Each week, I try to keep track of the number of Full-Text Search collections (indexed, searchable) and the Images collections (browsable but not searchable) -- see Sections 1) and 2) below. In addition, I list the genealogy historical record collections (often name-indexed) that are added, removed, and/or updated on FamilySearch and listed on the Historical Record Collection list -- See Section 3.
1) As of 9 January 2026, there are now 6,646 searchable image collections on FamilySearch Full-Text Search this week, an increase of 5 from last week. There are over 2.403 BILLION "results" in the collections. It is not possible to see which collections are new.
2) As of 9 January 2026, there are now 24,577 browsable (but not indexed or transcribed) image collections on FamilySearch Images this week, an increase of 57 from last week. There are over 5.894 BILLION images in these collections. There are 2,101 collections from the United States, 6,968 from Europe and 223 from Canada. It is not possible to see which collections are new.
3) As of 9 January 2026, there are 3,427 historical record collections on FamilySearch (a decrease of 0 from last week) on the Signed In screen (and 3,427 on the Signed Out screen).
The added, deleted, and updated collections this week from FamilySearch (from a list supplied by Marshall Clow):
--- Collections Deleted ---
--- Collections Added ---
--- Collections Updated ---
Brazil, Alagoas, Church Records, 1802-2016 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2820768); 656,546 indexed records with 208,789 record images (was 644,719 records with 208,789 images), UPDATED 07-Jan-2026
Brazil, Bahía, Catholic Church Records, 1598-2007 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177272); 1,651,206 indexed records with 368,634 record images (was 1,645,046 records with 368,634 images), UPDATED 07-Jan-2026
Brazil, Baptisms, 1688-1935 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1500708); Index only (2,402,158 records), no images (was 2,375,769 records with 0 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2026
Brazil, Cemetery Records, 1799-2024 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2137269); 2,161,969 indexed records with 150,972 record images (was 2,157,443 records with 150,972 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2026
Brazil, Deaths, 1750-1890 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1500710); Index only (43,570 records), no images (was 43,569 records with 0 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2026
Brazil, Marriages, 1730-1955 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1500709); Index only (318,295 records), no images (was 312,380 records with 0 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2026
Brazil, Minas Gerais, Catholic Church Records, 1706-2018 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177275); 2,170,193 indexed records with 930,569 record images (was 2,128,638 records with 930,569 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2026
Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1820-2021 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3479702); 627,174 indexed records with 404,256 record images (was 615,061 records with 404,256 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2026
Brazil, Paraná, Catholic Church Records, 1704-2008 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177282); 554,751 indexed records with 138,743 record images (was 545,709 records with 138,743 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2026
Brazil, Paraíba, Catholic Church Records, 1731-2016 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177286); 1,261,403 indexed records with 788,492 record images (was 1,203,727 records with 788,492 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2026
Brazil, Pará, Catholic Church Records, 1795-1977 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177288); 154,168 indexed records with 103,313 record images (was 139,322 records with 103,313 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2026
Brazil, Pernambuco, Catholic Church Records, 1762-2019 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177293); 1,699,168 indexed records with 578,073 record images (was 1,611,037 records with 578,073 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2026
Brazil, Pernambuco, Civil Registration, 1804-2023 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016195); 1,338,019 indexed records with 5,387,756 record images (was 1,337,400 records with 5,387,756 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2026
Brazil, Rio Grande do Norte, Catholic Church Records, 1755-2019 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177294); 1,654,447 indexed records with 54,182 record images (was 1,651,386 records with 54,182 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2026
Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Civil Registration, 1810-2022 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3741255); 1,519,432 indexed records with 933,552 record images (was 1,497,044 records with 933,552 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2026
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Catholic Church Records, 1616-2017 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1719212); 2,281,814 indexed records with 368,464 record images (was 2,265,756 records with 368,464 images), UPDATED 07-Jan-2026
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Civil Registration, 1804-2013 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1582573); 6,321,367 indexed records with 5,100,470 record images (was 6,273,672 records with 5,100,470 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2026
Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016197); 415,937 indexed records with 1,037,638 record images (was 394,143 records with 1,037,638 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2026
Brazil, Sergipe, Catholic Church Records, 1785-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177298); 887,166 indexed records with 273,847 record images (was 879,619 records with 273,847 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2026
Brazil, São Paulo, Catholic Church Records, 1640-2013 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177299); 3,910,709 indexed records with 1,610,067 record images (was 3,826,753 records with 1,610,067 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2026
Brazil, São Paulo, Civil Registration, 1925-2023 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2765317); 4,527,942 indexed records with 21,090,338 record images (was 4,520,372 records with 21,090,537 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2026
Colombia, Migration Records, 1885-2014 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000159); 6,735,251 indexed records with 6,488,263 record images (was 6,536,038 records with 6,310,393 images), UPDATED 08-Jan-2026
England Marriages, 1538–1973 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473015); Index only (10,303,580 records), no images (was 10,293,337 records with 0 images), UPDATED 04-Jan-2026
England, Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473014); Index only (39,135,391 records), no images (was 39,076,598 records with 0 images), UPDATED 04-Jan-2026
England, Devon, Plymouth, Electoral Rolls, 1781-1973 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4134690); 57,373 indexed records with 2,177 record images (was 57,291 records with 2,177 images), UPDATED 04-Jan-2026
England, Leicestershire, Parish Registers, 1533-1991 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2840172); 2,409,019 indexed records with 338,632 record images (was 2,405,335 records with 338,632 images), UPDATED 04-Jan-2026
England, Northumberland, Parish Registers, 1538-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2353070); 2,596,305 indexed records with 280,015 record images (was 2,585,772 records with 280,015 images), UPDATED 04-Jan-2026
England, Somerset, Church Records, 1501-1999 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4380193); 4,285,771 indexed records with 4,776,791 record images (was 4,272,509 records with 4,776,791 images), UPDATED 04-Jan-2026
England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4439317); 10,936,135 indexed records with 933,231 record images (was 10,931,794 records with 933,231 images), UPDATED 04-Jan-2026
Georgia, World War I, Statement of Service Cards, 1920-1929 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3010041); 106,596 indexed records with 106,276 record images (was 106,582 records with 106,271 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2026
Georgia, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1940-1945 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1880573); 836,136 indexed records with 1,682,137 record images (was 836,654 records with 1,682,137 images), UPDATED 04-Jan-2026
Honduras, Civil Registration, 1841-1968 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2135627); 9,488,947 indexed records with 337,976 record images (was 6,882,998 records with 337,976 images), UPDATED 07-Jan-2026
Italy, Enna, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1866-1944 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2068343); 2,101,198 indexed records with 836,855 record images (was 2,101,195 records with 836,855 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2026
Korea, Collection of Genealogies, 1200-2014 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1398522); Browse 2,519,576 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 2,519,576 images), UPDATED 07-Jan-2026
Luxembourg, Church and Civil Registration, 1601-1923 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000012); 3,027,159 indexed records with 1,121,652 record images (was 2,925,642 records with 1,023,288 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2026
Michigan, Births and Christenings, 1775-1995 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1675348); Index only (899,505 records), no images (was 899,505 records with 0 images), UPDATED 04-Jan-2026
Michigan, Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1675357); Index only (1,094,840 records), no images (was 1,094,840 records with 0 images), UPDATED 04-Jan-2026
New York, Northern Arrival Manifests, 1902-1967 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1876434); 1,374,584 indexed records with 1,055,574 record images (was 1,374,540 records with 1,055,574 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2026
Oregon, World War I, Veteran State Aid Applications, 1921-1938 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3007580); 37,199 indexed records with 37,123 record images (was 37,195 records with 37,123 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2026
Philippines, Catholic Church Records, 1520-2014 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2861657); 12,240,955 indexed records with 2,919,172 record images (was 12,234,884 records with 2,919,193 images), UPDATED 07-Jan-2026
Portugal Passport Registers and Application Files, 1800-1946 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1925427); Browse 228,417 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 228,417 images), UPDATED 07-Jan-2026
United States, Census, 1870 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1438024); 39,964,969 indexed records with 1,049,047 record images (was 39,964,969 records with 1,049,047 images), UPDATED 04-Jan-2026
United States, Confederate Officers Card Index, 1861-1865 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2145147); 104,712 indexed records with 207,550 record images (was 104,711 records with 207,550 images), UPDATED 05-Jan-2026
United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages, 1980-2015 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2333694); 28,662,189 indexed records with 46,919,022 record images (was 28,662,190 records with 46,919,022 images), UPDATED 06-Jan-2026
United States, World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1861144); 11,451,972 indexed records with 19,317,962 record images (was 11,451,972 records with 19,317,962 images), UPDATED 04-Jan-2026
--- Collections with new images ---
Find a Grave Index (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2221801); 262,294,375 indexed records with 88,641,498 record images (was 262,294,376 records with 68,320,102 images), last updated 19-Dec-2025
United States, Census, 1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4464515); 157,892,854 indexed records with 52,728,271 record images (was 157,892,854 records with 52,723,546 images), last updated 16-Jun-2024
United States, Obituary Records, 2014-2023 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000145); 1 indexed records with 28,204,224 record images (was 1 records with 28,203,754 images), last updated 22-Jul-2024
--- Collections with images removed ---
Brazil, Maranhão, Civil Registration, 1827-2022 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4469402); 1 indexed records with 905,716 record images (was 1 records with 905,725 images), last updated 07-Jun-2024
Brazil, Sergipe, Civil Registration, 1866-2021 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4470324); 1 indexed records with 268,803 record images (was 1 records with 268,809 images), last updated 07-Jun-2024
Colombia, DAS Civil Registration Alphabetic Cards, 1914-2011 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000074); 1 indexed records with 26,272,980 record images (was 1 records with 26,272,983 images), last updated 25-Nov-2024
England, Lincolnshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1990 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2540411); 1,308,057 indexed records with 367,266 record images (was 1,291,411 records with 375,537 images), last updated 26-Dec-2025
--- Collections with new records ---
Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Catholic Church Records, 1738-1952 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177295); 730,994 indexed records with 184,012 record images (was 728,609 records with 184,012 images), last updated 05-Dec-2025
British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2562514); 4,015,477 indexed records with 271,979 record images (was 4,012,326 records with 271,979 images), last updated 03-Nov-2025
British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2562508); 717,216 indexed records with 237,537 record images (was 706,311 records with 237,537 images), last updated 23-Sep-2025
England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2451051); Index only (8,379,884 records), no images (was 8,249,618 records with 0 images), last updated 26-Dec-2025
England, Cheshire, School Records, 1796-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1583609); Index only (194,755 records), no images (was 180,565 records with 0 images), last updated 26-Dec-2025
England, Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473016); Index only (13,095,951 records), no images (was 13,079,733 records with 0 images), last updated 26-Dec-2025
England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1995 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1911752); 2,066,717 indexed records with 53,151 record images (was 2,053,291 records with 53,151 images), last updated 26-Dec-2025
England, Dorset, Parish Registers, 1538-2001 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1910806); 347,234 indexed records with 25,517 record images (was 345,320 records with 25,517 images), last updated 26-Dec-2025
England, Hampshire, Portsmouth, Hospital Records, 1878-1918 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4469387); 71,376 indexed records with 6,858 record images (was 69,551 records with 6,858 images), last updated 22-Sep-2025
England, Kent, Parish Registers, 1538-1911 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1952887); 438,873 indexed records with 100,542 record images (was 429,228 records with 100,542 images), last updated 26-Dec-2025
England, Manchester, Miscellaneous Records, 1700-1916 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2075052); 10,592,399 indexed records with 15,918,117 record images (was 10,590,199 records with 15,918,117 images), last updated 26-Dec-2025
England, Manchester, Parish Registers, 1603-1954 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1788853); 1,421,056 indexed records with 248,202 record images (was 1,384,157 records with 248,202 images), last updated 26-Dec-2025
England, Shropshire, Parish Registers, 1538-1922 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3155854); 883,907 indexed records with 62,897 record images (was 874,649 records with 62,897 images), last updated 26-Dec-2025
England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2364451); 4,456,458 indexed records with 278,569 record images (was 4,435,330 records with 278,569 images), last updated 27-Dec-2025
England, Sussex, Parish Registers, 1538-1910 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1465706); Index only (1,789,637 records), no images (was 1,785,206 records with 0 images), last updated 26-Dec-2025
Prisoners of War, 1715-1947 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4459223); 2,352,950 indexed records with 283,791 record images (was 2,349,449 records with 283,791 images), last updated 15-Dec-2025
--- Collections with records removed ---
Michigan, Civil Marriages, 1834-1974 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2515912); Index only (1,098 records), no images (was 1,172 records with 0 images), last updated 14-Jun-2024
Michigan, County Marriages, 1820-1941 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1810350); 498,558 indexed records with 292,064 record images (was 506,922 records with 292,064 images), last updated 13-Jun-2024
Michigan, Marriages, 1868-1925 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1452395); 1,603,279 indexed records with 116,995 record images (was 1,617,415 records with 116,995 images), last updated 21-Apr-2025
United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850-1880 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1420441); 1,352,040 indexed records with 8,724 record images (was 1,356,791 records with 8,724 images), last updated 23-Mar-2025
United States, Public Records, 1970-2009 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2199956); Index only (875,600,931 records), no images (was 875,600,941 records with 0 images), last updated 23-Dec-2025
United States, Residence Database, 1970-2024 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000290); Index only (413,859,416 records), no images (was 413,859,453 records with 0 images), last updated 22-Jun-2024
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
- 56 updated entries
- 10 entries with more or fewer images
- 29 entries with more or fewer records
The FamilySearch website says there are 3,427 total entries on the list (after signing in). Marshall's list says there are 3,427 (after signing in). They are definitely in-sync this week.
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