Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 15 to 21 August 2026

  The following genealogy record collections were added to the Ancestry.com Card Catalog page by "Date Updated" during the period from 15 to 21 August 2026: 

The ADDED and Updated collections include:

• Germany, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current; 4,732,669 indexed records without record images, Updated 8/20/2026. This database contains an index to cemetery and burial details posted on Find a Grave® from Germany. The records are dated between the 1600s and the present. 
• Norway, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current; 275,485 indexed records without record images, Updated 8/20/2026. This database contains an index to cemetery and burial details posted on Find a Grave® from Norway. The records are dated between the 1800s and the present. 
• Cheshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1939; 2,084,448 indexed records with record images, Updated 8/20/2026. This collection includes Church of England parish registers and bishops' transcripts of marriages and banns between 1754 and 1939 from the historical county of Cheshire, England.
• Cheshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812; 5,705,546 indexed records with record images, Updated 8/20/2026. This collection includes Church of England parish registers and bishops' transcripts of baptisms, marriages, and burials between 1536 and 1812 from the historical county of Cheshire, England.
• Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current; 12,770,201 indexed records without record images, Updated 8/20/2026. This database contains an index to cemetery and burial details posted on Find a Grave® from Australia and New Zealand. The records are dated between the 1800s and the present. 
• Global, Find a Grave® Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current; 24,536,564 indexed records without record images, Updated 8/20/2026. This database contains an index to cemetery and burial details posted on Find a Grave® for burials at sea and other select burial locations. 
• UK and Ireland, Find a Grave® Index, 1300s-Current; 29,447,349 indexed records without record images, Updated 8/20/2026. This database contains an index to cemetery and burial details posted on Find a Grave® from the United Kingdom and Ireland. The records are dated between the 1300s and the present. 
• Brazil, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current; 321,070 indexed records without record images, Updated 8/20/2026. This database contains an index to cemetery and burial details posted on Find a Grave® from Brazil. The records are dated between the 1800s and the present. 
• Mexico, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current; 100,083 indexed records without record images, Updated 8/20/2026. This database contains an index to cemetery and burial details posted on Find a Grave® from Mexico. The records are dated between the 1800s and the present. 
• Sweden, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current; 1,177,327 indexed records without record images, Updated 8/20/2026. This database contains an index to cemetery and burial details posted on Find a Grave® from Sweden. The records are dated between the 1800s and the present. 
• Cheshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1923; 5,472,780 indexed records with record images, Updated 8/20/2026. This collection includes Church of England parish registers and bishops' transcripts of baptisms between 1813 and 1923 from the historical county of Cheshire, England.
• Italy, Find a Grave® Index, 1800s-Current; 504,897 indexed records without record images, Updated 8/20/2026. This database contains an index to cemetery and burial details posted on Find a Grave® from Italy. The records are dated between the 1800s and the present. Find a Grave® provides users a virtu...
• Canada, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current; 12,741,202 indexed records without record images, Updated 8/20/2026. This database contains an index to cemetery and burial details posted on Find a Grave® from Canada. The records are dated between the 1600s and the present. 
• U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current; 187,073,146 indexed records without record images, Updated 8/20/2026. This database contains an index to cemetery and burial details posted on Find a Grave® from the United States. The records are dated between the 1600s and the present. 
• Cheshire, England, Church of England Burials, 1813-1998; 1,407,745 indexed records with record images, Updated 8/20/2026. This collection includes Church of England parish registers and bishops' transcripts of burials between 1813 and 1998 from the historical county of Cheshire, England.
• New York and New Jersey, U.S., Rabbi Joseph Levinson Burial Records, 1953-1993; 27,804 indexed records with record images, ADDED 8/19/2026. This collection contains records for burial services and grave monument unveiling ceremonies performed by Rabbi Joseph Levinson in New York and New Jersey between 1953 and 1993.
• Guam, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1900's-current; 8,110,641 indexed records without record images, Updated 8/19/2026. This index allows you to search for your ancestor by name in Guam newspapers that are available on Newspapers.com™ from the 1900s to the present.
• New York, New York, U.S., B'nai Brith Manhattan-Washington Lodge, 1871-1931; indexed records with record images, ADDED 8/19/2026. 
• U.S., Seamen Records, 1777-1937; 124,669 indexed records with record images, ADDED 8/19/2026. This collection contains records for merchant seamen who sailed on United States ships between 1777-1937. The records include bonds for seamen, registers listing sailors who deserted from vessels.
• Connecticut, U.S., Newspapers.com™ Stories and Events Index, 1800's-current; 592,657,744 indexed records without record images, Updated 8/19/2026. This index allows you to search for your ancestor by name in Connecticut newspapers that are available on Newspapers.com™ from the 1800s to the present.
• U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1974; 3,076,710 indexed records with record images, Updated 8/18/2026. This collection contains records from Presbyterian churches in the United States from 1701 to 1974. Records collected by American missionaries in Lebanon are also included. 

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By my count, there are 3 NEW record collections ADDED this past week, per the list above. There are now 33,982 collections available as of 21 August, an INCREASE of 3 from last week. 

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