FamilySearch Announces RootsTech 2018 FREE Live-Streaming Classes

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Popular RootsTech 2018 Announces Free Online Broadcast Schedule

Salt Lake City, Utah (12 February 2018), Mark your calendars! RootsTech, the world’s largest family history and technology conference, happening February 28 to March 3, 2018, announced its free live online streaming schedule. It will broadcast 19 of its popular sessions, including former Olympic gold-medalist Scott Hamilton; Brandon Stanton, founder of the Humans of New York photo blog; host of the popular PBS show Finding Your Roots, Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.,   Natalia Lafourcade, and Steve Rockwood, CEO of FamilySearch International. 

The live broadcasts give those unable to attend in-person a sampling of the show's marquee content. Interested viewers can watch the select broadcasts live at RootsTech.org. No registration is required to view the live streams.

"RootsTech 2018 offers over 300 sessions for those able to attend in-person," said Tyler Stahle, RootsTech marketing manager. "However, the 19 sessions we will live stream for free will expand the show's reach and give more people the opportunity to participate remotely in this world class conference." In 2017, streaming sessions garnered more than 50,000 views, and that number continues to grow each year.

The free streamed sessions will include the popular general sessions and a sampling of technology and family history presentations appealing to varied interests.

RootsTech Live Streaming Schedule  

Watch at RootsTech.org. No registration is required to view the live streams. All times are in Mountain Standard Time (MST).

Wednesday, February 28, 2018

9:30 a.m.: Family History in 5 Minutes a Day – by Deborah Gamble

Explore 20 ways to effectively do your family history in as little as 5 minutes a day.

11:00 a.m.: DNA: One Family, One World (Sponsored by Living DNA) – by David Nicholson

A new project by Living DNA is mapping the world's DNA, building one world family tree through genetics. Gain insight into how this will impact your family history.

1:30 p.m.: Organizing and Preserving Photograph Collections – by Ari Wilkins

Step-by-step direction in organizing, preserving, and cataloging photo collections for future generations and identifying, digitizing, and sharing collections using family trees and social media.

3:00 p.m.: Finding the Answers: The Basics of WWII Research – by Jennifer Holik

Fire destroyed many US military and civilian service records. Alternative record sources exist to reconstruct service history. Learn how to research World War I and II records.

4:30 p.m.: Wednesday General Session and Innovation Showcase – by Steve Rockwood, CEO of FamilySearch International

Steve Rockwood explores where industry giant, FamilySearch, has been and is going. Introduction of the all-new RootsTech Innovation Showcase.

Thursday, March 1, 2018

8:30 a.m.: Thursday General Session – by Brandon Stanton, founder of Humans of New York

Brandon Stanton started Humans of New York, a photography and storytelling blog. HONY has built a devoted following of over 20 million fans across several social media platforms.

11:00 a.m.: MyHeritage DNA 101: From Test to Results – by Yaniv Erlich

Learn about the MyHeritage DNA service and how the process works, from taking the test to the lab analysis. Learn about MyHeritage DNA's over 40 ethnicities and how to optimize your DNA matches.

1:30 p.m.: Google Photos: Collect, Organize, Preserve, and Share – by Michelle Goodrum

Google Photos is a powerful, free app for storing, organizing, and sharing. Learn how to edit and create photo projects and automatically add your photos to the app from digital devices.

3:00 p.m.: Unlocking Roman Catholic Records – by Brian Donovan

The Catholic Church is essential for uncovering the lives of millions of immigrants from many nationalities. See how findmypast and the Catholic Church are working to make these records easily accessible.

4:30 p.m.: A Gift of Life: Who's Writing Your Story? - by Deborah Abbott

Only you can tell the real stories of love, loss, forgiveness, and change. Don't leave the task of finding the answers of your life's history to someone else. Take the time to write your life story.

Friday, March 2, 2018

8:30 a.m.: Friday General Session – by Scott Hamilton, Olympic Skater

Scott Hamilton is the living example that good guys CAN finish first! He is an Olympic champion, cancer survivor, television broadcaster, speaker, author, husband/father, and eternal optimist!

11:00 a.m.: findmypast's British and Irish Hidden Gems (Sponsored by findmypast) – by Myko Clelland

Explore some of the wonderful findmypast.com collections that can help you break down your British ancestry brick walls, go back further in your family research, and add untold color and detail to your family story.

1:30 p.m.: Finding the Right DNA Test for You – by Jim Brewster

DNA testing is becoming an integral tool, but what is it and what does it do? How can DNA actually help your genealogy? If you are brand new to genetic genealogy, this is the class for you.

3:00 p.m.: How Not to Leave Your Genealogy Behind – by Amy Johnson Crow and Curt Witcher

Nobody wants their genealogy research to end up in a landfill. Hear a few horror stories of genealogy materials destroyed and how you can avoid those mistakes.

4:30 p.m.: Finding Elusive Records at FamilySearch – by Robert Kehrer

Learn new skills and techniques used by the experts and lesser known record identification tools and features of the FamilySearch website.

Saturday, March 3, 2018

8:30 a.m.: Saturday General Session – by Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and Natalia Lafourcade

Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr., host of popular PBS Finding Your Roots series, and Natalia Lafourcade, one of the most successful Latin American pop singers, will keynote this opening session.

11:00 a.m.: Civil Registration Indexes of England and Wales – by Audrey Collins

England and Wales national indexes and recent innovations at the General Register Office have opened up new possibilities and completely new indexes.

1:30 p.m.: Advancing Your Genealogy Research with DNA (Sponsored by Ancestry) – by Anna Swayne

Learn what new tools AncestryDNA has to advance your research and get more out of your DNA results.

3:00 p.m.: Pain in the Access: More Web for Your Genealogy – by Curt Witcher

Library, archive, government, and specialized websites have much to offer. Discover these sites and strategies for getting more online data.

You can find this announcement online in the FamilySearch Newsroom. 

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I am a RootsTech 2018 Ambassador, and have received a complimentary registration to RootsTech this year and in past years, which includes access to the Media Hub, Media dinners, and other opportunities.

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Treasure Chest Tuesday - 1906 Voter Registration for Elijah McKnew in San Francisco, Calif.

This week's Tuesday Treasure is the 1907 Voter Registration record for Elijah P. McKnew in San Francisco, California:

The entry for Elijah P. McKnew is the ninth entry from the bottom:

The extracted information for Elijah McKnew in this record is:

*  No. of Affidavit:  7
*  Name:  McKnew, Elijah P.
*  Occupation:  Oysters
*  Age:  70
*  Occupation:  Oyster dealer
*  Party Affiliation: [blank]
*  Residence:  4131 19th 
*  Floor:  [blank]
*  Room:  All

The source citation for this record is:

"California Voter Registers, 1900-1968," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 12 February 2018), San Francisco > 1907, Roll 006, no page number (image 512 of 1567), Affidavit No. 7, Elijah P. McKnew entry.

This is the seventh Voter Registration entry (1876, 1880, 1882, 1886, 1892, 1898, 1907) for Elijah McKnew in San Francisco.  In the 1907 registration , he was age 70, worked as an oyster dealer, and resided at "4131 19th."  All identifying characteristics are no longer listed.  

In this record, his name is not exactly right - it should be Elijah Pickrell McKnew, but the middle name changed almost every registration.  

Elijah McKnew (1836-1912) married Jane Whittle (1847-1921) in 1865 in Tuolumne County, California, and they had 11 children between 1867 and 1892.  Elijah and Jane (Whittle) McKnew are my wife's great-grandparents.

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Monday Genea-Pourri - 12 February 2018

Here are some of my family history and genealogy related activities over the past week:

1)  My major research effort over the last week has been to find George W. Seaver's parents names.  I got a clue from the Veterans Home record - an aunt named Lucinda M. Fields, which means she is a sister of one of George's parents, probably his mother.  From the three available census records, I know that George's father was born in New Hampshire, his mother was born in Vermont, and George was born in Wisconsin, but enlisted at age 18 in the Union Army in Massachusetts.  Do far, I have had no success in finding George's parents.

2)  I attended the San Diego Genealogical Society program on Saturday, 10 February which featured Jean Wilcox Hibben.  Jean discussed Farmers and research tools to learn about them.  She noted that American farms were usually individual farms, with farmers working only for themselves, as opposed to collective farms in Europe which used hired laborers or serfs.  She sang two songs too.  I left after the first talk.

3)  I wrote, edited and published the February 2018 monthly Newsletter for the Chula Vista Genealogical Society, completing my 9th year in this task.  Our Librarian, Wanda (Alexander) Brock, died in January of cancer, and will be greatly missed.  

4)  Linda and I drove up to Huntington Beach on Sunday morning to see Tami and James and the grandkids.  We had lunch, saw Lauren perform her role as Oliver Hix in The Music Man in a community playhouse, which was fun.  Audrey showed off her cheers, and Charlie was cute and fun.  The Whitings were there too for the play and dinner.  After dinner, we drove back and were home by 8 p.m.  I posted photos of the kids on Facebook.

5)  Today's Mondays with Myrt webinar highlighted: Pat Kuhn's grandson's ancestor Leonard Reedy, my George W. Seaver newspaper articles and records, Valerie Lair's AncestryDNA Playing Card, the BBC article on English pronunciation traits in America, Ancestry'com's new home page, how to save email and paper correspondence, and more.  I had to leave after 60 minutes.  

6)  I have 255 Shared Ancestors on my AncestryDNA list (I had 263 last week), 728 4th cousins or closer (up from 716 last week), 626 pages (over 31,300 matches with at least 5 cM) (was 615 pages last week) of  matches.  I have 10 matches that are third cousins or closer, and 84 matches with 34 cM (0.5%) or more.  My highest match has 779 cM (11.5%), and is one of my first cousins.  I have 14 DNA Circles (no change for weeks). There were no new close matches (3rd cousin or closer).  Very few of the new matches have an Ancestry Member Tree.

7)  I have 2,692 DNA Matches on MyHeritage (up from 2,570 last week) with at least 8 cM (0.1%), with 19 matches with more than 34 cM (0.5%) or more (was 17 last week).  The highest match is 184 cM (2.5%).  Most of my close matches have very small trees with no common ancestors shown.

8)  I have 1,125 DNA Relatives on 23andMe (down from 1,142 last week) who share at least 0.10% with me.  Of these, only 1 shares 1.0% or more, and 36 share 0.50% or more (was 35 last week), with the highest match being 1.54%.  I struggle to find out anything about most of these testers.

9)  I have 2,383 autosomal DNA Matches on FamilyTreeDNA (up from 2,343) who share 0.25% (18 cM) or more, with the highest match being 96 cM (1.42%).  I have 12 who share at least 1.0% (68 cM) with me, and 1,313 who share at least 0.50% (34 cM) or more (was 1263 last week) with me.  I have had better luck finding shared ancestors here with a few of these testers.

10) There were almost daily sessions working in RootsMagic to update FamilySearch Family Tree profiles for Seaver families and other ancestral families, with occasional additions to the RootsMagic profiles. I have matched 22,480 of my persons with FSFT.  I now have 49,623 persons in my RootsMagic file.   I TreeShare almost every night.  There were also several sessions in Ancestry Hints to add content and source citations for the new RootsMagic profile additions.   I've fallen behind on the Record Hints with 57,169 waiting to be resolved, but I'm working on them.  Every time I add something to RootsMagic and TreeShare, the Hints multiply.  

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My AncestryDNA Playing Card

AncestryDNA.com has a new AncestryDNA Playing Card which includes a photograph and the DNA ethnicity estimate - they look like baseball cards.

You can do your own if you have done an AncestryDNA test and have added a photograph to your Ancestry.com account.  Go to "Your DNA Results Summary" page on your "DNA" menu list, and the MyAncestryDNA card is shown at the top of the page.  You can save it to Twitter, Facebook and/or your computer files.

Here's my AncestryDNA playing card:

As I've noted before, I don't think my ethnicity estimates on AncestryDNA reflect my ethnicity.  The other DNA tests on FamilyTreeDNA, 23andMe, MyHeritage and Living DNA all say my British Isles ethnicity is much more than the AncestryDNA estimate.

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Disclosure:  I have had a fully paid Ancestry.com subscription since 2000.  Ancestry.com has provided material considerations for travel expenses to meetings, and has hosted events and meals that I have attended in Salt Lake City, in past years.  I also received a complimentary AncestryDNA test several years ago.

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Amanuensis Monday - Probate Records of Joseph Keyes (1667-1757) of Westford, Mass.

This week's document for Amanuensis Monday is the 1745 Will of Joseph Keyes (1667-1757) of Westford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts:

a)  Probate Packet 13,196, image 2:

b)  Probate Packet 13,196, image 3:

The transcription of the will is:

In the Name of God Amen. I Joseph Keyes of 
Wesford in the County of Middlesex Gen^n 
being in Bodyly health & of sound and Disposing mind 
and memory Thanks be given unto God, therefore Call-
ing unto mind the Mortality of my Body and Knowing 
that it is appointed for all Men ^once^ to dye, Do for Avoiding 
Controversies after my Decease Make Publish & Declare 
this my Last Will and Testament in maner following 
And first of all I give and Recommend my Soul unto the 
Hands of God that gave ^it^, and my ^body^ I Recommend to the 
Earth to be Buried In Decent Christian Burial at the 
Discretion of my Executor. Nothing Doubting but at ye 
General Resurrection I Shall Receive the same again 
by the Mighty power of god. And as Touching such 
Worldly Estate wherewith it hath pleased God to Bless me
 in this Life I Give Demise and Despose of the same 
in the following manner and form.

Imprimus I Give and bequeath to Joannah 
my Dearly Beloved Wife all my Houshold goods During 
her Life, also I give to Mirriam Losson my Eldest Daughter 
Twelve Pounds & Ten Shilling in Bills Emitted in the year 
One Thousand Seven Hundred and forty four 
or in other Bills Eaqul to the same mailing Bills of the 
Province of the Massachusetts Bay 
and one Cow. Also I give to my Daughter Lydia 
Mudge Twelve Pounds and Ten Shilling in the Like 
Bills Described aforesaid.

"Also I give to my Daughter Joannah Fitch Twelve 
Pounds and Ten Shillings in the Like Bills Described afore-
said, and Also I give to my Three Daughters Mirriam 
Lydia and Joannah after my wife Decease all my 
Houshold goods Eaquily to be Devided amongst them. 
And the Sums of money that I have given to my Three 
Daughters before Named, my will is that Jonathan 
Kyes my Grandson Should pay unto my Three Daughters or 
to Thare Heirs or Assigns The full sum before mention-
ed in Two Years after my Decease.

Also my will is that the Children of my Son Joseph Keyes 
^deceased^ shall have paid out of my Estate after my Death the Sum 
of Twenty shillings in Bills of the Last Emittion of the 
Province of Massachusetts Bay.

Also I Do Nominate and appoint Josiah Sartell of Groton 
in the County of Middlesex to be Sole Executor of this my Last Will 
and Testament, And I do hereby utterly Disallow Revoke 
and Disannul all and every other former Testament & Wils 
Legacies and Bequests and Executors by me in any ways 
before Named Willed and Bequeathed, Ratifying and Confirming 
this and no other to be my Last Will and Testament 
In Witness Whereof I have hereunto Sett my Hand 
and Seal this Twenty Ninth Day of June One 
Thousand Seven Hundred And forty five 
And in the Eighteenth year of his Majesties Reign.

Signed Sealed Published
Pronounced and Declared
By the said Joseph Kyes ................................................ Joseph Keyes
as his Last Will and
Testament In Presence
of us the Subscribers
Jacob Wright
Andrew Spaulding
Ephraim Wright

The source citation for this will is:

Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Probate case files, Joseph Keyes Case File 13,196, 1757, Westford, 8 images; "Middlesex County, Mass. Probate File Papers, 1648-1871," digital images, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org: accessed 10 February 2018); original papers on file at Suffolk County Probate Court, Boston, Mass.

The will of Joseph Keyes, late of Westford, gentleman, was presented for probate by Josiah Sartell, the named executor. Jacob Wright and Andrew Spaulding made oath that they saw the said testator sign, seal and declare the will to be his last will and testament. The will was proved by the Court on 11 July 1757.  There are no other records of substance in the probate file.Joseph Keyes married Joanna Cleaveland (1670-1758) in 1690 in Chelmsford, Mass.  They had four children:  Lydia (1693-????); Joanna (1695-1787); Joseph (1698-1744); Miriam (1700-????).

Joseph Keyes wrote his will on 29 June 1745, soon after his only son, Joseph Keyes (1698-1744) died.  Conveniently for researchers, he named his three daughters with their married names.  He also named his grandson Jonathan, who was a son of his only son, Joseph Keyes, deceased.  Jonathan Keyes was deeded the real estate of Joseph Keyes Senior before the writing of this will, so he did not receive any property in the will.  Joanna (Cleaveland) Keyes, the widow of Joseph Keyes Senior, died in March 1758, and her husband's will provided for the personal estate to be passed to their three daughters.

I descend from Joseph Keyes, this testator, through his son Joseph Keyes (1698-1744) and his son, Jonathan Keyes (1722-1787).  Joseph Keyes (1667-1757) is my 7th great-grandfather.

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NOTE:  Genea-blogger John Newmark (who writes the excellent  TransylvanianDutch blog) started a Monday blog theme years ago called "Amanuensis Monday."  John offers this definition for "amanuensis:"

"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."

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Added or Updated Ancestry.com Collections - Week of 4 to 10 February 2018

The following collections were listed on the Recently Added and Updated Collections list on Ancestry.com during the period from 4 to 10 February 2018:  

The collections added or updated since last week include:

*  Czechoslovakia, Selected Jewish Holocaust Records, 1938-1945 (USHMM); indexed records without record images, Updated 2/8/2018

*  Zschopau, Germany, Births, 1876-1907; indexed records with record images, Updated 2/8/2018

*  Michigan, Divorce Records, 1897-1952; indexed records with record images, Updated 2/7/2018

*  Eastern Prussian Provinces, Germany [Poland], Selected Civil Vitals, 1874-1945; indexed records with record images, Updated 2/7/2018

*  Germany and Surrounding Areas, Address Books, 1815-1974; indexed records with record images, Updated 2/7/2018

*  Buckinghamshire, England, Extracted Church of England Parish Records, 1535-1812; indexed records without record images, ADDED 2/5/2018

*  Rosyth, Fife, Scotland, Dockyard Employee Books, 1892-1967; indexed records with record images, ADDED 2/5/2018

*  Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, War Albums, 1899 - 1916; indexed records with record images, ADDED 2/5/2018

*  Clare, Ireland, Church of Ireland Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1744-1991; indexed records with record images, ADDED 2/5/2018

*  Burntisland, Fife, Scotland, Directory and Yearbook, 1892; indexed records with record images, ADDED 2/5/2018

*  Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915; indexed records with record images, Updated 2/5/2018

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

By my count, there were 5 NEW collections ADDED this past week, per the list above.  There are now 32,848 collections available as of 10 February, an increase of  5 from last week.  

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Disclosure:  I have had a fully paid Ancestry.com subscription since 2000.  Ancestry.com has provided material considerations for travel expenses to meetings, and has hosted events and meals that I have attended in Salt Lake City, in past years.

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Best of the Genea-Blogs - 4 to 10 February 2018

Dozens of genealogy and family history bloggers write thousands of posts every week about their research, their families, and their interests. I appreciate each one of them and their efforts.

My criteria for "Best of ..." are pretty simple - I pick posts that advance knowledge about genealogy and family history, address current genealogy issues, provide personal family history, are funny or are poignant. I don't list posts destined for daily blog prompts or meme submissions (but I do include summaries of them), or my own posts.

Here are my picks for great reads from the genealogy blogs for this past week:

*  Happy 23 Year Anniversary to Olive Tree Genealogy by Lorine McGinnis Schulze on the Olive Tree Genealogy Blog.

*  Ancestry Indexing Update by Marcia Philbrick on the Heartland Genealogy blog.

*  5 Easy Steps to Preserving Newspaper Clippings by Melissa Barker on the A Genealogist in the Archives blog.

*  My Trip to MyHeritage Headquarters by Geoff Rasmussen on the Legacy News blog.

*  A Genealogy Mishap Case: Discovering the True Paternity with DNA by Melvin Collier on the Roots Revealed blog.

*  What Does That Say? Deciphering Old Handwriting by Linda Stufflebean on the Empty Branches on the Family Tree blog.

*  Double Match Triangulator 2.0 by Louis Kessler on the Behold Genealogy blog.

*  5 Things You Can Do Right Now to Save Your Family Heirlooms by Denise Levenick on The Family Curator blog.

*  Thank You, LOC! by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist blog.

*  Getting Started on Your Mexican Research,  Understanding Mexican Records and Finding Mexican Ancestors: Two Success Stories by Leslie Albrecht Huber on the FamilySearch Blog.

*  8 Reasons You Can't Find Squat About Your Ancestors Online by Kenneth Marks on The Ancestor Hunt blog.

Here are pick posts by other geneabloggers this week:

*  Friday's Family History Finds by Linda Stufflebean on the Empty Branches on the Family Tree blog.

* Friday Finds for 9 Feb 2018 by Nichelle Barra on the Copper Leaf Genealogy blog.

*  Friday Finds, 9 Feb 2018 by Lois Willis on the Lois Willis - Genealogy and Family History blog.

*  Friday Finds:  Week 6 - 2018 by Martin Roe Eidhammer on the Norwegian Genealogy and then some blog.

*  Friday Fossicking - 9th Feb 2018 by Crissouli on the That Moment in Time blog.'

*  This Week's Creme de la Creme -- February 10, 2018 by Gail Dever on the Genealogy a la Carte blog.

Readers are encouraged to go to the blogs listed above and read their articles, and add their blogs to your Favorites, Feedly, another RSS feed, or email if you like what you read. Please make a comment to them also - all bloggers appreciate feedback on what they write.

Did I miss a great genealogy blog post? Tell me! I am currently reading posts from over 900 genealogy bloggers using Feedly, but I still miss quite a few it seems.

Read past Best of the Genea-Blogs posts here.

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Added or Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 4 to 10 February 2018

I am trying to keep up with the new and updated record collections at   FamilySearch   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list) every week.

As of 10 February 2018, there were 2,290 record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 0 from last week):

The added or updated collections are (as Marshall provided them):

--- Collections Updated ---

*  Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Civil Registration, 1811-1950       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2020117); 671,262 indexed records with 6,635,049 record images (was 665,648 records with 6,635,049 images), Updated 6 Feb 2018

*  Costa Rica, Civil Registration, 1823-1975       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1925429); 3,988,210 indexed records with 405,213 record images (was 3,941,187 records with 405,213 images), Updated 5 Feb 2018

*  Cape Verde, Catholic Church Records, 1787-1957  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2246703); 104,262 indexed records with 105,781 record images (was 20,464 records with 105,781 images), Updated 8 Feb 2018

*  Australia, South Australia, Immigrants Ship Papers, 1849-1940   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2613135); 201,371 indexed records with 6,134 record images (was 201,371 records with 6,127 images), Updated 5 Feb 2018

*  Argentina, Santa Fe, Catholic Church Records, 1634-1975 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974196); 841,173 indexed records with 424,329 record images (was 816,064 records with 424,329 images), Updated 8 Feb 2018

*  Austria, Upper Austria, Catholic Church Records, 1581-1919      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1394580); 103,797 indexed records with 533,306 record images (was 82,850 records with 533,306 images), Updated 6 Feb 2018

*  Austria, Vienna Population Cards, 1850-1896     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1404451); 601,449 indexed records with 188,034 record images (was 573,274 records with 188,034 images), Updated 8 Feb 2018

*  Ohio, County Naturalization Records, 1800-1977  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1987615); 730,958 indexed records with 1,097,134 record images (was 385,283 records with 1,097,134 images), Updated 7 Feb 2018

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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.

My friend, Marshall, has come up with a way to determine which collections are ADDED, DELETED or UPDATED.  Thanks to Marshall for helping me out here!

Each one 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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