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Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Seavers in the News -- Obituary of Clayton F. Seaver (1927-1978) of Holbrook, Massachusetts

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 The Boston [Mass.] Globe newspaper dated Monday, 17 April 1978, page 36, Column 7:

The transcription of the article is:

"SEAVER -- In Holbrook, formerly of Dorchester, April 16, Clayton F., devoted husband of Marilyn (Smith) Seaver, of 46 Roseway, loving father of Clayton F. Seaver, Jr. of Dorchester, Edward McNeil and Robert McNeil and Wayne McNeil of Holbrook, Brye McNeil USAF, Geraldine Ragusa of Brockton, Patricia MacQueen of South Boston, Tammy McNeil of Holbrook. Loving son of Mary (Amirault) Seaver of Dorchester, brother of Donald of Fla., Warren and Robert of Quincy, Allan, Paul and Carlton of Dorchester, Pauline Cox of Conn., Joan Delashaw of Sharon, Madeline Glennon of Fla. Also survived by 8 grandchildren. Reposing at the Cartwright Funeral Home, 69 South Franklin St., HOLBROOK. Funeral Tuesday at 9:14, followed by a Funeral Mass in St. Joseph's Church at 10 a.m. Relatives and friends respectfully invited to attend. Calling hours Monday 7-9 p.m."

The source citation is:

"Seaver," The Boston [Mass.] Globe newspaper, Monday, 17 April 1978, page 36, column 7, Clayton F. Seaver death notice, imaged, Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 22 April 2024).

This obituary provides the decedent's name, residence, death day and place, wife's name, children names, mother's name, siblings names, and services, but not his age, birth date or place, marriage information, work history or associations.

Clayton Frederick Seaver (1927-1978) was born 7 April 1927 in Quincy, Massachusetts, the son of Allen Linwood and Mary Elizabeth (Amirault) Seaver. He died 16 April 1978 in Holbrook, Massachusetts. Clayton married (1) Winifred Emily Sutton (1923-1979) in April 1945 in Bilston, Staffordshire, England. They had three children:

* Geraldine Winfred Seaver (1945-2006), married Joseph T. Ragusa (1944-2008)

* Clayton Frederick Seaver, Jr. (1946-2003), maried Delcie Vivian Taylor (1948-????).

* Patricia J. Seaver (1946-1996), married (1) MacQueen, (2) 1996 Edward L. Geary.

Clayton Frederick Seaver married (2) Marilyn (Smith) McNeil (1936-????). They had no children together.

Clayton Frederick Seaver (1927-1978) is probably related to me, but I don't have a known parent for his 2nd great-grandfather Joseph T. Seaver (1805-????) who married Betsey T. Davis in 1830 in Taunton, Massachusetts.

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's death notice names many relatives but has no usual obituary information. I am glad that I can honor Clayton Frederick 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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Monday, April 22, 2024

MyHeritage Offers Free Access to Australia & New Zealand Records For Anzac Day

I received this information from Daniel Horowitz of MyHeritage today:

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I’m excited to share that in honor of Anzac Day, all 130 million historical records from Australia and New Zealand on MyHeritage will be free to access from April 23–28, 2024.

Over the past year, we've expanded our collection to include a vast array of historical newspapers. This new collection comprises over 24 million pages from 1,705 newspaper titles, covering every state and territory in Australia. We also host many essential military collections, including the esteemed Anzac Memorial records and the comprehensive Australian World War II Nominal Roll, 1939–1945. These resources, among others available on MyHeritage, can illuminate Australian and New Zealander relatives' military service and contribute to a richer understanding of their lives.

You can read more on our blog.

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Disclosure: I receive a complimentary subscription to MyHeritage, and have received other material consideration in past years. I uploaded my autosomal DNA raw data to their DNA product. This does not affect my objective analysis of MyHeritage products. I am a subscriber to Family Tree Webinars and love it.

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Genealogy Pot-Pourri - Week Ending 21 April 2024

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) DNA Interest Group Meeting on Zoom on Wednesday. Reported on new 23andMe aplogroup assignments, AutoLineage by Genetic Affairs, MyHeritageDNA collaboration, WATO+ tool, SDGS DNA group, and the AncestryDNA match table maker.

2) Watched several Family Tree Webinars - 10 Ways AI Can Help You Find Your Elusive Ancestors by Lisa Alzo; Artificial Intelligence & Family History: An introduction by Andrew Redfern; 7 Tips for Using AI as Your Genealogy Assistant by Dana Leeds.

3) Transcribed the 1891 Will of Abby Seaver (1816-1891) of Carbondale, Illinois for the Amanuensis Monday theme.

4) Wrote a genealogical sketch for my great-grandaunt Hannah Rebecca (Richmond) (Smith) Hoyle (1858-1907) of Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts for 52 Relatives theme.

5) The latest "Memories" blog post was What We Did On Our 1999 Scandinavian Vacation - Part 2.

6) My famous cousin this past week was 9th cousin 1x Removed John Denver (1943-1997), Famous Singer and Songwriter.

7) Celebrated Genea-Musings 18th blogiversary with the usual comments and statistics in Today is Genea-Musings 18th Blogiversary! Celebrate with Me!!!

8) AncestryDNA now has 45,753 DNA matches (up 47 from 14 April) with 1942 "close" matches for me today, with 2 new ThruLines. I added Notes to23 new Matches, and added the lines of 1 matches to my family tree. MyHeritageDNA now has 12,469 DNA matches (up 33 from 14 April) for me. Reviewed the new DNA matches on AncestryDNA, MyHeritageDNA, FamilyTreeDNA and 23andMe.

9) Occasionally matched RootsMagic 9 profiles to FamilySearch Family Tree. I have matched 51,093 of my RootsMagic persons with FamilySearch Family Tree profiles (up 81).

10) 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 72,731 persons in my RootsMagic family tree (up 78), and 146,810 source citations (up 37). Resolved 253 Ancestry Hints. TreeShared 185new and updated profiles with my Ancestry tree. My Ancestry Member Tree has Ancestry Record Hints with 116,889 to be resolved, but I work on them several times a week.

11) Wrote 17 Genea-Musings blog posts last week (Sunday through Saturday), of which 1 was a press release. The most viewed post last week was Memories - What We Did On Our 1999 Scandinavian Vacation - Part 2 with over 157 views. Genea-Musings had about 37,500 page views last week and over 122,000 for the past month.

12) Real life: I visited Linda every day at the skilled nursing/memory care facility and we played Uno. Went grocery shopping on Monday and Friday. Had my MOHS operation on Tuesday to remove the skin cancer on my scalp. Sent in the income taxes and hope my refunds come soon. Continued reading Jeffrey Deaver's The Watchmaker's Hand. My Padres went 3-3 this week and are 12-12 on the season.

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Amanuensis Monday -- 1891 Will of Abby Seaver (1816-1891) of Carbondale, Illinois

This week's document for transcription is the 1891 will of Abby Seaver (1816-1891) of Carbondale, Jackson County, Illinois in the Jackson County, Illinois probate case files.

* Jackson County, Illinois Probate Court Records, Probate Case Files, No. 2155-2181, Case 2175, image 1389 of 1998:

* Jackson County, Illinois Probate Court Records, Probate Case Files, No. 2155-2181, Case 2175, image 1390 of 1998:

* Jackson County, Illinois Probate Court Records, Probate Case Files, No. 2155-2181, Case 2175, image 1391 of 1998:

The transcription of this document is:

The Last Will and Testament

Of Abby Seaver of the

City of Carbondale in the County

of Jackson and State of Illinois made and

published the 17th day of September in the year

of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ninty One.

In the Name of God Amen:

I, Abby Seaver of the City

of Carbondale in the County of Jackson

and State of Illinois of the age of 75 years,

and being of sound mind and memory, do hereby make, publish

and declare this my Last Will and Testament, in manner following,

that is to say:

First -- it is my will that my funeral expenses and all my just debts be fully paid.

Second -- I give and bequeath to my beloved

daughter Mary A. Stewart all

of my personal property and

money which I may have

at the time of my death.

Third I Give and devise to

my beloved daughter Mary

A. Stewart the following

described Real Estate to wit

Commencing at a point in Center

of Walnut Street in a line with

West line of Lot Five hundred and

Thirty Five in Brewsters 2nd addition

to City of Carbondale & extended

South and running thence North

wardly with West line of said

Lot 535 to the South east Corner

of Leanard Lot 338 feet more or less

Thence West parallel with Walnut

Streeet to the south West Corner of

Leanard Lot 139 1/4 feet Thence with

West line of Leanard Lot parallel

With West line of Lot 534 Brewsters

2nd Addition 338 feet More or less

to South line of Main Street Thence

with South line of Main Street

runing West 279 3/4 feet More

of less to North West Corner of

Mrs Seavers original Lot Thence

South parallel with West line

of Lots 534 & 535 - in Brewsters

2nd Addition ten and 25/100

chains to Middle of Walnut

Street & extended West Thence

east with Middle of Walnut

Street 118 feet Thence North

parallel with West line Lot 535

107 feet thence east 18 feet thence

south 16 feet Thence East 18 feet

Thence south 91 feet to Center

line of Walnut Street and

extended West and Thece

East with Center line of

said Walnut Street to begining

point situated in Jackson

County State of Illinois

and described in a Warranty

deed from Mary A Stewart

and Husband and accorded

in Book 24 of deeds as

page 455 in Jackson

County records &c

Fourth I giv& bequeath

to my beloved Son Horace

L. Seaver One dollar.

Fifth it is my Will that

my executrix shall not

be required to fill any

bond as such Executrix.

Lastly -- I hereby nominate and appoint Mary A

Stewart

to be the Executor of this my Last Will and estament, hereby revoking all former

Wills by me made.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal, the 17th

dauy of September in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight

Hundred and Ninty One.

Abby Seaver {seal}

The above Instrument consisting of (2) sheets, was now hee

subscribed by Abby Seaver the Testator, in the

presence of each of us; and was at the ame tiem declared by her to be

her Last Will and Testament, and we, at her request, sign our names

hereto in her presence as attesting witnesses.

George G. Stock of Carbondale Ill

Ruth Stock of Carbondale Ill

Jemima Menzies of Carbondale Ill

The source citation for this judgment is:

Jackson County Probate Court, Illinois, Abby Seaver will (images 1389-1391 of 1998), written 17 September 1891, proved 2 November 1891; imaged, "Illinois, U.S., Wills and Probates, 1772-1999," Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com : accessed 21 April 2024); "Jackson > Probate Estate Case Files 2155-2181, Paul Suberbee -- Cc Smith,1894-1892" > Case 2175, estate file of Abby Seaver (images 1387 to 1409 of 1998); Original data is from Illinois County, District and Probate Courts filmed by FamilySearch.

This petition is a Derivative Source (because it is a court clerk's handwritten record), Primary Information and Direct Evidence of the will of Abby Seaver, deceased, of Carbondale, Illinois in the Jackson County, Illinois probate court, which defines the real estate and personal property and lists the heirs-at-law of the deceased.

Abby Carver (1816-1891) was born 26 August 1816 in Taunton, Massachusetts, the daughter of James A. and Mary (Hall) Carver. She died 6 October 1891 in Carbondale, Illinois. Abby married Nathaniel Leonard Seaver (1809-1880), the son of Nathan B. and Rebecca (Leonard) Sever, on 3 March 1839 in Taunton, Massachusetts. They had four children:

* Charles Seaver (1841-1864).

* Horace Leonard Seaver (1848-1916), married 1878 Luella Robinson (1860-1922).

* Mary A. Seaver (1850-1932), married 1887 George Stewart (1828-1892).

* Anna B. Seaver (1865-1945), married Edgar Edward Angell (1866-1936).

The will mentions daughter Mary A. (Seaver) Stewart and son Horace L. Seaver, but not daughter Anna (Seaver) Angell; Anna may have left Illinois for California before Abby's death.

Nathaniel Leonard Seaver (1809-1880) is my 5th cousin 5 times removed, with common Seaver ancestor of my 9th great-grandfather Robert Seaver (1608-1683).

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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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Sunday, April 21, 2024

Best of the Genea-Blogs: Week of 14 to 20 April 2024

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 most 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:

* Using Historical Laws to Dig More From Tax Records by Kimberly Powell on Learn Genealogy.

* Ancestry’s New AI Record Explore Feature! by Diane Henriks on Know Who Wears the Genes In Your Family.

* AI Newspaper Hints by Marcia Philbrick on Heartland Genealogy.

* “DNA Doesn’t Lie”: How To Accurately Interpret DNA Test Results by Paul Woodbury on Legacy Tree Genealogists.

* Case Study: 6 Steps for Handling Surprises in Your DNA Results by Jenni Clark Dickens on Family Tree Magazine.

* Leaving the Past to the Future 4: Digital Sources by Wayne Shepheard on Discover Genealogy.

* What Can You Learn From the War of 1812 Pension Files by Jenny Ashcraft on Fold3 HQ.

* Why Are You Doing Genealogy Research? by DiAnn Iamarino Ohana on Fortify Your Family Tree.

* Genealogy Education: Two Websites That Spotlight Excellent Techniques & Methodology by Linda Stufflebean on Empty Branches on the Family Tree.

* Are Family Histories in the Archives? You Bet They Are! by Melissa Barker on A Genealogist In the Archives.

* More Collections Added to FamilySearch Labs by John Reid on Anglo-Celtic Connections.

* Excluding Living People by Louis Kessler on Behold Genealogy.

* The Elect by Jeff Record on The Last Aha.

* When All the Details Line Up by Jacqi Stevens on A Family Tapestry.

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 - 19th April 2024 by Crissouli on That Moment In Time.

* This Week's Creme de la Creme - April 20, 2024 by Gail Dever on Genealogy a la Carte.

* 5 Star Posts Week of 04/14/2024 - 04/20/2024 by Doris Kenney on A Tree With No Name.

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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Chula Vista Genealogical Society Meeting on Wednesday, 24 April Features Thomas MacEntee

Wednesday, 24 April 2024, 12 noon PDT

CVGS General Meeting (in a Zoom Video Conference)

“The Mysterious Death of Anna McPhillips"

by Thomas MacEntee

Can a mysterious family photo with a cryptic message on the back lead you to an amazing story of love and loss? Starting with a family photo, learn how you can plan your genealogy research to find out more information about the photo’s subject including vital record information, newspaper articles, and even circumstances that you might not expect! You’ll also learn how to track your research and use solid research methodology to evaluate records.

Thomas MacEntee is a professional genealogist specializing in the use of technology and social media to improve genealogical research and as a means of interacting with others in the family history community.

PLEASE REGISTER for this event through the event email that will be sent to all CVGS members or on the CVGS website (https://chulavistagenealogysociety.wildapricot.org/event5675915).

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This program will be held online using the Zoom video conferencing platform for Meetings.

Please note that the meeting starts at 12 noon Pacific Time (3 p.m. Eastern time, 2 p.m. Central time, 1 p.m. Mountain time). The Zoom Meeting room will be open by 11:45 a.m. Pacific Time for visiting and helping attendees connect.

Members and non-members can register on the CVGS website for this meeting at https://chulavistagenealogysociety.wildapricot.org/event-5675915) and look for the email with the Zoom meeting reminder after registration, or on Tuesday, 23 April, with the link to JOIN the Zoom meeting. Contact randy.seaver@gmail.com if you have problems or register too late for the email.

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

NOTE: The Chula Vista Genealogical Society offers an annual membership of $30. Besides the monthly General Meeting with a program speaker on the last Wednesday of each month, there is a monthly Research Group meeting on second Wednesdays on Zoom, an in-person Education meeting on third Tuesdays, and a DNA Interest Group meeting on third Wednesdays on Zoom, all at 12 noon Pacific time. There is also a monthly 10 page email newsletter chock full of program announcements, research tips, research articles, and program reviews.

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Saturday, April 20, 2024

Saturday Night Genealogy Fun -- What Was Your Best Genealogy Research Achievement This Past Month?

Calling all Genea-Musings Fans:

It's Saturday Night Again -

Time For Some More Genealogy Fun!!

Come on, everybody, join in and accept the mission and execute it with precision.

1) What was your best genealogy research achievement this past month? Tell us about it - what you achieved, and how does it affect your 2024 goals?

2) Tell us about your recent achievement in a comment on this post, or in a Facebook post. Please leave a link on this post if you write your own post.

Here's mine:

I check for new AncestryDNA "Common Ancestors" matches almost every day (by clicking on DNA > Matches > Unviewed > Common Ancestors). If I find a new match with a purported common ancestor, I look at the Match's descendancy line from our common ancestor, review the source citations and relationship information, and judge whether each person in the line is correct.

For every "Common Ancestor" match I write a Note on the match to indicate our relationship, whether I've added the Match's line into my RootsMagic tree, the matching cMs and number of segments, the Match's tree size, the Shared Matches (if any), and a comment on who the Common Ancestors are. If the Match's descendancy line is complete, and I judge it to be "accurate," I add it to my RootsMagic tree with a Note similar to the one on the DNA Match on AncestryDNA, along with sources for relationships and events..

I do similar work with MyHeritageDNA, 23andMe, and FamilyTreeDNA, but there are not as many trees, and therefore not as many known common ancestors from those DNA sites.

Last month, I found the name of my 4th great-grandmother Mary Partridge (1792-1855), the wife of Cornelius Feather (1777-1853), along with her parents, using the FamilySearch Full-Text Search. I tested whether I had AncestryDNA matches if she was really the mother of my 3rd great-grandmother Sarah Feather (1804-1848). I added Mary Partridge, and her parents Thomas Partridge (1758-1831) and Hannah Wakeman (1764-1814) to my Ancestry Member Tree.

The next day, I checked my AncestryDNA ThruLines and found that I had 15 ThruLines from the Partridge/Wakeman family, with cM values of 8 to 17 cMs, from all of the known married children of Thomas and Hannah. I evaluated all of them, and judged that these relationships are accurate, and concluded that Thomas and Hannah (Wakeman) Partridge are my 5th great-grandparents (see Do I Have Any 5th Great-grandparents Partridge/Wakeman DNA Matches?). On top of that, I have several high-value cM Matches (one is 49 cM in 3 segments) from Hannah Wakeman's parents, my 6th great-grandparents. I have added five of the Partridge lines (the ones with 14 to 17 cMs) to my RootsMagic tree.

This has added a whole branch to my very sparse Sarah (Feather) Carringer family tree sprig, and I am still working on gathering and evaluating relationship and event information for the "new" ancestral families.

I didn't have this on my 2024 goal list, but I try not to pass up an opportunity to expand my family tree. It's been fun!

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Added and Updated FamilySearch Record Collections - Week of 13 to 19 April 2024

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

As of 19 April 2024, there are 3,315 historical record collections on FamilySearch (an increase of 3 from last week):

The new and updated collections this week from FamilySearch are:

--- Collections Added ---

* Argentina, Passenger Lists, 1901-1922 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000241); 313,947 indexed records with 11,493 record images, ADDED 17-Apr-2024

* Indonesia, Civil Registration, 1806-1997 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000168); 5,274 indexed records with 14,931 record images, ADDED 18-Apr-2024

* Russia, Tula, Church Books, 1722-1936 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000050); 608,627 indexed records with 177,957 record images, ADDED 18-Apr-2024

--- Collections Updated ---

Argentina, Jujuy, Civil Registration, 1888-2000 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4489444); 3,711 indexed records with 4,902 record images (was 3,389 records with 4,340 images), UPDATED 19-Apr-2024
Aruba, Civil Registration, 1823-2004 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4285043); 13,118 indexed records with 2,996 record images (was 12,760 records with 2,996 images), UPDATED 19-Apr-2024
Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1770729); Index only (469,943 records), no images (was 469,746 records with 0 images), UPDATED 16-Apr-2024
Australia Marriages, 1810-1980 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1770858); Index only (140,031 records), no images (was 139,366 records with 0 images), UPDATED 19-Apr-2024
Australia, Victoria, Wills, Probate and Administration Files, 1841-1926 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2207846); 261,142 indexed records with 3,998,555 record images (was 260,024 records with 3,998,555 images), UPDATED 18-Apr-2024

Austria Evangelical-Lutheran Church Records, 1848-1900 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1393793); 2,305 indexed records with 42,522 record images (was 0 records with 42,522 images), UPDATED 18-Apr-2024
Belgium, Brabant, Civil Registration, 1582-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1482191); 89,923 indexed records with 6,411,594 record images (was 89,450 records with 6,411,594 images), UPDATED 18-Apr-2024
Belgium, Namur, Civil Registration, 1800-1912 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2138511); 738,735 indexed records with 372,768 record images (was 735,563 records with 372,768 images), UPDATED 19-Apr-2024
Bolivia Catholic Church Records, 1566-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1922463); 9,445,484 indexed records with 1,649,601 record images (was 9,440,164 records with 1,649,601 images), UPDATED 19-Apr-2024
Brazil, Alagoas, Church Records, 1802-2016 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2820768); 1,260,722 indexed records with 192,141 record images (was 1,255,973 records with 191,520 images), UPDATED 19-Apr-2024

Brazil, Minas Gerais, Civil Registration, 1879-1949 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3479702); 943,662 indexed records with 392,000 record images (was 940,396 records with 390,595 images), UPDATED 19-Apr-2024
Brazil, Pará, Civil Registration, 1815-1995 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4473609); 339,069 indexed records with 99,581 record images (was 319,632 records with 94,315 images), UPDATED 19-Apr-2024
Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul, Civil Registration, 1860-2006 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3741255); 1,736,713 indexed records with 881,557 record images (was 1,735,368 records with 883,679 images), UPDATED 19-Apr-2024
Brazil, Rio de Janeiro, Civil Registration, 1829-2012 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1582573); 6,937,155 indexed records with 5,100,470 record images (was 6,932,747 records with 5,100,470 images), UPDATED 19-Apr-2024
Brazil, Sergipe, Catholic Church Records, 1785-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2177298); 1,318,393 indexed records with 273,847 record images (was 1,314,560 records with 273,847 images), UPDATED 19-Apr-2024

California, San Francisco Area Funeral Home Records, 1835-1979 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1385518); 108,973 indexed records with 193,721 record images (was 93,871 records with 193,721 images), UPDATED 19-Apr-2024
Chile, Catholic Church Records, 1633-2015 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3405096); 8,417,332 indexed records with 1,067,220 record images (was 8,407,268 records with 1,065,526 images), UPDATED 19-Apr-2024
Colombia, Catholic Church Records, 1576-2018 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1726975); 26,822,188 indexed records with 12,659,776 record images (was 26,802,235 records with 12,659,776 images), UPDATED 19-Apr-2024
Costa Rica, Catholic Church Records, 1595-1992 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1460016); 4,340,352 indexed records with 962,203 record images (was 4,340,327 records with 962,203 images), UPDATED 16-Apr-2024
Croatia, Church Books, 1516-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2040054); 3,024,137 indexed records with 1,421,761 record images (was 2,997,371 records with 1,421,761 images), UPDATED 17-Apr-2024

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kisantu Diocese, Catholic Church Records, 1894-2016 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000138); 2,762 indexed records with 1,014 record images (was 1,761 records with 639 images), UPDATED 18-Apr-2024
England, Devon, Parish Registers (Devon Record Office), 1529-1974 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2345213); 1,548,415 indexed records with 125,337 record images (was 170,194 records with 29,077 images), UPDATED 18-Apr-2024
England, Devon, Parish Registers, 1538-1912 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1804330); 1,047,556 indexed records with 153,166 record images (was 1,039,231 records with 153,166 images), UPDATED 15-Apr-2024
England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2364451); 4,850,444 indexed records with 278,569 record images (was 4,850,444 records with 278,569 images), UPDATED 18-Apr-2024
Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Wuppertal, Civil Registration, 1810-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000010); 143,702 indexed records with 139,150 record images (was 141,212 records with 137,018 images), UPDATED 19-Apr-2024

Gibraltar, Church Records, 1697-1991 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4453925); 59,341 indexed records with 6,363 record images (was 59,247 records with 6,345 images), UPDATED 19-Apr-2024
Guadeloupe, Civil Registration Records, 1792-1872 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4293709); 870 indexed records with 130 record images (was 858 records with 127 images), UPDATED 15-Apr-2024
Guatemala, Chiquimula, Civil Registration, 1877-2008 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2790265); 462,159 indexed records with 361,124 record images (was 461,158 records with 360,533 images), UPDATED 19-Apr-2024
Guatemala, Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-2006 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2075150); 4,597,439 indexed records with 1,486 record images (was 4,597,396 records with 1,486 images), UPDATED 19-Apr-2024
Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2451045); 1,012,572 indexed records with 17,993 record images (was 1,011,382 records with 17,993 images), UPDATED 19-Apr-2024

Guatemala, Izabal, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2443319); 425,853 indexed records with 9,848 record images (was 424,976 records with 9,848 images), UPDATED 18-Apr-2024
Haiti, Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince, Catholic Church Records, 1866-2017 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4279947); 105,755 indexed records with 19,646 record images (was 105,067 records with 17,638 images), UPDATED 19-Apr-2024
Hawaii, Hawaii State Archives, Probate Packet Records, 1814-1917 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3463463); 44,295 indexed records with 38,768 record images (was 43,680 records with 36,447 images), UPDATED 18-Apr-2024
Hawaii, Registrar of Bureau of Conveyances, Deed Records, 1846-1900 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3478266); 48,550 indexed records with 30,386 record images (was 47,924 records with 28,740 images), UPDATED 16-Apr-2024
Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2531337); 2,443,008 indexed records with 475,273 record images (was 1,729,743 records with 475,273 images), UPDATED 16-Apr-2024

Iowa, Marriage Records, 1941-1951 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4127799); 68,446 indexed records with 249,088 record images (was 55,295 records with 249,088 images), UPDATED 15-Apr-2024
Ireland, Catholic Parish Registers, 1740-1900 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2820100); 6,174,165 indexed records with 219,885 record images (was 6,128,571 records with 218,315 images), UPDATED 19-Apr-2024
Italy, Cagliari, Cagliari, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1929 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2043426); 23,306 indexed records with 1,791,108 record images (was 21,102 records with 1,791,108 images), UPDATED 15-Apr-2024
Italy, Nuoro, Nuoro, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1915 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1946873); 28,515 indexed records with 118,771 record images (was 28,092 records with 118,771 images), UPDATED 15-Apr-2024
Italy, Oristano, Oristano, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1866-1940 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1947719); 88,904 indexed records with 342,194 record images (was 85,386 records with 342,194 images), UPDATED 15-Apr-2024

Italy, Sassari, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1803-1942 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4464417); 53,558 indexed records with 18,515 record images (was 53,187 records with 18,399 images), UPDATED 15-Apr-2024
Italy, Treviso, Treviso, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1941 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1947831); 29,819 indexed records with 427,232 record images (was 25,102 records with 427,232 images), UPDATED 18-Apr-2024
Italy, Venezia, Venezia, Civil Registration (Tribunale), 1871-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2043809); 64,469 indexed records with 628,744 record images (was 61,714 records with 628,744 images), UPDATED 15-Apr-2024
Martinique, Church Records, 1662-1847 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4316497); 13,501 indexed records with 2,268 record images (was 13,492 records with 1,387 images), UPDATED 13-Apr-2024
Mexico, Michoacán, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1996 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1883388); 5,890,713 indexed records with 5,283,986 record images (was 5,880,816 records with 5,283,986 images), UPDATED 19-Apr-2024

Mexico, Puebla, Catholic Church Records, 1545-1977 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837906); 9,014,055 indexed records with 6,124,553 record images (was 9,013,895 records with 6,124,553 images), UPDATED 19-Apr-2024
North Dakota Census, 1915 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2346284); 619,486 indexed records with 18,180 record images (was 619,486 records with 18,180 images), UPDATED 19-Apr-2024
Norway, Probate Index Cards, 1640-1903 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1661306); Index only (640,562 records), no images (was 635,118 records with 0 images), UPDATED 16-Apr-2024
Ohio, Stillbirths, 1918-1953 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000024); 197,214 indexed records with 197,015 record images (was 195,306 records with 195,107 images), UPDATED 19-Apr-2024
Paraguay, Cemetery Records, 1917-2012 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000254); 3,469 indexed records with 3,468 record images (was 2,371 records with 2,371 images), UPDATED 19-Apr-2024

Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1589502); 3,544,396 indexed records with 1,789,697 record images (was 3,535,054 records with 1,789,697 images), UPDATED 19-Apr-2024
Peru, Arequipa, Catholic Church Records, 1660-2020 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4447275); 422,351 indexed records with 142,191 record images (was 422,351 records with 136,267 images), UPDATED 18-Apr-2024
Peru, Catholic Church Records, 1603-1992 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1877097); 21,109,624 indexed records with 4,192,353 record images (was 21,106,611 records with 4,192,353 images), UPDATED 19-Apr-2024
Peru, Huánuco, Catholic Church Records, 1660-2020 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4439346); 62,286 indexed records with 47,571 record images (was 58,319 records with 42,326 images), UPDATED 19-Apr-2024
Portugal, Setúbal, Catholic Church Records, 1555-1911 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1935451); 1,093,208 indexed records with 829,309 record images (was 1,093,022 records with 829,309 images), UPDATED 19-Apr-2024

Puerto Rico, Catholic Church Records, 1645-1969 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1807092); 3,320,560 indexed records with 191,547 record images (was 3,320,479 records with 191,547 images), UPDATED 18-Apr-2024
Puerto Rico, Civil Registration, 1805-2001 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1682798); 5,092,825 indexed records with 4,581,756 record images (was 5,092,565 records with 4,581,756 images), UPDATED 18-Apr-2024
Russia, Lutheran Church Book Duplicates, 1833-1885 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1469151); 437,736 indexed records with 128,317 record images (was 433,474 records with 128,317 images), UPDATED 19-Apr-2024
Russia, Tobolsk, Church Books, 1722-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4496122); 47,009,553 indexed records with 1,240,436 record images (was 45,362,815 records with 1,065,995 images), UPDATED 19-Apr-2024
Russia, Tomsk, Church Books, 1752-1918 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4450389); 2,658,945 indexed records with 447,121 record images (was 2,648,430 records with 445,048 images), UPDATED 18-Apr-2024

Slovakia Church and Synagogue Books, 1592-1935 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1554443); 21,938,567 indexed records with 1,615,473 record images (was 21,937,936 records with 1,615,473 images), UPDATED 15-Apr-2024
South Africa, Western Cape, Deceased Estate Files, 1951-1958 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4319131); 529,846 indexed records with 344,052 record images (was 526,957 records with 343,993 images), UPDATED 19-Apr-2024
South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1417492); 1,220,230 indexed records with 682,974 record images (was 1,220,121 records with 682,974 images), UPDATED 17-Apr-2024
St. Lucia, Church Records, 1751-1793 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4449051); 155 indexed records with 33 record images (was 146 records with 32 images), UPDATED 13-Apr-2024
Sweden, Stockholm City Archives, Index to Church Records, 1546-1927 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2057674); 1,225,289 indexed records with 77,096 record images (was 1,220,721 records with 54,579 images), UPDATED 17-Apr-2024

Sweden, Västerbotten Church Records, 1619-1896; index, 1688-1860 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1979430); 378,737 indexed records with 170,304 record images (was 377,239 records with 170,304 images), UPDATED 17-Apr-2024
Texas, Hidalgo County, Marriage Records, 1875-2021 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000017); 174,517 indexed records with 292,749 record images (was 173,808 records with 292,726 images), UPDATED 19-Apr-2024
United States City and Business Directories, ca. 1749 - ca. 1990 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3754697); 63,198,823 indexed records with 476,091 record images (was 63,198,823 records with 478,249 images), UPDATED 19-Apr-2024
Uruguay Civil Registration, 1879-1930 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1837849); Index only (1,258,754 records), no images (was 1,247,098 records with 0 images), UPDATED 19-Apr-2024
Venezuela Civil Registration, 1873-2003 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1823609); 1,132,975 indexed records with 586,312 record images (was 1,132,011 records with 586,312 images), UPDATED 19-Apr-2024

Venezuela, Archdiocese of Caracas, Catholic Church Records, 1638-2020 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/4465438); 272,081 indexed records with 92,192 record images (was 267,183 records with 91,569 images), UPDATED 19-Apr-2024
Venezuela, Catholic Church Records, 1577-1995 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1951777); 20,499,012 indexed records with 1,899,876 record images (was 20,496,792 records with 1,899,876 images), UPDATED 19-Apr-2024
Zambia, Archdiocese of Lusaka, Church Records, 1950-2015 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/3736255); 359,807 indexed records with 28,883 record images (was 344,514 records with 28,027 images), UPDATED 19-Apr-2024

--- Collections with new images ---

Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Birth Records, 1853-1896 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/5000046); 1,947,979 indexed records with 42,496 record images (was 1,947,939 records with 42,495 images), last updated 12-Apr-2024

--- Collections with records removed ---

United States Public Records, 1970-2009 (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2199956); Index only (875,610,033 records), no images (was 875,610,035 records with 0 images), last updated 19-Aug-2020

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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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