Our 50th Wedding Anniversary 3.5 Years Late -- Post 790 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday

 I can't help it, I can't do a wordless post! This is one of my favorite photographs:  

Linda and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary (53.5 years after our wedding in March 1970 - we had to cancel it in 2020 due to COVID) last Saturday, and my upcoming 80th birthday and Linda's upcoming 81st birthday, at our church with about 70 friends and family in attendance.  

My brother Stan and his wife Holly came and sat at our table (we have not seen them for ten years).  We transported Linda in her wheelchair to and from the church with a transport service which was early and efficient and friendly.  She had not seen most of the attendees since June 2021 because of her fall, broken hip, and residence in the skilled nursing/memory care facility.  Many attendees came and talked to Linda before and after the entertainment.

The entertainment was an Elvis impersonator from Los Angeles who performed for about 90 minutes, arranged by Lori last year.  Most of the attendees were in their 70s and 80s so it was "our music" from the 50s and 60s.  Elvis personalized his songs and commentary for Linda and me - with old favorites.    

Daughter Tami got the Hawaii-theme decorations and anniversary paraphernalia (napkins, plates, plasticware, leis, hats, etc.) in March 2020 before COVID so we used them for this event (they've been in my garage for a long time!).  Daughter Lori planned and prepared the food the past two days, and we brought some of it home - it should last me for weeks if not months.  The grandkids helped transport, set up, and tear down the decorations and food, and did the guest book and name tags, and looked pretty and cute.

We managed to get my 200 slide Zoom presentation about our married life on the church computer and screen with much help from the pastor who went above and beyond the call of duty to make it work.  

It was a really fun day - excellent food, entertainment and love all around. 

This photograph is all part of our family history.  

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Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 11 to 17 October 2023

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

1)  News Articles:

*  [MyHeritage] In Memoriam: Ron Shemer and Ilay Nachman

*  Finding Your Roots returns to PBS! Catch Season 10 starting January 2024!

*  Unveiling YourTour™: Your Ultimate Live Genealogy Experience

*  Innovation Aided Completion of 2020 Census, But Coverage and Data Quality Issues Persist

*  Family Tree App Reviews: What Are People Saying?

2)  DNA Research Stories

*  Guilty plea in two 40-year-old murders hinged on genetic genealogy

3)  Book Notices and Reviews:

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4)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 7 to 13 October 2023

*  Added and Updated FamilySearch.org Record Collections - Week of 7 to 13 October 2023

*  New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch 17 September 2023

*  New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch 24 September 2023

*  Findmypast Friday:  Uncover 400 Years of Oxfordshire History

*  National Tithe Record Collection for England & Wales now complete on Map Explorer™

5)  Did you miss the last post in this series - see Genealogy News Bytes - Week of 4 to 10 October 2023.

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Seavers in the News -- Clarence J. Seaver (1891-1976) Dies in Roseville, Michigan in 1976

 Here is this week's edition of "Seavers in the News" - a weekly feature from the historical newspapers about persons with the surname Seaver that are interesting, useful, mysterious, fun, macabre, or add information to my family tree database.

This week's entry is from The Times Herald [Port Huron, Mich.] newspaper dated 1 July 1976, page 28:

The transcription of the article is:

"Clarence J. Seaver

"PORT HURON -- Clarence J. Seaver, 85, of 2220 Brandywine Lane, died Tuesday in Rose Villa Nursing Center, Roseville.

"He was born Feb 23, 1891 in Port Huron.  He was a former resident of Franklin Hills and had resided in Port Huron for the past 15 years.

"  He was a retired vice president and general manager of the Novi Equipment Company, retiring in 1960.

"He married Cornelia West July 30, 1960 in Port Huron.

"He is survived by his wife, three daughters, Mrs. Raymond F. Adams, Barbara Seaver, Southfield; and Mrs. Tom Roseberry, Grand Rapids; two stepsons, Wilbur W. West and Alfred E. West, Jr., both of Port Huron, eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

"Funeral services will be Friday at 11 a.m. in the Arthur Smith Funeral Home -- North Chapel.  The Rev. Canon D.R. Lees of Grace Episcopal Church will officiate.

"Burial will be in Lakeside Chapel.

"Visiting hours are 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. today."

The source citation is:

"Clarence J. Seaver," The Times Herald [Huron City, Mich.] newspaper, Thursday, 1 July 1976, page 28, column 4, Clarence J. Seaver obituary,   Newspapers.com   (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 16 October 2023).

This obituary provides the name, residence, age, birth date, birthplace, occupation and employer, funeral and burial information, and spouse's name and children names and locations.  It does not provide  parents names, education, associations or cause of death.

Clarence John Seaver (1891-1976) was born on 23 February 1891 in Port Huron, Michigan,the son of Arnon David and Anna C. (McCall) Seaver.  He died 29 June 1976 in Roseville, Michigan.  He married (1) Mary Jane Crane (1890-1959) on 15 March 1919 in Port Huron.  They had three children:

*  Mary Stewart Seaver (1919-1991), married 1942 Raymond Adams (1918-????).

*  Barbara McCall Seaver (1921-2010).

*  Dorothy Ann "DeeDee" Seaver (1930-2015), married 1953 Thomas Roseberry (1927-2014).

He married (2) Cornelia (Davidson) West (1890-1979) on 31 July 1968 in Port Huron.  They had no children together.

I am not a Seaver cousin to Clarence John Seaver.  He is descended from Arnon C. Seaver (1800-1845) who was born in England and settled in Ontario.

There are over 10,000 Seaver "stories" in my family tree - and this is one of them.   Life happens, accidentally and intentionally, and sometimes a person has an obituary that provides a fairly complete life summary.  I am glad that I can honor Clarence John Seaver today.  

You never know when a descendant or relative will find this blog post and learn something about their ancestors or relatives, or will provide more information about them to me.

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Disclosure:  I have a complimentary subscription to Newspapers.com and have used it extensively to find articles about my ancestral and one-name families.

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Genealogy Pot-Pourri - Week Ending 15 October 2023

 Here are the highlights of my family history and genealogy related activities over the past week.  

1)  Hosted and moderated the Chula Vista Genealogical Society (CVGS) Research Group Meeting on Wednesday on Zoom with 20 in attendance.  I reported on the the new Nathan Dylan Goodwin book, the MyHeritage DNA upload offer, and the upcoming RootsTech 2024 conference, plus reviewing Find A Grave.  

2)  We had a party to celebrate our 53.5 year wedding anniversary, my 80th birthday and Linda's 81st birthday on Saturday at our church with 70 of our family, church, genealogy and longtime friends.  There was an Elvis impersonator who performed for 90 minutes.  We transported Linda to the party.  I posted all of my photos and several videos on my Facebook page.  

3)  Created a 203 slide show of our married life together - heavy with family photos and travel photos.  I did it in LibreOffice on my desktop computer, but could not get it to work on my laptop.  So I made a Zoom video out of it without narration, and we showed it during the anniversary/birthday party on the projection screen at the church.  

4)  Wrote a genealogical sketch for 7th great-grandmother #957 Elizabeth (Hunt) (Vail) (Gach) Griffith (1657-1747) of Westchester, New York and Woodbridge, New Jersey for the 52 Ancestors theme.  This is number 500 in this series.

5)  Transcribed the 1894 will of Harriet P. (Fargo) Seaver (1932-1905) of Huntington, Connecticut for the Amanuensis Monday theme.  

6)  AncestryDNA now has 44,150 DNA matches (up 29 from 8 October) for me today, with one new ThruLines (but it was wrong).   I added  Notes to 1 match, and the DNA Match line for no ThruLines to RootsMagic.  MyHeritageDNA now has 11,836 DNA matches (up 70 from 8 October) for me, with no new Theories.  Reviewed the new DNA matches on AncestryDNA, MyHeritageDNA, FamilyTreeDNA and 23andMe.  

7)  Occasionally matched RootsMagic 9 profiles to FamilySearch Family Tree.  I have matched 49,944 of my RootsMagic persons with FamilySearch Family Tree profiles (up 4).  

8) Used Web Hints and Record Matches from Ancestry, MyHeritage, Findmypast and FamilySearch to add content and source citations to my RootsMagic profiles. I now have 71,537 persons in my RootsMagic family tree (up 4), and 146,244  source citations (up 1).  Resolved 157 Ancestry Hints. TreeShared 83 new and updated profiles with my Ancestry tree.  My Ancestry Member Tree has Ancestry Record Hints with 179,387 to be resolved, but I work on them several times a week.  

9) Wrote 14 Genea-Musings blog posts last week (Sunday through Saturday), of which two were a press release. The most viewed post last week was Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 7 to 13 October 2023 with over 122 views.  Genea-Musings had about 11,600 page views last week.  

10)  Real life:  This is week 188 since COVID restrictions started.   I stayed home except for visiting Linda almost every day at the skilled nursing/memory care facility. Walked almost every day on the block and talked to several neighbors.  Lori and her boys came for the anniversary/birthday party on Saturday.  Lori prepared all of the food.  Tami and her family came on Saturday to the party.  Still reading James Patterson's The President's Daughter.  My Aztecs won last week, and the Chargers play tonight.  Watched some college football on Saturday and NFL football on Sunday.  

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Amanuensis Monday -- 1894 Will of Harriet P. Seaver (1832-1905) of Huntington, Connecticut

  This week's document for transcription is the 1894 will of Harriet P. Seaver, in the Wyoming  County, New York Surrogate Court records.

*  Wyoming County, New York Surrogates Court Records, Wills Vol. 005-006, Volume 6, Page 271, image 547 of 605:

*  Wyoming County, New York Surrogates Court Records, Wills Vol. 005-006, Volume 6, Page 272-3, image 548 of 605:

The transcription of this two page document is:

Know all men by these Presents,
That I, Harriet P. Seaver of the Town of Huntington,
State of Connecticut, being of sound and disposing mind and mem-
ory, do ordain publish and declare this my Last Will and Tes-
tament in manner and for as follows:

First, I direct that my just debts and funeral expenses

be paid and discharged by my Executrix hereinafter named.

Second, I give and bequeath the sum of One Hundred & Twenty

($120) dollars per annum for ten years after my decease to Rev. John J.

Stealy of the Town of Leslie, State of Michigan to be paid to him in

semi annual payment and it is my earnest wish that the said funds

shall be used for his advancement in preaching the cause of Christ

and building up his holy church.

    Should he pass away within five years, the semi-annual payment

will cease and I give and bequeath to his wife, Amelia Stealy the

sum of Five Hundred Dollars, To be hers and her heirs forever.

Third, I give and bequeath to my sister Mrs. Adaline S.P. Choate

the sum of Fifty Dollars per annum to be paid annually

during her natural life.

Fourth, I give and bequeath to my brother Myron Fargo of Dale,

N.Y. the sum of Fifty Dollars per annum to be paid annually

during his natural life.

Fifth, I give and bequeath to my nieces, Florence Fargo and Florina

Fargo of Warsaw, N.Y. each the sum of Five Hundred Dollars, to be

paid to their heirs forever.

Sixth, I give, devise and bequeath to my daughter Fannie Seaver

Smith, all the residue and remainder of my estate, be the same real

or personal or of whatever nature I may die possessed of to be hers and

here heirs forever.

Seventh, I hereby constitute and appoint my said daughter Mrs.

Fannie S. Smith Executrix of this my Last Will and Testament -

without bonds, hereby revoking any former wills by me made.

In Witness Whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 13'th

day of December A.D. 1894.

                                                                Harriet P. Seaver  (L.S.)

Signed sealed & declared in presence of us by the said Testator, to be her Last

Will and Testament, who in the presence and at her request, and in the presence

of each other, have subscribed our names as witnesses.

                                      Benjamin F. Leach  }

                                      Aaron R. Smith       }  Witnesses

                                      J. Tumlinson           }

The source citation for this will is:

New York Surrogates Court, Probate files, Wyoming County > "Wills, Vol. 0005-0006, 1864-1918," Volume 6, pages 271-272 (images 547-548 of 605), Harriet P. Seaver will, written 13 December 1894, proved 24 June 1910; "New York, U.S., Wills and Probates, 1659-1999," digital images,   Ancestry.com   (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 8 October 2023); Original data is from New York County, District and Probate Courts filmed by FamilySearch.

Harriet P. Fargo (1832-1905) was born 7 July 1832 in Warsaw, Wyoming County, New York.  She died 17 July 1905 in Shelton, Fairfield County, Connecticut.  She married Charles Little Seaver (1828-1893) before 1853, probably in Wyoming County, New York.  They had three children:

*  Fannie Harriet Seaver (1853-1915), married 1878 Aaron Rowland Smith (1852-1928).

*  Charles L. Seaver (1862-1866).

*  Robert Seaver (1866-1866).

Only one child survived Harriet's death in 1905.  She names a sister, a brother, two nieces and Rev. John Stealy as her heirs. The will was probably written in 1894 because Harriet's husband had just passed away and left her a bequest.  

The pages above are a Probate Court clerk's copy, transcribed to the court record book and therefore a Derivative Source (although there was testimony that the original will filed in the court was transcribed carefully and exactly),  It is Primary Information and Direct Evidence of the relationships, dates and places noted therein.

The will was written in Huntington, Fairfield County, Connecticut, and was filed in the Huntington District Probate Court on 10 August 1905.  The available information does not provide an inventory o an account.  The estate file was closed on 30 August 1909 in Huntington District, and filed in the Wyoming County Surrogate's Court on 24 June 1910.  It was probably filed in Wyoming County, New York because some of the property was located there, as were the two nieces and a brother.

I am a third cousin five times removed to Charles Little Seaver (1828-1893), with the common Seaver ancestor being 7th great-grandfather Joseph Seaver (1672-1754).

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

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

Read other transcriptions of records of my ancestors at Amanuensis Monday Posts.

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Best of the Genea-Blogs - Week of 8 to 14 October 2023

 Scores of genealogy and family history bloggers write hundreds 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: 

*  Back to the Basics with Immigration Records: Part 2 – Colonial Era by Diana Elder on Family Locket.

*  The National Library of Ireland by Donna Moughty on Irish Family Roots.

*  Genealogy Jamboree 2023: A Genealogical Learning Packed Weekend! by Diane Henriks on Know Who Wears the Genes In Your Family.

* Reclaim the Records: A Million New Records from Missouri by James Tanner on Genealogy's Star.

*  Family Statistics From MyHeritage Offers a Unique Way to Improve Your Tree by Pat Hartley on Family History Daily.

*  Free Italian Military Records for WWI and WWII by DiAnn Iamarino Ohana on Fortify Your Family Tree.

*  Do You Have Old Messages on FamilySearch.org? by Roxanne Lowe on Washington State Genealogical Society Blog.

* New Discover Tool – Compare Haplogroups & More at FamilyTreeDNA by Roberta Estes on DNAeXplained - Genetic Genealogy.

*  Finding Your Roots returns to PBS! Catch Season 10 starting January 2024! by Thomas MacEntee on Genealogy Bargain$.

*  Best Practices to Resolve Name and Date Conflicts in Genealogy Research by Denys Allen on PA Ancestors.

*  Blizzard! The Weather and Our Ancestors by Gena Philibert-Ortega on Legacy News.

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 13th Oct 2023 by Crissoulli on That Moment In Time.

*  This Week's Creme de la  Creme - October 14, 2023 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 -- Have You Helped Someone With Their Genealogy?

 Calling all Genea-Musings Fans:

It's Saturday Night again -

Time for some more Genealogy Fun!!

Here is your assignment, should you decide to accept it (you ARE reading this, so I assume that you really want to play along - cue the Mission Impossible music!):

1)  Have you helped someone (a friend, a colleague, someone you didn't know, etc.) with their genealogy and family history?  Genea-blogger Ellen Thompson-Jennings wrote on this topic last month in Have You Helped Someone With Their Genealogy? on Hound on the Hunt.

2)  Write your own blog post, or leave a comment on this post, or write something on Facebook.

Thank you, Ellen, for this great prompt.

Here's mine:

I have helped several friends, and some people I didn't know, by doing genealogy and family history research online for free in order to improve my research skills and expand my own knowledge.

The one that comes to top of mind is the case of Ed M. which I performed in the 2009-2011 time frame.  Ed was a member of our church in Chula Vista along with his second wife, Maria.  Ed was from Georgia, and all of his ancestry was from the southeastern states.  Ed had three children with his first wife, Elaine. He had lost contact with his four siblings, including a brother named Bob M., and wanted to regain contact with them.  At the time, he was bedridden with only his telephone to communicate with me and others, but I did visit him several times at their home here in Chula Vista.  

I took the names, dates and places that he gave me about his birth family and went to work.  I started with census records (the last one available was 1930) to identify his ancestors and their family members.  Then I used the Social Security Death Index, Find A Grave, state vital record collections, military records, etc. to find records to provide dates and places that made sense and supported the research.  I started at Family Tree Maker file and added to it over the months.  Eventually, I found 8 generations of his M. ancestors, all of his great-grandparents, most of his second great-grandparents, and some of his 3rd and 4th great-grandparents.  His M. ancestors came from Ireland into South Carolina in the early 1800s, and moved to Tennessee and North Georgia in the mid-1800s.  Before he died in 2011, I was able to provide a ancestor report from Family Tree Maker, and a M. descendants report, that summarized my work.

I used the public records databases to find his brother and three half-siblings' current addresses and phone numbers, and gave them to Ed.  I wrote a letter to his brother and half-siblings in 2009 in an effort to establish contact with them.  That worked, and Ed was able to talk to his brother on the telephone.  His brother and his brother's children attended the memorial service for Ed in early 2011.  I provided a similar report to Bob, the brother.  Neither of them knew much about their ancestry before their grandparents.  

This was very rewarding for Ed - it gave him something to think about and appreciate at a time that he was ill and dying.  He was very happy to contact his brother and learn about his family history.

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Added and Updated FamilySearch Record Collections - Week of 7 to 13 October 2023

 I am keeping track of the new and updated historical record collections at FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list) every week.

As of 13 October 2023, there are 3,243 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 1 from last week):

The new and updated collections this week from FamilySearch are:

--- Collections Added ---

*  Hawaii, Name Change Records, 1874-1995 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000141); 26,638 indexed records with 21,949 record images, ADDED 12-Oct-2023

--- Collections Updated ---

Argentina, Cemetery Records, 1882-2019 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2363123); 669,375 indexed records with 622,171 record images (was 668,448 records with 620,892 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Argentina, Chaco, Civil Registration, 1889-1946 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4450393); 99,128 indexed records with 98,773 record images (was 98,796 records with 98,446 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Argentina, Jujuy, Catholic Church Records, 1662-1975 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974186); 195,785 indexed records with 69,981 record images (was 195,663 records with 69,981 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Argentina, Salta, Catholic Church Records, 1634-1972 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1974193); 391,198 indexed records with 144,293 record images (was 387,816 records with 144,293 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Argentina, Salta, Civil Registration, 1880-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3006885); 617,267 indexed records with 537,586 record images (was 617,136 records with 537,432 images), UPDATED 12-Oct-2023

Belgium, Brabant, Civil Registration, 1582-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1482191); 65,007 indexed records with 6,411,594 record images (was 63,824 records with 6,411,594 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Belgium, Namur, Civil Registration, 1800-1912 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2138511); 651,134 indexed records with 372,768 record images (was 647,610 records with 372,768 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Bolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1922463); 9,356,641 indexed records with 1,649,601 record images (was 9,353,450 records with 1,649,601 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Brazil, Alagoas, Church Records, 1802-2016 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2820768); 1,185,234 indexed records with 175,294 record images (was 1,182,576 records with 174,700 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Brazil, Mato Grosso, Civil Registration, 1845-2013 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2001286); Index only (766 records), no images (was 738 records with 0 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023

Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3479702); 883,689 indexed records with 367,837 record images (was 881,961 records with 367,033 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Brazil, Paraná, Civil Registration, 1852-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016194); 3,079,909 indexed records with 1,689,031 record images (was 3,074,906 records with 1,689,031 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Brazil, Pará, Civil Registration, 1815-1995 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4473609); 152,818 indexed records with 46,155 record images (was 150,237 records with 45,006 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Civil Registration, 1860-2006 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3741255); 1,709,990 indexed records with 872,737 record images (was 1,705,983 records with 871,287 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Civil Registration, 1829-2012 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1582573); 6,902,084 indexed records with 5,100,470 record images (was 6,902,016 records with 5,100,470 images), UPDATED 12-Oct-2023

Brazil, Santa Catarina, Civil Registration, 1850-1999 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2016197); 750,400 indexed records with 1,037,638 record images (was 749,814 records with 1,037,638 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Brazil, Sergipe, Catholic Church Records, 1785-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177298); 1,239,811 indexed records with 273,847 record images (was 1,238,450 records with 273,847 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Chile, Catholic Church Records, 1633-2015 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3405096); 8,048,510 indexed records with 1,015,389 record images (was 8,038,889 records with 1,013,662 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Colombia, Archivo Distrital de Bogotá, Cemetery Indexes, 1887-1995 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000131); 469,475 indexed records with 19,351 record images (was 464,189 records with 19,103 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Colombia, Catholic Church Records, 1576-2018 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1726975); 26,319,574 indexed records with 12,659,776 record images (was 26,317,438 records with 12,659,776 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023

Colombia, Civil Registration, 1553-2021 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4469480); 795,211 indexed records with 849,741 record images (was 795,163 records with 849,689 images), UPDATED 12-Oct-2023
Colombia, Costa, Church Records, 1778-2018 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4469405); 88,005 indexed records with 37,195 record images (was 69,617 records with 29,632 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Costa Rica, Catholic Church Records, 1595-1992 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1460016); 4,332,399 indexed records with 962,203 record images (was 4,331,128 records with 962,203 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Costa Rica, Civil Registration, 1823-1975 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1925429); 6,189,816 indexed records with 404,718 record images (was 6,189,779 records with 404,718 images), UPDATED 12-Oct-2023
Croatia, Church Books, 1516-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2040054); 2,992,803 indexed records with 1,421,761 record images (was 2,992,645 records with 1,421,761 images), UPDATED 09-Oct-2023

Cuba, Church Records, 1584-1960 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4375851); 198,505 indexed records with 41,939 record images (was 198,083 records with 41,895 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Czech Republic, Church Books, 1552-1981 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1804263); 10,557,673 indexed records with 4,668,489 record images (was 10,090,663 records with 4,668,489 images), UPDATED 12-Oct-2023
Dominican Republic, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1975 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1918910); 2,271,973 indexed records with 238,265 record images (was 2,270,216 records with 238,265 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Ecuador, Catholic Church Records, 1565-2011 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1923402); 6,149,603 indexed records with 1,454,787 record images (was 6,149,592 records with 1,454,787 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473014); Index only (40,536,159 records), no images (was 45,758,592 records with 0 images), UPDATED 10-Oct-2023

England Marriages, 1538–1973 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1473015); Index only (11,801,391 records), no images (was 11,804,605 records with 0 images), UPDATED 10-Oct-2023
Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Wuppertal, Civil Registration, 1810-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000010); 66,452 indexed records with 65,286 record images (was 64,664 records with 63,557 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Gibraltar, Church Records, 1697-1991 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4453925); 25,238 indexed records with 2,974 record images (was 24,475 records with 2,907 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Guatemala, Chiquimula, Civil Registration, 1877-2008 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790265); 447,782 indexed records with 350,378 record images (was 447,355 records with 349,968 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Guatemala, Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-2006 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2075150); 4,571,415 indexed records with 1,486 record images (was 4,571,315 records with 1,486 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023

Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2451045); 991,857 indexed records with 17,993 record images (was 991,400 records with 17,993 images), UPDATED 12-Oct-2023
Guatemala, Izabal, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2443319); 414,500 indexed records with 9,848 record images (was 414,474 records with 9,848 images), UPDATED 12-Oct-2023
Haiti, Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince, Catholic Church Records, 1866-2017 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4279947); 65,915 indexed records with 13,633 record images (was 64,913 records with 13,511 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Iceland Church Census, 1744-1965 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2697871); 1,853,098 indexed records with 43,037 record images (was 1,851,795 records with 48,007 images), UPDATED 06-Oct-2023
Indiana, Mortality Schedules, 1860-1880 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000098); 65,985 indexed records with 2,998 record images (was 65,503 records with 2,983 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023

Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1584963); Index only (3,738,926 records), no images (was 3,743,264 records with 0 images), UPDATED 10-Oct-2023
Ireland Marriages, 1619-1898 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1584964); Index only (396,941 records), no images (was 399,201 records with 0 images), UPDATED 10-Oct-2023
Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1740-1900 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2820100); 4,403,447 indexed records with 160,537 record images (was 4,335,209 records with 139,164 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Italy, Mantova, Civil Registration (State Archive), 1496-1906 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1934580); 377,123 indexed records with 855,316 record images (was 377,123 records with 855,316 images), UPDATED 09-Oct-2023
Italy, Sassari, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1803-1942 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4464417); 48,517 indexed records with 16,705 record images (was 48,371 records with 16,654 images), UPDATED 12-Oct-2023

Italy, Treviso, Treviso, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1941 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1947831); 5,884 indexed records with 427,232 record images (was 5,645 records with 427,232 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Italy, Venezia, Venezia, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2043809); 24,251 indexed records with 628,744 record images (was 23,563 records with 628,744 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Luxembourg Census Records, 1843-1900 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2037957); 586,021 indexed records with 1,115,931 record images (was 437,122 records with 1,115,931 images), UPDATED 06-Oct-2023
Luxembourg, Church and Civil Registration, 1601-1923 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000012); 2,841,658 indexed records with 1,039,103 record images (was 2,071,465 records with 816,488 images), UPDATED 10-Oct-2023
Maryland Births and Christenings, 1650-1995 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1674912); Index only (153,174 records), no images (was 159,058 records with 0 images), UPDATED 10-Oct-2023

Maryland Marriages, 1666-1970 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1675199); Index only (169,741 records), no images (was 180,749 records with 0 images), UPDATED 10-Oct-2023
Maryland, Church Records, 1668-1995 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2385204); 80,624 indexed records with 26,267 record images (was 87,260 records with 31,501 images), UPDATED 10-Oct-2023
Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1675197); Index only (2,557,535 records), no images (was 2,567,339 records with 0 images), UPDATED 10-Oct-2023
Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910, 1921-1924 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1675351); Index only (128,713 records), no images (was 1,155,574 records with 0 images), UPDATED 10-Oct-2023
Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1928860); 11,738,176 indexed records with 742,594 record images (was 11,722,858 records with 742,594 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023

Mexico, Puebla, Catholic Church Records, 1545-1977 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837906); 8,906,638 indexed records with 6,124,553 record images (was 8,901,309 records with 6,124,553 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Mexico, Querétaro, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1970 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1881200); 3,030,948 indexed records with 1,380,077 record images (was 3,030,570 records with 1,380,077 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1675383); Index only (1,801,884 records), no images (was 1,810,468 records with 0 images), UPDATED 10-Oct-2023
New Jersey Marriages, 1678-1985 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1675446); Index only (788,850 records), no images (was 789,497 records with 0 images), UPDATED 10-Oct-2023
New York, U.S. District and Circuit Court Naturalization Records, 1824-1991 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2060123); 3,669,255 indexed records with 2,187,206 record images (was 3,569,255 records with 2,187,206 images), UPDATED 10-Oct-2023

Ohio, Stillbirths, 1918-1953 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000024); 112,059 indexed records with 111,928 record images (was 111,013 records with 110,883 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Paraguay, Civil Registration, 1842-2012 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000049); 268 indexed records with 267 record images (was 81 records with 80 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Paraguay, Military Records, 1870-1965 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2506770); 986,794 indexed records with 903,324 record images (was 982,353 records with 951,929 images), UPDATED 10-Oct-2023
Pennsylvania Births and Christenings, 1709-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1681005); Index only (2,516,982 records), no images (was 2,518,495 records with 0 images), UPDATED 10-Oct-2023
Pennsylvania, Western District, Naturalizations, 1820-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000034); 363,113 indexed records with 282,352 record images (was 361,249 records with 282,343 images), UPDATED 06-Oct-2023

Peru, Arequipa, Catholic Church Records, 1660-2020 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4447275); 418,609 indexed records with 81,181 record images (was 416,336 records with 81,922 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Peru, Catholic Church Records, 1603-1992 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1877097); 20,864,062 indexed records with 4,192,353 record images (was 20,857,841 records with 4,192,353 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Portugal, Setúbal, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1911 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1935451); 1,085,706 indexed records with 829,309 record images (was 1,085,446 records with 829,309 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Puerto Rico, Catholic Church Records, 1645-1969 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1807092); 3,298,882 indexed records with 191,547 record images (was 3,295,162 records with 191,547 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Russia, Lutheran Church Book Duplicates, 1833-1885 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1469151); 334,804 indexed records with 128,317 record images (was 330,083 records with 128,317 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023

Sri Lanka, Civil Registration, 1768-1990 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2209866); 3,235,871 indexed records with 3,605,468 record images (was 2,880,561 records with 3,055,975 images), UPDATED 07-Oct-2023
St. Lucia, Church Records, 1751-1793 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4449051); 40 indexed records with 8 record images (was 40 records with 8 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Sweden, Jönköping Church Records, 1581-1935; index 1633-1860 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1930273); 145,556 indexed records with 721,027 record images (was 142,968 records with 721,027 images), UPDATED 12-Oct-2023
Switzerland, Fribourg, Census, 1850 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2142776); 78,595 indexed records with 2,968 record images (was 78,595 records with 2,968 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Uruguay Civil Registration, 1879-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837849); Index only (1,025,378 records), no images (was 1,016,987 records with 0 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023

Venezuela Civil Registration, 1873-2003 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1823609); 1,061,129 indexed records with 586,312 record images (was 1,059,759 records with 586,312 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Venezuela, Archdiocese of Caracas, Catholic Church Records, 1638-2020 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4465438); 156,727 indexed records with 62,275 record images (was 154,554 records with 61,913 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000046); 1,909,129 indexed records with 41,385 record images (was 1,904,753 records with 41,261 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023
Zimbabwe, Archdiocese of Bulawayo, Catholic Church Records, 1896-2022 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000106); 8,070 indexed records with 59,782 record images (was 8,028 records with 59,692 images), UPDATED 13-Oct-2023

--- Collections with new images ---

Hawaii, Registrar of Bureau of Conveyances, Deed Records, 1846-1900 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3478266); 33,365 indexed records with 18,031 record images (was 33,365 records with 16,185 images), last updated 27-Sep-2023

--- Collections with images removed ---

England, Middlesex Parish Registers, 1539-1988 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3734475); 2,010,432 indexed records with 334,516 record images (was 2,010,432 records with 360,584 images), last updated 01-Sep-2023
England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4439317); 11,478,527 indexed records with 933,096 record images (was 11,478,527 records with 933,231 images), last updated 23-Feb-2022
Germany, Rhineland, Diocese of Trier, Catholic Church Records, 1704-1957 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790268); 2,967,130 indexed records with 307,141 record images (was 2,967,130 records with 307,151 images), last updated 03-Nov-2020
New York, Church Records, 1660-1954 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2787817); 127,105 indexed records with 5,979 record images (was 127,105 records with 6,339 images), last updated 07-Apr-2021
South Africa, Pietermaritzburg Estate Files 1846-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2573604); 441,574 indexed records with 316,415 record images (was 441,574 records with 316,616 images), last updated 05-Aug-2020

--- Collections with records removed ---

England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2285338); Index only (132,174,264 records), no images (was 132,174,265 records with 0 images), last updated 02-Oct-2014
South Dakota, Department of Health, Index to Births 1843-1914 and Marriages 1950-2016 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2549807); Index only (705,520 records), no images (was 705,521 records with 0 images), last updated 21-Jul-2017
United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2199956); Index only (875,610,104 records), no images (was 875,610,106 records with 0 images), last updated 19-Aug-2020--- Collections Added ---Hawaii, Name Change Records, 1874-1995 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000141); 26,638 indexed records with 21,949 record images, ADDED 12-Oct-2023

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My friend and SDGS colleague, Marshall, has come up with a way to determine which collections are ADDED, DELETED or UPDATED, and to alphabetize the entries in each category. Thanks to Marshall for helping me out here!

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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