Saturday Night Genealogy Fun - Ask An AI Chatbot to Create a Realistic Family Story

 Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: 

 It's Saturday Night again - 

Time for some more Genealogy Fun!!

Your mission, should you decide to accept it (cue the Mission Impossible! music) is to:

1)  Did one of your ancestors make a momentous life decision but you don't know how you can tell the story beyond the bare facts?  Who, what, when, where and how?

2)  This week's challenge is to ask an artificial intelligence tool to create a realistic family story that might help you understand your ancestor's life decision and his/her experiences. 

3)  Share about your ancestor, the life decision, and your AI-assisted family story on your own blog post or in a Facebook, SubStack or BlueSky post.  Leave a link on this blog post to  help us find your post.

Here's mine:

My prompt was:  "Please draft a narrative about my 2nd great-grandfather James Richman (1821-1912) emigrating from Wiltshire to New York City, arriving in October 1855 on the ship Calhoun with his brother-in-law Samuel Rich.  James was accused of stealing coal on the Avon and Kennett Canal but was judged innocent, but felt disgraced.  He left his wife and four children behind (they emigrated a year later to join James in Rhode Island).   Describe the crowded ship, detail their arrival in New York, and traveling to Pascoag, Rhode Island where friends awaited as did work as farm laborers."

That's really all I know about this event!  Can AI provide more detail and turn it into a realistic family story?

I asked X Grok 3 to create the narrative to describe James Richman's momentous life decision:

The Voyage of James Richman

In the damp autumn of 1855, James Richman, a broad-shouldered man of thirty-four, stood on the deck of the Calhoun, a creaking emigrant ship bound for New York. The salty air stung his face as he gripped the splintered railing, his heart heavy with the weight of leaving his pregnant wife, Hannah, and their four young children -- Thomas, James, Louisa, Elizabeth -- in Hilperton, Wiltshire, England. Behind him lay a life shadowed by accusation—a false charge of stealing coal along the Avon and Kennett Canal. Though the court had declared him innocent, the whispers in his village of Hilperton lingered like fog, staining his name. Seeking a fresh start, James had boarded the ship with his brother-in-law, Samuel Rich, a wiry man with a quick laugh and a shared dream of a better life across the Atlantic.

The steamship Calhoun was a floating village of desperation and hope, its decks packed with over three hundred souls—Irish families fleeing famine, German artisans seeking opportunity, and English laborers like James and Samuel chasing redemption. The ship left the docks in Liverpool in mid-September.

Below deck, the air was thick with the stench of unwashed bodies, damp wool, and sour milk. Hammocks swayed in the dim hold, where families huddled on straw pallets, their murmurs blending with the groan of timbers and the relentless crash of waves. Children wailed, and the constant creak of the ship’s hull kept sleep at bay. James and Samuel shared a narrow bunk, their belongings—a Bible, a few clothes, and a tin of biscuits—stuffed into a single canvas sack. At night, James traced the memory of his children’s faces—seven-year-old Thomas’s curious eyes, six-year-old James’s mischievous grin, three-year-old Louisa’s shy smile, one-year-old Elizabeth’s soft coos—promising himself they’d reunite in America. 

After weeks at sea, on a crisp October morning in 1855, the Calhoun docked at New York’s Castle Garden. James and Samuel shuffled down the gangplank, their legs unsteady on solid ground. The harbor buzzed with chaos—stevedores shouting, carts rattling over cobblestones, and vendors hawking bread and oysters. New York City sprawled before them, a maze of brick tenements and smokestacks, its air sharp with coal dust and possibility. James, clutching his sack, felt both dwarfed and electrified by the city’s pulse. The immigration officers at Castle Garden processed them swiftly, noting “James Richman, laborer, Wiltshire” and “Samuel Rich, laborer” in their ledgers. With a few coins and a shared glance, the two men set out, determined to find work beyond the city’s clamor.

From New York’s Castle Garden, James and Samuel stepped into the chaotic pulse of the city, their pockets nearly empty but their resolve firm. To afford food, a shared cot in a crowded Bowery boardinghouse, and passage to Rhode Island, they took to the docks, where stevedores hired men by the day to haul crates of fish and timber under the autumn sun. For a week, James’s canal-hardened muscles strained against heavy loads, while Samuel’s quick banter earned them favor with the foreman. Their wages—mere dollars—bought stale bread, watery stew, and, crucially, two steamer tickets to Providence.

Providence was the gateway to Pascoag, where friends from Wiltshire had written of steady farm work. The steamer, less stifling than the Calhoun but heavy with coal smoke, carried them through Long Island Sound. James gazed at the horizon, picturing Hannah reading his letters to Thomas, James, Louisa, Elizabeth, and Emma, his heart buoyed by the knowledge that allies awaited in Pascoag. From Providence, they joined a wagon of laborers winding through autumnal forests and stone-walled farms, arriving in the quiet village of Pascoag by late October. There, their friends—fellow Wiltshire emigrants—introduced them to Ezra Harris, a gruff dairy farmer seeking hands. Over a handshake in Harris’s dusty barn, James and Samuel secured jobs as farm laborers, their canal work in England vouching for their grit. They began the next day, earning a modest wage and a shared loft in the barn.

The work in Pascoag was grueling—dawn-to-dusk days of mending fences, milking cows, and hauling hay under a sky that turned slate-gray by November. James’s hands, calloused from years on the canal, adapted to the rhythm of the scythe, while Samuel’s quick wit eased tensions with fellow workers. They boarded in the drafty loft, sharing suppers of cornbread and beans, their breath visible in the chilly air. Each week, James wrote to Hannah, his letters filled with promises of a new home for her and their children—Thomas, James, Louisa, Elizabeth—his words smudged by lamplight and longing.

In Pascoag, James found not just work but a flicker of redemption. The villagers cared little for his past disgrace, judging him instead by his steady labor and quiet resolve. He saved every penny, dreaming of the day his family would join him. A year later, in 1856, Hannah and the children arrived, their reunion in New York City at Castle Garden and the journey to a Rhode Island farmhouse, a quiet triumph.

James’s journey—across an ocean, through a crowded city, and into the fields of Pascoag—laid the foundation for a new legacy, one his descendants would carry forward, rooted in resilience and the courage to begin again.

I realize that this is historical fiction - real people, real events, but the settings and descriptions are fictional based on the AI pre-trained information from reference books.  On the other hand - telling the story with those details may help us better understand the life and times of our ancestor.  

I am a genealogist dealing in facts, but need to tell the stories of my ancestors.  There is no way that I could have gathered this information about the ship, the voyage, the arrival, finding work, and going to Rhode Island in a month or more from reference books.  The AI chatbot gave me this information in minutes.

As you can see, the AI tool can use the limited information that I provided and can craft a realistic story about this momentous life decision with details about what James Richman and Samuel Rich probably experienced on their trip.  After the initial prompt, I asked the chatbot to add the information about New York City and how they traveled to Rhode Island, and the chatbot seamlessly integrated those paragraphs into the story.  I also edited the story a bit to add the wife's and children's names.  

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Ask AI: "Please Create a Memoir or Letter That John Richman Might Have Written To His Family"

I wrote an AI-assisted poem and song for my 3rd great-grandfather John Richman (1788-1867) to celebrate his life in "Richman's Threads Of Time" -- A Family History Poem, Song and Podcast Created by Artificial Intelligence, and then wrote Ask AI: "What Was Life Like for John Richman age 12, in 1800 in Hilperton, Wiltshire?" to learn more about a boy's life in 1800 Wiltshire.  Then I had another idea.

Can the Artificial Intelligence tools create a memoir, or a letter, to a person's family or relatives?  I was quite sure that it can, probably all I have to do is ask.  So I tried it out for John Richman (1788-1867).

I had already attached the genealogical sketch for John as a PDF created from 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks - Week 33: #40 John Richman (1788-1867) to Claude 3.7 Sonnet and to Grok 3 to create the poem and song, so I added this prompt to the same Chat:  “Please use the attached document to provide a summary of John's life in his own words dated in 1865.”

Here is the result from Anthropic Claude 3.7 Sonnet:

My Life and Times

By John Richman, Hilperton, Wiltshire

September 15th, 1865

                (photograph of John Richman in the 1860s, courtesy of Richman family members,                   colorized by MyHeritage photo tools)

As I sit here in my cottage in Hilperton Marsh, the autumn breeze stirring outside my window, I find myself drawn to reflection upon my seventy-seven years on this earth. My granddaughter Rosa has been urging me to set down some account of my life before memories fade like the summer fields to winter brown.

I was born here in Hilperton in the year 1788, when good King George III still had his wits about him, the son of John Richman and my dear mother Mary Parsons. They raised me in this same village, though the place has changed much since those days. My parents worked hard all their lives – my father passed on in 1808 and mother some years before in 1802. I still miss their counsel, even at my advanced age.

My childhood memories are of a simpler Wiltshire, before the great machines came and changed our ways of working. I learned to weave as a boy, a skill that would sustain me through many years. Though I never had schooling proper, I learned what was needed to make my way. I cannot write these words myself – my granddaughter Rosa is setting them down as I speak them – but lack of letters never prevented me from living an honest life.

The most fortunate day of my existence came in 1811, when I married my dear Ann Marshman. She was a Devizes girl, steady as English oak and twice as strong. We made our marks together on the parish register on February 8th, with Thomas Marshman standing witness. Neither of us could write our names, but we signed our futures to each other just the same. Good Reverend Bailes joined us together, and though he's long in his grave now, the union he blessed lasted forty-five years until my Ann was taken from me.

The Lord blessed us with eight children, though He saw fit to call three home before their time. Our Elizabeth came first in 1811, followed by Sarah in 1814. Our John arrived in 1816 – he has his own family now and has made a finer life than his old father managed. Ann followed in 1818, and then our James in 1821, who has always been a comfort to us. We had twins Thomas and Mary born in 1823 – our little Mary only stayed two years before the fever took her. We tried to mend our hearts by naming another daughter Mary in 1825, but the Lord called her home that same year. Thomas grew to manhood but was taken in 1844, still a young fellow of twenty-one. Such was the way of things in those days – many cradles, many graves.

I've turned my hand to whatever honest work I could find to feed these hungry mouths. I began as a weaver, but those skills became less valued as the great factories in Trowbridge and beyond began their workings. I hauled coal for many years – hard work that bent my back but kept food on our table. Later I took up the butcher's knife, and that trade served us well enough. Some hereabouts know me as a farmer too, though I never owned land myself. A working man must adapt or hunger, and I've never been afraid of changing my path when needs must.

We've lived through remarkable times. I remember the fear of Napoleon coming across the Channel, though he never managed it, thank Providence. I've seen machines change the way cloth is made, putting many an honest weaver out of work. I recall when young Queen Victoria took the throne – she was just a slip of a girl then, though she's a grandmother now, I hear. The railways came to Wiltshire during my lifetime, bringing noise and smoke but connecting us to places that seemed impossibly distant in my youth.

My dear Ann left this world in 1856, and the light went out of my days then. She was seventy-two years old and had worked hard every day of her life. I've managed these nine years without her, though not nearly so well as when she was by my side. My daughter Elizabeth was with us many years, and now my granddaughter Rosa keeps an old man company. The census man wrote me down as a pauper when he came in 1861, and I suppose that's true enough in terms of worldly goods, though I count myself rich in family and memories.

I still have my Sunday clothes – my smock from Keevil village and the hat I've kept these fifty years. Rosa laughs to see it, saying no gentleman wears such a style these days, but it serves to keep the sun from my eyes when I make my slow way to St. Michael's for services.

My son James has done well for himself in America, and I hear tell his boy Thomas has taken Richmond as his family name. Names change as people move through the world, I suppose. I never traveled far from Hilperton myself – Bradford-on-Avon seemed distant enough in my younger days, and now I rarely venture beyond our parish boundaries.

What wisdom can an old man of modest means offer to those who might read these words in years to come? Perhaps only this: Work honestly, love your family dearly, and accept both joy and sorrow as part of God's plan. I've known hunger and fullness, grief and happiness, work and rest. Through it all, this small corner of Wiltshire has been home, and I expect to lay my bones here before long, beside my Ann and our little ones in St. Michael's churchyard.

This is the account of John Richman, as told in the seventy-seventh year of his age, in this year of Our Lord eighteen hundred and sixty-five.

X (His Mark)

Here is the result from X Grok 3:

A Letter from John Richman to His Children and Grandchildren
Hilperton, Wiltshire, 1865 

My Dear Children and Grandchildren, 

As I sit here, nearing the twilight of my days at nigh on seventy-seven, my heart bids me put pen to paper to share with you the tale of my life—its joys, its toils, and the lessons woven through it. The world has changed much since I was a lad, and I wish you to know the path I’ve trod, so you might carry a piece of it forward. 

I was born in Hilperton, round about 1788, to my father John and mother Mary, God rest their souls. We were a humble lot, eight of us children scrambling about in a world where the land and the loom were all we knew. My earliest days were filled with the rhythm of the countryside—the bleat of sheep, the rustle of wheat, and the clack of my father’s loom. But the world was stirring, even then. Machines were creeping into Wiltshire, stealing the breath from our handlooms, and I saw the old ways begin to fade. 

The brightest day of my youth was in 1811, when I wed your mother, Ann Marshman, in Hilperton’s church. We were young, she a few years my elder, and neither of us could sign our names—just an “X” to mark our bond. But oh, what a bond it was! Ann was my strength, her laughter a light in the hardest times. Together, we brought eight of you into this world—Elizabeth, Sarah, John, Ann, James, Thomas, and the two Marys we lost too soon. Each of you was a blessing, though the pain of burying our little ones cut deep. I see you, Elizabeth and James, still here in Hilperton, carrying on with your own families, and my heart swells with pride. 

Work was never steady, and that was my greatest trial. In my younger days, I wove cloth like my father before me, my hands steady on the loom. But the factories came, and the looms in our cottages grew silent. I turned to hauling coal, the dust blackening my lungs, and later to butchering, dressing meat to keep bread on our table. By 1841, we lived on Marsh Lane, your mother still weaving, Elizabeth and James at our side, all of us laboring to make ends meet. The Industrial Revolution, they call it now—a grand name for a force that pushed us from one trade to another, always chasing a living. Yet, in that struggle, I learned resilience, and I pray you inherit that strength. 

The years have not been kind to us all. Your mother, Ann, passed some years back, and her absence is a wound that never heals. I miss her voice, her touch, her way of making a hard day soft. By the 1851 census, I was a butcher, and we had your nieces, Mary and Rosa, under our roof—a joy to hear their chatter. But now, as I write, I’m an old man, called a pauper by the parish. It stings to be so named, but I’ve no shame in a life of honest work. Rosa, dear girl, keeps me company, though she’s off serving now, leaving me to my thoughts in this quiet cottage. 

I’ve seen much in my time—King George’s reign, the wars with Napoleon, and now Queen Victoria’s rule. The world moves faster now, with trains and machines I scarce understand. Yet, I hold to the old ways in my heart. This smock I wear, made in Keevil, and my old top hat, kept from better days, remind me of who I am—a Wiltshire man, rooted in this land. A photograph was taken of me not long ago, an odd thing called an Ambrotype. I sat stiff as a board, my white hair wild, my neckerchief likely red as it ever was. I hope you’ll see it one day and know your old father was here. 

My dearest wish is that you carry on with courage. Life will test you, as it did me, with loss and change and labor. But hold fast to each other, as Ann and I did, and let love be your anchor. You, my children, and your children after you, are my legacy. For Elizabeth, Sarah, John and James, and all who come after, especially my wonderful granddaughter Rosa, know that I’ve loved you fiercely, even when the world was unkind.

I’ll soon rest at St. Michael’s, I reckon, where Hilperton’s earth will claim me. Until then, I’m here, watching the willows sway, thinking of you. Live well, my dears, and weave your own stories, strong and true. 

With all my love,
Your Father and Grandfather,
John Richman

Yep, the AI tools can do this task also.  I would have received similar letters from OpenAI ChatGPT4 and Google Gemini.  I could ask the Chatbots to expand on the letter because some points in the reference document were missed in each of them.  However, as a test query, I think that these relatively short letters are poignant and would be interesting to his family members, especially the grandchildren in America, and even his 3rd great-grandson.  

This format provides a different perspective than a biography, doesn't it?  At best, it's historical fiction, but many of the facts are included and it rings true to me.  Now if I could only get a Wiltshireman's voice to tell the stories!

I will write more of these memoirs or life stories as told by my ancestor as time goes on.  This is great genealogy fun for me!

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Added and Updated FamilySearch Record Collections - Week of 17 to 23 May 2025

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

As of 23 May 2025, there are 3,409 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 0 from last week):

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

-- Collections Updated ---

Alabama, County Birth Registers, 1881-1939 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3335352); 264,968 indexed records with 48,659 record images (was 264,765 records with 48,659 images), UPDATED 22-May-2025
Argentina, Catamarca, Civil Registration, 1888-2001 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4328763); 56,091 indexed records with 189,500 record images (was 56,091 records with 189,500 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Argentina, Chaco, Civil Registration, 1889-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4450393); 205,557 indexed records with 204,898 record images (was 205,557 records with 204,898 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Argentina, Entre Ríos, Civil Registration, 1833-1965 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3006904); 779,483 indexed records with 549,008 record images (was 779,476 records with 549,003 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Argentina, Jujuy, Civil Registration, 1888-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4489444); 15,753 indexed records with 27,656 record images (was 15,753 records with 27,656 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025

Argentina, Salta, Catholic Church Records, 1634-1972 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974193); 358,056 indexed records with 144,293 record images (was 358,054 records with 144,293 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Argentina, Salta, Civil Registration, 1880-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3006885); 588,216 indexed records with 537,699 record images (was 588,214 records with 537,695 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Argentina, San Juan, Catholic Church Records, 1655-2013 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974194); 206,195 indexed records with 83,087 record images (was 206,195 records with 83,087 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Arizona, Birth Certificates and Indexes, 1855-1940 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3740251); 411,306 indexed records with 410,631 record images (was 411,303 records with 410,630 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Belgium, Brabant, Civil Registration, 1582-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1482191); 303,788 indexed records with 6,411,594 record images (was 303,788 records with 6,411,594 images), UPDATED 21-May-2025

Belgium, Namur, Civil Registration, 1800-1912 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2138511); 931,101 indexed records with 372,768 record images (was 931,101 records with 372,768 images), UPDATED 21-May-2025
Bolivia, Catholic Church Records, 1566-2020 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1922463); 9,847,856 indexed records with 1,649,601 record images (was 9,847,837 records with 1,649,601 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Brazil, Bahia, Civil Registration, 1877-2021 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3694028); 279,484 indexed records with 270,262 record images (was 279,484 records with 270,262 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Brazil, Cemetery Records, 1799-2024 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2137269); 1,577,075 indexed records with 150,972 record images (was 1,577,063 records with 150,972 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Brazil, Mato Grosso, Civil Registration, 1845-2014 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2001286); Index only (835 records), no images (was 835 records with 0 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025

Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1820-2021 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3479702); 971,513 indexed records with 404,256 record images (was 971,513 records with 404,256 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Brazil, Paraná, Civil Registration, 1852-2017 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016194); 3,197,165 indexed records with 1,689,031 record images (was 3,197,161 records with 1,689,031 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Brazil, Pará, Civil Registration, 1815-2013 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4473609); 643,271 indexed records with 186,200 record images (was 643,271 records with 186,200 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Civil Registration, 1810-2022 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3741255); 1,845,494 indexed records with 933,552 record images (was 1,845,494 records with 933,552 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Civil Registration, 1804-2013 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1582573); 6,992,440 indexed records with 5,100,470 record images (was 6,992,440 records with 5,100,470 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025

Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016197); 767,958 indexed records with 1,037,638 record images (was 767,957 records with 1,037,638 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Brazil, Sergipe, Catholic Church Records, 1785-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177298); 1,497,066 indexed records with 273,847 record images (was 1,497,066 records with 273,847 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Brazil, São Paulo, Civil Registration, 1925-2023 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2765317); 17,988,346 indexed records with 21,090,537 record images (was 17,988,346 records with 21,090,537 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2001287); 6,523,394 indexed records with 2,841,076 record images (was 6,523,394 records with 2,841,076 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
California, Lassen County, State Board of Health, Burial Permits, 1931-1988 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3241369); 8,961 indexed records with 8,920 record images (was 8,957 records with 8,920 images), UPDATED 21-May-2025

California, Los Angeles County, North Hollywood, Pierce Brothers Memorial Park Cemetery, Memorial Tablets, 1943-1983 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3235392); 52,723 indexed records with 50,707 record images (was 52,723 records with 50,707 images), UPDATED 21-May-2025
California, Los Angeles, Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery/Crematory Records, 1884-2002 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3583819); 372,033 indexed records with 193,682 record images (was 372,026 records with 193,681 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
California, San Francisco, Area Funeral Home Records, 1835-1981 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1385518); 162,363 indexed records with 193,721 record images (was 162,363 records with 193,721 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
California, Sonoma County, Sebastopol, Evergreen Lawn Cemetery Burial Records, 1800-2010 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3583823); 14,963 indexed records with 8,811 record images (was 14,963 records with 8,811 images), UPDATED 21-May-2025
Canada, Prairie Provinces, Census, 1926 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3005862); 2,077,237 indexed records with 48,436 record images (was 2,077,237 records with 48,436 images), UPDATED 19-May-2025

Chile, Catholic Church Records, 1633-2015 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3405096); 8,816,234 indexed records with 1,129,390 record images (was 8,816,219 records with 1,129,388 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Colombia, Bogotá, Burial Permits, 1938-1995 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3212241); 231,071 indexed records with 212,783 record images (was 231,067 records with 212,782 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Colombia, Catholic Church Records, 1576-2019 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1726975); 30,910,337 indexed records with 12,659,776 record images (was 30,823,618 records with 12,659,776 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Colombia, Civil Registration, 1553-2023 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4469480); 769,368 indexed records with 893,276 record images (was 769,368 records with 893,276 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Colombia, Costa, Church Records, 1778-2019 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4469405); 104,910 indexed records with 42,773 record images (was 104,910 records with 42,773 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025

Costa Rica, Civil Registration, 1823-2023 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1925429); 6,211,274 indexed records with 404,718 record images (was 6,211,272 records with 404,718 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Delaware, Vital Record Index Cards, 1680-1934 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1922410); 135,150 indexed records with 134,797 record images (was 135,150 records with 134,797 images), UPDATED 21-May-2025
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kisantu Diocese, Catholic Church Records, 1894-2016 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000138); 92,010 indexed records with 24,884 record images (was 92,010 records with 24,884 images), UPDATED 21-May-2025
Ecuador, Cemetery Records, 1862-2020 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3755446); 992,024 indexed records with 367,625 record images (was 992,024 records with 367,625 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
El Salvador, Catholic Church Records, 1655-1977 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1919582); 3,185,352 indexed records with 592,191 record images (was 3,185,352 records with 592,191 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025

England, Gloucestershire, Non-Conformist Church Records, 1581-1997 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3648679); 204,742 indexed records with 61,532 record images (was 204,717 records with 61,532 images), UPDATED 21-May-2025
England, Hampshire, Portsmouth, Baptisms, 1538-1940 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4469393); 541,243 indexed records with 45,104 record images (was 537,320 records with 45,104 images), UPDATED 21-May-2025
England, Hampshire, Portsmouth, Burials, 1538-1926 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4469392); 313,413 indexed records with 17,442 record images (was 313,412 records with 17,442 images), UPDATED 21-May-2025
England, Hampshire, Portsmouth, Marriages, 1537-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4469394); 393,944 indexed records with 54,670 record images (was 393,770 records with 54,670 images), UPDATED 21-May-2025
England, Herefordshire, Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1900 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3155913); 1,608,374 indexed records with 127,461 record images (was 1,608,355 records with 127,447 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025

England, Lincolnshire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1574-1885 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4149576); 135,992 indexed records with 77,307 record images (was 135,992 records with 77,307 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
England, Oxfordshire, Parish Registers 1538-1904 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3293406); 103,707 indexed records with 6,309 record images (was 103,707 records with 6,309 images), UPDATED 22-May-2025
England, Yorkshire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1613-1887 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3477664); 322,928 indexed records with 316,528 record images (was 322,926 records with 316,526 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
French Polynesia, Civil Registration, 1780-1999 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2549721); 165,111 indexed records with 521,207 record images (was 165,111 records with 521,207 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Guatemala, Alta Verapaz, Civil Registration, 1873-2008 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2102016); 1,065,033 indexed records with 17,770 record images (was 1,065,033 records with 17,770 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025

Guatemala, Baja Verapaz, Civil Registration, 1877-2008 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2106095); 330,396 indexed records with 24,503 record images (was 330,396 records with 24,503 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Guatemala, Chiquimula, Civil Registration, 1877-2009 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790265); 511,680 indexed records with 395,803 record images (was 511,680 records with 395,803 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Guatemala, El Progreso, Civil Registration, 1877-2007 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2451040); 258,793 indexed records with 103,502 record images (was 258,793 records with 103,502 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Guatemala, Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1874-2008 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2075150); 4,767,147 indexed records with 1,486 record images (was 4,767,147 records with 1,486 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Guatemala, Izabal, Civil Registration, 1877-2008 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2443319); 430,766 indexed records with 9,848 record images (was 430,766 records with 9,848 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025

Hawaii, Board of Health, Marriage Record Indexes, 1909-1989 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3463469); 823,319 indexed records with 289,702 record images (was 823,319 records with 289,702 images), UPDATED 19-May-2025
Honduras, Catholic Church Records, 1633-1978 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1823595); 1,878,425 indexed records with 425,330 record images (was 1,878,421 records with 425,330 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Honduras, Civil Registration, 1841-1968 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2135627); 581,219 indexed records with 337,976 record images (was 581,219 records with 337,976 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Idaho, Bonneville County, Idaho Falls, Rose Hill Cemetery Records, 1800-2007 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1447470); 14,519 indexed records with 14,137 record images (was 14,519 records with 14,137 images), UPDATED 21-May-2025
Illinois, Adams, Quincy, Greenmount Cemetery Records, 1875-1985 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3741254); 82,686 indexed records with 31,421 record images (was 82,686 records with 31,421 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025

Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1953 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1462519); Index only (3,396,808 records), no images (was 3,396,808 records with 0 images), UPDATED 22-May-2025
Iowa, Adjutant General's Office, Grave Registration Service, Cemetery Records, 1800-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3518727); 10,639 indexed records with 10,591 record images (was 10,639 records with 10,591 images), UPDATED 21-May-2025
Iowa, Buchanan County Obituaries and Cemetery Records, ca.1796-1988 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3740406); 218,560 indexed records with 42,954 record images (was 218,554 records with 42,954 images), UPDATED 21-May-2025
Italy, Latina, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1867-1946 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2684446); 69,159 indexed records with 144,647 record images (was 60,608 records with 144,647 images), UPDATED 22-May-2025
Italy, Palermo, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1820-1947 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2608509); 934,971 indexed records with 4,331,932 record images (was 934,972 records with 4,331,932 images), UPDATED 21-May-2025

Kansas, State Census, 1885 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1825188); 1,402,975 indexed records with 94,071 record images (was 397,663 records with 94,071 images), UPDATED 22-May-2025
Kiribati, Vital Records, 1890-1991 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3756784); 171,460 indexed records with 27,987 record images (was 171,460 records with 27,987 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Louisiana, Orleans, Birth Records, 1819-1915 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3326847); 271,592 indexed records with 127,659 record images (was 271,588 records with 127,659 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Louisiana, State Museum Historical Center, Cemetery Records, 1805-1944 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4234528); 224,024 indexed records with 207,659 record images (was 224,024 records with 207,659 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Madagascar, Sainte-Marie Island, Civil Registration, 1820-1870 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000242); 4,669 indexed records with 892 record images (was 4,668 records with 891 images), UPDATED 21-May-2025

Maine, Tombstone Inscriptions, Surname Index, 1620-2014 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2523434); 132,991 indexed records with 123,543 record images (was 132,990 records with 123,543 images), UPDATED 21-May-2025
Martinique, Church Records, 1662-1847 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4316497); 24,624 indexed records with 4,405 record images (was 24,611 records with 1,924 images), UPDATED 21-May-2025
Maryland, Baltimore, Loudon Park Cemetery, Cemetery Records, 1853-1986 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3021633); Index only (356,160 records), no images (was 356,160 records with 0 images), UPDATED 21-May-2025
Mexico, Coahuila, Catholic Church Records, 1627-1978 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1502401); 1,594,828 indexed records with 393,502 record images (was 1,594,828 records with 393,502 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Mexico, Michoacán, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1883388); 6,250,987 indexed records with 5,283,986 record images (was 6,250,987 records with 5,283,986 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025

Mexico, Querétaro, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1970 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1881200); 3,040,420 indexed records with 1,380,077 record images (was 3,040,420 records with 1,380,077 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Michigan, Saginaw County, Biographical Card File, ca. 1830-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3733440); 22,365 indexed records with 21,341 record images (was 22,364 records with 21,340 images), UPDATED 22-May-2025
Minnesota, Olmsted County, Oakwood Cemetery Records, 1863-1998 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3740257); 31,571 indexed records with 16,612 record images (was 31,571 records with 16,612 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Minnesota, Veterans Grave Registration Reports, 1930-1975 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4489446); 71,386 indexed records with 70,023 record images (was 71,386 records with 70,023 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Mississippi, County Marriages, 1818-1979 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3477669); 1,761,033 indexed records with 562,579 record images (was 1,761,033 records with 562,579 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025

Mississippi, Military Discharge Records, 1917-1974 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4474057); 17,690 indexed records with 12,492 record images (was 17,690 records with 12,492 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2060668); 7,729,188 indexed records with 2,513,517 record images (was 7,729,173 records with 2,513,517 images), UPDATED 19-May-2025
New Hampshire, Hillsborough County, Manchester, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1930346); 44,955 indexed records with 50,399 record images (was 44,901 records with 50,399 images), UPDATED 21-May-2025
Nicaragua, Civil Registration, 1809-2014 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1601210); 2,655,067 indexed records with 2,591,542 record images (was 2,655,067 records with 2,591,542 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
North Carolina, Wake County, Death Records, 1900-1909 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1949206); 4,291 indexed records with 4,272 record images (was 4,291 records with 4,272 images), UPDATED 22-May-2025

Norway, Oslo, Census, 1912 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4445453); 41,218 indexed records with 8,975 record images (was 41,218 records with 8,996 images), UPDATED 22-May-2025
Ohio, Stillbirths, 1918-1953 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000024); 221,928 indexed records with 221,692 record images (was 221,928 records with 221,692 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Papua New Guinea, Vital Records, 1867-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2114430); 442,853 indexed records with 421,534 record images (was 442,853 records with 421,534 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1775-1991 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1589502); 3,618,274 indexed records with 1,789,697 record images (was 3,618,274 records with 1,789,697 images), UPDATED 21-May-2025
Pennsylvania, Delayed Birth Records, 1780-1977 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3743274); 193,892 indexed records with 135,675 record images (was 193,892 records with 135,675 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025

Puerto Rico, Catholic Church Records, 1645-2021 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1807092); 3,339,815 indexed records with 191,547 record images (was 3,339,815 records with 191,547 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Puerto Rico, Civil Registration, 1805-2002 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1682798); 5,094,050 indexed records with 4,581,756 record images (was 5,094,049 records with 4,581,756 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Samoa, Vital Records, 1846-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4016424); 91,826 indexed records with 437,095 record images (was 91,826 records with 437,095 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
South Africa, Civil Death Registration, 1953-1967 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3732506); 1,221,606 indexed records with 1,226,717 record images (was 1,221,606 records with 1,226,717 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1801-1974 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2821281); 2,699,607 indexed records with 2,692,995 record images (was 2,699,587 records with 2,692,226 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025

South Africa, Natal, Civil Deaths, 1863-1955 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2721608); 338,278 indexed records with 299,215 record images (was 338,278 records with 299,215 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
South Africa, Orange Free State, Civil Death Registration, 1902-1954 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3732502); 208,955 indexed records with 208,207 record images (was 208,955 records with 208,207 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
South Africa, Western Cape, Deceased Estate Files, 1951-2011 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4319131); 988,274 indexed records with 348,416 record images (was 988,273 records with 348,413 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
St. Lucia, Church Records, 1751-1793 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4449051); 3,056 indexed records with 642 record images (was 3,044 records with 639 images), UPDATED 21-May-2025
Tennessee, Shelby County, Memphis, Board of Health Death Records, 1848-1913 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3460987); 107,258 indexed records with 46,422 record images (was 107,258 records with 46,422 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025

United States, Deceased Physician File (AMA), 1864-1968 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2061540); 915,299 indexed records with 707,724 record images (was 915,289 records with 707,724 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Uruguay, Civil Registration, 1879-2020 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837849); Index only (1,959,141 records), no images (was 1,959,141 records with 0 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Vanuatu, Vital Records, 1900-2001 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3734433); 162,888 indexed records with 157,901 record images (was 162,888 records with 157,901 images), UPDATED 21-May-2025
Venezuela, Archdiocese of Barquisimeto, Catholic Church Records, 1634-2018 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2373794); 154,012 indexed records with 64,284 record images (was 154,012 records with 64,284 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Venezuela, Civil Registration, 1843-2021 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1823609); 1,505,347 indexed records with 586,312 record images (was 1,505,346 records with 586,312 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025

Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2134304); 795,976 indexed records with 2,733 record images (was 795,975 records with 2,733 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Washington, County Divorce Records, 1852-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1930340); 78,802 indexed records with 127,147 record images (was 78,802 records with 127,147 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025
Zambia, Archdiocese of Lusaka, Church Records, 1908-2019 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3736255); 1,480,522 indexed records with 328,664 record images (was 1,480,522 records with 328,664 images), UPDATED 23-May-2025

--- Collections with new images ---

Argentina, Buenos Aires, Civil Registration, 1861-2018 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000041); 1 indexed records with 111,613 record images (was 1 records with 111,610 images), last updated 07-Jun-2024
Argentina, Military Records, 1911-1936 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000280); 1 indexed records with 2,920,537 record images (was 1 records with 2,920,530 images), last updated 31-Oct-2024
Argentina, Tierra del Fuego, Civil Registration, 1893-1985 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000048); 1 indexed records with 3,302 record images (was 1 records with 3,299 images), last updated 07-Jun-2024
Arizona, Wills and Deeds, ca. 1700s-2017 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3158817); 1 indexed records with 5,715 record images (was 1 records with 2,438 images), last updated 07-Jun-2024
Arkansas, Wills and Deeds, ca. 1700s-2017 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3158835); 1 indexed records with 5,234 record images (was 1 records with 4,785 images), last updated 07-Jun-2024

Brazil, Alagoas, Civil Registration, 1876-2023 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4469403); 1 indexed records with 453,459 record images (was 1 records with 452,977 images), last updated 07-Jun-2024
Brazil, Maranhão, Civil Registration, 1827-2022 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4469402); 1 indexed records with 904,290 record images (was 1 records with 904,287 images), last updated 07-Jun-2024
Brazil, Sergipe, Civil Registration, 1866-2021 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4470324); 1 indexed records with 268,444 record images (was 1 records with 267,971 images), last updated 07-Jun-2024
Florida, Wills and Deeds, ca. 1700s-2017 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3155866); 1 indexed records with 761 record images (was 1 records with 1 images), last updated 07-Jun-2024
Georgia, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1932397); 1,613 indexed records with 777 record images (was 1,613 records with 7 images), last updated 20-Apr-2012

Georgia, Wills and Deeds, ca. 1700s-2017 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3158836); 1 indexed records with 5,455 record images (was 1 records with 1,807 images), last updated 07-Jun-2024
Illinois, Wills and Deeds, ca. 1700s-2017 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3158867); 1 indexed records with 4,921 record images (was 1 records with 1,443 images), last updated 07-Jun-2024
Iowa, Wills and Deeds, ca. 1700s-2017 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3158837); 1 indexed records with 1,283 record images (was 1 records with 1,034 images), last updated 07-Jun-2024
Italy, Torino, Diocese of Torino, Catholic Church Records, 1801-1899 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000113); 1 indexed records with 142,114 record images (was 1 records with 142,112 images), last updated 05-Dec-2024
Louisiana Wills and Deeds, 1700-2017 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3158839); 1 indexed records with 1,620 record images (was 1 records with 1 images), last updated 07-Jun-2024

Massachusetts, Wills and Deeds, ca. 1700-2017 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3155889); 1 indexed records with 5,601 record images (was 1 records with 2,807 images), last updated 07-Jun-2024
Michigan, Wills and Deeds, ca. 1700s-2017 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3158869); 1 indexed records with 2,137 record images (was 1 records with 1 images), last updated 07-Jun-2024
Mississippi, Wills and Deeds, ca. 1700s-2017 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3158019); 1 indexed records with 1,984 record images (was 1 records with 1,289 images), last updated 07-Jun-2024
Missouri, Wills and Deeds, ca. 1700s-2017 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3158841); 1 indexed records with 4,289 record images (was 1 records with 2,953 images), last updated 07-Jun-2024
New Jersey, Wills and Deeds, ca. 1700s-2017 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3158820); 1 indexed records with 2,919 record images (was 1 records with 1,528 images), last updated 07-Jun-2024

North Carolina, Wills and Deeds, ca. 1700s-2017 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3158816); 1 indexed records with 9,295 record images (was 1 records with 5,137 images), last updated 07-Jun-2024
Ohio, Wills and Deeds, ca. 1700s-2017 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3158863); 1 indexed records with 11,137 record images (was 1 records with 3,711 images), last updated 07-Jun-2024
Pennsylvania, Wills and Deeds, ca. 1700s-2017 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3158832); 1 indexed records with 37,103 record images (was 1 records with 34,689 images), last updated 07-Jun-2024
Texas, Wills and Deeds, ca. 1700s-2017 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3158845); 1 indexed records with 4,825 record images (was 1 records with 1 images), last updated 07-Jun-2024
United States, Census, 1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4464515); 157,892,854 indexed records with 52,724,331 record images (was 52,785,233 records with 52,724,024 images), last updated 16-Jun-2024

United States, Obituary Records, 2014-2023 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000145); 1 indexed records with 28,203,176 record images (was 1 records with 28,202,734 images), last updated 22-Jul-2024
Virginia, Wills and Deeds, ca. 1700s-2017 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3158846); 1 indexed records with 6,274 record images (was 1 records with 5,343 images), last updated 07-Jun-2024
West Virginia Wills and Deeds, ca. 1700s-2017 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3158864); 1 indexed records with 6,116 record images (was 1 records with 4,044 images), last updated 07-Jun-2024

--- Collections with images removed ---

Colombia, DAS Civil Registration Alphabetic Cards, 1914-2011 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000074); 1 indexed records with 26,237,779 record images (was 1 records with 26,239,476 images), last updated 25-Nov-2024
Florida, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1932395); 25,416 indexed records with 416 record images (was 25,416 records with 25,416 images), last updated 20-Apr-2012

--- Collections with new records ---

Ohio, Athens County, Deceased Veteran Grave Registration Card File Index, 1819-1936 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3315268); 5,588 indexed records with 5,546 record images (was 5,553 records with 5,546 images), last updated 17-Apr-2025

--- Collections with records removed ---

California, Birth Index, 1905-1995 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2001879); Index only (24,589,410 records), no images (was 24,589,411 records with 0 images), last updated 01-Mar-2012
United States, Public Records, 1970-2009 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2199956); Index only (875,605,747 records), no images (was 875,605,749 records with 0 images), last updated 24-Jan-2025
United States, Residence Database, 1970-2024 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000290); Index only (413,872,496 records), no images (was 413,872,499 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 
• 108 updated entries
• 30 entries with more or fewer images 
• 4 entries with more or fewer records

The FamilySearch website says there are 3409 total entries on the list (without signing in). Marshall's list says there are 3409 (without signing in).  They are in-sync this week.

See previous FamilySearch-related blog posts in   https://www.geneamusings.com/search/label/FamilySearch

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Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 17 to 23 May 2025

The following genealogy record collections were added to the Ancestry.com Card Catalog page by Date Updated during the period from 17 to 23 May 2025:

The ADDED and Updated collections include:

• Isle of Man, UK, Civil Birth Marriage & Death, 1849-2013; 379.142 indexed records with record images; ADDED 5/22/2025.  This collection is an index of information derived from birth, marriage, and death records produced by church and civil authorities on the Isle of Man between 1849 and 2013.
• Geneanet Community Trees Index; 1,852,125,811 indexed records without record images; Updated 5/22/2025.  This collection contains an index of more than 2 million family trees created by members of Geneanet, the #1 genealogy site in France and the biggest community of genealogists in Europe. 
• U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007; 133,418,498 indexed records without record images; Updated 5/22/2025. This database picks up where the SSDI leaves off, with details such as birth date and parents’ names extracted from information filed with the Social Security Administration.
• Victoria, Australia, Birth Index, 1837-1921; 5,637,710 indexed records without record images; Updated 5/22/2025. This collection contains an index of birth records from the state of Victoria, Australia between 1837 and 1921
• Illinois, U.S., Catholic Diocese of Joliet, Sacramental Records, 1800-1979; 911,947 indexed records with record images; Updated 5/21/2025. This collection includes sacramental records from Catholic Churches in the Diocese of Joliet, Illinois, dated between 1800 and 1976.
• Poland, Repatriation of Polish Citizens from Ukraine, 1944-1946 (USHMM); 1,058,770 indexed records without record images; Updated 5/21/2025. Records of the special office established by the Soviet and Polish Governments for the resettlement of ethnic Poles from the territory of Ukraine after WWII.
• U.S., Korean War Era Draft Cards, 1948-1959; 2,824,342 indexed records without record images; Updated 5/19/2025. This collection contains military draft cards submitted to the Selective Service System between 1948 and 1959. Young men were required to submit a draft card when they became eligible for military service.
• Yonne, France, Censuses, 1836-1901; 2,175,085 indexed records with record images; ADDED    5/19/2025. This collection contains census records from Yonne, France between the years of 1836 and 1901. Most records are in French, but some are in Latin.
• Val-de-Marne, France, Censuses, 1840-1911; 1,363,010 indexed records with record images;   ADDED 5/19/2025. This collection contains census records from Val-de-Marne, France between the years of 1840 and 1911.
• Eure-et-Loir, France, Births, Marriages, and Deaths 1526-1902; 12,795,628 indexed records without record images; ADDED 5/19/2025. This collection contains civil registries of births, marriages, and deaths between 1506 and 1902 from Eure-et-Loir, France.
• Savoie, France, Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1500-1927; 20,903,778 indexed records without record images; ADDED 5/19/2025. This collection contains civil registries of births, marriages, and deaths up until 1927, from Savoie, France. Most records are in French, but some records may be in German or Latin.
• Hawaii, U.S., Hawaii Genealogy Books, 1827-2013; 78,644 indexed records with record images; ADDED 5/19/2025. This collection includes Hawaiian genealogy books with entries dated between 1827 and 2013.
• Buckinghamshire, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1971; 12,602,814 indexed records with record images; ADDED 5/19/2025. This collection contains electoral registers produced in Buckinghamshire, England, between 1832 and 1971. Electoral registers were published annually and listed the names and residences of people.

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

By my count, there were 7 NEW record collections ADDED this past week, per the list above.  There are now 33,807 collections available as of 23 May, an INCREASE of 7 from last week.  

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Disclosure: I pay for an All-Access subscription from Ancestry.com. In past years, Ancestry.com  provided a complimentary All Access subscription, an autosomal DNA test, material considerations for travel expenses to meetings, and hosted events and meals that I attended in Salt Lake City.

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