Added and Updated FamilySearch.org Record Collections - Week of 26 December 2020 to 2 January 2021

 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 2 January 2021, there are 2,941 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 3 from last week):

New and updated collections this week from Marshall are:

--- Collections Added ---

*  England, Devon, Plymouth, Tax and Valuation, 1897-1949  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4134692); 210,422 indexed records with 210,422 record images, ADDED 29-Dec-2020
*  Iowa, Marriage Records, 1941-1951       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4127799); 39,192 indexed records with 39,192 record images, ADDED 28-Dec-2020
*  England, Devon, Plymouth, Borough Records, 1519-1905    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4133824); 109,317 indexed records with 109,317 record images, ADDED 30-Dec-2020

--- Collections Updated ---

Honduras, Civil Registration, 1841-1968 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2135627); 521,834 indexed records with 337,976 record images (was 521,834 records with 337,976 images), UPDATED 28-Dec-2020
Mississippi, County Marriages, 1858-1979        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3477669); 1,699,263 indexed records with 541,182 record images (was 1,672,542 records with 534,995 images), UPDATED 01-Jan-2021
South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1478678); 264,916 indexed records with 45,728 record images (was 247,722 records with 45,728 images), UPDATED 01-Jan-2021
Hungary Civil Registration, 1895-1980   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1452460); 1,416,846 indexed records with 5,864,285 record images (was 1,398,271 records with 5,864,285 images), UPDATED 30-Dec-2020
Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3479702); 312,028 indexed records with 132,540 record images (was 296,253 records with 124,628 images), UPDATED 01-Jan-2021

Nova Scotia Church Records, 1720-2001   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1925428); 135,991 indexed records with 16,188 record images (was 135,270 records with 16,188 images), UPDATED 01-Jan-2021
United States, New York Land Records, 1630-1975 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2078654); 28,639,774 indexed records with 8,129,310 record images (was 28,639,774 records with 8,129,310 images), UPDATED 29-Dec-2020
Peru, Prelature of Yauyos-Cañete-Huarochirí, Catholic Church Records, 1665-2018 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3460240); 240,248 indexed records with 111,158 record images (was 234,752 records with 107,986 images), UPDATED 01-Jan-2021
New Jersey, Death Index, 1901-1903; 1916-1929   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2843410); 251,154 indexed records with 2,139 record images (was 250,851 records with 2,137 images), UPDATED 01-Jan-2021
United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2860782); 35,411,512 indexed records with 4,830,472 record images (was 35,411,512 records with 4,830,472 images), UPDATED 01-Jan-2021

England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3734475); 1,404,589 indexed records with 90,503 record images (was 1,404,330 records with 90,498 images), UPDATED 26-Dec-2020
Pennsylvania Delayed Birth Records, 1941-1976   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3743274); 190,718 indexed records with 135,225 record images (was 190,714 records with 135,221 images), UPDATED 27-Dec-2020
South Africa, Civil Death Registration, 1955-1966       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3732506); 727,372 indexed records with 726,963 record images (was 697,023 records with 696,629 images), UPDATED 01-Jan-2021
South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1468076); 654,629 indexed records with 355,318 record images (was 654,617 records with 355,318 images), UPDATED 01-Jan-2021
Argentina, Salta, Civil Registration, 1880-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3006885); 52,303 indexed records with 40,607 record images (was 50,653 records with 39,190 images), UPDATED 01-Jan-2021

United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2333694); 30,047,341 indexed records with 46,885,453 record images (was 30,047,341 records with 46,885,453 images), UPDATED 31-Dec-2020
Peru, Piura, Civil Registration, 1874-1996      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3733437); 1,378,711 indexed records with 1,367,711 record images (was 1,327,376 records with 1,316,702 images), UPDATED 01-Jan-2021
United States Census, 1920      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1488411); 107,660,167 indexed records with 2,387,416 record images (was 107,660,167 records with 2,387,416 images), UPDATED 26-Dec-2020
Brazil, Paraíba, Civil Registration, 1879-2007  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2015754); 1,949,745 indexed records with 852,268 record images (was 1,949,745 records with 852,268 images), UPDATED 27-Dec-2020
Washington, County Naturalization Records, 1850-1982    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1932554); 161,118 indexed records with 170,198 record images (was 161,118 records with 170,198 images), UPDATED 30-Dec-2020

Samoa, Vital Records, 1846-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4016424); 10,515 indexed records with 11,748 record images (was 6,667 records with 11,590 images), UPDATED 01-Jan-2021
Portugal, Setúbal, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1911   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1935451); 173,608 indexed records with 829,309 record images (was 173,259 records with 829,309 images), UPDATED 01-Jan-2021
England, Gloucestershire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1642-1996       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3648679); 88,222 indexed records with 39,271 record images (was 71,973 records with 37,880 images), UPDATED 01-Jan-2021
Washington, County Divorce Records, 1852-1950   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1930340); 469 indexed records with 127,147 record images (was 53 records with 127,147 images), UPDATED 31-Dec-2020
Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3418468); 628,549 indexed records with 12,066 record images (was 560,642 records with 10,435 images), UPDATED 01-Jan-2021

Venezuela Civil Registration, 1873-2003 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1823609); 205,201 indexed records with 586,312 record images (was 204,214 records with 586,312 images), UPDATED 01-Jan-2021
California County Naturalizations, 1831-1985    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2125028); 509,058 indexed records with 99,436 record images (was 509,058 records with 99,436 images), UPDATED 30-Dec-2020
England, Northumberland Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1920        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3648677); 253,914 indexed records with 14,164 record images (was 250,912 records with 13,761 images), UPDATED 01-Jan-2021
South Africa, KwaZulu Natal, Vital Records, 1868-1976   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3511741); 198,739 indexed records with 194,800 record images (was 189,596 records with 185,728 images), UPDATED 01-Jan-2021
Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1747615); 326,059 indexed records with 301,799 record images (was 326,059 records with 301,799 images), UPDATED 28-Dec-2020

Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Civil Registration, 1811-1950       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2020117); 1,493,939 indexed records with 6,635,049 record images (was 1,462,412 records with 6,635,049 images), UPDATED 30-Dec-2020
California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2001287); 6,485,134 indexed records with 2,841,076 record images (was 6,485,134 records with 2,841,076 images), UPDATED 29-Dec-2020
District of Columbia Deaths, 1874-1961  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1803967); 517,460 indexed records with 359,962 record images (was 517,460 records with 359,962 images), UPDATED 30-Dec-2020
Puerto Rico, Civil Registration, 1805-2001      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1682798); 5,079,542 indexed records with 4,581,756 record images (was 5,076,461 records with 4,581,756 images), UPDATED 01-Jan-2021
Australia Cemetery Inscriptions, 1802-2005      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2115584); 1,124,411 indexed records with 329,238 record images (was 1,124,411 records with 329,238 images), UPDATED 28-Dec-2020

Brazil, Civil Registration, 1860-2006   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3741255); 159,867 indexed records with 71,247 record images (was 155,502 records with 69,223 images), UPDATED 01-Jan-2021
France, Saône-et-Loire, Parish and Civil Registration, 1530-1892        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2840171); 7,206,771 indexed records with 1,967,836 record images (was 7,206,470 records with 1,967,753 images), UPDATED 01-Jan-2021
Argentina, Tucumán, Catholic Church Records, 1727-1955  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974199); 626,996 indexed records with 184,969 record images (was 626,996 records with 184,969 images), UPDATED 28-Dec-2020
California, Los Angeles, Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery/Crematory Records, 1884-2002 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3583819); 251,803 indexed records with 152,358 record images (was 223,458 records with 148,251 images), UPDATED 01-Jan-2021
Micronesia, Civil Registration, 1883-1983       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2761211); 83,802 indexed records with 83,730 record images (was 75,123 records with 75,058 images), UPDATED 01-Jan-2021

England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3155913); 1,212,009 indexed records with 96,776 record images (was 1,202,143 records with 96,048 images), UPDATED 01-Jan-2021
Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016197); 416,107 indexed records with 1,038,133 record images (was 414,951 records with 1,038,133 images), UPDATED 01-Jan-2021
Oklahoma, Voter Records, 1906-1956      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4016434); 45,234 indexed records with 379 record images (was 45,228 records with 3,823 images), UPDATED 31-Dec-2020
New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1865481); 475,157 indexed records with 5,946,421 record images (was 475,157 records with 5,946,421 images), UPDATED 28-Dec-2020
Mexico, Durango, Catholic Church Records, 1604-1985     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1554576); 127,796 indexed records with 504,812 record images (was 127,796 records with 504,812 images), UPDATED 30-Dec-2020

Texas, Grimes County, Marriage Records, 1951-1966       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3518927); 4,662 indexed records with 2,963 record images (was 4,189 records with 2,648 images), UPDATED 01-Jan-2021
United States, Cemetery Abstracts, 1949-1969    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2579610); 469,181 indexed records with 69,354 record images (was 469,168 records with 69,358 images), UPDATED 01-Jan-2021
England, Essex Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1971 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3584542); 83,411 indexed records with 9,670 record images (was 82,959 records with 9,617 images), UPDATED 01-Jan-2021
Michigan, Saginaw County, Biographical Card File, ca. 1830-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3733440); 1,941 indexed records with 14,749 record images (was 1,941 records with 14,733 images), UPDATED 30-Dec-2020
Zambia, Archdiocese of Lusaka, Church Records, 1950-2015        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3736255); 126,407 indexed records with 11,322 record images (was 126,342 records with 11,320 images), UPDATED 28-Dec-2020

Virginia, Various Counties, Marriage Bonds, 1706-1901   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4016437); 1,948 indexed records with 335 record images (was 1,767 records with 308 images), UPDATED 28-Dec-2020
Uruguay, Civil Registration Index Card, 1900-1937       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1976089); 2,530,644 indexed records with 649,463 record images (was 2,495,910 records with 655,612 images), UPDATED 28-Dec-2020

--- Collections with new images ---

Uruguay, Passenger Lists, 1888-1980     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2691993); 3,652,934 indexed records with 153,262 record images (was 3,652,934 records with 143,825 images), last updated 19-Nov-2020
New York, State Death Index, 1880-1956  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2803479); 4,749,222 indexed records with 84,805 record images (was 4,749,222 records with 84,749 images), last updated 20-Aug-2019
Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, Halberstadt, Civil Registration, 1874-1982      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2212665); 180,514 indexed records with 179,072 record images (was 180,514 records with 178,994 images), last updated 20-Nov-2020
United States, California, List of United States Citizens Arriving at San Francisco, 1930-1949  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2822767); 438,236 indexed records with 31,779 record images (was 438,236 records with 31,774 images), last updated 28-Aug-2020
Hungary Reformed Church Christenings, 1624-1895 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1858355); 6,076,320 indexed records with 312,704 record images (was 6,076,320 records with 312,387 images), last updated 01-May-2012

Maryland, Baltimore Passenger Lists Index, 1897-1952    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3398454); 653,829 indexed records with 652,840 record images (was 653,829 records with 652,775 images), last updated 15-Apr-2020
Australia, Victoria, Inward Passenger Lists, 1839-1923  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2778600); 883,350 indexed records with 5,623 record images (was 883,350 records with 5,620 images), last updated 30-Jul-2019
Colombia, Bogotá, Burial Permits, 1960-1991     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3212241); 178,686 indexed records with 212,740 record images (was 178,686 records with 212,690 images), last updated 29-May-2020
Louisiana Tombstone Inscriptions, 1812-1970     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3041284); 76,332 indexed records with 27 record images (was 76,332 records with 24 images), last updated 14-Feb-2020
Alabama State Census, 1866      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1915987); 243,781 indexed records with 6,279 record images (was 243,781 records with 17 images), last updated 12-Dec-2011

Micronesia, Death Records, 1970-1986    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3744864); 5,371 indexed records with 5,348 record images (was 5,367 records with 5,344 images), last updated 25-Dec-2020
Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1965       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1417491); 1,681,910 indexed records with 1,676,659 record images (was 1,681,910 records with 1,676,650 images), last updated 16-Dec-2020
South Africa, Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1846-1950   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2573604); 441,574 indexed records with 316,615 record images (was 441,574 records with 316,559 images), last updated 05-Aug-2020
Germany, Prussia, Saxony, Census Lists, 1770-1934       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2780641); 468,003 indexed records with 35,263 record images (was 468,003 records with 27,488 images), last updated 08-Dec-2020
United States, Compiled Military Service Records Of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served With The U.S. Colored Troops, 1861-1866 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3518724); 931,845 indexed records with 758,769 record images (was 931,845 records with 758,377 images), last updated 25-Aug-2020

Ohio, WWI Index and Return Cards, 1916-1920     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3039663); 100,669 indexed records with 100,361 record images (was 100,669 records with 100,348 images), last updated 07-May-2020
Louisiana, New Orleans Index to Passenger Lists, 1853-1952      (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2443949); 439,472 indexed records with 435,372 record images (was 439,472 records with 435,098 images), last updated 27-Aug-2020
North Carolina, Department of Archives and History, Index to Vital Records, 1800-2000   (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2848682); 7,926,454 indexed records with 160,817 record images (was 7,926,454 records with 158,575 images), last updated 05-Oct-2020

--- Collections with images removed ---

Australia, South Australia, School Admission Registers, 1873-1985       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2862204); 191,136 indexed records with 3,825 record images (was 191,136 records with 5,040 images), last updated 08-May-2019
Norway, Oslo Census, 1901       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2474129); 167,083 indexed records with 6,141 record images (was 167,083 records with 7,487 images), last updated 23-Nov-2020
Spain, Aragón, Electoral Censuses, 1890-1934    (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2304578); 4,972,408 indexed records with 26,110 record images (was 4,972,408 records with 53,004 images), last updated 04-Jun-2019
United States City and Business Directories, ca. 1749 - ca. 1990        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3754697); 3,869,490 indexed records with 23,454 record images (was 3,869,490 records with 24,136 images), last updated 02-Nov-2020
Indiana, Voter Registers, 1850-1931     (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4113739); 187,003 indexed records with 93 record images (was 187,003 records with 4,833 images), last updated 21-Dec-2020

Germany, Rhineland, Diocese of Trier, Catholic Church Records, 1704-1957        (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790268); 2,967,130 indexed records with 307,278 record images (was 2,967,130 records with 307,298 images), last updated 03-Nov-2020
United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2761958); 6,031,182 indexed records with 284,743 record images (was 6,031,182 records with 314,785 images), last updated 20-Feb-2020
United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940  (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2968245); 6,931,032 indexed records with 5,605,545 record images (was 6,931,032 records with 5,610,973 images), last updated 09-Aug-2019

--- Collections with records removed ---

United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2199956); Index only (875,610,536 records), no images (was 875,610,544 records with 0 images), last updated 19-Aug-2020
Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999       (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2531527); Index only (9,865,936 records), no images (was 9,865,937 records with 0 images), last updated 15-Jul-2015

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My friend and SDGS colleague, Marshall, provides this list to me from a program he wrote that compares the current FamlySearch record collections list to the previous week's list.

In order to select a specific record collection on FamilySearch, go to https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list and use the "Filter by collection name" feature in the upper left-hand corner and use keywords (e.g. "church england") to find collections with those keywords.

Each 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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Genealogy News and Education Bytes -- Friday, 1 January 2021

Welcome to Genealogy News and Education Bytes, posted on Tuesday afternoon and Friday afternoon, where we try to highlight the most important genealogy and family history news and education items that came across our desktop since the last issue.    

1)  News Articles:

*  Join the RootsMagic 8 Community Preview!

*  2020 GenSoftReviews Users Choice Awards 

*  2020: MyHeritage Year in Review

*  2020: A year of Canadian genealogy in review

*  We Are Family: Adopted Maui Woman Discovers 8 Siblings through 23andMe

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 28 December 2020

*  FamilySearch Monthly Record Update for December 2020

*  Ancestry New and Updated Collections - December 1-31, 2020

3)  Genealogy Education -- Conferences and Institutes

*  Conference Keeper Calendar

*  Scottish Virtual Conference January 23, 2021

*  Family History Fanatics Winter DNA Conference (30 January 2021)

*  RootsTech Connect 2021 - 25-27 February 2021 (Online, Free)

*  Family History Federation's Really Useful Show returns in April 2021

*  41st Annual IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy (Philadelphia PA, 2-5 August 2021)

4)  Genealogy Education - Seminars, Webinars and Online Classes (times are US Pacific):

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  Upcoming 2021 Family Tree Webinars

*  FamilySearch Free Family History Library Classes and Webinars for January 2021

*  Appleton, Wisconsin Library Presents a FREE "Find Your Ancestors" Webinar Series

*  Whittier Area Genealogical Society (WAGS) Virtual Seminar is Saturday, 30 January 2021

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 5 January, 5 p.m.:  Where else to look? When matches don’t reply, by Michelle Patient

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 6 January, 11 a.m.:  Genealogy Unplugged: When Offline Records Are the Best, by James M. Baker

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:   Ten Databases You Need to Know About, by Shannon Combs-Bennett

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar: Tech Zone - Let Windows 10 Magnify and Read Aloud for You!, by Marian Pierre-Louis

5)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Fisher's Top Tips:  #237r - Genealogy vs. Family History

6)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):

*   Cheri Hudson Passey:  GenFriends: Capturing Memories-with Laura Hedgecock

*  Genealogy TV:  Top Ten Videos on Genealogy TV in 2020

*  MyHeritage:  End-of-the-year Facebook LIVE Extravaganza with Genealogy and DNA Experts!

*  MyHeritage:  Hidden Photo Reveals a Secret Past and Reunites a Family

7)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News and Education Bytes - 29 December 2020 ?

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RootsMagic Genealogy Database Statistics Update - 1 January 2021

 I last updated my Genea-Musings readers on the "numbers" in my RootsMagic genealogy family tree database in My RootsMagic Genealogy Database Statistics Update - 31 December 2019, and before that in:

*  My RootsMagic Genealogy Database Statistics Update - 31 December 2018
*  My Genealogy Database Statistics Update - 1 January 2017
*   My Genealogy Database Statistics Update - 1 January 2016 
*  Genealogy Database Statistics Update - 1 January 2015 
*  Genealogy Database Statistics Update - 1 January 2014  

I was curious to see how much progress I had made in the last 12 months.

Here is the family tree database summary from RootsMagic on 1 January 2021:

Here are the "numbers" from 1 January 2021 in my RootsMagic database (with increases from 31 December 2019):

*  60,768 persons (+ 5,069)
*  24,773 families  (+ 2,116)
*  193,834 events  (+ 14,951)
*  11,255 Alternate names (+ 2,693)
*  14,894 places (+ 2,364)  
*  2,080 sources ( + 125)
*  130,958 citations (+ 17,170)
*  1,555 Multi-media Items (+ 123)
*  3,212 Multimedia links (+ 12)
*  39,638 Persons matched to FamilySearch Family Tree persons (+ 5,700)

In the past 12 months, I've averaged adding 13.8 persons, 5.8 families, 40.7 events and 47.0 source citations each day.  I try to work at least an hour in the evening adding content and sources to the database, although baseball, vacations and the holidays intervened on a lesser scale due to COVID.

 Consequently, I've  managed to improve my  citations/person from 2.04 to 2.15, and my  citations/event from 0.636 to 0.676 this past year.  Obviously, I don't have a citation for every event, name or relationship, and in some cases I have more than one citation for an event, name or relationship.  At this rate, to reach 100% in citations/events will take about 8 more years!  

I added 5,069 persons to my database in 2020, some in my 5th great-grandparents' descendant lines (including lines to DNA matches with known common ancestors), some in my one-name studies, a few in my grandchildren's trees (Danish and Italian too!), and some from further and ongoing research on my ancestral families.  My one-name studies include Seaver (with variations Sever, Seever, Sevier and plurals), Carringer, Auble, Vaux, Dill, and Buck in my tree, and McKnew in my wife's tree.  

I "mine" new Ancestry, MyHeritage, Findmypast, and FamilySearch databases and use RootsMagic WebHints for my ancestral and one-name study surnames, and add content and source citations.  I correct name, relationship, date and place errors found while working on the database.  I use RootsMagic to match my tree profiles to the FamilySearch Family Tree profiles, and exchange verified information both ways on a near-daily basis.

I added a new ancestral Ancestry Member Tree (AMT) on Ancestry.com in August 2017 with a new tree upload when RootsMagic was able to synchronize with it.  I TreeShare every week now to keep the AMT up-to-date, which generates more Record Hints.  I do not attach Record Hints to that Ancestry Member Tree because I know that it will be replaced eventually, so doing that would be a time suck.  I uploaded a new MyHeritage tree in January 2020 and need to do that again.  I need to add a new Findmypast tree.  I review and manually add records from Ancestry Hints, MyHeritage Record Matches, Findmypast Record Hints, anf FamilySearch Record Hints to my RootsMagic database to add content and sources to my family tree database.

Doing the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge for a seventh year in 2020, along with deciding to start with my great-grandparents and doing it by ancestor chart numbers, has greatly improved the events, source citations and notes for the ancestors I write about.  I am now up to #574, in the seventh great-grandparents, at the end of 2020, doing them in ancestor chart number order.  When I post a new biography, I add the Notes and Sources to the FamilySearch Family Tree profile for that person.  I will continue this weekly meme because it helps me focus on one specific ancestor, and their family, each week and improves my database and my family history.

I did not visit a physical repository (e.g, Family History Library, local FamilySearch Library, or a regular library) this year to perform genealogical and family history research.  My life situation precludes being away from home for more than two hours.  I did lots of online research in commercial record providers (Ancestry, MyHeritage, Findmypast, Fold3, Newspapers, GenealogyBank, AmericanAncestors, etc.), and free record providers (FamilySearch, Find A Grave, Billion Graves, RootsWeb, USGenWeb).  Since many Family Search Library catalog items are not available from home online, I have a to-do list for the local FamilySearch Library in order to use the digital microfilm that I cannot read at home, and will need to visit the local FSL when the COVID restrictions are lifted. 

There are only so many hours in my genealogy day - usually 8 to 11 hours, but sometimes only 5 to 8 hours.  I spend one to three hours each day reading blog posts and answering emails, one to three hours writing blog posts, an hour or two doing online research, one to three hours adding content and sources to the database, and the balance of my time doing society support tasks, creating presentations, participating in or watching webinars, analyzing my DNA matches, or working on other projects.  My genealogy life is varied, and definitely not boring (I gave up doing boring genealogy things like extended client research, or going often to libraries and archives - with some exceptions!).  I'm having great genealogy fun, but have no clue how long I can go on like this due to health or family circumstances.

My conclusion is:  I've made steady progress, and I'm actively improving my database in both quantity and quality, but still have a long way to go to have a "fully sourced and accurate" family tree.  It's better than it was, but it can still be improved.  The Seaver/Seever/Sever/Sevier(s) one-name study really blossomed this last year!  It is all a lifelong task, I think!  I truly need a genealogy clone or assistant.  I doubt that Siri, Alexa, Google Home or any other virtual assistant is yet capable of doing genealogy research, source citations, etc.  

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52 Ancestors - Week 363: #574 John Paine (1661-1731) of Eastham, Massachusetts

John Paine (1661-1731)   is number 574 on my Ahnentafel List, my 7th great-grandfather, who married #575 Bennett Freeman (1671-1716)  in 1689  in Eastham, Barnstable County,  Massachusetts.

I am descended through:

*  their daughter #287 Elizabeth Paine (1702-1772) who married #286 Jabez Snow (1696-1760) in 1720.

*  their daughter #143 Eunice Snow (1722-1816) who married #142 Nathaniel Horton (1721-1771) in 1742.

*  their daughter #71 Hannah Horton (1761-1797)who married #70 Thomas Dill (1755-1839)  in 1782.

*  their daughter  #35 Elizabeth Horton Dill (1791-1869) who married  #34 Alpheus Smith (1802-1840)  in 1826.

*  their daughter, #17 Lucretia Townsend Smith (1828-1884) who married #16 Isaac Seaver (1823-1901) in 1851.

*  their son #8 Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922) who married #9 Hattie Louisa Hildreth (1857-1920) in 1874.

*  their son #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) who married #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) in 1900.

*  their son #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) who married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)  in 1942.

*  their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)

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1)  PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):  

 

*  Name:                John Paine[1–6]    

*  Sex:                    Male    

*  Father:               Thomas Paine (1633-1706)    

*  Mother:              Mary Snow (1630-1704)  

2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

 

*  Birth:                 14 March 1660/1, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[1–2,6]    

*  Will:                  14 July 1731 (age 70), will written; Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[5]    

*  Death:               18 October 1731 (age 70), Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[1–2,4,6]    

*  Burial:               after 18 October 1731 (after age 70), Orleans Cemetery, East Orleans, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[6]

*  Probate:            19 January 1731/2, will proved, Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States [6]  

 

 3)  SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

 

 *  Spouse 1:         Bennett Freeman (1671-1716)

*   Marriage 1:     14 March 1689 (age 28), Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[1–2]   

*   Child 1:          John Paine (1690-1771)

 *  Child 2:          Mary Paine (1692-1770)

 *  Child 3:           William Paine (1695-1713)

 *  Child 4:           Benjamin Paine (1696-1713)

 *  Child 5:           Sarah Paine (1699-1772)

 *  Child 6:           male Paine (1701-1701)

 *  Child 7:           Elizabeth Paine (1702-1772)

 *  Child 8:           Theophilus Paine (1703-1755)

 *  Child 9:           Josiah Paine (1705-1728)

 *  Child 10:         Nathaniel Paine (1707-1728)

 *  Child 11:         Rebecca Paine (1709-1743)

 *  Child 12:         Mercy Paine (1712-1774)

 *  Child 13:         Benjamin Paine (1714-1716)

 *  Spouse 2:        Alice Mayo (1686-1748)

*   Marriage 2:     3 March 1719/20 (age 58), Eastham, Barnstable, Massachusetts, United States[1–3]     

 *  Child 14:         Hannah Paine (1720-1723)

 *  Child 15:         James Paine (1723-1723)

 *  Child 16:         Thomas Paine (1725-1802)

 *  Child 17:         Alice Paine (1728-1777)

 *  Child 18:         Hannah Paine (1728-1808)    

  

4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):  

 

John Paine was born 10 March 1660/1 in Eastham, Plymouth Colony, the 6th child and 5th son of Thomas and Mary (Snow) Paine[1-2,6].

John married, first, to Bennett Freeman (1671-1716) on 14 March 1689 in Eastham[1-2].  Bennett was the daughter of John and Mercy (Prence) Freeman of Eastham.  John and Bennett (Freeman) Paine had 13 children, all born in Eastham and recorded in the Eastham town records:

*  John Paine (1690-1771), married (1) 1743 Thankful Hopkins (1700-1753), and (2) 1754 Mercy Higgins (1697-1757).

*  Mary Paine (1693-1770), married 1712 Samuel freeman (1688-1751).

* William Paine (1695-1713)

*  Benjamin Paine (1697-1713).

*  Sarah Paine (1699-1772), married 1717 Joshua Knowles (1696-1786).

*  male Paine (1701-1701).

*  Elizabeth Paine (1702-1772), married 1720 Jabez Snow (1696-1760).

*  Theophilus Paine (1704-1755), married 1733 Hannah Bacon (1705-1755).

*  Josiah Paine (1705-1728)

*  Rebecca Paine (1709-1744), married 1735 Elisha Linnell (1707-1773).

*  Mercy Paine (1712-1774), married 1735 Ebenezer Cook (1711-1793).

*  Benjamin Paine (1714-1717).

John Paine married, second, to Alice Mayo (1686-1748), on 3 March 1719/20 in Eastham[1-3].  Alice was the daughter of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Wixam) Mayo of Eastham.  They had five children, all born in Eastham and recorded in the Eastham town records: 

*  Hannah Paine (1721-1724).

*  James Paine (1723-1724).

*  Thomas Paine (1725-1802), married 1758 Phebe Freeman (1739-1779).

*  Alice Paine (1728-1777), married 1775 James Knowles (1719-1782).

*  Hannah Paine (1728-1808).

John Paine was admitted a freeman at Eastham June 1690[2].  He was elected as a selectman for five years, and was the Eastham town clerk from 1703 to 1709[2].  He served as Treasurer of Eastham from 1709 to 1730[2].  John was elected as Representative to the General Court seven times between 1703 through 1725[2].

John Paine died on 18 October 1731 at age 70 in Eastham[1-2,4,6].  He is buried in Orleans Cemetery in East Orleans, Massachusetts with his two wives[6].  

John Paine wrote his will on 14 July 1731 and it was proved on 19 January 1731/2 in Barnstable County Probate Court[5].  The transcription of his will is:

In the Name of God Amen. The fourteenth Day of July 1731 I John Paine of Eastham in the County of Barnstable in the province of the Massachusetts bay in New England Yeoman being advanced to old age and Labouring under Bodily weakness & Infirmity but of competent & Sound mind & memory praise be given to God Therefor and mindfull of the Mortality of my body and that it is appointed for all men once to Die do therefore make and Ordain this my Last Will and Testament That is to say Principally and first of all I give & Recommend my Soul into the hands of God that gave it and my body I Commend to the Earth to be buried with decent Christian burial at the discretion of my Executors hereafter named.  Believing that the General Resurrection I Shall receive it 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 Dispose thereof in manner and form following. That is to say first that my Debts & funeral Charges being paid & discharged. Item I Give and bequeath to my beloved wife Alice Pain one third part of my personal Estate & goods & chattles To have hold possess and Enjoy To herself her Executors & Adm'rs in part of which she shall have Liberty (if she see Cause) to take the best bed & furniture belonging to the house & also the bed w'ch she brought with her which was hers before Marriage & the new Chest of Drawers These she may have at the price they shall be Valued.  Also I give to my s'd Wife the one half of my grain both Indian and English w'ch shall be growing on my Land or by me in any of my houseing or barn at my decease with the one half of my flax as also one Silver Spoon and four pounds in bills of Credit then Currant this Spoon is Mark'd IPA Two Last I give to my s'd wife in Special Consideration for Extraordinary Care & Trouble in tending me in my Long Illness. Further I give my s'd Wife one Stone Jugg or Pitcher mark'd GR also further I give my s'd Wife one Cow w^ch is now over at Porkey Island a fatling with one of my Large Swine now at the door and one pig with all the Molasses butter or Cheese which I shall have by me at my decease. 

Item I Give and bequeath to my Wife aboves'd the Eastern End of my dwelling house wherein I now Live from the floor to the Roof with the one half of the Leanto Chimney & half the benefit of the oven w'ch is in  the Western End of my house half the porch before the Door with half the priviledge of the barn  and the Ware house standing Southward of my dwelling house as also one half of my Cellar Together with one Third part of all my upland and meadowing divided or undivided whether plain or Wood Land in part of which she may and I do hereby Give her Liberty to take half the orchard as it is now Inclosed all Contain'd in this Paragraph from the Wood together to be possess'd Enjoy'd & improv'd by her Dureing the term of her natural Life also I give to my s^d Wife the free Use of my Large Iron Kettle to be Improv'd by her for her benefit as Long as she Continues to be my widow as also the free Use and Improvement of the Crane Trammel one pair of pothooks and the use of the Iron Dogs & Smal & Irons dureing s'd term also I give to my s'd Wife the Iron Pott & Kettle w'ch she brought with her and were hers before marriage To have and to hold forever. 

Item only allowing to my two Daughters Rebecca & Mercy Pain Liberty (if they or either of them see Cause) as Long as they Live unmarried to dwelling Easterly End of the house. 

Item I give and bequeath to my son Thomas Pain The half of my Dwelling house barn shop or Ware house Leanto Porch and Cellar as above described w^th the one half of my Orchard as it is now Enclosed To have and to hold to him his heirs and Assigns forever after the Decease of my Wife Alice Pain abovenamed.

Item I Give and bequeath to my four Sons John Pain William Pain Theophilus Pain & Thomas Pain all my Upland Swamp & Meadowing whether Divided or undivided To have to hold to them Respectively and to their heirs and Assigns for ever Two Thirds thereof at my decease and The other Third Thereof at the decease of my Wife Alice Pain abovenamed To be Equally Divided To them or to their Legal Representatives.

Item I Give and bequeath to my two sons Theophilus Pain & Thomas Pain Each of them one bed bolsters & Pillows as near in Value as may be to that which I gave to my son William Pain furthermore I give and bequeath to my s'd son Thomas Pain my Musquet and one Silver Spoon mark'd TPM moreover it is my Will and I do hereby give to my Wife abovenamed The free and full use of all the Tillable ^land^ & the Meadow which shall fall to my son Thomas in the division thereof until my s'd Son arrive to Eighteen Years old. 

Item I Give and bequeath to my four maiden Daughters Vizt Rebeckah Pain Mercy Pain Alice Pain and Hannah Pain so much out of my personal Estate & Goods & Chattells as will make them Equal for quantity & quality as near as may be To what I have Given to my three daughters Married Vizt Mary Freeman Sarah Knowles & Elizabeth Snow. Moreover I give & bequeath to my two Daughters Alice and Hannah Pain my Large Silver Cup & each of them one Silver Spoon also I give & bequeath to my s'd beloved Wife one third part of my Mare which is a Black mare with a white star in her forehead. Item I give & bequeath to  my son John Pain my Cane and one of my Iron Chains. Item I give to my four sons John Pain William Pain Theophilus Pain & Thomas Pain all my wearing apparrell to be divided Equally among them after my decease.

Item The remaining part (if any there be) of my personal Estate & Goods & Chattels I give and bequeath to my Seven daughters Viz. Mary Freeman, Sarah Knowles, Elizabeth Snow, Rebeckah Pain, Mercy Pain, Alice Pain, & Hannah Pain to be Equally divided to them or to their Legal Representatives. Finally I do hereby Nominate Constitute & Appoint my Two sons John Pain & William Pain Joint Executors of this my Last Will and Testament. Witness my hand and Seal the Day & Year first abovenamed. 

Sign'd Seal'd and declared to be the Last Will & Testament                  John Paine 

of the abovenamed John Paine in Presence of

Nathaniel Mayo

Samuel Higgins

Jonathan Higgins Ju^r

5)  SOURCES

1. John D. Austin, Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Volume Six: Stephen Hopkins (Plymouth, Mass.: General Society of Mayflower Descendants, 2001, 3rd Edition), page 48, #34 John Paine family sketch.

2. Dave Pane-Joyce, Pane-Joyce Genealogy, website (https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report : accessed 31 December 2020), John Paine sketch (https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/gen/report/rr06/rr06_082.html).

3. Col. Leonard H. Smith, Jr. and Norma H. Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans (Baltimore, Md. : Genealogical Publishing Company, 1993), page 62, John Paine Senr and Alice Mayo marriage entry.

4. Col. Leonard H. Smith, Jr. and Norma H. Smith, Vital Records of the Towns of Eastham and Orleans, page 62, Mr. John Paine death entry.

5. "Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991," indexed database with digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 6 December 2016), Barnstable County > "Probate and Guardianship Records, Vol. 3-6, 1720-1747," Volume 5, pages 13-17 (images 462-464 of 882), 1731 will and inventory of John Paine;  Original data from Barnstable County [Mass.] Probate Court clerk books.

6. Find A Grave, indexed database and digital image,  (http://www.findagrave.com), Orleans Cemetery, East Orleans, Mass., John Paine memorial # 30962000.  

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NOTE:  In 2014, Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post  52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog.  I have extended this theme in 2020 for a seventh year to 364 Ancestors in 364 Weeks.  The list of 52 Ancestors biographies from my great-grandparents to the 7th great-grandparents (in work) is in   https://www.geneamusings.com/p/ancestor-biographies.html.

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Happy New Year -- Let's Make 2021 a GREAT Genealogy Year!

 

I want to wish all of my readers a very Happy New Year for 2021.

May 2021 bring you happiness, good health, many friends, lots of love and more time to pursue your genealogy addiction passion.

May you complete all of your genealogy and family history goals and objectives (you do have them, don't you?) and may extra genea-blessings be provided to you! Have fun!!!

Stay tuned to Genea-Musings for more genealogy fireworks in 2021!!!

Let's sing the song:

And a beautiful song and scenery:

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