CVGS Program on Wednesday, 25 August: Rick Hanson on "Writing and Publishing Your Family History"

 Wednesday, 25 August 2021, 12 noon PDT

CVGS General Meeting (in a Zoom Video Conference)

Rick Hanson on "Writing and Publishing Your Family History”

 One of the best ways to ensure that all your genealogical research will survive is to publish a book.  This presentation provides an overview of the entire publishing effort – types of publications, why bother, writing, content, copyright, ISBNs, classification systems, other registrations, printing, binding and revisions.

 Rick Hanson was a career computer programmer/analyst, and is now retired. He has been working with other family members on genealogy since 1983. He authored and self-published seven books (and is working on the eighth). Rick created a database of almost 4000 scanned family photos and source documents to support his book projects. He is the webmaster for the USGenWeb - Sierra County (CA) web site.

He’s active in several local genealogy and historical society groups in Northern California.

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Attendance is free but only 100 seats are available so please register soon.

This program will be held online using the Zoom video conferencing platform for Meetings. A Zoom meeting invitation will be sent via email to CVGS members on 23 August.  Please note that the meeting starts at 12 noon Pacific Daylight Time.  The Zoom Meeting room will be open by 11:40 a.m. for visiting and helping attendees connect.

This invitation is available to non-members by registering at    https://chulavistagenealogysociety.wildapricot.org/event-4446759.  You will receive an email the day before the meeting with the link to JOIN.  Attendance is limited to 100 attendees.  Contact randy.seaver@gmail.com if you have problems.

NOTE:  The Chula Vista Genealogical Society offers an email membership of $10 per year for distant members (outside of San Diego County, California).  Besides the monthly General Meeting with a program on last Wednesdays, there is a monthly Research Group meeting on second Wednesdays and a DNA Interest Group meeting on the third Wednesdays, plus a monthly 10-page email newsletter chock full of program announcements, research tips and program reviews.

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Best of the Genea-Blogs - 15 to 21 August 2021

 Scores 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:

*  DNA and Descendancy Research by Robin Wirthlin on Family Locket.

*  AncestryDNA - An Overview (2021) by Rachel King on Toll Genealogy.

*  Genealogy in the Online World by James Tanner on Genealogy's Star.

*  How To Find, View & Download Digital Books from FamilySearch by Julie Cahill Tarr on Julie's Genealogy & History Hub.

*  The Archive Lady: Preserving Grandpa’s Diaries by Melissa Barker on Genealogy Bargains.

*  DNA Beginnings: What is a Match? by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained - Genetic Genealogy.

*  Finding Great-Grandfather | How I Finally found Out Who I Am by Pamela Sue Hinton on Your DNA Guide.

*  Experiment: Bite-Sized Family History Video by Marian B. Wood on Climbing My Family Tree.

*  Researching Your War of 1812 Ancestors Online by Elizabeth O'Neal on Heart of the Family.

*  Getting Your Poop In A Group – Make This The Year to Organize Your Research or Photos by Ellen Thompson-Jennings on Hound on the Hunt.

Here are pick posts by other geneabloggers this week:

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

*  Friday Fossicking 20th Aug 2021 by Crissouili on That Moment In Time.

* This Week's Creme de la Creme - August 21, 2021  by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte,

Readers are encouraged to go to the blogs listed above and  read their articles, and add the 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 currently am 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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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- Tell Your Life Story in Two (or Even Five) Minutes

 Calling all Genea-Musings Fans: 

 It's Saturday Night again - 

time for some more Genealogy Fun!!

Here is your assignment if you choose to play along (cue the Mission Impossible music):

1)  Everyone has a life story, and mine is still ongoing.  Tell us your life story - start with today and go back to your birth.  Do it in 200 to 500 words so you could tell it in two to five minutes.

2)  Tell us in your own blog post, in a comment to this blog post, or on Facebook.  Be sure to leave a comment with a link to your blog post on this post.

Here's mine:

My name is Randall Jeffrey Seaver, and I am currently 77 years old.  I live in Chula Vista, California, and am married to Linda (for 51+ years).  She currently is a resident of a memory care facility in Chula Vista after a fall and broken hip in June.  I visit her every day for up to an hour.  We have two daughters, and five grandchildren, but they live in Orange County (100 miles away) and Santa Cruz (500 miles away) and visit occasionally.  

My daily activities are genealogy and family history research (6 to 10 hours a day), watching San Diego Padres baseball games in the MLB season, watching San Diego/L.A. Chargers games in the NFL season, eating, and trying to sleep 7 hours a day (often not succeeding).  I started my genealogy blogging "career" in 2006.

I retired from aerospace engineering in 2006, after 40 years of work as an engineer, supervisor, manager and staff engineer.  My specialties were aerodynamics analysis, including computational fluid dynamics, and turbofan engine performance analysis and testing.  I spent 37 of those years at Rohr Industries in Chula Vista, and traveled around the world on company business.  

My formal education started at Brooklyn Elementary School in San Diego in 1948, then Theodore Roosevelt Junior High, and San Diego High School, graduating in June 1961.  I attended San Diego State University as an aerospace engineering major, graduating in January 1966.  While at Rohr, I attended a post-graduate management course - Executive Perspective for Scientists and Engineers (EPSE) - at University of California San Diego in 1988.  

I was born in 1943 in National City, California, the first child of Frederick Walton and Betty Virginia (Carringer) Seaver.  Fred was born in Massachusetts to Frederick Walton and Alma Bessie (Richmond) Seaver, and Betty was born in 1919 in San Diego to Lyle Lawrence and Emily Kemp (Auble) Carringer.  I met my paternal grandmother once, and lived close by my maternal grandparents up until 1951.  The first home that I remember is 2119 30th Street in San Diego, a second floor apartment in the house that Lyle's parents built in the 1890s.  

The highlight of my life is my marriage with Linda.  We married on 21 March 1970 in Chula Vista in the Presbyterian Church we still attend.  We had two daughters born in 1974 and 1976.  We traveled quite a bit all through our married life - first to vacation spots, then family vacations with our children, then genealogy trips, conferences and cruises.  The girls did well in school, played softball (and I coached!), went to college, work hard, married, and have children and homes of their own.  The five grandchildren are precious to us - jewels in the crown, so to speak - and there is so much love, energy, and promise in them.  

That's the story of my life so far!  Ding - ding - ding - my five minutes are up!

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Copyright (c) 2021, Randall J. Seaver

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Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 14 to 20 August 2021

  The following record collections were listed on the Recently Added and Updated List on Ancestry.com during the period from  14 to 20 August 2021:

The ADDED and Updated record collections are:

*  Canada, Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current; indexed records without record images, Updated 8/18/2021

*  Western Australia, Australia, Convict Records, 1846-1930; indexed records with record images, Updated 8/18/2021

*  Global, Find a Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current; indexed records without record images, Updated 8/18/2021

*  Brazil, Find a Grave Index, 1800s-Current; indexed records without record images, Updated 8/18/2021

*  New Mexico, U.S., Select County Marriages, 1877-2000; indexed records without record images, ADDED 8/18/2021

*  UK and Ireland, Find a Grave Index, 1300s-Current; indexed records without record images, Updated 8/18/2021

*  Italy, Find a Grave Index, 1800s-Current; indexed records without record images, Updated 8/18/2021

*  Germany, Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current; indexed records without record images, Updated 8/18/2021

*  Mexico, Find a Grave Index, 1800s-Current; indexed records without record images, Updated 8/18/2021

*  Norway, Find a Grave Index, 1800s-Current; indexed records without record images, Updated 8/18/2021

*  Sweden, Find a Grave Index, 1800s-Current; indexed records without record images, Updated 8/18/2021

*  Australia and New Zealand, Find a Grave Index, 1800s-Current; indexed records without record images, Updated 8/18/2021

*  Flintshire, Wales, Anglican Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1994; indexed records with record images, Updated 8/16/2021

*  U.S., School Yearbooks, 1900-1999; indexed records with record images, Updated 8/16/2021

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

By my count, there were 1 NEW collection ADDED this past week, per the list above.  There are now 33,038 collections available as of 20 August, an increase of  1 from last week.   

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Disclosure: I have a complimentary all-access subscription from Ancestry.com, for which I am thankful. 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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Copyright (c) 2021, Randall J. Seaver

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Added and Updated FamilySearch.org Record Collections - Week of 14 to 20 August 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 20 August 2021, there are 3,008 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 3 from last week):

The new and updated collections this week from FamilySearch are:

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*  United Kingdom, Outgoing Passenger Lists, 1890-1960 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4229516); 1,048,499 indexed records with 1,048,499 record images, ADDED 16-Aug-2021
*  England, Yorkshire, Bishop's Transcripts, 1547-1957 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4319956); 3,203,393 indexed records with 3,203,393 record images, ADDED 16-Aug-2021
*  Iceland Church Census, 1744-1965 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2697871); 1,633,217 indexed records with 1,633,217 record images, ADDED 16-Aug-2021

--- Collections Updated ---

Brazil, Bahia, Civil Registration, 1877-1976 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3694028); 213,912 indexed records with 204,854 record images (was 213,729 records with 204,679 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2021
New Jersey, Death Index, 1901-1903; 1916-1929 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2843410); 268,349 indexed records with 2,262 record images (was 268,039 records with 2,260 images), UPDATED 15-Aug-2021
Mexico, Guanajuato, Catholic Church Records, 1519-1984 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1860831); 8,838,974 indexed records with 4,584,983 record images (was 7,625,911 records with 4,584,983 images), UPDATED 19-Aug-2021
South Africa, Dutch Reformed Church Registers (Cape Town Archives), 1660-1970 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1478678); 537,181 indexed records with 45,728 record images (was 536,871 records with 45,728 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2021
Hungary Civil Registration, 1895-1980 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1452460); 1,624,966 indexed records with 5,864,285 record images (was 1,599,545 records with 5,864,285 images), UPDATED 19-Aug-2021

Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3479702); 553,427 indexed records with 235,308 record images (was 549,574 records with 233,473 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2021
Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1674807); Index only (665,054 records), no images (was 665,103 records with 0 images), UPDATED 16-Aug-2021
Papua New Guinea, Vital Records, 1867-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2114430); 241,868 indexed records with 209,771 record images (was 241,836 records with 209,713 images), UPDATED 17-Aug-2021
Liberia, Vital Records, 1912-2017 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2100287); 264,213 indexed records with 24,406 record images (was 243,979 records with 24,406 images), UPDATED 18-Aug-2021
Louisiana Confederate Pensions, 1898-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1838535); 109,703 indexed records with 199,883 record images (was 109,691 records with 199,883 images), UPDATED 16-Aug-2021

Mexico, Durango, Catholic Church Records, 1604-1985 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1554576); 1,378,038 indexed records with 504,812 record images (was 1,376,519 records with 504,812 images), UPDATED 18-Aug-2021
England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3734475); 3,112,922 indexed records with 205,700 record images (was 3,002,653 records with 201,774 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2021
Germany, Prussia, Saxony, Census Lists, 1770-1934 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2780641); 545,316 indexed records with 45,919 record images (was 536,295 records with 45,174 images), UPDATED 16-Aug-2021
Hungary, Jewish Vital Records Index, 1800-1945 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1787825); 61,463 indexed records with 1,272 record images (was 60,158 records with 1,272 images), UPDATED 16-Aug-2021
Zimbabwe, Voter Registration, 1938-1973 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3740407); 29,623 indexed records with 29,435 record images (was 27,198 records with 23,579 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2021

El Salvador Catholic Church Records, 1655-1977 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1919582); 1,306,483 indexed records with 592,191 record images (was 1,260,538 records with 592,191 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2021
Czech Republic, Church Books, 1552-1981 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1804263); 216,316 indexed records with 4,668,489 record images (was 214,737 records with 4,668,489 images), UPDATED 17-Aug-2021
Spain, Province of La Coruña, Municipal Records, 1648-1941 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2015359); 897,079 indexed records with 258,646 record images (was 881,452 records with 258,646 images), UPDATED 18-Aug-2021
Massachusetts Town Deaths Index, ca. 1640-1961 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2285843); 782,626 indexed records with 52,701 record images (was 782,626 records with 52,719 images), UPDATED 16-Aug-2021
Mexico, Michoacán, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1883388); 3,009,969 indexed records with 5,283,986 record images (was 3,009,969 records with 5,283,986 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2021

Jamaica, Church of England Parish Register Transcripts, 1664-1880 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1827268); 467,569 indexed records with 37,199 record images (was 464,207 records with 37,199 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2021
Mexico, Distrito Federal, Catholic Church Records, 1514-1970 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1615259); 4,590,548 indexed records with 4,263,289 record images (was 4,586,726 records with 4,263,289 images), UPDATED 18-Aug-2021
England, Hertfordshire, Marriage Bonds, 1682-1837 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4149578); 9,362 indexed records with 9,348 record images (was 9,346 records with 9,332 images), UPDATED 19-Aug-2021
England, Lincolnshire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1574-1885 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4149576); 73,954 indexed records with 15,308 record images (was 73,731 records with 15,085 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2021
England, Lancashire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1746-1799 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4149574); 44,984 indexed records with 44,962 record images (was 40,825 records with 40,803 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2021

Vanuatu, Vital Records, 1900-2001 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3734433); 155,540 indexed records with 151,120 record images (was 155,540 records with 151,120 images), UPDATED 19-Aug-2021
Mexico, Veracruz, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1978 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1883382); 2,118,745 indexed records with 2,563,917 record images (was 2,118,745 records with 2,563,917 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2021
India, Madras Diocese Protestant Church Records, 1743-1990 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2174941); 151 indexed records with 39,904 record images (was 0 records with 39,904 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2021
Sweden, Örebro Church Records, 1613-1918; index 1635-1860 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1647578); 654,336 indexed records with 647,469 record images (was 648,985 records with 647,469 images), UPDATED 18-Aug-2021
South Africa, Church of the Province of South Africa, Parish Registers, 1801-2004 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1468076); 722,818 indexed records with 355,318 record images (was 721,594 records with 355,318 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2021

Uruguay Civil Registration, 1879-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837849); Index only (294,043 records), no images (was 292,999 records with 0 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2021
Denmark Church Records, 1484-1941 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2078555); 18,657,995 indexed records with 2,399,826 record images (was 18,657,995 records with 2,399,826 images), UPDATED 16-Aug-2021
England, Northumberland Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1920 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3648677); 165,448 indexed records with 19,723 record images (was 160,430 records with 19,209 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2021
South Africa, KwaZulu Natal, Vital Records, 1868-1976 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3511741); 447,312 indexed records with 432,110 record images (was 439,002 records with 424,329 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2021
Illinois, Military Discharge Records, ca.1862 - ca.1965 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4113738); 19,385 indexed records with 7,880 record images (was 19,040 records with 7,675 images), UPDATED 19-Aug-2021

Mexico, México, Catholic Church Records, 1567-1970 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837908); 3,891,126 indexed records with 4,823,124 record images (was 3,891,126 records with 4,823,124 images), UPDATED 19-Aug-2021
Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Civil Registration, 1811-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2020117); 1,652,108 indexed records with 6,635,049 record images (was 1,640,316 records with 6,635,049 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2021
Georgia Probate Records, 1742-1990 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1999178); 5,002 indexed records with 2,280,204 record images (was 5,002 records with 2,280,204 images), UPDATED 17-Aug-2021
Mexico, Puebla, Catholic Church Records, 1545-1977 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837906); 4,007,560 indexed records with 6,124,553 record images (was 4,000,184 records with 6,124,553 images), UPDATED 18-Aug-2021
Benin, Civil Registration of Deaths, 1891-2014 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2534492); 24,079 indexed records with 21,173 record images (was 23,804 records with 21,173 images), UPDATED 17-Aug-2021

United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2333694); 30,047,337 indexed records with 46,885,461 record images (was 30,047,337 records with 46,885,461 images), UPDATED 19-Aug-2021
Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1927197); 1,920,075 indexed records with 212,640 record images (was 1,920,078 records with 212,640 images), UPDATED 17-Aug-2021
Mexico, Oaxaca, Catholic Church Records, 1559-1988 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1909191); 5,899,677 indexed records with 3,458,764 record images (was 5,897,616 records with 3,458,764 images), UPDATED 18-Aug-2021
France, Saône-et-Loire, Parish and Civil Registration, 1530-1892 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2840171); 7,220,697 indexed records with 1,970,700 record images (was 7,220,552 records with 1,968,621 images), UPDATED 18-Aug-2021
Mexico, San Luis Potosí, Catholic Church Records, 1586-1977 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1860864); 943,561 indexed records with 2,162,812 record images (was 351,933 records with 2,162,812 images), UPDATED 18-Aug-2021

California, Los Angeles, Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery/Crematory Records, 1884-2002 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3583819); 338,248 indexed records with 193,041 record images (was 337,115 records with 193,022 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2021
England, Herefordshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1583-1898 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3155913); 1,545,936 indexed records with 115,104 record images (was 1,545,789 records with 115,096 images), UPDATED 17-Aug-2021
Mexico, Jalisco, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1979 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1874591); 8,046,394 indexed records with 5,797,486 record images (was 6,620,905 records with 5,797,486 images), UPDATED 17-Aug-2021
Samoa, Vital Records, 1846-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4016424); 17,641 indexed records with 72,944 record images (was 17,626 records with 70,707 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2021
Sweden, Stockholm City Archives, Index to Church Records, 1546-1927 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2057674); 1,085,896 indexed records with 61,497 record images (was 1,084,543 records with 63,211 images), UPDATED 14-Aug-2021
Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016197); 469,564 indexed records with 1,038,133 record images (was 468,941 records with 1,038,133 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2021

Slovakia Church and Synagogue Books, 1592-1935 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1554443); 13,901,831 indexed records with 1,615,473 record images (was 13,900,697 records with 1,615,473 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2021
Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2061550); 5,901,872 indexed records with 1,962,488 record images (was 5,901,872 records with 1,962,488 images), UPDATED 16-Aug-2021
Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2060668); 3,874,679 indexed records with 2,513,517 record images (was 3,800,176 records with 2,513,517 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2021
Cape Verde, Catholic Church Records, 1787-1957 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2246703); 169,913 indexed records with 105,781 record images (was 169,185 records with 105,781 images), UPDATED 19-Aug-2021
England, Essex Non-Conformist Church Records, 1613-1971 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3584542); 177,129 indexed records with 17,998 record images (was 176,904 records with 17,983 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2021

South Africa, Reformed Church Records, 1856-1988 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1918294); Browse 40,337 Images only, no index (was 0 records with 40,337 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2021
Ukraine, Western Ukraine Catholic Church Book Duplicates, 1600-1937 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1910265); 260,304 indexed records with 942,391 record images (was 244,170 records with 942,391 images), UPDATED 17-Aug-2021
Zambia, Archdiocese of Lusaka, Church Records, 1950-2015 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3736255); 299,643 indexed records with 24,589 record images (was 292,288 records with 24,150 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2021
England, Lancashire Non-Conformist Church Records, 1647-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3656808); 342,649 indexed records with 25,579 record images (was 306,619 records with 21,649 images), UPDATED 16-Aug-2021
South Africa, Cape Province, Civil Records, 1840-1972 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1779109); 3,076,322 indexed records with 2,216,270 record images (was 3,072,933 records with 2,216,270 images), UPDATED 20-Aug-2021

--- Collections with new images ---

Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1500-1971 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3015626); 3,537,384 indexed records with 13,104,808 record images (was 3,537,384 records with 13,096,883 images), last updated 20-Jan-2021
Germany, Rhineland, Diocese of Trier, Catholic Church Records, 1704-1957 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790268); 2,967,130 indexed records with 307,298 record images (was 2,967,130 records with 289,809 images), last updated 03-Nov-2020

--- Collections with images removed ---

Uruguay, Passenger Lists, 1888-1980 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2691993); 3,641,119 indexed records with 151,917 record images (was 3,641,119 records with 154,400 images), last updated 19-Nov-2020
France, Hautes-Alpes, Census, 1856 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2820771); 145,696 indexed records with 360 record images (was 145,696 records with 3,090 images), last updated 30-Mar-2018
Finland, Passport Registers, 1900-1920 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4139415); 12,857 indexed records with 29 record images (was 12,857 records with 330 images), last updated 09-Aug-2021
England, Cambridgeshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1538-1983 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1465708); 1,104,555 indexed records with 97,258 record images (was 1,104,555 records with 114,913 images), last updated 05-Aug-2021
New Zealand, Electoral Rolls, 1865-1957 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3662227); 5,569,382 indexed records with 54,107 record images (was 5,569,382 records with 58,158 images), last updated 11-Aug-2021

Kiribati, Vital Records, 1890-1991 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3756784); 16,611 indexed records with 2,824 record images (was 16,611 records with 5,605 images), last updated 29-Jul-2021

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Argentina, National Census, 1895 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1410078); 3,908,397 indexed records with 338,844 record images (was 3,908,367 records with 338,844 images), last updated 21-Aug-2017

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My friend and SDGS colleague, Marshall, provides this list to me from a program he wrote that compares the current FamilySearch 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, 20 August 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:

*  FHF Really Useful Family History Show 2021 November Show is Extended and Expanded

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  Search New Burial, Army and Knighthood Records This Findmypast Friday

*  New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 16 August 2021

3)  Genealogy Education -- Conferences and Institutes

*  Conference Keeper Calendar

*  Utah Genealogical Association Summit of Excellence: September 15-18, 2021

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

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  Family History Library Class Calendar - August 2021

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Friday, 20 August, 11 a.m.:  Early Ontario Research, by Janice Nickerson

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 24 August, 11 a.m.:  The New Family Tree and Relationship Diagram, by Uri Gonen

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 25 August, 11 a.m.:  Fire, Water, and the 1890 U.S. Census; Researching Beyond the Ashes and Mold, by Elizabeth Williams Gomoll

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar: Standards for Genealogical Documentation, by Thomas W. Jones

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Using Zotero to Organize and Annotate Your Family History Research, by Colleen Robledo Greene

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Tech Zone - 3 Ways to Use DNA Painter's cM Estimator Tool, by Paul Woodbury

5)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Ancestral Findings:  AF-527: Cemetery Office: A Closer Look at Cemetery Records #1 | Ancestral Findings Podcast

*  Family Tree Magazine:  Our Ancestors’ Psychology | The Family Tree Podcast

6)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube and Facebook):

*  American Ancestors:  Stories from the Archives: Family Bible Records

*  BYU Family History Library:  The Timeline Grid: An Easy Way to Track, Organize, and Use Your Research - Kathryn Grant

*  Cheri Hudson Passey:  GenFriends Genealogy Chat Show: Q & A with Cheri Hudson Passey

*  DearMYRTLE:  WACKY Wednesday - Excel, Google Drive, and Google Sheets, Oh My!

*  Family History Fanatics:  What is the Gen Column on GEDmatch One-to-Many?

*  FamilySearch:  The 1940 Census and Preparing for the 1950 Census

*  Findmypast:  Making The Most of Photographs | Findmypast

*  Genealogy Quick Start:  Genealogy Quick Start: Personally with Patti Hobbs, CG

*  Genealogy TV:  Military Records

*  Lisa Louise Cooke:  Plotting Land Using Google Earth

*  Lisa Lisson:  How To Easily Upload and Share Your Family Tree on MyHeritage

*  MyHeritage:  Back to School With Yearbooks! Join us live!

*  WikiTree:  WikiTree Livecast (18 August 2021) - WikiTree Challenge feat. Lisa Lisson

7)  Did you miss the last post in this series -  Genealogy News and Education Bytes - 17 August 2021?

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Findmypast Friday: Search New UK Burial, Army and Knighthood Records

  I received this from Findmypast this morning:

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Search new burial, army and knighthood records this Findmypast Friday

Where will your past take you this week? A London cemetery? Back to World War 2? Or maybe there's a knight in the family you've yet to discover. 

Read on to find out What's new this Findmypast Friday.

British Army, Royal Engineers Other Ranks: Casualty Cards

These detail-rich records cover casualties during and after World War 2. Consisting of both transcripts and images of original documents, these records will enable you to uncover information on their injuries, next of kin and more.



Harold North's card shows his father's name and address, his army number and when and where he was listed as a casualty. View the full record.

Findmypast is home to a host of useful collections for tracing the stories of Royal Engineers. Delve into tracer cards, journals and more to uncover and commemorate their exploits.

Greater London Burial Index

Is your ancestor buried in London? This vast collection has grown again with thousands of new additions from Southwark and Chiswick.

Following today’s update, the Greater Burial Index now includes new records from:

• Chiswick, 1856-1866
• Southwark, St George the Martyr Workhouse, 1835-1874
• Southwark, St Olave, 1848-1866

This ever-growing resource now contains over 2 million records. See Findmypast’s parish list to see which cemeteries timeframes are covered.

Britain, Knights of the Realm & Commonwealth Index

Findmypast have updated this collection of notable knights and dames with the latest entries from the Queen’s Honours lists.

This index spans several centuries, with entries dating back to pre-1500 and continuing on to present day. Each result will provides transcript that includes birth years, biographies, award types and death years (if applicable) and more.

Newspapers

With 13 new titles and updates to 26 more, Findmypast’s newspaper collection continues to grow. This week’s new arrivals include:

• British Miner and General Newsman covering 1862-1867
• Cannock Chase Examiner covering 1874-1877
• Forest of Dean Examiner covering 1874-1877
• Glasgow Chronicle covering 1844-1848 and 1850-1857
• Lancaster Herald and Town and County Advertiser covering 1831-1832
• Liverpool Journal of Commerce covering 1872, 1874-1877, 1879-1881, 1884-1885, 1910-1915, 1918-1920, 1922-1924, 1926, 1928-1929, 1931, 1935 and 1939-1940
• Manchester Examiner covering 1846-1848
• Nuneaton Times covering 1875
• Preston Pilot covering 1842, 1877 and 1879
• South Staffordshire Examiner covering 1874
• Stalybridge Examiner covering 1876
• Stockton Examiner and South Durham and North Yorkshire Herald covering 1878-1879
• Stretford and Urmston Examiner covering 1879-1880

While additional pages have been added to:

• Atherstone, Nuneaton, and Warwickshire Times from 1879
• Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser from 1863-1873 and 1876-1879
• Blackpool Gazette & Herald from 1874-1879
• Blandford and Wimborne Telegram from 1874-1879
• Bridport, Beaminster, and Lyme Regis Telegram from 1865 and 1877-1878
• Central Glamorgan Gazette from 1866-1879
• Cradley Heath & Stourbridge Observer from 1864-1880
• Darlington & Richmond Herald from 1867-1879
• Denton and Haughton Examiner from 1874-1879
• Dewsbury Chronicle and West Riding Advertiser from 1869-1879
• Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette from 1858-1879
• Glasgow Courier from 1844-1848, 1850, 1853-1855, 1857-1864 and 1866
• Kenilworth Advertiser from 1869-1873, 1877-1879
• Midland Examiner and Wolverhampton Times from 1874-1878
• Northern Weekly Gazette from 1860-1862, 1865, 1868-1879, 1911 and 1917
• Pontypridd District Herald from 1878-1879
• Poole Telegram from 1879
• Potteries Examiner from 1871-1874 and 1876-1879
• Runcorn Examiner from 1870, 1874-1877, 1879 and 1892
• Shropshire Examiner from 1874 and 1876-1877
• Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser from 1858-1866, 1868-1876 and 1879
• Swansea and Glamorgan Herald from 1847-1867, 1870-1872, 1874-1879, 1886-1888 and 1890
• Tamworth Miners’ Examiner and Working Men’s Journal from 1873 and 1875-1876
• Warrington Examiner from 1869 and 1876-1879
• Weymouth Telegram from 1860-1871, 1873, 1875, and 1877-1878
• Widnes Examiner from 1876-1877

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Disclosure: I have a complimentary subscription to Findmypast, and have accepted meals and services from Findmypast, as a Findmypast Ambassador. This has not affected my objectivity relative to Findmypast and its products.

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