Where Did This Name Come From?

Over on the Empty Branches on the Family Tree blog, written by Linda Stufflebean, today's blog post is Where Did They Get These Names From?  Often, our ancestors named their children after famous persons, like Linda's example of Elbridge Gerry.

My problem has always been a bit more mysterious.  Three generations of my Seaver ancestors have had the middle name of "Walton."  They were:

*  Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922), son of Isaac and Lucretia (Smith) Seaver.

*  Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942), son of Frank Walton and Harriet (Hildreth) Seaver.

*  Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983), son of Frederick Walton and Alma Bessie (Richmond) Seaver.

So where did "Walton" come from?  I have no clue.  I've considered:

1)  An ancestor with a first or last name of Walton.  I can't find any.  It would likely be in the ancestry of Isaac Seaver and Lucretia Smith, since their son was the first one with the middle name.

2)  A famous person named "Frank Walton."  A search on Google and Wikipedia found no famous persons with that name.  There was a "Frank Walton" who was an American football player, born in 1911.  Can't be him.  There was a philatelist named "Frank Walton" in England, but he was born in 1955.  Can't be him.

3)  A friend, associate or neighbor of Isaac and Lucretia named "Frank Walton."  I checked the 1850 U.S. census on Ancestry.com, and did not find a Frank Walton who resided in Medfield, Northborough, Westminster or Leominster, Massachusetts where they had lived.

4)  It sounded dignified or impressive.

Of course, Lucretia Townsend (Smith) Seaver had interesting given names.  She was named after a school teacher named Lucretia Townsend, who had taught school in Dedham with Lucretia's mother, Elizabeth Horton Dill before her marriage to Alpheus B. Smith.

Don't get me started worrying about my own middle name - Jeffrey.

'Tis still a mystery!  Thank you to Linda for the blog idea!

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1761 Death Record of James Hildreth (1698-1761) of Westford, Mass. - Treasure Chest Thursday #340

This week's treasure is the 1761 death record of James Hildreth in Westford, Massachusetts town records:

The death entry for James Hildreth (first entry on right-hand page above):

The transcription of this record:

"James Hildreth departed this Life February 25 1761"

The source citation for this record is:

"Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), Westford > Births, Marriages and Deaths, Page 91 (image 52 of 1750), James Hildreth death entry; citing original data from Massachusetts town and city clerk records in Jay and Delene Holbrook, Massachusetts Vital and Town Records (Provo, Utah : Holbrook Research Institute), Microfiche collection.

James Hildreth (1698-1761) married Dorothy Prescott (1702-1774) in 1721 in Chelmsford, and they had 9 children between 1723 and 1745.  They are my 6th great-grandparents through their son, Zachariah Hildreth (1728-1784).

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SDGS Seminar on 14 January 2017 Features Thomas MacEntee

The Annual Meeting of the San Diego Genealogical Society is Saturday, 14 January 2017 at the Captain's Quarters at Marina Village (1936 Quivira Way, San Diego, CA 92109), from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.  

The featured speaker is Thomas MacEntee, the world famous genealogy author and social media/technology guru.  

Thomas will speak on four topics:

• Session 1: Genealogy Do-Over: A Year of Learning from My Mistakes                

• Session 2: Can I Use That in My Genealogy: What You Should Know about Copyright

• Session 3: Facebook: A Tool for Genealogy Research 

• Session 4: After You’re Gone: Future Proofing Your Genealogy Research

The cost is $45 before 1 December, and $50 after 1 December.  You can register online at www.casdgs.org or mail the registration form and payment to Joann Orendorff, 450 East Bradley #97, El Cajon CA 92021.  You have a choice of a box lunch with either a turkey sandwich or a salad with chicken, plus chips, a cookie, and a drink.

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2011 Wisconsin State Historical Society Visit - Post 439 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday

During our 2011 vacation to Springfield, Illinois and surrounding states, we had one day in Dane County, Wisconsin  in Madison at the historical society and library.  I wrote about it in Day 11 on the Seaver Midwest Genealogy Tour (posted 16 September 2011).

Here are some of the photos I took while in the Wisconsin State Historical Society in Madison:

1)  On the 4th floor is the Archives.  I took a photo of the cover of the book for the Wisconsin State Senate Journal that had the name change document for my 2nd great-grandfather, Devier James Lamphear Smith:

2)  And a photo of the page for the Act of the state senate granting the name change:

3)  Also at the Archives, I found a card file for naturalizations for Linda's Norwegian ancestors.  Here is a photo of the card for Elling Erikson Natvik:

4)  I found several pages for the naturalization of Linda's Leland ancestors:

4)  In the afternoon, I worked in the Library Reading Room and in the book stacks.  Google Books was in the process of digitizing books off the shelf in the County History section, much to my chagrin:

5)  Here is the Main Reading Room, that's Linda in the bright blue jacket on the right.  I don't think the guy dozing in the foreground is a genealogist.

Unfortunately, I didn't take a lot of pictures around Madison, the University or the Society.  I was hunting for forebears, not great pictures.  And it was my Canon point-and-shoot camera so lots of images are fuzzy.  Oh well.

Next week will be photos from another library in Madison.

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Seavers in the News - Who Was Miss Seaver?

I found a sad, but interesting, newspaper article today on GenealogyBank:

The transcription of this article is:

"SUICIDE IN GARDNER -- A Miss Seaver, about seventeen or eighteen years old, whose home is in Westminster, but who has, for some time, been employed in a family in Gardner, committed suicide sometime during Tuesday night, by drowning.  She was seen about, as usual during the evening, but in the morning her room was found to have been unoccupied during the night.  Subsequent search revealed the fact that she had thrown herself into the pond near by, and her body was soon recovered.  No reason is given of sufficient importance to seem to account for this sad termination of life, and the affair has caused much excitement in the community."

The source citation for this article is (using the "Newspapers, Online Images" source template in RootsMagic):

"Suicide in Gardner," Massachusetts Spy [Worcester, Mass.], 3 June 1870, page 1; online images, GenealogyBank (http://www.genealogybank.com : accessed 15 November 2016), Newspaper Archive collection.

This whet my curiosity, of course, who was this Miss Seaver who drowned in a pond in Gardner?  The article says she was aged 17 or 18, her home was in Westminster, and she was probably not married.

I have thousands of Seaver folks in my RootsMagic database, and many of them resided in Massachusetts.  I figured that the death would be in the "Massachusetts Death Records, 1841-1915" database on Arthe NEHGS American Ancestors website.  I did a search for deaths of Seaver persons in Gardner in 1870, and there was only one match:

The second item on the page above (only partially shown) has this information:

*  Date of death:  May 24, 1870
*  Name of the deceased:  Julia E. Seaver
*  Sex:  Female
*  Condition:  Single
*  Age:  21 years, 3 months, 28 days
*  Cause of death:  Suicide by drowning
*  Residence:  Gardner
*  Birthplace:  Westminster
*  Parents names:  Asahel Seaver (born Westminster) and Tamar R. (born Gardner)

The source citation for this record is:

"Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1915," indexed database and digital images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (http://www.AmericanAncestors.org : accessed 15 November 2016), Deaths, Worcester County, Gardner, 1870, Volume 231; Page 266, Julia E. Seaver entry.

I checked my RootsMagic database and there is Julia Etta Seaver, born 26 January 1849 in Westminster, Mass. to Asahel and Tamar R. (Hill) Seaver.  A quick mental calculation showed that she was aged 21 years, 3 months and 28 days when she died.  I added both sources above to my database, and will add the newspaper article transcription as a Note to the Death fact.

I wondered if her parents were still alive at the time of this event.  Her father died in 1862, but her mother was alive, and died in 1873.  I can't imagine the anguish of the mother and her siblings.

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Treasure Chest Tuesday - 1880 U.S. Census Record for Nicholas Brocke Family in Nez Perce County, Idaho

This week's Tuesday treasure is the 1880 United States Census record for the Nicholas Brocke family enumerated in Township 37, Nez Perce County, Idaho:

The snippet of the Brocke family:

The extracted data from this record is:

*  Nicholas Brocke - white male, age 25, married, a farmer, born in Va., father born Prusia, mother born Prusia
*  Anna Brocke - white, female, age 20, wife, married, keeping house, born Mo., father born unknown, mother born unknown
*  John Brocke - white, male, age 2, son, single, born Idaho, father born Va., mother born Mo.
*  Frank Brocke - white, male, age 6/12, born Oct., son, single, born Idaho, father born Va., mother born Mo.

The source citation is:

1880 United States Federal Census, Nez Perce County, Idaho, population schedule, Township 37, Enumeration District 23, Page 14 (penned), page 246B (stamped), Dwelling # 178, Family #178, Nicholas Brocke household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), citing National Archives Microfilm Publication T9, Roll 173. 

The name of the head of household was indexed as Nicholas Brooke, although it looks like Brocke to me.  Nicholas and Anna (Grieser) Brocke were my wife's great-grandparents - they have just married in 1877 in Nebraska and have settled in Idaho and started their family.  Their fifth child, Amelia Anna Brocke (1884-1975), married Severt Leland in 1904 in Montana, is my wife's paternal grandmother.

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I Started a We're Related Mobile App Cousin Relationship Table

I've been writing weekly about the additions to the list of cousins on the We're Related mobile app - see This Week's We're Related Cousin Relationships for an example.

My friend Russ Worthington has made a cousin relationship table, and is even adding his cousin relationships to an Ancestry Member Tree, and using the Hints to try to support the cousin relationships that he receives on the mobile app.  See his blog for more details -  https://worthy2be.wordpress.com/.

I haven't gone that far, but I do usually click on the lineage for the purported cousin and see if it makes sense to me.  In some cases, I have gone into FamilySearch Family Tree, Geni.com and WikiTree to determine if the lineage there is the same, and if the lineage "looks right."  Ideally, each step in the lineage should be researched, but I don't want to take the time right now.

I do check the line that the app shows for my lineage, and in several instances it has added one or more generations and found ancestors that I do not have in my Ancestry Member Tree.  When that happens, I look closer at the purported ancestor of mine in the records.  I have not found one new ancestor doing this yet - almost all of the relationships that I don't have in my tree cannot be supported by records and good judgment.

I now have over 50 cousin relationships from the mobile app, and I cannot recall what I've investigated, so I made a cousin relationship table in Microsoft Word from the app information, and added a comment column so that I know what I've investigated.

Here are three screen shots of my tables:

Of the 52 relationships provided so far, 20 of them are Facebook friends.

As you can see, I have questioned the information of 8 of the relationships.  I probably need to be more consistent in my comments.

Only 11 of my common ancestors are from my mother's side of the family, and all but two of those are from New England.  However, three of them are in my "Unlikely" category.  My father was from New England so that makes some sense.  Maybe I should color code the grandparents line.

What else should I add to this table?  It is for my own use so that I can keep track of what I'm getting, and I probably won't add to the table forever, but it's a start.  It took about an hour this afternoon to make and if I get 10 to 15 new cousin relationships each week, adding them will not be an onerous task.

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Amanuensis Monday - 1676 Will of James Allin (1614-1676) of Medfield, Mass.

This week's document for Amanuensis Monday is the 1676 will for James Allin (1614-1676) of Medfield in Suffolk County, Massachusetts Bay Colony:

The transcription of the Allin documents is:

[page 267, stamped on right-hand page of first image]

[in margin]

Allin's Will

Page 177 Earlier Volume

[in main body]

In the yeare of our Lord 1676 the 23^d day of the Seven-

th monthe I James Allin of Medfield in the County

of Suffolke in New England being by the good hand

of God preserved to Old age & being thereby & other

infirmities attending the same in minde of my

change & considering that it is my duty to prepare

for death that I bee not unprepared when it shall

come I have thought fitt to make this my last Will

& Testament in manner & forme as followeth viz^t.

First I Give & Bequeath my Soule into the armes

of Jesus Christ my deare redeemer and as for my

body I Commit it to the Earth after my decease

to be Christianly buried at the discretion of my

Executo^rs and as for my worldly goods which god of

his mercy hath given mee I doe dispose of them in

manner as followeth vizt. I give & bequeath unto my

son Nathanael Allin Six acres of upland lying &

being in Medfield neere Maple Swampe bounded with

the Common Land on all that as also Two acres of

[page 268, stamped on left-hand page of the second image]

Meadow land the one acre lying up stream in Charles

River the other acre lying upon a Small brooke called

the Mill brooke also I give unto the said Nathanael

Allin Six pound to be paid by my Executo^rs in good

& currant country pay within the space of one full

yeare after my Decease. And I Give & Bequeath to

my Son in law Joseph Clarke and his heirs for ever

all that my house lott with all my Buildings there

upon Both Dwelling Houses Barnes & Leantos with

all the Orchards & Gardens belonging thereunto with

all my other land both uplands Meadows and

Swamps now lying & being in Medfield not formerly

disposed of with all the rights & privilleges belonging

thereunto with all my household goods & moveables

Still provided first that the said Joseph Clarke

doe duly & carefully provide for mee during the tearme

of my naturall life both foode & rayment Suitable

to my condition with whatsoever else may be need-

full & convenient for the preservation & Comfort of my

life whilst I live in this world and a Christian

Buriall whenever it shall please God to take mee hence.

2^dly That whenever it shall please the Lord to take

mee out of this world that whatsoever shall then

remaine of what my houses lands & movables above

specified given & granted in this my Last Will & Test-

ament unto the abovesaid Joseph Clarke the Thirteen

pounds a yeare with the produce of my Estate dure-

ing the tearme of my Naturall life Excepted Shall

be divided among my Children as followeth viz^t.

First I Give & Bequeath unto my daughter Sarah

White wife to Domingo White of Lynn Six pound

and to my daughter Mathew Sabin wife to William

Sabin of Rehoboth five pounds over & above their

Equal share with the rest of my Children of my

Estate shall amount to more then Thirty Pounds

when it shall please God to take me away (to be p

them within the space of one full yeare after my

decease in good & Currant Country pay but if it

should please the Lord to lengthen out my life so

as what I have Should not come to Thirty pounds

then they to have each of them but a double share

and further my Will is that what part of my Estate

is left when it shall please god to take me away their

[page 269, stamped on right-hand page of the second image]

shares shall be paid yearly to them not Exceeding forty

Shillings pr yeare to each of them nor less then forty

shillings pr yeare if there be Estate left the which said

share shall be paide sometime in the Second yeare

after my decease and so yearely according to what

Estate is left to be paid in Country pay or in some

of the remote lands and I doe hereby ratifie & Confirme

unto & upon all my sons all such lands as have bene

given them by mee formerly and I doe hereby constitute

appointe & ordaine my Loveing & Welbeloved Son in

law Joseph Clarke Executo^r to this my last will & Test-

ament to the Intent that he shall see the Same

effectually prformed according to my true Intent &

meaning therein & to him I Commit & give full power

and Trust for the Execution thereof. And I doe also

nominate & appointe my Trusty & welbeloved friend

George Barber of Medfield Supervisor of this my last

will & Testament Desireing that he would always by ayding &

assisting to my Executo^r in the Execution thereof and

I doe hereby utterly revoake all other wills & be-

queathals whatsoever by mee formerly made at any

and in Token that this is my last Will & Testament

written and Contained in this Sheete of paper I

have hereunto putt my hand & affixed my Seale This

three & twenty of the Seventh monthe in the yeare

of our Lord one Thousand Six hundred Seaventy Six.

Read Signed & Sealed             James J Allin & a Seale

in the presence of us                      his mark

Samuel Bullin

George Barber

The two words Enterlined Betwene the 6 & 7 lines from

the bottome was Done before Sealing

Samuel Bullin & George Barber made Oath in Court

January 30 1676/7 That they were present when James

Allin did Signe Seale & publish this Instrument

as his last will & Testament and that when he

so did he was of a disposing minde.

as attests                                      Is^a Addington Cler.

Compared Feb^y 17^h 1676/7    Is^a Addington Cler.

The source citation for this document is:

"Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991," indexed database with digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), Suffolk County > Probate Records, Vol 5-7, 1666-1674, Vol. 6, pages 267-269 (images 333-4 of 922), James Allin will, 1676;  Original data in Massachusetts County, District and Probate Courts.

James Allin married Anna Guild (1616-1673) in 1638 in Dedham, Massachusetts.  They had 9 children between 1639 and 1654, all of whom outlived their parents.  

The will of James Allin names only two of his children, Nathanael and Sarah (Allin) White, and also his son-in-law Joseph Clarke, who married Mary Allin (1641-1702) in 1663.  Joseph Clarke was named the executor of the will.  The will was written on 23 7th month (September?) 1676, and was proved in Suffolk County Probate Court on 30 January 1676/7.

This is a Derivative Source document, because it is a transcription done many years after the original will and the original entry into the Suffolk County Probate Court record books.  It provides Primary Information (assuming it was transcribed correctly) and Direct Evidence of relationships with two of his children and a son-in-law.  

James Allin is my 9th great-grandfather, and I am descended through his daughter Mary (Allin) Clark and her husband, Joseph Clark (1642-1702).  

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 Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 6 to 12 November 2016

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

As of 13 November 2016, there were 2,169 record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of  4  from last week):

The added or updated collections are:

*  New York Book Indexes to Passenger Lists, 1906-1942; 11,883,075 indexed records with record images, Updated 11 Nov 2016

*  Washington, Applications for Enrollment and Adoption of Washington Indians, 1911-1919; 51,169 indexed records with record images, Updated 11 Nov 2016

*  American Samoa, Passenger Lists and Travel Documents, 1918-1965; Browse Images only, no indexed records, ADDED 10 Nov 2016

*  Italy, Cuneo, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1795-1915; 19,775 indexed records with record images, Updated 10 Nov 2016

*  Pennsylvania Obituary and Marriage Collection, 1947-2010; Browse Images only, no indexed records, Updated 10 Nov 2016

*  Sweden, Södermanland Church Records, 1604-1900; index 1640-1860; 233,581 indexed records with record images, Updated 10 Nov 2016

*  Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1630-1945; 64,175 indexed records with record images, Updated 09 Nov 2016

*  Peru, Lambayeque, Civil Registration, 1873-1998; 522,236 indexed records with record images, Updated 09 Nov 2016

*  Brazil, Pernambuco, Civil Registration, 1804-2014; 1,241,782 indexed records with record images, Updated 08 Nov 2016

*  New York, Rouses Point and Waddington Crew Lists, 1954-1956; 4,158 indexed records with record images, Updated 08 Nov 2016

*  Chile Civil Registration, 1885-1903; 2,802,409 indexed records with record images, Updated 08 Nov 2016

*  California, Chinese Partnerships and Departures from San Francisco, 1893-1943; 54,617 indexed records with record images, Updated 08 Nov 2016

*  Maine, J. Gary Nichols Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1999; 181,059 indexed records with record images, Updated 08 Nov 2016

*  West Virginia Naturalization Records, 1814-1991; 65,898 indexed records with record images, Updated 08 Nov 2016

*  Venezuela, Diocese of San Cristóbal, Catholic Church Records, 1601-1962; 688,583 indexed records with record images, ADDED 08 Nov 2016

*  Massachusetts, Index to Boston Passenger Lists, 1848-1891; 1,139,732 indexed records with record images, Updated 08 Nov 2016

*  Peru, La Libertad, Civil Registration, 1903-1998; 746,310 indexed records with record images, Updated 08 Nov 2016

*  Peru, Amazonas, Civil Registration, 1939-1998; 61,318 indexed records with record images, Updated 08 Nov 2016

*  North Carolina, World War I Service Cards, 1917-1919; 92,649 indexed records with record images, ADDED 08 Nov 2016

*  South Africa, Cape Province, Kimberley, Probate Records of the Supreme Court, 1871-1937; 148,844 indexed records with record images, ADDED 07 Nov 2016

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! 

In order to select a specific collection, go to https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list and use the "Filter by collection name" feature in the upper left-hand corner.

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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Added or Updated Databases at Ancestry.com - Week of 6 to 12 November 2016

The following databases were added or updated on Ancestry.com during the period from 6 to 12 November 2016:

The databases added or updated include:

*  New Jersey, Birth Index, 1901-1903; indexed database with record images, Added 11/10/2016

*  Zacatecas, Mexico, Civil Registration Marriages, 1861-1952; indexed database with record images, Updated 11/10/2016

*  Zacatecas, Mexico, Civil Registration Births, 1861-1947; indexed database with record images, Updated 11/10/2016

*  Federal District, Mexico, Civil Registration Births, 1861-1931; indexed database with record images, Updated 11/10/2016

*  San Luis Potosi, Mexico, Civil Registration Deaths, 1860-1987; indexed database with record images, Updated 11/10/2016

*  Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898; indexed database with record images, Updated 11/10/2016

*  Venezuela, Archdiocese of Mérida, Catholic Church Records, 1654-2011; indexed database with record images, Updated 11/10/2016

*  Chile, Civil Registration, 1885-1903; indexed database with record images, Updated 11/10/2016

*  Guanajuato, Mexico, Civil Registration Births, 1862-1929; indexed database with record images, Updated 11/10/2016

*  Nicaragua, Civil Registration, 1809-2011; indexed database with record images, Updated 11/10/2016

*  Hidalgo, Mexico, Civil Registration Marriages, 1861-1967; indexed database with record images, Updated 11/10/2016

*  Kentucky, Naturalization Records, 1906-1991; indexed database with record images, Updated 11/10/2016

*  Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980; indexed database with record images, Updated 11/10/2016

*  New Jersey, Death Index, 1901-1903; indexed database with record images, Added 11/10/2016

*  New Jersey, Marriage Index, 1901-1914; indexed database with record images, Added 11/10/2016

*  Oaxaca, Mexico, Civil Registration Births, 1861-1930; indexed database with record images, Updated 11/10/2016

*  South Carolina, Naturalization Records, 1868-1991; indexed database with record images, Updated 11/10/2016

*  San Luis Potosi, Mexico, Civil Registration Births, 1860-1947; indexed database with record images, Updated 11/10/2016

*  Zacatecas, Mexico, Civil Registration Deaths, 1861-1987; indexed database with record images, Updated 11/9/2016

*  Yorkshire, England, Probate Records, 1521-1858; indexed database with record images, Updated 11/9/2016

*  Chiapas, Mexico, Civil Registration Births, 1861-1947; indexed database with record images, Updated 11/9/2016

*  San Luis Potosi, Mexico, Civil Registration Marriages, 1860-1967; indexed database with record images, Updated 11/9/2016

*  Puebla, Mexico, Civil Registration Births, 1861-1930; indexed database with record images, Updated 11/9/2016

*  Hidalgo, Mexico, Civil Registration Births, 1861-1947; indexed database with record images, Updated 11/9/2016

*  Brazil, Civil Registration, 1870-2012; indexed database with record images, Updated 11/9/2016

*  Breconshire, Wales, Marriage Index, 1813-1837; indexed database with record images, Updated 11/9/2016

*  Alabama, Naturalization Records, 1888-1991; indexed database with record images, Updated 11/9/2016

*  Korea, Collection of Genealogies, 1500-2009; indexed database with record images, Added 11/8/2016

*  Queretaro, Mexico, Civil Registration Marriages, 1866-1957; indexed database with record images, Updated 11/8/2016

*  Queretaro, Mexico, Civil Registration Births, 1866-1937; indexed database with record images, Updated 11/8/2016

*  Queretaro, Mexico, Civil Registration Deaths, 1865-1987; indexed database with record images, Updated 11/8/2016

*  UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Admissions and Discharges, 1715-1925; indexed database without record images, Added 11/7/2016

*  U.S., Selected States Dutch Reformed Church Membership Records, 1701-1995; indexed database with record images, Updated 11/7/2016

*  UK, Royal Hospital Chelsea Pensioner Soldier Service Records, 1760-1920; indexed database without record images, Added 11/7/2016

*  Ireland, Royal Hospital Kilmainham Pensioner Discharge Documents, 1724-1924; indexed database without record images, Added 11/7/2016

*  Ostholstein, Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1597-1959; indexed database with record images, Updated 11/7/2016

*  U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989; indexed database with record images, Updated 11/7/2016

The recently added and updated page on Ancestry.com is at http://www.ancestry.com/cs/recent-collections.

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

By my count, there were 7 NEW databases ADDED this past week, per the list above.  There are now 32,759 databases available as of 13 November, an increase of 6 from last week.

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