images (was 422,351 records with 142,191 images), UPDATED 15-Oct-2024
Peru, Catholic Church Records, 1603-1992 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1877097); 21,257,748 indexed records with 4,192,353 record images (was 21,243,398 records with 4,192,353 images), UPDATED 18-Oct-2024
Peru, Cemetery Records, 1912-2013 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3163400); 236,262 indexed records with 37,978 record images (was 236,201 records with 37,919 images), UPDATED 16-Oct-2024

Peru, Diocese of Huaraz, Catholic Church Records, 1641-2016 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2787829); 1,226,050 indexed records with 284,114 record images (was 1,225,311 records with 283,816 images), UPDATED 15-Oct-2024
Portugal, Faro, Civil Registration, 1880-1920 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4122681); 30,295 indexed records with 19,785 record images (was 30,279 records with 18,798 images), UPDATED 15-Oct-2024
Portugal, Setúbal, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1911 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1935451); 1,099,767 indexed records with 829,309 record images (was 1,099,142 records with 829,309 images), UPDATED 18-Oct-2024
Puerto Rico, Catholic Church Records, 1645-1969 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1807092); 3,329,586 indexed records with 191,547 record images (was 3,329,102 records with 191,547 images), UPDATED 17-Oct-2024
Russia, Lutheran Church Book Duplicates, 1833-1885 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1469151); 545,807 indexed records with 128,317 record images (was 538,327 records with 128,317 images), UPDATED 18-Oct-2024

South Africa, Western Cape, Deceased Estate Files, 1951-1958 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4319131); 954,319 indexed records with 348,343 record images (was 905,365 records with 348,097 images), UPDATED 18-Oct-2024
St. Lucia, Church Records, 1751-1793 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4449051); 1,249 indexed records with 258 record images (was 1,241 records with 255 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2024
Ukraine, Crimea Church Books, 1850-1925 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3743680); 1,284,751 indexed records with 396,965 record images (was 1,271,273 records with 396,965 images), UPDATED 14-Oct-2024
Ukraine, Kharkiv Church Records, 1710-1938 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3511744); 7,266,101 indexed records with 1,923,089 record images (was 7,065,117 records with 1,923,089 images), UPDATED 14-Oct-2024
Uruguay Civil Registration, 1879-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837849); Index only (1,492,608 records), no images (was 1,484,222 records with 0 images), UPDATED 18-Oct-2024

Venezuela Civil Registration, 1873-2003 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1823609); 1,172,361 indexed records with 586,312 record images (was 1,168,551 records with 586,312 images), UPDATED 18-Oct-2024
Venezuela, Archdiocese of Barquisimeto, Catholic Church Records, 1634-2018 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2373794); 113,916 indexed records with 44,124 record images (was 105,423 records with 39,836 images), UPDATED 18-Oct-2024
Venezuela, Archdiocese of Mérida, Catholic Church Records, 1654-2015 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1417520); 1,404,230 indexed records with 1,157,611 record images (was 1,400,560 records with 1,157,611 images), UPDATED 18-Oct-2024
Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4149585); 1,729,064 indexed records with 92,776 record images (was 1,727,081 records with 92,255 images), UPDATED 18-Oct-2024
Zambia, Archdiocese of Lusaka, Church Records, 1950-2015 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3736255); 721,460 indexed records with 83,023 record images (was 712,531 records with 81,135 images), UPDATED 18-Oct-2024

Zimbabwe, Archdiocese of Bulawayo, Catholic Church Records, 1896-2022 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000106); 8,070 indexed records with 63,563 record images (was 8,070 records with 61,695 images), UPDATED 18-Oct-2024
Zimbabwe, Diocese of Masvingo, Catholic Church Records, 1893-2022 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000104); 587 indexed records with 10,547 record images (was 551 records with 9,501 images), UPDATED 18-Oct-2024

--- Collections with new images ---

Brazil, Alagoas, Civil Registration, 1876-2020 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4469403); 1 indexed records with 133,836 record images (was 1 records with 130,595 images), last updated 07-Jun-2024
Brazil, Maranhão, Civil Registration, 1827-2021 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4469402); 1 indexed records with 56,401 record images (was 1 records with 54,307 images), last updated 07-Jun-2024
California, Wills and Deeds, ca. 1700s-2017 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3158865); 1 indexed records with 1,444 record images (was 1 records with 1 images), last updated 07-Jun-2024
New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1520640); 501,127 indexed records with 500,774 record images (was 501,127 records with 500,192 images), last updated 13-Jun-2024
Spain, Madrid, Municipal Census Records, 1910-1920 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000004); 1,752,162 indexed records with 563,988 record images (was 1,752,162 records with 554,938 images), last updated 09-Oct-2024

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Canada Census, 1931 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000196); 2,466,494 indexed records with 2,466,417 record images (was 2,466,494 records with 2,466,575 images), last updated 16-Jun-2024
France, Rhône, Military Registration Cards, 1865-1932 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3007175); 405,064 indexed records with 403,800 record images (was 405,064 records with 403,974 images), last updated 14-Jun-2024
Philippines, Catholic Church Records, 1520-2014 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2861657); 6,744,193 indexed records with 2,257,137 record images (was 6,744,193 records with 2,258,645 images), last updated 14-Jun-2024
South Africa, Natal, Passenger Lists, 1860-1911 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3038342); 154,219 indexed records with 3,990 record images (was 154,219 records with 6,696 images), last updated 14-Jun-2024
United States Census, 1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4464515); 52,785,233 indexed records with 52,771,668 record images (was 52,785,233 records with 52,772,109 images), last updated 16-Jun-2024

--- Collections with records removed ---

California Birth Index, 1905-1995 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2001879); Index only (24,589,434 records), no images (was 24,589,435 records with 0 images), last updated 01-Mar-2012
United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2199956); Index only (875,609,869 records), no images (was 875,609,883 records with 0 images), last updated 01-Jun-2024
United States, Residence Database, 1970-2024 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000290); Index only (413,877,706 records), no images (was 413,877,719 records with 0 images), last updated 22-Jun-2024

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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!

Marshall notes that there are:

*  0 removed entries
*  0 added entries 
*  77 updated entries
*  13 entries with more or less images or records

The FamilySearch website says 3387 entries, Marshall's list says 3385.  

UPDATE:  A check at 1 p.m. on 19 Octobger shows 3385 on the FamilySearch site.  

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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Friday, October 18, 2024

Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 12 to 18 October 2024

  The following genealogy record collections were added to the Ancestry.com Card Catalog page by Date Updated during the period from 12 to 18 October 2024:   

The ADDED and Updated collections include:

Washington, U.S., Cemetery Records, 1850-2012; indexed records without record images, ADDED 10/16/2024.  This collection contains burial records from Washington, USA between the years 1850 and 2012. Most records are in English.

Trent Valley, Ontario, Canada, Membership Records from Fraternal Organizations, 1919-1971; indexed records with record images, ADDED 10/16/2024.  This collection contains images of membership rolls and dues registers produced by fraternal organizations in Trent Valley, Ontario, Canada, between 1919 and 1971.

Trent Valley, Ontario, Canada, Peterborough Examiner Obituaries, 1980-1991; indexed records with record images, ADDED 10/16/2024. This collection contains images of obituaries published in the Peterborough Examiner in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, between 1980 and 1991.

Londonderry, Northern Ireland, Freemen Records, 1673-1945; unindexed records with record images, ADDED 10/14/2024.  This is an image-only collection and contains records of the “Freemen of the City” in Londonderry between 1675 and 1945. 

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

By my count, there were 4 NEW record collection ADDED this past week, per the list above.  There are now 33,599 collections available as of 18 October, an  INCREASE of 5 from last week.  

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52 Relatives: 2nd Great-GrandAunt Lucinda (Seaver) Bruce (1821-1899) of Massachusetts

Lucinda Seaver[1–3] was born on 18 October 1821 in Westminster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.[1-2] She died on 27 April 1899 at the age of 77 in Westminster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.[3] She was also known as Lucinda Bruce.[3]  

Lucinda Seaver and James Rockwood Bruce were married on 23 April 1846 in Westminster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.[4-5]

James Rockwood Bruce, son of James Bruce and Prudence Taylor, was born on 16 November 1814 in Westminster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.[5] He died on 6 June 1884 at the age of 69 in Westminster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.[6]

 James Rockwood Bruce and Lucinda Seaver had the following children:

i     Abbie Ellen Bruce was born on 8 Jun 1847 in Westminster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. She died on 25 Oct 1913 at the age of 66 in Westminster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. She was buried after 25 Oct 1913 at Woodside Cemetery in Westminster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.

ii     George Wilson Bruce, born 30 Jan 1850, Westminster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; married Helen Louisa Fenno, 13 Jun 1874, Westminster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; died 12 Jan 1933, Westminster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.

iii     Emma Lucinda Bruce, born 5 Mar 1854, Westminster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; married Albert Henry Barron, 6 Jun 1874, Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States; died 1927, Gardner, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.

SOURCES:

1. Systematic History Fund, Vital Records of Westminster, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Worcester, Mass.: F.P. Rice, 1908), Births, page 83: Lucinda Sever entry, 18 October 1821.

2. "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," indexed database and digital images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), "Westminster Births, marriages and deaths", page 246 (penned), image 223, Family of Benjamin and Abigail Sever, Lucinda Sever birth, 18 October 1821.

3. Systematic History Fund, Vital Records of Westminster, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, Marriages, page 186: Lucinda Seaver and James R. Bruce entry, 23 April 1846.

4. "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1915," indexed database and digital images,  New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (https://www.AmericanAncestors.org), Deaths: Volume 494, Page 477, Lucinda Bruce entry, 27 April 1899.

5. Systematic History Fund, Vital Records of Westminster, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849, Births, page 19: James Rockwood Bruce entry, 16 November 1814.

6. "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1915," New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors, Deaths: Volume 357, Page 473, James Rockwood Bruce entry, 6 June 1884.

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Lucinda (Seaver) Bruce (1821-1899) is my 2nd great-grandaunt and the sister of my 2nd great-grandfather, Isaac Seaver (1823-1901).  

I have posted over 500 genealogical sketches of  my ancestors back through the 7th great-grandparents and a number of close relatives. 

The "52 Relatives" theme is a weekly series to document the lives of siblings of my ancestors with relatively short genealogical sketches, including important events, and with source citations.  These relatives lived and died within a family structure, and deserve a genealogical sketch - they were integral parts and important persons in the lives of my ancestral families.  

I post the 52 Ancestors and 52 Relatives sketches on the 52 Ancestors/Relatives Biographies page, in my Ancestry Member Tree, in WikiTree, and in the FamilySearch Family Tree. 

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Findmypast Friday: Uncover Cornwall Connections

  I received this information from Findmypast today:

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This week, there's almost a million new parish records to discover.

If you've got ancestors from the South Western English county of Cornwall, this week's new records may contain the details you've been hunting for. We've bolstered our Cornwall baptism, marriage and burial collections with 961,616 additional records.

We've also added one of Britain's oldest magazines to our newspaper archive - there is so much to explore.

Cornwall Baptisms

Our Cornwall baptism collection has grown by 329,708 records this week with new additions spanning from 1571 to 1976.

Cornwall Marriages

We've also updated our Cornwall marriages with 283,358 new records ready for you to explore.

Cornwall Burials

Rounding off this week's trio of parish updates, we've added 348,550 burial records from the county of Cornwall.

Introducing The Field...

There are 169,756 new newspaper pages to explore this week, with 14 of our existing titles updated. But that's not all - we also added pages from Field, one of the nation's oldest magazines, to our collection, and added a brand new title.

New titles:
  • Worksop Guardian, 1896, 1898
Updated titles:
  • Banbury Guardian, 1990, 1998, 2000
  • Bedfordshire Times and Independent, 1996, 2002
  • Derry Journal, 1998-1999
  • Driffield Times, 1994, 2000-2001
  • Field, 1977-2009
  • Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail, 1991, 2001
  • Horncastle News, 1942-1944, 1950-1952
  • Leamington Spa Courier, 1977-1979, 1981
  • Mid Sussex Times, 1979-1980, 1990, 1992
  • Shields Daily Gazette, 1992, 1999
  • Shropshire Star, 1986
  • Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette, 1992
  • West Sussex County Times, 1972, 1988, 1990-1991
  • Wolverhampton Express and Star, 1992-1993
No story left behind

As Veterans Day approaches, discover and honor forgotten soldiers, wartime women and your relatives’ part in shaping the world we know today.


To help you find and commemorate your ancestors’ stories, we’ve made some essential First World War family and military records FREE to explore until 21 October.

Coming up on the Family History Show...

Join Ellie and Liam for the Family History Show this Friday at 4pm BST. They'll be discussing A House Through Time and how you can uncover your family's forgotten heroes in the lead-up to Veterans Day.
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